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Photos by Anngee Quinones-Belian/Staff Correspondent Grinch ornaments were just one of the many items available at the Peachtree Community Center Holiday Arts & Crafts Festival on Saturday. 

Photos by Anngee Quinones-Belian/Staff Correspondent Grinch ornaments were just one of the many items available at the Peachtree Community Center Holiday Arts & Crafts Festival on Saturday. 

Rain can’t stop festival-goers

Body Peachtree – Rain and colder temperatures didn’t keep folks away from the annual Peachtree Community Center Holiday Arts & Crafts Festival on Saturday.
The Community Youth Players will present Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer Jr. at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and at 3 p.m. Sunday, at the Valleytown Cultural Arts Center in downtown Andrews.

The Community Youth Players will present Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer Jr. at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and at 3 p.m. Sunday, at the Valleytown Cultural Arts Center in downtown Andrews.

Play ‘Rudolph Jr.’ to ring in sleigh bells

Body Andrews – Cherokee County residents will be rockin’ around the Christmas tree when the Community Youth Players present their “Holly Jolly” production of Rudolph The Red-Nosed R
This is the front page of the Nov. 13, 1952, edition of the Cherokee Scout, which was 70 years ago this week.

This is the front page of the Nov. 13, 1952, edition of the Cherokee Scout, which was 70 years ago this week.

This Week in Local History

Body In this week’s archives of the Cherokee Scout and Andrews Journal:
Photos by Abigail Blythe Batton/Staff Correspondent Murphy neighbors write good wishes to Ruby on her way to Washington with the U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree truck, which started traveling on Nov. 6 in Murphy to Manteo. Ruby will collect North Carolina Christmas cheer until it reaches the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol.

Photos by Abigail Blythe Batton/Staff Correspondent Murphy neighbors write good wishes to Ruby on her way to Washington with the U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree truck, which started traveling on Nov. 6 in Murphy to Manteo. Ruby will collect North Carolina Christmas cheer until it reaches the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol.

Quick Reads

Body CHEROKEE COUNTY COVID cases down in Oct.
Photos by Abigail Blythe Batton/Staff Correspondent  Jesse James and Trevis Hicks (right) stand by the fundraising wheel during HAVEN Children’s Advocacy Center’s annual $5,000 raffle Saturday night at the Hackney Warehouse.

Photos by Abigail Blythe Batton/Staff Correspondent Jesse James and Trevis Hicks (right) stand by the fundraising wheel during HAVEN Children’s Advocacy Center’s annual $5,000 raffle Saturday night at the Hackney Warehouse.

HAVEN helps children

Body Murphy The dresses were sparkly, the music toe-tapping and the food enticing during the annual $5,000 raffle fundraiser to benefit HAVEN Children’s Advocacy Center at the hist
Photos by Rex Davis/ Contributing Photographer: Judy Elder and Frances Davis (voting by car) fulfill their patriotic duties at the Hanging Dog poll precinct on Nov. 8.

Photos by Rex Davis/ Contributing Photographer: Judy Elder and Frances Davis (voting by car) fulfill their patriotic duties at the Hanging Dog poll precinct on Nov. 8.

Election shifts the power to new triad

Body “There’s a new triad,” Stiles said. “I’m looking forward to working with Ben Adams and Commissioner Griggs to see what we can accomplish.
Justin Fitzgerald/sports@cherokeescout.com Andrews beat Murphy three weeks ago to win the Smoky Mountain Conference title. More is at stake this Friday.

Justin Fitzgerald/sports@cherokeescout.com Andrews beat Murphy three weeks ago to win the Smoky Mountain Conference title. More is at stake this Friday.

Bulldogs vs. Wildcats, redux

Body Andrews – Just three weeks after playing with the Smoky Mountain Conference championship on the line, the Andrews and Murphy football teams will meet again in the third round of th
Photos by Abigail Blythe Batton/Staff Correspondent Artist Pamela Hopkins stands beside the mural she painted to help beautify downtown Andrews, where her family moved earlier this year.

Photos by Abigail Blythe Batton/Staff Correspondent Artist Pamela Hopkins stands beside the mural she painted to help beautify downtown Andrews, where her family moved earlier this year.

Newcomer paints mural in Andrews

Body Andrews – “The scaffolding was my biggest challenge,” artist Pamela Hopkins said of her recent mural installment downtown.