The Sylva Herald

Nov. 23, 2004
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Volume 79, No. 35

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	Christmas parade, tree-lighting, storytelling to be Tuesday - The ghost of Christmas past will visit City Lights Bookstore Tuesday night (Nov. 30) once Sylva's holiday parade has finished winding its way through town. After all the candy canes have been tossed and Santa has bellowed his last "ho, ho, ho," the historical associations of Jackson County and....

	Making exit ramp safer - Construction is under way to modify the exit ramp for westbound U.S. 23-74 near Jackson Plaza shopping center. According to Mitchell Bishop, assistant resident engineer for N.C. Department of Transportation Division 14, the grading and paving will be a safety improvement aimed at eliminating a sharp left turn in favor of a more gradual curve. Frequent accidents at the....

	FOL refuses to give all funds to library - Talk wasn't so friendly when Friends of the Library members showed up at a meeting of the Jackson County Library Board last Tuesday (Nov. 16). "I think the bottom line is that over the past couple of months a very confrontational attitude has developed between Friends of the Library, Fontana Regional and the board," said board chairman Howard Allman, adding that he hoped to....

	Sylva town leaders say 'no' to annexation - Homeowners on Cope Creek, Hall Heights and Woody Hampton roads won't be Sylva residents, town leaders decided Tuesday (Nov. 16). Members of Sylva's town board voted against annexing the 40-acre area, saying the cost of maintaining roads and providing other town services would be....



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	Library leaders confused about fund-raising roles - While funding of this year's $400,000 library budget proved to be a hot topic at the Nov. 16 Jackson County Library Board meeting (see related article), there was an even bigger dollar amount that loomed over board members' discussions. That figure? Five million – the estimated price for the new county library at Jackson Plaza. Concerned about the size of that fund-raising goal, board members were also uncertain as to their role in coordinating fund-raising efforts.

	Recount gives Snow victory in District 50 Senate race - A recount in the race for the District 50 seat in the N.C. Senate was completed on Wednesday, Nov. 17, and it came out in favor of former District Court Judge John Snow. Prior to the recount, totals indicated Snow, a Democrat, was the winner over Repbublican incumbent Bob Carpenter with 35,643 votes to Carpenter's 35,336. Liberterian Ben Lamm had 1,162. After the recount, totals were changed, but the vote difference between the two....

	Murder charge filed following fatal wreck - Second-degree murder charges have been filed against a Sylva man following a fatal automobile accident Sunday evening. Brian Christopher Pruitt, 22, of Dark Ridge Road, was in custody Monday afternoon at the Jackson County Detention Center with bond set at $75,000. He is also charged with driving while impaired and reckless driving, according to Trooper Denny Wood of the N.C. Highway Patrol. Xavier Otter, 20, of Cherokee died from injuries received in the 5:25 p.m. accident on North River Road, Wood said. The wreck.....


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