Vance Memorial News Today

WHEELING — Members of the Vance Memorial Presbyterian Church will not sit in their usual pews this Sunday thanks to a broken air conditioning system. But thanks to their neighbors at Temple Shalom, their Sunday service will go on as scheduled. The synagogue will host Vance Memorial’s service this Sunday. The switch occurred when the […]

TOE RIVER — The Toe Valley Soup Ministry is looking forward to celebrating another successful year for our ministry with great bluegrass music provided by members of the Wiseman Family

Even with annual raise, local teachers still arent paid enough to live in Asheville Shelby Harris, Asheville Citizen Times © Angela Wilhelm/Asheville Citizen Times Joanne Robert, a 7th grade math teacher at Asheville Middle School, encourages drivers to honk their horns during the “Our Schools Deserve Funds Now” rally at Vance Memorial in downtown Asheville January 15, 2020. "We are the profession that makes every profession possible," said Robert, who is in her 35th year...

As a side note, I served on a committee in 2015 that received public input and decided what to put in the capsule, a stainless steel box specially made to fit in the spot under the monuments base. The capsule was maybe the size of a shoebox, so its not like you could put a six-pack of Highland Ale and an Asheville Tourists bat in there. Plus, I drank the six-pack and lost the bat. I kid... The 2115 Asheville Buncombe Time Capsule replaced one work crews found in 2015 while repairing the monumen...