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AS GAS PRICES SOAR, THE SYLVA HERALD is making it easy for everyone to keep up with all the hometown news. We’re having a subscription sale. New local subscribers can receive 52 issues of this newspaper delivered straight to their door (or post office box) for just $10.10. See the ad on page 3C for information.
KATHY CROSS of UNITED CHRISTIAN MINISTRIES sent us a note this week. In it she expressed her opinion that those of us who live in Jackson County are lucky. “We are indeed fortunate to be in Jackson County. Jackson County has very caring people. Recently we had a person needing assistance with moving from a second-story apartment to a ground-level apartment. With the assistance of local churches and the Sylva Fire Department, the move was accomplished. Our folks are always sharing and caring for others. Thank you and I’m sure you will be blessed.”
WE ALSO HEARD from Nancy Coward, who wanted us to let everyone know of the good work accomplished by Polly Fuller and everyone who helps make caps for the newborns at Harris Regional Hospital. The group has donated more than 10,500 caps to the hospital – one for every baby born there to wear home.
 OUR OWN POET LAUREATE KAY BYER of Cullowhee has been in the news in other places recently. She’s featured in The New Southerner, a magazine that describes itself as “the mainstream magazine of alternative thinking.” The in-depth interview includes information about Kay’s beginnings as a writer, her musical influences and her views on a writer’s role in politics. Kay was also spotlighted in her hometown newspaper, The Camilla (Ga.) Enterprise. She talked with Enterprise Editor Roger Ann Davis about growing up in Camilla and how that influenced her writing. In the same issue, Davis writes about Camilla’s Laurette Hayes, maker of the Milky-Way cakes Kay wrote about in a poem she read during her poet laureate induction ceremony in Raleigh. While Hayes was not at the ceremony, three of her cakes were. Those tasty treats were the hit of the ceremony, according to Kay.
AND SPEAKING OF FOOD, SYLVA’s LULU’S ON MAIN is starring in a Southern Living Magazine repeat performance. The popular downtown eatery made the magazine’s pages back in 1997, and SL’s food editors decided it was time for a follow-up visit.
The two-page color spread praises the restaurant’s varied cuisine.
“Drop in for a bite and a world of flavor on Sylva, North Carolina’s Main Street,” is the way the article opens.
Lulu’s On Main owners Laura McBane, left, and Kim Anthony show off their famous Szechuan Salad, which pairs grilled chicken or shrimp with fresh fruit and salad greens. Lulu’s is featured in the September issue of Southern Living magazine, which first raved about the restaurant in 1997.
“Kim, Laura and chefs Didier Cuzange and Bo Lossiah have created a menu that includes Greek, Italian, Asian, Mexican and Southern flavors,” according to the report.
Kim agrees, saying that Lulu’s menu really does have something for everyone.
“Even if you’ve never had a plantain or a jicama, we think you can relate to something here,” she said.
Laura said she was proud that the Southern Living writers liked Lulu’s as much during this summer’s visit as they did the first time around.
“I was pleased that they were just as impressed,” she said.
Lulu’s was begun more than 15 years ago by Louise Turner. Kim began her Lulu’s career as a dishwasher and Laura started as a server, and when Turner opted to sell the restaurant, the two decided to buy it.
With the restaurant already a Sylva dining standard, Kim and Laura opted to keep the Lulu’s name.
For more information, call Lulu’s at 586-8989.
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