September 2020

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Dragonflies on the Plateau

by: Brian O’Shea

Dragonflies are found throughout North Carolina in a large variety of colors and sizes. The state boasts 187 species of dragonflies and their smaller cousins damselflies, which are collectively in the insect […]

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Acorns Trunk Shows

by: Marlene Osteen

While it may seem like the pandemic marched into March and changed everything, many businesses on the Plateau are presenting as much normalcy and agreeable distractions as possible.  One of […]

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A Landscape Mainstay

by: Jeannie Chambers - The Accidental Gardener

The Hydrangea is a genus of over 75 species and native to Asia as well as the Americas, but  we are used to seeing only three-to-six species in this area.  […]

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Benny, the Police Force

by: Donna Rhodes

If you’ve seen The Princess Bride, you’re bound to remember how the big, big Fezzik is appointed to The Brute Squad to impose order on the Thieve’s Forest. Well, that […]

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Cashiers Chamber: Engaging Community & Business

by: Mary Jane McCall

The Cashiers  Area Chamber of Commerce is hard at work, even in these uncertain times, staying true to their mission of  actively engaging the community and businesses in the hard […]

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Visit Dry Falls

by: William McReynolds - Highlands Plateau Audubon Society

About three miles northwest of Highlands on US 64/NC 28 along the Cullasaja River is Dry Falls.  The trip from Highlands follows a National Scenic Byway which is part of […]

Old-timey Touring

by: Carol M. Bryson

Accommodating tourists was always paramount in the minds of the local citizens of the highest elevations of the Blue Ridge Mountains, from Highlands to Toxaway.   Running boarding houses quickly […]

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Perfecting Your Putting

by: Erika Mason

I was recently asked by a student of mine what part of the game I felt players struggled with the most.  The answer was easy, putting! I think it’s a pretty […]

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