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News
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'Tips for Caregivers' talk is June 4
May 21Dr. Lisa Verges of MemoryCare will make a presentation to caregivers from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 4, at the Senior Resource Center, 81 ...
Canton fights back against cancer
May 21Canton hosted its annual Relay For Life event Friday, May 17, at the Canton Recreational Park. The night was a success, with approximately 2,000 ...
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Substance Abuse Recovery Camp to be held in summer
May 21Aspire Youth and Family Inc., 33 Sharon Lynne Way, in Clyde, will hold a recovery camp for Haywood and Jackson County youth ages 12 to18 with ...
Lake Junaluska — Celebrating 100 years
Romance, marriage at Lake Junaluska
By Marie Metcalf - May 21It’s almost like the garden scene in Romeo and Juliet. Except this Romeo stands in the gravel parking lot and whistles to beckon Juliet through an ...
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Dem exec meeting is June 24
May 21The Haywood County Democratic executive committee meeting will take place at 6:30 p.m. Monday, June 24, at Democratic Headquarters, 286 Haywood ...
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Few support N.C. tax reform plan
May 21RALEIGH, NC – Only 10 percent of North Carolina voters surveyed support a tax plan before the North Carolina Senate according to a Public Policy ...
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HCC and ASU Sign Memorandum of Understanding for Honors College
By Haywood Community College - May 21Haywood Community College and Appalachian State University recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding that will allow HCC students with honors ...
2013 Region A Nursing Consortium Pinning Ceremony Held
By Haywood Community College - May 20The 2013 Region A Nursing Consortium Pinning Ceremony was held recently on the campus of Tri-County Community College. Haywood Community College ...
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HCC offers boating safety course
By Haywood Community College - May 20Haywood Community College’s Natural Resources Division and the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission will offer a Boating Safety course ...
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 ...
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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Take the chance to dispose of chemicals safely
May 20Once every several years, there’s a collection point where local residents can safely dispose of harmful chemicals that could contaminate the ...
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For politicians, lots of blame, little control over jobs
By Scott Mooneyham - May 20RALEIGH -- There may be no subject that politicians talk more about and have so little control over as jobs. There is good reason for it. No ...
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N.C. activists need teachable Tuesdays
By John Hood - May 20RALEIGH — The North Carolina chapter of the NAACP is spearheading a weekly series of protests at the state legislature called “Moral Mondays” ...
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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. ...
Blogs
Spain: My last days and what I know now
By Kristian Buckner - May 20The last few days in Spain involved Cordoba, where we stopped by to see the mosque, and then Madrid again, where we ended our stay. We shopped, ...
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Book Review: Music of Ghosts by Sallie Bissell
By Haywood County Library - May 20Reviewed by Keneitha Bryson, Library Assistant at the Canton Branch Library Sallie Bissell received a typewriter as a Christmas present from her ...
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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 ...
Comments
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Re: Community Foundation funds early childhood development projects
By Diane Stanton - May 20We greatly appreciate the Community Foundation for this funding. Their grant will help Region A Partnership for Children to do the very important ...
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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 ...
Sports
American Legion Baseball
Canton Lions Club teams up with Dragoons
By Chuck Fiebernitz - May 21Everyday in North Carolina, from the Great Smoky Mountains to the beautiful Outer Banks, more than 10,000 Lions work diligently to improve their ...
American Legion Baseball
McConnell tabs lefty as Post 47’s “Opening Night” starter
By Chuck Fiebernitz - May 21It’s been a long 61 years since American Legion baseball has been played in Haywood County. It will be a special night for baseball fans and ...
American Legion Baseball
Former Major League manager to throw out first pitch
By Chuck Fiebernitz - May 21The invitations were just the beginning. The moment will be very special. The participants even know how meaningful the event will be. The few ...
American Legion Baseball
It’s Opening Night for the Dragoons
By Chuck Fiebernitz - May 21Opening Day of any baseball season is very special to all fans of all ages. But tonight at 7:05 p.m. when the first pitch is delivered from a ...
Business
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Maggie Valley Club & Resort hosts open house at Master’s Landing May 22
May 20Maggie Valley Club announced the completion of the first of its luxury townhome project, Masters Landing and has begun breaking ground on new ...
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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 ...
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 ...
A & E
HART salutes music of Johnny Cash
May 21You don’t have to be a fan of country music to love Johnny Cash. The iconic singer/song writer left a mark on popular culture that crossed ...
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Celebrate BearWaters' first anniversary May 25
May 20Bearwaters Brewery, 130 Frazier St, Waynesville, celebrates the first year Saturday, May 25, with an all day music event at the brewery. Caribbean ...
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Ole Smoky Spring Farmfest to be May 31, June 1
May 21The annual Spring Farmfest will be held from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m, May 31 and June 1 at the Maggie Valley Festival Grounds. There will be displays of ...
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AKC All Breed Dog Show runs June 15, 16
May 20The Western Carolina Dog Fanciers Association, an area AKC Kennel Club, will host an AKC all breed dog show Saturday and Sunday, June 15 to 16 at ...
Obituaries
Harold Leatherwood
May 21Loving Husband, Father MAGGIE VALLEY — Harold Linton Leatherwood, 89, formerly of Johnson Branch, has gone to be with the Lord Tuesday, May 21, ...
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Frances W. Blackwell
May 201929 — 2013 SANDPOINT, IDAHO — Frances Weaver Cuthrell Blackwell, 79, passed away Sunday, May 12, 2013, in Sandpoint, Idaho. Graveside services ...
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Althea Jean Horne Hendry
May 19CULLOWHEE — Althea Jean Horne Hendry, 102, passed away Friday, May 17, 2013 at her home in Cullowhee. The daughter of the late John C. and Julia ...
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Doris B. Duncan
May 21WAYNESVILLE — Doris Blanton Duncan, 71, of 1785 Hyatt Creek Road, passed away Monday, May 20, 2013. Wells Funeral Homes & Cremation Services of ...
Joanne Boone Byrd
May 191928 — 2013 BUNNLEVEL — Haywood native Joanne Boone Byrd, 84, of Bunnlevel, passed away peacefully in her home on May 17, 2013. She was preceded ...
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Brenda L. Sundberg
May 191967-2013 WAYNESVILLE — Brenda Lorraine Sundberg, 46, passed away Friday, May 17, 2013 at her home. A native of Orlando, Florida, she was the ...
