Daily Dispatch: Special Section: Henderson-Vance Chamber: Business Outlook - Aug. 10, 2011

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TOURNEY, FROM PAGE TWO

The tournament featured a number of skills contests, courtesy of many Chamber member businesses. Skills contests donors included longest drive sponsors Document Systems, Community Care Partners, Jimmy Twisdale of Vance County Farm Bureau Insurance and The Rogers Group. Closest to the pin contests were sponsored by Harris Incorporated of Henderson, PSNC Energy and Liberty Kennels. Longest putt contest was sponsored by Golden Skillet. Skills contest winners were: for longest drive Tripp Watkins, Brantley Pegram, Chris Cheever and Tripp Watkins; for closest to the pin Tim Moseley, Jimmy Robinson and Elmer Gravitt; for longest putt Elmer Gravitt. The hole-in-one sponsor for the thirteenth consecutive year was Charles Boyd Chevrolet-Cadillac-BuickGMC, Inc. Teams this year included BB&T, Maria Parham Medical Center, Kittrell Job Corps, CenturyLink, Home Credit Corporation, Walmart DC #6091, M.R. Williams/Rose Oil Company, Satterwhite Point Marina, Vance-Granville Community College, Document Systems, Team Edwards, Saint Augustine’s College, Southside Office Supply, Harris Incorporated of Henderson, Kerr-Vance Academy, Premier Chiropractic, Vulcan Materials, Aycock School and Charles Boyd Chevrolet. This year’s gift bag donors included Carolina Sunrock, Coca-Cola, Express Employment Professionals, Kittrell Job Corps, Progress Energy, Staffmark, United Way, Vance County Farm Bureau, VanceGranville Community College and William L. Stark & Co.

The Daily Dispatch

Business Outlook

Wednesday, August 10, 2011

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Handcrafted Homes, State Farm Agency Recruiting and Don Lorenzo’s host Business After Hours events Handcrafted Homes hosted a Business After Hours on June 2 at their location at 101 Eastern Minerals Road. A large crowd attended the event where guests were served homemade hors d’oeuvres and beverages. Tours were also given of three of the company’s various modular home models. On July 21, Don Lorenzo’s Mexican Restaurant and State Farm Agency Recruiting hosted a Business After Hours at Don

Lorenzo’s Restaurant located at 130 West Montgomery Street. This was a great networking event with a buffet of heavy hors d’oeuvres, drinks, and many door prizes! For information on how your business can host a Business After Hours, contact the Chamber at (252) 438-8414 or e-mail membership@hendersonvance.org. Sponsorships are limited to one Business After Hours per month, so call now to schedule yours.

Left: General Manager Bill Murray displays one of many door prizes given away at the event. Below: Attendees of the Business After Hours event at Don Lorenzo’s Restaurant in July were treated to a buffet of hor d’oeuvres, drinks and door prizes.


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