Cherokee County Arrest Report
November 20, 2011 – November 26, 2011

November 20, 2011
Charles David Carroll, age 54, of 157 Lee Street Dr., Murphy, NC
28901 arrested for driving while impaired; reckless driving to endanger.
November 21, 2011
Heith Ramsey Burns, age 24, of 41 Ramsey Estates, Murphy, NC 28906
arrested for unauthorized use of motor vehicle; larceny-free text.
November 22, [...]

Leaving a legacy for the town
Margaret Warner, a quiet, gentle woman brought beauty to Murphy
By Frank Bradley
Sentinel writer
MURPHY–”Margaret Warner stopped through life long enough to make a difference,” Murphy Mayor Bill Hughes said last Wednesday at the dedication of a downtown park in honor of her.
Indeed, she did. Hughes went on to say that Margaret [...]

It was 1700 and just starting to get dark.  I was talking with Leslie on the phone.  Shortly into the conversation there was a large explosion heard somewhere on the Afghan part of the base.  I knew based on the explosion that we were receiving indirect fire.  I told Leslie that I had to go [...]

Gov. Perdue Urges Legislature to Pay for Extra School Days
Asks State Board to Delay Vote on Exempting Some School Systems

RALEIGH – Gov. Bev Perdue today urged members of the General Assembly to pay for its mandate that North Carolina schools add five instructional days to the academic calendar.
Gov. Perdue asked Dr. Bill Harrison, chair [...]

I am now less than three weeks away from returning to the United States.  Sunday morning I attended one of my last Afghan Army meetings of the deployment.  As the meeting came to a close, the Garrison commander highlighted many of the successes of my time spent here.  As he spoke, I looked around the [...]

Fellow Republicans
Thom Tillis, Speaker of the North Carolina House of Representatives, will hold a Town Hall Meeting in Murphy, North Carolina, on Wednesday, December 7, 2011, at Tri-County Community College – McSwain Lecture Hall, 21, Campus Circle, at 5 p.m.  Please invite all of your County’s Republicans to attend this event, where they will have [...]

The Hinton Center will present a Live Nativity on Saturday, December 10, from 6:30 to 8:30 pm. Bring your family and friends to the Hinton Hill for this special event. The Center’s fair trade gift shop will be open for holiday shopping, where all proceeds go to the Center’s volunteer program for Clay County folks [...]

Tusquittee Chronicles Part XXI
By Claude Moss
SAN FRANCISCO–1953–I have a dim recollection of Uncle Mahan Russell’s blacksmith shop, across the road from our old house, and just a few yards west of where the new house was afterwards built. During the leisure season, it seemed to be a meeting place for men and boys in the [...]

Ridge line development in Fires Creek
Owners want to build a private road across Forest Service land
By  Frank Bradley
Sentinel writer
FIRES CREEK–Developers have asked the U.S. Forest Service to grant road access to their 50 acre tract that straddles the Rim Trail atop a ridge within the Fires Creek area, After a lengthy Environmental Assessment which was [...]

New BRMEMC headquarters on track
Projected to be in operation next April
By Frank Bradley
Sentinel writer
The new Blue Ridge Mountain EMC headquarters complex is on track and expected to be completed in April of next year, Erik Brinke told a gathering of the Clay County Rotary Club on Tuesday.
Brinke who is the cooperative’s point man on economic [...]