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 SMHS senior Wittekind awarded Morehead Scholarship - Smoky Mountain High School senior Cara Wittekind got some very good news this past week: She is a 2005 recipient of the Morehead Scholarship. “(The selection committee) just said, ‘You got it,’” Wittekind said. “It was kind of mind-blowing.” In December she received word that she was one of the 240 semifinalists, then was told she was one of the 60 finalists. Notification of her award came last Friday (March 11).
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New commissioners’ chairman is expected to be named next week - The Jackson County Board of Commissioners will hold a special meeting at noon Wednesday, March 23, to swear in their new chairman. The meeting will be in the commissioners’s boardroom at the Justice Center. The Democratic Executive Committee is scheduled to meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 22, in Courtroom 1, to nominate a new chairman.
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 Sylva bookstore staffer returns to defend Jeopardy! victory - She already asked the winning question. She already won $28,000 and a car. She already shook Alex Trebek’s hand. But two weeks ago, 1993 Jeopardy! college tournament champ Phoebe Juel flew to Los Angeles to do it all again....
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 Buckner earns national honors - For Bob Buckner, after this year the word “march” will no longer simply be a command that the longtime director of athletic bands at Western Carolina University issues to the 300 members of the Pride of the Mountains Marching Band. “March” likely also will become the name of Buckner’s new favorite month. That’s because over the span of two days in mid-March, Buckner received the highest....
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Reconstituted Airport Authority votes to hire lawyer, seek records - With both feuding factions of the Jackson County Airport Authority now outfitted with legal counsel, it appears the two sides will land in court. Following on the heels of last week’s announcement that ousted Chairman Tom McClure, replaced Secretary/Treasurer Jim Rowell and member Eldridge Painter consider the Airport Authority as constituted in December to be the legal board, four members....
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Two local women die in wreck on Sunday - Two women on their way to services at Long Branch Baptist Church died Sunday as the result of an automobile accident on U.S. 74-441 just west of Dillsboro. The wreck occurred at 5:45 p.m. at the highway’s intersection with Haywood Road and Pete Taylor Road. Elizabeth Davis, 77, of Piney Mountain Estates, Whittier, died Sunday night after being airlifted to Mission Hospitals in Asheville, according to Trooper Brian Parker of the N.C. Highway Patrol....
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 Photos Wanted - Despite forecasters’ recent snowy predictions, we’re hoping to see blossoms like these begin to show up soon. This image-of-spring shot is by Ruth Shuler of Cullowhee, and is a Herald favorite from photographs submitted for last year’s “Mountain Spring” photo contest. The Sylva Herald is looking for entries for this year’s eighth-annual contest, which will be judged by Herald publisher Jim Gray. Deadline for entering is Thursday, April 14, at 5 p.m. For a complete list of contest rules and an application form....
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