Charlie the Cherokee Indian holds a copy of The News-Reporter and poses with this group of Wilkes County children who stopped in Cherokee, N.C., Sunday on their way home from Gatlinburg, Tenn., where they had attended the “Festival of Lights” parade. The children are Kolbi Tucker, Jake Tucker, Stacey Ware, Aubrey Anderson, and Samuel Anderson. This News-Reporter is 124 miles from home.