WE'RE INTRODUCING...
our new editorial cartoon service this week and have chosen to feature a number of cartoons in the space normally devoted to an editorial. Through our affiliation with Copley News Service, we are now able to offer our readers the work of nationally acclaimed cartoonists like Bruce Beattie of the Daytona Beach News-Journal, Gary Markstein of the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel and Mike Thompson of the Detroit Free Press. The work of these outstanding cartoonists will not always mirror the views of this newspaper's editorial board, but we hope the cartoons will prove both enjoyable and thought-provoking to our readers.
"SINGING IN THE SPRING,"...
an event planned this weekend to benefit the local Red Cross chapter, will be Saturday, March 22, from 7 until 10 p.m. at the Community Service Center in Sylva. Featured groups include the Fiddling Dills Sisters, Cope Creek Gang, One Accord, Deep Holler Kin and Cullowhee Valley Cloggers. Tickets are $5 in advance at the Red Cross office on Main Street or $6 at the door Saturday. For more information, call 586-2019.
THE BAND...
program at Smoky Mountain High School has lost a number of musical instruments over the years, according to Nancy Mauldin of the Band Boosters. Anyone with instruments belonging to the band or other instruments they'd like to donate to the program is asked to call band directors Bob Reid or Eric Mrozkowski at 586-4796. The band will provide anyone who returns or donates an instrument with proper verification to allow the donor to list the instrument as a charitable contribution, Mauldin said. Cash donations are also needed to pay for repair of donated instruments and are also tax deductible.
WEIGHT WATCHERS....
meets Thursdays at 10 a.m. at Covenant Christian Church on Fairview Road. Weigh-in begins 30 minutes prior to the meeting. Covenant's other ongoing weekly Weight Watchers meeting is on Mondays at 6 p.m.
KATJA HILL...
a former City Lights employee, recently made her film debut in "Prague Spring," which was filmed on location in Prague by Chapel Hill filmmaker Rajeef Dassani. City Lights plans a screening and reception for Katja Saturday, May 3, at 7:30 p.m.
STUDENT AMERICAN...
International is currently seeking host families for high school exchange students arriving in August for the school year. Participating German students are English-speaking and between 15 and 18 years old. They have their own spending money and medical insurance. For information, call Anne at 1-888-701-0172.
CORRECTION:
Information in last week's newspaper on baby beauty queen Brianna Norris should have indicated she was a contestant in the "Pretty as a Princess" pageant.
FOOD FOR THOUGHT:
"The spider looks for a merchant who doesn't advertise so it can spin a web across his door and lead a life of undisturbed peace," wrote Mark Twain.
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