Leslie Carter, Judy Smith, Mary Fonda-Moss Memorial Librarian, Dorothy Etheridge and  Deborah Kenyon.
Moss library gets $28,700 gift
Ferebee Grant gives library capital fund a boost
The Moss Memorial library expansion project got another boost last week when the Percy B. Ferebee Endowment presented the library with a check for $28,700. The library fund now has more than [...]

THE NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND
DR. LEON STATON FAMILY
CORDIALLY INVITES YOU TO ATTEND
A DEDICATION CEREMONY
TO NAME THE SECTION OF N.C. 69 FROM CHERRY ROAD (STATE ROAD 1118)
NORTHWARD TO U.S. 64
IN CLAY COUNTY
AS THE
DR. LEON R. STATON HIGHWAY
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 17, 2011
11 A.M.
THE CEREMONY WILL BE HELD AT:
HAYESVILLE FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
989 HIGHWAY 64 WEST
HAYESVILLE, N.C.
The [...]

Cookies for Travis at Christmas!

Karol Martin and Dove Profiles are currently taking donations for store bought or hand made cookies in memory of her son Travis , who passed away. The cookie donations are helping the community during the holidays through the Clay County Food Bank. The cookies will be distributed to families with [...]

Clay County Deed Transactions
November 28, 2011 – December 2, 2011

Breezlei Amanda & Kendra Nicole Bettis; Jessica Paige & Robbie Rich sold 1.413 acres, Tract 93 in Hayesville Township to Crystal Wren Buchanan for $ 5,000 on November 28, 2011.
Edna Romine & Vernon Davis and Edna M. Romine sold 0.656 acres in Brasstown Township to [...]

Clay County Arrest Report
November 26, 2011 – December 4, 2011

Mark Wayne McGough, 30 of Hayesville, NC arrested for communicating threats on November 29, 2011 and released on November 30, 2011.
Shannon Maney Huskins, 39, of Murphy, NC arrested for failure to appear on misdemeanor on November 30, 2011 and released on November 30, 2011.
Kali Ren [...]

November 22nd, 2011 Sheriff Vic Davis and his deputies qualified with the newest addition to the Sheriff’s Office, the 5.56mm AR-15 law enforcement rifle.  This was the next step in bringing the sheriff’s office up to date with the latest available tool in law enforcement and what has become standard issue equipment throughout the law [...]

Is the world banking system about to collapse? How will it affect you?
Last week the virtually unregulated US Federal Reserve Bank (FED) and five other countries’ Central banks made it cheaper and easier for European banks to borrow dollars in emergencies to cover their debts. They reason they did this was that Germany, the most [...]

Leaning Left
Jim Fitzgerald
There are times when strategies just fall short and there are times when they backfire. It is not too early to say that the GOP strategy of blaming Obama for the economic malaise has certainly fallen short and there is budding evidence that it might backfire. Last week was very telling in several [...]

The Green Column
by Richard C. MacCrea, Andrews Valley Initiative
rmaccrea1@gmail.com
Low Cost Water Heating
If you have children at home, you probably spend $50 each month to heat your water. How can this be reduced? Lets look at four ways:
Solar water heating can cost $6000 or more installed. There are local companies that sell and install solar water [...]

Last week Congress was in session following the Thanksgiving district work period. It was also the first week that Members of Congress were back in Washington following the announcement that the bipartisan Joint Select Committee, or Super Committee, failed to come up with a $1.2 trillion deficit reduction plan by their November 23rd deadline.
I was [...]