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August 6, 2008
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Preserving our farmlands
NC Agriculture Commissioner voices concern over diminishing farms
Frank Bradley Sentinel writer
Calling every acre of farmland precious, North Carolina's agricultural commissioner Steve Troxler paid a call on the Smithmont farm in Peachtree and listened as Audrey Ware told about the 300-acre farm she grew up on, came back to, and now has entered part of it into a Farmland Preservation Trust. More...
Cramped for office space
Clerk of Court Jerry Breedlove says he's got a problem
By Frank Bradley Sentinel writer

Saying he is in "dire need of space," Clerk of Court Jerry Breedlove urged the commissioners to give his department top priority in providing expanded and more functional facilities. Breedlove's plea appears to have been prompted by structural problems that recently occurred in the old jail build... More...

1/4 cent sales tax to go on ballot

The county board of commissioners on Monday approved a resolution for a November 4, 2008 referendum for a One Quarter (1/4) Cent County Sales and Use tax. House Bill 1473 of the General Assembly authorized the county to conduct an advisory referendum on the question whether to levy a one quarter ... More...

 Local News
•Arrest Report
7/27/2008 - Arnold Jack Godfrey, 28, resisting public officer. 7/27/2008 - Angela Christine Gibson, 24, communicating threats. 7/27/2008 - Robert Bruce Hoyle, 60, impaired driving, transporting an open container of alcoholic beverage. More...
•Baseball, softball signups Aug. 15-16
•Museum receives over eighty antique items
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 Calendar
•Calendar of Events
Alzheimer's Support Group of Murphy meets the 1st Thursday of the month at 6:00 p.m. at the Murphy Senior Center. Contact Laura Harris at 828-644-0650 for more information. The Cherokee County Alcoholics Anonymous has scheduled meetings as follows: Tues. 7 p.m. More...
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 Opinion
•Since when is it governments job to resuce us
Ramblings of an amused mind!
Some of us gray-hairs remember when we were taught one of the most famous phrases from our Declaration of Independence that stated "...life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness." These three things are listed among the "inalienable rights" we all enjoy...or at least should be able to enjoy. More...
•Editor's Inbox
•Not fooled by County Commissioners
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 Obituaries
•EDGAR MAYNER, JR.
Edgar Warren Mayner, Jr. age 59, of Hwy 294 passed away Thursday, July 24, 2008 at the Murphy Medical Center. He was a native of Detriot, Mich., and had lived in Florida before moving to the Murphy area five years ago. More...
•DAVID JOHNSON
•JUNE CAROL JENKINS
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 Home & Garden
•Free dance classes
The first in a series of free, weekly ballroom dance classes in Brasstown brought out a number of couples and singles. The classes are taught by Laurel Adams, formerly of Los Angeles and San Francisco where she taught the instructors for the famed Arthur Murray dance studios. Laurel moved here nine ... More...
•Ozone affecting flowers scent
•August 1-7 is World Breastfeeding Week
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