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 Relay raises funds, fun - Relay For Life walkers raised $72,000 by the time the sun came up this past Saturday. After several months of fund-raisers and a night circling the track at the Jackson County Recreation Park, more than 50 teams were successful in their attempt to support the American Cancer Society. “There is still money being turned in...
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Gun club offers concession; 90-day moratorium begins - “We will not operate a shooting range on Tilley Creek if there is no ordinance.” That’s the message Jackson County commissioners got Monday (May 16) from Smoke Rise Field Club President Barry Moore. Moore’s comments came in a letter dated May 4 and sent to commissioners Eddie Madden and Joe Cowan. “It is very unfortunate that our attempt to purchase the Matthews property on Tilley Creek Road has turned into such a....
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Cullowhee Valley principal to retire - The end of the school year, only a few weeks away, will bring with it the end of Cullowhee Valley School’s top administrator’s career. After four years as principal at CVS, Theresa Peters has decided to retire. Peters’ work as an educator began 40 years ago, in a first-grade classroom in Tampa, Fla. Peters was recently awarded the Wachovia “Principal of the Year” award for the district including Jackson County.
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 Torch’s first time -The flame that will light the state Special Olympics games in June made its way through Sylva May 11, the first time the Special Olympics torch has passed through Jackson County, said interim coordinator Pat Beasley. On hand for its arrival from Murphy was Sylva Police Sgt. Davis Woodard, above, who joined nearly 20 other law enforcement officers from the Sylva P.D., Jackson County Sheriff’s Office and N.C. Highway Patrol to run the torch about 3 miles from the Justice Center to Harris Regional Hospital, where they made connection with law enforcement from Haywood County. For names of some of the Special Olympics athletes involved, see page....
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Sylva PO looks for new home - A little over four years after the project was put on hold, plans for a new Sylva Post Office appear to be back on track. The U.S. Postal Service is running a legal ad in this week’s edition of The Sylva Herald seeking potential sites for a new post office. The Postal Service is looking for a vacant site approximately 300 feet by 225 feet or an existing building with approximately 6,475 square feet. The preferred area listed by the USPS includes the U.S. 23-74 Bypass, N.C. 107, N.C. 116 and U.S. 23 Business.
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 Number three - “Spring Blossom” by Christy Rowe of Tuckasegee took third place in The Sylva Herald’s annual Mountain Spring photo contest. Rowe captured the image near her home earlier this year. Herald Publisher Jim Gray, assisted by newspaper staff members, judged this year’s 80-plus entries, and Herald graphic designer Nick Breedlove was contest coordinator. Other winners are Waverly Green of Sylva, first; Robert Franz of Whittier, second; and Shannon Slater of Hendersonville and....
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 Post Office collects food - The Sylva Post Office collected some 8,000 pounds of food to be distributed to the Community Table and United Christian Ministries during last weekend’s food drive. Joe Wolfe, who coordinated the project, said it was the most successful in the program’s four years in Sylva. The food drive is sponsored by the National Association of Letter Carriers in association with the U.S. Postal Service. “It takes a group effort,” said Wolfe, a city carrier who expressed appreciation to Postmaster Steve Allen, Supervisor Reagan Mathis, clerks, rural carriers, city carriers and everyone who donated....
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JDC foreclosure ‘called off’ - A threatened foreclosure on property owned by the Jackson Development Corp. has been averted. County officials had announced at the commissioners’ Monday, May 2, meeting that foreclosure papers were served on a loan from Triple S to Jackson Development. Commissioners discussed the matter, trying to decide whether they should purchase the former Tuckaseigee Mills property if it should come up for auction. They decided to put off any decision until they had more information. At that time, Jackson Development President and Economic Development Commission Chairman Tom McClure said that the foreclosure would be avoided by refinancing....
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