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EXCEL PAYROLL PLUS, an organization specializing in human resource services, is featured in our Business Spotlight on page 12C. Contact Brooke Sutton or Kim Lewis at 631-0976 to find out how their company can help your business.
LOWE’S WILL OPEN its Sylva store on Monday, Aug. 28. The store’s grand opening festivities will start Friday, Sept. 1, and continue throughout the weekend.
SHIRLEY KOOL of Sylva is this week’s winner in our Great Smokies Dining Guide contest. She will receive a $25 gift certificate to Lulu’s. Look for our dining guide on pages 4 and 5C for information about how you can enter and win.
HARRIS REGIONAL HOSPITAL’S Auxiliary Thrift Shop will be closed on Tuesday, Aug. 29, and will reopen Wednesday, Aug. 30.
THE INAUGURAL APPALACHIAN ARTS AND CRAFTS BAZAAR will be Saturday, Oct. 21, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Jackson County Recreation Complex in Cullowhee. For more information, call Catch the Spirit of Appalachia at 631-4587 or the Rec Center at 293-3053.
DON’T FORGET that next Wednesday (Aug. 30) will be a “Blue Plate Special” day at the Community Table. Visiting chefs will be Brad and Alicia Jacobs, co-owners of Lil’ Harvey’s Ribs and Barbecue in Dillsboro. Take-out orders may be placed at 586-6782. Ask about delivery. Donation is a minimum of $5 per plate that will be used to support the Table’s operations.
WEBSTER BAPTIST CHURCH plans a “Rally on the Lawn” this Sunday, Aug. 27. Events will start at 5 p.m. with a meal and fellowship time, which will be followed by a music and worship service at 6 p.m. The event will be held rain or shine.
HEATHER BROOM, independent Longaberger home consultant, will host a tour of the Longaberger Basket Company in Ohio Oct. 11 through 13. Cost is $350 per person. See the ad in this week’s issue for more details.
LAST WEEK’S OBITUARY for Bobbie Nell Ensley Gunter did not include one of the charities the family specified for memorial gifts. In addition to the American Cancer Society, donations may be made to the American Lupus Foundation, 200 L. St. S.W., Suite 710, Washington, D.C. 20036.
KINDERMUSIK registration is now under way at The Music Village in Cullowhee. Music classes will begin Tuesday, Aug. 29, for children ages birth to 7. Both day and evening classes are available. Register at Suds Your Duds Laundromat on Old Cullowhee Road, or download a registration form from the Web site, www.themusicvillage-nc.com. For more information, call Lori Richards at 293-5600.
THE MUSIC VILLAGE is also accepting a limited number of Suzuki flute students ages 4 to adult. The Suzuki teaching method is also appropriate for intermediate and advanced students. For information call Richards at 293-5600 or visit online at www.themusicvillage-nc.com.
ELLEN WARD, granddaughter of Whittier residents Mary and Chuck Brogan and Roy and Anne Ward, was recognized by KGLA Publications for “outstanding achievement” and is honored in Who’s Who Among Middle School Students 2005-2006 Edition. Ellen, an eighth-grader at Swain Middle School, is the daughter of Rory and Marianne Ward of Bryson City.
Small Wonders Child Care has received four-star ratings the past two years. Owners Allison and Brian Marr, above, operate two local centers, employ 14 people and educate around 56 children on a daily basis. Allison is the daughter of James Dukes, a former Sylva Herald graphics and pre-press technician.
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