SEVERE WINTER STORM PELTS AREA - Eastern Band of Cherokee

GENERAL EVENTSLunch and Learn – Marketing Your Business. Feb. 5 from 11:30am – 1:30pm in theGinger Lynn Welch Conference Room. Learn how a marketing plan can help you reachthe right market, avoid wasting ad money, and increase sales. Registration is required.Info: Kimberly Winchester 497-1666 or kimbwinc@nc-cherokee.comGo Red for Women. Feb. 5 from 11am – 1pm at the Beloved Womens and ChlidrensCenter. Are you a lady in your 30s, 40s, or 50s? Do you smoke, have high cholesterolor suffer from high blood pressure? Are you overweight, suffer from diabetes or depression?You may be at risk for heart disease. Join your Public Health Nurses at CommunityHealth for your heart health screening.Acoustic Folk Concert. Feb. 6 at 7pm at the Swain County Center for the Arts inBryson City. A concert of original acoustic folk music will be performed by singersongwriters,Thea & The Green Man. Immediately following the concert there will bea reception for artist, Susan Lingg of Cullowhee, whose watercolor and acrylic landscapeand floral paintings will be on exhibit at Swain County Center for the Arts through theend of March. Info: Eugenia Johnson 488-0523, jjohnson@swainmail.orgBirdtown Community Club meeting. Feb. 9 at the Birdtown Community Club Building.Yellowhill Commmunity Club meeting. Feb. 9 at the Yellowhill Community ClubBuilding. A potluck will begin at 5:30pm with a meeting following at 6:30p.mSwain Green Networking and Planning Workshop. Feb. 11, potluck dinner at6:15pm followed by a meeting from 7-8:30pm at the Mariana Black Library in BrysonCity. The purpose of this workshop is to bring together environmentally minded peopleto discuss common problems, to share plans, and to come up with solutions. The groupsorganizing this event are the Watershed Association of the Tuckasegee River, the LittleTennessee Land Trust, the Green Women of Swain County, and the Swain 4H and YouthCouncil. Info or to RSVP for dinner: 488-84183rd Annual Chocolate Cook-off. Feb. 13 at the Mariana Black Library in Bryson City.This is an event to raise money for the Friends of the Mariana Black Library and all proceedsgo towards improving the facility. Applications are available at the library or onlineat www.fontanalib.org. Deadline to register is Friday, Feb. 12. Info: 488-0580.4-H Native American Youth Riding Club meeting. Feb. 15 at 6pm at the CooperativeExtension Center (former Women’s Wellness Building. Would your child like to learnmore about horses? Does your child have a horse and need more education on grooming,nutrition and riding? EBCI Cooperative Extension 4-H is helping Community volunteerBob Catt start this exciting 4-H club. The age range is 9 years of age and up. This clubis open to all youth and 4-H paperwork will be required. Info: Heather James 554-6932 or heatjame@nc-cherokee.com.4H Native American Craft Club New Date. Feb. 15 at 5pm. The meeting that wasoriginally scheduled for Feb. 1 has been moved to this date at the EBCI Extension Center.The group will be making Cornbead Necklaces. Info: Trish 554-6933BENEFITS & FUNDRAISERSFundraiser for Angelo West. Feb. 12 from 11am – 1pm. Indian dinners will be soldat the Cherokee Indian Fairgrounds for Angelo and his family due to his being out ofwork since October for medical reasons. Your support will be greatly appreciated.Benefit for Jon Rattler. Feb. 12 from 11am to 2pm at the Yellowhill Community Building.Jon is undergoing Chemo treatments. Indian Dinners including dessert and drinkwill be served, made by Mamma Doo (Edith Stamper). More information will be innext week’s One Feather.Donations sought for Fire Victims. The home of Glenna & Gene Cunningham (TowString Community) burned completely down last weekend during the snow storm. Theywere unable to save anything. Donations are being taken for them at this time. Monetarydonations may be made at any United Community Bank and checks should be madeout to Clifford Eugene & Glenna Cunningham “Special Account”. Donations of clothingor other items can be taken to the Tow String Community building. If, for some reasonthe road up to the community building is not passable you may drop them off at thehome of Floy Matthews at 21 Seab Lane (across from the church). Your thoughts andprayers are very much needed and appreciated.HEALTH/SPORTSCHEROKEE CALENDARCherokee Calendar includes events upcoming in the next two weeks.For other events, please visit nc-cherokee.com/onefeather.Event lisngs are free. Please fax to (828) 497-1753 oremail to scotmckie@nc-cherokee.com.WNC Lady Royals seeking Players. Tryouts are going on now for 3rd grade thru 12thgrade (7th-12th grade will not begin until school basketball season is finished). Visitwww.ladyroyals.org, click the tryouts button and check dates, time and location for yourdaughter’s grade and age. Info: 230-3914 or 890-3376.CHS Student Night. Feb. 4 starting at 4pm at the Cherokee High School Arena. TheCherokee Braves will take on the Robbinsville Black Knights. Contact Ms. Bradley forstudent-section tickets.1st Annual CHS Alumni Game. Feb. 8 starting at 5:30pm at the Cherokee HighSchool Arena. The theme is “Teams of the Decades”. Please bring any jerseys, trophies,photos, and yourself. Info: Sharon Bradley (828) 554-5030.Horseshoe Pitching. Signup by Friday, Feb. 12 with a start date of Monday, Feb. 15.Sponsored by the Cherokee Life Recreation Division. Info: Birdtown Gym 554-6890.Bariatric Support Group. Feb. 17 from 5-6pm at the Cherokee Diabetes Program. Asupport group is starting for those who are interested in, preparing for, or have alreadyhad Bariatric Surgery (lap band, gastric bypass, or sleeve). Info: Quana Winstead 497-1991 or quanwins@nc-cherokee.comGENERAL ANNOUNCEMENTSCHS Store proceeds to benefit Haitians. All proceeds raised at the Native StopShop at Cherokee High School from now through Feb. 14 will be donated to theAmerican Red Cross Haitian Relief Fund. The store is open from 3:10-4pm Monday– Thursday and sells pizza, pickles, nachos w/cheese, Gatorade, and various handmadeand hand-painted chocolates. The store is completely student-operated as studentsprepare the food and candy, sell the products, maintain customer relations andcontrol inventory.Community Participation Survey. Cherokee Preservation Foundation is conductinga short survey to gain an understanding about how much members of the Eastern Bandof Cherokee Indians are using social media web sites. Your answers will help the Foundation,its grantees and other organizations on the Qualla Boundary and in surroundingcounties determine whether — and how — social media should figure in to their communicationsstrategies. Visit http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/cpfdnsurvey to completethe short survey.Celebrate Recovery - A faith based 12 step program meets every Tuesday 5pm at LivingWaters Church, 30 Locust rd off of Goose Creek Rd. A dynamic recovery program forthose with addictions or any other compulsive behavior.Call 497-6121 or cell 736-6123leave message.Turn it Around Ministries - a 501(c)(3) non-profit counseling service, offers helpt tothose with addictions, family or relational problems, etc. by appointment 1 - 5pmWednesday and Thrusdays.Call 497-6121 or cell 736-6123 leave message.Bard, a certifiedCounselor.TURKEY SHOOTSTurkey Shoot. Feb. 6. at 5pm at Jess Welch’s Residence in Big Cove. Food and refreshmentswill be available. Sponsored by the Lossiah Family All targets will be “hiddenx” and “Big X”.One Feather deadlineTuesday at 12noonTHURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2010cherokee one feather13