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Get Reading This Summer
There are thousands of books at the Albert Carlton-Cashiers Community Library, but what classifies as a “favorite” is highly subjective. Branch Librarian Serenity Richards polled her staff during the COVID-19 shelter-in-place quarantine to learn what they were reading. Following is a good mix of 10 titles that are all available in e-book and/or e-audiobook – just in case. – The …
Pandemic Ups & Downs for Pets
During these times of social isolation and high anxiety, more and more of us are turning to pets for emotional support and companionship. So it’s no surprise that one beneficiary of the coronavirus pandemic has been pets in shelters. With everyone truly physically isolated, many people are discovering that pets can be physically present in a way that other …
Cashiers Designer Showhouse
Cashiers Designer Showhouse, one of the Plateau’s premier events, will launch with a spectacular Opening Night Party at 6:00 P.M. Friday, August 21, before opening to the public from 9:00 A.M. to 4:00 P.M Saturday. August 22 through September 5. The Designer Showhouse remains the Cashiers Historical Society’s signature fundraiser and it draws visitors from across the Southeast. Sprawling across …
Wishes That Change Lives
Local resident Lisa Mullins made her first hike benefiting the Make-A-Wish Foundation in 2014, raising over $2,800, and was planning her third hike on May 16, but that hike has been rescheduled for October 3 because of the covid-19 virus threat. Crossing the finish line of a 28.3 mile hike for Make-A-Wish was a life-changing moment, but before each …
The Noble Nineteenth
A hundred years ago, the Nineteenth Amendment passed both houses of the United States Congress, and then went to the states for ratification. The fight had been long and hard won. Seventy years had passed since the Seneca Falls Convention, where hundreds of people had gathered in upstate New York to discuss the rights of women, including the right to …
Wild Lives & Wild Places: Event Cancelled
It’s one thing to see images of local wildlife in books, zoos, movies or TV, but a very different experience to see them in person. Of course, the best place to see wildlife is in their natural habitat, though a personal encounter with a bear or rattlesnake can be far from entertaining. A safer way to experience these “wild lives” …
Reading Suggestions For Every Age
When the Hudson Library reopens, cardholders will be able to check out actual bound books. Until then, numerous e- and audiobooks are available online at fontanalib.org/books. Branch Librarian Carlyn Morenus offers for all age groups some Summer Read Recommendations, including both newer releases and classics: For children: – The Upside-Down Magic series by Sarah Mlynowski, Lauren Myracle, and Emily Jenkins …
Out-of-Doors
The collaboration of musicians and the out-of-doors can be quite magical, even when it includes the occasional cricket solo or thunderclap percussion. Over the next few months, music lovers can join with musicians in an orchard under sprawling oak trees at The Farm at Old Edwards. Known as the “Orchard Sessions,” the series of five concerts showcases a diverse …
It’s a Stretch! Free Yoga!
With quarantines keeping people close to home for weeks on end, Highlands Biological Station and Yoga Highlands decided to begin offering in May a once-a-month free yoga experience. The goal is for participants to enjoy the newly completed north campus by Lindenwood Lake, which is located on the grounds of HBS. However because of continued restrictions on gatherings, May’s class …
The Food Less Traveled
Choose the food less traveled at Locally Grown On the Green, Cashiers’ farm stand market for local growers. The market is “producer only” meaning that the vendor must be the grower or producer of all the products they sell. Vendors must produce within a 125-mile radius of Cashiers. That means that the season for each fruit and vegetable is longer. Shopping at …
Waking the Mountain
If this were any June like the Junes of, say, the last 100 years, Highlands would be deep in a busy season of returning second- (and third-) homeowners, and a steady stream of visitors looking to escape the stresses of the outside world. But in this norm-shattering year of coronavirus and the near-constant whine of low-level anxiety, the Highlands Chamber …
Support Small Business
During the Covid19 crisis, Cashiers-Highlands small businesses have made extraordinary efforts to ensure residents have access to limited supplies, meals and food, critical services and more, and to protect and provide for their staffs. We at the Cashiers Area Chamber are working hard to help them meet immediate operation needs so they can successfully navigate the health crisis recovery. Stay-at-home …
