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THE SYLVA HERALD’S TELEPHONE NUMBER is listed incorrectly in the telephone books. It remains 586-2611. In most cases this number is listed either above or below the incorrect one, but is not usually in bold print. So remember, call the newspaper at 586-2611.
TIME IS RUNNING OUT TO SIGN UP for booth space at the Jackson County Arts Council’s indoor yard sale. For information, call Ray Menze at 293-3407.
MOUNTAIN MUSICAL MATRIARCH MARY JANE QUEEN will be at City Lights Saturday, Feb. 18, from 1 to 3 p.m. to autograph copies of her recent book, “The Life and Times of Mary Jane Queen: Her Art, Her Heritage, Her Music.” Since the event comes two days shy of Queen’s 92nd birthday, it will be a public birthday party as well. Queen, who lives on Johns Creek in Cullowhee’s Caney Fork community, is an internationally recognized musician and balladeer. Among her many honors, are the North Carolina Folk Heritage Award in 1993 and Western Carolina University’s Mountain Heritage Award in 1999. She has performed at WCU’s Mountain Heritage Day for the past 18 years. For more information (or in the event of bad weather), please call City Lights at 586-9499.
MORE MARY JANE QUEEN NEWS – “The Queen Family,” a new film by the producers of “Mountain Talk” and “Voices of North Carolina” will be screened at Black Mountain Center for the Arts in Black Mountain on Sunday, Feb. 19, at 3 p.m. The afternoon will also feature live performances by members of the Queen family, including Mary Jane Queen. Queen and other members of her family will join producer Walt Wolfram and director Neal Hutcheson in a post-screening question-and-answer session. Recently featured on WUNC’s The State of Things, the film’s release will be accompanied by an airing on PBS this spring. “The Queen Family” is a unique portrait of Appalachian culture and history, examining traditional music and customs through the story of the Queen family, who have lived on Caney Fork for several generations. Queen and her eight children continue the Appalachian folk music tradition, singing and playing the music passed down from their ancestors, some of the first Irish-Americans to settle in Jackson County. The film is produced by The North Carolina Language and Life Project at N.C. State University.
WE HAD SEVERAL ERRORS in last week’s newspaper. The Cub Scouts in a picture on page 4C were incorrectly identified. Pictured, from left, are Landon Tholkes, Harper Steele, Cody Walsingham. Also, in a story that appeared on page 1A headlined “Sylva to vote on mixed-drink sales” the name of a business owner was spelled incorrectly. The owner of Old Town Organic Coffee House and Cafe, set to open on Main Street, is Jacob Ebert. Finally, in last week’s “Then and Now” on page 8C, we said Charlie Allsion purchased the house from the original owner. It should have read that J.W. McKee bought the house in 1909 from Cornelius Buchanan. McKee’s wife and daughter (Carrie and Dorothy) then sold the house to Allison in 1923. The Herald regrets the errors.
MACON BANK has a new logo, which can be seen on the sign at the Sylva branch on the corner of N.C. 107 across from Cope Creek Road. The new logo was unveiled last month during the bank’s annual celebration at its corporate headquarters in Franklin. Re-elected as directors for a one-year term were Fred Jones, W.C. Burrell, Edward Shatley, Dr. Ed Henson, Ronnie Beal, Dan Rogers and Roger Plemens.
FONTANA REGIONAL LIBRARY is having a “Thank You Gail” amnesty week in honor of Gail Findlay, retiring director of Fontana Regional Library Feb. 19-25. During this week, library users may visit any Fontana member library including those in Sylva and Cashiers, return or renew overdue materials and when they say, “Thank you, Gail,” all overdue charges for items will be forgiven. If the overdue item has already been returned, people may present their library cards and say, “Thank you, Gail,” and any overdue fines will be forgiven. Fines for those items that have been lost or damaged are not included during this amnesty period. Findlay is retiring at the end of February after more than 40 years of library service, the last 11 of which were as the Fontana Director.
ASHLEIGH BROWN, ETHAN CLAPSADDLE and BOBBY RAINES have joined the Cherokee Preservation Foundation staff as program assistants. They will assist in developing, monitoring and evaluating the foundation’s programming in the areas of cultural preservation, economic development and job creation, and environmental protection. Brown, an enrolled Eastern Band of Cherokee Indian member, graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2005 with a bachelor’s degree in psychology. Clapsaddle earned his bachelor’s in social sciences from Western Carolina University in 2002 and will receive his master’s degree in indigenous national studies from the University of Kansas this summer. Raines, an enrolled EBCI member, graduated from Haskell Indian Nations University in 2005 with a bachelor’s degree. His major was American Indian studies, with emphasis on interdisciplinary leadership.
SOUL INFUSION will present Cooking with Quanta on Friday, Feb. 17. The event will be an original mountain Americana jam. Music starts at 9 p.m., and the show is for all ages. |
