Stories from Monday, March 9, 2009

The "Great Pancake Race of Cherokee" was a stunning success, according to organizers, with more than 80 area women donning old-fashioned garb and wondrous smiles, and participating in the traditional Shrove Tuesday Lenten celebration on Feb. 24. Borrowing from a steeped tradition from England, the Adult Sunday School Class of St. Paul's United Methodist Church in Cherokee conceived the event for Cherokee, and then went to work to make it happen with outstanding success...