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Nantahala Health Foundation
A new nonprofit created to support regional efforts to eliminate barriers to health has set up its headquarters in Franklin, appointed an experienced executive director and advancement officer, and moved ahead with an initial grant cycle. Nantahala Health Foundation, which celebrated its first anniversary in February, is a 501(c)(3) non-profit serving as a catalyst for innovation and collaboration addressing the social …
The Way Animals Are Treated
The Cashiers-Highlands Humane Society’s no-kill shelter remains open to the public but in consideration of the guidelines issued by national, state and local authorities, for (what we hope is a brief and yet) the foreseeable future, visits to our shelter will be by appointment only. This will allow us to serve you under the safest possible conditions. For adoptions, donations, …
Wishes Change Lives
Local resident Lisa Mullins made her first hike benefiting the Make-A-Wish Foundation in 2014, raising over $2,800. That hike changed her life, as she spent the whole weekend meeting Make-A-Wish children and families. She heard first-hand how wishes granted changed the lives of children with life-threatening medical conditions . A wish come true empowers children to fight harder against …
High Flying Love
When you encounter Margie Shambaugh in her apartment at Chestnut Hill, she registers as an alert, enthused 93-year-old who refuses to succumb to the weight of her years. That dynamic energy is revealed by the paintings that adorn her walls (products of her ongoing art classes) and the quicksilver nature of her conversations, which range from the deeply personal …
Chemo Hair
A hundred thousand hairs I’m told that’s how I started Now, left with only twelve My pate is broken-hearted It happened one sad morn A pelt upon my pillow Like a moth-eaten clump Scattered willy-nillow Save twelve little hairs If follicles could come over And nest upon my head I’d have a tiny comb-over. Curse the chemo doctors …
The Timelessness of Silver Run
You can tell that Silver Run Reserve is built upon what were a trio of farms on the southern edge of Cashiers. These 300-plus acres were preserved by the Neely Family over 40 years ago, serving as their private mountain retreat. With a little imagination, you can see the outlines of the fields, presented today as gentle meadows criss-crossed with …
Posturing Healthy Children
Families living on the Plateau have many natural elements for children to thrive. Room to roam in the forest provides a needed release for most all of us to balance out the tension of our sedentary society. Some of the most deserving people of bodywork are children. Even in the most well-meaning of families, children exhibit some of the …
Peace For Life
When I think of the word “Peace,” I often think about feelings of tranquility, satisfaction and harmony. I think of it as an uplifting energy rooted in serenity and strength. I think of it as a place where we have achieved balance. Sounds inviting, right? Yet sometimes we live in spaces that are far from peaceful, spaces that can …
Superfoods of Life
We have one life here on this earth and that Life is Precious! It’s amazing that we are mostly in control of our own health in this life, but how often in a day do you think about improving your health, fighting cancer or losing weight? The simplest way that we can improve our health is eating better! My …
Navigating Local Health Needs
Dear Family and Friends of Highlands-Cashiers Hospital, Since joining Highlands-Cashiers Hospital three months ago, I have been impressed with the care and commitment of our outstanding team and the great pride from the Highlands-Cashiers community who consider our hospital, “their hometown hospital.” During my time here, we have heard heartfelt concerns from members of our community and our own team …
Kirk’s Raiders
During the 1990s, one of my Cashiers cousins, the late Madge Dillard Merrell, asked me to find out who was the man behind “Kirk’s Raiders” or “Kirk’s Army.” Since she was a child [born 1907] she had been told stories about the renegade group that, during the Civil War, had terrorized the civilian population of not only Cashiers Valley but …
Timing is Everything
Last month, thanks to DST, we added a little more daylight to our spring workday. Whether Daylight Saving Time is your friend or foe, it is an irreversible part of our lives. If we travel back in time to the late 1880s, long before we tried to lasso morning light and the setting sun, Highlands had a timely challenge …
