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Things and Stuff: 05/19/05
Notes from our business community
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MELTON-RIDDLE FUNERAL HOME is featured in our Business Spotlight this week. See the ad on page 10A.
BUSINESS AFTER HOURS will be held at 5:30 p.m. today (Thursday) at Soul Infusion Tea House and Bistro. The Jackson County Chamber of Commerce event will feature hors d’oeuvres, live music and door prizes.
ARLINGTON PRIEST will play Soul Infusion Tea House and Bistro this Saturday, May 21, starting at 9 p.m. Husband-and-wife team Rhett and Jill McAllister are known for combining hints of Americana with contemporary folk and influences ranging from classical vocal training to rock bands and theatrical productions. For information, call Soul Infusion at 586-1717 or see www.soulinfusion.com.
FOUR MASTER GARDENERS were not mentioned in last week’s article about the garden plot the group is planting near the new location of the Community Table. Susan and Randy Cooper of Cullowhee and Mike and Dorothy Clampitt of Bryson City are graduates of the N.C. Cooperative Extension Master Gardeners program but are not involved with the garden plot project.
SUSIE ADAMS of Susie Q Photography shot the Relay for Life photo that graces The Herald’s front page.
KIDSCHECK parental control software is now available through LocalNet, an Internet provider to Sylva and surrounding areas. The program allows parents to block explicit Web site content and control access to chat programs, Instant Messenger and e-mail. For more information, call 586-4273 or visit www.localnet.com or www.kidscheck.com.
TWICE A YEAR the Great Smoky Mountains Railroad makes the trek along the entire length of its 53 miles of track, and passengers will have their spring chance to do so this Sunday, May 22. The Photo Special will depart from Dillsboro at 9 a.m., visit the Bryson City depot, make a few stops for photo-taking, drop by Nantahala Outdoor Center for a picnic-lunch layover, then arrive in Andrews at about 3 p.m., where passengers will board buses back to Dillsboro. The route takes passengers past the film site for “The Fugitive”, through the 836-foot Cowee Tunnel and the 550-foot Will Sandlin Tunnel, across Lake Fontana, and through the Nantahala Gorge. The tunnel is named for Will Sandlin, the grade foreman when the railroad was cut through the mountains in the mid-1880s. It climbs the steepest grade in the eastern United States, the Red Marble Gap (5.3 percent). The full route of the old Murphy Branch line, established in 1891, traverses four rivers: the Tuckasegee, the Little Tennessee, the Nantahala, and the Valley. The Bryson City depot dates back to the 1890s and is the only depot surviving from the time Southern Railway owned the line. Seating is available in open-air cars and standard coaches, with upgrades available to a climate-controlled Crown Coach or McNeil Club Car. Advance reservations are required. For more information, see www.gsmr.com or call 1-800-872-4681.
SMALL WONDERS CHILD CARE, owned by Brian and Allison Marr, recently earned a four-star child care license. Both Brian and Allison are Swain County High School graduates. They renovated an office building on Skyland Drive to house their center, transforming a former dentist’s office into an inviting space for children. To reach Small Wonders, call 631-4646 or stop by the center, which is located at 1134 Skyland Drive in Sylva. |
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