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RUTH WILKEY OF SYLVA is this week's winner in our "Have Dinner on Us" contest that is part of the newspaper's Great Smokies Dining Guide. Wilkey won a $25 gift certificate to Grandma's Barn. Contest information can be found on pages 4 and 5C. VANN IVEY of Sylva was recently certified as an installer of the patented gutter protection system called "LeavesOut." The product is a solid aluminum cover for existing gutters that, once installed, guarantees the customer their gutters will never need to be cleaned again. Ivey joins Greg Hall, the Chimney Sweep, whose Sylva business is nearing its 25th anniversary. For more information, call 586-6904 or visit the LeavesOut Web site at www.LeavesOut.com.
PFC KEVIN PRICE will be welcomed home this Sunday, Sept. 7, from 4-7 p.m. at the Cullowhee Recreation Park. PFC Price recently returned after serving eight months in Afghanistan with the U.S. Army's 82nd Airborne Division. A 2002 graduate of Smoky Mountain High School, he is the son of Donald and Beverly Bradley of Sylva and Keith and Susan Price of Asheville. REACH THRIFT Store manager Norma McClure invites
folks to pop a balloon this Friday, Sept. 5, and receive a discount
on purchases ranging from 10 to 50 percent. LIQUID BREAD CO., which offers a variety of home-brewing and wine-making supplies, is celebrating is first anniversary in Sylva. Call for more information at 586-6440 or see their ad in our classifieds. SEEKING A SPECIAL outing in the mountains? Great Smoky Mountains Railroad offers the perfect ingredients for a fun and unusual evening out. Take a spirited mystery with audience participation, add a delicious three-course dinner, and place them in an elegant dining car for a three-hour trip by train. The Mystery Theatre Dinner Train departs the Dillsboro Depot at 7:30 p.m. with the engine pulling the Silver Meteor, Dixie Flyer and Champion through a mural of mountain landscapes as a mystery unfolds on board. Nightshade Mystery Theatre will present "My Fatal Valentine" on two Fridays, Sept. 12 and 26, and "Curtains at the Speakeasy," the Halloween Mystery Special, on Oct. 10, 16, 17, 23, 24, 26, 30 and 31, and Nov. 7. Audience members will join in the fun as they enjoy salad, entree and dessert. As the train cars sing their "clickety-clack" on the rails, a scream rings out and before the party arrives at its destination, a crime has been committed. Train detectives enlist the help of audience members to follow the clues to an entertaining "Who done it?" An untimely crime, several suspects, and many motives for mystery await those who ride the rails. Dress codes are enforced on mystery train, and audience members are invited to get into the spirit of the season by wearing their favorite Halloween costume for the October mysteries. For additional information and reservations, contact the GSMR at 1-800-872-4681. JACKSON COUNTY Chamber of Commerce will publish an annual magazine designed to promote our assets to prospective residents, businesses and visitors by sponsoring Images of Jackson County, a polished, four-color magazine that showcases the people, natural beauty and progressive business climate of the area through original photography and professionally-written stories. The 2004 Jackson County Visitor Guide will again be bound inside Images of Jackson County and will have an additional circulation of 25,000. The visitor guide will be used by the Jackson County Travel and Tourism Authority to fulfill all inquiries for visitor information and is available online at www.mountainlovers.com. "The appealing and entertaining format of this high-quality magazine spotlights commerce, education, the arts, sports and recreation, health-care opportunities and the special qualities that make Jackson County the ideal place to live and work," says Julie Spiro, executive director of the Jackson County Chamber. "I guarantee that those who already call the area home will also delight in the magazine's professional presentation of our community." Scheduled to publish in February 2004, more than 5,000 copies of Images of Jackson County will be distributed to prospective businesses, residents and visitors. The Chamber is partnering with Journal Communications, an award-winning custom publisher of community and specialty magazines in 25 states. "Journal Communications and the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce make a great team," said Ray Langen, executive vice president for Journal Communications. "Our challenge each year is choosing the stories to tell from Jackson County's wide array of accomplishments." For more information about the magazine, contact the Chamber of Commerce at 586-2155 or Journal Communications at 1-800-333-8842. VETERANS NEWS: Many medical problems are related to exposure to the chemical Agent Orange, and the Veterans Administration has acknowledged that veterans who served in the Republic of Vietnam were exposed to Agent Orange. Local Veterans Service Officer Russ Bauer said that veterans may not know of their eligibility to apply for service-connected disability based on conditions that might be traced to Vietnam exposure to Agent Orange. He cited a veteran who had been eligible to apply for disability benefits since being diagnosed with diabetes in 1996 but was unaware of his eligibility. Bauer urges Vietnam-era veterans to call him at 586-7596 with questions. |
