Rutherford County
Chamber of Commerce FROM THE CHAMBER PRESIDENT ................
Chamber Content From the Chamber President...23 Annual Dinner ...24 Community Gifts Award Family Resources...25 Community Gifts Award Grace of God Rescue Mission...25 Community Gifts Award Rutherford Housing Partnership...25 Community Gifts Award Youth Empowerment, Inc...26 Rumour Has It Ribbon Cutting...26 Spotlight on: Bed & Barn Farms...27 Spotlight on: Rutherford Orthopaedics...27 Chamber Board of Directors ...28
MEET OUR NEW MEMBER Rumour Has It
What an honor it is to serve the Rutherford County Chamber of Commerce and more importantly to serve Rutherford County. Like many of you, I have made a conscience decision to live and work in Rutherford County. The mission of the Chamber is to improve the quality of life in Rutherford County by helping create and maintain a healthy business environment. There are many areas in which the Rutherford County Chamber of Commerce help create that environment. We have assembled a diverse group of leaders that make up our Board of Directors. To help us better serve the county we are made up of small business owners, key associates of large corporations, medical providers and leaders in education. We help serve our businesses by providing information about our County when folks are considering relocating to this area. We are the source that can provide advertising and information for the entire county. There are many unique aspects of Rutherford County that we promote. Not only do we take the word to businesses outside of our county, we spread the word from within. Business after hours, Rutherford Connect, ribbon cuttings, website advertising and Rutherford Weekly advertising is just a few ways that we promote our membership. The Chamber of Commerce is in a unique position to take the common interest of our businesses and promote them for the good of the county. I am excited about the future of Rutherford County. It may seem that the challenges are too great to overcome but with focus, willingness to work together and purposeful leadership we will continue to improve the quality of life in Rutherford County.
Tammy Drummond-Rowland 211 N. Main Street Rutherfordton, NC 28139 828-287-1312 *Wine Bar
Jason Harril - Chamber President
Design & Layout: Reid Price
Staff Photographer: Everette Murray
Contributing Writers: Allison Flynn Jason Harrill Tammy Martell Clark Poole
Annual Golf Classic Call For Member to Member DISCOUNT When? Thursday,
September 26 at 12:00pm
Where? Bald Mountain and Apple Valley Golf Courses Who? YOU- Call Jill Miracle at 828-286-5070 or drop an email to Jill. Miracle@rutherfordregional.com Please identify yourself as a Chamber member so that the discounts will be honored.
Rutherford County Chamber of Commerce
162 N. Main Street Rutherfordton, NC 28139 Phone: 828.287.3090 Fax: 828-287-0799 info@rutherfordcoc.com www.rutherfordcoc.com Rutherford Chamber• Volume I, Issue 8 • August 2013 •
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ANNUAL DINNER The annual meeting of the Rutherford County Chamber of Commerce was held July 19th at the Carolina Conference and Event Center. We recognized our retiring Board members: •
Dolores Mayo
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Gene Booth
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Kim Corbett
We recognized our incoming Directors: •
Fran Anderson, human resources, Rutherford Regional Health System
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Walter Dalton, president, Isothermal Community College
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Nichole Dubs, manager, TD Bank
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Joe Maimone, headmaster, Thomas Jefferson Classical Academy
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Janet Mason, superintendent, Rutherford County Schools
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Tim Mathis, director, work force development of IPDC
Cooper Flack, outgoing president, passed the gavel to our incoming president, Jason Harrill. A wonderful evening was enjoyed by all. Secretary of Commerce, Sharon Decker inspired and encouraged us to seize the opportunities to better the quality of life for our citizens. We start another year; realizing that without our individual members we could accomplish nothing. We have a great membership and together we can make a difference.
