Big Ivy Big Ivy Book Club
By Nancy Dillingham Te Big Ivy Book Club meets
at 10 am on Saturday (Feb. 26) at Big Ivy Community Center, 540 Dillingham Road to discuss Sharyn McCrumb’s novel “St. Dale.” Te author states: “I wanted to
do a book on the canonization of a secular figure, a Canterbury Tales with a modern saint.” She goes on to say: “When the number 3 (the late race car driver Dale Earn- hardt’s emblem, a black 3 in a white circle) began appearing everywhere I looked, I thought I could under- stand the substance and underlying sorrow of his loss, and that I could, at last, write about this theme.” In preparation for writing the
book, she did extensive research. She even took a course on NA- SCAR at East Tennessee State University. Earnhardt, also known as “Te
Intimidator,” met an untimely death in a crash at the Daytona 500 on Feb. 19, 2001. People left flowers at the nearest speedway af- ter his death, held up three fingers on the third lap at speedways and displayed bumper stickers embla- zoned with “God Needed a Driv- er.” Te author sports “STDALE” on her car’s vanity license plate. Tis novel opens as a group of
devoted fans embark on the Dale Earnhardt Memorial Pilgrim- age. It begins at a short track in Virginia and ends at the legendary Daytona, Fla., speedway.
Te book’s eerie prologue re-
counts the “visit” of Dale Earn- hardt’s spirit on one of the female participants whose car breaks down on a lonely road. A figure in white with a mustache and sun- glasses and a red and black “No. 3” Goodwrench cap materializes out of the night from behind her, fixes her car, comes to her window and says: “It runs fine now. Wanna race? I’ll spot you for a quarter of a mile.”
Storytelling concert at library Weaverville
Renowned storyteller Connie Regan-Blake will present a program at 7 pm on March 8 at the Weaverville Library. She has entertained audiences in 47 states and 16 countries and has been featured on seven award- winning recordings. Her stories range from hilarious traditional Appalachian Mountain tales to poignant true-life drama. The Weaverville Library Friends are sponsoring the event. For more information call the library at 250-6482.
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