Best Western gives $500 to Hotel Management programs at SCC, WCU

SYLVA - At a groundbreaking ceremony held on Thursday, Aug. 9, Hazel (fourth from left) and Ernie (not pictured) Ulmer, owners of the Best Western River Escape Inn and Suites, presented SCC's Hotel and Restaurant program and WCU's Hospitality Management program with checks for $500 apiece. Best Western, which plans to open in the spring of 2002, will be offering the colleges on-going internships. Pictured from left are: Ceretta Davis, SCC Hotel and Restaurant Management Program Coordinator; Thom Brooks, SCC Dean of Career Technologies; Scotty Ellis, Haywood County Tourism Development Authority Director; Hazel Ulmer, Best Western River Escape Inn and Suites' owner; Dennis Depew, WCU Dean of Applied Sciences; and Jim Manring, WCU Director of Planned Giving.