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The mission of Family Resources is to provide comprehensive family resources through advocacy, education, prevention and intervention to the citizens of Rutherford County, thereby enhancing the quality of life in our community. We have been serving families and children in need of our services since 1982. Our agency was formed as a private, non-profit corporation in April of 1982 in the name of PATH (Prevention of Abuse in The Home) for the purpose of providing services for victims of domestic violence in Rutherford County. Over the last thirty years, we have expanded our services to include seven distinct programs serving the developing needs of families in our community. These programs include: The PATH Shelter, Noah’s House, the Wanda Paul Children’s Center, MotherLearn, New Choices, Family Matters and the Domestic Abuse Intervention Program. The PATH Shelter provides temporary shelter to women and children fleeing from domestic violence situations. While families are staying at the shelter their food stamps are suspended. Once they leave the shelter, they must be set up in their new home for thirty days before they are once again deemed eligible. Many clients do not have the means to provide food for this thirty day period. Even if clients are able to receive assistance from other agencies with food it is not enough to sustain them until their food stamps are activated. This is just one of the many ways the PATH Shelter help women and children in Rutherford County.
The mission is run by the dedication of Terry Hagaman who has been the Director since the mission has existed. He is assisted by his wife, Sherry. His dedication affects everyone around him. A good example is Teresa Wells. She came to Grace of God Rescue Mission with three kids and not very happy. She swore she would only stay for no more than two weeks, however thirteen years later she is still there. She is now in charge of the women’s shelter, named Gail’s House. Gail’s House was named after Gail Hogan who was very instrumental in helping the mission grow. A separate facility, Grace Acres, is the men’s shelter. It is run by Chuck Bergenstock. The shelters for both the men and women provide housing and sleeping quarters and three meals a day for 30 days. During that period, the men and women are taken out about every day to look for a job and housing. They are given the opportunity to enroll in GED or college courses. If necessary, they are given clothes and shoes to properly apply for work.
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Community Gifts Award FAMILY RESOURCES
The mission also gives drug tests and, if required, puts the individual through a six month substance abuse program. Everything about this mission is to rebuild peoples’ lives and make them a contributor to society. In turn, they regain selfesteem and help others. The mission statement of The Grace Of God Rescue Mission says it all: “We want to reflect the love of God by providing a safe haven for homeless men, women and children and to provide for the physical needs of the less fortunate individuals in the community while providing an opportunity to hear the good news of the gospel of Jesus Christ.”
Community Gifts Award RUTHERFORD HOUSING PARTNERSHIP
Community Gifts Award
GRACE of GOD RESCUE MISSION 18 years ago, Chris Davis and Denver Buchanan from Chase Baptist Church saw the need and organized what became “The Grace Of God Rescue Mission”. They had visited Shelby’s Rescue Mission and discovered that one third of the people in Shelby were from Rutherford County. They saw the need and fulfilled it. The Grace Of God Rescue Mission is the place where “no one is turned down”. It is the only homeless shelter in Rutherford and Polk Counties. They feed an average of 100 or more people a day, seven days a week, at 5 p.m. It first started as a soup kitchen two days a week. They also provide shelter for men, women and children.
RHP began in 1995 when the leadership of Yokefellow Service Center and Pisgah Legal Service acknowledged the growing number of phone calls from Rutherford County residents whose homes were deteriorating and needed urgent repairs. From the beginning, the idea was to raise the money for materials and to use volunteers for labor. As that initial group of volunteers spent a growing number of weekends providing labor for jobs, it became evident that expanding the body of volunteers was needed. RHP began looking to church and civic groups and eventually local companies for volunteer teams willing to tackle urgently needed rehab jobs. Since, RHP has done much to reduce substandard housing in Rutherford County, completing an increasing number of projects each year. We work on projects year-round, but we aim much of our efforts at a home repair blitz day in the spring, the Week of Caring in the fall (co-sponsored with United Way and held in RUTHERFORDCOC.ORG | RUTHERFORDEVERYDAY.COM •
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conjunction with National Make a Difference Day), and regular youth group missions weekends sponsored by Salem United Methodist Church in Bostic, NC.
