Murphy NC 28906

The US Small Business Administration will host an SBA Community Express loan program workshop on Wednesday, January 30, 2008 at Tri-County Community College.

For more information, call 828-225-1844.

Amber Ledford will be the guest chef at the Longhouse Restaurant’s Guest Chef Night fundraiser on Thursday, January 31, 2008.

The money raised will benefit the Murphy Middle School Beta Club with $2 per plate going to the club.

There also will be a silent auction table.

Sandra Clutton of Coldwell Banker Ervin and Associates has returned from Knoxville, Tennessee, where she completed a highly specialized course in residential real estate buyer sales strategies conducted by the Council of Residential Specialists of the National Association of Realtors.

This course is one in a series of professional education sequences required to qualify for the coveted Certified Residential Specialist designation.

“The growing importance of negotiation as well as sales strategies in today’s residential real estate market were addressed by the instructor in this course,” Clutton said. “The many and varied needs of the buyer, who is making what is probably the largest single purchase of a lifetime, is dealt with in this advanced course.”

The segments of the course included counseling techniques, understanding human behavior, and professional knowledge of the required steps in the real estate sales sequence.

The Council of Residential Specialist courses are presented throughout the United States in Affiliation with the National Association of Realtors as part of its ongoing program of promoting the professionalism of the residential sales associate.

More contact information for Sandra Clutton can be found at SandyClutton.com.

Ann Castle, assistant vice president of Appalachian Community Bank, recently donated $500 to Kenny Garland, principal of Hiwassee Dam High School.

This donation will be used to offset the cost of a new display case located in the high school gym, which will promote student achievement, college awareness, and the athletic accomplishments of the school’s students.

The Murphy, NC, office of Appalachian Community Bank, FSB, is located at 3000 West US 64, Suite 123, Murphy, NC 28906.

You can reach the bank by phone at the following numbers: 828-837-4150, Fax: 828-837-4150, Anytime Access (Toll Free): 1-888-493-2722.

Robin Kolar, owner of Designer’s Alley, has been certified as a state instructor of cosmetology.

Kolar also earned an associate’s degree in science with a 4.0 grade point average. She graduated Phi Beta Kappa with honors and was elected to Who’s Who Among Students in America’s Junior Colleges.

She has been appointed to teach a course for nail technicians this fall at Tri-County Community College in the Peachtree community of Cherokee County, NC. The classes will meet from 5:00 pm until 10:00 pm on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

Aside from operating a successful beauty salon and spa, Kolar also finds time to be an educator for Pravana Corp., instructing other salon owners and cosmetologists.

Her salon, on US 64 West, employs six staff cosmetologists and a massage therapist.

Anyone interested in the nail technician course should call Tri-County Community College at 828-837-6810 for more information.

For more information, call Robin at 828-835-9000, or visit Designer’s Alley at 536 West US Hwy 64, Murphy, NC 28906, in Colonial Plaza, just west of McDonald’s. Call for your appointment, today. Walk-ins are welcome.

According to a report in the May 30, 2007, edition of the Cherokee Scout submitted by Brittany McKinnon, the Student Government Association of Murphy High School has successfully raised the funds needed to purchase a large LED sign.

The sign costs about $30,000, and area businesses donated enough money to make the purchase possible.

The following businesses each donated $5,000 for the cause: Ace Hardware of Murphy and Andrews, Lewis D. Jones Insurance, Western Carolina Real Estate Co Inc, United Community Bank, and Badcock Home Furnishings Center.

Musicians from across the state will again share the stage with the North Carolina Symphony in Capital Bank Blue Skies and Red Earth, a celebration that showcases the richness of traditional music of North Carolina, in performances in Asheville, Cullowhee, Hickory, Murphy, and Rutherfordton.

The local concert will start at 7:30 pm on Thursday, May 24, 2007, in Enloe Hall at Tri-County Community College on US 64 East.

Blue Skies and Red Earth was conceived, in part, to celebrate the orchestra’s 75th anniversary.

“Funding Secrets to Start, Expand, or Buy a Business,” a free workshop, will be presented on 5/21/07 from 6:00 to 9:00 PM in the Patterson Building at the Tri-County Community College’s main campus in Murphy.

The instructor is volunteer SCORE business counselor Jerry Chautin. He has over 30-years business lending and commercial real estate financing experience. You can e-mail him for details at JKChautin@aol.com.

Pre-registration is required and space is limited. Please call Cecelia Crawford at 828-835-4318 to reserve your place.

Tri-County Community College honored 13 of its employees with a presentation of service awards. President Norman G. Oglesby led the brief ceremony and congratulated each recipient on behalf of TCCC and its board of trustees.

The employees receiving awards included:

• Dan Goff, twenty years, chair of the Science Department
• Linda Howell, twenty years, coordinator of counseling, special needs, and student activities
• Frank Galloway, fifteen years, business administration/real estate instructor, recently retired from Tri-County Community College
• Joe Hogg, ten years, director of the Small Business Center/TeleCenter
• Suzann Ledford, ten years, English instructor
• Keith Marcus, ten years, automotive technology instructor
• George McCabe, ten years, information systems/networking technology instructor
• Johnny Outen, ten years, maintenance/custodian, Graham County Center
• Roy West, five years, maintenance/custodian, main campus
• Scott Sherill, five years, division chair, vocational/technology programs
• Ronnie Whitener, five years, chemistry instructor
• Bill Trotter, five years, biology instructor
• Kathy Rathbone, five years, business administration instructor

The North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission will offer a hunter safety course from 6:00 pm until 9:00 pm on Monday through Wednesday, March 6-8, 2006, at the Murphy Public Library.

Students must attend all three nights to become hunter safety certified.

The course is free and there is no minimum age limit to attend or pre-registration.

For more information, call wildlife officer Tim Lominac at 828-837-0388 or go to www.ncwildlife.org.