Mountain Projects recently recognized Darryn and Mandie Knight and the Mission Team of Tuckasegee Wesleyan Church for their active volunteerism and dedication to the community. The church’s work focuses primarily on constructing access ramps for homeowners with limited mobility.
The following is an appeal from the Hands on Jackson Advisory Committee.
The Hendersonville City Council recently recognized Sylva-Webster High School graduate Scott Chovan for his work as supervisor at the Hendersonville Wastewater Plant. He has served the Hendersonville lab for 36 years. He is the son of William and Martha Chovan of Cullowhee.
Sylva native Ruby Virginia Ward Morgan celebrates her 100th birthday on Feb. 21. She worked at Skyland Textile for 25 years. She and her husband, Basil Morgan, had four children, six grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren. She is a member of Victory Baptist Church.
Florence Paul of Whittier was the first name drawn for a piece of jewelry at Hollifield Jewelers. Each December Hollifield’s holds a drawing every Friday night with the last one being held on Christmas Eve as part of their Customer Appreciation Program. Paul is pictured with her prize, a lad…
Sylva lawyer Gary Kirby and his friends on Oct. 21 put a mask on a lion standing on the Mill Street sidewalk. They returned Oct. 25 to find the mask gone and the lion covered in moss and dirt. Kirby said he wonders if anti-maskers are to blame.
John Pelham Thomas of Cullowhee will celebrate his 98th birthday Saturday. He was born April 18, 1922, in Bibb County, Alabama. He was married to Beulah Marie Hawks from Sept. 22, 1945, until her death in 2005. He has six children: Sarah Jane Thomas of Asheville, Susan Marie Reynaud of Cullo…
The 39th annual Candlelight Christmas event in Webster is scheduled for 5:30 p.m. Tuesday at the historic Webster United Methodist Church. The event opens with Christmas music played on the 1881 Estey organ, and guitar played by David Magil. The Christmas story from the Bible will be read by…
Local auditions for the 71st season of “Unto These Hills” are from 2-5 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 25, at the Cherokee Historical Association Main Box Office, 564 Tsali Blvd. Individuals are sought to fill out the 2020 company, and all ages and experience levels are welcome.
Kudos to the Jackson County Department on Aging for its annual Senior Christmas Boxes program, and to the local community for providing donations to fuel the program. JCDA is now in the process of delivering hundreds of boxes of needed items for seniors; volunteers have donated items for the…
The following is an appeal from the Hands on Jackson Advisory Committee.
The Hendersonville City Council recently recognized Sylva-Webster High School graduate Scott Chovan for his work as supervisor at the Hendersonville Wastewater Plant. He has served the Hendersonville lab for 36 years. He is the son of William and Martha Chovan of Cullowhee.
Sylva native Ruby Virginia Ward Morgan celebrates her 100th birthday on Feb. 21. She worked at Skyland Textile for 25 years. She and her husband, Basil Morgan, had four children, six grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren. She is a member of Victory Baptist Church.
Florence Paul of Whittier was the first name drawn for a piece of jewelry at Hollifield Jewelers. Each December Hollifield’s holds a drawing every Friday night with the last one being held on Christmas Eve as part of their Customer Appreciation Program. Paul is pictured with her prize, a lad…
Sylva lawyer Gary Kirby and his friends on Oct. 21 put a mask on a lion standing on the Mill Street sidewalk. They returned Oct. 25 to find the mask gone and the lion covered in moss and dirt. Kirby said he wonders if anti-maskers are to blame.
John Pelham Thomas of Cullowhee will celebrate his 98th birthday Saturday. He was born April 18, 1922, in Bibb County, Alabama. He was married to Beulah Marie Hawks from Sept. 22, 1945, until her death in 2005. He has six children: Sarah Jane Thomas of Asheville, Susan Marie Reynaud of Cullo…
The 39th annual Candlelight Christmas event in Webster is scheduled for 5:30 p.m. Tuesday at the historic Webster United Methodist Church. The event opens with Christmas music played on the 1881 Estey organ, and guitar played by David Magil. The Christmas story from the Bible will be read by…
Local auditions for the 71st season of “Unto These Hills” are from 2-5 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 25, at the Cherokee Historical Association Main Box Office, 564 Tsali Blvd. Individuals are sought to fill out the 2020 company, and all ages and experience levels are welcome.
