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A journalist was assigned the Lebanon beat.  Walking through the bombed-out streets of Beirut one day, he heard some beautiful music coming from a doorway.  He wandered over to where the music was being played and there saw a young boy playing a flute. 

The music was beautiful, but the flute was the weirdest looking instrument he had ever seen.  He approached the young boy carefully, but the child stopped playing when he saw the journalist.  Then the boy handed the journalist the instrument.

Basketball playoffs are just around the corner, but this week are the SMAC and Western Highland tourneys. 

East Rutherford’s boys will not be the number one seed as they lost to Shelby last week for a second time this season, but they may get a third chance at them very soon. 

On the boys side of the South Mountain Athletic Conference bracket, whomever wins the Chase at R-S Central game went to Shelby to play the Golden Lions on Wednesday night.

   Habitat For Humanity of Rutherford County is presently building new homes for those who qualify. Their new community in Spindale is called Hopeview Estates. Some homes are finished and occupied while others are being constructed for specific new homeowners. 

   Habitat is desperately looking for qualified applicants. To expedite this process, Habitat is hosting an information session on Tuesday, February 26th at 6 p.m. in the Fellowship Hall of First Baptist Church, Rutherfordton.

   McCurry-Deck started as a used car dealer in 1958 and eight years later became the Buick dealership. 

   Since 1966 the dealership has continued to grow, now offering Chevrolet, Buick & GMC. Paul Deck now heads the dealership which started with Leonard McCurry and Ken Deck. 

Cayla Green killed this buck in the Sunshine Community on Tuesday, November 20 2012. 

Trinity Christian School Makes Donation To Rutherford Regional’s Cancer Resource Center

KidSenses is part of Collaborative to promote STEM Learning

Holtzclaw Named Director Of Volunteer Services

   One of the wildlife success stories in my area is the reintroduction of the elk. While Tennessee is coming along more slowly, Kentucky now has a heard of over 10,000 and last year over 800 tags were issued to hunters. And there is over a 90% success rate for those hunters. Today Kentucky has the largest elk herd east of the Rocky Mountains. Now that is what I call success. And what makes this even more amazing to me is the fact that this reintroduction took place less than 15 years ago.

A few weeks ago, I had the privilege of helping to guide a friend in harvesting a big healthy cow. This was a first for me and him. It was an unbelievable experience and one that has excited me for the possibilities of next year.