Garner, N.C. – Tom Jones Drug, Compounding, Home Medical and Nutrition Center, a community health care resource for the past 34 years, has selected S&A Cherokee as its public relations agency of record.
S&A Cherokee helped promote the relocation of Tom Jones Drug to its new location at the corner of Timber Drive and Vandora Springs Road in Garner and will continue promoting the company’s numerous services.
“I’m excited about working with a public relations agency and tapping into their media expertise,” said owner Tom Jones, R.Ph. “We’re a multidimensional company, and S&A Cherokee will help us spread the word about our customized drug compounding, orthotics, home medical equipment, matching prescription prices, free delivery, and much more.”
Tom Jones opened his first pharmacy in Garner in 1974 and now works with his daughter, Caroline Hodges, R.Ph., at the new 4,000-square-foot facility with a 21st-century look and expanded product line. Earlier this year, Tom Jones Drug was awarded accreditation status by the Accreditation Commission for Health Care, Inc. (ACHC) for the service of Home Medical Equipment.
“Tom Jones Drug has been a Garner institution for decades, and we look forward to helping them expand their customer base to eastern Wake County, Johnston County and beyond,” said Ron Smith, founder and president of S&A Cherokee.
For more information on S&A Cherokee, please call (919) 674-6020 or visit www.sacherokee.com. For information about Tom Jones Drug, visit www.tomjonesdrug.com.
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RALEIGH, NC - On June 25th, the Greater Raleigh Chapter of the National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO) showcased the growth of women-owned businesses in the Triangle at their 30th Anniversary Red Carpet Gala and Awards Ceremony. The black-tie event was held at Brier Creek Country Club. Kim Genardo, political reporter and host of “At Issue” on NBC 17, emceed the awards ceremony honoring the chapter’s finest.
The 2007-2008 Greater Raleigh NAWBO awards were presented to:
Rising Star Award - Debra Rezeli, owner of 2D Designs, Inc.
The Best Supporting Member (aka the Rising Star Award) recognizes the accomplishments of one new member who has joined NAWBO within 18 months of nomination and who has supported the Greater Raleigh NAWBO Chapter through active participation in meetings, events and committees, promotion, and networking.
Mary Diener Spirit Award - Leslie McMillan, owner of LSM Insurance Associates
The Mary Diener Spirit Award, named after the first Greater Raleigh NAWBO president, recognizes the accomplishments of one outstanding NAWBO member who exemplifies the spirit of NAWBO and has worked to practice, innovate, and effect changes by supporting and establishing the presence for NAWBO.
Woman Business Owner of the Year - Donna Peery, Principal of Five Star Staffing & Accounting Recruiters
The Best Business Owner of the Year Award recognizes the accomplishments of one outstanding NAWBO member who has used creative initiatives to overcome obstacles, create jobs, grow a successful business, and help her community.
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(ARA) – School is out and across the country many families now face the perennial seasonal dilemma: What should the kids do with themselves this summer? For a growing number of community-minded youngsters, the answer is: “Make a difference.”
“Summer is all about fun in the sun and taking a break from the rigors of school,” says Liz Scott of Wynnewood, Pa. “But kids really benefit from doing something more with their summer, like getting involved in the community or raising funds for a cause they believe in. Not only do they stay occupied, engaged and excited throughout the summer, they gain a real sense of their own strength and worth.”
Scott should know. Her daughter, Alexandra, gained national attention for her efforts to raise money for pediatric cancer research by holding lemonade stands. What started as a simple but passionate idea inspired a worldwide grassroots fundraising effort. Sadly, Alex passed away Aug. 1, 2004. Parents Liz and Jay continue promoting Alex’s cause and raising money for pediatric cancer research through their foundation, Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation (ALSF), which has raised more than $19 million to date.
“Numerous studies show that volunteering holds many physical and mental health benefits for volunteers, regardless of their age,” says Pam Edwards of Volvo Cars of North America. To commemorate the life of Alex Scott, Volvo created the Alexandra Scott Butterfly Award to recognize exceptional child heroes.
