HOLIDAY FASHION SHOW WINNERS On Wednesday, December 1, BodySense and Britt and Capri held a holiday fashion  show at Cafe Portofino. Guests were entertained by Heath Ledford on piano and a special luncheon menu was served. Shown in photo are Virginia Fisher, winner of the BodySense gift certificate,...

SPEECH CONTEST DATE SET Members of the Youth Leadership Development Committee have set January 29 as the date for the second annual Speech Contest.  High school participants in the contest will be vying for a first prize $1000.00 scholarship. Second and third place scholarships of $600 and $200 will...

24th Annual Fire Fighters Banquet On December 3rd, firefighters, fire corps members, and their families joined together for their annual Christmas banquet. This event honors those who help to keep Towns County residents protected from fires, traumatic injuries, and medical problems. After a wonderful...

Ruth M. Rolader, age 96, passed away Sunday, December 12, at her home in Blairsville, Georgia.  Formerly Ruth Virginia Messick, she was born on February 27, 1914 in Wilmington, Delaware, the daughter of Fred and Blanche McKay Messick. She was preceded in death by her daughter, Patricia R. Vickers and...

Mrs.Florine Angeline Mote age 97 of Tanner Rd. Dacula,GA. Passed away on Monday Dec.13,2010 in the Union County Nursing Home following an extended illness.Mrs.Mote was born on Nov.20,1913 in Douglas,GA.the daughter of the late Monroe Maynard and the late Lena Hudgens Maynard.Mrs.Mote was a member of...

Dr. Larry Allen Matteson Dr. Larry Allen Matteson, age 63, of Murphy, NC passed away Wednesday, December 15, 2010 in Hall County, GA. He was a native of Cuyahoga, Ohio and had lived in Florida and moved to the Murphy area 26 years ago. Larry was the son of Jane Marie LaModa Matteson of Las Vegas,...

YOUR HEALTH MATTERS – for 12/22/10 Keep the Holidays Happy: Have CLEAN UP on your mind! Thoroughly wash your hands with soap and water for a full 20 seconds before and after handling RAW products. (raw meat—beef, poultry, seafood, lamb, pork-bacon), eggs and vegetables. Use plastic or other non-porous...

THROUGH MOUNTAIN MISTS Ethelene Dyer Jones Keeping Christmas All Year Long To faithful readers everywhere, my wish for you is that the joy of Christmas may follow you throughout 2011. What may we do to renew the spirit of Christmas daily so that the joy we know at this season may truly follow us...

Leaning Left Jim Fitzgerald When one takes the high ground, they have a greater responsibility to follow through with their moral convictions. When one touts a standard and uses it to judge others, either explicitly or implicitly, then they are not only judged by the same standard but are held to higher...

Christmas is about celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ, not buying and receiving gifts. Given the secular humanists continual attempts to blot out any mention of Christ and Christianity, it is also important to remember that Christianity was the engine in the development of Western Civilization, democracy...