Indians get first win
...from page 1
touchdown coming on a punt
return late in the ballgame.
The turning point in the
game came in the second
quarter when the Eagles
were called for a holding
penalty in their own end
zone, resulting in a safety.
“I’m not going to lie,
we were ready to go on offense at that time,” Coach
Langford said. “I didn’t even
see the safety. Obviously, it
was big.”
The Indians scored
struck pay dirt two more times
to go up 20-12 at halftime.
Despite the positive
results on the scoreboard,
Coach Langford didn’t cut
his troops any slack during
his locker room speech at
the half.
“We told them at halftime that we’ve played
about as bad as we could
have in the first two quarters,” he said. “So many
things have gone wrong. We
said, ‘look that’s the good
news, because it’s got to get
better for us this next half
and it did. Once it got rolling
it just kept on going. We
were just pleased to get the
win. (North Cobb is) a dangerous team.”
The Indians began
Veterans benefit about to expire
Fall Festival
Military
members
whose service was involuntarily extended, or whose
retirement
was suspended
almost floor-length
hair, and
between
2001
it seemedSeptember
to give a 11,
show
of
and
September
30,
2009,
due
its
own
by
swaying
and
to stop loss are entitled to retblowing with
the music
and
roactive
payments
of $500
fans
overhead.
for each month they were exSunday, the
Isaacs,
tended,Onaccording
to Departthe Mark
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Trio But
and
ment
of Defense
officials.
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The president said
that the program has caused
preparations on Monday for
their next opponent, the 7AA River Ridge Knights out
of Woodstock.
The Knights run the
triple option offense, and
most of all, they’re big,
Coach Langford said.
“They’re going to be
a Georgia Tech-type offense,” he said. “They’ll
have the double slot, a lot of
options, very similar to
Hayesville. We’ll be anxious to get started on them
(in practice).
“That’ll give us two
weeks to prepare for them,”
he said.
October 6, 2010 THE TOWNS COUNTY HERALD Page 15
Towns High FFA attends the North Region FFA Rally
Fall-A-Bration
...continued from page 1
churches are expected to selves on their vehicles and
“It’s been a success
take part in the Trunk-or- pass out items that will help every year,” said Hooper.
Treat event passing out free attract locals to their estab- “Of course this is a special
candy and other concession lishments.
time at the Resort. We’re
favorites from the trunks of
Prizes
will
be able to include a lot of diftheir decorated vehicles.
awarded to the best deco- ferent games and entertainThe Ridges is still look- rated Trunk-or-Treat ve- ment for children and their
ing for businesses and other hicle.
families here on the
organizations to participate.
Once the event gets grounds.”
For more details on how to underway, children go from
In addition to Trunk-orbe a part of the celebration, trunk-to-trunk (or bed, for Treat, there also will be lots
call (706) 896-9707, exten- those with a pick-up truck) of activities to join in at this
The Georgia North Region FFA rally took place on September 10th and 11th at the FFA-FCCLA Camp
sion
3216 Georgia.
to reserve
a collecting
year’s
celebration
including
treats
fromFFA
allchapter
in Covington,
Twelve members
of the Towns
County
attended
and participated
in
Trunk-or-Treat
spot.
tours, barbeque,
costhoseJillpartaking
the event.
some of the activities. Heath Garrison,
McCray, in
Jeannie
Bradley,lake
Alex Bacardi,
Cody Henderson,
Krista The
LaCroix,
Bishop,
Dover,have
Daniel
Moriarty,
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Ashley Trout,
andrides,
Dillon
ideaCrystal
is for
localCasey
hay
Parents
the
opportunity
Phillips went to
the groups
rally. Some
of the activities included tug-a-war, cross-cut log sawing, and quiz bowl
businesses,
civic
and
music,
S’mores,
and
more.
to
admire
the
decorations
competitions. Also, there was a can food drive with a can statue contest. Towns County came in 2nd place,
churches
theT(Oct6,F2)SH
There will be Cornhole comand visit with neighbors.
and won $150tofordecorate
their Chapter.
trunks of their respective
Hooper said Trunk-or- petitions again this year,
vehicles in fall themes to give Treat is a sure-fire way to Hooper said.
out holiday candy to chil- FFA
“It’s become a tradiget yourparticipates
business recognizedin
dren. Businesses, churches Purina
tion for Show
us here at The Ridges
Mills
Livestock
by the hundreds
of children
and civic groups are wel- and their families that come and we hope to continue
come to advertise them- to celebrate the occasion.
that,” Hooper said.
Quilt guild to participate
in Fall Festival in Hiawassee
some confusion and skepticism among those
who have
...continued
from page 1
served. “Some veterans think
this is some
of gimmick
or the Georgia Fiddler’s Con“It’s asort
chance
for our
scam,
or to
that
it’s a way for
the vention takes center stage
visitors
experience
somegovernment to call you back
thing
newNothing
and exciting,”
to
service.
is further at Anderson Music Hall,
Thomason
said.
to spare,” Kendall said.
from the truth. You worked Thomason said.
