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Investing in our Children
Highlands School stretches from Kindergarten through Grade 12. Providing quality education to such a diverse student body, especially in this age of stretched-to-the-breaking-point budgets, is especially tricky in a mounta,in community with a year-round population of just under a thousand. Added to the challenge is the fact that 41 percent of Highlands School students live at or below the poverty …
Of All Nations and Religions
“The bosom of America is open to receive not only the opulent and respected stranger, but the oppressed and persecuted of all Nations and Religions: whom we shall welcome to a participation of all our rights and privileges…” – George Washington Here in the words of our Founding Father lies some of the bricks that form the foundation for America. …
Bartram’s Travels
William Bartram, a botanist and naturalist, traveled the southern colonies that would become North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana between 1773 and 1777. He wrote a series of books called “Bartram’s Travels,” published in 1791, that became one of the first of a modern genre of books that portrayed nature through personal experience as well as …
Protecting Against Rabies
To protect human health and prevent and control rabies, North Carolina law requires rabies vaccination of owned domestic dogs, cats and ferrets by four months of age. The rabies vaccine must be administered only by a veterinarian, registered veterinary technician under the direct supervision of a veterinarian, or a certified rabies vaccinator. There are approximately 350 approved certified rabies vaccinators …
The Horses of Carpe Diem
The pervasive theme of all the articles I have written throughout the years has been of blessings and gratitude. What has been received and what has been given is immeasurable. Carpe Diem Farms has had an incredible history in Highlands. What began as one person’s idea in 1992 and opened as a place in 1997 has impacted literally thousands. Men, …
Twice New, Twice Treasured
Have you ever noticed that cute little building on the side of the road in Glenville with the beautiful mural of Lake Glenville on its store front? It beckons you to explore it more thoroughly, and check it out you should, for this little gem is the Glenville Thrift Shop, a treasure trove of pre-loved items of every sort, size …
PCC is Becoming BEE-utiful
In a collaborative effort, the Laurel Garden Club, noted Landscape Designer Canty Worley, and Highlands Falls Country Club members are creating a “pocket ecosystem” right in the middle of Highlands. The LGC has generously supported improvements to the grounds of the venerable Peggy Crosby Center, site of Highlands’ first hospital, over the past several years through grants. Canty Worley has …
The Fine Art of Not Thinking
My buddy, Kathy, was frustrated with her oil painting. She said all she does is paint, scrape-off, paint, scrape-off…nothing was working. She asked me what she should do. I said, “Drop the damn ski!” She looked at me like my last marble had just rolled out of my ear and down my brassiere. I explained. As a kid I …
Giving Voice to God’s Country
The rolling hills of the Plateau have long been called God’s Country. The rivers and waterfalls that flow through the lush forests have an ethereal beauty that one cannot experience without reverence. It’s a land beyond description, but novelist and poet Ron Rash has risen to that challenge and met it. For the last 40 years, Ron has paid homage …
This is My Home
Last year, Tricia Smith faced a life-changing decision, one faced by many who live and work on the Plateau – how on earth does a working person own a home in a real estate market that’s weighted toward gated communities and second- and third-homes? Smith, a nurse practitioner, had been renting a comfortable Highlands home, but she had to work …
A Passion to Help
For Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner Rachel B. Kelley, the Highlands-Cashiers Plateau is a natural site to open her practice. She’s often asked what sets her apart from other mental health providers. Basically, her training has focused on the ability to accurately diagnose mental health disorders and prescribe psychotropic medications to treat those conditions. “I was surprised how far people had to …
Summer Screen Time Strategies for Children
If you gave a child today a rotary phone, they may not know what to do with it! Yes, technology is useful, sometimes frustrating, and entertaining. Yet, too easily, it can be the thing that keeps your child or grandchild occupied while you finish a chore or make that phone call. You need a minute of quiet, but at what …
