Sept. 18, 1997
* Local resident Roger Shuler continued his quest to build a golf course in the county. He appeared at a Graham County Board of Commissioners meeting, seeking support before approaching the U.S. Forest Service with a request for 500 acres of property in the West Buffalo community to build the course. Update: The idea never came to fruition.
* Robbinsville’s Becky Viar was presented with a Governor’s Award for Outstanding Volunteer Service, for her work in the western region of the state as a guardian ad litem. Viar received the award at a ceremony in Asheville, attended by Gov. Jim Hunt.
Sept. 18, 1986
* Spc. Four Richard Michael Messer of the 568th Engineering Company (CSE) in Hanau, West Germany, re-enlisted in the Army. Messer was a member of the Robbinsville High School Class of 1982 and graduated from Tri-County Community College in 1984.
* The Stecoah Valley Barber & Style Shop was charging $4 for a regular hair cut and $5 for a style cut. The shop was open Wednesday-Saturday, along N.C. 28. Update: Today, “Barber Shop Hill” is undergoing expansion, as part of the Corridor K project.
Sept. 18, 1980
* Gov. Jim Hunt passed along a personal congratulations to local students for scoring above average on annual tests. At Robbinsville Elementary, both first- and second-grade pupils scored above the national average in math, while third graders exceeded the mark. Robbinsville Middle School sixth graders were above the national average in language arts and spelling, as well.
* Graham County Clerk of Court O.W. Hooper, Jr., visited Ann Edwards’ government class. The students also attended a board of commissioners meeting and were set to join the gallery of a court session.
-Compiled by publisher/editor Kevin Hensley.