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News -
General
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Thursday, 29 July 2010 |
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Case may be linked to other incidents Three Franklin men are suspected of having gang ties after being implicated in a series of burglaries around town. Two of the men were arrested and charged on July 21 with the burglary of the Big D convenience store located on Hwy. 28 North. According to Macon County Sheriff’s detectives, the two men have been linked to other incidents occurring in city limits, making the case a joint investigation with the Franklin Police Department. |
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News -
Community
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Thursday, 29 July 2010 |
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The FHS Band Leadership team travelled to “Moonshadow Learning Services” in Cherokee, NC on July 27 for a day of leadership and team building activities. The facility offers a ropes course and other instruction that helps the team learn cooperation, responsibility, critical thinking skills and other life skills that diredtor Buddy Huckabee feels will improve the band’s performance. |
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News -
Business
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Thursday, 29 July 2010 |
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The Town of Franklin originally purchased the 12.71 acre parcel of land known as the Whitmire property to develop new facilities for the town hall, public works or other uses. But over the following years the town board decided on a different course, choosing instead to renovate the Burrell Building on Main Street as the new Town Hall and locating the other facilities elsewhere – leaving the question of what to do with the Whitmire Property. After prolonged discussion the town leaders decided the expense necessitated putting it to use, and recently solicited proposals from design firms. |
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Features -
Arts & Entertainment
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Thursday, 29 July 2010 |
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The Kick-Start! American Motorcycle Design exhibition opens in the Main Gallery on Aug. 7 with a reception and gallery talk from 5 to 7 p.m. This highly original exhibition features vintage and antique bikes on loan from Wheels Through Time, a Maggie Valley, N.C.-based private collection. The Bascom’s exhibition will trace the progression of 20th century design styles as evidenced through the motorcycle. The earliest objects will date from the early 1900s. From 1900-1928, motorcycles evolved from a motor powered bicycle to a form of reliable sport and transportation. This exhibition is sponsored by Old Edwards Club members Barbara and Doug DeMaire, Judith and Robert Moore, Angela and Art Williams and Patsy and Bill Wolff. |
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News -
General
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Thursday, 29 July 2010 |
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Final large hurdle cleared with Army Corps approval The last major hurdle for a runway extension project at the Macon County Airport was cleared with the release last week of a final permit from the US Army Corps of Engineers. At Tuesday’s meeting of the Airport Authority, consultant engineer Eric Rysdon reported that the draft 404 permit had been accepted by Authority Chairman Milles Gregory and return to the Army Corps to be finalized. The 404 permit approves the runway extension’s impact on a section of stream that will need to be piped as well as wetlands on an area of the airport property that will need to be filled in for the purpose of removing wildlife aircraft strike hazards and mitigating some impacts of previous projects at the airport. |
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Features -
Health & Wellness
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Thursday, 29 July 2010 |
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This year alone, the American Cancer Society expects 1,529,560 people to be diagnosed with cancer in the U.S., not including carcinoma in situ (noninvasive cancer) or basal and squamous cell skin cancer. Of these diagnoses, 45,120 will be in North Carolina. It’s estimated that about 1,500 people per day will die from the disease. But the good news is that the five-year survival rate through 2005 has increased to 66 percent from 50 percent in just 20 years. The Macon County News is celebrating the victory of these survivors over the disease in our series Life Beyond Cancer. We’re sharing the stories of several of Highlands’ cancer survivors in this special series leading up to the town’s Relay for Life event on August 13. These stories are poignant but real. |
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Opinion -
General
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Thursday, 29 July 2010 |
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Unfunded mandate. High-stakes testing. Federal takeover of the public schools. Adequate Yearly Progress. No Child Left Behind. These phrases have been tossed about for several years in the media. Those who are not professional educators (and many who are) tend not to have a clear understanding of the Elementary and Secondary Education Authorization (ESEA) Act, nicknamed No Child Left Behind during the George W. Bush presidential administration. This article is intended to provide simple facts and a clear explanation. |
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