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TIM’S AUTO PARTS is featured in our Business Spotlight this week. The full-service auto parts dealer is planning Customer Appreciation Day at his Sylva store on Saturday, July 23, featuring hometown favorite Matt Stillwell. See their ad on the back page of this section for details.
ANOTHER POPULAR FEATURE is back this week. Our Great Smokies Dining Guide offers readers a culinary road map and provides the opportunity to win a $25 gift certificate to one of our sponsoring restaurants.
MAKE A WISH FOUNDATION raises money through donations, events, and sponsorships. The Cashiers “Make A Wish Festival: is scheduled for Sunday, Aug, 7, at the Village Green from 12:30 until 6:30 p.m. to raise money for Western North Carolina children. The event will feature music, a cookout, concession and information booths, a silent auction (with items and bidding sheets on display at the Cashiers Community Library all weekend), and activities for children. For more information or to help sponsor this event, please contact Carolyn Harrison, regional director at charrison@ncwish.org, or local coordinator Jennifer McKee, jmc1255@yahoo.com. To learn more about Make A Wish visit online at www.ncwish.org.
NEW HORIZONS CAFE in Dillsboro is featured in the current issue (July/August) of Country Discoveries magazine. Gordon and Marie Pike of Balsam recommended the eatery, which is a family venture co-owned by Eddie and Venita Rapoza and their daughter, Tammie Norris. New Horizons is open daily from 7 a.m. until 4 p.m.
ANNIE’S BAKERY AND CAFE will hold an organic wine tasting this Friday, July 15, from 5 to 8 p.m. Cost is $12 per person, which includes a $2 donation to the building fund for the new Jackson County Library. The event will include hors d’oeuvres and an opportunity to sample Annies’s gourmet foods and breads. For information, call 586-9096.
 ATLANTA FALCONS Cheerleader Melanie Snare will kick off the grand opening of the Dance Center of WNC in Sylva with a two-hour workshop. Snare’s appearance is to support the dance studio’s new owner, Shelia Sumpter, who is Snare’s former dance teacher. The workshop is aimed at showing local dancers and cheerleaders the hottest choreography in the entertainment industry. Snare’s workshop will be from 10 a.m. until noon this Saturday, July 16. Snare is the daughter of David and Rosemary Sutton of Waynesville and is married to professional baseball player Ryan Snare. Those who plan to attend the Saturday event should sign up immediately because space is limited. For more information, or to register for the workshop, call 586-4410.
THE ARBOR DAY FOUNDATION is currently offering a pocket tree identification guide, “What Tree Is That?” The 72-page booklet will help you identify 135 different trees found in the eastern and central United States. Both well-known trees (oaks, maples, spruces and pines) and less famous ones (horsechestnut, mockernut hickory, sassafras, shadbush, persimmon, pawpaw, pagodatree and pecan) are included. Dozens of drawings illustrate the trees’ leaves or needles as well as their acorns, berries, seed pods, cones and other identifying features. “What Tree Is That?” is organized to make it easy to identify trees in a simple step-by-step fashion. “Helping people enjoy and appreciate trees is central to the educational mission of the Arbor Day Foundation,” said John Rosenow, president. “Being able to identify trees is important to knowing how to care for them and how to plant the right tree in the right place.” To obtain your guide, send your name, address and $3 to “What Tree Is That?,” The National Arbor Day Foundation, Nebraska City, Neb. 68410. Or order online at arborday.org.
SOUL INFUSION WILL offer several free shows this weekend. Thursday, July 14, hear Jerry Harmon’s “Jack Tales” from 7 until 9 p.m. Dana and Susan Robinson will perform Friday, July 15, bringing a blend of old and new music. The tea house will also offer a special paid event on Thursday, July 21, when singer/songwriter David LaMotte performs outdoors (weather permitting) at 8 p.m. Lawn chairs welcome. Tickets are $8 at the door. For more information on all shows, call 586-1717 or visit online at soulinfusion.com.
DUKE POWER’S Web site, www.dukepower.com, provides a valuable tool for lake level information. The “Lakes and Recreation” section contains updated lake level information for all lakes in the Duke Power system and offers tools and information about flood safety. The site also answers frequently asked questions about how Duke Power moves water through the lake and river system before, during and after severe weather. In addition, Duke Power offers customers a toll free Lake Neighbor Information line at 1-800-829-LAKE (5253). It contains current lake levels and special messages which are posted on the Web site.
LOCAL GROUP MOUNTAIN FAITH – Sam, Summer and Braden McMahan and John Morgan – will perform this Saturday, July 16, with the Primitive Quartet at the Cherokee Jamboree at Hillbilly Mall in Andrews. Cost is $12 for the 7 p.m. show with children 12 and under admitted free. |
