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METROSTAT TECHNOLOGIES is featured this week in our Business Spotlight. Owners John and Robin Kevlin and their staff can assist county residents with all their information needs, including high-speed Internet and telephone systems. See the ad on the back page of this section for more information.
TUCKASEGEE TRADING CO. will open Friday, Jan. 28, near the Moody Bridge between East LaPorte and Tuckasegee. A joint venture of sisters Nikki Toedtman and Brandi Young, the new store will feature an array of feed and seed, and will also include antiques, gifts, lawn and garden supplies including fertilizer and pesticides, hardware, and electrical and plumbing supplies. In addition, the store will offer clothing and boots from manufacturers including Wrangler, Walls and Georgia boots. Later in the season Nikki and Brandi will add bedding plants and produce. The store will be open seven days a week, with hours 7 a.m.-6 p.m. Monday through Friday, 8-5 p.m. Saturday and 1-5 p.m. Sunday. Both sisters are Smoky Mountain High and N.C. State graduates, and both were volleyball standouts at SMHS.
DILLSBORO STEAK AND SEAFOOD HOUSE will re-open Friday, Jan. 28, at 4 p.m., featuring fresh seafood and hand-cut steaks. See the ad in this issue and save 10 percent on lunch or dinner Tuesday-Thursday, Feb. 1-10.
A BENEFIT FOR MARTHA GALLOWAY will be held Friday, Feb. 4, at the Balsam Grove Community Center in Transylvania County. She is the widow of Andrew Galloway, who grew up in Jackson County's Canada community. The event will include a hot dog supper and will begin at 6 p.m.
THE ANNUAL FREE THROW CONTEST sponsored by the Knights of Columbus and Jackson County Recreation Department will be Sunday, Feb. 6, from 1 until 3 p.m. at the Rec Center in Cullowhee. Competition is open to boys and girls age 10-14 as of Jan. 1. The event will include a 1 p.m. free-throw clinic with Western Carolina University basketball coach Steve Shurina. For more information, call Skip Karby at 631-2559 or Mike Hopkins at 293-3053.
EAST FORK BAPTIST CHURCH will sponsor a benefit spaghetti supper and gospel singing to raise funds for tsunami relief on Saturday, Jan. 29, beginning at 4 p.m. Singing will start at 6 p.m. Cakes will be for sale during the event. For more information or to place a take-out order, call 231-0434 or 508-2136.
HOMETOWN CAROLINA REALTY owners Clearine Franks and Lynn Fox announce the addition of Tammy Kimmel to their sales staff. Tammy and husband Jack moved to Sylva in 2003 from Titusville, Fla. Jack worked with the Titusville Fire Department, and Tammy worked in real estate, specializing in management and residential sales. A graduate of Southern Ohio College, Tammy holds a degree in marketing and advertising. The Kimmels have three daughters and a son, plus a new granddaughter. Their two youngest children attend Fairview Elementary School.
BRUCE WILLIAMS received a sales award during Hometown Carolina Realty's recent awards dinner. Williams' 2004 sales totaled more than $3.5 million. Other awards went to Clearine Franks for $2.5 million in sales and to Lynn Fox and Teresa Poor, who each had more than $2 million in sales. Hometown Carolina has offices in both Sylva and Franklin. For more information on the company and its offerings, see the ad elsewhere in this edition.
ALLISON'S OUTDOOR ADVERTISING has announced that Jeff Bryson has been awarded the company's Eagle Award for outstanding sales during 2004. This marks the fourth time Bryson has been Allison's top salesman since he joined the company in 1996. Bryson covers Jackson and Swain counties in North Carolina as well as the Gatlinburg, Tenn., market.
ATTENTION QUEEN FAMILIES – A reader is seeking information on William Queen, age 60, and his wife, Elizabeth, age 55, listed on the 1850 census in what was then Macon County's Cashiers Valley section. A son, William, 20, was also listed. Anyone with information about this family is asked to contact Bill Queen, 156 Fern Lane, Clyde, N.C. 28721 or (828) 627-2766.
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