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DA Stan Gunter speaks to Lions
     What a revelation when Stan Gunter was guest speaker at a recent Union County Lions Club meeting. Married 24 years to wife, Rita, and father of two sons and District Attorney for Enotah Judicial Curciut which included the counties of Lumpkin, White, Towns and Union, this man is a true example of ded
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Union County Arrest Report
     The following is the arrest report for the Union County
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Jenkins Co-sponsored legislation for Georgians who cannot afford medications
     State Representative Charles Jenkins (D-Blairsville) co-sponsored HB 1178 during the 06 Session of the General Assembly that is sure to have a positive effect for those in the 8th State House District and throughout Georgia.
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Wheeler announces Health Care Initiative
     Frank Wheeler, Republican candidate for State House District 8, announced today his Wheeler Affordable Health Care Initiative. Details of the plan can also be found on his campaign website, www.WheelerStateHouse.com.
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7th Annual Blairsville Women's Spiritual Conference
     We hope all you ladies have followed the articles in this paper about the exciting Women's Spiritual Conference and Luncheon sponsored by local Crusade Pastors we have
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Kiwanis Club told about UCMS choice program
     A new program to encourage better behavior in the Union County Middle School was the program theme of the September 11th meeting of the Kiwanis Club of Blairsville. Sherry Walker of UCMS presented a very interesting description of the Choice Program in which each student starts the year with a Choic
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Community council campaign launched
     The 90,000 "Partners in Service" Campaign of the Community Council of the Georgia Mountain Research and Education Center was begun with a Kickoff Breakfast at the GMRE Center for Union and Towns Counties campaign volunteers on September 14. Over fifty people were in attendance. The intensive phase o
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Many thanks for 2006 Mountain Marketplace Heritage Festival
     From living history to Appalachian crafts, this year's Mountain Marketplace Heritage Festival was the best yet. The event is held annually on Labor Day weekend on the grounds of the Mountain Life Museum, the Union County Historical Society's 2-acre site in downtown Blairsville. The goal of the Mount
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Your Health Matters
By Claudia Parks, R.N.
     According to the American Heart Association, September is "Cholesterol Awareness Month." High blood cholesterol is one of the major risk factors for both heart disease and stroke. It would be beneficial if you broke out in a rash or developed some sort of physical sign when your cholesterol is high,
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Ask Robin
Robin Radcliffe
     Henry David Thoreau wrote "What lies before us and what lies behind us are small matters compared to what lies within us. And when we bring what is within out into the world, miracles happen."'
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OASIS Fall term has a joyful start
     The first day of the Fall 06 term was a busy, happy gathering as old friends and quite a few new ones greeted each other after the long summer break. We have 309 students enrolled in 560 classes this
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Auditions this weekend for Licklog Players' next production
     Saturday, September 23, from 10 am - 2 pm will be the beginning of auditions for Licklog Players production of
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Lynn York, Author, is Workshop Leader at Netwest Writers' Conference
By GLENDA BEALL
     Lynn York will be presenting a non-fiction session at the Lights in the Mountains Writers' Conference in Hayesville, NC September 30 with the title How to Find Time and Inspiration to Write. This busy woman knows this subject well. She wrote her first novel in the busiest time of her life when she h
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Local OB/Gyn breaks new ground in women's healthcare
     Murphy, N.C., September 13, 2006 -Eric Scott Sills, MD of Murphy Women's Center recently performed Western, N.C.'s first in-office, non-surgical procedure to end the burden of heavy periods for several of his patients. The results are in, and patients couldn't be happier.
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