Murphy NC 28906

The Cherokee County NC Chamber of Commerce will hold its 38th annual Dinner Meeting and third Awards Night on Thursday, January 17, 2008 at The Millrace Farm Banquet Hall off Hendrix Road in Murphy, NC.

Lee Ebert, president and CEO of the North Carolina State Chamber of Commerce, will be the keynote speaker.

Social hour is from 5:00 PM through 6:00 PM, with dinner following at 6:00. Music will be provided by John C. Campbell Folk School players.

The dinner is being catered by The Longhouse Restaurant.

Tickets are $30 per person.

For more information, call the Chamber at 828-837-2242.

According to an article in the June 13, 2007, edition of The Cherokee Scout, the newspaper set a new record by winning eight awards in the 2007 NC Press Association Advertising Contest.

The Cherokee Scout has been Cherokee County’s local newspaper since 1889.

The eight awards, including four first-place awards in several categories, were twice as many as the Scout has won before in Division B. Only one newspaper in the division won more awards than the Cherokee Scout.

(As quoted in the newspaper,) “This is a tremendous accomplishment for our team of creative graphic artists and advertising sales associates,” said David Brown, publisher of the Cherokee Scout. “I’ve always known they were more than capable of first-class work, and it’s nice to see that also appreciated by their peers in the newspaper industry. I’m very proud of all of them.”

Congratulations to all the sales associates and graphic artists who won awards.

In recognition of outstanding sales achievement in 2006, United Country - Murphy Mountain Realty has been presented with the company’s President’s Honor Group award.

United Country also honored two Murphy Mountain Realty sales associates for their individual sales accomplishments in 2006. Michael Beeri and Brenda Crisp both earned the Pinnacle Club award.

United Country - Murphy Mountain Realty, owned and operated by Leann Chastain, can be contacted at 828-837-9713.

Fame Conley, a sales associate at the Cherokee Scout for over two years, was named an advertising All-Star during Community Newspaper Inc.’s annual advertising meeting on March 9, 2007.

She also helped the Cherokee Scout earn first place for Increase in Display Ads.

Of the 30 newspapers in CNI, only eight sales associates received All-Star recognition for 2006, and two of them were from the Murphy Region.

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