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Things and Stuff: 07/17/03

Notes from our business community
- and everywhere else

METROSTAT TECHNOLOGIES is featured this week in a new rendition of our popular Business Spotlight feature. See the ad on the last page of this section for more information about the many services Metrostat offers. The company is owned by John and Robin Kevlin of Cullowhee.


CITY LIGHTS will host the author of "Amazing North Carolina" Tuesday, July 22, at 7:30 p.m. Theresa Jensen Lacey will read from her book, answer questions and sign copies. The book is filled with fascinating facts, odd details and historical trivia about the state. For more information or to reserve a copy, call City Lights at 586-9499.


PENUMBRA GALLERY and Studio on Main Street is open Wednesday through Saturday from noon to 9 p.m., and features oil paintings by John Torina and black-and-white photography by Sarah Torina and Matthew Turlington. The gallery's phone number, listed incorrectly last week, is 631-5278. Visit online at www.penumbragallery.com.


CHRISTMAS IN JULY will be held this Saturday, July 19, from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m. to raise money for the Community Table. Holiday items on sale will include new ornaments, decorations and gifts donated by Kathy Painter when she closed her Main Street business, Gifts of the Heart. Homemade jams, jellies, canned goods, cookies and beverages will also be available. The Community Table is located on Old Asheville Highway next to the former Majik gas station. For more information, call 586-6782.


THE CULLOWHEE HIGH SCHOOL reunion will include a picnic Friday Aug. 8, at 4 p.m. at the Western Carolina University picnic area and a Saturday, Aug. 9, event at Cullowhee Valley School. Reservations should be made immediately. Send them to Cullowhee H.S. Fund, P.O. Box 1972, Cullowhee, N.C. 28723. For more information, call Doris Beck at 586-4380 or Mutt Morris at 293-5655.


THE BUILDERSMITH is a Jackson County business that recently joined the Better Business Bureau of Asheville and Western North Carolina.


VETERANS NEWS - It is important that veterans have a DD Form 214 in their possession. So many veterans that come into the Sylva office need this form immediately. Upon the death of a veteran, the family must have this form to receive benefits. Sometimes the Register of Deeds Office can supply this form but not always. In some cases the DD Form 214 must be requisitioned from the military records center in St. Louis, and this takes considerable time. If you are a veteran and do not have a DD Form 214 in your possession, call Russ Bauer, Veterans Service officer for Jackson County at 586-7596.


Smoky Mountain Alpaca Farm recently opened its doors with the assistance of Ambassadors from the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce. The Alpaca Farm is located just off U.S. 441 near Country Road Farms and raises alpacas for breeding purposes as well as for fleece. For more information, call 586-8113.

The Holiday Inn Express celebrated held its grand opening celebration July 1, and Jackson County Chamber of Commerce Ambassadors were on hand for the ribbon cutting. Owned by Buddy and Susan Owen of Dillsboro, the Holiday Inn Express has 67 rooms as well as a conference center. For more information, call them at 631-1111.

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