And
for
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whose
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hard. You earned this money.
feet
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them,
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doesn’t
matter killing
whether
you Bryan McDowell, of Can- and hard times call for prueventactive
scooters
are available
were
or reserve,
wheth- ton, NC took home last dent measures on behalf of
er
a veteran
who ex- year ’s title of Georgia government. We won’t raise
foryou’re
rent again
this year.
perienced
Loss’
or the Mountain Fiddle King. He taxes for sure.”
“The‘Stop
event
scooters
survivor
of a service
member also accumulated an imwill be available
throughout
Commissioner Kendall
who
did – if Fall
your service
was pressive number of First
the
entire
Festival,”
approves
an advertisement
extended, you’re eligible,”
Thomason
Place plaques in the categosaid
Obama.said.
As for
theWar
music
lov- ries of mandolin, flat-pick
The
2009
Suppleers, John
Conlee, Janie
mental
Appropriations
Act Guitar, and junior fiddler.
Fricke, T.G.the
Sheppard
and
Once again, the comestablished
Retroactive
something like this could
Stop
Loss
Special
Pay
Crystal
Gayle
are just
theand
tip L-r:
petition
includes
fid- that
Joanna
Marren,senior
of McCaysville,
GA; Janan Bartell and Kendra
fall
together.
throughout
the
past
year
the
King,
of
Blairsville
of the iceberg. Thomason dler, junior fiddler, Bluegrass
services
beenFestival’s
reaching band,The
Mountain
said thathave
the Fall
"Hugs and Kisses" pays
quilts
fingerMisty
style guitar,
flat- cabin. “Persistence
out
to lineup
eligiblecould
veterans,
Commissioner
Guild, representing
coun- off,”
for children
will be onKendall
display,
music
be oneserof Quilt
pick guitar,
banjo, and manvice members and their fami- ties in North Georgia and North said.
and donations for this project
the greatest of all time.
dolin, Thomason said.
lies through direct mail, vet- Carolina,
will showcase quilts will beWhat
gratefully
paidaccepted.
off was The
the
Percyorganizations
Sledge, Connie
could
be among
eran service
and in their“This
exhibit
in the
upcom- use
festival
is October
8-16, at
the
of
flyover
LiDAR
techSmith,
Marty
Stuart
and of
the Fall
mostFestival
exciting
Festi- Georgia Mountain Fairgrounds.
the
media.
But by
law there
is ing
in Fall
Hiawassee.
nology by the USGS to decourse
our own
Fiddlin’
vals ever,”
said.
no
authorization
to make
pay- Also,
Guild Thomason
members will
be For more information, visit the
accurate flood
Howard
Cunningham
“We’re excitedquilting
and looking
ments
on claims
submittedand
af- demonstrating
tech- velop
website:a more
mistymountainquiltplain
map.
niques
in
the
"Quilting
Bee"
log
ter
October
21,
2010.
guild.com.
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the Appalachian Tunesmiths forward to nine wonderful
With a packed courtEligible
members
are signed
up to entertain
the days of fun, food, crafts and
house
full of interested resishould
print,
complete
and
masses.
musical entertainment,” she
sign Department
of
Defense
dents,
proposed flood
And on Oct. 15 and 16, said. Towns County Friends spent 73the
hours organizing the
Form 2944, Claim for Retplain
map
for
purposeand
of
book/bake salethe
together,
roactive Stop Loss Payment. of the Library would like to Flood
Insurance
Study
(FIS)
397 volunteer hours during the
They must then select the ap- thank everyone who donated and
a Digital Flood Insurance
propriate method for submit- books to the book sale. The book/bake sale. Special thanks
Rate
Map (DFIRM)
for
go
to
everyone
who brought
Book/Bake
sale
sponsored
by
ting
their claim
form based
before
we ofmoved
into was
the Lake
of history.
In January,
Buck the
bakedChatuge
goods forwas
the unveiled.
sale. Jane
Friends
the Library
upon
their
service
requiresaid. “It’s
not just Manuszak,
and Nina’s Hair Salon and acabin,”
bake news:
sale chair,
apvery he
successful
fundraiser
The good
the use
ments. The information can be netting $3,000. A total of 4,500 preciates
the generosity
ofdata
the
a
place
of
business,
it’s
a
Gifts
was
born.
