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• Reader letters May 22

  May 21
  Abortionist plea for life is a disgrace To the editor: How hypocritical that Dr. Gosnell, the infamous abortionist in Philadelphia, would strike a ...
  

• May 20 letters

  May 17
  Thanks for the coverage To the editor: We had an excellent turn out for the SongSpinners Noon Concert. I think yourpublication of the information ...
  

• Reader letters, May 17

  May 17
  Here’s how GOP can broaden its base To the editor: Recently the Republican National Committee released a 99-page report, the “Growth and Opportunit...
  

• May 15 reader letters

  May 14
  Consider the view To the editor: When we come into the town of Maggie Valley from Dellwood, what does our eyes see? We see on the left side a ...
  

• Teacher of the Year: Public education is not broken

  By Cecilia Ruth Marcus - May 10
  Editor’s note: Cecilia Ruth Marcus, this year’s Teacher of the Year, made the following remarks at the Haywood County Schools Foundation’s ...
  

• Reader letters, May 10

  May 09
  School safety is worth extra taxes To the editor: In response to your invitation to weigh in on the school safety/tax issue, I have a suggestion. ...
  

Local Columnists

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  ‘I Surrender All’ — a message for Pentecost

  By Lucy N. Adams - May 14
  When we left the closing worship service at a church retreat, my friend seemed different. Her smiling face had changed to a blank expression. She ...
  
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  What's with this wet and wacky weather?

  Jul 19
  Most of you know that I work at a golf course, and there is the long-standing joke that, “It never rains on the golf course.” I wish that were ...
  

Other Columnists

• Take the chance to dispose of chemicals safely

  May 20
  Once every several years, there’s a collection point where local residents can safely dispose of harmful chemicals that could contaminate the ...
  

• For politicians, lots of blame, little control over jobs

  By Scott Mooneyham - May 20
  RALEIGH -- 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 ...
  

• N.C. activists need teachable Tuesdays

  By John Hood - May 20
  RALEIGH — The North Carolina chapter of the NAACP is spearheading a weekly series of protests at the state legislature called “Moral Mondays” ...
  

• When ideas excite our competitors, we're in trouble

  May 17
  The wholesale change in state government policy when it comes to creating jobs has some in the economic development realm “giddy” with excitement. ...
  

• Long live Camp Hope

  May 17
  Congratulations to the Town of Canton for winning a lawsuit that would have turned Camp Hope into a private playground. Anyone who has studied the ...
  

• Don't play politics with children's safety

  May 17
  The Haywood County Board of Education completely dismantled its proposal to improve school safety at the risk of having to raise taxes to pay for ...
  
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  Rolling with Stone

  By Jessi Stone Guide editor - May 15
  Finally! A beautiful weekend. While a little rain lingered on Friday, the dedicated Relayers came out to Maggie Valley for the annual Relay for ...
  
• Did you know?

  Dogs & Suds — A 'wiener' of a way to help Sarge’s May 16

  By Paul Viau - May 15
  Oh how time flies. It seems like yesterday that I wrote about the first, and as I remarked at the time, “Hopefully Annual,” Dogs & Suds Fundraiser ...
  

• Community should be in the loop on hospital issues

  May 14
  Across the nation, healthcare providers are bracing for a new way of doing business under the Affordable Care Act, one based on improved outcomes ...
  

• Legislators dive into health care

  By Scott Mooneyham - May 13
  RALEIGH -- State lawmakers may well have spent as much as 20 percent of this year's legislative session diving into health care-related policy. ...
  

Blogs

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  Spain: My last days and what I know now

  By Kristian Buckner - May 20
  The 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, ...
  

• Book Review: Music of Ghosts by Sallie Bissell

  By Haywood County Library - May 20
  Reviewed by Keneitha Bryson, Library Assistant at the Canton Branch Library Sallie Bissell received a typewriter as a Christmas present from her ...
  

• Book Review: Seraphina by Rachel Hartman

  By Haywood County Library - May 13
  Reviewed 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

• Re: Community Foundation funds early childhood development projects

  By Diane Stanton - May 20
  We greatly appreciate the Community Foundation for this funding. Their grant will help Region A Partnership for Children to do the very important ...
  

• Re: GOP leaders unite to explore Medicaid reform

  By Bruce and Carole Larivee - May 18
  Reference in this article to "North Carolina's broken Medicaid system" is contradicted by an article published last month in your newspaper ...
  

• Re: Long live Camp Hope

  By Jena K Sowers - May 18
  Thats 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 ...
  

• Re: Maggie Valley Memorial Day service is May 27

  By Beverly Slone - May 18
  It should read "Attendees may bring
  

• Re: May 15 reader letters

  By Allen Alsbrooks - May 16
  J. 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 ...