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Arts & Leisure November 29, 2007
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Fireside Sale kicks off holidays at Folk School
      John C. Campbell Folk School will kick-off the holiday season with the annual Fireside Sale Sunday, December 2, from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Fifty artists will be offering handmade items such as jewelry, weavings, forged iron, photography, quilts and turned wood in the Keith House and Davidson Ha...
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Journal of a Living Lady
By Nancy White Kelly
      Our son Charlie related recently that his two-year-old son feared a big, mean elephant that supposedly hid in his closet. After bedtime, Micah would hurry down to his parent's bedroom and, with wide open eyes, describe the monster.
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Blue Ridge Rounders concert November 30
      The Blue Ridge Rounders will perform old time music at the John C. Campbell Folk School in Brasstown, N.C., at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, November 30 following a public exhibition of Folk School student crafts from 6:40 - 7:00 p.m.
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Crazy runs proud through the south
Dixie Divas
By RONDA RICH
      Not long ago I was asking a friend of mine, who has a private jet, about his long-time pilot whom I have known fondly for many years and flown with on several occasions. He answered with a story of how the pilot, a few hours after landing with him one day, had a stress-related mental mishap that...
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Finger nodules a sign of arthritis
To Your Good Health
By PAUL G. DONOHUE, M.D.
      DEAR DR. DONOHUE: I am 56 and have just been told I have arthritis. Aren't I slightly young for arthritis? I saw the doctor because of tiny bumps that popped out on the top knuckles of some of my fingers and because my fingers had become stiff. Only my hands are affected. Everything else is fine. ...
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Here's a Tip
      By JOANN DERSON • "Since it's the season to be planting bulbs for spring flowers, I have this unique method for knowing exactly where I've planted - no stakes needed. Spray the spot with orange fluorescent spray paint (like the highway workers and plumbers use).
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Say Cheese…
Submitted by MELINDA HOLBROOK BARRETT
      I found this recipe during the first year of my marriage in an old Good Housekeeping (I think) magazine. Someone had donated a bunch of old magazines to the daycare center at which I worked while going to college at night. The other teachers and I went through the old magazines first to get the go...
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Horoscopes
      ARIES (March 21 to April 19) Your work on a recent job assignment is impressive and is sure to be noticed. Meanwhile, expect to receive news about an upcoming holiday event you won't want to miss. TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) Saving the world one person at a time is what you were born to do. So ac...
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Pet books roundup
Paw's Corner
By SAM MAZZOTTA
      This month's recommendations include a helpful guide for allergy sufferers, a humorous look at dogs from their perspective, and calendars that might make a perfect gift. As a cat owner who is allergic to pet dander, I was pleased to see "The Sneeze- Free Cat Owner: Allergy Management and Breed Se...
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Kyle Matthews in concert
      Kyle Matthews, Christian songwriter, recording artist, and teacher, will be presented in concert at Sharp Memorial United Methodist Church in Young Harris, Ga., at 3 p.m. on Sunday, December 2, 2007. Due to limited seating, admission will be by ticket only.
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Strange But True
By SAMANTHA WEAVER
      • You may not be surprised to learn that the word "gangrene," which indicates the death of the body's soft tissues due to lack of blood flow, comes from a Greek word meaning "to gnaw.
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