Fiddler Donna Hébert to Perform at Folk School
      Massachusetts fiddler Donna Hébert will perform at 7:30 pm on Friday, January 12 at the John C. Campbell Folk School in Brasstown, NC. The public is welcome to enjoy a public exhibition of Folk School student crafts from 6:40 - 7 p.m in the Keith House Community Room, where the concert will be...
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Local youth win at National Racking Horse Assoc.
      Union County 4-H youth were big winners at the annual National Racking Horse Association meetings in Chatanooga, TN on November 4. Shelby Campell with her horse, The Bum Digitty won the High Points Pony Trophy. Beth Fox and Casper's Delighful Girl were awarded the High Points Juvenile Show Pleasure...
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      How can it be 2007 already? Just yesterday we were preparing for a new millennium. A lot of water has gone under the bridge in seven years. In the last month of 2006, three notable people were buried. I have a personal note from one of them. No, it wasn't from Saddam Hussein or James Brown.
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January Readings at John C. Campbell Folk School
      All are welcome to join other poetry and prose lovers for a reading on Thursday, January 18th at 7:00 pm at the John C. Campbell Folk School, which will feature two local writers. The program includes the prose of Shirley Uphouse and poetry by Mary Ricketson. There is no charge for admission.
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Dixie Divas
A Love Letter
By RONDA RICH
      His handprints are all over my heart. He held it for years in an uneasy, complicated grasp that I could never escape. Though I tried. Lord knows I tried mightily. "You're going to marry Ronnie Calhoun one day," predicted friends and family, both mine and his, for years.
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Your Health Matters
By Claudia Parks, R.N.
      Stress occurs when the body does not adjust properly to internal or external stimuli. The body's reaction to highly stressful situations is known as the "fight-or-flight" response. Under these circumstances, quantities of epinephrine (also called adrenaline), a hormone produced by the adrenal gland...
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Books
The power of nice
By LINDA KAPLAN THALER AND ROBIN KOVAL
      How to conquer the business world with kindness Currency Doubleday, $17.95 Reviewed by Larry Cox Has nice become the new mean? Two of the most successful women in advertising, Linda Kaplan Thaler and Robin Kovel, flip the age-old mantra "nice guys finish last" on its head.
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Noted Author and Civil Rights Historian to Speak at YHC
      Young Harris College is proud to bring to campus Dr. Robert A. Pratt as the featured speaker for the YHC annual tribute to Civil Rights Movement Leader Martin Luther King. Pratt, who is a professor of history and department chair at The University of Georgia, is a noted Civil Rights Historian. The ...
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