A NEW LINEUP . . .
of area businesses are featured this week in our popular Business Spotlight on the back of this section. Taking center stage in this edition is Comfort Inn, located east of Sylva on the Asheville Highway.
JACKSON COUNTY . . .
Youth Sports will hold registration for football and cheerleading squads from 9 a.m.-noon Saturday, July 22, at Fairview Youth Complex. Cost is $35. Participants must have a copy of their birth certificate and proof of a health physical. Teams will be divided into four divisions for ages 6-13 as of Aug. 1. Each football team will be limited to 27 players, and each cheerleading squad will be limited to 12 members. For more information, call Jim Hair at 586-3398.
PAPA'S PIZZA TO GO . . .
will hold customer appreciation days next Tuesday and Wednesday, July 25 and 26, at the Sylva store only. See their ad in this issue for details.
BLUEBERRIES ARE RIPE . . .
Pick your own at Thomas Berry Farm in Cullowhee. Pelham is available Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays from 8 a.m. until 6 p.m., or call 293-5132 for special arrangements.
KEEP COOL . . .
these hot summer days by reading local author Wilford Corbin's chilling Alaskan adventures in his new book, "A World Apart: My Life Among the Eskimos." Corbin will sign copies of his book at 7:30 p.m. tonight (Thursday) at City Lights bookstore.
FOUND AT SYLVA'S . . .
downtown Poteet Park: A man's watch. Call to identify at 586-6291.
NEW OWNERS . . .
of Blimpie's in Wal-Mart Plaza are Jaye Dietz and Manuela Luebeck. The officially took over the store this past Monday. Jaye, from Door County, Wis., and Manuela, from Thale, Germany, managed the KOA Campground in Cherokee before buying Blimpie's from David Gates. Blimpie's hours are 10:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 11 a.m. until 9 p.m. on Sundays. Jaye and Manuela live on Parris Branch in Sylva. Gates, who opened Blimpie's in 1997, has reopened his former business, David's Place, next to the Dillsboro Post Office.
GREAT SMOKY . . .
Mountains Railroad has added a new car. The railroad has acquired the former Powhatan Arrow Club Car, meticulously restored it and placed it into service as the MacNeill Club Car. Built in the 1940s for the Norfolk & Western Railway, the car ran of N&W's premier passenger line until 1982 when N&W merged with Southern Railway to form the Norfolk-Southern Line. GSMR obtained the car at a 1995 auction. Fine woodwork, new lighting, carpet and upholstered seating have been added. Club cars are climate-controlled for passengers' comfort, with parlor seating and complimentary soft drink and snack. For more information, call 1-800-872-4681 or visit online at www.gsmr.com.
ALMOND TWIRLERS . . .
will hold a dance Thursday, July 27, at 8 p.m. at the old Whittier School.
NEED A TELEPHONE book? The Jackson County Chamber of Commerce has more than 500 - and a very limited amount of storage. They have the new 2000-01 four-county directories as well as local GTE books. If you need one, go by the Chamber office on Central Street 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday or 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.
THANKS . . .
to Rep. Phil Haire of Sylva who shared a copy of "A Brief Recess," which is the newsletter of the North Carolina Judicial Branch. Longtime Jackson County Clerk of Court Frank Watson and members of his staff are featured in the July issue..
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