Source: The Sylva Herald
http://www.thesylvaherald.com/a-pagans_100903.htm
On October 9, 2003 The Sylva Herald reported that "religious debate returned to Sylva last week as a local Baptist preacher and pagan high priestess traded volleys during an Oct. 2 meeting of Sylva's town board. Speaking for the pagans, High Priestess Lianna Costantino-Cardon of the Sylvan Hearth Pagan Temple refuted statements the Rev. Larry Perry made about her group during the board's Sept. 4 session. 'We do not believe in drug use or in converting children, unless we're asked to do so by a child's parents,' she said, adding that Perry got some of his information from a Web site not affiliated with her group. Costantino-Cardon said she was once a police officer in Los Angeles and has served in the U.S. Army as a chaplain for Wiccan soldiers. 'Dialogue more. If you want to know what a pagan person believes, ask me.'" Costantino-Cardon said the pagan group would continue to meet in Sylva's parks.