Doris King Williams, age 83, of McCaysville, GA passed away Saturday October 16, 2010 at Kennestone Hospital following  a lengthy illness.  She was born in Copperhill, TN on April 9, 1927 to Otis and Drucilla Fry King.  She enjoyed growing up in the Copper Basin Area with her sister Betty Ann, brother...

Mrs. Deborah Jones Chastain, age 64, of Blue Ridge, GA, passed away Sunday, October 17, 2010 at her home.  Deborah was born August 22, 1946, in Fannin, GA, to Ambrose and Kathryn Jones. She was preceded in death by her parents, and sister, Ruth Ann Dillard. Debby graduated from Piedmont Hospital nursing...

REEL MEMORIES NO. 151 2001: a Space Odyssey by William V. Reynolds Stanley Kubrick had just finished “Dr. Strangelove” when he became interested in extraterrestrial life. He was looking for a film project that would portray aliens in a realistic manner. In an effort to accomplish this, he consulted...

Journal of a Living Lady #382 Nancy White Kelly There has been so much emphasis in the news this month regarding Alzheimer’s. Jokes abound, but it is a serious disease. Now that I am in the last half of my sixties, slips of memory bother me. I know a face, but the name disappears. I lie awake at night,...

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GED® Graduates achieve milestone Faces full of pride filled the North Georgia Technical College Clegg Auditorium on Thursday, October 14, 2010, as the 2010 GED® graduates filed into the room to receive their certificates. “This is a milestone in the lives of the graduates and of your families,”...

YOUR HEALTH MATTERS – for 10-27-10 It seems at every turn, every magazine, emails from friends, there is a fascination with ways to exercise or feed your brain.   In our fitness-obsessed country, however, apparently by too few when we look at our obese problem, it seems like no body part has been...

The Green Column by Richard C. MacCrea, Andrews Valley Initiative rmaccrea1@gmail.com Do We Need More Mountain Highways? Two controversial highways are now being studied for our area. Corridor “K” is a rerouting of US64 through eastern Tennessee. “I-3” is a new route from Savannah to Knoxville....

THROUGH MOUNTAIN MISTS Ethelene Dyer Jones DESCENDANTS OF ABSALOM HOOPER, SR. –        REVOLUTIONARY WAR SOLDIER – ABSALOM HOOPER, JR. (Part 2 – Hooper Family) Several children, sons and daughters, of the Revolutionary War soldier, Absalom Hooper (Sr.) were residents of Union County, Georgia...

Leaning Left Jim Fitzgerald Over the last month I have made quite a bit of money in the stock market. Not because I am some great stock picker but because the financial markets are anticipating significant Republican gains. They expect these gains to translate into a repeal of the new financial regulations...