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	Feb. 03, 2005 Edition Sylva, NC Volume 79, No. 45

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	County re-appoints five of six airport authority members - Acting on the advice of their attorney, county leaders Monday (Jan. 31) took action to reorganize the airport authority in the wake of their surprise Jan. 12 decision to remove that body's chairman from his post. Re-appointed by commissioners to serve the remainder of their previously established....

	Commissioners present keys - Hazel Whiteside, fourth from left, said she was shaking with excitment and nervousness as she was presented with the keys to her new house by Jackson County Commissioner Joe Cowan, fifth from left. Whiteside's house was part of a scattered-site housing project initiated by the county to help those whose housing....

	Chig Cagle sentenced to house arrest, probation - A federal judge last week pronounced sentence on two Sylva residents and an Asheville banker, bringing an end to the case that helped land prominent Sylva attorney Tom Jones in prison for four years. Chief Federal Judge Graham Mullen Jan. 27 sentenced Chig Cagle, Sylva's former Ford....

	Five local reservists summoned to duty - Five Jackson County men have received word that they will soon be on the front lines of the war on terror, and they said they are "ready to go." Sgt. Joseph Dwan of Tuckasegee, Spc. Joseph Ensley of Sylva, Pfc. Kevin Jackson of Cherokee, Pfc. Shane Jones of Tuckasegee and Spc. David Roberts of Sylva....



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	Dowsing, modern technology used to search for graves - Alvin Frady said he saw a "dream come true" last Friday (Jan. 28) as high-tech equipment was brought in to locate graves at the old County Home cemetery. Frady, who said that he and his family members have been working on preserving the cemetery for nearly 30 years, was on hand when students from Western Carolina University arrived with modern tools....

	Two found dead in Dodgen Ridge residence - Two people were found dead Saturday afternoon (Jan. 29) at a Dodgen Ridge residence. Robert Bryan Blanton, 36, of 204 Dodgen Ridge Road in Tuckasegee's Canada community and Tera Antoon Purvis, 22, of Waynesville were dead when officers arrived at the scene, said Jackson County Sheriff Jimmy Ashe. Blanton owned the Dodgen Ridge residence, though he primarily lived in Waynesville, Ashe said.


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