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	Jan. 6, 2005 Edition Sylva, NC Volume 79, No. 41

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	Courthouse has new look - After months of work, the restoration of the exterior of the old Courthouse is nearly complete. Workers from Brush and Tickle Co. of Asheville said they expected to finish the work by today (Thursday), barring delays from predicted rain. Part of the work, installing the word "Jackson" in front of "County Court House," will....

	Forest Hills officials relent; Summit to add building - Owners of the Summit apartments got the go-ahead Monday (Jan. 3) to put up a fourth building on their property, but wondered what took Forest Hills officials so long to make that decision. "Can you explain why it's taken since August?" attorney Charles Clement asked on behalf of his clients....

	TWSA billing hampers operation of business, trailer park owner says - "I want you to know that I wish the community at large had a better feeling about TWSA," Webster resident Vicki Todd told Tuckaseigee Water and Sewer Authority board members Dec. 14. "A lot of mobile home park and apartment owners do not," she said. Todd, whose family owns Webster Estates mobile home park off N.C. 116, told board members that TWSA's current billing methods make it difficult for her....

	Dam, lakeshore control, kayaking dominate discussion - An agreement hammered out between Duke Power and some 30 groups generated controversy during a series of December meetings in Sylva. The agreement outlines measures the power company would be willing to take to compensate Jackson County and the region for the effects of its hydroelectric projects. Duke has proposed the package of recreational....



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	Everything's coming up roses again for DOT's Division 14 - For the second year in a row, the beds of wildflowers that brighten Western North Carolina's roadsides each spring, summer and fall have been declared best in the state by the N.C. Department of Transportation. "It kind of caught us by surprise," said Rick Queen, the environmental engineer who directs DOT's Division 14 program. "Back in the early '90s we had a (winning) run of about three or four years, but there's just a lot of good programs out there."

	End-of-year accidents result in two fatalities - Jackson County's 2004 came to a tragic end as two people lost their lives in wrecks during the year's final days. Dead are Brandon Kaz Wilson, 16, of Sylva, and Richard Louis Redd, 51, of Thomson, Ga. Wilson was traveling west on Business 23 near Mark Watson Park Wednesday (Dec. 29) when his 1994 Nissan pickup truck went left of center and struck a tree around 9:45 p.m., according to Detective John Buchanan of the....


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