Clay County Arrest Report
August 15, 2011 – August 21, 2011

Kevin Michael Myers, 34, of Hayesville, NC arrested for misdemeanor larceny; assault on a female; attempt break or enter building (M) on August 15, 2011 and released on August 15, 2011.
Daniel Clifton Rhea, 30, of Hiawassee, GA arrested for simple assault on August 16, 2011 [...]

Clay County Deed Transactions
August 15, 2011 – August 19, 2011
Mountain Harbour Property Owners Association, Inc. sold 0.37 acres, Lot 6B (Mtn. Harbour Golf & Yacht Club Development) in Hiawassee Township to Kerry & Jean Collins for $ 3,000 on August 16, 2011.
William Richard Boyd, Jr.-TR and Bruce O. Chard, Sr. & Sara Chard sold 0.87 [...]

Tusquittee Chronicles  Part VII
By Claude R. Moss
SAN FRANCISCO–1953–After Jake’s mother died, Uncle Cub brought him from New Mexico for his grandparents to rear; and through all the years of my childhood, he was the only boy with whom I associated to any great extent. He spent a lot of time at our place, and would [...]

Remembering the Old Courthouse
Have you just sat and focused your mind on the past? Can you believe what you see? There was no TV, no computer, no air travel, no internet, no Facebook, no theater, or no Wii! So what on earth did the young folks do? Well, there was church on Sunday and Wednesday [...]

Tis the season for barbecues, picnics and heartburn.   Heartburn is common problem in the summer and can easily be treated or avoided.  It occurs when acids from your stomach go up into your throat and irritate the throat’s lining.   This is also called reflux.  Gastroesophageal reflux disease (or GERD) is when you frequently [...]

Leaning Left
Jim Fitzgerald
The Tea Party has pushed the Republican Party so far to the right that they are in danger of falling off the earth. Their chance of appealing to independent and moderate voters diminishes every day. The GOP candidates for President are galvanizing right-wing extremists but leaving everyone else shaking their heads. The GOP [...]

Remember the 24 hour a day media coverage of the shutting down of the Wisconsin state government when all the state Democrat Senators fled the state to avoid the new Republican majority and Governor from having a vote on reforms to limit the collective bargaining rights of government unions. Where is the press coverage of [...]

It is said that Nero played a fiddle (lyre) while Rome burned to the ground. President Obama has gone to Martha’s Vineyard to play with the rich and famous while the US economy continues to burn with more and more people losing jobs.
Our president likes to travel at taxpayer expense. In 2010, he took 172 [...]

Tusquittee Chronicles Part VIII
By Claude Moss
Unique individuals.
SAN FRANCISCO–1953–I was very small when i first saw “uncle” Warren Triplett. He was quite feeble, and it was difficult for him to mount the old gray mare that he rode. Probably born before the close of the eighteenth century, he dressed in the style of the old colonial [...]

REEL MEMORIES NO. 191
Marta Victoria Moya Burges
by
William V. Reynolds
Marta Victoria Moya Burges is best remembered for her contribution to television westerns, but
she made a small yet significant contribution to major Western movies during the late 1950s and
early 1960s.
Marta was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina the daughter of a French father and an Italian mother.
Her father, [...]