| Greg has success on a plate
The business beat competition from more than 500 competitors. Mr Hull, was presented with his award at a gala dinner at Manchester's Lowry Hotel hosted by regional food marketers, NW Fine Food. Mr Hull, aged 47, who has run the butcher's shop for 15 years, said: "We introduced our stuffed pork loin six-months-ago and it's been flying out of the shop so we decided to enter it into the competition. "The secret is quality produce. We remain successful because we use the finest raw ingredients so when customers get their meat home and cook it they get good results. To win the awards when we were up against people at the top of the game is a real honour." .
Maggie Moo’s Ice Cream opens on Cason Lane
Co-owner Heath Smith said everyone should come and taste the shop's premium ice cream because it is the best in town."It is a fact," she assures. "Everyone says that I am sure, but we do."Maggie Moo's ice cream has won eight consecutive blue ribbons from the National Ice Cream Retailers Association.No grand opening event has been scheduled yet at the 505 Cason Lane location just past the Wynnsong 16 movie theater.Maggie Moo's does catering, parties and helps with fundraisers.Shop hours are Monday-Thursday 11 a.m.-10 p.m., Friday-Saturday 11 a.m.-11 p.m. and Sunday noon-10 p.m.Portrait Innovations, a cutting-edge photo studio, is planning to open at The Avenue, the massive lifestyle mall under construction on Medical Center Parkway.The Charlotte, N.C.-based studio has submitted plans to the Murfreesboro Building and Codes Department for interior build out of its retail space.According to the Portrait Innovations' Web site, the studio is the industry pioneer in integrating traditional portrait photography with the latest digital camera technology.Portrait Innovations is rapidly opening new locations in lifestyle shopping malls across the country.No formal plans have been submitted but a city official said Select Comfort also plans to open a retail store at The Avenue.The mattress company is known for its Sleep Number bed that allows couples to set how hard or soft they want their side of the mattress.For those of you who haven't heard of this yet, I wanted to let you know about a cool new feature at MapQuest.com.It is now possible to check gas prices at more than 100,000 stations across the country from the site.
Wal-Mart on Independence still a go
A Wal-Mart planned on East Independence Boulevard has the rezoning it needs to start building, but an existing business that has resisted giving up its lease is what has delayed the project from moving forward, Charlotte city officials said. Wal-Mart plans to tear down the Amity Gardens Shopping Center at Independence and Pierson Drive and build a new Supercenter store on the 14-acre site. Faison and the Providence Group of the Carolinas are working together to develop the site. The Wal-Mart store would replace the one on Eastway Drive. At 157,000 square feet, it would be smaller than the usual Supercenter, which is normally around 200,000 square feet. The new center would resemble the Wal-Mart Supercenters on Wilkinson Boulevard in West Charlotte and on Sardis Road North at The Galleria in CrownPoint on the east side.
Looking Back: 1982: Colorful eggs brighten Deming Park for 49th ...
Dorothy Jerse looks back at local history from 10, 25 and 50 years ago as reported in the Tribune and Tribune-Star.1997 Indiana State University baseball team's 16-9 victory over Wright State gave Bob Warn his 800th victory as coach of the Sycamores for 22 seasons. The Vigo County license branch was moving from 248 S. Seventh St. to Southland Shopping Center at Seventh Street and Margaret Avenue. Claudia Tanoos won the Tribune-Star Oscar Predictions Contest for the second straight year. Members of Farrington's Grove Historical District Inc. were restoring a small home at 1315 S. Fourth St. which had been damaged by an arson fire. State Sen. Robert F. Hellmann was the only legislator in attendance at the final Crackerbarrel session at the Vigo County Public Library. About 100 residents had crowded into the meeting room, many of whom opposed the proposed casino to be located near West Terre Haute.
Essence column: Sacrificing fashion for comfort
If the shoe fits, I must be in Oz. For those of us women who are not blessed with dainty feet like Cinderella, shopping for shoes can be as torturous as having a root canal: you don't have a lot of choices in the matter and the end result is usually painful. Unlike my 15-year-old niece who is drawn to the shoe section like a moth to a flame, shoes have never really held much attraction for me. Even as a kid, my loathing for loafers or any other footwear was apparent. While my sister pondered over one pair of shoes after the other, I would grab the first pair off the shelf and be ready to flee fashion be damned. This aversion, however, didn't stop me from making some laughable choices as an adolescent. In the quest for added inches, every young lady has done unspeakable things to their soles in the name of fashion.
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