February 23, 2012

About Sandie Rhodes, Editor

Publisher/Editor of The Fairview Town Crier

Kids’ Geocache Trail in Fairview

KIDS Geocache Trail

Want to follow clues to hidden treasures? Or visit historic sites and win prizes? Well, here is an opportunity for kids and their families to do both! Use your new GPS Santa left under the tree or a … [Read more...]

Have You Ever Been the New Kid

Isabella picking turnips. Photo by garden owner Roger Klinger

I would like to introduce myself. My name is Isabella Zingarino, newly-appointed student reporter from Cane Creek Middle School. I’m eleven years old and I love to draw, look at nature, play … [Read more...]

February Short Story Contest

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Congratulations to this month’s contest winners, Maria Horton, for her heartfelt story entitled, A Sunny Afternoon, and in our youth category, Haley Galloway won us over with her handwritten, … [Read more...]

Eat the Weeds

It was hard to believe my eyes, but by the end of the first week of January I noticed a few clumps of dwarf daffodils had popped up, and to my astonishment there were buds nestled in the base of the … [Read more...]

Winter Ducks in WNC

Duck Watchers at Lake Junaluska photo by Simon Thompson

Every winter brings in migrating waterfowl from the north. As the icy winds of the Alberta Clippers blow in, the swans, geese and ducks should not be far behind, and small numbers of these distinctive … [Read more...]