RUMOUR HAS IT RIBBON CUTTING
Community Gifts Award
YOUTH EMPOWERMENT, INC Youth Empowerment, Inc. is a 501c3 non-profit organization that began as a ministry of Tanner’s Grove United Methodist Church, local businesses and community agencies that wrote a grant to Duke Endowment for programs in the southern part of Rutherford County and was funded in 1999. In 2000 the agency applied for Non-Profit status and became a separate organization providing services all over Rutherford County. Since then support has been gained from other sources including: private and corporate foundations, local businesses, civic clubs, churches, individuals, the United Way, the Juvenile Crime Prevention Council and the Governor’s Crime Commission. At Youth Empowerment, Inc we are striving to meet the challenges in our community by providing our local children with opportunities for success, recognition for positive behavior, and opportunities for positive community relationships. Currently, we serve more than 160 with tutoring, conflict and anger management, interpersonal skill-building, leadership development, service learning and healthy after-school activities that provide positive alternatives to “being on the street.” We also advocate for them on every level and provide resource referrals.
Tammy and Payne Rowland held their Grand opening and ribbon cutting of “Rumour Has It” on July 1st. There was a continuous flow of friends and well wishers participating in the opening. Tammy said it very well; “Rumour Has It is a relaxing place where friends and colleagues can come unwind while enjoying a glass of wine.” Their hours of operation are: Monday 5:30 to 11 p.m., closed Tuesday, Wednesday 9 to 11 p.m.; Cork Chixx 6 to 9 p.m., Thursday 5:30 to 11 p.m., Friday 5:30 to 12 a.m., Saturday 12 p.m. to 12 a.m., Sunday 2 to 9 p.m. Rumour Has It is located at 211 N. Main Street, Rutherfordton. For more information you may call; 828-287-1312 or 828-2895596 (cell). Drop by one evening, they would love to have you enjoy the experience.
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By Tammy Martell
Welcome to Bed and Barn Farms, an equestrian facility located on 32 beautiful acres in the scenic Carolina foothills where boots and breeches are always welcome. Bed and Barn Farms is best described as a “Horse Hotel” that features lodging for people and stabling for horses. Amenities for the horses include 4 large stalls, wash rack, tack room, 3 large paddocks, sand arena, wooded trails, and plenty of room for trailer parking. For the human guest, Bed and Barn Farms features 2 large bedrooms with private
Store H Hours: : F Tues - Fri: 10-6 Saturday: 10-2
baths, complete kitchen, den area on the ground floor and a loft with an additional bedroom and kitchenette. When traveling with your horse, look no further. Pull in, unload the horse and be at your hotel. Anyone is always welcome to stay with or without horses. Come and enjoy the solitude of a true country setting, or call us to schedule your next horse event. 828-248-4463. www.bedandbarnnc.com TAM’S Tack, Antique, and Merchandise store now carries New Tack! Bits, bridles, reins, stirrups, saddle pads. Circle Y and Tuctker for the Western Rider; Horseware Ireland; Intrepid, Thornhill for the English. TAM’S opened in 2009 as a consignment store, but has expanded now carrying a full line of New Tack; bits, bridles, stirrups, reins, saddle pads; Circle Y and Tucker for the Western Rider; Horseware Ireland, Intrepid, Thornhill for the English. Current Special called “Send your kid to camp” featuring: jodhpurs; gloves; helmet and ½ chaps for $99.00 (while supplies last). So gallop on over to TAM’S located as 661 Big Island Rd; Forest City, NC 28043 PH: 828-248-4463 consignments still welcomed.
