Montgomery Lodge had a meeting this month with special guest, Barry Rigdon, Grand Master of Masons in North Carolina. Grand Master Rigdon gave a report on Masonic happenings in North Carolina. During the meeting he made two very significant presentations. He presented the 60 year award to Brother ... More...

Alcoholics Anonymous The Cherokee County Alcoholics Anonymous has scheduled meetings as follows: Tues. 7 p.m., Sat. noon, Sun. 4 p.m. Murphy Presbyterian Church (white house in rear); Thur. 8 p.m. St. William's Catholic Ch., Murphy; Wed. 8 p.m., United Methodist Church, Andrews, in the fellowship ... More...

Opening day at the new Bear Ridge Mall was Saturday, May 5 and in spite of the rain, saw an excellent turnout as 400 to 500 people came to enjoy gospel music, free hotdogs, balloons, face painting and bounce houses for the kids. More...

What joy! The killdeer are back. A few weeks ago I wrote a column lamenting that I feared the killdeer weren't coming back to the Sentinel's back parking lot. I was even growing jealous that a killdeer, perhaps our Dove, was taking up with a high school right fielder. More...

B a s e d on extensive studies he conducted over many years, psychoanalyst J o h n B o w l b y wrote about the importance of the mother-child bond in his book Attachment. He wrote, "The young child's hunger for his mother's love and presence is as great as his hunger for food." And by contrast, h... More...

Evelyn Denton Groves of the Myers Chapel community in Hayesville died quietly at home on May 3rd, 2007 after a long illness. She was 82 years old. A native of Hiawassee, Georgia, she had lived in Clay County since 1948. She was preceded by her husband of over 50 years, William T. (Jack) Groves; he... More...

The Brasstown Ringers will present their annual spring concert of handbell music at the John C. Campbell Folk School in Brasstown, N.C. at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, May 11. The concert will be held in the Keith House Community Room and is free and open to the public. Donations will be gratefully accepte... More...

sound, economically viable and health-promoting. You may be wondering about the impact of the recordbreaking Easter weekend freeze on the availability of farm products listed in the Local Food Guide. The guide does include dozens of apple orchards, which were severely impacted. More...

Murphy Middle School went undefeated this season with a record of 16-0. Team members are Cody Allen, Matt Cook, Evan Radford, Cory Johnson, Justin Coker, Austin Thomas, Auistin Moss, Taylor Cordell, Grey Reid, Jonathan Williams, Edward Gaxiola, Michael Kernea, Brooklyn McKeon, Tyler Mulligan, Austin... More...