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A BLOOD DRIVE is planned for the main lobby at Harris Regional Hospital on Thursday, Jan. 18, from 1 until 5:30 p.m. Call 586-7404 to make an appointment to give blood.
DOWNTOWN SYLVA ASSOCIATION will hold informational sessions about a proposed municipal service district, which, if passed by Sylva’s town board, would levy an extra tax on business owners in the downtown area. Programs are planned for Thursday, Jan. 18, from noon until 1 p.m.; Monday, Jan. 22, from 6 to 7 p.m.; and Wednesday, Jan. 24, from 10 until 11 a.m. All three sessions will be at the Jackson County Public Library.
THE FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY is holding a storewide, half-price clearance sale at the Used Bookstore, located on Main Street across from The Sylva Herald. Sale prices apply to all materials in the store – books, tapes and records. The sale is being held to prepare for a refurbishing of the store’s interior during the fourth week of January. Clearance sale hours are: Thursday, Jan. 18, 3-8 p.m., for FOL members only; and Friday and Saturday, Jan. 19-20, 10:30 a.m.- 8 p.m., for members and the general public. Memberships may be purchased at the bookstore prior to the Thursday members-only sale. All proceeds from this sale will be donated to the Jackson County Library Fund. The bookstore will be closed from Sunday, Jan. 21, through Sunday, Jan. 28, for maintenance and remodeling. The Used Bookstore will reopen Monday, Jan. 29, with regular business hours. Donations may be taken to the Jackson County Public Library while the bookstore is closed.
KINDERMUSIK begins Tuesday, Jan. 23, at The Music Village in Cullowhee. Daytime and evening music classes for children birth to 7, and a sign language class for children 6 months to 3 years are being offered. Classes begin Monday, Jan. 22, in Bryson City. Call Lori Richards at 293-5600 for more information or visit online at www.themusicvillage-nc.com. Classes are filling up fast, so register as soon as possible.
SUZUKI FLUTE LESSONS for children ages 4 and older are taught at The Music Village in Cullowhee. The Suzuki method makes learning fun for the children and parents. For more information, call Lori Richards at 293-5600 or visit online at www.themusicvillage-nc.com.
WE RECEIVED AN UNUSUAL REQUEST this week from a man named Christopher Lunz. Based on what he says is the false testimony of one person, Lunz has been convicted of murder in Florida. However, Lunz says he was in North Carolina in March 2003, the time of the murder, with a family named Swisher – Steve and Lori Swisher and their children. Lunz claims he took members of the Swisher family to a monster truck show at Western Carolina University about March 8, 2003, and he’s looking for anyone with photos of the event that might help him prove his case. He and the Swishers were sitting near the tunnel where the trucks came out. The Swishers have corroborated his story, but authorities want more proof, Lunz says. Anyone with photos or video from that event that shows the tunnel area is asked to contact his sister, Jennifer Lunz, at 631-2422.
LAST WEEK’S “BACK THEN” PHOTO yielded a call from the teacher in the picture, Arline Evans of Asheville, and an e-mail identification of most of the students from Kathy Jamison McConnell (third from left in front row). According to McConnell, those she recognized in her fourth-grade photo (1962-63 school year) include: (first row, from left) Randy Jones, Johnny Mathis, Kathy Jamison, Beverly Brady, Lora Gail Oliver and Wanda Beck. (The next child is cut off, but Kathy thinks it might be Donna McCracken.) (Second row, from left) Wesley Queen, Gary Cowan, Donnie Burrell, Evelyn Rochester, Clifford Parker, Sandy Jamison, Patsy Clayton and a boy Kathy didn’t recognize. (Third row, from left) Linda Gibson, Brenda Clark, Mike Buchanan, James Gregory, two boys Kathy didn’t recognize, Drucilla Dillard and Judy Denton. “I hope someone can identify those three boys I didn’t know,” Kathy wrote. “Thanks for printing the picture – I didn’t have a copy of it.” Lloyd Cowan loaned the photo to The Herald. |