Zach Bonner was named the 2008 Butterfly Award winner. To help victims of Hurricane Katrina Zach, 10, collected 27 truckloads of sundry items, raised $600 in donations for the Red Cross post-Katrina efforts and secured $7,000 worth of new toys and sporting equipment for homeless children living in Red Cross shelters. He also recently founded the Little Red Wagon Foundation, Inc., which collects and donates backpacks filled with food, school items and other supplies to disadvantaged children nationwide.
Getting kids involved can be as simple – or grand – as the children and parents wish. The efforts of past Butterfly Award winners can provide a roadmap for getting started:
* Look to the Internet.
“The Web is a great resource for finding a charity or volunteer opportunity that fits your child’s needs and personality,” Edwards says. For example, this year www.lemonadestandforlife.com, hosted by Volvo, gives visitors the chance to support ALSF. By visiting the site, you can make a direct donation by purchasing a cups of virtual lemonade for just $1. You can then share those cups via e-mail with others asking them to also visit and support the site’s mission.
* Look to current events.
News accounts of the need caused by Katrina inspired Zach Bonner to get involved. When Congress designated November National Homeless Youth Awareness Month, Zach launched a marathon walk from Tampa, Fla., to the state capital 250 miles away in Tallahassee. He and his team raised money and awareness for the nation’s estimated 1.3 million homeless children.
* Draw inspiration from your own life.
Alex Scott founded her lemonade stand as she was recovering from cancer treatment. Grace Farnan, 14, of South Hamilton, Mass., decided to become involved in hospice care after her grandmother peacefully passed away in hospice care. Her work with the Hospice of the North Shore has included collecting hundreds of new picture frames for patients to keep photos of loved ones close at hand, and the creation of more than 500 guest books in which visitors, family and staff can write encouragement for patients. Grace was recognized as the 2006 Butterfly Award winner.
* Don’t be afraid to reach far.
In addition to efforts to help Florida’s hurricane-affected residents, Samita Mohanasundaram, 16, of Nashua, N.H., also helps disadvantaged children in India. When she was just 7, she visited a small, impoverished village in southern India and was moved by the local school’s need for books, supplies and materials. Upon returning home, she launched a book drive that drew support from all over New England. In 2007, Samita became the third child to win the Butterfly Award.
To learn more about the Butterfly Awards and to help raise funds to fight pediatric cancer, visit http://www.lemonadestandforlife.com .
CHAPEL HILL - Chapel Hill investigators today released photos from a bank surveillance camera that they say show a man using an ATM card belonging to slain UNC-Chapel Hill student body president Eve Carson.Chapel Hill Police Chief Brian Curran said investigators have not identified the person in the photos, and can only say that he appears to be a black man in his late teens or early 20s. He appears to be wearing gloves, what looks like a hooded sweatshirt or parka and some kind of ball cap with a star on it.
Curran said the ATM photos were taken in the Chapel Hill area, but would not say specifically where or when.
“This is our biggest break so far in this case,” he said at a press conference this morning.
Curran said the ATM camera captured several photos of the man, including one showing him in a sport utility vehicle with a roof rack that may be Carson’s 2005 Toyota Highlander. He referred to the man in the photos as “a person of interest,” not the suspected killer.
Curran said police are putting together a timeline using Carson’s cell phone records, but said they have not found her keys. He repeated that investigators have no evidence to suggest Carson was specifically targeted.
“We believe, at this point, it feels like a random crime,” Curran said.
Carson, 22, was found in the Hillcrest neighborhood northeast of the UNC-Chapel Hill campus about 5:15 a.m. Wednesday with gunshot wounds, including one to the head. She was carrying no identification, and it was not until Thursday that police announced that they had confirmed her identity.
Her Toyota Highlander was discovered Thursday afternoon on North Street, around the corner from Carson’s house at Friendly Lane.
Carson’s roommates told police that they’d gone out at 1:30 a.m. Wednesday and that she had stayed home alone to study. Curran said this morning that police think Carson might have left her house after her roommates to make copies for school.
