Cherokee County NC Blog

A wild game supper will be held at 6:00 pm on Thursday, January 24, 2008, at the Andrews Community Building, sponsored by First Assembly Sportsmen.

The event, which consists of a full meal (bear, deer, rabbit, hog, trout, and more) with drink and dessert, is for guys only, and boys should be accompanied by an adult.

Admission is free.

There will be door prizes.

For more information, call 828-321-3777 or see Andrews First Assembly of God.

The Cherokee County Center of the North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service and the Office of Economic Opportunity of Catholic Social Services are sponsoring a free financial fitness workshop on Tuesday, January 22, 2008.

The workshop will be held from 11:00 am until 7:00 pm at the Hiwassee Valley Pool and Wellness Center in Murphy, NC.

The first 25 people to register for the workshop will receive a free dinner, too.

The event will include topics on budgeting, holiday debt, and tips for the upcoming tax season.

Professionals from the community will present information and strategies for financial management. A credit counselor also will be available to answer questions.

This is a good opportunity for all who have concerns about their financial situation or who would like to get the new year started on a positive track with planning and budgeting.

To register, call Claudie Burchfield at 828-835-3535 or email him at cmburchfield@charlottediocese.org or call Teresa Wiley at 828-835-2210 or email her at teresa_wiley@ncsu.edu .

The Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Prayer Breakfast is set for 8:00 AM on Monday, January 21, 2008, at the Texana Community Center.

The guest speaker will be the Rev. Louis Grant from Asheville.

Tickets for adults are $5, children under 11 are $2.50. Tickets will be sold at the door the morning of the breakfast.

For more information, call 828-835-2007.

JuBELLation, a youth handbell choir from Portland, Oregon, will perform in a free concert Thursday, June 21, 2007, at St. William Catholic Church in Murphy, North Carolina.

Karin McDonough, musical director, said, “With its sound and energy, JuBELLation is prepared to take its audience on a remarkable musical journey.”

The group will perform music written specifically for handbell choirs as well as arrangements of familiar tunes.

JuBELLation formed at First United Methodist Church in Portland in 1998, and, nine years later, many of the ringers in the group will graduate this year from high school. In celebration of this passage, the handbell choir is touring in North Carolina and Tennessee on their way to a handbell festival in Chattanooga.

Brasstown Ringers and Mountain Area Performing Arts Association are local sponsors of the event.

The concert will begin at 7:30 pm Thursday, June 21, 2007, at St. William Catholic Church on Andrews Road in Murphy.

Admission is free and no reservations are required.

A free-will offering will be taken to defray the costs of the tour.

For more information, call Pat Meinecke at 828-837-8822.