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Memory bears Are hand-made using clothing that once belonged to a deceased loved one. Local resident Mischa Vaughn charges $30 and uses the money to make stuffed animals for special needs children and adults. READ THE FULL STORY BELOW
ALCOHOL
BATTLE
Cedar Bluff businesses to pass
petition
The years-long saga over legal alcohol sales in Cedar Bluff
may soon take a big step toward its ultimate conclusion.
During a planning session held March 4, town officials
indicated that they anticipate being able to give their
citizens the chance – possibly this summer – to reaffirm
Cedar Bluff's status as the only “wet” municipality in
otherwise “dry” Cherokee County.FULL
STORY
HUMAN INTEREST
Sew many memories in Memory Bears
When she was young child, Centre resident Mischa Vaughn's
grandmother taught her how to crochet. Mischa soon picked up
bits and pieces of knowledge from her mother and
grandmother, and was sewing before she turned 8. That was 62
years ago.
FULL
STORY
CHEROKEE
COUNTY
Slow economy has collections down at
Three Corners
One of the quickest methods Cherokee County Administrator
Tim Burgess has for determining how the economy is doing is
to check the trash. Since it opened in 1998, the Three
Corners landfill has supplied hundreds of thousands of
dollars in monthly income for the county government. But
with unemployment hovering around 10 percent nationwide
folks are cutting corners. And that's taken a toll on the
monthly till at Three Corners.FULL
STORY
ROAD APPLES (03/08)
Alabamer
Grammar
Good
grammar is essential. Without good grammar, today’s high
school students might well have to settle for some
low-paying, menial job like Limburger cheese taster, septic
tank decorator, or White House Press Secretary.
FULL COLUMN
THE FAMILY GUY (03/08)
Playing the 'lame' game
As soon as we were able to stop giggling long enough
to speak, My Lovely Wife and I applauded each other for having been given
the best compliment parents can hope to receive. It wasn't anything along
the lines of what people in the outside world would ever
consider a compliment. FULL COLUMN
THE
WRIGHT ANGLE (03/01)
Sounds like a
good idea to me
American author Napoleon Hill
once said, “All achievements, all earned riches, have their beginning in an
idea.” With that quote in mind, I would like to inform the people of
Cherokee County about a good idea I recently came across.
FULL COLUMN
FROM THE PULPIT (02/22)
Let down, but not knocked down
While I watched
morning news shows the other day, four stories made me
realize just how much some people must feel let down. Jenny
Sanford, recently divorced from her husband, Mark, the
governor of South Carolina, told of the letdown she
experienced when her husband had an affair. FULL COLUMN