Woodfin Parkers Karat Patch celebrates 30 years Te festive billboard on Weaver-


ville Road sums it up succinctly. Parkers’ Karat Patch in Woodfin


is celebrating 30 years of business this month, and owners Steve and Linda Parker are offering some of their best sales ever to celebrate. Te Parkers opened their jewelry


store in 1980, the same year gold and silver prices were hitting record highs. “I was just too ignorant of the market to realize that I had picked


the wrong time to start a jewelry business,” Steve quipped. Te business continued to grow


every year and in 1997, the own- ers purchased their property at 311 Weaverville Road from Norman Stephens, owner of Stephens’ Up- holstery, and remodeled the 1938 rock structure. “At that point we were just about


the only jewelry store north of Asheville so we laughingly dubbed ourselves, ‘North Asheville’s favor-


ite jeweler,’” Steve said. Beginning Tursday (Sept. 9),


the store is holding its best store- wide jewelry sale ever with special events and prize drawings through- out the month. Steve said he looks forward to a


second generation continuing the business, developing new ideas and incorporating new technology. But, most of all, he is appreciative of the memories. “We would like to thank the


friends, customers, fellow jewelers, and all of our employees through the years, who helped us along this journey. We couldn’t have done


it alone. We’ve been blessed,” he added.


Tis special to the Tribune.


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The team at Parkers Karat Patch is in a celebratory mood. Tent revival set for Woodfin


By Matt Tate The Woodfin Planning and


Zoning Board granted a group a conditional use permit for a temporary tent worship revival.


www.leicesterleader.com The revival, to be located


at 456 Weaverville Road and across from CVS Pharmacy, could begin as soon as Saturday (Sept. 18) and potentially last until Oct. 10. Tim Lail will be one of sev-


eral men leading the revival. He expects the site can accommo- date up to 100 cars and guests will be seated under a 40’x60’ tent. The revivals are expected to run from 7 pm to 9:30 pm.


Tis week’s Hero of the Week is Mission Sports Medicine with its


contributions to the North Buncombe Youth Athletic Association football program. Mission Sports Medicine has paid to have helmets reconditioned, sponsored kids to play and supplied first aid equipment for game and practices. Dr. Charles DePaolo, a Mission Sports Medi- cine doctor, also helped by coming out and making sure that all kids had physicals before playing. Mission Sports Medicine also supplied all of the kids with a t-shirt to wear. Te NBYAA nominated DePaolo and Mission Sports Medicine for this honor.


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