Hinton’s new director of ministries
Hinton Rural Life Center welcomes a new Director of Program Ministries, Rev. Amy Spivey. Amy grew up in High Point, NC, graduated from Greensboro College and Duke Divinity School, and was ordained as an Elder in the Western NC Conference of the United Methodist Church.
Since her graduation from Duke, she has [...]

New school dead on courthouse steps
By a 2 to 1 vote, commissioners reject plans  to build a primary school
By Frank Bradley
Sentinel writer
HAYESVILLE–School superintendent Scott Penland made about as strong a case as one could make for the need to build a new primary school facility.
“Not only is there going to a greater need for it [...]

Clay County Arrest Report
August 7, 2011 – August 14, 2011

Lisa Mane Scoggins, 41, of Mount Holly, NC arrested for obtain property false pretense on August 10, 2011.
William Vincent Cody, 30, of Hayesville, NC arrested for first degree kidnping; assault by pointing a gun; communicating threats; possess drug paraphernalia; manufacture marijuana; possess with intent to [...]

The rush is on. Kids getting ready to board buses after their first day at school in Hayesville. On Monday, the bus loading coordination was a marvel to behold. Kids of all sizes, shapes and different colored backpacks poured out of their classrooms on to the sidewalks with the precision of a giant ant colony. [...]

Gov. Perdue Protects Academic Integrity, Accessibility of NC Pre-Kindergarten Program
Issues Executive Order to Ensure Access for All At-Risk Four Year Olds

Raleigh – Last week, Gov. Bev Perdue instructed the state agency in charge of North Carolina’s pre-kindergarten program to preserve the high standards, quality and accessibility of this crucial academic program for at-risk children.
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Lifesavers Mission trip Jamaica
By: Victoria Lattimer
Lifesavers Youth Group
On July 30th, 2011 Lifesavers Youth Group was to embark on a mission trip that would bring a lot of us of of our comfort zones. Months of preparation led our team to the day where everything finally felt so surreal, but little did we know how much [...]

Helping Hands Children’s Fair–fundraiser for children’s home
By Judy Ledford
My name is Judy Ledford, and I am he daughter of Dewayne and Fa Ledford. I am 17 years old and a rising senior at Hayesville High School. I am an active member of the H.H.S. athletic program. I play volleyball, softball and track & field. I [...]

From Haiti to Hayesville with love and care
By Bill Stephenson
Guest writer
Ask any member of Hayesville’s Presbyterian Church what Clay “cookies” down in Haiti have to do with Clay County, and you’ll get an earful. One of their members has told them. “I get overwhelmed every time I go to Haiti, swamped by people begging for [...]

Clay County Deed Transactions
August 8, 2011 – August 12, 2011
Calvin R. & Marianne Cline sold 4.15 acres, Lot 8 (Mission Ridge) in Sweetwater Township to
Joshua & Megan Z. Swanson for $ 172,500 on August 8, 2011.
Hidden River Waterfront Group LLC sold Lot 49 (Hidden River) in Sweetwater Township to Anthony L. & Dana Hall for [...]

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 [...]