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HAYWOOD BUILDERS SUPPLY, with its main store on Charles Street in Waynesville and its new Design Center in Sylva, is featured this week in our Business Spotlight on page 16C. Offering a complete line of supplies for the builder or handyman, Haywood's two stores stock everything needed for any remodeling project or new construction. See their ad for more information.
MARLENE DUNN of Whittier and SPRING STREET CAFE are the winners in this week's Have Dinner on Us contest that is part of our every-other-week Great Smokies Dining Guide. Dunn wins a $25 gift certificate to Spring Street, and the restaurant wins a free ad in this newspaper. See the dining guide in this issue for information on how to enter and win.
JACKSON COUNTY DEMOCRAT WOMEN invite everyone to a reception for the candidates on Friday, Oct. 8, from 7 to 10 p.m. at the Community Service Center. For more information, call Roberta Crawford, president, at 586-2607, or Irene Hooper, secretary, at 293-5456.
JACKSON COUNTY RESCUE SQUAD has extended their raffle for a hand-pieced quilt until Tuesday, Oct. 12, because of the time squad members spent on duty during the recent flooding. Tickets can be purchased at Livingston's Photo or from any rescue squad member.
GALLERY ONE will host a reception Friday, Oct. 8, at 7 p.m. for its featured artist of the month, Doyenne, whose abstract and semi-abstract paintings titled "Therapy for the Soul" are currently on display at the gallery. For more information, call 293-3407.
THOSE MORE THAN 55 YEARS OF AGE are invited to attend a free Senior Asset Protection Workshop at 11 a.m. on Thursday, Oct. 14, at Ryan's Steakhouse in Sylva. Learn how to protect your savings from nursing homes, probate and taxes. Reserve your seat by calling 1-877-456-8212.
IT'S NOT TOO LATE to participate in the semi-annual consignment sale featuring children's clothing and toys to be held Friday and Saturday, Oct. 22 and 23, at the old Ashley Co. Building. For information, call 631-0582.
DILLSBORO TOWN OFFICIALS have unveiled a new informational town Web site, www.DillsboroNC.info. The site showcases Dillsboro's old-fashioned charm, events and festivals, as well as providing information on the town's history and listing contacts for services, town ordinances and town hall procedures. There is also a directory of all businesses located within the town limits. The site was designed by Charles and Ellen Snodgrass of Deep Creek Arts in Whittier.
AREA RESIDENTS ARE INVITED to help pick the Together We Read initiative's 2005 book. Choose from among the following titles and submit your choice to City Lights Bookstore or the Jackson County Public Library, or vote for your choice online at www.togetherweread.org. Deadline for voting is Nov. 13.
– All We Know of Heaven by Sue Ellen Bridgers of Sylva. An award-winning young-adult author's novel that portrays the marriage of troubled teens.
– The Ballad of Frankie Silver by Sharyn McCrumb. A novel about the first woman executed in North Carolina, as well as current regional issues. McCrumb has received the Wilma Dykeman Award for Regional Historical Literature.
– Fair and Tender Ladies by Lee Smith. Told through letters, the novel reflects the conditions of women in the mountains of Virginia. Smith has won the American Academy of Arts and Letters Award.
– Jim the Boy by Tony Earley. A Rutherford County coming-of-age story that depicts city-country confrontation, rural electrification and the discovery of heritage. The book won the Southeastern Booksellers Association Award for fiction.
– The Road by John Ehle. A novel that tells the story of the different classes of people involved in building the railroad. Ehle is a five-time winner of the Sir Walter Raleigh Fiction Award.
– Salt by Isabel Zuber. A novel that portrays a Boone-area woman's connections to family, nature and myth. The book won Virginia Commonwealth University's First Novel Award.
 SAVANNAH STEPHENS of Brandon, Fla., was crowned Miss Daytona Beach Teen USA 2004, an official Miss Universe preliminary pageant, in Daytona Beach, Fla., earlier this year. The daughter of Davey and Cindy Stephens, she is the granddaughter of Dave and Bobbie Nell Stephens of Sylva. She is also the granddaughter of Jinnie Lamb or Orlando, Fla., and the late Kelly Hall Jr. Savannah's great-grandmother is Virginia Fulmer, formerly of Tuckesegee, who now lives in Tampa, Fla. Savannah will compete this weekend at the state level against 55 other teens for the title of Miss Florida Teen USA in Miami Beach. During the televised event, one girl will be crowned Miss Florida Teen USA and receive a $40,000 college scholarship and the opportunity to represent the state during the national Miss Teen USA pageant next summer.
THE ROYAL HANNEFORD CIRCUS, a circus family that has been performing for almost three centuries, is coming to Western Carolina University's Ramsey Center for a 7 p.m. performance Thursday, Oct. 14. The 2004 extravaganza will feature a wide variety of circus acts including horses, elephants, trapeze artists and clowns. Tickets are $12 for adults and $6 for Western students. Discount coupons, including free passes for children, are available at area stores and most fast food restaurants. For more information, call 227-7677.
GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS RAILROAD has announced a new partnership with Warner Brothers Studios. The blockbuster movie The Polar Express starring Tom Hanks will debut in theaters nationwide Friday, Nov. 19, the same day GSMRR will add The Polar Express nighttime train excursion to its holiday lineup. The classic children's book by Chris Van Allsburg will come to life when the train departs the Bryson City depot for a journey to the "North Pole," where Santa Claus and his reindeer will be waiting. On the ride, guests will sip hot chocolate and munch on cookies while listening to the Allsburg tale. Santa will then board The Polar Express to greet each child, hand out sleigh bells and sing Christmas carols.
The train will make an inaugural trip for charities REACH of Jackson County, SAFE of Swain County, and KIDREACH Counseling Thursday, Nov. 18, then begin regular runs the next day, with a total of 30 departures throughout November and December. Tickets are $24 for adults and $12 for children. The ride will be a 1-hour,15-minute nighttime roundtrip excursion, departing on the following schedule: Nov. 19, 20, 26 and 27, 6 p.m.; Dec. 1, 2, 5, 8, 9, 12, 15, 16, 19, 21, 22 and 23, 6 p.m.; and Dec. 3, 4, 10, 11, 17 and 18, 6 p.m. and 7:35 p.m.
GSMRR will also continue to operate the "Santa Express" holiday trains Dec. 1 through 24, departing from Dillsboro. For additional information and advance reservations, call 586-8811.
CURVES FOR WOMEN of Sylva Manager Debbie Bryson and Curves members recently presented New Horizons Cafe owner Venita Rapoza with a gift certificate in appreciation of her hospitality in hosting Curves' monthly breakfast meetings. |
