Union County Arrest Report
      The following is the arrest report for the Union County Jail. This report is from the open records for the the period of May 5 to May 12, 2008. The following persons were arrested and charged with offenses, but have not been found guilty.
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Blairsville Police Dept. Incident Report
      5/06 ATM standby ATM standby Person down Private property accident Animal complaint Suspicious person Ingles escort Accident ATM standby Damage to property 911 hang up 911 hang up Misc.
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May NARFE Meeting
      The Brasstown Bald chapter of the National Active and Retired Federal Employees will meet at Grinds-N-Glazes Restaurant on Hwy. 515 in Blairsville on Tuesday, May 13th starting at 11:45. NARFE is recognized as the association devoted exclusively to serving and protecting the earned rights and ben...
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Cultural Academic Student Exchange
      C.A.S.E. (a non-profit educational organization) is looking for Host families to open their hearts and their homes to a high school student from Brazil, Belgium, Denmark, France, Italy, Mexico, China, Germany, Thailand, Montenegro, Venezuela and Vietnam. These students are very anxious to learn ab...
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Mountain OASIS Folk Band scores again
      On Thursday, May 8, instrumentalists from the various OASIS music classes presented a wonderful concert of folk classics, traditional gospel and old time tunes to the Lunch Bunch. Twenty-two musicians played guitar, fiddle, autoharp, dulcimer, dobro, flute, penny whistle and harmonica.
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MACA Scholarship Fund
      On Friday, May 30, Mountain Area Christian Academy (MACA) will graduate its fourth senior class. All of MACA's previous graduates have gone on to further their education. Each of this year's seniors intends to do the same. To honor these graduates and future graduates, we are establishing a schola...
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Harmony in the Hall
      The High Country Harmonizers, under the direction of George Barber, presented a wonderful program of barbershop oldies and standards to the Lunch Bunch at OASIS on Thursday, May 1st. We enjoyed such endearing tunes as "Moments to Remember" and a Military Medley saluting all branches of our Armed F...
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Cruisers announce Winners of May Cruise-In
      The May 3rd Cruise-In in downtown Blairsville had 41 cars and trucks registered, winners for the People's Choice Trophies were presented for two open classes. Tom Bruce won the Best Ford Trophy with his '66 Mustang: Roland Varrico captured the trophy for Best Chevy with his '64 Impala. Our 50/50 r...
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Special Olympics held in Towns Co.
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Children's Theater Summer Camp '08
      "Theatre Around the World Act II" June 16th -28th, 2008 Sunny D Children's Theater is very happy to announce the dates for their 2008 Summer Theater Camp. The camp will be held the weeks of June 16th - 20th and the 23rd - 27th, from 9:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. We welcome all children between the...
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Castaway Critters
     My name is Jeb. I'm a young boy- about a year old. I'm a hound/dachshund mix. I am outgoing, playful and friendly. I love people, other dogs and children. I was found on Hwy. 76 by some nice folks who helped me find my way to Castaway. The people here are great, but I want to go to my forever home w...
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Your Health Matters
By Claudia Parks, R.N.
      Each Sunday on the way home from church, we stop at the Booger Hollow Store to purchase a copy of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution--mainly so that my husband may have the Comics, and hopefully get a good laugh! As for me, certain times of the year I read the Sports and then the rest of the paper a...
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