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Things and Stuff: 04/07/05
Notes from our business community
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FARM BUREAU is featured this week in our Business Spotlight. See their ad on page 10C to learn more about how they can help with all your insurance needs.
THE JACKSON COUNTY ARTS COUNCIL’S Indoor Yard Sale will be Saturday, April 9, from 8 a.m. until 2 p.m. at Western Carolina University’s Ramsey Center. More than 90 vendors will be available during what’s billed as Western North Carolina’s largest indoor yard sale.
MOUNTAIN FAITH (Sam, Summer and Brayden McMahan and Johnny Morgan) will share the stage with the legendary Ralph Stanley and his Clinch Mountain Boys during the Cherokee Jamboree in Andrews on Friday and Saturday, April 29 and 30. Other performers will include J.D. Crowe and the New South, and IIIrd Tyme Out. Camping is available for the two-day event. For more information, call (828) 321-2386 or (828) 321-3832.
TUCKASEGEE TRADING CO. will hold its grand opening Thursday, April 14, from 5:30 until 7:30 p.m. Sisters Brandi Young and Nikki Toedtman offer a variety of hardware and lawn and garden products at their store on N.C. 107 south of East LaPorte near the Moody Bridge.
DILLSBORO residents who would like to see beer and wine sales for the town placed on the November ballot may stop by Ray’s Florist or Dillsboro Steak and Seafood to sign a list that will be presented to the town board.
SYLVA will be one of the featured locations on “Our State,” a new show that was scheduled to premiere Wednesday, April 6, at 8 p.m. on UNC-TV. The show is scheduled to repeat Wednesday, April 13, at 10:30 p.m.; Friday, April 22, at 11 p.m.; Saturday, April 23, at 1:30 a.m.; Thursday, April 28, at 9:30 p.m.; and Sunday, May 1, at 6:30 p.m.
WE RECEIVED A NOTE from Denny and Patsy Mathis of Willets thanking the Balsam Fire Department for their quick action recently during two emergency situations. “We are fortunate to have a dedicated, civic-minded group of people such as these in our community who risk their lives to help,” Denny and Patsy write. “They’re always ready to assist when we need them, and we owe them a debt of gratitude.” They also expressed appreciation to Sylva, Cullowhee and Saunooke firefighters who also responded to the fire at a nearby barn.
IN LAST WEEK’S NOTE about 23-year-old Brandon Cerrito, who is searching for his biological parents, we mentioned his biological father, Gregory Kent Hughes, but we forgot to add that he knew his grandmother’s name was Betty Hughes. Anyone with information about Cerrito’s family may contact him at rockyscamaro@hotmail.com.
THE NATIONAL ARBOR DAY Foundation is offering 10 free shade trees to each person who joins the foundation during April. The offer is part of the group’s Trees for America campaign and include one each of red oak, sugar maple, weeping willow, green ash, thornless honeylocust, pin oak, river birth, tulip poplar, silver maple and red maple. Trees will be shipped postpaid at the right time for planting in April or May. The 6- to 12-inch seedlings are guaranteed to grow or they will be replaced. To become a member and receive the free trees, send a $10 contribution to Ten Free Shade Trees, National Arbor Day Foundation, 100 Arbor Avenue, Nebraska City, NE 68410. |
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