The Cherokee County Senior Games are now official
      North Carolina Senior Games, Inc. is pleased to announce that The Cherokee County Senior Games has been sanctioned as an official qualifying site for the State Finals 2008. The Cherokee county Senior Games will be held in various venues in and around Cherokee County in Spring 2008.
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Poor Man's Supper Oct. 13th
      A Poor Man's Supper will be held on Oct. 13 from 4-7 p.m in the fellowship hall at Sweetwater United Methodist Church, Hyw. 64W in Hayesville. Tickets can be purchased in advance or at the door for $5. Take-out is available. A raffle drawing for the Carnival Quilt will be held. Tickets are $1 eac...
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Lovingood benefit October 20th
      There will be a benefit for Clinton and Kathy Lovingood on October 20th at 5:00 p.m. at Andrews Community Center. The benefit will feature an auction, lots of delicious foods, and a raffle.The benefit has been set up to aid the couple in their medical expenses. For more information please call 837...
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International dinner held in Murphy
By Susan Otwell
      One would almost think they had stepped off a plane into a foreign country on August 26 at the Penland Senior Citizen Center. The center had been transformed into a fair of international dress, food and time of camaraderie and information exchange.
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Horsing around earns high school junior Barrel titles
By Susan Otwell
      Kiffney Griggs is the only Hiwassee Dam High School junior who can "horse around" all the time and get away with it. That's because Kiffney has had a passion for horses ever since she was given her first horse, KC, five years ago.
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New York style pizza has come to the mountains
DEBBIE WALKER Sentinel Writer
      Once upon a time in New Jersey there lived two sisters, who grew up together, played together, and loved together. They both went their separate ways in their careers and became what they thought was their hearts desire. But in reality what they both wanted was far from what they had intended the...
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Upcoming events at Fontana Village
      SMOKY MOUNTAIN BIKE WEEK AT FONTANA VILLAGE OCTOBER 4-7, 2007 Smoky Mountain Bike Week at Fontana Village Resort, October 4-7, 2007; $15.00 for a weekend pass for the Smoky Mountain Bike Week at the Dragon. This is for the rally only. Overnight lodging is available. Please call 800-849-2258 fo...
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4H summer fun campers horse around
      This summers 4-H Summer Fun Day Camps were a blast. We had five-day camps some were daylong some were a week long. At the 4-H Horsin' Around Day Camp youth were taken to Shiloh Stables in Hayesville, NC where they met real working cowboys and cowgirls. They were able to experience some of the thi...
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Shuler Creek stream watch
      Let your mind drift back to your childhood. Picture yourself at a wooded trout stream, early in the morning. This mist is rising from the crystal clear water as it gurgles faintly while tumbling gently over the moss covered rocks of a short riffle.
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Journal of a Living Lady
Nancy White Kelly
      Today is Saturday. It is coin shop day. I must change hats from being a school administrator to being a proprietor. It is quite a challenge to be responsible for a business with only one day a week to tend to it. And, to top it off, Buddy says jokingly that he needs to find me a third job. In almo...
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United Marriage EncounterWeekend
      Attention married couples! The next opportunity for couples to attend a United Marriage Encounter Weekend in the Western North Carolina area will be October 19-21, 2007, beginning Friday evening. The Weekend will be held at the Hinton Life Center in Hayesville, NC, just off US Highway 64.
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Domestic Violence Awareness Month
      October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month, a time when every person should consider what she or he can do to help end the epidemic of domestic violence that plagues Murphy.
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Carter, Kephart engaged
      Harley L. Carter of Copperhill, TN and Miranda H. Kephart of Murphy, NC announce their engagement and upcoming wedding. The bride-elect is the daughter of Tom and Tammy Kephart, both of Murphy. She is employed as a registered nurse with Davita-Smoky Mountain Dialysis Center, and with Murphy Medica...
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OCTOBER 2007ANGEL FOOD MENU
      To receive your food orders you must be placed and paid for no later: noon Monday, October 1, 2007 Food will be distributed on Saturday, September 15, 2007 from 1 - 3 p.m. Please bring a box to put your food in.
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Financial aid and reading strategies to be presented at HDHS
      Western Carolina University's Reading Center Director Dr. Barbara Bell will present "Reading Strategies for Middle and High School Students' Parent Night". This event will be at Hiwassee Dam High School on Monday, October 29 at the school cafeteria from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m.
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