Police are still interested in speaking with anyone who thinks they saw Carson’s Highlander between 1:30 a.m. Wednesday and midday Thursday. The blue SUV has Georgia license plates, AIV-6690.
The UNC-Chapel Hill Board of Trustees has pledged $25,000 to the Carrboro-Chapel Hill-UNC Crime Stoppers program for a reward for information leading to the arrest of a person or persons responsible for Eve Carson’s death. Police ask anyone with information about the case to call Crime Stoppers at 919-942-7515 or www.crimestoppers-chcunc.org
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RALEIGH - Is it really necessary to put over 31 garbage cans on one city block in downtown Raleigh? Evidently the state government thinks so.
Visitors to the Bicentennial Mall in downtown Raleigh have recently noticed a slew of new garbage cans lining both sides of the walkway. The one block long walkway connects the NC Museum of History and the NC Natural Science Museum between the NC Legislature Building and the old NC Capitol Building.
Although there didn’t seem to be much of a trash problem before, the state government obviously thought there was enough of a garbage issue to place at least 31 garbage cans on both sides of the street.
The shiny black Rubbermaid plastic cans are only ten feet apart or less in some cases, leaving some visitors to wonder if they went overboard.
“Was someone related to the garbage can vendor?” joked one NC resident who was visiting the NC Natural Science Museum when asked what they thought about the new garbage cans.
“They really stand out and I think they look worse than the garbage,” said another visitor.
“The new garbage cans look like they were picked up at Wal-Mart and it doesn’t really match the rest of the mall,” they added. “At least the old ones blended in a lot better.”
They pointed out an older metal garbage bin that is gray in color moved off to one side.
According to stickers placed on both sides of the cans that almost seem like advertisements, the cans are “Property of the Facility Management Division.”
“Questions? Need A Pick-up? Visit WWW.NCFacilityManagement.net or call Work Control at 919-733-3853,” says the sign on the cans.
Looking down the Bicentennial Mall at the distant horizon, one is impressed by the marble slabs of the NC Legislature Building and the American and North Carolina flags.
Then looking downwards, the long line of black plastic garbage cans with big white stickers that say “TRASH ONLY” seems to serve a reminder that the beautiful Bicentennial Mall that is part of the Main Street of North Carolina doesn’t appear quite as grand as it used to be.
Inquiries through a telephone call and e-mail to the NC Facility Management office about the garbage cans were not immediately returned.
SOURCE:Raleigh Chronicle
Raleigh, N.C. - WRBZ, Sports Radio 850 the Buzz announced the debut of the 2008 Buzz Babe Swimsuit Calendar. The Buzz Babe calendar will be officially released on Thursday, December 13th from 6pm-8pm at the Ray Price Harley Davidson store on South Saunders St. in Raleigh.
Buzz Babe 6 and 2008 calendar cover-model, Casey, along with Buzz Babes Erika and Erin, who also make appearances in this year’s Swimsuit Calendar, will be on hand to autograph calendars and meet fans.
The 12-month calendar features photos of the past four Buzz Babes: Kristen, Erin, Casey and Erika. The 2008 Buzz Babe calendar showcases the outstanding photography of Eric Kaufman of www.thedivide.com.
Calendars will be distributed for free throughout the Triangle at Walker Auto Stores, as well as Atlantic Spas and Billiards, and various 850 The Buzz appearances throughout the next several months. The 2008 calendar was shot at various beaches along the coast of North Carolina.
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When you’re doing research or looking for information on a particular subject, it’s a lot like a detective checking all his possible clues. The important thing is knowing who or where your sources are.
In almost all instances, your first move should be to your encyclopedia. If you don’t have an up-to-date set, there’s always your public library. This is if you don’t have a computer or if you don’t have access to the internet. It’s alot easier now doing this research online, if you trust what you read from some online sources.
Finding local information, it’s best to go to your sources, But the internet offers a good source of information.
Most of the time, an encyclopedia will give you at least the general facts about your subject. You may have to check other sources for more detailed information.
Thus, your next move should be to books that have been written on the subject. The subject and title sections of the card catalog or the bound volumes of computer print outs in most public libraries will give you plenty of listings.
