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Bringing Print to Life
In retrospect, it makes perfect sense. Cashiers lacks a large scale business printer, and there’s no one offering high speed document scanning, faxing, and copying. This oversight finally struck Colleen Kerrigan, the owner of The Business Spot in Highlands. “Not only did these basic services not exist, there was clearly no such thing as a wide format printer for blueprints …
Look No Further for Creative Framing
When it comes to framing your art and valuables, creativity is key. A framer who knows how to choose a mat and frame that will complement not take away from your treasure is rare. Experience is key and Janice Cummings and Kris Sterrie have it! In 1999 when they took a leap of faith and opened Creative Framing, they were …
So Much to See & Do in Cashiers
The Cashiers Area Chamber of Commerce maintains and promotes Cashiers411.com online community calendar of events happening in Cashiers, Highlands, Glenville, Sapphire, Lake Toxaway and surrounding communities throughout the year. The website highlights business trunk shows, artist features, live music at local restaurants, community concert and performance dates, special tours, fundraising event information and more. This time of year, area residents …
Chamber’s New Executive Director
Kaye McHan, Highlands Chamber of Commerce’s new Executive Director of Tourism and Marketing happens to a whole lot of things …things that have improved business, supported the Arts, strengthened the economy, opened minds, and made whatever group she has joined better for her membership. Having lived in the Highlands area for many years as Director of The Bascom and more …
HCHF Announces Second Grant
The Highlands Cashiers Health Foundation is deep in the process of enacting a second grant cycle of 2019. Grant applications are being accepted through 5:00 P.M. Friday, October 18, at hchealthfnd.org/grants. The Foundation invites proposals to address solutions in four focus areas: Health and Access to Healthcare; Education; Economic Stability; and Community Vitality. “We are particularly interested in …
Peggy’s True Hero
The Peggy Crosby Center, originally Highlands’ first hospital, is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to providing modern, attractive and affordable office space for nonprofits and small businesses that serve the community. Building operating expenses are met by the modest rents tenants pay, but all renovations are completed using funds donated from generous citizens through an annual letter writing campaign. These …
My Friend Christy
My friend Christy Kelly died July 31 at her home in Scaly Mountain. According to Irish folklore, there are some people living among us who have the ability to charm the birds out of the trees. I always considered that a bit of quaint folderol until I crossed paths with this force of nature. If you live here on the …
Peggy’s Eye Candy Has a Purpose
In the June edition of The Laurel, we featured the beginning stages of the pollinator garden at the Peggy Crosby Center. Three key contributors to the project made this beautiful, functional garden possible: 1) The dedicated work of noted landscape designer Canty Worley; 2) Grants from The Laurel Garden Club and Highlands Falls Country Club; 3) A significant donation of …
Shadow of the Bear
There’s a bear who visits our small mountain community every year. If you’re patient enough to wait for her on Highway 64 at the Macon/Jackson County line – at a place called Rhodes Big View – you can be one of the lucky ones who catches a glimpse as she slowly takes shape and makes a fleeting appearance. Of …
My New Ex Friend
In 2012, when I first met Cashiers-Glenville Volunteer Fire Department Chief Randy Dillard, he blurted out, “Well there’s my new ex-friend from the Humane Society.” Without skipping a beat I responded with, “And you must be my new ex-friend from the Fire Department.” While the “ex-friend” label stuck and continues to be a running joke between us to this day, …
Congrats to Kaleb
Many of you have met our magnificent Percheron-Paint cross, My Kaleb. He came to the farm, a gift from Cindy Sheets of Breezy Meadow Farm in Concord, North Carolina. Kaleb was born and spent his early years in Virginia as a cross-country horse. Running and jumping were his daily activity. He was purchased several years ago, first by someone …
Who made a Difference to You?
Next year is the centennial of America granting women the right to vote. It’s astonishing to think that this country was able to get along as well as it did for nearly 150 years without input from half its population. If you’re a reader of Laurel’s ongoing Highlands and Cashiers History features, you know about the outsized role women have …
