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Paula
Monahan
Publisher
"Follow
your passion
to live your dreams."
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It's
in the Air!
Now that
summer is officially over, Fall
is definitely in the air!
As the cool, crisp days approach, signs of Fall appear
all around us. From the highways and byways to the scenery
in our own backyards, Fall
transforms our landscape into a warm splendid display of
browns, reds and golden yellows that are
so characteristic of Autumn. This time of year offers some
of the most beautiful scenery in the western part of our
Old North State. With this in mind the Journal
takes a virtual tour of one of North Carolina's
finest and oldest country inns, The
Greystone Inn on Lake Toxaway. With
the Inn's permission, we spotlight the Greystone Inn as
our featured R & R Hot Spot
for this month. Thank you all for your suggestions on North
Carolina places to visit.
With
the onset of Fall, the Great
North Carolina State Fair is just a couple of weeks away.
As a youngster in a small Alabama town, I remember the excitement
of the annual fair's arrival. It wasn't until I moved to
North Carolina that I actually experienced a fair on a much
larger scale. This month author AlexSandra
Lett writes so vividly about her childhood memories
at the county fair that you can almost smell the
sweet aromas of the cotton candy and caramel apples and
hear the laughter and thrills spilling from the many rides
at the fair.
October
is also another very important time for this month's featured
North Carolinians. Meet the Honorable
Becky Smothers, Mayor, City of High Point, and Judy
Mendenhall, President, International Home Furnishings Market
Authority. These two really "go way back,"
as they became close personal friends from the early 1960s.
Not only have their personal
lives paralleled and crossed, but so too have their professional
lives. Read their story and see how two
women can impact the direction of an area's (High Point)
economic standing while remaining close personal friends.
Don't
miss the chance to win this month's featured books, Breast
Cancer Answers and They
Don't Teach Corporate in College: A Twenty-Something's Guide
to the Business World. The publisher for these two books,
Career Press, will be offering six copies of EACH book as
Journal give-aways. Many
thanks to Linda Reinecker at Career Press for her help.
Have
a wonderful October and please feel free to contact me
if you have an idea for a story, a suggestion to improve
the Journal, or if you would like to become a contributor.
Best
Regards,
Paula
Monahan |
A
resident
of
Raleigh,
North
Carolina,
Paula
Monahan
is
a
past
President
of
the
American
Marketing
Association,
Triangle
Chapter.
With
over
fifteen
years
of
experience
in
sales
and
marketing,
Paula
is
putting
all
of
her
learned
skills
and
talents
to
good
use
in
this
online
publication
for
women.
As
a
way
of
reaching
out
and
connecting
with
women
from
a
variety
of
backgrounds,
her
goal
is
to
create
a
networked
community
of
online
women
readers
who
value
inspiring,
insightful
and
empowering
content.
Linda
Ray