COMMENTARY: Dear Tourist     

  By ROBERT JUMPER One Feather Editor   I thought it might be prudent to speak to our tourists and visitors, both current and prospective. It has been a rough year of missed opportunity and stressful planning for most of the tourism organizations in our area...

COMMENTARY: I swear it’s real…

  By WILLIAM LEDFORD   I’ve recently discovered something, baseball season is in full swing and…I don’t care. Well, to be honest I lost interest in baseball years ago. I try to feign interest in my NY Yankees but in reality…I don’t care. I was losing...

COMMENTARY: Situational awareness

  By ROBERT JUMPER  One Feather Editor    Situational awareness can be defined simply as “knowing what is going on around us”, or – more technically – as “the perception of the elements in the environment within a volume of time and space, the comprehension...

SPEAKING OF FAITH: The atmosphere which attracts God…

  By REV. TIMOTHY L. MELTON, PASTOR (Transcribed by Myra Colgate) Cherokee Pentecostal Holiness Church   “Enjoy prosperity while you can, but when hard times strike,  realize that both come from God. Remember that nothing is certain in this life.”   ...

COMMENTARY: Just stop and watch

  By ROBERT JUMPER One Feather Staff    One of the great simple pleasures I get to enjoy on the Qualla Boundary is wildlife watching. Many people must travel to see the natural beauty of the untouched outdoors. Much of the U.S. is not mountainous. Even North...