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Rudnick Foundation gives $50k for Pardee Cancer Center

The Perry N. Rudnick Endowment has donated $50,000 to support the Pardee Comprehensive Cancer Center Campaign, Pardee Hospital Foundation announced today.   Read Story »

Mills River News

Council re-elects Freeman as mayor

The Mills River Town Board re-elected Larry Freeman as mayor and Shanon Gonce as mayor pro tem on Tuesday night.   Read Story »

Mills River News

Mills River town board OKs rehab facility

The Mills River Town Board voted Tuesday night to permit a health care company to open drug and alcohol treatment center in a large house on Old Turnpike Road — a disappointment to a roomful of neighbors who had spent six hours over two nights urging the board to deny the zoning permit.   Read Story »

Henderson County News

Apodaca at the top in business votes

State Sen. Tom Apodaca was among the top members of the North Carolina Legislature in business-friendly votes, the North Carolina Free Enterprise Foundation said in a news release.   Read Story »

Henderson County News

Publix 'full speed ahead' to groundbreaking next year

A Publix supermarket on Greenville Highway at White Street moved closer to reality Monday with a unanimous recommendation from the city Planning Board to grant variances and a rezoning that would clear the way for groundbreaking.   Read Story »

Henderson County News

Neighbor sues over 'event barn' permit

What might have seemed on the surface like a benign request — asking the county’s permission to hold weddings and birthday parties in a barn — has turned into a lawsuit that has pitted neighbor against neighbor in Cimarron Forest.   Read Story »

Henderson County News

WHHS principal to retire in January

West Henderson High School will have a new principal shortly after Christmas break.   Read Story »

Henderson County News

LOCAL BRIEFS: Rotary golf, Antique Car Club, Gutbusters comics

Rotary Club tournament raises $12,000 for youth Twenty-two teams and 88 players participated in the 31st Annual Charity Golf Tournament of the Rotary Club of Hendersonville at Cummings Cove Country Club on Oct. 16.The Captain’s Choice 18-hole tournament included door prizes, range balls, hole in one and closest to the pin awards. The proceeds totaled over $12,000 to support the Rotary Club’s educational efforts for local children and teachers in Henderson County. Tournament sponsors were First Citizens Bank, McDonald’s and Morrow Insurance Agency Inc.Lunch was donated by Chick Fil-A of Hendersonville with Dugan’s Pub of Cummings Cove serving the dinner buffet. Players received gift bags provided by local business donations along with beverages from McDonald’s. The Hendersonville Dodge, Ram, Jeep dealership sponsored the hole-in-one prize on No. 10.Proceeds support educational grants to classroom teachers, Writing Buddies, Gift of Knowledge dictionary project, Interact Rotary clubs at the high school level and Rotary scholarships for high school seniors. Antique Car Club donates to agencies The Hendersonville Antique Car Club awarded $12,000 in grants to non-profit agencies on Dec. 1. This year’s recipients were the St. Gerard House, Meals on Wheels, the Department of Social Services, Mainstay, Honor Air and the Shriners’ Children’s Hospital of Greenville where children of Henderson County are eligible for care. The Hendersonville Antique Car Club is 15 years old and has 300 members. The club’s charitable gifts focus on organizations serving children and those in need. Trinity invites men to be Friends in Christ Trinity Presbyterian Church invites men of the community to join in meeting as Friends in Christ on Wednesday mornings at 10:30 in the church lounge.Friends in Christ offers men a time and place to get together to talk and share personal feelings with other men without fear of being embarrassed or judged. While Biblical scripture is a major source for closer connection with God and each other, Friends in Christ is not a Bible Study group. Men show up because they enjoy being there among friends or feel a need to be present where all are welcomed. Trust and honesty are expressed, heard and felt among the men who become Friends in Christ.Call 692-6114 for more information. The church is at 900 Blythe Street. GutBusters comedy offering free shows GutBusters Comedy Club is holding its grand opening with four free performances on Dec. 18 and 19 in Hendersonville.Nationally known comedian Jarrod Harris will headline the show with Lace Larrabee as the opening act. Harris has been seen on Comedy Central, TBS, FOX and NBC. His album “Present AND Talkative” is currently available on Pandora, iTunes and Amazon. Larrabee a former beauty queen and now comedian and actress from Georgia, has appeared at the Laughing Skull Comedy Festival and at the 2015 Laugh Your Asheville Off Comedy Festival. Performances are at 7 and 10 p.m. both days. Seating is limited to 120 at each performance. There will be food and other alcoholic beverages available for purchase. The GutBusters Comedy Club is located at the Hendersonville Community Theatre at 229 S. Washington St. in downtown Hendersonville. For more information go to gutbusters.org. YMCA hosts pooltime for youngstersThe Hendersonville Family YMCA and the Boys & Girls Club of Henderson County announced a pilot program of water safety lessons and pool-time fun for Boys & Girls Club members from Dec. 15 to Dec. 17.The YMCA will give approximately 100 kindergarten through fifth grade Boys & Girls Club members an age-appropriate water safety lesson followed by time to play in the pool, all under the supervision of Y lifeguards and Boys & Girls Club staffers.“In addition to being fun, this experience will also help Club kids become safer when they're in the water,” said Julia Hockenberry, assistant executive director, Boys & Girls Club of Henderson County. “We're grateful for the opportunity to join forces.”The pilot was created to meet the needs of children who attend schools with year-round calendars. These students start their school year in July and often miss out on summertime swimming opportunities. The program will host Club members from Bruce Drysdale and Hendersonville elementary schools.   Read Story »

