Jason Sandford
Jason Sandford is a reporter, writer, blogger and photographer interested in all things Asheville.
Asheville girl dies
A 2-year-old Asheville girl died yesterday after being injured when police say the driver of a car intentionally hit her, her mother and two cousins in the parking lot of a McDonald’s in Covington, Georgia.
Cherub Charu brought us the sad story of little Avery King, who died in Atlanta. Charu talked to a sobbing friend, who said Avery’s mother loved her daughter. Charu said the mother, Anita King, is recovering from injuries. She’s pregnant, too, Charu said, quoting friends. Charu also went to The Rock, Ashvegas church where the family attended. Friends there sad they just saw Avery and her mom on Sunday and they were all shocked and saddened by the news.
R-rated movies in schools, and drug testing
WLOSers had something about a change in procedure to allow kids in schools to watch R-rated movies. And they also had something about a drug testing policy in schools. But we missed it – we were still busy processing everything we learned last night on Lost.
Memorial Day school
Students in Henderson County schools will have to be in class on Monday, the Memorial Day holiday, to make up a snow day, and Sheraldo told us that veterans there are pissed off about it.
In other news…
That Ingles truck driver is still missing. He was supposed to go down to Georgia on Monday to deliver a load of groceries… People in the West End-Clingman neighborhood are peeved about Ashvegas city public works plans to remove old, granite curbs there. Residents think there’s a way to save some of the unusual-looking curbing… There’s a program in McDowell County that helps teen girls who get knocked up. They’ve already got something like 10 enrollees… The mayor of Maggie Valley, Jo Pinter, resigned her job Wednesday. She said she was quitting for “personal reasons”… Also in Maggie Valley, town officials held a special meeting because the county’s TDA is pulling funding for special events… There was a bird flu drill yawn in Henderson County… A woman who works at the Hillcrest public housing complex and helps enforce rules for residents had her car vandalized. Somebody spray-painted “Stop Snitching” on her nice car… And Jon “Punnyman” Le says watch out for motorcyclists now because it’s warm and there are a lot of ’em on the road.
we’re with you on the "lost" thing – i’m still trying to process all of that.
around 10:59 last night, if you listened closely, you probably would have heard me shouting "WHAT???"