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Arts & Leisure July 26, 2007
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Don't miss this gem of a show
Review by Jan Broadwell, Jasper. Mrs. Broadwell is a member of Actor's Equity and AFTRA (American Federation of Television and Radio Actors)
      When you put together an entire cast that acts, sings, and looks like seasoned performers- and this is community theater- it's a miracle.
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Journal of a Living Lady
      Sometimes it is good that we don't know what our children are experiencing until after the fact. Last week was like that for Buddy and me. Our son Charlie, the science teacher, is serving as an interim youth minister between school terms.
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Dixie Divas
Scotch-Irish is what we call ourselves
By RONDA RICH
      One day I was lamenting to my friend, Patti, who helps me in my office, about my smart aleck mouth. "I just can't help myself," I complained as she looked over some files. "Somebody says or does something that I don't cotton to and I just pop right back at them with a dagger sharp comeuppance. T...
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Your Health Matters
By Claudia Parks, R.N.
      This is a continuation of last weeks article- the subject being about "ticks"--and as I promised the subject will be about diseases ticks spread. If you would like to read last weeks article (July 19) go on line to unionsentinel.com and click on News Archives and choose the date and when the front...
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Copper Door brings fine dining to the Hayesville Square
By TAYLOR LOTT Sentinel Guest Writer
      Kudo's Chef/Owner Dennis Barber! The long awaited Copper Door is now open and alive with activity and great food. I have awaited the opening of this great place for over a year as many have. Chef Dennis with all his many culinary skills was also the man power behind this well put together and ver...
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Dulcimers to be featured in Folk School Concert
      Four nationally known proponents of the hammered and mountain dulcimer will be featured in a free concert at the John C. Campbell Folk School in Brasstown, N.C. on Friday, July 27 at 7:30 p.m.
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Cooking with Barbara
Praline Bars with Icing
      When I was growing up, we used to sit on the porch of a girlfriend and play monopoly and other games. Her mother would always bring out a wonderful snack and Kool Aid. I think she made up this recipe as she often did. My family bought butter and eggs from her brother.
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Moments in Time
The History Channel
      • On July 25, 1832, the first recorded railroad accident in U.S. history occurs on the Granite Railway near Quincy, Mass., when a cable snaps, throwing four people from a vacant car and over a 34-foot cliff. • On July 27, 1901, singer and actor Rudy Vallee is born in Island Point, Vt.
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Now Here's a Tip
By JOANN DERSON
      • "When assembling a sizable piece of furniture, try to do it in the room where it will be used, if possible. This prevents you from having to disassemble all or part of it if you can't fit it through the doorway, and saves you the frustration of having to move and maneuver it into its room....
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Union County Historical Society Picnic
      The Union County Historical Society summer picnic will be held Tuesday, July 31st, at Lake Winfield Scott. Take Hwy. 180 West to Suches. Cross the bridge (the lake will be on the left) and continue on Hwy. 180 past the former entrance. The well-marked, main entrance is approximately 1/2 mile past ...
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Horoscopes
      ARIES (March 21 to April 19) You're wise to let your Arian skepticism question a former adversary's request to let bygones be bygones. Time will tell if he or she is trying to pull the wool over the Lamb's eyes. TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) Congratulations. Your hard work soon pays off with some w...
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Strange But True
By SAMANTHA WEAVER
      • It's often been said that necessity is the mother of invention - and for good reason. Here's an example: The idea for the pull-top can originated when the inventor was at a picnic; he had forgotten to bring a can opener, so he had to use a car bumper.
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Aw, shucks- a corny story
      A friend called and asked me if I would meet her at the Farmer's Market in Forest Park, Ga., and help her shuck corn and put the corn up at the cannery there. She said it was only a small pick up truck full of sacks of corn, she desperately needed the help, so I said, "Sure." What did I know?
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Fiddlefest party at Union County's Old Courthouse
      Tune up your fiddle and rosin up your bow. The annual fiddling party as part of the summer concerts at the Old Courthouse on the Square at Blairsville will take place Friday, July 27 at 7 p.m. The fiddlefest has become one of the favorite programs in the summer concert series, and this one looks...
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Peacock Pride's Session II a Smash!
      Fantabulous Fables, the second Peacock Pride offering this summer, was a hit with both the 36 students and the nearly 90 audience members. Fables was a week-long improv workshop directed by Laurel Adams and based on classic improv exercises used by many improv troupes such as Second City and Satu...
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From Start to Fitness
Crunching into oblivion
By ANDREA RENEE WYATT, M.S.S., C.S.C.S.
      Q: My gym offers 15- minute abdominal classes. I try to attend at least three of these classes a week, and definitely feel my abs burning during class; however, I have not seen much of a difference in my abdominal area flattening. Are these classes a waste of time, or could I be doing something wr...
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Bluegrass Group 'Highway 76' to perform in Brasstown
      This week's concert at the Brasstown Community Civic Center will feature "Highway 76", a bluegrass group from Blairsville, Ga. The concert will be at 7:00 p.m. on Saturday, July 28.
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Final days of Ga. Mtn. Fair
      Get ready for the final days of the Fair! The Georgia Mountain Fairgrounds is hosting the 57th annual Georgia Mountain Fair from July 18- 29. A complete schedule of the second week (July 26- 29) is listed below. For additional information, visit www.GeorgiaMountainFairgrou nds.com.
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