MEATBALLS FOUNDER KAREN MARTAR
has sold her downtown restaurant to Kenneth Stephens and Janene Smith. In an advertisement in this issue, Martar thanks her customers for their support during her 16 years at the restaurant.
A SPAGHETTI DINNER,
sponsored by the Cullowhee/Sylva Kiwanis Club, will be held next Thursday, Feb. 17, from noon until 1 p.m. at the Community Service Center in Sylva. The menu will include homemade meat or vegetarian sauce, salad, garlic bread and dessert. Cost is $5, and proceeds will benefit flood victims, New Century Scholars, a local needy family and HANDS. Carry-outs will be available.
REMEMBER THE VALENTINE'S
dance and auction Saturday night at 9 p.m. at Crossroads. The event, sponsored by the Jackson County Humane Society, will feature music by Oboe Mimosa, and donated items will be auctioned by Karen Martar. All proceeds will go to the Humane Society. Tickets, which cost $10 per person, are available downtown at Crossroads, Meatballs and Lulu's.
AND REMEMBER YOUR VALENTINE
with a gift from one of the fine stores advertising their special items in this week's paper. A number of local restaurants are offering Valentine's specials as well.
WINTER WEATHER
has dealt a crippling blow to area efforts to recover from a severe blood shortage. The American Red Cross has scheduled blood drives locally today (Thursday) at Harris Regional Hospital from 1:30 p.m. to 6 p.m.; and at Wal-Mart Friday, Feb. 11, from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. All who can are asked to give the gift of life during this time of critical need, a Red Cross spokesman said.
STANBERRY INSURANCE
has purchased Macon Insurance Agency and now how has three locations Sylva, Franklin and Highlands. Joining the Stanberry team with the purchase are Tom Lane, Phillip Lane, Jeannie Cheek and Janet Neal.
WESTERN-SOUTHERN
Life Insurance Co. will sponsor a visit from WestCare's mobile mammography unit Tuesday, Feb. 15. The unit will be at the company's office at 293 W. Main Street from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. A special reduced price of $65 will include a complete mammography, screening and reading.
AUDITIONS FOR KUDZU PLAYERS'
next production, "Nunsense," will be held Monday and Tuesday, Feb. 14 and 15, from 7 to 9 p.m. in the old Jackson County Courthouse. Those auditioning should prepare one song and bring music. An accompanist will be provided. Those trying for parts may be asked to read at least one monologue from the show. Scripts are available for preview at the Jackson County Public Library. Kudzu needs box office and ushering help for its performances of "Last of the Red Hot Lovers" the next two weekends. Anyone interested may call 631-2888.
SEVERAL HARRAH'S
employees were honored recently for providing superior customer service. Those selected were Tim Chiltoskie, Ed Yashenko, Bonnie Garlock, Jenea Murphy and Kim Winchester. These five, designated "property winners," are now eligible for companywide awards. "I am extremely proud of the five employees our selection committee chose as property winners," said General Manager Jerry Egelus. "The property selection process was extremely difficult because we had so many truly deserving nominees. And what really made the process difficult is that we went from 11 award categories last year down to just four for this year."
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
crews will close a portion of S.R. 1381 (Hometown Place Road) next week. The road will be closed from its western junction with Business 23 in Dillsboro to S.R. 1380, said DOT's Greg Shuler. The road will be closed for several weeks, Shuler said.
JACK SWANNER,
mill manager at T&S Hardwoods in Sylva, was named to a one-year term as first vice president of the N.C. Forestry Association, a private, non-profit partnership of forest managers, landowners, mill operators, loggers, furniture manufactures and others concerned about the long-term health and productivity of the state's forest resources and the industries they support. Forestry is the state's second-largest manufacturing industry, employing about 146,000 North Carolinians. Swanner was recently elected to a three-year term on the association's board of directors last month.
LEE EVEY
of Springfield, Va., son of Bud and Jo Evey of Sylva, is currently serving as project manager for the Pentagon renovation project, which will cost some $1.2 billion and may take 20 years to complete. The Pentagon, completed in 1943, was designed in a weekend, built in 16 months and cost $83 million, according to a recent story in USA Today.
YOU CAN STOP
the sale of the top part of your credit reports. This portion contains personal information, including your social security number. Just call 1-888-567-8688 toll free. The automated message will ask for your social security number. Some people don't wish to give this number. To avoid it, key in 111-11-1111 instead. And, to avoid giving your telephone number, key in 111-111-1111. If your request is fulfilled, you should receive a mailing asking for confirmation.
A NEW MYSTERY,
"Forget About Murder" by Elizabeth Daniels Squire, acknowledges the help and suggestions of a number of Western North Carolina journalists, including The Sylva Herald's own Lynn Hotaling, Rose Hooper and Lisa Majors-Duff. The book is the latest in Squire's Peaches Dann series
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