Smoky Mountain News

The Carolinas Porsche Club of America Mountain chapter donated $3,000 to Sarge’s Animal Rescue Foundation of Waynesville last month. Porsche drivers from six states recently attended a weekend event at the Waynesville Inn, where donations and a raffle were collected on behalf of Sarge’s, marking its third year as the chosen charity for the event.

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Emily’s Elves, which offers cleaning, senior care, pet and childcare services, has expanded its operations to the Franklin area from their established location in Hayesville. 828.389.3886 or visit www.emilys-elves.com

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Harrah’s recognized for tourism efforts on North Carolina’s behalf

Harrah’s Cherokee Casino & Hotel was awarded a tourism excellence award, recognizing efforts to develop the state’s travel industry, namely the North Carolina Travel Industry Association’s Tourism Excellence Award for Outstanding Contributions to the Development of Tourism in North Carolina.

Harris Prevost, vice president of Grandfather Mountain, presented the award to Frieda Huskey, one of the original employees at Harrah’s Cherokee Casino & Hotel and now Group Sales Coordinator for the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians during a recent banquet.

“These are good people, and if you stay at Harrah’s Cherokee Casino & Hotel as I have, you see great customer service provided by caring people in a well-run organization,” said Prevost. “Harrah’s jobs, tribe distributions, combined with a major over all economic boost, have given a lot of people security, peace of mind and dignity. You can’t put a price on that.”

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Patty Ward has been named assistant vice president and administrator of MedWest-Swain.

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Harrah’s Cherokee Casino and Hotel has joined with 12Twelve Marketing in Asheville to enhance its public relations team. 828.645.5596 or 828.777.4129 or harrah’ This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

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Chef James Reaux of Murphy’s Chophouse, the Chophouse of Hiawassee, The Chophouse at LaPrade’s and Thirteen Moons Restaurant will be participating in the American Harvest Workshop, an annual food and wine celebration at Cakebread Cellars in Napa Valley, Calif. He is one of the nation’s top chefs that will be cooking, tasting wine, and visiting local purveyors along with more than 50 chefs from around the world. www.cakebread.com.

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BI-LO is offering a new e-coupon program that allows customers to load coupons directly onto their MY BI-LO BONUSCARD to be used in the store without going through the daily paper. Coupons can be found by logging in to their bi-lo.com account and clicking on “Ways to Save.” Bi-lo.com

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Attorney Suzanne Saucier was recently sworn in to practice law in North Carolina. Saucier is a staff attorney with the Sylva office of Legal Aid of North Carolina, where she will handle a variety of civil cases. The Sylva office serves Haywood, Jackson, Macon, Swain, Clay, Cherokee and Graham counties and the Qualla Indian Boundary.

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Ronald Paulus, M.D., MBA, President and CEO of Mission Health,  has been named one of the new “291 Hospital and Health System Leaders to Know,” compiled annually by Becker’s Hospital Review. Dr. Paulus has just completed his first year as CEO at Mission. Executives do not pay and cannot pay to be included on this list.

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A two-day Quickbooks for Accountants Course will be held from 8 a.m. to noon on Friday, Oct. 21 and 28 through Haywood Community College’s Continuing Education Department. Cost for this course is $65. 828.627.4500.

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The Appalachian Regional Commission awarded the Highlands-Cashiers Hospital Foundation a $25,000 grant to help pay for a new bone density scanner, which will aid in prevention and treatment of osteoporosis.

“Local access to an on-site bone density scanner provides the most comprehensively validated test to detect and prevent fracture outcomes,” said President and CEO Craig James.  “Ultimately, the surrounding communities will benefit through reduced risk of life threatening hip fractures, chronic back pain and deformities, which commonly occur when osteoporosis goes undiagnosed and untreated.”

The remaining cost of the equipment and installation will be funded by contributions to the Campaign for Community Healthcare Excellence. To date an additional gift of $10,000 has been donated by Wicke and Rufus Chambers through the Cullasaja Cares Fund. The new equipment is expected to begin serving patients in early 2012.

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Dr. Laci Coggins Jamison has joined WNC Hospitalist Services, a part of the MedWest Health System Physician Network. She is a 2008 graduate of the UNC-School of Medicine and completed the Cabarrus Family Medicine Residency Program at Carolinas Medical Center-NorthEast Hospital in Concord in June. 828.631.8894.

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The Haywood Regional Medical Center Foundation raised more than $156,000 recently during its 2011 Annual Charitable Classic Golf & Gala to support services at MedWest-Haywood. Approximately 135 sponsors and 360 golfers participated in the two-day golf event .