The Green Column by Richard C. MacCrea, Andrews Valley Initiative rmaccrea1@gmail.com How to Comparison Shop Houses Some people think they can get the best value by choosing the house with the lowest    cost per square foot. Big mistake. Is a full size Ford cargo van a better deal because it costs...

REEL MEMORIES NO. 149 Treasure of the Sierra Madre by William V. Reynolds Occasionally the story behind the yarn is more interesting than the tale itself. Treasure of the Sierra Madre was originally published in 1925 credited to an author called B. Traven. The problem is no one seems to know who he...

Journal of a Living Lady #381 Nancy White Kelly My Mama taught me that proper people don’t discuss their finances in public. I’m not feeling very proper today. After rocking from Buddy’s very recent root canal to the tune of $1000, we were completely blown off our feet at what happened yesterday. We...

The Green Column by Richard C. MacCrea, Andrews Valley Initiative rmaccrea1@gmail.com Green Rescues a Small Town’s Budget A recent New York Times article described a small, traditional town in the mountains of Italy that is making money off green power. But Italy is not known as a progressively...

THROUGH MOUNTAIN MISTS Ethelene Dyer Jones Patterson Families – Early Settlers in Union (Part 2) As we saw from last week’s initial article on early settler Patterson families in Union, four households were registered in the first census of Union in 1834.  The heads of these households were...

Your Health Matters – for October 13, 2010 A couple of days ago I was traveling north on 400 heading back home, which is near Blairsville, when I decided to swing into the shopping center and visit some of the stores near Cummings.  As I was walking from the parking lot I couldn’t help but notice...

Mr.Randall Vaughn Walker age 75 of Blue Door School Rd.Lenoir,NC.,formerly of Mineral Bluff,GA.passed away on Friday October 8,2010 at his home following an extended illness.Mr.Walker was born on Sept.3,1935 in Mineral Bluff,GA.,the son of the late John Berry Walker and the late Minnie E.Ellis Walker.He...

Jack  Dixon  Smith Mr. Jack  Dixon  Smith, age 86, of Blairsville, Georgia, formerly of Tallahassee, Florida, passed away Saturday, October  9, 2010, in Union General Hospital in Blairsville. Mr. Smith was born Friday, May 23, 1924, in Homerville, Georgia, a son of the late Herbert Smith and the...

Retired Delta Air Lines Captain,Francis(Sonny) McDowall age 89 of Blairsville,GA.,formerly of Lawrenceville passed away on Sept.25,2010 in the Union General Hospital.Mr.McDowall was born on July 19,1921 in Evansville,IN.,the son of the late John Kennedy McDowall and the late Frances Surmann McDowall.Francis...

Mrs.Geneva Frances Matheson age 73 of Matheson Rd.Young Harris passed away on Monday October 4,2010 in the Chatuge Regional Hospital following an extended illness.Mrs.Matheson was born on Sept.26,1937,the daughter of the late Pierson R.Campbell and the late Carrie Clontz Campbell.She was a lifelong...