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October 25, 2010 |
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 | Members & Volunteers, Join Us for Lunch This Sunday
There's
still time to make your reservation for our Membership and Volunteer
Appreciation Luncheon on Sunday, October 31 at the White Horse Music
Hall in Black Mountain.
The
original time on the invitations was 12 noon, but since it is a Sunday
and many of you go to church, please just come after your service.
We won't start the program until after 1 pm.
Also, Kim Hughes and Bob Hinkle, our hosts at the White Horse,  have
donated the space and some programming for this event. In return,
we hope you will purchase your drinks from them. Water of course
will be available, and they have soft drinks, tea, coffee, beer and wine
for purchase.
Since
this is Halloween, feel free to come in costume. The lunch is free for
members and volunteers; guests are welcome for $10. If you're not a
member but would like to become one, you may join that day at the
luncheon.
If
you haven't already done so, please RSVP right away so we can have a
head count for the luncheon. Call 828-669-9566 and leave a
message, or email to swannanoavalleym@bellsouth.net. |
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 | Swannanoa Valley from A-Z
Second-graders
from Black Mountain Primary rcently got a hands-on and visual lesson in
the history of the Swannanoa Valley from A-Z.
At
the request of teacher Jamie Padgett, the Museum organized field trips
for each of the seven second grade classes. Each class was
responsible for exploring three or four letters of the alphabet.
"A"
stood for archeology. Students learned about the early
inhabitants of the only permanent village established by native
Americans on an archaeology site that is on the campus of Warren Wilson
College. "B" stood for Black Mountain, with a trip to the depot
and centenniel monument to learn how Black Mountain got its name.
Some
of the letters were topics covered inside the Museum, i.e. "Z" for
Zebulon Vance, whose rosewood piano is a treasured artifact in the
Museum's collection. Students traveled to other locations by bus.
For "L" they went to Lake Eden, where they also viewed the building
constructed by Black Mountain College. For "O" which stood for overlook,
they climbed to the top of the driveway above Mountain View Church,
where they looked over the Burnette Reservoir and also talked about "W"
for watershed, and "N" for North Fork.
In
the coming weeks, first graders, also from Black Mountain Primary, will
learn what it was like to be a pioneer coming into the Swannanoa Valley
with only the few things they could fit in a covered wagon.
The
Museum has also recently hosted school groups from Bell Elementary, a
4th grade class from Black Mountain Primary, and students from Warren
Wilson College. Thanks to volunteers Bill Alexander, Sally
biggers, Rachel Emery and Mary Fran Spencer who helped to make these
programs available. If you would like to volunteer to host school
visits in the future, please call Jill Jones, 828-669-9566, or send an
email to swannanoavalleym@bellsouth.net.
Photo: Mrs. Amman's second graders learn about the letter "Y" at YMCA Blue Ridge Assembly. |
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| Volunteer Coordinator Needed
One
of the most important volunteer jobs at the Swannanoa Valley Museum is
that of Docent. Without our docents who serve as hosts, we could
not keep the Museum's doors open.
We
have a wonderful, loyal docent corps, but we need a new Docent
Coordinator to schedule shift times for the coming season. Our heartfelt
thanks to Yolanda Smith, who has served in this position for the past
two years, but who has resigned due to a heavy volunteer schedule at the
Museum in other capacities.
The
Volunteer Coordinator works with the Director to line up the docent
schedule for each month the Museum is open. The person who takes
on this position should enjoy working with people and be able to spend a
certain amount of time on the phone, especially early in the
season.
In
return, this year the Volunteer Coordinator will receive a stipend of
$580 to partly compensate for the time it takes to keep the system
running smoothly. Interested parties, please call Jill Jones,
828-669-9566, or send an email to swannanoavalleym@bellsouth.net.
Photo: Docents learn about new flood exhibit. |
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Our Sponsor
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Since
the days when the buffalo and elk roamed the age-old migration routes
between the piedmont and mountains of North Carolina, our Valley has
been celebrated for its broad, fertile river plain, incredible
geographic beauty and yes, a rich history of wildlife. In fact, before
our earliest settlers crossed the Eastern Continental Divide in the
1780s, the Swannanoa Valley with its abundant wildlife was a prized
hunting ground used by the Cherokees and neighboring Catawba tribes.
Later, near the end of the eighteenth century, many of the world′s
leading botanists and geographers traveled to our Valley and surrounding
mountains. They declared the environment to be home to the most unique
and diverse flora and fauna that they had ever studied. Well, today
those of us who reside here can easily understand what was in the hearts
and minds of those earliest inhabitants, explorers, and pioneers. We
are so fortunate to call the upper Swannanoa Valley and the encircling
Swannanoa Rim our home. As Black Mountain′s oldest continuing business
(since 1908) and its only locally owned community bank, we are very
proud to be the sponsor of the Swannanoa Valley Museum′s e-newsletter.
Cheers!
M. Wendell Begley, President Black Mountain Savings Bank
"The upper Swannanoa Valley as seen from Craggy Knob on the Great Craggy Range"
Black Mountain Savings Bank, 200 E. State Street, Black Mountain,
NC 28711/Phone (828) 669-7991/Fax (828) 669-6974, Email:
mwb_bmsb@bellsouth.net Our Board of Directors, who all live and work in
the Swannanoa Valley: M. Wendell Begley, William H. "Bill" Christy,
James E. "Ed" Neves, C.T. "Tom" Sobol, Jr., Joseph M. "Joe" Tyson, David
D. Dunan and C. Roger Hibbard Equal Housing Lender/Member FDIC |
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mission of the Swannanoa Valley Museum is to preserve and interpret the
social, cultural and natural history of the Swannanoa Valley, a pathway
to Western North Carolina, by developing dynamic programs and engaging
exhibitions for the education and enrichment of the community, its
children and future generations.
P.O. Box 306, Black Mountain, NC 28711 • 828-669-9566
www.swannanoavalleymuseum.org • swannanoavalleym@bellsouth.net |
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