Jason Sandford
Jason Sandford is a reporter, writer, blogger and photographer interested in all things Asheville.
Here’s some of what’s floating around on the internets. What else you got for me?
How the cookie crumbles: From injuryboard.com:
The Girl Scouts of America issued a precautionary recall of some lots of its Lemon Chalet Crème cookies after receiving consumer complaints of a foul smell and taste. Visit the Little Brown Baker Web site for a list of lot codes affected by the recall. Consumers who purchased the lemon cookies can call 1-800-962-1718 for refund information.
The recall covers 24 states, including North Carolina.
LAB venue christened: I heard that the Band of Horses rocked out the Lexington Avenue Brewery’s new music venue Saturday night. The LAB closed its doors at 3 for the private party With the LAB’s raging success since it opened a few weeks back, some people were none too happy to be shut out. But as one Ashvegas commenter noted that the owners, who had put two years of work, time and energy into the place, deserved to have a party to let everyone who contributed celebrate a little. Right on.
Local writers getting notice: Dwayne Betts, a MFA student at Warren Wilson College, has a passage of his memoir, A Question of Freedom, published here by The Atlantic. Betts was sentenced to nine years in prison for carjacking, and it was in prison that he discovered his love of literature. The memoir is out this week, and he’ll have a book of poetry published next year.
And Wayne Caldwell was at Malaprop’s on Saturday reading from his latest, Requiem by Fire. The historical fiction tells the tale of the mountain folk forced out after the federal government created the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Mountain Xpress writer Alli Marshall gives it a good review:
Caldwell’s mastery of dialect, scenery and the minutia of daily life is impressive. Most of all, he allows his characters to bring home to stark injustice of their predicament. After all, the making of the park was for the greatest good of the most American people, but for those who once called it home, the park spelled utter loss of all they held dear.
The book will be released on Monday.
Asheville Disclaimer Radio: Give ’em a listen and you’ll get some laughs.
Candidate question: Who is Axia Wilson, and why is challenging U.S. Rep. Heath Shuler in the Democratic primary?
Property transfer of the day: The Asheville Citizen-Times‘ property transfer listings show that University of NC at Asheville Foundation Inc. sold 9.5 acres of land on Merrimon Avenue to the state of North Carolina for $3 million. So the questions are: where’s the land? and why was the property sold?
Ray’s Weather: Ray says Asheville stays cold and kinda dreary over the next couple of days.
Democratic candidate for US Congress Axia Wilson now has a Web site: http://wilson411nc.com/index.html
Ray was always the most reliable source for weather when we lived in Boone. Cold and dreary is okay by me! Sounds better than a huge snow storm.
The UNCA property that the Foundation sold to the state is most likely the old Rhoades house at the corner of Merrimon and Weaver Blvd, across from the Weaver Park tennis courts, which is a curious move. The family only transferred it to UNCA a couple of years ago.