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Community Foundation funds early childhood development projects
May 18Two $75,000 Early Childhood Development (ECD) grants were approved last week to Region A Partnership for Children (RAPC) and Southwestern Child ...
Lake Junaluska — Celebrating 100 years
Queen title hotly contested at Lake Junaluska
By Mary Ann Enloe - May 18If the Waynesville-Canton football rivalry was the biggest thing going in Haywood County before television came to the mountains, dozens of beauty ...
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Mental illness and children — stigma often prevents treatment
By Denise Coleman - May 17According to the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) there are over four million children and adolescents in the United States suffering ...
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Maggie Valley Memorial Day service is May 27
May 17A Memorial Day service will be held starting at 9 a.m. Monday May 27, at the Maggie Valley Pavilion, next to town hall. Attendees may bring any ...
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GOP leaders unite to explore Medicaid reform
May 17Raleigh, N.C. — Governor Pat McCrory, Senate President Pro Tempore Phil Berger and House Speaker Thom Tillis joined forces today in pursuit of ...
Fallen officers honored at service
May 17Thursday marked a day to honor those who have been killed in the line of duty at the annual Law Enforcement Officers' Memorial Service at the ...
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Short Story Winners
By Blue Ridge Books - May 17Mountain Writers will reveal and honor winners of this year's Short Story Contest on Saturday, May 18, at 3PM in Blue Ridge Books Event Room. ...
Haywood County Schools Students Awarded Career and College Promise Certificates by HCC
By Haywood Community College - May 16At Haywood Community College’s graduation ceremonies on May 9th and 10th, over forty Haywood County Schools Juniors and Seniors were awarded a ...
Silent Auction at the Haywood Habitat ReStore
By Haywood Habitat For ... - May 16The Haywood Habitat ReStore is now presenting a collection of extra special items in an on-going Silent Auction. From now through Saturday, June ...
Cat Spay/Neuter Specials!
By Haywood Spay/Neuter - May 15Haywood Spay/Neuter wants you to know that we are here to help you fix your cats! When the weather warms up in WNC, the kittens start coming. Cats ...
More than 635 HCC Graduates Embark on New Journey After Graduation
By Haywood Community College - May 15More than 635 Haywood Community College graduates finished one chapter to begin another as they graduated from the college recently. Receiving ...
Waynesville Recreation Center Basketball Camp
By Waynesville Parks and ... - May 14Kevin Cantwell, current head coach at Carolina Day School and former assistant coach at Georgia Tech, will offer a basketball camp at the Waynesvil...
Lifestyles
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4-H partners with Tractor Supply this weekend
May 17The National 4-H Council is holding the 4-H Paper Clover Campaign in partnership with Tractor Supply Company (TSC) through May 19. As part of TSC ...
Friends of the Haywood County Library elect leaders
May 17At its recent annual meeting, the Haywood County Friends of the Library elected officers for the coming year. They include, back row, from left, ...
Ring of Fire tickets for May 23 benefit REACH
May 16REACH of Haywood has tickets available at their Waynesville office, 1085 N. Main St., and at Within REACH Resale Store, 456 Hazelwood Ave. for the ...
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Cancer Prevention Study in Haywood discussed May 21
May 17HOPEful Living: Women's Cancer Support Group welcomes all interested women to its meeting from 5:30 to 7 p.m., Tuesday, May 21, at MedWest-Haywood ...
Haywood Early College students get hooked on Haywood’s waterways
May 17Shrieks of excitement filled the air as Haywood Early College students discovered different types of “critters” in Jones Cove Creek along the ...
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Cornhole tourney to Benefit Tye Blanton Foundation is June 1 at Los Amigos
May 16There will be a cornhole tournament to benefit the Tye Blanton Foundation Saturday, June 1, at the Los Amigos Restaurante, 366 Russ Ave., in ...
Member Stories
Angie’s Dance Academy presents Recitals to celebrate their 22nd Year
By Angie's Dance Academy - May 16For 22 years, children and adults alike have been entertained by the talented young people enrolled at Angie’s Dance Academy and this year is no ...
Maggie Valley Nursing & Rehabilitation Honors Volunteers During National Volunteer Week
By Brenda Silvers - May 13Maggie Valley Nursing & Rehabilitation honored our volunteers with a brunch on April 26. We are fortunate to have so many volunteers who do so ...
Columns and Opinions
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When ideas excite our competitors, we're in trouble
May 17The wholesale change in state government policy when it comes to creating jobs has some in the economic development realm “giddy” with excitement. ...
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May 20 letters
May 17Thanks for the coverage To the editor: We had an excellent turn out for the SongSpinners Noon Concert. I think yourpublication of the information ...
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Long live Camp Hope
May 17Congratulations to the Town of Canton for winning a lawsuit that would have turned Camp Hope into a private playground. Anyone who has studied the ...
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Reader letters, May 17
May 17Here’s how GOP can broaden its base To the editor: Recently the Republican National Committee released a 99-page report, the “Growth and Opportunit...
Blogs
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Book Review: Seraphina by Rachel Hartman
By Haywood County Library - May 13Reviewed by Librarian Donna Surles For 40 years, the humans and dragons of the Kingdom of Goredd have lived in an uneasy peace. Since the dragons ...
