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APPALACHIAN FUNERAL SERVICES is featured this week in our Business Spotlight. For more information, see the ad on the back page of this section.
HELP FIGHT LEUKEMIA by taking part in the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society benefit planned from 1 until 9 p.m. Sunday, May 20, at No Name Sports Pub. Kenna Faber of Sylva plans to walk/run the Mayor’s Half Marathon in Anchorage, Alaska, on June 23. She’s a member of the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society’s Team in Training and plans to raise $6,000 for the cause. If Sunday’s event, which includes barbecue plates, drink specials, live music and a silent auction, nets $4,500, Faber says she’ll dye her hair purple.
WILSON FAMILY CHIROPRACTIC has moved. Their new address is 73 West Main Street located between Rite Aid and the Design Center, in the former TKO Subs building. Dr. Katie Wilson says she and her staff look forward to serving the community at the new location. Their telephone number is 587-2273.
SKYLAND CARE CENTER staff and residents invite the community to its first Memorial Day celebration, which is set for Thursday, May 24, at 5 p.m.
SMOKY MOUNTAIN YOUTH FOOTBALL will hold registration for football and cheerleading from 8-11 a.m. Saturday, May 19, at the Smoky Mountain High School cafeteria. The program is open to ages 5-12. Cost is $75 for football and $110 for cheerleading. Participants must present an original birth certificate and proof of a physical within the past six months. Anyone interested in being a board member or coach may call Greg Jamison (506-0818) or Scott Frady (342-4916).
THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT is hosting a Child Health Fair today (Thursday) from 3 to 8 p.m. Exams offered will include health history, height and weight, vision and hearing, physical, immunizations, and dental checks. Cost is $20, or people may bring their Medicaid cards. Bring shot records and kindergarten forms. To make an appointment call 587-8289; walk-ins are also welcome.
COFFEE WITH THE POET will continue at 10:30 a.m. today (Thursday) at City Lights Bookstore with Dave Waldrop of Webster. Waldrop is the author of a poetry collection “Am I” and co-author of an anthology titled “Appalachian Roots.” Coffee with the Poet is held every third Thursday. For more information, call City Lights at 586-9499.
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