Bark in the Park
      Dog lovers ran for Rover, raced for canines and pupstrutted their way to raising funds for the Humane Society's Mountain Shelter (HSMS). HSMS, which has served Hiawassee and Blairsville for over 20 years, will use the money raised to continue to spay or neuter 100 percent of the dogs and cats adop...
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Dixie Divas
Porches, past and present
By RONDA RICH
      Digging through my purse for a receipt, I discovered another piece of paper with numbers scrawled across it. I pulled it out, read the numbers and smiled. It's nice to know you have William Faulkner's phone number close by. Now, how did I get William Faulkner's phone number? This revered Nobel w...
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Your Health Matters
By Claudia Parks, R.N.
      We usually don't think about what is really precious to us- health wise- until something goes wrong or we lose it! Then it's gloom and doom, what am I to do? Our eyesight is one of the most precious commodities that we each possess. Yet we so often take our eyesight for granted and just maybe we d...
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Hiawassee Jamboree
      Don't miss a Night of Great Local Music! Hiawassee Jamboree - A Country Music & Rock 'n' Roll Show at Anderson Music Hall at the Georgia Mountain Fairgrounds, Saturday, June 30, 8 - 10 p.m.
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Journal of a Living Lady
By Nancy White Kelly
      The tiny pink and blue shopping cart sits idle. I am observing it from the den recliner where I am pasted with inertia. My weary eyes catch a green triangular blob wedged under the settee in the corner. It belongs in the yellow tub for teaching shapes. Somehow it escaped clean up time.
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Cooking with Barbara
English Toffee
By BARBARA WALKER-HUFF Sentinel Guest Writer
      Remember the Heath candy bar? I can't seem to find it anywhere; it was my favorite for many years. When in England, every candy shop has toffee broken into pieces covered in dark or milk chocolate. The Food Network had this recipe several months ago. I think Paula Deen had it, also. The toffee wa...
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From Start to Fitness
Vacation fitness
BY ANDREA RENEE WYATT, M.S.S., C.S.C.S.
      Q: I am planning to take several vacations this summer. Recently I have started seeing good results from my workout routine, and I don't want to lose my momentum. How can I modify my fitness program so I don't slip backward while I am on vacation?
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Jazz Night on the Square!
      One of the most popular and well-attended concerts of the Season is back! From 6-8 p.m. this Saturday, June 30, the Hiawassee Square will be filled with the memorable jazz sounds from years gone by,
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Children's summer theater camp
Peacock Pride
      Many years ago, Eloise Wolfersteig, a local patron of the performing arts, envisioned a summer school for area children to learn about the theatre. Today her dream is a reality, thanks to the Licklog Players at the Peacock Playhouse in Hayesville. Each summer the Playhouse offers two one-week sum...
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Harpist Lorinda Jones to perform June 29
      Lorinda Jones will be featured in a free concert of Celtic harp music at 7:30 pm June 29 at The John C. Campbell Folk School in Brasstown, N.C. .
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Cruise-In at Victoria's
      Victoria's Antique Mall, located at 2386 Young Harris Highway (on Hwy. 76 next to the old Movie Theater and Bowling Alley) in Blairsville, GA. is having a Cruise-In this Saturday, June 30, 2007, rain or shine. Free registration is from 10 a.m. to Noon with trophies awarded at 4 p.m.
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