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LOCAL BRIEFS: Black History tribute, fighting weeds, Ash Wednesday

Tribute to Black History is Saturday at Courthouse

The Henderson County Heritage Museum will again hold a Tribute to Black History in the old courtroom of the Historic Courthouse at 2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 25. Local storyteller Ronnie Pepper and gospel singer Sandra Suber are teaming up to present a celebration of African-American history and folklore.
Pepper bases his storytelling and folklore on the themes of struggle, freedom, strides and triumphs in the African American experience. One story that Ronnie will be telling this year is the story of Henderson County’s own Kingdom of Happy Land, a community established after the Civil Was by freed slaves in southern Henderson County. Sandra will be singing well known Negro spirituals including “Nobody Knows the Troubles I’ve Seen” and “Steal Away to Jesus” as well as her own version of the late Mahalia Jackson’s “How I Got Over.”
Pepper and Suber have performed in numerous programs celebrating Black History in Henderson County as well as other public events and gospel singings. Tickets are $10 and on sale in the Museum Gift Shop or by calling the Gift Shop at (828) 694-1619.

Carland & Andersen announces new hires

Colby Creasman Buchanan and Roger Warren have joined Carland & Andersen as staff accountants.
Buchanan, a native of Hendersonville, earned both her bachelors degree and masters in accounting from Western Carolina University. She previously worked for a national CPA firm and with the Henderson County Public Schools. Colby spends most of her time outside of the office working on her parent’s third generation apple farm. Colby is married to Kameron and they enjoy running, hiking, and traveling across the U.S.
Buchanan earned a bachelor’s degree in accounting and a masters degree in public affairs from Western Carolina University. Before joining Carland & Andersen he worked for Buncombe County schools in Asheville. Roger enjoys spending time with family and friends and watching football, basketball, and baseball, especially the Atlanta Braves. A native of Brevard, he still lives there with his wife and two children.

‘Old Debts’ continues River Bend Chronicles

Renee Kumor’s newest novel, Old Debts, is the ninth volume in her mystery-romance series, the River Bend Chronicles.
Published by Absolutely Amazing eBooks, Old Debts is available in print at Henderson County Library as are all Kumor’s books. They are also available through the library’s e-lending service, OverDrive., and through eReaders. Visit www.reneekumor.com for more information.
“The gang in River Bend find themselves dealing with aging parents and with a local nonprofit taking advantage of the elderly in the community,” she says.
Kumor’s characters, whose lives thread throughout the entire series, are all connected through the world of the town’s nonprofit organizations … always spiced with a little romance and murder. In Old Debts, a murdered man is found in the barn of one of the town’s elder citizens. While investigating this unusual occurrence in River Bend, the detective discovers the state attorney general is looking into financial wrong-doing at a local nonprofit for senior citizens. Perhaps the two events are tied to one another.
Kumor was recently invited to be a panelist at her publisher’s upcoming Mystery Fest in Key West, Fla., an annual event for writers and fans of murder mysteries in June.

Program gives tips on fighting weeds, vines

Invasive species can take over property quickly. Kudzu, wisteria, ivy, bamboo and other vines and weeds can kill trees and are hard to eradicate. Landowners and landscapers can pick up tips on how to fight them in a program at 6 p.m. Monday, Feb. 27, at the Kaplan Auditorium in the Henderson County Public Library. Speakers for “How to Control Those Pesky Invasive Plants on Your Property” are David Lee, natural resource manager, and Jennifer Adams, habitat restoration associate, at Carolina Mountain Land Conservancy. The presentation is sponsored by the Hendersonville Tree Board and is open to the public at no charge. For more information, email Lee at david@carolinamountain.org.

Presbyterian Church marks Ash Wednesday


A special Ash Wednesday service highlighted by a renewal of Baptismal vows will be conducted by the Rev. David Garrison at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 1, at Hendersonville Presbyterian Church at 600 N. Grove St. The Rev. Dwayne Durham will be the liturgist.
A quintet of Karey Garrison, Cindy Leonard, Gayle Stepp, Tommy Brendel and Jack Dublyn will sing. Pianist John Bayne will accompany the congregation singing popular hymns “The Church’s One Foundation,” “Breathe on my Breath of God” and “Lift High the Oasis.” For more information contact the church office at (828) 692-3211.

Lutheran Church offers Grace 101 orientation


Community members of any faith who are interested in learning about Lutheran beliefs and Grace Lutheran Church are invited to attend Grace 101, a class from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, March 4. This class is a great refresher course for Lutherans as well as a wonderful introduction to Lutheran beliefs, ministries and outreach opportunities for anyone who is interested. A complimentary light lunch will follow the class at noon. To register for this free class please visit http://bit.ly/spring-grace101. or call the church at 828-693-4890. Grace Lutheran Church is located at the corner of Sixth Avenue West and Blythe Street.

Grave Lutheran sets Ash Wednesday service


Ash Wednesday will be commemorated at Grace Lutheran Church on Wed., March 1 with services and Holy Communion at 12:15 and 7 p.m. For Christians, Ash Wednesday commemorates the beginning of the 40 days spent by Jesus Christ fasting in the desert, where he endured temptation by Satan. Lent is a time of preparation for Easter. Everyone is welcome at these services, and those who believe that Holy Communion carries with it the forgiveness of sins and the promise of eternal life are invited to share in this means of God’s Grace. Nursery care for children ages birth to 5 years old will be available during both services. For information call 828-693-4890.

Librarian describes research services

Mark Burdette, reference and special collections librarian and lead archivist of the Baker-Barber Collection, spoke to the Joseph McDowell Chapter, National Society Daughters of the American Revolution, this month.
Burdette’s program, Genealogy Resources, described the myriad data available to researchers onsite and online through the Henderson County Public Library. Onsite services include the North Carolina Room, which houses volumes of genealogy and local history materials. The Interlibrary Loan service lists books from other libraries throughout North America via WorldCat, www.worldcat.org. Microfilm readers are also available. Birth, death, marriage and special 1790-1940 census records may be found on the Ancestry.com Library Edition by logging in through the library website. Fold3, owned by Ancestry, offers access to national and international military records, as well as select federal censuses, Native American, homestead, city directories, naturalizations and even declassified Project Blue Book records.
Another online research option, Heritage Quest, available to library patrons at home by logging in with their library card, contains 23 million genealogy and local history records, including Revolutionary War Pensions and land warrant (grants) applications, plus 28,000 family records.

Smart Start hosts children’s book sale

Smart Start of Henderson County will host a used children’s book sale on Saturday, Feb. 25, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Grace Lutheran Church, 1245 Sixth Avenue West. For sale will be thousands of books for children ages 0 to18. Books have been sorted by age and, when available, reading level. A wide variety of books are available including board books, picture books, early readers and chapter books. There are also parenting books, cookbooks and reference books.
Smart Start will use all proceeds from the book sale to provide books for young children in Henderson County through the Dolly Parton Imagination Library, a program that mails an age-appropriate book monthly to children from birth until their fifth birthday at no cost to families. Smart Start is currently providing a book each month for over 1,800 local children through the Dolly Parton Imagination Library.
For more information, to donate children’s books or to register a young child to receive books through the Dolly Parton Imagination Library, call Smart Start at 828-693-1580 or visit www.smartstarthc.org.