From the Porch
Attacked by a napkin
Dwight Otwell
      My daughter Vana faced the mighty Ocoee River and was delivered unscathed. However, she was done in by a napkin from Hardees. Vana, husband Mike and my granddaughters Nicole and Leah visited for the week and I went rafting with them on the Ocoee River. We rafted the calm Nantahala two years ago ...
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Letter to the Editor
Response to a letter from an Asheville doctor
      I recently received a letter for a doctor in Asheville, who I will call Dr. M... I've never met him. He replied personally to my home address on a public letter to the editor I wrote titled "We're at War with the Jihadists". I give him the benefit of doubt that he's sincerely concerned about the s...
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'This country is quickly being sold down the river!'
      Every week, as I read the newspapers in Cherokee County, I think - "how many more slaps in the face" are we going to take from our county officials. This past week, I read in the Cherokee Sentinel that Bob Wood is "coming home" to the Cherokee County Health Board as interim director - at a sala...
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