Kudos to the Jackson County Department on Aging for its annual Senior Christmas Boxes program, and to the local community for providing donations to fuel the program. JCDA is now in the process of delivering hundreds of boxes of needed items for seniors; volunteers have donated items for the…
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The Appalachian Women’s Museum hosts the inaugural Music on the Porch: A Celebration of Samantha Bumgarner from noon to 5 p.m. Saturday. “Aunt” Samantha Bumgarner was a Dillsboro native and musical legend who taught herself to play the fiddle and 5-string banjo in an up-picking style. The ev…
The 10th annual Cullowhee Canoe Slalom, a family friendly paddling competition on a calm section of the Tuckaseigee River near the Western Carolina University campus, will be held Saturday, Sept. 21.
This month’s Creating Community Workshop is about accordion book-making with Gayle Woody at 10:30 a.m. Saturday in the Atrium of the Jackson County Public Library. This style of book-making is easy to learn but hard to master. Accordion books are extremely effective for journaling, collage a…
The Great Smoky Mountains Association and the Friends of Hunter Library present “Kephart: A Librarian’s Effort to Create a National Park” at 6 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 26.
City Lights Bookstore has two author presentations in the coming week.
Staff with the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission will discuss the natural history of black bears at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 11, in the Community Room of the Jackson County Public Library. Among the topics covered will be the new BearWise initiative, which provides ways to prevent conflic…
With Labor Day in the rear view mirror, Sylva merchants and the towns of Sylva and Dillsboro are gearing up for a fall calendar full of events.
City Lights Bookstore has two author events planned.
Dogwood Crafters will be sponsoring two events this month at the Dillsboro Masonic Lodge.
The local Genealogical Society’s next program will feature Waynesville attorney Rusty McLean, who will discuss the Civil War in Western North Carolina.
The Jackson County Chamber of Commerce Ambassador team held a ribbon cutting/grand opening ceremony Friday for Balsam Falls Eatery. The eatery is located inside the already established Balsam Falls Brewing Co., 506 W. Main St. in Sylva. Balsam Falls Eatery specializes in fresh handmade Cali-…
The Jackson County Chamber of Commerce Ambassadors held a ribbon cutting/grand opening celebration at Nantahala Brewing Company-Sylva Outpost on Aug. 22. It’s at 5 Grindstaff Cove Road and is open from 11 a.m.-11 p.m. Sunday through Thursday and 11 a.m. until midnight on Fridays and Saturday…
Charles Gritzner will visit City Lights Bookstore at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 28, to present his book, “North Carolina Ghost Lights and Legends.”
The 10th annual season of Concerts on the Creek comes to a close Friday, when the series welcomes The Maggie Valley Band, playing dark Appalachian music. The Maggie Valley Band has been influenced by a wide variety of artists, movements, cultures and ideas. Each member grew up listening to a…
On Aug. 24 the classmates of the Cullowhee High School Class of 1957 gathered in East LaPorte for their 62nd-year reunion. Front row, from left: Imogene Brown Broom, Jean Woods Morgan, Quincy Stewart Inman, Jean Bridges Hendrix, Christine Robison McDowell, Betty Norton Bishop, Linda Hughes C…
The Haywood County Arts Council is now accepting applications from Jackson County for North Carolina Arts Council Regional Artists Project Grants through Sept. 30.
Noted mycologist James Pader is coming to the Jackson County Public Library at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 5, in the Community Room.
Circles of Hope Jackson County received a grant from the Evergreen Foundation that made it possible to purchase computers to be used in our weekly meetings.
Fine arts, music and drama kick off season at WCU
Explorer Mike Libecki, National Geographic’s 2013 “Adventurer of the Year,” is coming to the campus of Western Carolina University at 7 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 22, in the theater of Hinds University Center. He will deliver a presentation and take part in a panel discussion, with both centered ar…
Black Mountain author Nancy Werking Poling will visit City Lights Bookstore at 3 p.m. Saturday. She will present her novel “While the Earth Still Speaks,” set in the mountains of North Carolina.
