The Sylva Herald

Nov. 18, 2004
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Volume 79, No. 34

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	Six decades after leaving school, WWII vets graduate - Some six decades after leaving school to fight in World War II, 18 Jackson County veterans received high school diplomas during commencement exercises held last week on Veterans Day. A capacity crowd in Southwestern Community College's Myers Auditorium watched the octogenarians march in to Pomp....

	Turkey, friends to perform - Practicing for Cullowhee Valley School's annual production of The First Thanksgiving are kindergarten students, from left, (front row) Haley Gordineer, Triston Broderick, (middle row) Cody Carpenter, Tessa Davis, (back row) Gabe Frady, Patrick Moses, Kylie Collins and Eric Aquillion. The play is a joint effort of all four kindergarten classes and will be presented Friday....


	Caney Fork resident asks leaders for moratorium on shooting ranges - A Caney Fork resident, concerned that a shooting range might be built in his community, asked county officials last week (Nov. 9) to place a moratorium on such facilities until regulations controlling their use can be developed. Speaking on behalf of several neighbors....

	Freak accident kills SCC student - A Southwestern Community College student was struck by a car and killed early Sunday morning following a party in Cullowhee. Wesley Stephen Eldredge, 19, of Pumpkintown Road, Sylva, died when a car he had just moved rolled backwards and hit him, Sheriff Jimmy Ashe said Monday. Emergency medical....



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	Herald to close for holiday; early deadlines in effect - The Sylva Herald will publish early next week due to the Nov. 25 Thanksgiving holiday. Special newspaper publishing deadlines will be in effect. Holiday deadlines will be: Society news – Noon today (Thursday, Nov. 18), All other news – Noon Friday, Nov. 19., Classified and legal advertising – Noon Friday, Nov. 19, Display advertising – Noon Monday, Nov. 22, The Sylva Herald printing plant and newspaper will close for two days – Thursday and Friday, Nov. 25 and 26 – to allow employees to enjoy the Thanksgiving holiday with their families....

	Downed tree causes fatality - A tree that fell in the road blocking N.C. 107 south of Cashiers late Sunday afternoon indirectly led to the death of a Glenville man. Francis Steven Oberle, 53, died in the 4:25 p.m. accident near High Hampton Inn, according to trooper Derek Robinson of the N.C. Highway Patrol. The tree was blocking both lanes, and a 1994 Chevrolet pickup truck owned by Juan Devoid Edwards of Cullowhee was stopped in the northbound lane, Robinson said. Edwards had gotten out of the truck and had walked around to look at the tree, the trooper said....


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