LOCAL BUSINESS – The former Outer Banks Restaurant will be opening soon on Ridge Road.  BBQ is the specialty but many more things are on the menu and they will have a large meeting room for clubs and others to utilize.

 

Tax Free Weekend August 5-7 Come buy your computer and related items on Friday thru Sunday next week at Electronic Solutions, Inc. and save the sales tax!  More info at this link: http://www.dornc.com/taxes/sales/salestax_holiday.html

 

The Oak Tree Tavern at VIR Resort is still doing the Monday night Steak and Spud special for $6.  Call 434.822.7700.  Open to the general public.

ENTERTAINMENT  - Thanks to all the people who gave us a wonderful display of fireworks during the 4th.  I was in the crowd of approx. 300 boats near the Person-Caswell line on North Hyco on Sunday night and it was absolutely one of the prettiest displays I have ever seen on the lake.  It’s just something different about being on the water and being surrounded by natures beauty and the fireworks to enhance it!          The 9th Annual Budweiser/Flem Whitt Beach Music Festival is Saturday August 6th at the Hyco Lake Recreation Area.  Gates open at 11 AM and first band is up at 12 Noon. Bands include Band of Oz, Jim Quick and Coastline, Mark Robert’s Band with emcee Mike Brooks WLUS 98.3.  $20 advance and $25 at the gate.  Free Bud products to those 21 and over – MUST HAVE A VALID ID – Don’t forget it!  Pick up tickets at the following outlets: Thirsty’s 2 in Greensboro Huey’s Oyster Bar in Mebane Bullock Lumber in Roxboro Hyco Lake Marina & General Store on Hyco Lake Walker’s Insurance in Roxboro Cole’s Pharmacy in Roxboro TJ’s Night Life Raleigh Union Bank & Trust Roxboro & Oxford branches Leasburg Grocery, Leasburg, NC McSherry’s Country Store, Semora, NC TG Brooks Timberlake, NC Talbert Building Supply in Durham & Roxboro – more info at: www.flemwhitt.com   Bar119 in Semora has the Konnection Band this Saturday night 7/30/11 at 9:00PM.  8/6 Bottomzup, 8/13 Matt Boswell and the Hillbilly Blues, 8/20 The Worx and 8/27 Kevin Lee.  Members $7, Guest $10.  Yearly memberships available for $20.  Check out their renovated facilities inside and out soon.  You will like it.  More info at: www.bar119nc.com   Brunch on the Lake! A new fun and free event has been scheduled for Hyco Lake on Saturday August 13th with a rain date of August 14th.  It's called Brunch on the Lake and will occur between the two islands on the main channel between 10 am until probably around 12 pm or until.    Bring a brunch type item to share and your drinks, your boat (pontoons and others) and tie up to the other vessels.  Open the doors of the pontoons and participants go boat to boat to share the brunch items.    32nd Annual Personality Festival in Uptown Roxboro Friday and Saturday August 26/27th. Mark your calendars whether young or old there is something for you at this festival in Uptown Roxboro. On Friday there will be rides, crafts, food and a gun fighter show on the Courthouse lawn at 7:00 PM. Turbulence Band will play from 7-11PM on Friday night. On Saturday things start at 10AM with rides, inflatables, dancers, car show, food vendors and much much more.  See more info at the Roxboro Area Chamber of Commerce site: www.roxboronc.com   Running Wide Open is a karting event for team racing at VIR Raceway put on by our Chamber of Commerce.  On Saturday Sept. 10 from 9AM to 3PM teams compete against each other at the fast and furious karting track at VIR.  Contact the Chamber to sign up for what will be a fun day of karting.  No prior experience needed.  All equipment provided.  Contact the Chamber at 599.8333 or come by and sign up.

Keep up with the latest entertainment on our Calendar on the homepage at www.hycolake.com   We’ve updated the calendar on the site so check it out for local events. Click on an event to get more detail.