of
high-tech
digital
found on their service’s stop books were donated. Many good cooks who donated baked
hobby
and
a
life
love
at
my
Nina
is
his
77-year-old
loss web site, accessible from of the books were able to be helped
homes
in
items forremove
the sale.117
Funds
raised
mother, a gifted crafted with finger tips. I’m always do- the
www.defense.gov/home/feacity
of
Hiawassee
from
shelved by the library which by the book/bake sale will be
ing something
to improve
it the
a knack for making custom
tures/2010/0710_stoploss/,
or adds
flood plain.
usedlake’s
for historic
library projects
for
to the variety
of books
call:
Army:monograms,
(877) 736-5554;
while
still
keeping
with
the
handbags,
mak- that
Towns
County.
can be checked out from the libraries
In theinend,
approxiNavy:
(901)arrangements
874-4427; Marine
authenticity
the building.
ing floral
and the
Thanks to
everyone
who came
library. of
The
remaining mately
300
or so homes
toCorps:
(877) 242-2830
and Air books “I
nowtolive
the cabin
to the
book/bake
sale
and
went
theinbook
sale. tal
a master
embroidering
were
taken
out
of
the
.T(Oct6,G1)
Force:
and Jan
chairs, brought books and delicious
next door
andRoberts,
it has brought
crafter(800)
who 525-0102
specializes
in John
flood plain, Commissioner
SH
along
with
the
many
volunteers
peace
to
my
body
and
soul,” baked items. T(Oct6,H2)SH
Brazilian embroidery.
County Budget
of the 5-year tax levy on
Tuesday morning..
State law requires two
public hearings.
The Towns County
Board of Education recently
On August
28, 2010,
the
approved
its millage
rate,
Towns
County
FFA
Livestock
which remained the same at
Show Team traveled to Calhoun, Georgia to participate
in the Purina Mills Livestock
Show. Tyler Osborn placed
2nd inThe
his showmanship
acquisition heat,
and
Flood Plain Map
4500 books donated to Book Sale
Log Cabin...continued from page 1
reconstructed by J.D.
Gillette and Jerry Trapp of
G & T Construction Co.
Stoinoff’s dream was to convert the historic building into
a craft shop where tourists
could come and witness her
hand-made jewelry and possibly purchase an item or two.
But most of all, her
dream was that of preservation of the past, bringing a pre-Civil War building back to life in its new
home of Hiawassee. At
the time, there were no
cabins in the Hiawassee
area sturdy enough for a
restoration project.
That all happened in
September 1976.
Jones was amazed to
discover the building’s history. He soon learned that
the building beside it had
been dismantled in Dalton
and brought to Hiawassee
as a companion piece to the
historic Woodbury cabin.
He had to learn more.
The one thing that excited
him most was the thought of
moving into the Woodbury
cabin and shifting his hair
salon to the historic structure.
He didn’t know how to
go about it, but quickly learned
how to get in touch with
Stoinoff. The two discussed
the cabin and their mutual love
...from page 1
Together, the mother and
son have continued to preserve
one of the community’s precious treasures.
“Like mother, like son,
we’re both into history,” Nina
Farkosh said. “Preserving
something from the past is
very important. So many
times, our old landmarks are
torn down and laid to waste.
It’s a shame to see that when
there are people out there
with a keen interest in preservation of the past.”
Together, their business,
Buck & Nina’s Hair Salon &
Gifts thrives in the historic
Tennessee landmark, relocated in beautiful Downtown
Hiawassee.
Jones has one barber’s
seat in the building. That’s
because he focuses on one
appointment at a time, with
a focus on detail and customer satisfaction.
“I was well established here in Hiawassee
he said. “Often times I’ll
walk outside and folks will
be taking pictures of the
cabin. The other day a
couple came by and asked if
this was the Pioneer Village
(Georgia Mountain Fairgrounds). I told them it was
my pioneer village and it is.”
Jones and his mother
strive for a lifetime business
partnership, with Nina’s
crafts and specialty items on
one side, and Buck’s salon on
the other. Together they share
an unbridled love of history.
“If we don’t remember history and heed the lessons we learn, we are
bound to repeat history,”
Jones said. “Just take a look
around; you’re in one of the
greatest history classrooms
you’ll ever experience.
“I like to encourage
folks to come on in the back
door and sit a spell,” he said.
“They’ll enjoy every minute
they’re here.”
Kendall said.
“We certainly believe
that this more accurate map
will save local homeowners
millions of dollars over the
long haul,” Commissioner
Kendall said.
Until Commissioner
Kendall requested the use of
high-tech LiDAR data to
develop a more accurate
flood plain map, FEMA was
prepared to use inaccurate
data to prepare the Flood
Plain Map for Chatuge.
