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wfaverville Insurance Agent ConvicflH ?? " ' Weaverville insurance agent Brenda Wright was convicted on two misdemeanor counts of obtaining property by false pretense in Buncombe County Superior Court on August 25. Mrs. Wright, an agent with Wright Associates of Weaverville, voluntarily surrendered her license to sell insurance on the same day she was convicted on the misdemeanor charges. - This week, Weaverville residents received a letter signed by both Brenda Wright and her husband, Jerry W. Wright, infor ming them that the Wright Associates insurance business has been sold to an Asheville company, Insurance Resources of North Carolina, Inc.. The letter to former customers does not mention Mrs. Wright's conviction. Wright Associates is owned by Jerry W. Wright. The letter to former customers said Wright Associates would continue to operate as a real estate agency. In a Tuesday afternoon interview in her North Main Street office, Brenda Wright said the sale of the insurance business was part of a plea bargain agreement with prosecutors. Later on Tuesday in a telephone interview, Mrs. Wrights's attorney, Ron Payne of Asheville, denied that sale of the business was part of a negotiated settlement. Payne said that Mrs. Wright is not an owner of th<e Wright Associates. Contacted by telephone on Tuesday afternoon, Chris Thorn berg, president of Insurance Resources, said he was not aware of Brenda Wright's Aug. 25 conviction. Thomberg said Insurance Resources of North Carolina, Inc. agreed to purchase the Wright Associates insurance business on a retention basis. Insurance Resources purchased the policies of former Wright Associates customers as part of the sale agreement. The sellers of the Wright Agency will be paid based on the number of former clients that renew policies through Insurance Resources, Thornberg said. Court records show that Brenda Wright was convicted on two misdemeanor counts of obtaining property through false pretense. She received a suspended one-year prison sentence, a $5,000 fine and was ordered to serve one year on supervised probation. Max Powell, a spokesman for the North Carolina Dept. of In surance said that Brenda Wright may reapply for a license to sell insurance in five years. IDOL COMMUNICATIONS ? 20 NORTH MAIN STREET (r WEAVERVILLE. NC 28787 ^ 658-2115 Complete Sales, Installation and Service J surance Resources was to begin . . mm? , Sept. 26. Thornberg said, "We are in the first stage of getting equipment and setting up the temporary office." For now, the new agency will operate in a trailer located adjacent to the Wright Associates office on North Main Street. Thornberg said his company will renew policies of former Wright Associates customers and that current policy holders remain covered on all policies sold by agents of Wright Associates. "We're not assuming the liablities of the Wright Agenicy," Thornberg said. "We'll be providing service to their former clients." ^ Weaverville residents with questions regarding policies pur chased through Wright Associates can contact Insurance Resources 's Asheville offices at 274-3886. Madison County customers can call toll-free at 1-800-222-4228 for more informa i ? ? nun icgdiumg uieir policies. Construction Begins For New Weaverville Shopping Center Weaverville's mayor and town councilmen were on hand at ground breaking ceremonies Monday for the new Weaverville Shopping Center at the junction of U.S. 25-70 and 19-23. Construction for the first phase calls for a 175,000 sg. ft. shopping center, with parking for 750 cars, over of property. Another 15 acres are contemplated to be used for a phase 2 plan for a hotel and 48-unit apartment complex, if feasible. The initial shopping center will in clude a Roses' department store, ac cording to general contractor Larry Buckner, plus a national chain grocery store, two bank$, and leasing space for 12 other Commercial businesses. "Speaking for the town of Weaver ville, we are pleased to have this pro ject coming to our community," said Mayor Reese Lasher during the groundbreaking ceremonies. "This will be a green light to progress in Weaverville." "The town of Weaverville wishes to add its appreciation to the developers for using local people in the planning, design, and construction of this com plex," Lasher continued. "This will add over 100 jobs to the community and, in addition, provide oppor tunities for many years to come." According to Buckner, grading of the site begins immediately with ac tual construction scheduled to start in January. A major portion of the shop ping center is due to be completed by late summer or early fall of next year. GROUNDBREAKING took place on Monday for the new Weaverville Shopping Center at the junction of U.S. 25-70 and 19-23. Weaverville Mayor Reese Lasher did the official honors as developers and city aldermen looked on. The shopping center is Scheduled for completion by early fall 1987. Walnut School Open House Set Walnut Elementary School will host an open house on Oct. 7 from 7 until 9 p.m. Principal Sidney Harrison invites all parents, teachers and friends of the school to attend. Dr. L. L. Stowe, Optometrist is neither closing nor relocating his optometric practice from its present loction in Mars Hill. He genuinely appreciates the many kind inquiries regarding this matter. He and his staff will continue to provide the quality eyecare you have come to ex pect at his office. ED KRAUSE for SCHOOL BOARD The School Board should be elected on a non partisan at large basis. It is unfair for Mars Hill to elect 2 members while Marshall elects 3. Help me change this. 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And the SIGHTS OF FALL: vacations ending; routines resuming, and feelings of nostalgia fighting with feelings of ad* tkipation as the days God has mafe become clothed in his coats of mjuty colors. Fall is God's message that he is ac tively at work in his universe; that change is not all that is permanent, but rather his Is creatively at work in us: changing. hi him control. The coming of Fall is not merely a jn that winter is not far behind, but that God is painting universal, multi-colored pictures of his purpose. And he wants to include us. "Try me." he says, "and see If I will not open the Windows of heaven lor you and pour down for you an overflowing blessing." (Malachi 3: 10b) As God paiats the trees, even so will he paint his purpose in our hearts, mak ing us as beautiful as all nature around !; US Fall is a good time to seek him in his and, be pidced-up by If vou wish to help sponsor this page or would like iave our church's news include Js lfanal 0 1 1 ill ?
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