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Tallahassee Democrat from Tallahassee, Florida • Page 51

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Tallahassee Democrat Wednesday, May 10, 19955D Former Kmart could be home to new Mbertson 's Tallahassee's Urn Amoco service station at the northwest corner of Magnolia Drive and East Tennessee Street to be converted to an Exxon. Florida leads the nation in Specialist irn if PATSY LANGSTON Manager p. A lbert" son's 1 IJLFood and Pharmacy Stores has applied for a building permit from the City of Tallahassee to convert the former Kmart store on Thom-asville Road, near the en watermelon production with growers producing more than 8.5 million pounds valued at $57.9 million. June is harvest season in north Florida. Neighboring Jef A KILLEARN SHOPPING Fred George RC fc LAKE JACKSON 9 TRADING POST ferson County has more than 800 acres of watermelons this season, according to the Monticello George Lane Jr.

IN THE KNOW mmm News. r. in, (afflrcr imam 8 iifniii.n trance of Kil- learn, into another of its (DL7L7 Meanwhile, cotton growing is on the comeback in the Big Bend. Over in Gadsden County, cotton acreage is up about 300 percent, or to 2,000 acres this year. "With current cotton prices soaring, even rose gardens and cemeteries may plant cotton," says the April issue of Cotton Grower Magazine.

Northside businessmen Art TIRES 10 off the purchase of two tires or more. AC INSPECTION Our A.S.E Certified Technicians use only "ozone friendly'' reon recycling equipment. I nc i 10-31-95 JASSC-70-495 ool' vrtjj Apnea wgrw yASSC-jg-495 Expires Expires Jusko (Putt-Putt Golf), Wayne ORNER HERITAGE HOMES. mm supermarkets. Dun and Bradstreet Software, a subsidiary of Dun and Bradstreet has opened new offices at 2858 Remington Green Circle.

Pager Plus is expanding into new store space next to Always Playing at the Tallahassee Mall on North Monroe Street Cade Associates Advertising has relocated to 1350-52 N. Gadsden St. Regional Physical Therapy Associates, which is affiliated with Tallahassee Physical Therapy, has opened at 1300 E. Park in the old Florida Board of Bar Examiners building. The clinic specializes in the treatment of bladder and bowel problems and pelvic pain.

Thanks for the calls! That's the new Heilig Meyers Furniture Store next to Farmer's Furniture (also being remodeled) on Apalachee Parkway. Four Tallahassee credit lions will host a Home Buyers Fair at 6:30 p.m. Thursday in Tallahassee Community College's Turner Auditorium. It's free, open to the public and designed to teach consumers the basics of the home-buying process. CJ's Limited Antiques, 4042-A Apalachee Parkway, near The Wharf restaurant, recently doubled its sales space and expanded into an adjacent building.

BThe Storage Center has opened a two-story building at 3110-A Apalachee Parkway, east of Capital Circle next to the Days Inn. Watch for Bennigan's on Apalachee Parkway to offer a new menu. fl Watch for a well-known, popular Thomasville, restaurant to open a Tallahassee location. Update: The purchase of bankrupt WTWC-TV (channel 40) by an Alabama group has not yet been finalized. Although the sale of the NBC affiliate has been approved by the FCC, the actual closing has been delayed at least two times.

Watch for the former e-- r--j mi mmmmm Starn (Don Olsen Firestone), David Nerland (CPA), and Jeff Stil-well (Barnacle Bill's), are forming the North Tallahassee Business Association. The group meets at 7:30 a.m. the second Wednesday of each month at Manny's restaurant on North Monroe Street. The semi-annual outbreak of those pesty love bugs has started, reports Richard Gardner of Soft Touch Car Wash on Capital Circle Northeast. He advises motorists to protect their vehicle's paint job by washing the bugs off as soon as possible even daily if necessary.

There is a commercial building boom under way in Woodville with a bakery, catfish restaurant and even a drugstore on the drawing board. The Florida Department of Labor along with the Tallahassee Area Chamber of Commerce and the Private Industry Council are hosting the Summer Youth Job Fair on May 20 at the Tallahassee Mall from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Jack Yearry's Electrotax Inc. has relocated to the remodeled, former Concord Dry-cleaners space at 922-A E.

Lafayette St. A new Shell service station and convenience store opens later this month next to Wendy's at 3433 Thomasville Road. Bumper Sticker of the Week: "In Texas, Big Ain't Bragging!" More TallahasseeLeon County area business briefs next week, by George! George Lane Jr. works as a journalist and consultant in Tallahassee. Write him at P.O.

Box 10433, Tallahassee, 32303-0433: or call him at 224-6119; or fax him at 224-6032. Priced from the mid One of Tallahassee's most prestigious neighborhoods Elegant 3 4 Bedroom Single-Family Homes Minutes to Tallahassee's Finest Golf STennis 1800-2163 Heated Square Feet Homes Include fpjjj warranty through the Year 2005 Lmnx Mill i tf I Lnox Mill Road Call Today 668-3241 Directions: Thomasville Road North to Lenox Mill Drive Financing example The Avanti sales price $158,400. down payment $7520, (Does not include pre-paids must be owner occupied. Principal interest only.) APR 10.02. See sales representative for details.

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