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Maggie resident questions trip expenses
By Jessi Stone Assistant ... - May 20Maggie Valley resident Charlie Meadows made an issue of recent expenses charged to the town by Mayor Ron DeSimone while attending Town Hall Day in ...
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Forest Service offers Memorial Day safety tips
May 20ASHEVILLE — The U.S. Forest Service today reminded visitors to practice safety when visiting the Nantahala, Pisgah, Uwharrie or Croatan national ...
CrossFit gym offers new approach to fitness
By Caroline Klapper - May 20Dr. Eric Yarrington’s definition of fitness changed when he discovered CrossFit in 2009. The CrossFit methodology was different from any workout ...
Grant brings biofuel study to WNC
By Caroline Klapper - May 20As gas prices continue to skyrocket and worry increases over limited fossil fuel resources, many are looking to biofuels as a possible solution to ...
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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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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 on ...
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 ...
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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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. ...
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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 ...
Blogs
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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Sports
NCHSAA Class 2-A West Softball Tournament
Diamond Bears beat ER Cavaliers, roll into fourth round
By Rhonda Byrd - May 19Sophomores Nadia Hudson and Callie Kuykendall did their part to lead the Pisgah varsity softball team past visiting East Rutherford, 1-0, in a ...
College Baseball
Stubbs a semifinalist for ‘Howser’
By Staff Reports - May 19The National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) announced the 40 semifinalists for the Dick Howser Trophy Thursday and a very ...
C.E. Weatherby Awards
Westhusing, Tricoli named 2013 Weatherby Award recipients
By Chuck Fiebernitz - May 19Former Tuscola High Coach Carleton E. Weatherby’s lifestyle was one where the worth of the individual was of primary importance. The legendary ...
NCHSAA Class 2-A Track & Field Championships
Pisgah girls’ 4x800 wins bronze medal at state
By Chuck Fiebernitz - May 19The Pisgah girls 4x800 relay team set a new school record when they finished third and also brought home a bronze medal from this past weekend’s ...
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
Canton shows Relay spirit
May 20Relay for Life in Canton Friday evening was full of food, fun and fantastic Relay spirit. So far the event has raised more than $56,000 for the ...
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 ...
Block party returns to downtown
May 19Get ready for another Rockin’ Block Party to kick start the summer season. Main Street in the center of downtown will close at 5 p.m. May 25 for ...
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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 ...
Obituaries
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 ...
Mrs. Faye Marlene Moody
May 19'A Loving Wife, Mother and Grandmother' Faye Marlene Moody, a joyful resident of both Waynesville and Vero Beach, Florida, was called to receive ...
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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 ...
Bernard Clark Sanders
May 191930-2013 Bernard Clark Sanders, 83, of Maggie Valley, passed away, Saturday, May 18, 2013, at MedWest Hospital. He was born in Oramel, New York, ...
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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 ...
