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Cashiers Library
During this busy holiday season, with its meaningful community celebrations and deeply personal family observations, it’s easy to forget that so many of these events are new and perhaps not well-understood for children. That’s why little ones and their loved ones are invited to Albert Carlton-Cashiers Community Library for Storytime, Wednesdays at 10:00 A.M. Youth Services Director James Stewart-Payne will …
Have a Book Snuggle
Cold, gray December days are the perfect time to visit Hudson Library and check out a book or DVD to snuggle up with at homeAnd if you’re a kid, Thursday afternoons at 3:30 P.M. is the perfect time to visit the library, regardless of the weather, for Kids Zone! Kids Zone is a time set aside for diverse programs designed …
Over the River Thru the Woodes
On Saturday, December 8, join the visitors and residents of Cashiers as they line the streets through the Crossroads for the 44th Annual Cashiers Christmas Parade. From Cornucopia Restaurant to the Cashiers Community Center, a cavalcade of floats and firetrucks, dogs and horses will celebrate the season. This year, the theme is “Over the River and Through the Woodes.” Local …
Art & Gratitude
Smitten’s Kat Evans, Annelize Giliomee, and Bonnie Earman enjoyed another banner year, thanks to you, their supporters, clients, artists, and friends. Smitten would like to express its gratitude this Thanksgiving season by hosting a party for its award-winning painters, sculptors, crafts-persons, and patrons of 2018. Smitten delights in bragging about its stable of phenomenal talents, hailing from the Plateau all …
Cashiers Area Legacy Fund
The Cashiers Area Chamber of Commerce recently created the Cashiers Area Legacy Fund as a North Carolina non-profit corporation whose purposes are exclusively educational and charitable. “This new charity is designed to specifically support responsible growth and preservation of the quality of life we enjoy on the Plateau,” Board of Trustees President Mary Alice Grant explained. “Grant support may be …
Highlands is Happening
“We’re turning Off-Season back On!” That’s the mandate for the Highlands Chamber of Commerce in 2019. “There’s so much to do in the mountains in the fall, winter, spring and summer,” says Dale Gordon, the chamber’s project and marketing guru. “We want to spread the word: Highlands is happening all year long!” Finishing out this year and moving into next …
Gathering with Grateful Hearts
The days are short, the colored leaves have fallen, the mountains have lost their vibrant color, and Thanksgiving is fast approaching. The ladies of the Scaly Mountain Women’s Club think about the things that we are thankful for. We are thankful to live in this lovely area and we are thankful for family and friends. As a club we are …
Planting Seeds of Hope
Maybe it was the anonymity provided by the twilight at sunset or maybe it was the serenity of meeting once in a lifetime. For whatever reason, my seatmate began telling me about her teenaged grandchild. She spoke softly at first, but gradually her voice rose in frustration, some anger and quite a bit of laughter. Then she apologized for venting …
Cullasaja Women’s Outreach
Far beyond the visible beauty of our Blue Ridge range lie astounding treasures…treasures embedded in the hearts of local organizations, schools, and charities whose people work tirelessly to build a stronger, more vibrant, more caring community. This past summer, the ladies of Cullasaja Women’s Outreach met with over 27 Highlands-Cashiers area 501(c)(3) organizations. The riches they uncovered were astounding. Selflessness …
The Change We Need
A full-day fundraiser at Country Club of Sapphire Valley raised more than $90,000 on behalf of Cashiers Cares, an organization which supports 10 local charities. More than 200 participants played in golf and croquet tournaments on a beautiful “made-to-order” August day. The sporting events were followed by a silent auction and dinner before a vigorous live auction. Lead by …
Dahlia Festival Wows Audience
The Eighth Annual Dazzling Dahlia Festival was held at the Highlands Recreation Center on September 8. The festival was the culmination of summer activities for the Highlands Historical Society. The funds raised support the society, including the Prince House and Kelsey Kids Summer Camp. Forty-three exhibitors entered 277 flowers into the Dahlia Show, producing an explosion of color and shape …
Why Be A Rotarian?
Why be a Rotarian? Let Me Count the Reasons! It could be the aroma of filet mignon wafting across the parking lot of Highlands Community Building. Or maybe it’s the camaraderie of seeing friends return from the south after a long winter. Or could be the fulfillment of stuffing dental health bags, directing traffic around thousands of trick or theaters, …
