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SOUTHERN LIVING AT HOME is a new business started by Cullowhee Valley sixth-grade teacher Sharon Davis. Associated with Southern Living magazine, Sharon is offering both at-home parties and catalog sales. See her ad on page 2C of this issue.
HANDWORKS AND TERRI CLARK PHOTOGRAPHY, located on West Main Street, are sponsoring this Saturday’s “Love Your Locals” business expo. The event will be from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m. and will feature information booths manned by other area businesses including Soul Infusion, Annie’s Bakery, Wha Cha Want bodega, Lara Cooper, The Whispering Willow, Mountain Community Chiropractic, Rockenstein Tree Service, The Body Works, Fiery Gizzard Pottery and The Yoga Practice. Handworks owner Janice Hill and photographer Terri Clark will also host a free film screening Saturday night from 8 until 10 p.m. Asheville filmmaker Meg Luzon’s hour-long story of her father’s Vietnam experiences, “Our Father’s Eyes,” will be featured, and there will also be a screening of the 10-minute documentary “Mountaintop Removal in Appalachia,” an Adams Wood and Francine Cavanaugh (both also of Asheville) film about President Bush’s environmental policies. Sylva band Cooking With Quanta will perform during the evening’s free event.
THERE ARE STILL GOOD SEATS remaining on the Red Cross Relief Train on the Great Smoky Mountains Railroad’s Nantahala Gorge Excursion this Saturday. Departing Bryson City at 10:30 a.m., this ride is set aside as a fund-raiser for the American Red Cross. Funds from ticket sales will be donated for distribution to the international tsunami relief fund and the Jackson County Chapter for its local relief fund. From now through the end of March, North Carolina residents can take advantage of the “Tar Heel” ticket discount, which is available by advance reservation for $5 off an adult ticket and $2 off tickets for children ages 3-12. The discount places winter fares at $23 for adults and $14 for children and is available for all members of a party; it requires only one person to present a valid North Carolina driver’s license or photo ID at the depot. Tar Heel discounts will be allowed for Saturday’s Red Cross Relief Train.
THE NEXT BUSINESS AFTER HOURS will be Thursday, Feb. 24, at 5:30 p.m. at BB&T on Grindstaff Cove Road. The event is sponsored by the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce, and those planning to attend are asked to R.S.V.P. at 586-2155.
GEORGE BAUMAN of Sylva is looking for witnesses to a Oct. 29, 2004, accident on U.S. 74 between exits 85 and 83. Bauman was driving a Mercury Topaz and would like to speak with anyone who witnessed the accident, which occurred in the westbound lanes. Call him at 507-1610, write to him at 110 Geranium Dr., Sylva, NC 28779 or via e-mail at gmbauman@excite.com.
THE EIGHTH-ANNUAL GREAT BACKYARD BIRD COUNT is this weekend, with this year’s theme, “North America’s Great Backyard,” chosen as a way to celebrate the beauty of birds found across the continent. People are encouraged to count birds during some or all of the four-day (Feb. 18-21) event, keeping watch in their backyards, parks or other public lands. They can then report their highest tallies for each bird species over the Internet at www.birdsource.org/gbbc and view maps of the counts as the data is received. There’s no fee or registration required to participate. |