After you’ve selected a number of books for background information, check the magazines either directly related to your subject, or those carrying articles on the subject. Most of the time, you’ll find that magazines will provide you with more up-to-date and timely information than books.
To check out information on your subject in magazines, look in the Reader’s Guide To Periodical Literature. Under subject and author headings, the complete collection of this guide will list articles printed in magazines since the turn of the century. The Suggestions For Use section will instruct you on how to read the codes under each heading. If you can’t find your subject listed, think of similar subjects that might be related.
If your subject is part of a particular field of study, there may be a special index that will help you. Among these special indexes, you’ll find: Art Index, Business Periodicals Index, Consumers Index, Education Index, Humanities Index, Social Sciences Index, Biological and Agricultural Index, and Applied Sciences and Technology Index. You’ll even find a Popular Periodicals Index which lists articles that have appeared in currently popular magazines.
You’ll also find that most newspapers are veritable goldmines of reference material. Most of the big city newspapers have computerized indexes. Several of the special national newspapers such as the Wall Street Journal also have reference indexes.
Without a doubt, the New York Times Index is the most complete. In these newspaper indexes, subjects and people are listed alphabetically with the date, page number, and usually with the number of columns devoted to that particular story. About all you have to do to avail yourself of this information is to stop by the newspaper office, tell them the kind of information you’re looking for, and ask their help in locating it within their index.
Facts on File is a world news digest that’s found at most public libraries. This is a weekly publication that’s broken down into four categories: World Affairs, U.S. Affairs, Other Nations, and Miscellaneous.
Editorials on File is a similar service that comes out twice each month. It is a survey of newspaper editorials that span a wide range of subjects.
If you want to know about business trends, you should ask for and look at the Moody’s Reports. These cover banking and finance, industry and public utilities.
Most large public libraries also keep pamphlet files for brochures from various information services and government agencies. Be sure to ask about these.
Whenever you have a question or want more information on a subject, always check first in the material that has been written about it. Public libraries and news papers are free, and will definitely point you in the right direction even if you don’t know much about sources.
One of the best sources of information is people. Ask around and more often than not, you’ll find someone right in your own area who is well versed on your subject. An introductory phone call and an explanation as to why you’re researching the subject
will almost always lead you to many people who will be glad to talk with you.
Interviewing and talking with people will give you the chance to ask questions and hear specific explanations about the details that may not be fully covered in a book, newspaper or other publication.
When interviewing, your questions should be open-ended, in other words, questions which do not allow for a simple yes or no. You should get the people you’re talking with to discuss their experiences relative to the subject. Pose hypothetical situations, asking what they would do or what would happen under a given set of circumstances.
Researching and gathering information on a particular subject can be fun, exciting and very informative. It will never be dull or boring. The important thing is to search out all the available sources, and then to take advantage of them. From there, you’ll find it’s very much like putting a jigsaw puzzle together; the closer you get to completing the picture, the more excited you become.
Many people find that when they begin a research project on a specific subject, they quickly uncover so many interesting related subjects that it’s hard to confine their enthusiasm to just the one subject. This is what learning is all about, regardless of the use you eventually make of the information you gather. The more you learn, the more you want to learn.
Curiosity about all things, and good, basic research are the prime requisites for any successful writer. To have read about or experienced only a few aspects of a given subject won’t interest very many people. What the people want is a thorough discussion of the subject from as many different points of view as possible. This, of course, requires research, and to do research, you have to know where to find the material you want.
Hopefully, we’ve “turned you on” with the idea that the information you’re interested in is available and virtually at your fingertips. All it takes is just a bit of effort on your part to avail yourself of it. Just remember, whatever has been thought of or dreamed of by man since the beginning of time has been written about, and you can learn about it with a reasonable amount of searching under each heading. If you can’t find your subject listed, think of similar subjects.
