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AUGER’S AUTOMOTIVE on U.S. 441 South is featured this week in our Business Spotlight. Led by Robert Auger, a certified master technician, Auger’s can handle all your car repair needs. For more information, see the ad on the back page of this section or call the shop at 586-2183.
THE SYLVA HERALD’S 10th annual Spring Photo Contest is fast approaching. Winners will be published in the newspaper and displayed during Sylva’s April 28 Greening Up the Mountains festival. Watch for complete details in next week’s newspaper.
MARK YOUR CALENDAR for the Jackson County Arts Council’s big indoor yard sale set for Saturday, March 17, at the Ramsey Center. The sale will get under way at 8 a.m. and conclude at 1 p.m. For more information, call Milt Wofford at 631-2613.
THE REV. BENNY BAGWELL of Victory Christian Church will celebrate his 18th anniversary as pastor this Sunday, March 11. He will speak at the 11 a.m. service, and a special churchwide singing is planned at 6 p.m.
DOGWOOD CRAFTERS, Dillsboro’s crafts cooperative, opened March 5. For more information call the shop at 586-2248 or visit online at dogwoodcrafters.com.
REACH OF JACKSON COUNTY will host its fourth annual spring event on May 3, from 6:30 until 10 p.m. at High Hampton Inn in Cashiers. This benefit is held each year to raise money for victims and survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, and child abuse. Theme for this year’s event is “Viva Las Vegas.” Guests will be able to treat themselves to an exciting night of “high stakes” fun. REACH will present live entertainment, dancing, dinner, and both silent and live auctions in Vegas style for only $75 per person. Tickets go on sale March 30. For reservations or to donate items for the auctions, please call REACH at 631-4488. For more information, contact Sandy Frazier, 631-4488, or visit online at www.reachofjackson.com.
STEVE ALEXANDER OF HEARTS WITH HANDS is organizing a community effort to build a new home for disabled Caney Fork resident Tim Phillips. Work began on the new house during the last week of February, and the effort is being co-sponsored by several local churches, individuals and organizations. Donations and labor contributions are needed to help complete the house. Contact Alexander at 506-9551 or make donations to the Tim Phillips House Account, c/o United Community Bank, 55 Asheville Hwy., Sylva, NC 28779.
A FREE NATURE PROGRAM is planned Sunday, March 11, at Balsam Mountain Preserve. Designed for kids ages 5-8, “Salamander Search,” is slated for 2 p.m. Registration is required. Call 631-1061.
A SCRABBLE AND SUDOKU fund-raiser for the Bridge Park Project is planned for Saturday, April 14, at Guadalupe Cafe. Those planning to enter are asked to recruit sponsors, and all funds go toward the community effort to build a new park. An entrance fee of $10 is required of entrants in each contest, along with a registration form that is available at the Bridge Park Web site (www.bridgepark.org) and at Guadalupe and City Lights Bookstore. For more information call 586-5478 or e-mail coordinator Ron Arps at ronarps@jackson.main.nc.us.
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