Chatuge Hospital Auxiliary 2010 Scholarship winners and President.  In order  on the picture are:  Heather Woody, Kayla Hyatt, and Auxiliary President Jean Ann Edwards. Scholarship Winners Kayla Nicole Hyatt and Heather Carole Woody are the 2010 winners of the $1,000.00 Chatuge Regional Hospital...

Mountain Prime Properties, LLC sold to Arnold Ellis and Marianne Ellis 1.196 acres, Lot 6 of The Falls at Riverside Sudivision for $15,000. Alvin Gibson sold to Billy Garmon .993/acre in Hi-River Country Subdivision on U.S. Highway 76 for $62,000. Lounell Barrett Mull sold to James Raymond Zoller 0.756/acre...

Coley Williams of Young Harris, was named Valedictorian for the entire Mountain Education system made up of 7 Georgia Counties. He was selected from 400 seniors as Class of 2010 Valedictorian. Coley was also dual enrolled as a College student at Young Harris College, where he was  selected into the...

Towns County Arrest Report 5/15- 5/23/2010 05/16/10  Joshua Leon Brinson, Young Harris, Ga., age 31. Charges: Driving under the influence, failure to maintain lane. 05/16/10  Michele Lynn Carney, Young Harris, Ga., age 40. Charges: Maintaining disorderly house; possession of owl; disorderly conduct,...

From the Desk of Commissioner Bill Kendall Commissioner Kendall Opposes Fee Increases Mandated by New State Law House Bill 1055 was on the agenda for the May County meeting.  Towns County Clerk of Court Cecil Dye was on the meeting agenda to explain the fee increases that he is required to collect by...

Last week I met with the planning committee for the Georgia Sheriffs’ Youth Homes fundraiser that the Chatuge Gun Club and the Towns County Sheriff’s Office are sponsoring.  Many of you may not be aware of how the Georgia Sheriffs’ Youth Homes came to be and what it does.  According to the Georgia...

How much debt is too much? by Paula Canup Last Tuesday’s primaries revealed what everyone suspected – voters are angry and ready to “throw the bums out.” Democrats might well ask, “Where was the anger when George W. Bush was spending billions and digger us deeper into a hole?” It’s a darn...

Leaning Left Jim Fitzgerald As you may know, Newt Gingrich is on a book tour selling his latest book, To Save America: Stopping Obama’s Secular-Socialist Machine. In his book, he writes that the administration is “a corrupt bureaucracy which uses manipulation, bribery, and dishonesty to steamroll...

Memorial Day – What is it all about? Memorial Day was set aside as a holiday to commemorate those who died in the service of our country. Who are these people who gave their lives so that the rest of us could live free? Most of us lost family in war. My uncle John Scholar lost his life at the Battle...

The Green Column by Richard C. MacCrea, Andrews Valley Initiative rmaccrea1@gmail.com The History of Green Building Green building principles have been followed long before they were called green. The cliff dwelling cultures of the southwestern states did a pretty good job of facing their homes towards...