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Big Sister of the Year
Our local chapter of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Western North Carolina in Cashiers is ecstatic to announce that our local mentor, Lynne Keating, has been named Big Sister of the Year for the state of North Carolina. Experiencing new things and expanding horizons are common benefits of mentoring. Lynne has been a champion for Sophie, encouraging and nudging …
30 Years of Saving Lives
The entire collection of Beatles songs were released on a new audio medium known as “compact discs.” A new national television network named Fox had its debut. “Into the Woods” premiered on Broadway. Paul Newman won the Oscar for Best Actor in the movie “The Color of Money.” The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed above 2,000 for the first time. …
Calling All Gardeners
Calling all gardeners or would-be gardeners! The Food Pantry of Highland is offering you an opportunity to play in the dirt and help their clients, too. Executive Director Marty Rosenfield is once again extending the Host Farmer Program to a few lucky people. Through the Host Farmer Program, instigated last year, the pantry will provide growers with vegetable plants; participants …
Earth, Water, Fire, & Soul
Colette Clark is an artist in the truest sense of the word. Her talents and experience in the art world include stitching, quilting, painting (both oil and water based), drawing, and clay. She says that clay has been the one constant over the last 50 plus years and this led her to become a volunteer at The Bascom’s Pottery Barn. …
A State Of Mind
Through the ages, many branches of yoga and meditation have developed and from those branches various styles have been established. The science of yoga offers bodily cleansing techniques and guidelines for how we expend our energy through behaviors and thoughts, offering many ways to center the mind in focus. Vipassana meditation is one example. Unlike other mediations that suggest gently …
The Elbow-its Many Uses and Injuries!
The elbow is the connecting joint between the hand and shoulder. Yes, we all know that! The elbow joint is important in many ways for movement, leverage and lifting. Whether you’re an athlete or not, the elbow’s function is very important in assisting the hand in dynamic movement. The wrist is basically to help with fine motor skills of the …
Delivering the Best ER
The new Emergency Department at the Highlands-Cashiers Hospital is nearing completion and is expected to open in May. As the excitement builds, the staff anxiously await their new home. Cindy Pierson, Interim CNO for the hospital, is proud to report she’s been involved in the planning since June 2015. “I, along with other clinical team members, have had input …
That Old Village Feel
Cashiers Historical Society’s mission is preserving the heritage of Cashiers Valley through education, stewardship and advocacy. The society strives to recognize Cashiers’ history through publications, awards, events, and projects. One such award is the Village Heritage Award, which is given annually to a building, old or new, which has been built or repurposed in keeping with the “Old Village” feel …
Do I Hear an Amen?
It shall be said, though you won’t find it in either Testament, that God truly does have a sense of humor. Do I hear an amen? When Billy Potts was minister of the Highlands Baptist Church in the late 1920s and 30s, he delivered such moving sermons that his words often brought him to tears. Marshall Reese, ten-ish at …
Wash Day
When you finish reading this article, you’ll hug your washing machine. The majority of mountain families didn’t get electricity hooked up until after World War II. I’ve used two sources for this article, one being advice given to a new bride from her Kentucky grandmother and another being the memories of an Appalachian man. The Kentucky grandmother wrote the following …
