REEL MEMORIES NO. 149
Treasure of the Sierra Madre
by William V. Reynolds
Occasionally the story behind the yarn is more interesting than the tale itself. Treasure of the Sierra Madre was originally published in 1925 credited to an author called B. Traven. The problem is no one seems to know who he really was. Whoever [...]

Journal of a Living Lady #381
Nancy White Kelly
My Mama taught me that proper people don’t discuss their finances in public. I’m not feeling very proper today.
After rocking from Buddy’s very recent root canal to the tune of $1000, we were completely blown off our feet at what happened yesterday.
We have a darling miniature, ten-month-old dachshund [...]

Clay County Deed Transactions
October 4, 2010,  – October 8, 2010
William Moulton sold 0.74 acres, Lot 3 (Chatuge Village) in Hiawassee Township to David E Olmsted for $ 72,000 on October 5, 2010.
Miriam F & Mirian Storch sold 24.27 acres, Tract 1; 6.49 acres, Tract 2; 0.69 acres, Tract 3 (Sweetwater Hills) in Sweetwater Township to [...]

Clay County Arrest Report
October 4, 2010 – October 10, 2010
Billy Ray Duffey, 59, of Hayesville, NC arrested for assault by pointing a gun on October 4, 2010 and released on October 4, 2010.
Daniel Patrick Fritzler, 26, of Hayesville, NC arrested for assault on a female on October 4, 2010 and released on October 5, 2010.
Deborah [...]

One-Stop voting is underway
Early voting next two weeks in downtown Murphy
By Frank Bradley
Sentinel writer
For local government, this is the election that counts. The one that determines your next sheriff, clerk-of-court, and board of commissioners, who will decide how to spend your tax dollars for the next four years. It is also the election that will [...]

THE BIG ROLLOVER

What should you do with that old 401(k)?
Provided by: Steve Zimmerman, Financial Advisor
Options, options, options … There are many misconceptions about what must be done
with a 401(k) when someone leaves a company. Some people think they have to cash out
their 401(k) upon leaving a job. Others think they must “roll it over” [...]

A number of people have asked, “How can I find out which judicial candidates are “conservative?” By conservative they mean which ones use the Constitution and law as the basis for making their decisions as opposed to ‘activist’ judges who decide cases based on their personal/political views?
Below is a list of what I believe are [...]

It’s that time of year again! Flu Season.
By: Debbie Walker
Sentinel Writer
Flu Season or the beginning of Flu Season usually comes into play around the end of October, though it has been known to start as early as September.  This year you can protect yourself even more from the “Nasty” flu  with a 3-in-one vaccine being [...]

Leaning Left
Jim Fitzgerald
A breath of fresh air is sweeping through the North Georgia Mountains. And that breath of fresh air has a name, Jack Lance. What we are talking about is the possibility of sending to the Atlanta State Capitol a reasonable, competent, and intelligent legislator who understands the 8th district of Georgia. He understands [...]

Letter to the Editor : What happened to the Pursuit of Happiness?
For being a small government, republican majority region I find it humorous peoples attempts to so quickly outlaw and criminalize this designer drug “Spice.” I’m no Spice smoker myself however I’m disgusted at the the outcry to further criminalize the use of substances that [...]