The Sylva Herald

Nov. 04, 2004
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Volume 79, No. 32

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	County voters lean Democratic in Tuesday's election - While the state and nation showed Republican trends, Jackson County remained solidly in the Democratic column, according to complete but unofficial returns from Tuesday's general election. The lone exception locally was the presidential race where incumbent Republican....

	N.C. 107 reopens - Some seven weeks after numerous slides triggered by Hurricane Ivan's torrential rains closed the north-south highway, N.C. 107 reopened Monday. N.C. Department of Transportation personnel and contractors worked seven days a week to repair the roadway, which is the main link between the Glenville-Cashiers area and northern Jackson County. Steep, winding Cullowhee Mountain Road....

	Sylva leaders ponder ETJ as tool to control development - After a failed annexation attempt this past summer, Sylva leaders have decided to take a different tack at controlling development beyond the town's limits. An extra-territorial jurisdiction – a boundary up to one mile outside town limits in which residents must obey Sylva zoning rules – is instead the option town leaders plan to explore.

	WWII vets who left school to fight will receive diplomas - As part of a statewide effort to recognize those who interrupted their education to fight for their country during World War II, Jackson County Schools will award high school diplomas to 16 veterans during a 7 p.m. ceremony Thursday, Nov. 11, at Southwestern Community College. "I wanted to have a ceremony to thank them publicly and give them the graduation they never had," said Superintendent Sue Nations....



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	Officials discuss draft subdivision ordinance - One week after adding three positions to local inspections departments, county officials spent part of last Tuesday evening (Oct. 26), working through a revised draft of the subdivision ordinance that some say may necessitate more inspectors. Discussion between county commissioners and planning board members centered around the number of lots that constitute a subdivision. Planning board members have done extensive work on the proposed ordinance that now, including appendices, is 52 pages long. The length of the draft and the amount of regulation it would impose seemed excessive, said Commissioner Brian McMahan....

	Firefighters' truck hit at accident scene - The remains of a totalled 1989 Mercury Topaz came to rest on the inside shoulder of the westbound lanes of U.S. 23/74 between Exits 85 and 83 Friday (Oct. 29) after the car collided with a Sylva Fire Department truck, said Sgt. Greg Christopher of the N.C. Highway Patrol. The Mercury's driver, George Martin Bauman, 50, of Newton, was charged with failure to....


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