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A Cut to Remember
Issue: Whats News
Creative Concepts Salon, 541 Main Street in Highlands, is devoting an entire day to a fundraiser for the family of its beloved stylist Valarie Welch, who lost her life and the life of her daughter in a November housefire.
Valerie and Luna Welch
“It’s a Cut to Remember,” says salon owner Lacy Jane Vilardo.
“We’re honoring Valarie and Luna from 1:00 to 5:00 P.M. Monday, December 18. People can come to Creative Concepts for men’s and children’s cuts, women’s dry cuts and nail polish changes. All donations go to support the Welch family.”
Valarie and her daughter Luna lost their lives in a house fire on Nov 4.
“So, the fundraiser is to raise money for her husband Forrest and son Silas that survived” says Lacy Jane.
Though she only joined Creative Concepts at the start of the year, Valarie was already well-known in the community. She was a native Highlander and even as a student at Highlands School she was known for her hairstyling talents and her artistic sensibilities.
When she joined Creative Concepts, she quickly won a devoted clientele. That’s partly due to the skills that she brought to the job, and partly due to her effervescent personality, which never seemed to flag.
“I ultimately love making men and women feel good about how they look,” she told The Laurel in March. “I love getting to know each one of my clients and their families – they become friends.”
And that warm, irrepressible spirit wasn’t contained to the salon – the last time I spoke with her was at Calder’s Coffee, where she was quick to fill me in on the progress of Luna and Silas, before asking about my son Alex, whom she remembered from Highlands School, although he graduated from there when she was just a little kid. Hers was precisely that sort of loving spirit.
“Outside of work I’m the mother of two beautiful children – a three-year-old daughter and a one-year-old son,” she said in that same Laurel article. “In our free time my husband and I enjoy taking the kids hiking or to the park. We’re both artistic and love to create various types of art.”
I hope you’ll make a point to join the good people of Creative Concepts for a Cut to Remember, 1:00 to 5:00 P.M. Monday, December 18.
