Hayesville Students Visit Nelson Heritage Park Cherokee Exhibit
Although the Nelson Heritage Park Cherokee exhibit is incomplete, it is already providing educational experiences for students.  Hayesville fourth and eighth graders practiced activities common in the life of the Cherokee who lived in our valley thanks to the efforts of community volunteers.  Students played the butterbean game [...]

That the flag of North Carolina shall consist of a blue union, containing in the center thereof a white star with the letter N in gilt on the left and the letter C in gilt on the right of said star, the circle containing the same to be one-third the width of the union. [...]

Tri-County Area Gains New Family Practice Physician
Dr. Dana Conner Joins Murphy Group Practice

Murphy, NC –  Tri-County residents have access to another family practice physician with  the recent addition of Dana Conner, MD, to the staff of Murphy Group Practice.  Dr. Conner, a Board Certified Family Medicine Practitioner, has extensive experience in outpatient family [...]

Anna Mitchell of Brasstown graduated from Centre College during the 187th commencement ceremony held at the College’s Norton Center for the Arts on Sunday, May 23. Mitchell earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in studio art . She was a featured artist in senior exhibit Omnium Gatherum. She is a member of Delta Delta Delta [...]

Brian David McDowell, 32, of Hayesville, NC arrested for probation violation on June 7, 2010 and released on June 10, 2010.
George Brent Melton, 42, of Hayesville, NC arrested for communicating threats on June 7, 2010 and released on June 7, 2010.
Authur Cleveland Ledford, 52, of Hayesville, NC arrested for intoxicated and disruptive on June 9, [...]

Steven M & Patricia L George-TR sold 1.97 acres, Lot 18; 3.17 acres, Lot 19; 2.61 acres, Lot 20 (Shiloh Development) in Shooting Creek Township to Spencer C Scott and John E Parrish II for $ 112,000 on June 8, 2010.
Nationwide Trustee Services, Inc-TR and David & Cheryl Serkez sold 1.31 acres, Lot 47N ( [...]

Legislative Update from Congressman Heath Shuler

Protecting Consumers and Small Businesses & Preventing Future Taxpayer Bailouts
Last week I was appointed to serve as a representative of the Small Business Committee on the conference committee on Wall Street Reform Legislation.   As a conferee, I will be part a small group that works to reach a [...]

Negativity has its place…
by Paula Canup
Met a lady the other day while walking on the dam at Lake Chatuge; she had been reading my column and gently chided me not to get “too negative.” I do appreciate what she was saying. Our situation is depressing, and most people would rather not be reminded of that. [...]

Leaning Left
Jim Fitzgerald
As more tea party candidates are winning primaries across the nation, we are beginning to get a glimpse of their view of small government. I have wondered many times what conservatives mean by small government because without a sense of what government would look like after they finish reshaping it, how could you [...]

The Green Column
by Richard C. MacCrea, Andrews Valley Initiative
rmaccrea1@gmail.com
Growing your own food
Our neighbor is a realtor. They built a spec home to sell for a profit. Now, they live in that house, and instead of landscaping for resale, they are landscaping to feed their family. They have planted vegetables and herbs all over their yard, [...]