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MERLE NORMAN is featured in our Business Spotlight this week. The cosmetic studio also sells formal gowns and urges those with proms on their horizon to stop by before the best dresses are gone. Currently the store is offering 15-30 percent off on in-stock gowns by Tiffany, Jovani, Sean, Scala and Mystique. Merle Norman products are also on sale. See their ad for more information.
RIDE THE TSUNAMI RELIEF TRAIN Saturday, Feb. 19. Get on board the Great Smoky Mountain Railroad in Bryson City for a trip through the Nantahala Gorge and your $28 fare will provide relief to tsunami-ravaged Southeast Asia and to local families who have suffered losses from floods and fires. For more information, see the ad in this issue. For reservations, call GSMR at 1-800-872-4681.
VALENTINE'S DAY is Monday, and this edition is full of advertisements from local stores and restaurants eager to help you please your sweetheart. A number of eateries that normally close on Mondays are staying open Feb. 14. Be sure to check for Valentine specials and extended hours as you read your newspaper.
IT'S TIME TO RESERVE YOUR advertising space in the Mountain Traveler, the region's premier visitors' publication. A joint effort of community newspapers in Sylva, Franklin, Highlands, Cashiers, Bryson City and Clayton, Ga., the Traveler puts your ad where it will do you the most good. For information, call Kelly, Sherry, Jan or Margo at 586-2611, or e-mail them at ads@thesylvaherald. com.
VISAGE SALON is sponsoring a fund-raising raffle for stylist Jaymes Walck, who has been diagnosed with leukemia and is currently undergoing treatment at Mission Hospitals in Asheville. A number of local businesses have donated prizes. Tickets are $1 and may be purchased at Visage and other business locations. Those who would like to volunteer to sell tickets may call Visage at 631-9058. Tickets are on sale now for the March 1 drawing.
TRECY BERGEN, granddaughter of Dan Allison of Sylva and the late Carmen Allison, was recently chosen homecoming queen at Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School near Clayton, Ga. Bergen, a senior, is the daughter of Janet and Creighton Sossomon of Highlands and Mark Bergen of Ontario, Canada.
ANNIE'S BAKERY AND CAFE on Main Street will host a "Sweetheart Wine Tasting" Friday, Feb. 11, from 5 to 8 p.m. The $12-per-person cost includes a $2 donation to the Jackson County Library Fund. The event will offer a chance help the library while sampling hors d'oeuvres and specialty food items and baked goods.
LOCAL POETS are invited to submit religious poetry to a contest sponsored by the Christian Fine Arts Society. Grand prize is $1,000. To enter, send one poem 21 lines or less to Free Poetry Contest, 9588 Thornbush Lane, Fishers, IN 46038. Enter online at, www.freecontest.com. Deadline for entries in Feb. 26.
DON'T MISS the big indoor yard sale this Saturday, Feb. 12, at Sylva First Presbyterian Church. The event begins at 8 a.m. and is a fund-raiser for the youth group. Proceeds will be used to support the youth's mission projects.
WHITTIER RESIDENT Roberta Arsuffi sent us a note expressing appreciation to retiring Postmaster Pauline Beck for her dedicated service. According to Arsuffi, Beck was instrumental in getting local phone service between Sylva and Whittier and reconfiguring traffic to improve safety when the post office moved into its present building. "Anyone who needed help at the Whittier Post Office got perfection in unparalleled assistance," Arsuffi wrote. "Pauline, you've been so much more to the people of Whittier than a postmaster. Our heartfelt appreciation for a job well done."
IN LAST WEEK'S story about Greg Millsaps of Tuckasegee, his grandmother's name should have been listed as Ethel Moses but was incorrectly listed as Ethel Moss. The Herald regrets the error.
HOST FAMILIES for high school exchange students are needed for the 2005-06 school year. These students speak English, have their own spending money, and can share a room. Call Anne at (828) 298-8873. For more information, visit online at www.ayusa.org.
REBECCA DEHART of Becca's Bears wants to thank Audrey Dean, Gary and Lisa Towe, Nancy Marts and Marvin Schade and his Western Carolina University students for their donations of bears. Donations are still welcome. For information, call Rebecca or Natisha DeHart at 586-5606.
A STORY last week gave an Asheville contact for donating to area reservists being called up. Additionally there is a local donation site at the Department of Social Services at the Community Service Center. Randal Moss of DSS is in charge of the collection. He can be reached at 586-5546, ext. 235.
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