 

COMMUNITY FUNCTIONS –  There are many so check out our calendar on our homepage at the bottom: www.hycolake.com

 

Person County Government is redesigning their web site at www.personcounty.net  If you have any suggestions or request for modifications, please send Assistant County Manager Gene Hodges an email at: ghodges@personcounty.net

 

The Person County Museum of History now has a George W. Kane exhibit on display.  Mr. Kane’s company built most of the commercial buildings in Roxboro and several homes.  It is worth the time to go by our museum to learn about Mr. Kane.  Our “high rise” building in Roxboro better known as the Roxboro Building was built in the late 1940s and is where ESI is located. More info about the museum is located on the Person County Tourism web site at this link: http://www.visitroxboronc.com/heritage.htm

 

PERSONAL FAVORITE –   Hope you’ve had a chance to visit the 2 Farmer’s markets in Roxboro.  Bonnie and I have really enjoyed the Silver Queen corn from Mrs. Day at the Roxboro Farmer’s market on Depot Street – it has been really sweet and tender.

 

ADVISORY – There have been several break-ins in the southern part of Person County lately.  Be sure to keep an eye on suspicious activity and report it to the Sheriff’s office. One person of interest is Lawson Bennett.  If you know anything about him, report it. Here is his photo.    

 

Also, if you are an AT&T Wireless customer and have noticed some outages on the Hyco Lake tower and called AT&T, you may have had a problem reporting the problem in that AT&T can’t locate our tower.  The technician will use your zip code to look for towers within about 3 miles so if you give them the Roxboro, Leasburg or Semora zip code, they may not find the tower.  The tower site is identified as: AT&T Site ID Lake Hyco 368-424  

So when you call, give them the site ID and they will look to see if there are problems.  Many times they’ll just note the call and after several calls may then investigate further.  If more people give them the Site ID then maybe they will look into it sooner. Call 800-331-0500  I also understand that all the AT&T sites are to be upgraded soon to the latest technology which should greatly enhance data speeds. I talked to the tower crew working in the Hill Street site this week and he said they are in town to upgrade all the sites.

 

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LAKE LEVEL – You can always get real-time data on the www.hycolake.com web site from USGS or click here.  The lake level is back to normal.  The USGS webpage now shows you the elevation above sea level.  410.5’ is normal level.  You can now get a text message or email if the lake level is at a parameter you set.  I’ve set my notice to occur at 411.5 feet which is 1 foot above normal.  This would be the time I need to remove stuff on the dock and make sure the boats are raised high enough to keep them on the lifts!  See the link on the USGS site or click here.

 

JOKE of the Day - A successful man is one who makes more money than his wife can spend. A successful woman is one who can find such a man. 
Lana Turner

 

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Keep up with the cost of gasoline in Danville and Roxboro on our homepage with Gas Buddy.  Look at the bottom of our page at: www.hycolake.com

 

Electronic Solutions, Inc. is now on Facebook. Click here to sign up on our Fans Page.  We frequently let you know about breaking Internet issues or trends in the industry.  There more scams going on so sign up so you’ll be the first to know from your hometown Internet Service Provider! Also the latest technology hardware and software is discussed on our Facebook site.  We might even let you in on some specials so sign up today.

 

Electronic Solutions, Inc. is also now on Twitter.  For the latest computer or Internet local news that may affect you, sign up for our tweets at: http://twitter.com/#!/esiroxboro  We are running a July special for PC Tune-up and Update with virus removal.  Normally $149 now for $129.  Bring in your computer or laptop today to get it running in top shape!

 

We also offer high speed Internet to Hyco, Mayo and most all of Person County now along with wireless broadband.  For the best rates, fastest speeds and best service, call us.  We do not require “bundling” to get our lowest rate.  We offer DSL anywhere CenturyLink does so contact us for personalized service! 336.597.2433 or send Bonnie a note at:  bonnieking@esinc.net

 

More news later . . . .

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