Spain: Part II
By Kristian Buckner - May 06Continued... Day 4: We woke up early, I hadn't gotten adjusted to Spain time, or caught up on sleep, and the fact that we had stayed up till one ...
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Book Review: The Whole Stupid Way We Are by N. Griffin
By Haywood County Library - May 06Reviewed by Librarian Donna Surles Dinah and Skint were friends before they were 5 years old. When they are in Kindergarten, Skint moves away to ...
Create A Secret Hiding Place For A Key
By Gary Arrington - May 05If you've ever locked yourself out of the house, you know how frustrating and inconvenient it can be. We've probably all thought about hiding a ...
Comments
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Re: GOP leaders unite to explore Medicaid reform
By Bruce and Carole Larivee - May 18Reference in this article to "North Carolina's broken Medicaid system" is contradicted by an article published last month in your newspaper ...
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Re: Long live Camp Hope
By Jena K Sowers - May 18Thats all fine and good but the law suit was not brought against Canton for not allowing visitor's from other areas using the property. It was ...
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Re: Maggie Valley Memorial Day service is May 27
By Beverly Slone - May 18It should read "Attendees may bring
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Re: May 15 reader letters
By Allen Alsbrooks - May 16J. Bourke. While some of the buildings within the town limits of Maggie Valley could use some freshening up please keep in mind a lot of what you ...
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Re: Haircuts for a cause
By Tony and Linda Sexton - May 15Loss of hair during cancer treatment is one of the biggest worries a patient expresses. By donating their hair as these children have, not only ...
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Health & Fitness Column
Five foods that may entice weight loss
By John Taylor - May 14Forbes recently performed a review of research to find if there is scientific data that states if certain foods allow people to burn off excess ...
NCHSAA Class 3-A Track & Field Championships
Golden, Turner win bronze medals at state
By Staff Reports - May 12The Tuscola girls track team didn’t finish high enough to receive a team medal, but freshman Brooke Turner and senior Sarah Golden earned a bronze ...
American Legion Baseball
Mulherns, Webbco joins the Dragoon family
By Chuck Fiebernitz - May 14Webbco of Haywood President Matt Mulhern and his wife Julie are active sports enthusiast as the parents run the roads with daughters Georgia’s ...
NCHSAA Class 2-A West Softball Tournament
Hudson speaks softly, and carries a BIG stick
By Rhonda Byrd - May 12History has recorded former U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt defining his foreign policy as, “speak softly, and carry a big stick.” Well, Nadia ...
Business
Get fit at Maggie Mountain Fitness
May 17Maggie Mountain Fitness has opened at 2761 Soco Road, in Maggie Valley. The center offers spinning, yoga, Pilates, bones and balance, boot camp, ...
Autumn Care promotes health, growth
May 15Autumn Care, at 360 Old Balsam Road, in Waynesville, is dedicated to the promotion of health and growth for all residents, the staff, personnel ...
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Edward Jones Breaks into the Fortune 500
May 17Fortune magazine's annual listing ranks the largest U.S. companies by revenue. Edward Jones debuts on this year's list at No. 491, with more than ...
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Livestock sales results, May 13
May 14WNC Regional Livestock Center, Canton, NC Report for Monday May 13, 2013 Cattle Receipts: 312 Last week: 161 Last year: 171 Slaughter cattle ...
A & E
Guide leads waterfall and wildflower hike
May 17What better way to get in shape for the summer than with a long, creek side hike in Great Smoky Mountains National Park (GSMNP)? Join the next ...
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PCMDC benefit concert date correction — it's May 24
May 16There will be a benefit concert for the Pigeon Community Multicultural Development Center's summer children's programs at 7 p.m. Friday, May 24, ...
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Fireflies perform light show for public
May 17What do Great Smoky Mountain National Park and Malaysian jungles have in common — the presence of synchronous fireflies of course. During the ...
Leather carving demo to be May 25
May 16Artisan in the Mountains will host a leather carving demonstration featuring local artist Martin Carter from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday, May 25, at 99 ...
Obituaries
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Robert J.Dehil
May 191930 - 2013 WAYNESVILLE — Robert Joseph “Bob” Dehil, 82, passed away on Tuesday, May 14, 2013 at The Homestead. A native of Cleveland, Ohio, he ...
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Mary Parris
May 171928 — 2013 Mary Trull Reece Parris, 84, of Darrington, Washington, passed away at her home March 9, 2013. Please join the family as they celebrate...
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Armelda D. Barlow
May 15In Loving Memory WEST END — Armelda Dyer Barlow, 97, formerly of Canton, died May 10, 2013, in Seven Lakes. She was preceded in death by ...
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Con Paul Nowakowski
May 18Proud To Be Polish LAKE JUNALUSKA — Con Paul Nowakowski, 79, passed away Friday, May 17, 2013 at The Homestead. He was a native of Willard, Ohio ...
Fred Buffin Calhoun
May 16Haywood Native WILLIAMSBURG, VIRGINIA — Fred Buffin Calhoun, 82, went to his eternal home with his Lord and Savior Christ Jesus April 17, 2013, ...
Ken Futch
May 14In Loving Memory CANDLER — Louis Kendrick Futch, 84, passed away Saturday, May 11, 2013, at Emerald Ridge Rehabilitation and Care Center. A ...
