Things and Stuff: 04/25/02

Notes from our business community
- and everywhere else

The Primitive Quartet

THE CAROLINA CROSSMEN...

will sponsor their eighth annual Cullowhee Valley Singing Friday-Sunday, May 3-5, at Cullowhee Valley School. Shows will be at 7 p.m. on Friday and Saturday and at 2 p.m. on Sunday. Featured groups will include the Jody Brown Indian Family and The Primitive Quartet on Friday, The Foundation Quartet and The Smoky Mountain Boys on Saturday and Tradition and The Good Shepherd Quartet on Sunday. The Carolina Crossmen will perform all three days. The free event is also sponsored by the Cullowhee Valley Boosters Club.

RAY'S FLORIST...

is featured in our Business Spotlight this week. See the ad on the back page of this section. Bedding plants are in, and owner Ray Nations is offering a number of Mother's Day specials.

STORYTELLER...

Gary Carden will entertain Saturday, May 4, at 7 p.m. at the SoHo Grill and Racquet Club in Cullowhee, located across from the Post Office. Call 293-9288 for details.

DILLSBORO...

will present its 18th annual Dillsboro Heritage Festival on Saturday, June 8, and is seeking local crafters and artisans to apply for booth space for this event. The Heritage Festival is a juried show and all wares will be produced by the artisans. There are two fee schedules for booth space with special consideration being offered to those artisans willing to "work" throughout the day demonstrating the crafts they are selling. A limited number of food booths are also being sought. Contact Dillsboro Merchants Association at 586-3198 for an application. All applications must be received by Monday, May 20.

DON'T WAIT...

until the Kudzu turns green to catch "Green Grows the Kudzu," a one-woman show now playing at the Kudzu Theater at the old courthouse in Sylva. Shows are Friday and Saturday, May 3 and 4, at 7:30 p.m., and Sunday, May 5, at 2:30 p.m.

REMEMBER YOUR MOTHER...

this Mother's Day with a gift to United Christian Ministries. Donations in honor or in memory may be sent to UCM, P.O. Box 188, Sylva, N.C. 28779. A gift to UCM on your mother's behalf is a meaningful way of thanking her for all she has given you.

CITY LIGHTS...

will host a special storytime for adults at 1 p.m. Saturday, May 4. Teachers, parents, aunts, uncles and others with an interest in children's books are invited to attend. Jennifer Ross will present new and recent titles for children and young adults, including ideas on how to incorporate these new books into the classroom. Reading notes for teachers and posters will be available.

EDWARD JONES ...

in Sylva will offer parents and grandparents tips on paying for a college education. Guests will also learn the tax advantages of college-savings plans as well as how to maintain control of their college-savings plan. For more information or to reserve a seat for this free program to be offered over the firm's private satellite network, call Graeme McGufficke at 586-2292.

JACKSON COUNTY...

Public Library will be closed Saturday, May 4, to allow the staff to participate in the 5K Human Race to raise money to keep things running.

YOUTH SPORTS...

registration for the 2002 Jackson County Youth Sports fall season will be Saturday, April 27, and Saturday, May 4, from 9 a.m. until noon in the parking lot of the Jackson County Justice Center. Participants must be Jackson County residents or attend Jackson County Schools (grades 1-8 only) and must be at least age 6 but not older than age 13 as of Aug. 1. For additional information, call Jim Hair at 586-3398.

JENNIFER LEE...

of Lewisville has been awarded the Lewisville Civic Club's Student Leadership Scholarship Award for 2002 and the Junior League of Winston Salem "Volunteer of the Year Award." She is the granddaughter of James R. DeVane of Cullowhee and will graduate May 25 from West Forsyth High School in Clemmons. Lee plans to attend Salem College.