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ATHLETES ADVANTAGE is featured this week in our Business Spotlight. Owner Bill Ansley started the sports store in November, and he invites everyone to stop by and check out the variety of back-to-school specials. Athletes Advantage features equipment, shoes and apparel for both teams and individuals. For more information, see the ad on the back page of this section.
OUR TELEPHONE NUMBER here at The Sylva Herald is listed incorrectly in the telephone book. Please make a note to call the newspaper at 586-2611; the listed number is a computer line only. We regret any inconvenience this has caused those wishing to contact us about news or advertising. As the newspaper inches ever-closer to total electronic composition, deadlines will become more important and more absolute. Some deadlines may change over the next few weeks, so please watch the newspaper closely. Call us at 586-2611 with all your church and community news or e-mail us at news@thesylvaherald.com. The same telephone number, 586-2611, will work for all your advertising needs; e-mail addresses are classifieds@thesylvaherald.com for classifieds or ads@thesylvaherald.com for display. Current deadlines are Monday noon for all news and all real estate display ads and Tuesday noon for all other advertising.
EVEN THOUGH THE RESTAURANT won’t be open this Saturday, Cullowhee Cafe owner Arnold Ashe says he’s going to hold a grand opening for his new location (the former Pizza Hut). “It’s a grand opening, but we’re closed,” is the way Arnold explained it. The Cafe is sponsoring a community yard sale that day in the restaurant’s parking lot. The sale tables will include some items from the old restaurant as well as traditional yard sale fare like clothing, tools and furniture. Area residents can take advantage of the opportunity to set up at the Cafe and sell old and unwanted items, Arnold said, but need to call the Cafe at 293-3334 or Rick Bennett at Cullowhee Real Estate (293-5678) to make arrangements. Ashe plans to serve free hot dogs from 11 a.m. until he runs out, he said.
MOUNTAIN FLAVORS FOR THE SOUL cookbooks will be on sale in the main lobby at Harris Regional Hospital from 7:30 a.m. until 1 p.m. Wednesday through Friday, Aug. 4-6, and Monday and Tuesday, August 9-10. All proceeds will go to WestCare’s Chaplaincy Program.
THE REC DEPARTMENT will sponsor a “Drop Box Giveaway” during August at the park in Cullowhee. Enter your name in August and you could win a free six-month membership. The contest is open to both members and day-pass users. After the drawings, day-pass visitors who purchased passes during August may bring in their receipt to receive $10 off any individual or family six-month or one-year membership. Also, Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday will be “Dollar Days” during August. All-day passes to the Rec Center will be $1. Call 293-3053 for more information.
FLEA STILLWELL wants all her customers to know that her beauty shop is still open for business at Gateway Flea Market. Call Flea’s New You at 497-4247 for an appointment.
THE JESUS VIDEO project has designated August as outreach month for participating churches. A countywide telephone survey is planned to learn of personal responses to the free video that was recently mailed to all Jackson County households. For more information, call Bill Sutton at 586-9823 or Art Fowler at 743-3040 or 743-3182.
TIPS-n-TOES, a nail care salon, will hold its grand opening Monday, Aug. 2, at 3 p.m. Stop by 478 Haywood Road in Dillsboro for refreshments and door prizes.
FORMER CAMP LAB fourth-grade teacher Kathy Norris Cochran has retired after more than 30 years in education. A 1968 graduate of Walhalla High School, she attended Western Carolina University and taught at Camp Lab for six years. She retired as principal of Newell Elementary School in Charlotte. Cochran is the daughter of Mickey and Wanda Norris.
A GIVING MOVEMENT is spreading like grassroots wildfire across the globe. With over 14,000 members around the world, “freecyclers” have started a giving (and getting) revolution. Started in June 2003 in Tucson, Ariz., the Freecycle Network has grown to encompass more than 120 cities from Adelaide, Australia, to Wichita, Kan. Based on the idea that “one man’s trash is another man’s treasure,” the Freecycle community harnesses the power of the Internet to connect individuals looking to give something away with those who would like to acquire it. The only requirement is that everything be free. Each city or county has a volunteer moderator that has set up a local e-mail listserv using the free services of Yahoo Groups. Anyone living in that city is then free to start posting items to be given away, or list goods they’re looking to acquire. Whether an old door, a pile of dirt, or a computer, it’s probably being given away on one of the networks already up and running. For more information, contact Deborah Denmark at 293-3969 or ddenmark@ earthlink.net. |
