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Things and Stuff: 10/06/05
Notes from our business community
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VILLAGE STUDIO in Dillsboro is featured in this week’s Business Spotlight. See the ad on the back page of this issue, and stop by their store for all your framing and gift needs.
GEORGE AND HANNEKE WARE of Whittier are this week’s winners in our “Have Dinner on Us” contest that is part of our Great Smokies Dining Guide. They won a $25-gift certificate to Lulu’s on Main. See pages 4 and 5C for information on how to enter and win.
THE YOGA PRACTICE, located above Lulu’s, is offering a restorative yoga workshop on Friday, Oct. 21, from 10 a.m. until noon. Cost is $20, and the session will feature Jayne Cagle, a registered yoga therapist. During the session, participants will learn to “relax their bodies and quiet their minds.” For more information, call Didier Cuzange at 586-9744, or see the ad on page 2C of this edition of The Sylva Herrald.
DOVE GALLERY and PHOTO STUDIO is now open on Main Street. The new business is located upstairs next to The Sylva Herald above Advanced Home Care. Stop by and see owner Eileen Kessler and photographers Rick Gorton and Brian Kirk. The new studio’s primary focus will be to showcase local artists who work in photography, and the new gallery also offers instruction in both digital and conventional photography. For more information, call 508-5862.
FIRST CITIZENS BANK will celebrate a customer appreciation day on Friday, Oct. 7. “First Citizens takes pride in the relationships we’ve built with our customers,” said Area Executive Kevin Wells. “Our annual appreciation day gives us an opportunity to thank people in the many communities we serve and celebrate this great time of year in Western North Carolina.” Activities planned in Sylva include refreshments – fresh apple cake and cookies – will be served all day. Lunch will be served starting at 11 a.m. A drawing for several prizes from local business and restaurants will be held at 6 p.m. Artwork from local kindergarten classes will be on display, and a savings bond will be awarded to a student from each school.
ALLISON’S CHEVROLET will hold a customer appreciation day from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday, Oct. 7. The event will include food and door prizes and is a “thank you” from the dealership to the community for more than 70 years of business.
CHUCK NORRIS, president of the Cullowhee Valley School PTA, sent us a note to say how much the school appreciated all the help with the recent fall festival fund-raiser. “On behalf of the PTA and the entire Cullowhee Valley community, I would like to thank everyone who helped make our fall festival such a success. Our business sponsors and the families who attended helped raise well over $7,000 for school pojects,” Norris wrote. “This level of community support is what makes Jackson County such a wonderful place to live and raise children. Thanks again to all our dedicated volunteers and sponsors.”
OPERATION SLOW DOWN is under way across the region. N.C. Highway Patrol troopers plan to create a highly visible presence on interstates, four-lane highways and other thoroughfares known for high rates of speed-related collisions. Troopers have been instructed to aggressively enforce speed-limit laws as well as other violations such as tailgating, improper lane changes and other traffic law violations. Troopers will utilize special marked and unmarked cars as well as radar trailers. Troopers will also target motorists who fail to comply with the “Move Over” law that requires drivers to reduce speed and move over into a lane that is not the nearest lane to an authorized emergency vehicle that is parked or stopped and giving a warning signal. Operation Slow Down will end Sunday, Oct. 9.
CATALOOCHEE SKI AREA has teamed up with the Relay For Life at Western Carolina University to benefit the American Cancer Society’s mission to find a cure for cancer. The Relay For Life team that turns in the most money by the end of the semester will earn 20 free lift tickets to Cataloochee, Relay For Life at WCU is a student-driven event, and this year’s fund-raising goal is $20,000, with an emphasis on reaching that goal by early December. Relay For Life, which at Western will take place Friday and Saturday, April 7-8, on the University Center lawn, serves as the celebration at the end of the fund-raising. For more information about how to form a team or become involved in Relay For Life, call Tre Breedlove at 227-5352 or Tabitha Taylor at 227-5035. Information is also available by calling 1-800-ACS-2345. For assistance 24 hours a day, seven days a week, log on at www.cancer.org.
HAYWOOD EMC has issued a consumer alert warning their customers to be on the lookout for telemarketers posing as EMC representatives and requesting private information. Customers of several electric cooperatives in the eastern part of the state have been targeted by the telemarketers, who purport to be offering a program to install windows that make a home more energy efficient. To date there have been no reports in the Haywood EMC service area, but power company officials urge all their Jackson County customers to be alert for such a scheme. No one from Haywood EMC would ask for bank account information or other personal questions, said Ken Thomas, Haywood’s marketing manager. Anyone who receives a call from anyone who says they are from the Consumer Segment Marketing group is asked to call Haywood EMC at 1-800-951-6088 or (828) 452-2281. “Do not give out your personal information,” Thomas said. |
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