Remembering the Old Courthouse

Part XIV

By: Willis P. Whichard

As I write this, I am in my office at the State’s second largest law firm. But I am looking at a picture of the old Clay County Courthouse. That may seem strange, but there is nothing new about it. Te same picture hung on [...]

Clay County Arrest Report
October 3, 2011 – October 9, 2011
Scott Larson Jones, 63, of Hiawassee, GA arrested for breaking and or entering ( 5 counts); felony larceny; injury to real property on October 3, 2011.
Katherine Dianne Scoggs, 33, of Hayesville, NC arrested for misdemeanor larceny on October 3, 2011 and released on October 3, 2011.
Michael [...]

Clay County Deed Transactions
October 3, 2011 – October 7, 2011

Hidden River Waterfront Group LLC sold Lot 8 (Hidden River) in Sweetwater Township to Angra Kasha and Angra Pawan for $ 59,000 on October 3, 2011.
Frank J. & Julia C. Verner sold 3.686 acres in Tusquittee Township to Billie T. Newton for $ 174,000 on [...]

Leaning Left
Jim Fitzgerald
Forgive me for the shock I received when reading the Union County GOP Resolution on the proposed local school tax increase. For a minute I suspected that a few Democrats had infiltrated the local GOP because that is the only kind explanation I could think of to explain the contents of their resolution. [...]

“Let us keep a firm grip upon our money, for without it the whole assembly of virtues are but as blades of grass.” (Bhartrihari: The Niti Sataka, c. 625 AD)
What is counterfeit money?  It is money that is produced to look exactly like real money. The only difference is that it was created out of [...]

Hinton Center Receives Large Donation of Tools from Volunteers
Hinton Rural Life Center has received generous donations of tools from the congregations of First United Methodist Church of Prattville, Alabama and Dalraida United Methodist Church in Montgomery, Alabama. Church volunteers who came to Hayesville this past summer to work on home repairs in our community went [...]

“Picture It”
Teen Costume Party
Come Dressed as your Favorite Book Character
( Books, Comics, graphic novel, etc.)
When: Thursday, October 20th @ 6 p.m.
Where: Moss Library Meeting Room
What: Costume Contest, Refreshments and Games
Learn about Western North Carolina’s Cherokee heritage at Hayesville’s First Annual Cherokee Heritage Festival this Saturday in downtown Hayesville.   See historical demonstrations and presentations by well-known [...]

REEL MEMORIES NO. 200
Dan Duryea
by
William V. Reynolds
“With his slicked-back blonde hair and malicious smile, he became the premier louse of the
movies. He developed a repertoire of understated body language with a shrug of the shoulders, a
slight raising of the eyebrow, a twitch of the mouth, and a subtle
‘take-it-or-leave-it-or-go-to-hell’ movement of the hand. Duryea became a [...]

Clay County Arrest Report
September 26, 2011 – October 2, 2011

Toby Lee Brown, 37, of Young Harris, GA arrested for misdemeanor larceny; possession of stolen goods on September 26, 2011 and released on September 26, 2011.
Anthony Vartuli, 44, of Hayesville, NC arrested for misdemeanor larceny; possession of stolen goods on September 26, 2011.
Stephen Kirk Wagner, [...]

INSPIRATIONAL FICTION THE LATEST AT MOSS MEMORIAL LIBRARY
Guest Writer, Dorothy Ethridge
Stephanie Grace Whitson’s “A Hilltop in Tuscany”–Mother and daughter must resolve the turmoil in their lives. Could their answer lie among the fabled hills of Tuscany? Sequel to “A Garden in Paris”.
Judith Pella’s “Homeward My Heart”, “Toward The Sunrise”, and “Somewhere A Song” (Daughters of [...]