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Around Towne
by Cherryl Greenman
What's New
In March, Around Canton magazine
will debut as the newest addition of the Around Town Community Magazine
(ATCM) family. Around Canton is a franchise of ATCM and
is owned and operated by Canton residents Tiffany and Andrew Gehl. (See
page 14 for full story.)
Dr. Weaver has completed her move of the
Animal Hospital of Towne Lake to her brand new facility on Parkbrooke
Circle. The Butcher's Block, a new butcher shop owned and operated
by Kelly and Mike Block will be opening a 5,000 sq. ft. facility in the
space vacated by the Animal Hospital and the adjacent vacant space. The
Butcher's Block will feature basic slice to order choice cut meats, small
gift selections, a collection of organic cereal and produce. They also
will have "kid friendly foods," no hormone foods, free range chicken,
micro brew beer and wine, and fresh seafood imported daily from the coasts.
The shop is scheduled to open in late January or early February.
Woodstock Coffeehouse will open its
doors in early 2004 in the Towne Lake Center (new Publix center on Towne
Lake Parkway). They will offer coffee drinks, smoothies, fresh baked goods,
sandwiches and salads. The Coffeehouse will no doubt be famous for their
desserts, which The TowneLaker staff was privileged to sample recently.
Also opening their doors soon in the Towne
Lake Center will be a Mail Boxes Unlimited, Discount Nutrition
and Washington Mutual.
Mike Douglas of Douglas Properties
and David Moody of ERA Sunrise Realty are developing an office
building at the corner of Towne Lake Parkway and Mill Street. The three
story building will face I-575, across the street from the recently opened
Craft Barn.
Reload, a consignment/resale store
focusing on teen and young adult clothing, is opening soon in the Shops
at Eagle Pointe in the space formerly occupied by My Place Too.
The store plans to buy and resell gently used clothing, such as Abercrombie,
American Eagle, Old Navy, Charlotte Russe and Express. Clothing items
can be taken to Nail Formations at 127 East Main Street prior to
opening. For more information, please call (770) 591-7530.
Top Cellular, Inc., located at 4379
Towne Lake Parkway in the Publix at Rose Creek center, has a drop off
box for our military. There are several items needed and the box will
stay until our troops come home from Iraq and Afghanistan. Top Cellular
is working in conjunction with Lockheed Martin, who will distribute
the items overseas. Items on the wish list include cookies, games, sunflower
seeds, small writing tablets, shaving supplies, sun screen, hard candy,
disposable cameras, dental supplies and much more. All items must be in
small travel sizes. Monetary contributions are also accepted. For more
information, please call Susann Haddad at Top Cellular, or Rodney Haymore
(770) 494-8940 or Missy Redfern (770) 494-8923 at Lockheed.
The Picture Framer, located in the
Towne Lake Village Center (across from Publix at Rose Creek), will host
an adult art class
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beginning on January 20.
Portrait artist Deborah Tidwell will teach
you how to draw and paint. For more information, please call (770) 591-5613.
The Cherokee County Engineering Office is
completing negotiations with owners of the four remaining parcels of property
on Eagle Drive needed for the widening of this road.
The traffic signal at Bascomb Carmel
and Putnam Ford has been ordered and will be delivered in approximately
12 weeks. The traffic signal at Bells Ferry Road and Wyngate
Parkway also has been ordered.
Kudos
Amy and Eric Vaillancourt wish to
thank the Towne Lake area community for their great support and help while
their dog, Kernel, was missing. Kernel is now home safe and sound. A special
thanks goes to friends at Towne Lake Fitness and South Cherokee
Veterinary Hospital for bringing him home. (For more great animal
stories, please see pages 48, 52 & 56.)
Beetles BBQ
Where Swine
is Divine
by Kara Kiefer
What is minutes from
Towne Lake, serves made-from-scratch BBQ and Brunswick Stew and is home
to the patent-pending Car B-Q? Beetles BBQ, where swine is divine.
Beetles is set to celebrate
its second anniversary this month which makes owner Bill Beadle proud.
"I realize we are on the other side of the Berlin Wall (I-575); I'm glad
we're still here!"
Beetles specializes
in pork BBQ and Brunswick Stew, all homemade using Bill's recipes. There
are four different sauces to dab or smother your BBQ plus a "fire sauce"
which kicks it up a notch or two depending upon your mood. Other menu
items include catfish, salads, ribs and chicken wings. Daily lunch specials
feature some of his best menu items, like pulled pork and beef brisket
sandwiches. The specials are a great way to sample the menu, not to mention
very reasonably priced, $4.95 - $5.95.
Beetles is also open for breakfast and serves
country-style entrees and, in Bill's words, "huge cathead" biscuits.
And for your catering needs? That's where
the patent-pending Beetles Car B-Q comes in handy. The Car B-Q is a 1962
VW truck retrofitted with a cooker on top. You may also recognize the
original Beetles VW bug cooker - it's all black with a smoke stack on
the roof, and all the cooking is done in the gutted VW Bug. Beetles can
cater functions up to 1,000 people, and Bill feels his catering prices
can't be beat.
Whether you're hungry for BBQ, Brunswick
Stew or ribs, cross the "Berlin Wall" to Beetles BBQ - it's well worth
it!
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