REEL MEMORIES NO. 192
Curtis Wain Gates
by
William V. Reynolds
Considering the kind of scruffy, backwoods, uneducated, deep South hillbilly types he played,
most of us would probably be surprised to hear that Curtis Wain Gates was not born in the South.
He was born in Las Animas, Colorado, a small town where his father served as town sheriff. The
family [...]

REEL MEMORIES NO. 193
Derek Harris
by
William V. Reynolds
Derek Harris’s wavy hair and clean-cut handsomeness helped him become a film favorite of
teenagers in the early 50s, but never fulfilled his promise as an actor. He eventually concentrated
on photography and film production and was best known as the husband and manager of his
fourth wife, Bo Derek.
Derek was born [...]

County revenues take a leap
With cash increase, commissioners do some judicious spending
By Lavina West
Sentinel writer
ROBBINSVILLE–The Graham County Commissioners held their monthly workshop prior to their regular meeting on August 15. At that workshop, Donna Tipton Rogers made an appeal for additional funds for maintenance and utility costs for the Graham County Campus. During the meeting [...]

Jobs grow in Cherokee County
But there are losses around the region
Alice Blanton
Sentinel Writer
MURPHY–It’s clean-up time in Cherokee County.  Volunteers are needed to help clean the county roadsides.  Individuals and communities who would like to organize a roadside cleanup should coordinate with the local NCDOT county maintenance office where they can obtain orange safety vests, gloves [...]

Cherokee Arrest Report

August 7, 2011
Cynthia Nacole Hidden, age 27, of 826 Stewart Rd, Andrews, NC 28901 arrested for felony child abuse-serious injury.
Vernon Wilson Roe, age 27, of 1252 Pleasant Valley Rd., Murphy, NC 28906 arrested for driving while impaired.
Thomas Frederick Taylor, Jr., age 36, of 53 Jeffs Circle, Murphy, NC 28906 arrested for probation [...]

GriefShare Recovery Seminar and Support Group meets at Ranger Baptist Church, 151 Walker Rd., Murphy, NC each Wednesday at 6:45 p.m. beginning August 24th.
GriefShare features nationally recognized experts on grief and recovery topics.  Seminar sessions include “The Journey of Grief”, “The Effects of Grief”, “When Your Spouse Dies”, “Your Family and Grief”, “Why”, and “Stuck [...]

A “Military Outreach Program is well under way by the combined Murphy American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars and Disabled Veterans services organizations. This program is initiated to support Spc. Joshua Reid and his infantry outfit that ate deployed to a forward operating base somewhere high in the mountains of Afghanistan along the Pakistan border.
Items [...]

New home for the Andrews Town Office
Spacious parking, handicap accessibility and visibility are just three reasons that Bill Green, Finance Director and Town Administrator of the Town of Andrews, is thrilled to be in the new location, 3 Wilson Street, Andrews.  Their office is in the corner space of the old Food Lion that [...]

Andrews High School ready to go
Principal Hayes projects a banner year
By Alice Blanton
Sentinel writer
Virginia Haynes, an Andrews native and a 1978 graduate of Andrews High School returned in 2010 to serve as Principal of AHS. After leaving Andrews for a time, she taught school in Henderson County for 27 years and later was principal there.  [...]

Back to the books next week
Nuckolls takes the High School helm
By Frank Bradley
Sentinel writer
The yellow buses will be rolling Monday in front of a stream of trucks, SUV’s, vans and regular cars lined up dropping kids off at the elementary, middle and high schools. Clay County Schools will be back in business delivering another year [...]