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Apex, NC – The Carolina RallySport team of driver Matthew Johnson and co-driver Jeremy Wimpey repeated as Rally America Production GT National Champions with a dominating class win at the Lake Superior Rally in Michigan. Held on October 26 and 27 on the scenic upper peninsula of Michigan, the “oldest, meanest, and toughest” round of the Rally America series is a true challenge to rally competitors and their machinery. Known for abrupt weather changes, the rally can feature sun, rain, fog, and even snow—often on the same weekend. Fortunately the weather was relatively mild this year, but there were still plenty of other drama.
Going into the rally, the pressure was firmly on Johnson’s shoulders. The Carolina RallySport team trailed fellow Subaru driver Patrick Moro and his co-driver Mike Rossey; nothing short of victory and a third place or lower finish for Moro would allow Johnson and Wimpey to emerge with the championship.
Pressure was eased in one respect when, on the second stage of the event, Moro and Rossey left the road and their WRX landed in a swamp. But it was far from smooth going for Johnson and Wimpey, as some rough event stages caused their transmission to lose third gear, and they had to run the final stage of the evening, all seventeen miles of Passmore, without that crucial gear.
Once again demonstrating true rally sportsmanship, championship adversary Patrick Moro provided the Carolina RallySport team with a spare gearbox, and crew members John Groo and Brian Burroughs stayed up until 5:00am to make sure repairs were successfully completed.
The second day saw Johnson and Wimpey not place a wheel wrong, as they kept a strong pace which resulted in fourth place overall and the coveted Production GT victory.
Johnson was understandably ecstatic about winning the Rally America Production GT National Championship for the second consecutive year. “It was a season of extreme highs and lows, with very little in between. We won at Sno*Drift, but then had a massive crash at the Rally in the 100 Acre Wood. I had to call in all the favors I could to get a car on the trailer and headed to Oregon, where the gearbox let us down. We were able win Olympus and Susquehannock Trail, but then lost championship ground when I stepped into an Open Class car at the New England Forest Rally to try and qualify for the X Games. We rolled again at Ojibwe, but then closed out the year with wins at Colorado and Lake Superior.”
Johnson added, “It was a great year, competing against Pat Moro and Mike Rossey, who posted consistent results in the #59 WRX, as well as Stephan Verdier and Scott Crouch in the Flatirons Tuning Subaru #429. We pushed each other to the limit.”
Plans for the Carolina RallySport 2008 rally season are being finalized, and will be announced soon.
About the team:
Matthew Johnson is an 8–year veteran of rally racing. His career began in a Group 2 Volkswagen Golf in 2000. He is currently a part-time automotive consultant, while fully focused on his rally career. Jeremy Wimpey started rallying five years ago, and has worked with many drivers, including co-driving for his twin brother, Josh. Jeremy is currently working on a PhD in Forestry at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Virginia.
About the car:
The Carolina RallySport Subaru WRX runs in the Rally America Production GT class. Under class rules, the car is virtually stock, and only minimal modifications are allowed. It has approximately 227 horsepower, and a standard 5-speed transmission.
For more information on rallying, visit the Rally America website at www.Rally-America.com.
Carolina RallySport would like to thank the following sponsors for their support:
Hankook Tire Company - www.hankooktireusa.com - Providing a full line of passenger car and truck tires, as well as highly competitive rally tires and racing slicks for motorsports. http://www.hankooktireusa.com/motorsports.asp
Subaru- www.Subaru.com - Subaru offers contingency support for all new-model Subaru rally cars, and attends events with a huge support truck full of spare parts to keep Subaru drivers going. Thank you Subaru!
Elite Performance - www.elitepro1.com - ElitePro offers a large catalog of aftermarket performance parts for your car. Check them out the next time you’re ready to upgrade or replace parts on your car! Elite Performance provided much needed parts to rebuild the new rally car. Thank you Andrew and Dan at Elite Performance for all your hard work!
RalliSpec - http://www.rallispec.com - RalliSpec is the company of frequent rally competitor Dave Anton. His company provides a selection of rally parts and supplies for your Subaru, and is the North American RS&SP suspension dealer. Specializing in Subarus, RalliSpec has been an integral piece of keeping the Carolina RallySport WRX out on the stages.
