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COUNTRY ROAD FARMS NURSERY AND COUNTRY ROAD TACK AND WESTERN STORE are featured this week in our Business Spotlight. The nursery’s annual Christmas Open House will be Friday and Saturday, Nov. 25 and 26, and the tack store is planning a big pre-Christmas sale. See their ad on the back page of this section for more information.
STEPHENS TREE LOT will move to a new location this year. Beginning this weekend, the Christmas tree lot will be open beside Mountain Energy Shell (across from Middleton’s Pawn) on N.C. 107 near Sylva. See their ad in this issue for more information.
ST. MARY’S CATHOLIC CHURCH youth group will hold its annual scavenger hunt food drive on Sunday, Nov. 20. The youth will knock on doors to ask for non-perishable food items needed for United Christian Ministries’ holiday boxes.
LIGHTHOUSE BAPTIST CHURCH is collecting old cell phones as a fund-raiser. Collection boxes are available at Kel-Save, Performance Motors, Harold’s, the Cullowhee Cafe, and the Western Carolina University Baptist Student Union.
LOST: A set of keys and a camera card. If found, please drop off at The Sylva Herald office so the items can be returned to their owner.
SEE A SOAPSTONE CARVING, titled “Tsalagi and Creation,” created by Freeman Owle, an Eastern Band of Cherokee storyteller, artist, historian and elder. The sculpture tells the story of creation of the Cherokee and the things they considered sacred, and will be on display during the Tenth Annual American Indian Heritage Celebration at the N.C. Museum of History in Raleigh on Saturday, Nov. 19, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission and parking are free.
JACKSON COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY officials are seeking donations for Troy, a chihuahua currently in the foster care of Trish Morgan, owner of the Pet Stop in Sylva. Troy needs two surgeries to correct a problem with his kneecaps. The operations will cost a total of $600. Donations may be made at the Pet Stop or the weekly Saturday ARF adoption events from 1-3 p.m. in front of Ingles in Sylva. Donations may also be mailed to the Humane Society, P.O. Box 1966, Sylva, NC 28779. Troy will also need a new home in about three months, Morgan said.
THE SOCCER PICTURE that accompanied a sports story about Blue Ridge School’s recent playoff win over Swain County was taken by photographer Justin Caudell. We appreciate Justin’s willingness to help publicize Blue Ridge School athletics.
THE AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY South Atlantic Division recently launched www.quitforyou.org, a new Web site designed to help smokers find their reason to quit smoking, the resources to do so and the support to help them transition to a smoke-free life. In time for the American Cancer Society’s Great American Smokeout, which occurs this year today (Thursday), the new site will be available through the month of January. One unique feature of www.quitforyou.org will be ongoing support of others trying to quit. The site will also provide links and resources for those who want to quit all forms of tobacco use including cigarettes, chewing and cigar smoking. For more information and resources on quitting, the American Cancer Society Great American Smokeout or cancer, visit www.quitforyou.org or call 1-800-ACS-2345, 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
Soul Infusion Tea House & Bistro will present a free show by Western North Carolina soulful pop pianist/singer/songwriter Ashley Chambliss Friday, Nov. 18, from 9 p.m. until midnight. For more information, call 586-1717 or visit online at www.soulinfusion.com.
MATTHEW CHADWICK, admissions officer at Southwestern Community College, has earned the designation of Project Management Professional. Chadwick received that designation from the Project Management Institute, the world’s leading not-for-profit professional association for project management.
THE N.C. TRAVEL INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION has recognized Great Smoky Mountains Railroad for its outstanding contribution to the tourism industry in North Carolina by presenting the company with the G. Lynn Nesbit Award. The first company to receive this award in 1965 was R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company. During the awards ceremony, GSMR was described as a company that has single-handedly transformed the economy of Western North Carolina into one that is sustained year-round by tourism. “Since the arrival of the railroad in 1988, retail development has sprung up alongside the depots in Dillsboro and Bryson City, providing arts, crafts, food and souvenirs of western North Carolina,” a spokesman said. Since 1988 GSMR as carried nearly three million passengers. It operates 53 miles of track and has 140 year-round and seasonal employees. The railroad’s annual economic impact is estimated to be $50 million. GSMR was nominated by NCTIA Board member Julie Spiro of the Jackson County Tourism Authority and by Granite Communications of Morganton.
Ed Phillips, president of the N.C. Travel Industry Association, right, presents the G. Lynn Nesbit award to Roxanne Marshall, marketing manager of the Great Smoky Mountains Railroad. |