Send Your Kid to Camp Special:
Located at: d., 661 Big Island Rd., C Forest City, NC
NEW TACK
English & Western
828.248.4463 828.248.4463
Consignments Welcome
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Spotlight on: Rutherford Orthopaedics By Allison Flynn
Rutherford Orthopaedics, which joined Rutherford Regional Health System in 2007, is dedicated to quality orthopaedic care for residents of Rutherford and surrounding counties. Rutherford Orthopaedics features three board-certified orthopaedic surgeons - Dr. Michael Roberts, Dr. Charles Bond and Dr. Douglas Freels – who between them have more than 50 years experience and several thousand joint surgeries. Rutherford Orthopaedics also has a board qualified foot and ankle surgeon, Dr. Jason Glover, who is one of a few podiatric surgeons to complete an advanced fellowship in reconstructive foot and ankle surgery. The physicians at Rutherford Orthopaedics evaluate and treat many orthopaedic and surgical conditions involving sports medicine, hand surgery, pediatric orthopaedics, arthroscopic surgeries, joint replacements, work-related injuries and fracture care. Additionally, diabetic care for the feet is offered as well as reconstructive foot and ankle surgery, treatment for ankle problems, heel pain and tendon ruptures.
Helmet, Jodhpurs, Gloves, 1/2 Chaps while supplies last.
Following joint replacement surgery, patients begin physical therapy through Joint Solution, a comprehensive planned course of treatment to help you return to your normal activities more quickly. The Joint Solution team includes your physician, nurses, orthopedic surgical technicians, and physical and occupational therapists specializing in joint care. Every detail, from pre-operative teaching to postoperative exercising, is considered and reviewed with you. Following discharge, patients are provided information on how they can continue their physical therapy. Rutherford Orthopaedics also provides 24-hour, seven-daya-week on-call orthopaedic care for patients who present with an emergency at Rutherford Regional’s Emergency Department. The practice also offers care for student athletes and works closely with the Forest City Owls. Rutherford Orthopaedics, located at 139 Doctor Henry Norris Drive in Rutherfordton, is open Monday through Thursday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Friday, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. For an appointment, call 828-287-9260. More information can be found online at MyRutherfordRegional.com/Orthopaedics.
Rutherford Orthopaedics believes that conservative therapy is the most appropriate treatment. However, at times surgery is the best option. Patients and their families receive detailed information on why surgery is needed and what to expect during and after surgery. Surgeries are completed at Rutherford Regional Medical Center. Prior to your surgery you will meet with an anesthesiologist to discuss your options for care and pain management during and after your surgery. Two board certified surgeons attend every total joint surgery, which decreases time in the operating room and lowers the chance of infection. RUTHERFORDCOC.ORG | RUTHERFORDEVERYDAY.COM •
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Chamber of Commerce Officers
Rutherford County Chamber of Commerce Mission Statement
Jason Harrill
Helping to create and maintain a healthy business environment which will enhance prosperity and improve the quality of life in Rutherford County
President Barbara Keever First Vice President Jim Bishop
CHAMBER STAFF
Vice President Dan Thomas
Rutherford County
Clark Poole Director
Secretary/Treasurer
Chamber of Commerce 162 N. Main Street Rutherfordton, NC 28139 Phone: 828.287.3090 Fax: 828-287-0799 info@rutherfordcoc.com www.rutherfordcoc.com
Debbie Gettys Office Manager
Cooper Flack Immediate Past President
CHAMBER BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Laura Allen Thera-ssage
Dale Hamilton Cornerstone Realty
Dr. Janet Mason
Rutherford County Schools
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Fran Anderson
Jim Bishop WCAB Radio
Rutherford Regional Health System
Walter Dalton
Nichole Dubs TD Bank
Isothermal Community College
Jason Harrill BB&T
Odean Keever & Assoc.
Blanton Miller & Moore
Debbie Martin
Deborah Mauney Staff Masters Inc.
Tim Mathis
Donna McCann
Sarah MerrisonMcEntire
Everette Murray Rutherford Everyday
Isothermal Planning & Development Commission
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Barbara Keever
Northland Communications
Carolina Chiropractic Plus
Cooper Flack
Main Street Financial Group
Joseph Maimone Thomas Jefferson Classical Academy
Dan Thomas
Jackson Hewitt Tax Services