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Wednesday, April 9, 2008
The Braselton News
Page 9A
Barrow business leader given state honors
Yargo Community Concert Band lines up concerts
The leader of a business in Bethlehem has
been selected as the 2008 Young Entrepreneur
of the Year in Georgia by the U.S. Small
Business Administration.
Cody Murray, president and C.E.O. of
Raw Talent, Inc. on Harry McCarty Road,
also received the SBA Regional Award in the
same category.
Murray, and co-owner Corey Bramblett,
chief financial officer, started their company
in June 2002 in a bedroom with only a com
puter and telephone.
“At that time, Cody would make 100 sales
calls a day and continues to work tirelessly to
achieve his goals,” said Carol McDonell, area director of
the SBDC in her nomination letter. “He is a self-made
entrepreneur who already has a proven, successful busi
ness track record at the young age of 25.”
Raw Talent Inc., has grown to 35 full-time employees
at its plant in Bethlehem and is recognized as one of
the fastest growing companies in the apparel design and
printing industry.
The company operates one of the largest screen print
ing operations in Georgia and recently added 7,400
square feet of factory space to meet increased produc
tion requirements. Some of its larger customers for
specialty T-shirts and other apparel include Anheuser-
Busch, Yamaha, Planet Hollywood and Warner Brothers
Records. Many of the company’s clients are in the music
industry.
In 2006, the company obtained a $145,000 SBA 7(a)
Loan from Community Bank & Trust in Gainesville.
The loan, guaranteed by the SBA, was used to purchase
an eight-color, automatic printing machine along with
other packaging equipment for special order T-shirts and
other apparel. With the new equipment from
its SBA loan, the company is producing 95
percent of all pieces in-house, with revenues
reaching over $2.8 million in 2007.
With its recent success, Raw Talent Inc., is
set to receive a “Pacesetter” Award in April
from the Atlanta Business Chronicle as one
of the fastest growing companies in metro
Atlanta.
A native of Athens, Murray spent a short
period of his early life living in New York
City, but his primary upbringing was in
Winder.
Murray was an only child who remembers
his childhood with fondness. However, a series of unfor
tunate events forced his family to lose everything and he
was later orphaned as a teenager.
Entrepreneurship seems to run in his family. Murray is
the son of the late Steve Murray who, at one time, was
a successful executive in the apparel industry in Winder.
Murray confirms that much of his character traits come
from his father.
Murray got his start in the apparel industry while still
a teenager.
“Sales and marketing is my natural forte and I was
very successful,” says Murray. “After I finished high
school at 17,1 carried five different sales lines of appar
el, from girls’ pajamas to young men’s wear . . . then I
caught wind of this branded goods industry.”
Murray will receive his statewide award from Terri
Denison, SBA Georgia district director, at an Atlanta
luncheon on May 22 that is hosted by the Georgia
Lenders Quality Circle, He was nominated for his
award by the University of Georgia Small Business
Development Center (SBDC) in Athens.
MURRAY
Family run, walk planned May 4 at Ft. Yargo park
The Open Homes/Open Hearts
5K Run and Walk and Community
Fun Day is seeking participants for
its event on Sunday, May 4, at Ft.
Yargo State Park, Winder.
The event is designed to raise
awareness about children in the
community who need adoptive
families and others who need
temporary foster care placement.
Organizers are asking churches,
schools, service organization and
other groups to form teams to par
ticipate in the run and walk.
The event is sponsored by the
Region V Department of Family
and Children Services (DFCS)
and the Department of Human
Resources (DHR), and the DFCS
State Adoption Unit.
Along with the run, there are
family activities and free food.
The Community Fun Day starts
at 2 p.m., with the fun walk start
ing at 2:30 p.m., and the race at 3
p.m.
Entry fees are $15 prior to April
25, $20 on race and $15 for the
one-mile fun run. Participants may
pre-register at active.com. Awards
and T-shirts will be given.
For more information about
the event, call Danny Stevens at
706-542-9505 or e-mail gdste-
vens@dhr.state.ga.us. For more
information about foster care or
adoption, call 1-877-210-KIDS.
For more information about the
Open Homes/Open Hearts race,
call Will Chamberlin, Classic
Race Services, at 706-769-6593 or
e-mail gwillc@bellsouth.net.
T he Yargo Community
Concert Band (YCCB)
recently celebrated its sec
ond anniversary with a mid-rehears
al birthday party. The band was
celebrating its inaugural rehearsal on
March 26, 2006.
The YCCB has played at a num
ber of local events in the past year,
including the Republican Party
barbecue for the second year in
a row, Hoschton’s Great American
Clean Up, the Art Trax festival in
Hoschton and Winder’s Celebration
of the Arts festival. The YCCB also
was invited to return for a second
year to Chautauqua in November,
Fort Yargo State Park’s Christmas
celebration and the Barrow County
Chamber of Commerce’s Christmas
parade.
