by Anthony Brown | May 28, 2015 | COMMUNITY sgadugi
By SCOTT MCKIE B.P. ONE FEATHER STAFF After more than 14 years of working with Cherokee farmers and gardeners, EBCI Extension Office agricultural agent Sarah McClellan-Welch is retiring as of Friday, May 29. She came to Cherokee in 2001 from the...
by Anthony Brown | May 27, 2015 | COMMUNITY sgadugi
There’s nothing unusual about neighboring mountain high schools competing for supremacy inside a local gymnasium, but the competition that took place recently at Cherokee High School’s auxiliary gym wasn’t your typical interscholastic contest. This battlefield...
by Anthony Brown | May 21, 2015 | COMMUNITY sgadugi
By AMBLE SMOKER ONE FEATHER STAFF Cherokee High School held their annual Academic Awards Banquet on Tuesday, May 19. Fifty-seven students who held a 90 or better grade point average through the first three quarters of the 2014-15 school year, were...
by Anthony Brown | May 20, 2015 | COMMUNITY sgadugi
By CAROL B. LONG Cherokee Seed Corn Inc. has been awarded a $10,123 grant from the Evergreen Foundation based out of Waynesville. The grant is to help renovate 10 rooms and a kitchen/dining area at the Home Stead Motel to serve homeless veterans. The...
by Anthony Brown | May 20, 2015 | COMMUNITY sgadugi
For many centuries, the Cherokee have assisted members of their tribe who need help, perhaps tending a garden, fixing a roof, lending a hand with painting or yard clean up. During this year’s daylong Cherokee Day of Caring event held on Thursday, May 14,...
by Anthony Brown | May 20, 2015 | COMMUNITY sgadugi
By ROBERT JUMPER ONE FEATHER EDITOR The second Cherokee Indian Fair meeting for the 2015 Fair took place on Monday, May 18. Those present for the meeting included: Angela Hernandez, Chris Watty, Angela Hull, Josie Long, Nikki Nations and Janet Owle....