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THE KITCHEN SHOP in Dillsboro is featured this week in our Business Spotlight. Stop by the shop near Ray's Florist for all your cooking and grilling needs. The Kitchen Shop also offers a bridal registry service. For more information, see their ad on the back page of this section. NOW OPEN: Little Rascals, the gently used children's store specializing in clothing and accessories ranging from newborn to 10 years of age. All items are inspected for stains and defects. Little Rascals is located at Uncle Bills Flea Market on U.S. 441 between Sylva and Cherokee and is open Wednesday-Sunday from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. ATTENTION MEN of Jackson County! We need your help. How far would you go to put an end to cancer? Join in the fun with the community and participate in a "Womanless Beauty Pageant." We need your smiling faces and your fashion sense to help our community fight cancer. The pageant is July 19 at 8 p.m. at the Community Service Center. All proceeds will go to the American Cancer Society's Relay for Life. For more information, contact Jerri Ann Stafford at the Jackson County Department of Public Health. HERE'S A REMINDER to all who have businesses or provide a service within the town of Sylva: You are required to purchase a yearly privilege license that runs from July 1 through June 30. All contractors - including such services as mowing, landscaping, tree-trimming and garbage collection - require a $10 per year license. Wrecker services also need a license. For more information, call Lynn Allen at 586-2719 or visit the town's Web site, www.townofsylva.org. FOR THOSE WHO'D like to take in a show before Friday's fireworks, Western Carolina University's production of "Steel Magnolias" begins at 7:30 p.m. and runs about an hour and 40 minutes, which should give theater-goers ample time to make it to Main Street for the fireworks display at dark. For tickets, call the communication and theater arts department at 227-7491. REACH of Jackson County is in need of crisis hotline volunteers. Training and pagers will be provided. If interested, call Kathy at 586-8969. EAST LAPORTE Masonic Lodge will hold a fund-raising country breakfast Saturday, July 12, from 7:30 a.m. until 10 a.m. The menu will include biscuits, gravy, sausage, eggs, grits, hot cakes, coffee and juice. Cost is $4 for adults and $2 for children under 12. Funds will be used to add a second exit to the lodge building. SOUL INFUSION Tea House in Sylva celebrated its second anniversary this past weekend with a musical benefit for Sharecroppers, the Community Table's new non-profit organic community garden. Jason and Karin Kimenker, proprietors of Soul Infusion, presented James Stewart of AmeriCorps/VISTA with a check and donations totaling $435 to benefit Sharecroppers. The June 27 event featured an evening of family entertainment with music by Frank Lee of The Freighthoppers, Marshall Ballew of WNCW, guys from the Saw Mill Creek Porch Band and many other local musicians. "We were extremely pleased with the community support to celebrate our anniversary and to benefit the Sharecroppers," said Jason Kimenker. "Sharecroppers represents a great community bond and a wonderful addition to Jackson County. We hope to provide Soul Infusion as a venue for other benefit shows in the near future." For information about hosting a benefit show at Soul Infusion, call the tea house at 586-1717 or visit online at www.soulinfusion.com. TO DATE, 25 churches, along with several families have contributed some $34,026 toward the goal of placing the Jesus Video on the life of Jesus Christ in every home in Jackson County. Total budget needs are $52,000 plus any increase in the video price for placing the order later this fall. Plans are to mail these videos next spring and follow up during the summer. Churches and families are invited to participate in the project by mailing gifts to Jackson County Jesus Video Project, P.O. Box 222, Sylva, N.C. 28779. VETERANS' NEWS: Public Law 107-3133 eliminated the disability offset to retired pay for certain military retirees. The name of the program is Combat-related Special Compensation. If you are a retired military member with 20 years of service for retired pay computation and who either have disabilities because of combat injuries for which you have been awarded the Purple Heart or who are rated at least 60 percent disabled because of armed conflict, hazardous duty, training exercises, mishaps involving military equipment, or exposed to Agent Orange, you may qualify. Also, a retired reservist whose retirement was based on points only, who has 7,200 points or more for the computation of retired pay, may be eligible for this benefit. To take part, you must apply to your own branch of service using DD Form 2680. Forms are available at the Jackson County Veterans Office, where personnel can assist you in submitting applications. Contact Veterans Service Officer Russ Bauer at 586-7596. "Veterans are our most precious resource."
Mountain Bank staff celebrated the grand opening of its Sylva branch last week with ambassadors from the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce. Mountain Bank is open Monday through Friday and is located at 583 Asheville Highway in the shopping center adjacent to Tim's Auto Parts.
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