Saturday’s free Concert on the Creek features Mama Danger, a contemporary acoustic string ensemble that plays all sorts of acoustic music. Based out of Asheville, band members are Gabriela Rose on banjo and guitar, and Nick Cameron on mandolin. They specialize in folk, bluegrass, newgrass an…
Critters found in the wild will be “demystified” for those who join Great Smoky Mountains Association’s Misunderstood Animals of the Smokies program from 10 a.m. until noon Saturday at the Comfort Inn in Sylva.
The Jackson County Public Library will host a Creating Community Workshop on Broom Making with Mickey Sizemore at 10:30 a.m. Saturday in the Atrium. This program is free of charge.
Summer and Bray McMahan, the brother and sister duo who front the Mountain Faith Band, have been added as performers for Mountain Heritage Day at Western Carolina University.
Five generations of the Brooks family recently got together. Holding their great-great-grandchildren are Eula Green Brooks and the Rev. Frank Brooks of Dillsboro. In the middle is their son, Wayne Brooks of Franklin. In the back are his daughter, Karen Reed of Sylva (right) and her daughter,…
The Jackson County Family Resource Center, located in the old Webster School, will be hosting an event open to all Jackson County families today (Thursday) from 4-7 p.m. During the event, families will have access to local support networks and will be able to take home a backpack filled with…
The Department on Aging would like to thank Duke Energy and the North Carolina 4-H Electric Congress for their generous donation to our Senior Fan Program. This donation of more than $2,000 will help keep seniors cool this summer.
By Erin Jenkins
On June 29 members from Jackson County’s law, fire, rescue, EMS and dispatchers joined together to have a night of laughs and fellowship. The event was put together by Mike Huffman, and many local businesses donated food, drinks and items so that the event could remain free for Jackson Count…
The Cullowhee High School class of 1963 held its 56th-year reunion at East LaPorte Park on June 22. Front row, L-R: Billie Jones, David Jones, Elizabeth Franks, Bobbie Jo Adams, Mary Sue Stephens, Frankie Higdon and Peggy Fox. Back row, L-R: Jack Galloway, Billy Messer, Ray Houston, Inez Dil…
Above, Richard Sneed, principal chief of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, Brooks Robinson, regional senior vice president and general manager of Harrah’s Cherokee Casinos and Casey Cooper, chief executive officer of Cherokee Indian Hospital gather at the Cherokee Indian Hospital Foundat…
SCC offers A welding workshop from 5:30-9:30 p.m. on Tuesday and Wednesday, July 9-10, in the Summit Building. Registration fee is $70. For more information or to register, contact David Rogers at 339-4218 or d_rogers@southwesterncc.edu.
The July 4 issue of the Sylva Herald will print and be delivered as usual on Wednesday, July 3, but for those receiving it in the mail it will be delayed at least one day due to the post office closing for the holiday. Herald offices will be closed on the Fourth of July.
CLARIFICATION: In the June 13 issue of the Sylva Herald, in a story about the county budget, it was reported that commissioners did not fund a new curriculum coordinator position for the Jackson County Schools. They did fund the position. See page 2A for an updated story on the position.
The Beta Club at Fairview School installed a free tiny library on the grounds of the school this year. The students planned, organized and worked with family and staff to get the library built and installed. Fairview Beta Club would like to invite community members to use the library by taki…
Applications will be accepted through Saturday for the first Sylva Art and Design Committee local art pop-up gallery. The event will be downstairs at Black Balsam Outdoors in downtown Sylva from 6-9 p.m. July 26.
Margie and Joe Stephans held a car wash fundraiser April 28 to raise money for Wake Forest Urology in Winston-Salem. Proceeds will help find a cure for interstitial cystitis. More than $200 was raised washing cars, and a local restaurant donated $100. One more fundraiser will be held this su…
CLARIFICATION: In the May 30 issue of The Sylva Herald, in a story about the county library budget request, it was reported the Jackson County Library had “several hundred thousand” visits last year, not including visits to the Albert-Carlton Cashiers Community Library. County Librarian Trac…
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