Things and Stuff: 11/13/03

Notes from our business community
- and everywhere else

FAMILY NURSE PRACTITIONER Pam Shuler, DSNc, CFNP, RN, has joined the practices of Drs. John Wilson and Eileen Wright at the Great Smokies Medical Center in Asheville. Shuler, who lives in Sylva, specializes in natural and alternative therapies with a focus on hormonal assessment and treatment.
For an appointment, call (828) 252-9833. For more information about the practice, visit the medical center Web site at www.gsmcweb.com.

THE TRAFFIC LIGHT recently installed at the intersection of N.C. 107 and Old Settlement Road is now operational. Drivers should be alert while traveling that stretch of highway.

A PRODUCTION ERROR last week caused part of the story on the Sylva and Forest Hills elections to be left out of the paper. The complete story was posted on our Web site, www.thesylvaherald.com. Official results are in this week's paper in a story on the election canvass on page 2A. We apologize for any inconvenience.

FREE LIVE MUSIC will be on tap at Soul Infusion Friday, Saturday and next Thursday. Participants are advised to arrive early for best seating

Friday, Nov. 14 – Marshall Ballew, 9 p.m. until midnight. The veteran blues-rocker will bring his collection of vintage stringed instruments.

Saturday, Nov. 15 – Christy Stokes, 9 p.m. until midnight. Local favorite singer-songwriter brings her unique sound back to Soul Infusion.

Thursday, Nov. 20 – Daniel Jacobs, 6 to 8 p.m. Folksinger-songwriter from Massachusetts returns to Soul Infusion on his Southeast tour.

For more information, call 586-1717 or visit their Web site, www.soulinfusion.com

CALLING ALL N.C. State Wolfpack Fans! NCSU alumni will meet at SoHo Grill and Racquet Club in Cullowhee Saturday, Nov. 15, to view the NSCU/FSU Football Game at 3:30 p.m. For more information or to RSVP, call Sheryl Rudd, Jackson County alumni representative at 586-9581 or Nikki Toedtman, Jackson County Wolfpack Club representative at 293-0456.

SMOKY MOUNTAIN High School senior Jessica Ray would like to thank everyone who helped with a recent fund-raiser that was part of her senior project. The musical event, featuring Country Our Way, raised money for the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. Jessica is the daughter of John and Jammie Ray.

DAVID KELLY, another SMHS senior, sent us a note praising the good work done by Jennifer Baer through "Stepping Out," a program for handicapped adults offered at the Family Resource Center. Stepping Out provides adaptive equipment, space and materials to allow handicapped adults to meet, socialize and complete art and craft projects every Wednesday from 1 until 3 p.m. Readers who would like more information may call Baer at 631-0514.
Thanks, David, for bringing this worthwhile program to the community's attention.

POETRY by Joy Hoyle of Blantons Branch has been accepted by The Honored Noble House of London, Paris and New York for an upcoming anthology. Chosen for publication in a collection titled Theatre of the Mind, this inclusion of Hoyle's poetry will establish her as an international author. Hoyle, who grew up in Caney Fork, has authored two books of prose and poetry, Beneath the Balsams and Handed Down Then Passed Around. With stories filled with humor, reflecting a time of family and love, this local author has taken steps to share her memories in poetry with not only the regional area, but with the world. Theatre of the Mind is scheduled for release early next year.

READER Dan Johnson of Grenada, Spain, who says he has "Jackson County roots," submitted the following additions for our Jackson County alphabet:

O is for Ochre, as in "Hill,"
A cemetery and a church, help fill the bill.

Q is for Qualla, our beloved Indian site,
An historic wrong, that we tried to make right.

R is for Rough Butt, a logging camp, if you will,
At the end of Caney Fork, high up on the hill.

S is for Sugar Creek, a trickling beauty to behold,
Icy mountain water, clear as can be, and as cold!

T is for the Tuckaseegee, with many twists and turns,
Along it's bank, the kudzu, many trees, and ferns.

And Anita (Knight) Pavey, who grew up in Balsam, suggested "B is for Balsam," but she didn't include a rhyme. Here's one created by the Cafe crew:

B is for Balsam, village so fair
Visitors went there by train for the cool mountain air.

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