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Nicole Wright/Staff Correspondent The Mobile Screening Unit of Lions Club International held a hearing and vision screening Friday in Andrews with the help of local Lions Club officers, members and volunteers. From left are Rhonda Eunice, vice president of the Andrews Lions Club; Clifford Panter; secretary/treasurer Claudette Morgan; eye exam technician Logan Hosch; Dr. Lynn Taylor; and Mobile Screening Unit Director Bryan Hoover of the Lions Foundation of North Carolina.

Nicole Wright/Staff Correspondent The Mobile Screening Unit of Lions Club International held a hearing and vision screening Friday in Andrews with the help of local Lions Club officers, members and volunteers. From left are Rhonda Eunice, vice president of the Andrews Lions Club; Clifford Panter; secretary/treasurer Claudette Morgan; eye exam technician Logan Hosch; Dr. Lynn Taylor; and Mobile Screening Unit Director Bryan Hoover of the Lions Foundation of North Carolina.

Lions Club provides hearing, vision screenings for citizens

Body Andrews – The Lions Club of Andrews held a hearing and vision screening Friday at West End Plaza.
This is the front page of the Aug. 27, 1964, edition of the Cherokee Scout, which was 60 years ago this week.

This is the front page of the Aug. 27, 1964, edition of the Cherokee Scout, which was 60 years ago this week.

This Week in Local History

Body In this week’s archives of the Cherokee Scout and Andrews Journal:
Photos by Randy Foster/editor@cherokeescout.com The Charters of Freedom displays are shown at their new location at Konehete Veterans Park after they were moved from downtown Murphy ahead of road project construction.

Photos by Randy Foster/editor@cherokeescout.com The Charters of Freedom displays are shown at their new location at Konehete Veterans Park after they were moved from downtown Murphy ahead of road project construction.

Rededication ceremony for Charters of Freedom today

Body Murphy – The Declaration of Independence, U.S.
Photos by Anngee Quinones-Belian/Staff Correspondent  About 100 family and extended family members attended the 90th Anderson family reunion at Shady Grove Baptist Church on Aug. 4. Each year, the number of those attending the event continues to grow.

Photos by Anngee Quinones-Belian/Staff Correspondent About 100 family and extended family members attended the 90th Anderson family reunion at Shady Grove Baptist Church on Aug. 4. Each year, the number of those attending the event continues to grow.

One of the county’s largest families celebrates reunion

Body Ranger – About 100 people came out to Shady Grove Baptist Church on Aug. 4 to celebrate a 90-year-long tradition of fellowship, eating and making memories.
This is the front page of the Aug. 21, 1958, edition of the Cherokee Scout, which was 66 years ago today.

This is the front page of the Aug. 21, 1958, edition of the Cherokee Scout, which was 66 years ago today.

This Week in Local History

Body In this week’s archives of the Cherokee Scout and Andrews Journal:

Cherokee County Arrest Report

Body The following people were booked through the Cherokee County Detention Center from Aug. 11-17, 2024, and federal law enforcement officers handled the cases.