Hendersonville News

BUSINESS BRIEFS: Starbucks lease, new surgeon, Champion credit union

Hendersonville’s first standalone Starbucks is not out of the ground yet but a lease with the world’s best-known coffee shop is on the market. The developer, New Mountain LLC of Waynesville, bought the land on Four Seasons Boulevard and Orrs Camp Road from Boyd L. “Bub” Hyder and Lucille Hyder Logan in May for $1.2 million. The new owner bulldozed the 1920 rock house that housed Jimmy Edney’s Land of Sky realty office and Hendersonville Printing Co. and graded the site. Starbucks will build a store to its specifications but won’t own the land, commercial real estate brokers say.In a financial arrangement that is typical of retailers that choose not to own real estate, Starbucks will lease the property from the owner. Starbucks plans a 2,053-square-foot shop with 31 parking spaces and a drive-thru window on the six-tenths acre site. Through a broker, New Mountain has offered the ground lease for $2,535,555. Under a so-called triple-net lease, Starbucks would be responsible for maintenance, insurance and taxes. In an advertisement for the “rare Starbucks ground lease,” Moseley Real Estate Advisers said the Starbucks lease is for 20 years at $9,500 a month with a 10 percent bump in year 6 and four five-year renewal options.The ad touts the site’s proximity to I-26, retailers Belk’s and JC Penney and fast-food restaurants such as McDonald’s, Krispy Kreme and Bojangles. Commercial real estate brokers here say the lease is likely to sell to a real estate investment trust or some other fund because its annual cap rate of 4.5 percent beats other safe investments.Starbucks operates 22,000 shops in 67 countries. Last month it reported record revenue of $4.9 billion and earnings of just under $1 billion for its 2014-15 fourth quarter ending Sept. 29. Vascular surgeon joins Pardee practice Craig MillerCraig Miller, a board-certified vascular surgeon, has joined Vascular Surgery at Pardee, at 835 Fleming St., the Pardee Physician Network announced.Miller also provides diagnostic and therapeutic vascular imaging services. Procedures are performed on both an inpatient and outpatient basis at Pardee Hospital, as well as in the Vascular Surgery office.Miller earned his medical degree from the Ohio State University College of Medicine. After finishing his internship and residency in surgery at the Ohio State University Medical Center, he completed a fellowship in vascular and endovascular surgery at the University of California at San Francisco, where he was a fellow of the university’s Gastrointestinal Research Laboratory.He is the author of “The Making of a Surgeon in the 21st Century,” which is in its third U.S. edition and has been translated into several languages, and “The Big Z: The Life of Robert M. Zollinger, M.D.,” which has been nominated for the Welch Medal, awarded to the most outstanding book on American medical history.To schedule an appointment with Dr. Miller, call Vascular Surgery at Pardee at 828-693-8019.   Champion Credit Union hires Chappell as development manager Lori ChappellLori Chappell of Canton has joined Champion Credit Union as the business development manager.Chappell has a bachelor of science in sport management and a minor in marketing from Western Carolina University. She has worked in the mortgage field in the Asheville and Hendersonville markets. In 2007, she began her career in education, where she was the career development coordinator for Henderson County public schools and most recently a teacher at Canton Middle School.Chappell will be responsible for leading the business development and community partnership efforts of Champion Credit Union, a community-chartered financial cooperative with branches in Henderson, Haywood, Buncombe, Graham, Swain, Jackson and Madison counties.   Read Story »

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