Things and Stuff: 07/18/02

Notes from our business community
- and everywhere else

INCLUDED IN THIS WEEK'S NEWSPAPER...

is a new monthly feature aimed at raising awareness of the crucial role preschool education plays in a child's development. The page is a joint effort of The Sylva Herald and Smart Start. Each month's feature will include information about preschoolers and how they learn, as well as art and science activities parents and children can do together. In addition, a children's book will be profiled and the page will include guidelines to help parents enhance their child's reading experience.

Information will be fresh each month, and we hope this will be a valuable contribution to local parents of preschoolers, given the body of research that proves children need to come to school prepared to learn in order to do well in school and life. If you enjoy the page, please say "thank-you" to the advertisers who sponsor it.

CLARA STEPHENS...

is this weeks's winner of dinner for two at the Fryemont Inn in Bryson City. You too can be a winner. See pages 4 and 5C for more information.

THE HOME OF THE CATAMOUNTS...

will be going to the dogs - literally - when the Western Carolina Dog Fanciers Association hosts an American Kennel Club-sanctioned breed and obedience match Sunday, July 21, at Western Carolina University's Ramsey Center. Dogs will compete in a variety of categories and awards will be presented. Preregister through Friday, July 19, by calling Margo Gray at 586-8248 or e-mail crecomfort@aol.com. The match, which is open to non-competitors free of charge, begins at 10:30 a.m.

BARBARA LUMB...

has opened a new business, Four Paws on the Go, a mobile, professional pet grooming salon. Her van is fully self-contained with its own generator and water. Lumb, who attended the Southern Institute of Pet Grooming, specializes in dogs. She has a "huge tub to accommodate huge dogs." Lumb's mobile salon services Jackson County Monday through Friday and some Saturdays. Call 293-3721 for details.

THE KITCHEN SHOP...

in the new Dillsboro Court between Sylva and Dillsboro, is featured in this week's Spotlight. See the back page of this section for Saturday's special.

VERA KELLAR...

and Tyrone Whitaker, American Red Cross members in the Armed Forces Emergency Services Division, are requesting "quality of life" items to be donated to local Red Cross units around the world.

The pair, whose primary purpose is to provide reporting and emergency communication services and to keep military families in touch during these trying times, recently observed troops at Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan. Kellar and Whitaker reported the troops are desperate for items from home as they are living day-to-day with very few of these items. Their tents have no electricity and shower facilities are limited.

Items needed include: individually wrapped pieces of candy, cookies, microwave popcorn, snack foods, wet wipes, sunscreen, lip balm, foot powder, wraparound sunglasses, batteries, small pencil sharpeners, Kool-Aid or other drink mixes, blank greeting cards, toiletry items, videos, DVD's, CD's, cassettes, playing cards, small board games and paperback books.

The Jackson County branch of the Asheville-Mountain Area Chapter will be collecting "quality of life" items through Wednesday, July 31, at the chapter offices at 494 W. Main Street. For more information, contact the office at 258-3888.

THE BETTER...

Business Bureau would like to welcome the following businesses as new members: Jennings Builders & True Value Hardware, Judy's Bridal & Formal Wear, Kelly Painting Contractors & Paint Center, P & M Automotive, River Bridge Inn and Rusticks Inc.

A GROUP OF...

volunteers needs your help in raising money for the Christopher Lopez Kidney Transplant Fund. Any assistance will be appreciated. For more information, call 293-3917.

THE WESTCARE ...

Wound Clinic in Sylva will be temporarily relocated to 2 East in Harris Regional Hospital while renovations are being made to their future home at 1134 Skyland Drive. The renovations are expected to take approximately two weeks, at which time the clinic will be moved to the new office space. If you have any questions, contact the clinic at 586-7910.

CITY LIGHTS BOOKSTORE ...

in Sylva will hold a special sale on selected used books this Saturday. All paperback romance novels in the used book room will be on sale for $1 this Saturday only. Hardcover romances will sell for $2 each. City Lights is open from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.