During public hearings
earlier this year, FEMA admitted that the flood maps
currently in use for Chatuge
were just a best estimate and
not highly accurate.
use of high tech LiDAR
flyover data saved county
taxpayers thousands of dolWhen
Fourwould
Leaf Clover,
lars that
they
have
Inc.
operations
in
been(FLC)
spentbegan
on flood
insurHayesville in late 2009, at its
ance was
hadWilliam
the county
been
helm
F. Sweeney,
forced
to
submit
to
the
use
a man with a mission.
of theSweeney
inaccurate
data. inbecame
terested
in flyover
the diabetic
supThe
didn’t
plier
business.County
One oftaxhis
cost Towns
major
payersconcerns
a dime. was, like all
health-related
It was products,
covered supby
plies needed to treat this disUSGS,
a
deal
negotiated
by
ease were costly, resulting
Towns
County
and
in
patients
under native
65 without
Georgia orMountains
Medicare
supplementalReinsurance
not testing emtheir
gional often
Commission
sugar
levels.
called medical
ployee
FaithHeJones.
manufacturers
nationwide
and
“We owe
Faith Jones
found only two willing to let
a great
everything
him
sell deal
their for
product
to cash
she
has
done
to
help
protect
patients at discounted prices.
her hometown,”
CommisFLC is accredited
and
sionerall
Kendall
said.
meets
Medicare
standards.
Its primary
product
is an
afA proposed
flood
plain
fordable
auto
coding
meter
of
map for Chatuge was due
high
quality,
easy
to
use
and
in September. FEMA
very reliable.
granted
Commissioner
Sweeney
further learned
Kendall
a
delay
in the time
there are 27 sanctioned
Diathe proposed
flood
map was
betic
Foundations
nationwide,
but
funding
variestofrom
statefor
to
to be
prepared
allow
state.
For instance,
the Georgia
the LiDAR
flyover.
Diabetic
Foundation,
founded
“We
appreciate
your
by
Bob
Taylor
in
Blairsville,
cooperation in this matter as
well as your willingness to
assist the state and FEMA
in updating Towns County’s
flood map to reflect the
most accurate flood risk,”
said Collis Brown, state
Flood Plain Management
Coordinator.
“It is the primary objective of the state and
FEMA to update Georgia’s
flood maps to accurately reflect current flood risks using the most accurate data
available,” Brown said.
4.784 mills.
“The Board of Education whole-heartedly agrees
with Commissioner Kendall,
now is not the time to raise
taxes,” said Towns County
and was Superintendent
asked to return Dr.
for
Schools
the final Behrens.
drive of his class.
Richard
Andrew Turpin and Jeannie
Bradley also participated in
showmanship, and Andrew
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page 1
placed 5th infrom
his commercial
class. T(Oct6,F1)SH
It was an unlikely
happy ending to what was
once a horror story for
homeowners living near
receives
no funding whatsoevLake
Chatuge.
er. Taylor, himself a diabetic,
“It’s
believed that this
pays all expenses personally.
is
the
first
time
that to
thesuploSweeney has
chosen
cal,
state
and
federal
govport the GA Foundation and is
ernment
haveTaylor
ever to
worked
working with
establish a NC Foundation.
together
to accomplish
Sweeney
stresses
the
something
of this
magniimportance
of
education
and
tude,”
Commissioner
proper treatment to enhance
Kendall
said.
the quality
and longevity of
thethe disease.
years,
life ofOver
those with
homeowners
along toLake
He feels it’s important
test,
not guess! have spent thouChatuge
and decisions
sands“Risks
and thousands
of
are
made
at
the
top,” he
hard-earned dollars
to said
pay
during
the opening
his new
for
mandated
floodof
insurance
offices on HWY 69 in Hayesbecause
homesofwere
ville, “buttheir
the success
any
listed
as depends
being inonthe
lake’s
company
a marketflood
plain. customer service
able product,
and well-trained
“The most employees,
important
all of which
are atwe
the wanted
heart of
thing
was that
successful
businesses.”
flood plain maps that accuFLC occupies 8,000 sq.
rately
reflected the flood
ft. in the Chatuge Plaza behind
plain
in Towns
County,”
Rustic Rose.
For area
residents
Commissioner
said.
with diabetes, it’sKendall
good to know
“What
was in
purely
that helpunfolded
is right here
their
back yard.
It’s also
to
aown
stroke
of luck
andgood
manknow to
people
like just
Bill Sweeney
aged
reflect
how inwhose mission
to provide
that
accurate
the is
existing
flood
much-needed help. T(Oct6,N2)SH
plain maps truly were.
“(FEMA) gave us a
July 1 deadline to gather the
data we needed and we met
that deadline on July 1,”
Commissioner Kendall said.
“Accurate LiDAR
data was imperative in the
preparation of a revised
Digital Flood Insurance
Rate Map for Towns
County,” Commissioner
Kendall said. “A rather satisfying resolve evolved from
this frustration for everyone
involved.”
An All-American Company
A sample of the crafts available at Buck and Nina’s Hair Salon & Gifts. Photo/Charles Duncan
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