Hayesville’s Cherokee Homestead Exhibit opened officially on Saturday, October 23. The exhibit is located just off the historic courthouse square adjacent to the Old Jail Museum in Hayesville. It celebrates Clay County’s rich Cherokee heritage and culture.  It offers travelers and students a gateway to Cherokee heritage sites in the region and will boost [...]

President Clinton lauds Shuler’s leadership role in congress
By Frank Bradley
Sentinel writer
Calling Heath Shuler a really good congressman, former US President Bill Clinton spent most of his 45 minute speech in Asheville last week explaining why Shuler needs to be returned to congress.
Praising Shuler for his civility in the U.S. House of Representatives, his efforts to [...]

REEL MEMORIES NO. 151
2001: a Space Odyssey
by William V. Reynolds
Stanley Kubrick had just finished “Dr. Strangelove” when he became interested in extraterrestrial life. He was looking for a film project that would portray aliens in a realistic manner. In an effort to accomplish this, he consulted Arthur C. Clarke. The two of them [...]

Journal of a Living Lady #382
Nancy White Kelly
There has been so much emphasis in the news this month regarding Alzheimer’s. Jokes abound, but it is a serious disease. Now that I am in the last half of my sixties, slips of memory bother me.
I know a face, but the name disappears. I lie awake at [...]

John Snow is a Gentleman
If you have a mailing address or a telephone, I am sure you have been receiving a barrage of political advertisement as we have.  I am a concerned voter and I do try to read and listen so I can make an informed decision at the polls.
On a local level, there [...]

Letter to the Editor:
I no longer live in Western North Carolina; but, my mother has lived nearly all of her life in Transylvania County.  She now resides in Lake Toxaway.
I grew up in Brevard.  It was a bit rural for my taste, but for one’s childhood, it was perhaps perfect.  People were friendly, as a [...]

So there is a “right” and “left” debate going on weekly now at the Sentinel!
How Cold War era! Why, most educated people today know that the right and the left are myths, just like the claim that Hayesville’s high graduation rates are somehow linked to a strong education and not, as the thinking person would [...]

Return Shuler to the U.S. House
It’s time for Burr to go home
Having served one six-year term in the U.S. Senate, Richard Burr is up for election. Burr is bright. He speaks well, he listens and he has made several trips to western North Carolina. In many respects, he is not a bad choice for the [...]

It’s Snow and West
Time to send John Snow back to the NC Senate and Roger West back to the NC House
If there are any two legislators who can work across the political aisles to get things done, they are NC Senator John Snow and NC Representative Roger West. Both are experienced legislators, who over the [...]

Leaning Left
Jim Fitzgerald
Over the last month I have made quite a bit of money in the stock market. Not because I am some great stock picker but because the financial markets are anticipating significant Republican gains. They expect these gains to translate into a repeal of the new financial regulations passed by Democrats. On the [...]