Cedar Grove Grass in concert
      The Union County Historical Society is pleased to announce a concert to be performed by the bluegrass group, Cedar Grove Grass, on Friday, August 10 at 7:00 p.m. in the Old Courthouse on the Square in Blairsville. Cedar Grove Grass centers around Ruth West. Ruth lives part of the time in Blairsvi...
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Going once, going twice
Auctioneers to entertain at Folk School fundraiser
By Kathi Osborne
      Brasstown, N.C. - Auctioneers Tim Ryan and Bob Grove plan to entertain an audience of art lovers and Folk School supporters at this year's Benefit Auction for John C. Campbell Folk School in Brasstown on Saturday, August 18.
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Forget the dog, take stationery
By Marcus Keely Sentinel Writer
      Please do yourself a favor and leave the black lights at home. For that matter, it'd be smart to say goodbye to Fido too. In case you didn't get the memo, pets are not allowed in the dorm room. And for those of you that love toast in the mornings, please, for your own safety and well-being, get up...
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Enchanted Music on the Square
      If you have ever watched the Bluebird Cafe on TV, where songwriters play their own songs for the crowd, you have a hint about our August 11 Concert on the Square in Hiawassee, from 6-8 p.m.
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Dixie Divas
Mama's advice, you can take or give it away
By Ronda Rich
      Occasionally, I'll send Brandon, the nice young man who helps me out around the house, over to Mama's to do errands or yard work for her. He loves her. "Your mama is the smartest woman in the world," he declared one day after a visit with her. He caught himself immediately. "Except for you, of c...
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Your Health Matters
By Claudia Parks, R.N.
      The "wear and tear" and "abuse" we put our bodies through- each day! It's next to sinful! Let's start at the floor- our FEET! Americans spend nearly $5 billion on specialized foot-care treatment. Women have four times the foot problems men do, largely because of the design of our shoes.
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Journal of a Living Lady
By Nancy White Kelly
      This will be the shortest newspaper column I have ever written. The tyranny of the urgent constrains me from giving a long discourse. If this column were a book, I would entitle a chapter, "The Week that Was.
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Support the Troops Dinner
      Please come to the 3rd Annual Support the Troops Fundraising Dinner on Friday, Aug. 10 at 6:30 p.m. Location is Moschetto's Restaurant in Young Harris, Ga.. Tickets are $25 each - available at the Blairsville Pack & Ship and at Moschetto's. Don't miss this opportunity to support our troops! This e...
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Horoscopes
      ARIES (March 21 to April 19) Astrong social whirl brings a new round of good times to funloving Rams and Ewes. Cupid is also busy aiming arrows at single Lambs hoping for a heart-toheart encounter. TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) A romantic incident could take a more serious turn if the Divine Bovine...
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6th Annual Mountain Marketplace Heritage Festival in Blairsville
      Mountain arts & crafts, music, food, and other traditions of the north Georgia mountains are in store for Saturday - Sunday of Labor Day weekend (September 1 & 2) in downtown Blairsville, Ga.
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Cooking with Barbara
Bulldog Brittle
      My friend, Oreen Adams, gave me this recipe. Her sons attended the University of Georgia and she would make it for them. Her friends in Wrightsville,Ga., gave her the recipe and they took it to tailgate parties. I don't think this was the original name; however, it is a good, easy snack and the c...
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Nunsense on stage in Blue Ridge
      The smash-hit musical comedy Nunsense is a hilarious talent show staged by the five survivors at the Little Sisters of Hoboken nunnery, the rest of the sisterhood having succumbed to botulism after eating vichyssoise prepared by Sister Julia, Child of God. Fortunately a few of the sisters were o...
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Amicalola Falls State Park Volunteer Day
      Amicalola Falls in Dawson County, Ga., will hold "Volunteer Day", hoping corporations, civic groups, scout groups, friends and individuals will donate a few hours of their time to spruce up the park. Trash pick-up, creek clean up, trail maintenance, and general repairs are a few of the chores that...
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Poets and writers Cash and Simpson read at Folk School
By GLENDA BEALL
      Poets and Writers Reading Poems and Stories is a monthly reading held at the John C. Campbell Folk School in the Keith House at 7:00 p.m. and is sponsored by the North Carolina Writers Network West (NCWN) and the Folk School.
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