NOV – DEC 2023

Just before Christmas 1973, members of the Hi-Y Club at Cherokee High School asked fifteen-year-old Tim Cavender to dress up as Santa and distribute candy during a school assembly. The boy who would later be known as “Santa Tim” gave the club a firm “absolutely not.”...

In March 2023 Dr. Jeff Dobson, a geographer born in Canton, found himself snowed in on an Argentine Antarctic Command base for his seventy-eighth birthday. He could not have devised a better way to celebrate. Jeff, a true adventurer, has visited fifty-seven countries...

One of the Lucky Ones: Copilot of First Plane Shot Down at Pearl Harbor For Canton resident Joan Reid Ahrens, the anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor has a personal meaning as well as an historic one. Her father, Air Force Colonel Ernest LeRoy “Roy” Reid, had...

On Thanksgiving Day all around the country, families and friends will gather and likely discuss the things for which they are grateful. We don’t usually think about what being grateful actually means—the nature of gratitude. We might not think about it in detail, but...

For thousands of years Native Americans practiced Three Sisters companion planting to enhance their yields and ensure their survival. Indigenous people then taught the Pilgrims this system of planting corn, beans, and squash (or pumpkins) together. To enjoy their...

After a gift-giving holiday, animal shelters, alas, receive an increase in surrendered pets. Pets require a huge commitment that includes the time and costs of training, food, and medical care. When families underestimate the time and costs involved in pet ownership,...

It’s a season of giving; giving back to the community, that is. This holiday season marks a milestone for a local favorite fundraiser. Combining charity, cardio, and Christmas, the Reindeer Run for the Children celebrates its twentieth year in Canton. The Service...

By Suzy Alstrin, Assistant Director of Media and Public Relations, Reinhardt University Soon after the Thanksgiving tables are cleared, the little town of Waleska comes alive with the Christmas spirit. Christmas on Stage This year the Christmas Concert Series includes...

The Georgia National Cemetery, spanning more than 775 acres in the serene landscape of Canton, is the final resting place for thousands of veterans and their families thanks to a generous donation by the late Scott Hudgens Jr., a veteran of World War II, entrepreneur,...

As you drive through neighborhoods during the holiday season, it is a joy to see the colorful lights shining and twinkling like stars in the night, lighting up homes and showing off the homeowners’ Christmas spirit. It’s a magical moment during what many would call...

Calling all Gryffindors, Ravenclaws, Hufflepuffs, and even Slytherins—it's time for the Yule Ball. Potterhead or not, all students from grades seven through twelve are invited, although not by owl, to the Sequoyah Regional Library System’s Yule Ball. It’s happening on...

In November Love Lights a Tree makes its grand return after a three-year break. The fundraiser had been raising money for cancer research and awareness since the early 1980s. When COVID-19 hit, the in-person festivities came to a halt. On November 24, Love Lights a...