Professional Services in Powell

For more than 30 years, Cool Cat Sites Entertainment has enhanced birthdays, carnivals, festivals, and parties with a plethora of rental equipment, including inflatables and carnival games. The festivity experts boast more than 39 character-themed bounce houses, a 22' inflatable water slide, and sumo-wrestler outfits for duking it out on a cushioned mat. Along with professional DJs and face-painting artists, fortunetellers enhances soirees by illuminating the future long enough for youngsters to peek their destined cholesterol score. Cool Cat also endows backyard parties with putt-putt courses and interactive petting zoos, complete with an animal handler and gentle members of the wildlife community.

Community Shelter Board (CSB) combats homelessness in Franklin County by working to identify and help solve the root problems that serve as barriers to securing stable housing. More than 8,000 adults and children facing homelessness each year seek assistance from the organization's emergency shelters, housing services, and supportive housing, and the organization doesn't turn away those requesting boarding. In addition to providing emergency shelter for adults and children in need, the organization provides free access to advocates, case managers, utilities, and supplies.

Bryce Security Solutions' rigorous electronic home-security systems protect homes and families from even the cleverest infiltrators. During installation, expert technicians rig houses with alarm-triggering door contacts, motion detectors, and 24-hour remote-monitoring technology to secure families' most valuable asset—recyclables. Bryce Security Solutions also provides an array of advanced protective services, such as covert cameras, medical-emergency alerts, and closed-circuit televisions.

Alteration Dry Cleaning Station gussies up garments through professional alterations and eco-friendly dry-cleaning services. Talented tailors hem pants and jeans within minutes and allow businessmen to look the most crisp while concealing stilts under their slacks. Customers can also have formalwear and bridal gowns mended within a day, and four private dressing rooms allow customers to try on their revamped ensembles onsite. Alternatively, the shop's GreenEarth dry-cleaning services employ a liquid solvent to safely remove dirt and camel-spit stains from fine fabrics.

X-ray technicians at the local hospital shook their heads at their motionless patient—a mummified bird that had appeared in a lot of Egyptian artifacts set to go up for auction. After the techs confirmed that the bird was genuine, Richard "Jeff" and Amelia Jeffers, owners of Garth's Auctions, couldn't wait to put the important piece of ancient history in their catalog. Amelia Jeffers remembers that in fact, the bird did poorly at auction, as not many people collect mummified Egyptian wildlife. Instead, collectors flock to Garth's Auctions for vintage Americana, local folk art, Oriental rugs, and even real estate.

Since its opening in 1954, Garth's Auctions has appraised and sold thousands of collectibles at auction, but took on newfound enthusiasm and energy in 2006, when the husband-and-wife auctioneer team took it upon themselves to make auctions accessible to everyone. Amelia notes that first-timers should not be intimidated by the auction format, as the price range for items varies widely and auction catalogs list everything from fine art to firearms and novelty toys. She remembers recently auctioning off an antique novelty vampire-slaying kit complete with a wooden stake, garlic flour, and holy water. A large team of certified appraisers also leads scheduled walk-in appraisal days at museums across the country, and are available to appraise antiques in-house or in the ancient ziggurats where they are discovered.

Garth's Auctions has also worked to expand their environmentally-friendly endeavors such as printing catalogs with Forest Stewardship Council–approved recycled paper and replacing old company cars with fuel-efficient hybrids. However, the Jefferses believe that their most important green contribution is their day-to-day collecting and repurposing of antiques that reduce demand for new items.

When it comes to footwear restoration, the experts at Enchanted Shoe Repair don't just go through the motions. Instead, they put in the extra effort to return each pair to a like-new condition. In addition to restoring men's and women's shoes and boots to proper walking form, Enchanted Shoe Repair's cobblers extend their savvy hands to such services as custom leatherwork and mending zippers. The technicians can clean and polish a dirty pair of work boots or replace a broken high heel caused by dressing for a basketball game in the dark. The team takes pride in restoring shoes thought to be ruined. The deft technicians also repair purses damaged from overuse and alter any shoe so that it can fit snugly in the mouth of a gossiping enemy.