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Southwestern Community College’s Small Business Center is offering a free “Ebay for Small Business” class from 1–4 p.m. Sept. 4-6 on the Jackson Campus in the Founders Hall computer lab room 124 with instructor Nick Hawks. Space is limited. 828.306.7017.
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The Dillsboro Chocolate Factory now has a new retail location in Pigeon Forge, Tenn., in addition to its Dillsboro location.
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The Highlands Chamber of Commerce and Visitor Center is planning to relocate to 108 Main Street in Highlands, made possible as a result of an anonymous gift of the property to the Town of Highlands.
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A Dairy Queen has opened adjoining the Shell gas station on East Main in Sylva. The 2,500 square-foot DQ has added 45 new jobs in the area.
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David A. Shapiro, the Robert Lee Madison Distinguished Professor of communication sciences and disorders at Western Carolina University, has been elected president of the International Fluency Association, which includes researchers, speech scientists and speech-language pathologists from more than 30 countries.
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The Maggie Valley Chamber and Visitors Bureau will be closed temporarily while they are preparing to move to a new location. Visitor information will be available at Maggie Mountaineer Crafts in Maggie Valley or at the TDA visitor center on Main Street in Waynesville. 828.421.9625.
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Grace Church in the Mountains in Waynesville is accepting grant requests from charitable organizations in Haywood County. Deadline is Sept. 6. 828.456.6029.
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NU 2 U Consignment will open Labor Day Weekend at 5200 U.S. 74 in Whittier. Store hours are 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesdays and Wednesdays, noon to 8 p.m. Thursdays, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays. Sunday times vary. 828.586.5634 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .
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Southwestern Community College developmental math faculty member Mary Bradley received the 2012 Teaching Excellence Award from the North Carolina Mathematics Association of Two Year Colleges.
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The Downtown Waynesville Association, Old Town Bank and Haywood Community College’s Small Business Center are offering a course on fighting business fraud from 8:30-10 p.m. Sept. 18 at Waynesville Town Hall’s board room. This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or 828.456.3517
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Mark Clasby, executive director of Haywood County Economic Development Commission and chair of the MedWest Health System, was elected vice president of the North Carolina Economic Developers Association board of directors.
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Claymates of Waynesville, a paint-your-own pottery studio with another location in Dillsboro, opened on Hazelwood Avenue in Waynesville. 828.246.9595 or www.claymatespottery.com.
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Participants in the Job Development Training program recently completed landscaping improvements at Webster Enterprises. Curtis Johnson, a program participant, designed new and expanded flowerbeds at the entrances and a stone walk to and around the facility’s flagpole. The two-day project involved soil preparation, planting, constructing borders and covering areas with mulch.
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Russell Bigmeat Jr. from the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians became the first water treatment plant operator to be certified as nationwide operator by examination through United South and Eastern Tribes’s certification. The USET certification is commissioned by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
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Ghost Town is sponsoring an Appreciation Day for Haywood County on Sept. 8, with all proceeds going toward the Haywood County Schools Foundation. 828.593.9658 or 828.926.1130.
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ESPN Radio in Asheville signed a two-year agreement with Western Carolina University athletics to join the Catamount Sports Network (CSN) for coverage of the Catamount Football Fall 2012 season. ESPN Radio 1310 AM is based out of Asheville and simulcasts on WYSE 970 AM in Canton. www.ESPNAsheville.com.
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David Ginn of Sylva is now a certified P90X trainer, a 90-day extreme fitness program and cultural phenomenon based on a method of cross-training and periodization called “muscle confusion.” 828.506.4726.
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Macon County Commissioner Ronnie Beale has been named the First Vice President of the North Carolina Association of County Commissioners.
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Phyllis McClure, town clerk for the Town of Waynesville, has been awarded the prestigious designation of North Carolina Certified Municipal Clerk from the North Carolina Association of Municipal Clerks. McClure is in the first class of municipal clerks from North Carolina who are receiving the designation.
