Sandy Webster on exhibit
By PAT AUBÉ GRAY Article submitted
      Brasstown, N.C., artist Sandy Webster is the featured artist in the current "Nature's Bounty" exhibition at Carriage House Framing and Gallery in Blairsville. Included in this extraordinary array of incredibly creative and primarily narrative works are skillfully rendered graphite drawings, waterc...
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Georgia Mountain Roots & Music Festival
      Daily Schedule at the Georgia Mountain Fairgrounds Friday June 8, 2007: $18 tickets* Anderson Music Hall doors open 4 p.m. FREE Pickin' Pavilion -- 5:30 - 11 p.m. Ducktown Station -- 6 - 7 p.m.
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One Leg Up performs Gypsy Jazz at Folk School
      Self styled "Gypsy Jazz" band One Leg Up will be featured in a free concert at The John C. Campbell Folk School in Brasstown, N.C. at 7:30 pm on Friday, June 8. The concert will be held in the Festival Barn,.
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Dixie Divas
A home is made in the kitchen
By RONDA RICH
      Claudette, having a new inlaw/ outlaw travail to report, called the other day. Before she began her latest in the ongoing outlaw saga, she asked, as many of my friends often do when I answer the phone, "Whatta ya doin'?" I replied, as I often do, in complete detail of whatever I'm doing when th...
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Your Health Matters
By Claudia Parks, R.N.
      Antibiotics are fast becoming powerless against a horde of infectious diseases. You need to know when- and when NOT- to use them. How many of you have been guilty of "saving a few" (pills, capsules, liquid) of the last antibiotic prescription, so you can "have some handy" for the next time you fee...
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'Joyful Sound' on the Square in Hiawassee
      This Saturday's Concert on the Square in Hiawassee from 6-8p.m. features a "triple lineup" of talent! "Nelson and Buck" have graciously committed to a return visit to the Square, following last year's rain-out of their performance. (They played their guitars and sang Country and Folk songs to the ...
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Top of Georgia All Corvette Show at Brasstown Bald
      For the third year in a row, Corvette owners and enthusiasts will gather at the highest point in Georgia for the Annual Top of Georgia All Corvette Show. The show, put on by the Corvette Group of the Blue Ridge Mountains, will be from noon to 4 p.m. on Saturday, June 23, at Brasstown Bald Mountain...
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Celebrate a Celtic event
      Celebrate a Celtic event at the Blairsville Scottish Festival & Highland Games featuring Hunting McLeod on Saturday, June 9, 2007 - 7:30 p.m. Reaching a new plateau in the unique combination of traditional and modern Celtic music is Hunting McLeod. They're kilted up and suited for a unique Celtic...
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Here's the scoop
      Licklog Players is looking for volunteers to help scoop ice cream at the Georgia Mountain Fair this year. The fair starts July 18th and runs for 12 days until July 29th. This is the biggest fund raiser of the year for the Licklog Players and many volunteers are needed for scooping and helping cust...
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'Magic Man' Bill Packard Coming to UC Public Library
      "The Magic Man", Bill Packard, is coming to Union County Public Library on Thursday, June 14, 2007 at 1:30 PM. His performance will use the same theme as our Vacation Reading Program this year which is "Reading Takes You Everywhere" and centers around the Appalachian Trail and going on adventures.
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New starshow opens at Rollins Planetarium
      The new Friday night public show for June and July at Young Harris College's Rollins Planetarium will be Skies Over Georgia. Find out what's in the sky tonight in this live starshow featuring constellations, planets and other interesting sky objects currently visible from the beautiful north Georg...
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