Business briefs: Southern Select adds new credit union location

Published 12:00 am Tuesday, December 1, 2009

Southern Select Community Credit Union has a new location inside the Call Federal Credit Union office in Concord. This is the first arrangement of its kind between credit unions in this area.
Call Federal is the credit union to Philip Morris’ Cabarrus facility employees.
Southern Select Community Credit Union is a full-service, community-chartered credit union with broad authority to provide services to everyone who lives, works, worships or attends school within 50 miles of Kannapolis.
The new office is in the Concord Shopping Parkade, at 268 Concord Parkway, South, in Concord.
At SSCCU’s new Parkade location, members may come in, drive up or use the ATM. Deposits at both Southern Select CCU and Call Federal CU are federally insured by the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) to at least $250,000.
Southern Select Community Credit Union operates from three other branches: 169 Dale Earnhardt Blvd., Kannapolis (near the N.C. Research Campus); 15 Market St., Concord; and 203 E. Meadow Road, Eden.
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Harris Teeter will be selling $1 and $5 Shamrock donation cards at all of its stores to benefit the Muscular Dystrophy Association.
The donation cards are available in stores through March 17, St. Patrick’s Day.
Harris Teeter and the MDA have teamed together for 13 years in a row to raise money to send children with muscular dystrophy to the MDA Summer Camp.
Over the past 12 years, Harris Teeter customers have contributed more than $900,000 for the MDA through sales of the Shamrock cards. The funds have helped 1,160 children attend the camp, which began in 1955 with 16 campers. Now more than 4,000 campers attend the MDA Summer Camp at 90 camps across the country.
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CONCORD ó Walker Marketing Inc. has added Lynn Grayson as a senior public relations account manager.
Grayson will be responsible for managing several senior related accounts including Active Day Inc., the largest network of adult day health service centers, in-home personal care companies and outpatient rehabilitation facilities in the country.
“Lynn has more than 20 years of experience in public relations and marketing with a concentration on seniors and healthcare,” said Gary Walker, president and CEO of Walker Marketing. “Her expertise allows Walker to bolster our already extensive senior/healthcare capabilities.”
Grayson holds a bachelor of arts in journalism from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Prior to joining Walker Marketing, she served as marketing director at All for Seniors magazine and public relations and marketing manager for the Alzheimer’s Association Western Carolina Chapter.
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Paweenin Mongkolsirikiet of Salisbury and Antonio S. Polce of Kannapolis successfully completed the Uniform Certified Public Accountant Examination, according to the N.C. State Board of Certified Public Accountant Examiners.
They were among 125 candidates who completed the examination by passing one or more exam sections during the period of October-December 2008.
The Uniform CPA Examination tests a candidate’s knowledge and skills in four major areas: auditing and attestation; financial accounting and reporting; regulation; and business environment and concepts.
The successful candidates must now meet education, work experience and moral character requirements of the board to become licensed as CPAs in North Carolina.
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Terrace Farms of Lexington was one of six farms across the U.S. to receive the Family Farm Environmental Excellence Award during the 2009 International Poultry Expo in Atlanta.
The U.S. Poultry & Egg Association sponsors the annual awards in recognition of exemplary environmental stewardship by family farmers engaged in poultry and egg production.
Terrace Farms is owned and operated by Jim and Linda Davis, the third generation on the farm. It dates back to 1910, when it began as a Guernsey dairy farm.
After the Great Depression of the 1930s, it was converted to a registered Hereford farm. Consisting of 114 acres, the name comes from the soil and water conservation practice used to prevent hillside water runoff, causing erosion.
In 2002, the Davises added two pullet houses to their cattle operations. In 2005, they added two more houses, bringing the capacity to 104,000 pullets per year. The pullets they raise go to broiler chicken breeder operations. Terrace Farms grows chickens for Pilgrim’s Pride Corp.
Litter from the poultry operations is managed with a nutrient utilization plan. It determines when and how much litter is applied to pasture and hay land. Using this method enhances conservation and saves money.
The wildlife management program of Terrace Farms is based on a soil and water conservation plan that includes fencing off streams and ponds from livestock and providing ground cover for wildlife.
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