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Star spangled July Fourth

News Staff
Thursday, July 7, 2022
Deby Jo Ferguson • Clay County Progress Clay County celebrated in grand style throughout the July Fourth weekend. Events included Saturday’s spectacular fireworks show at Lake Chatuge sponsored by Clay County government.
Clay County Senior Center Director Becky Grindstaff spends her Friday mornings packaging food in insulated bags for the day’s recipients.

Clay County Senior Center Director Becky Grindstaff spends her Friday mornings packaging food in insulated bags for the day’s recipients.

Meals on Wheels rolls to people in need

News Staff
Thursday, July 7, 2022
  By Lorraine Bennett Staff Writer        The service is for people who are housebound. They’re getting a good meal, somebody to say hello, to check on them to make certain they are all right, to see if they are having a decent day.

Clay schools get boost from state

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Thursday, July 7, 2022
Gary Corsair Staff Writer   Yes, education is a priority in North Carolina. State lawmakers made that abundantly clear by increasing the 2022-'23 budget by $900 million more than originally planned before they headed home for the summer. The revised budget of $27.
Lorrie Ross • Clay County Progress The cloggers from the John C. Campbell Folk School in Brasstown, N.C. are crowd favorites when they take the stage every year at the Festival on the Square. The traditional Appalachian dancers range from young children to dancers with many decades of experience. They will start their performance in the gazebo at 10 a.m. Saturday, July 9.

Lorrie Ross • Clay County Progress The cloggers from the John C. Campbell Folk School in Brasstown, N.C. are crowd favorites when they take the stage every year at the Festival on the Square. The traditional Appalachian dancers range from young children to dancers with many decades of experience. They will start their performance in the gazebo at 10 a.m. Saturday, July 9.

Festival on the Square

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Thursday, July 7, 2022
By Lorrie Ross Staff Writer   Many people look forward to this weekend’s big event all summer long. The Festival on the Square has been hosted by Clay County Historical and Arts Council for the past four decades.

Basil Clark: The author’s story, post-Vietnam

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Thursday, June 30, 2022
  By Marcia Barnes Guest Writer      Basil Clark is a man whose description and direction are not easily defined. Clark served 14 months in the Republic of Vietnam in D Company 1st Battalion, 12th Cavalry 1st Air Cavalry Division.
Ladies Field and Track Team awards were presented at the June 27 Clay County School Board of Education meeting, front, from left, Emma Shook, Lily Trout, Marley Espinal, Alyssa Rodd and Lila Roberts, back Danny Jones, Kelly Crawford, Jason Shook, Dale Cole, Reba Beck and Robert Caldwell.

Ladies Field and Track Team awards were presented at the June 27 Clay County School Board of Education meeting, front, from left, Emma Shook, Lily Trout, Marley Espinal, Alyssa Rodd and Lila Roberts, back Danny Jones, Kelly Crawford, Jason Shook, Dale Cole, Reba Beck and Robert Caldwell.

Progress report on new HMS building given at meeting

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Thursday, June 30, 2022
By Marcia Barnes Staff Writer   Clay County Schools Superintendent Dale Cole announced that the new Hayesville Middle School Building Sub-Committee is currently reviewing six architect company submissions. Members of the sub-committee are Dr. Jason Shook, Robert Caldwell, Dr.
Fourth of July

Fourth of July

July Fourth weekend filled with events

News Staff
Thursday, June 30, 2022
By Becky Long Publisher   Clay County is putting on a show — several actually — offering residents plenty of options for celebrating this Fourth of July weekend. Patriotic festivities will fan out into four days and include a concert on the square, rodeo, fireworks show and parade.
Abigail Hickman/Staff Correspondent Trevis Hicks points to the original plaque from the Cherokee County Prison Camp. Behind him is the original prison house that has been renovated into a classroom building.

Abigail Hickman/Staff Correspondent Trevis Hicks points to the original plaque from the Cherokee County Prison Camp. Behind him is the original prison house that has been renovated into a classroom building.

College history hits the present

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Thursday, June 23, 2022
By Abigail Hickman Staff Correspondent   There is a certain irony in the fact that some students joke they feel like prisoners at Tri-County Community College and Early College, yet they attend classes on the site of the old Cherokee County Prison Camp.

Clay County leaders say forest service plan is flawed

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Thursday, June 23, 2022
By Gary Corsair Staff Writer   The U.S. Forest Service’s proposed land management plan for Pisgah and Nantahala forests is under revision — yet again — after thousands of objections, including concerns voiced by Clay County Commissioners.