The band is starting its third year
by relocating to a new home in the
Winder Cultural Arts Center. The
band will hold at least two perfor
mances a year at the Cultural Arts
Center in the Colleen O. Williams
Theater, Winder.
On Saturday, April 19, the band
has been invited back to Hoschton
for its Art Trax festival. The full band
and the saxophone choir will be per
forming back-to-back in downtown
Hoschton, beginning at 4:30 p.m.
On Saturday, May 10, Fort Yargo
State Park has invited the band to
perform at its first “Concert in the
Park, at 2 p.m. Visitors are asked to
bring a blanket and chairs. Music
ranging from classical to jazz will
be presented.
Performers in the YCCB have also
established several small ensembles.
The YCCB saxophone choir has
been performing as a group since
December 2006. Ranging in size
from four to 11 performers, the
group has performed at more than
25 public events. The ensemble con
tinues to play at local nursing and
assisted living facilities, and events
at Russell State Park.
The YCCB saxophone choir will
perform at the Paulding County
Chamber of Commerce’s annual
diner on May 1. The featured enter
tainment of the event will the Oak
Ridge Boys.
The choir will also perform at
the Hoschton Art Trax, the Fourth
of July Celebration in Auburn and
Russell State Park.
The YCCB saxophone choir will
host a small ensemble concert on
Sept. 20, at the Colleen O. Williams
Theater, Winder.
With the motto, “Music for a
Lifetime,” the band will continue
performing throughout Northeast
Georgia. Performers range in age
from 10 years to 86 years with
many performers who have played
in excess of 20 years. The City of
Winder supports the band by provid
ing a facility.
The YCCB invites anyone to attend
its performances or its rehearsals,
which are held every Monday, at 7
p.m., at the Winder Cultural Arts
Center on East Athens Street, next to
the Winder Community Center.
For more information, visit the
website www.yargocommunityband.
com.
Sunday afternoon performances slated
The Winder Cultural Arts Department will begin
“Sunday Afternoons at the Colleen,” a monthly musi
cal series.
The event will take place on the stage of the Colleen
O. Williams Theater, located in the Winder Cultural
Arts Center, at 105 East Athens Street, Winder.
“Sunday Afternoon at the Colleen” is designed to
be a casual and relaxed celebration of the joys and
pleasures of music — in all its various forms and
expressions.
The first Sunday concert will be held on April 13,
at 3 p.m., and will feature “The Prism Woodwind
Quintet,” Athens. Selections by Beethoven, Paul
Hindemith and Jacque Ibert will be featured.
The Peoples Bank is sponsoring the event.
Tickets are $5 and are available at the Winder City
Hall and at the door. For credit card purchases, call
770-867-3106.
For more information, call the Winder Cultural Arts
Department at 678-425-6884.
Free computer help class
The Friends of the Braselton-West Jackson Library
will hold a computer help class for seniors on Friday,
May 2, at 11 a.m.
James Anthony of Anthony Computer Solutions,
LLC, ACS4Seniors will be helping seniors during the
for seniors ahead May 2
free class.
The class will be held in the conference room of the
Braselton Library.
For more information, call the library at
706-654-1992.
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Atlanta Recycling Solutions announce
2008 Great American Cleanup E-recycling Event
and Clean Out Your Files Day
Saturday, April 12,8 a. m. -1 p. m.
Location:
Jackson County Landfill / Transfer Station
4 billion pounds of e-waste are disposed of in landfills each year.
Electronics account for 5 percent of landfill volume, but contribute 70%
of the toxins found in landfills.
All Jackson County and surrounding area citizens are invited to
recycle old computers and electronics. Collection will allow for
the proper disposal of items through recovery and reuse of
valuable materials. Disposal of all except televisions is free. $10
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MICROWAVE OVENS
TELEPHONES
COMPUTER CPUs
STEREOS
CB RADIOS
LAPTOPS
COPIERS
CD PLAYERS
PRINTERS
VIDEO MACHINES
CELL PHONES
DISK DRIVES
VCRs
KEYBOARDS
FLOPPY DRIVES
CAMCORDERS
SCANNERS
TEST & NETWORKING EQUIP.
CAMERAS (DIGITAL ALSO)
MODEMS
RECORD PLAYERS
CIRCUIT BOARDS
PORTABLE RADIOS
TYPEWRITERS
UPS/BATTERY BACK-UP
CD ROMS
FAX MACHINES
PROJECTORS
KEYBOARD
8-TRACKS
MICE
TELEVISIONS
($10 FEE)
(REFRIGERATORS, OVENS. WASHERS. DRYERS, AUTO PARTS AND SUCH WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED)
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