Cherokee County Arrest Report
Booked during Period
3/13/2011-3/20/2011

Melissa Gail Graves, age 34. of 295 Graves Rd. Murphy, NC 28906 arrested for driving while impaired.

William Paul Hall, age 43 of 370 Sing Branch Rd, Murphy, NC 28906 arrested for Safekeeping.

Katherine Elizabeth Hill, age 42. of 125 Autumn Lane, Marble, NC 28906 arrested for Assault and Battery.

Jared Anthony Fiore, [...]

REEL MEMORIES NO. 167
Ermes Effron Borgnino
by William V. Reynolds
Ermes Effron Borgnino was born in Hamden, Connecticut of immigrant parents from Italy. His parents separated when he was two years old and he and his mother went to live in Italy for five years. His parents reconciled and the family settled in North Haven, [...]

REEL MEMORIES NO. 172
John M. Brown
by
William V. Reynolds John M. Brown was a true Southerner. Born in Dothan, Alabama in 1904, the second of nine children, he attended Dothan High School where he was interested in hunting, fishing and playing high school sports. He graduated high school in 1922 and attended the University [...]

LOCAL EDUCATOR RECEIVES $6,000 SCHOLARSHIP
Dedra Davis , Art teacher at  Andrews Elementary and Andrews High School in Andrews, NC has received  the Blanton Centennial Scholarship from The Delta Kappa Gamma Society International. The honor society for women educators promotes excellence in education and personal and professional growth of women educators, leading in the field of [...]

2011 Beginner’s Bee School
The Smoky Mountain Beekeepers and the NC Cooperative Extension Service will host a day-long course in beginner beekeeping Saturday, April 9th from 8:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m., at the Swain County Extension Office just west of Bryson City. Robert Brewer, University of Georgia’s Apicultural Extension Coordinator will lead the bee school. Brewer [...]

MARK TRAMMELL QUARTET TO APPEAR AT WOODS GROVE
Woods Grove Baptist Church will host another night of great gospel music on Sunday, March 27 at 6:00 pm.  This concert will feature one of gospel music’s favorite quartets of today, the Mark Trammell Quartet.
For over thirty five years, Mark Trammell has been blessed to sing Gospel Music, something [...]

Come One!  Come All!

Our Celebration of Arts and Spirituality
Comes to a Grand Finale with BEAUTIFUL MUSIC!

Bring your family, friends and neighbors to enjoy an evening of beautiful music created by three
Good Shepherd members:
Suzy and Keith Christensen will lift us in song. Carol Smucker, accompanist, will also play individually.
Saturday, March 26, 7:00p.m. in the [...]

Dear Editor,
Most of the time letters to the editor thanking the NC Dept. of
Transportation are for the awesome job they do with snow removal in the
winter. Although I too am grateful for that, I’m writing today on behalf of
the Hiwassee River Watershed Coalition and our lakes and streams to say
thanks to DOT and its contractors [...]

Rep. Shuler Statement on Vote to Bring U.S. Troops Home from Afghanistan
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Representative Heath Shuler released the following statement today after voting for a resolution, H. Con. Res. 28, calling for the removal of all U.S. Armed Forces personnel from Afghanistan by the end of 2011.
“More than nine years ago the brave [...]

Dispose of old medications safely this week, says AG Cooper
Cooper encourages North Carolinians to participate in Operation Medicine Drop
Raleigh: North Carolinians can safely dispose of old prescription and over-the-counter drugs this week as part of the 2nd annual Operation Medicine Drop, Attorney General Roy Cooper said today.
Cooper, the State Bureau of Investigation, local law [...]