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GARNER, N.C. – Michael G. Carlton, president of Crescent State Bank a wholly owned subsidiary of Crescent Financial Corporation (NASDAQ Global MarketSM), has announced that the bank has received regulatory approval to open a new office in Garner. The approval, granted by the North Carolina Commissioner of Banks and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), will relocate the bank’s Garner office from 574 Village Court to 945 Vandora Springs Road. The new office is scheduled to open in late November or early December, and will be led by community bankers Julie Clark and Justin Holladay, as well as branch operations manager Lisa Terwillinger.
Crescent State Bank opened its doors to the 574 Village Court Garner office in 2005. Founded in 1998, the community bank now boasts 11 full service branch offices operating in Cary, Apex, Clayton, Garner, Holly Springs, Sanford, Southern Pines, Pinehurst, Raleigh and Wilmington, N.C.
“We are pleased to announce the regulatory approval to relocate our Garner office,” said Carlton. “The town of Garner has been instrumental in our bank’s continued state-wide growth and success.”
About Crescent State Bank:
Crescent State Bank is a wholly owned subsidiary of Crescent Financial Corporation. The bank has total assets of $814 million, deposits of $596 million, and net loans of $643 million as of September 30, 2007. The bank operates 11 full-service banking offices in the communities of Cary (2), Apex, Clayton, Garner, Holly Springs, Sanford, Southern Pines, Pinehurst, Raleigh and Wilmington, North Carolina. For more information, visit www.crescentstatebank.com.
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RALEIGH, N.C. — Red Hat (NYSE: RHT), the world’s leading provider of open source solutions, today announced its plans to enable independent software vendors (ISVs) to deliver appliance-based solutions to their customers, broadening their market reach while minimizing their development and support costs. The Red Hat Appliance Operating System will allow applications that are certified on Red Hat Enterprise Linux to be deployed as software appliances on the broadest range of servers in the industry, including those running Red Hat Enterprise Linux, VMware ESX and Microsoft Windows Viridian. Red Hat’s Linux Automation strategy, also announced today, delivers a standardized development, deployment and management infrastructure for the entire Red Hat Enterprise Linux ecosystem.
“Red Hat allows ISVs to bring better solutions to market faster, while reaching a broader range of customers, without the expense of porting and maintaining software on multiple operating systems,” said Brian Stevens, Red Hat CTO and vice president, Engineering. “Red Hat Enterprise Linux-based appliances, enjoying the full suite of Linux Automation capabilities, will enable ISVs to deliver software in a form that is significantly easier for their customers to acquire, configure, deploy and manage.”
“New software form factors such as software appliances have to overcome user skepticism, including concerns over what software elements are integrated inside the appliance itself,” said Brett Waldman, Research Analyst, System Software at IDC. “Red Hat’s solution will reduce the barrier to adoption of software appliances by alleviating some of the packaging concerns, allowing ISVs to create appliances using the same processes and certifications as their other applications based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux.”
The Red Hat Appliance Operating System (AOS) is built from the industry’s leading open source operating system, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, with which it shares full ABI and API compatibility. It includes the Virtual Appliance Development Kit (vADK) that will allow ISVs to easily configure the operating system along with their middleware and applications to produce a complete system image. Thousands of existing software vendors will be able to leverage this new deployment model without extra development effort. Red Hat reduces complexity for ISVs, allowing them to develop, test and certify a solution once. Deployment is then seamless across standalone servers, virtual machines, appliances and web-scale “cloud” computing environments. ISVs significantly reduce their development costs by standardizing on a single operating system – “certify once, deploy anywhere.”
Today, Red Hat also announced that a wide range of software solutions on Red Hat Exchange are available for trial and purchase as pre-configured software appliances. Customers can quickly and easily purchase and deploy an integrated solution consisting of third-party software, JBoss middleware and Red Hat Enterprise Linux, with no installation or configuration complexity. The total time necessary to purchase, install and use these solutions is just minutes.
The Red Hat Appliance Operating System is planned for availability in the first half of 2008. Independent Software Vendors interested in the participating in Red Hat’s Appliance program are requested to contact appliance-info@redhat.com
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