Murphy NC 28906

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.

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