A Taste of the Thames
By: Willis P. Whichard
Special to the Smoky Mountain Sentinel
Part VII:
Bookstores, the Royal Regatta & much Rain!
Friday, June 17, 2011
The forecast for today called for serious rain. We were in it off and on throughout the day, but it never really got serious.
We commenced with a 20-minute coach ride “to bypass the [...]

Autumn is starting set in here in Afghanistan.  There has not been much change other than cooler temperatures.  This season was my favorite season growing up in the mountains.  I remember picking pumpkins and looking the beautiful colors as the trees changed colors.  There are virtually no trees where I am in Afghanistan, which made [...]

Last week as I was checking the parking area in front of the Camp Parsa I was told by the Afghan Army guard that there was someone requesting medical help.  He pointed to an old man kneeling away from the gate.  The guard explained that he was seeking medical attention for his son.  The guard [...]

$2 million loans & grants for TCCC education
Federal and NC loans and grants are a boon for area
By Frank Bradley
Sentinel writer
If extreme T-partiers had it their way, Clay, Cherokee and Graham counties would be suffering a lot more economically than they are today. Pushing for draconian cuts in the federal and state’s educational budget would [...]

School Board Annual Meeting for Western North Carolina
By Frank Bradley
Sentinel writer
Something like 50 school superintendents, board members and administrators attended the North Carolina School Board Association’s District 8 meeting, which was held at Hayesville High School last Thursday. District 8 includes 18 counties from Buncombe and McDowell counties and counties to the west.
Ed Dunlap, who [...]

Controlled waste site to open in Hanging Dog
Amid protests, new site to be opened by Halloween
By Frank Bradley
Sentinel writer
MURPHY–”There’s nothing as certain as death and taxes,” as the saying goes, but perhaps, the accumulation of household trash would run a close third. In our era of “getting and spending,” it seems trash just continues to [...]

Cherokee County Arrest Report
Booked during 9/25-10/1/2011

9/25/2011
Gabriel Hernandez Enedino, age 43 of Airport RD, Andrews, NC 28901 arrested for Safekeeping.
Mitchum Scott Turpin, age 37 of 738 Barkers Creek Rd, Whittier, NC 28771 arrested for Holding for other agency.
9/26/2011
Toby Lee Brown, age 37 of 202 Dillar Circle, Blairsville, Ga 30512 arrested for 3 counts of failure [...]

The first day of delivery was slow.  In the morning the first two trucks were dumped next to the location where the gravel would be stored.  We measured the gravel and determined that there was about 5.5 cubic meters per dump truck.  The contractor hired ten trucks to bring the gravel from the crusher.  Throughout [...]

Clay County speaks up at Governor’s forum
Leaders share ideas to spur economic growth
By Frank Bradley
Sentinel writer
CLYDE, NC–About 200 community leaders from across western North Carolina got together with Governor Bev Perdue and other state officials  at Haywood Community College last Thursday to share some “big ideas” on how to grow jobs and spur economic development.
The [...]

Eddie Worley and Jim Beatty were out on the Square at the Veteran’s Memorial on Friday afternoon in the beautiful weather, re-painting our Veteran’s statues. A special thanks to them.
Photos: By : Debbie Walker
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