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Things and Stuff: 05/05/05
Notes from our business community
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COUNTRY ROAD FARMS TACK & WESTERN STORE and NURSERY & GARDEN CENTER are featured in our Business Spotlight this week. See their color ad on the back of this section for lots of great Mother’s Day gift ideas at great prices.
AND SPEAKING OF MOTHER’S DAY, take Mom out to eat at one of the many restaurants advertising specials in this week’s paper. Many other businesses are also offering sales to mark the occasion.
BUY A LUMINARY in honor or memory of someone who’s battled cancer. They’re $10 each and will line the track for the American Cancer Society’s Relay For Life, set for the night of Friday, May 13, at Jackson County Recreation Park. “They’ll burn all night long,” said the ACS’s Josh Pierce. Luminaries are available through Relay team members and will also be sold the night of the event.
NATALIE ELDERS and her family of Whittier are featured in the May 17 issue of Family Circle. The feature article chronicles Natalie’s miraculous recovery after an automobile accident left her in a coma.
HANGING BASKETS, BEGONIAS and vegetables are currently on sale at the Smoky Mountain High School greenhouse by the school’s agriculture department. Stop by between 8 and 11 a.m. or 1:30 and 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday through May 13. For information, call 586-5392.
RAFFLE TICKETS for a 1996 Pontiac Grand Prix are still available for $10 each from any Relay For Life team or at Piney Mountain Motors. The car has been donated by Piney Mountain and Scott Rodes Buick/Pontiac. Proceeds will benefit the American Cancer Society. For details, call Margaret Hamilton at 586-3161.
“BANK NIGHT” for Relay For Life will be tonight (Thursday) from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at United Community Bank. Relay teams are reminded to drop by to turn in money raised and to pick up team T-shirts.
REMEMBER NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER today (Thursday). The occasion will be marked in Sylva by a 30-minute service on the old Courthouse steps at noon. For more information, call LifeWay Community Church at 631-9322.
BRIGHT BEGINNINGS Pre-K at New Hope Baptist Church is accepting applications for summer and fall sessions. The center accepts children ages 2 1/2 to 4 years of age during the morning hours (8-noon) Monday through Friday. For information, call 586-1058.
THE THIRD PRINTING OF “Mountain Flavors for the Soul”, the 500-recipe cookbook created to raise funds for the WestCare Chaplaincy Program, has just arrived. The cookbook sells for $18 and may be purchased at Harris Regional Hospital’s Gift Shop. For more information, call 586-7405.
THE DAY SPA at Nantahala Village is now open and offers an extensive selection of head-to-toe body treatments that include hot stone massage, deep-tissue massage, facials and more. “Our goal is to offer elements of beauty and wellness for men and women,” said owner Trish Hipgrave. For information, call (828) 488-0277, or visit online at www.dayspanvnc.com.
RIVERSIDE PARK and FLEA MARKET (next to Uncle Bill’s) will hold a special kids’ event Saturday from noon until 3 p.m. Each child will receive four free game tokens, and a karaoke contest will begin at 1 p.m. For more information, call 293-9988.
Tuckasegee Trading Co. owners Nikki Toedtman and Brandi Young, center, recently celebrated their grand opening with assistance from the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce ambassadors. Located near the Moody Bridge between East LaPorte and Tuckasegee, the store offers feed, seed, fertilizer, hardware and plumbing and gardening supplies. |
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