SEPTEMBER 2012

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WORTH NOTING:

Monday, Sept. 3SkyLine Offices Closed

for the Labor DayHoliday

Saturday, Sept. 29Annual Meeting

STAFF:Jimmy Blevins

Chief Executive Officer

Kim ShepherdExecutive Director of Customer

Operations

Mandy WallsCustomer Service Manager

Karen P. PowellPublic Relations Administrator

& Editor

56th Annual Meeting Scheduled for September 29

The 56th Annual Meeting of SkyLine MembershipCorporation is scheduled for Saturday, September 29, atAshe County High School in West Jefferson.

Member Registration begins in the commons area at9:30 a.m., followed by the business meeting at 10:30a.m. in the auditorium. Items of business will include theReport of Officers, Directors and Committees and theelection of directors. The following youth program partic-ipants will be recognized: 2012 Frank James-SkyLine andFRS Scholarship winners, and the Cooperative LeadershipCamp and Foundation for Rural Service Youth Tour participants.

At the close of the business meeting, several doorprizes will be awarded. SkyLine mementos will be avail-able during registration, and special displays will feature

the latest products and services ofSkyLine, SkyBest and CarolinaWest Wireless. Activities for chil-dren, ages four to 11, will bescheduled from 10 a.m. until theclose of the business meeting.

Following the meeting, a barbecue lunch will be served bySmoky Mountain Barbecue, andthe Ashe County Bluegrass Bandwill perform during registrationand lunch.

___________________________Secretary

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Fred Cox and the AsheCounty Bluegrass Band willperform at the 2012 Annual

Meeting.

We Relay for Life!When Relay for Life comes

around each year, our employeestake an active role to help raisemoney for the American CancerSociety (ACS). As the non-profitorganization’s signature event,Relay brings people together inhope, celebration and remem-brance, and the ACS is dedicatedto eliminating cancer as a majorhealth disease.

Again this year, our employeesheld an internal pledge campaignfor Relay for Life with donationsdesignated for counties across our service area. The pledge

campaign raised $4,539 along with the sales of luminariesand barn quilt raffle tickets, bringing the overall total to$5,354 to benefit the American Cancer Society. In addi-tion to our active Ashe County team, SkyLine’s Alleghanyemployees formed a team in that county this year, andour Avery employees rallied around the Bodie’s StarHeelsteam in memory of Thad Vance, helping to raise an additional $1,626.

To our members who have supported us throughthese various fund-raising activities, we thank you! Together, we’re all making a difference in the fightagainst cancer. Special thanks also to the Quilt SquareGirls for donating a barn quilt to benefit the Ashe CountyRelay for Life again this year.

Holding the official Relay banner and completing the ceremonial first lapat the Ashe County Relay for Life include SkyLine retiree and cancer sur-vivor Tony Black (center) and his wife Mary Jo, at left. The first lap of eachRelay and the luminary service are the most meaningful aspects of this annual event to honor all those who have battled cancer in their lifetime.

SkyLine's fun-filled tent at the Alleghany Relay in-cluded purple hair streaks.Pictured are SkyLine teammember Kristi Hoke and

daughter Kassiti with fellowteam member and facepainter Felicia Busic.

Pictured are members of Bodie’s StarHeels team walking the track at theAvery County Relay.

Recipe of the Month

Tomato Basil TartIngredients:1 prepared refrigerated pie crust5 firm garden tomatoes1 1/2 teaspoon salt1 cup loosely packed fresh basil leaves3/4 cup shredded Mozzarella cheese2/3 cup ricotta cheese1/2 cup grated parmesan cheese1/4 teaspoon black pepper2 large eggs2 teaspoons olive oil

Instructions:Preheat oven to 425º. Unroll pie crustand press into a shallow tart pan, fittingcrust up the sides of the pan. Use a panwith a removable bottom if available.Prick crust with a fork. Bake for 15-20minutes until edges are lightly brown.Remove and reduce heat to 350º.

Core tomatoes and slice into 1/4 inchthick slices. Place on paper towels andsprinkle with salt. Cover tomatoes withadditional layers of paper towels. Letstand for 10 minutes, press down occasionally.

Place basil, cheeses, pepper and eggsin blender or processor and processuntil smooth. Spread cheese mixtureover baked crust. Arrange tomato sliceson cheese. Brush tomatoes with oliveoil. Bake for 40 minutes or until cheesemixture it set. Let stand for 10 minutesbefore serving.

Submitted by Rosie Bolac of Ashe County

New Water-ResistantPendants Now Available

with Medical AlertAlong with home monitoring

features, SkyBest Security also offersMedical Alert Monitoring for those wholive at home alone. For senior citizens,those with health concerns, and familymembers, knowing that a dependablemethod can be utilized to summon helpin emergency situations is increasinglyimportant and vital to their long-termindependence.

Our two-way medical alert unitsoffer a solution to this need. A simpledependable device is placed in the residence, and it is monitored by ourdedicated team of special service operators. Separated from the group of operators handling traditionalalarms, our special service operatorsare trained to handle the sensitive situa-tions that occur when speaking to sen-iors and those with health concerns.

SkyBest’s Medical Alert service nowfeatures water-resistant pendants fromthe equipment manufacturer, Honey-well. The new pendants can be worn inone of three ways – as a pendant, as abracelet or as a belt clip. The newwater-resistant pendants can be worn in the bath or shower.

Our local SkyBest Security Consult-ants will help you choose an easy-to-usesecurity or medical alert system thatbest suits your individual needs. To findout more, contact your local SkyLine/SkyBest Customer Service Center at 118 or visit our website at www.skybestsecurity.com.

Include Your Business inthe Real Yellow PagesThe advertising campaign for

SkyLine’s regional, consolidated directory with YP Real Yellow Pages is beginning this month. Through September, representatives of YP, SkyLine’s authorized Real Yellow Pages

sales agent, will visit and call on business membersacross our service area to coordinate their advertisingfor the 2012-2013 telephone directory.

The new directory, which covers four North Carolinacounties – Alleghany, Ashe, Avery and Watauga – will bedelivered to members through the U.S. Postal Service inlate December/early January.

To make sure your business is advertised in the RealYellow Pages, contact a YP sales representative by call-ing locally in Watauga County or collect (828) 262-3779.

Nominating Committee MeetsA nominating committee, appointed by the Board

of Directors, met on Friday, August 10, at SkyLine Mem-bership Corporation in West Jefferson. The committeemembers are: Clarence Crouse, Alleghany County;Jimmy Cox, Ashe County; Barbara Cornett, AveryCounty; Tommy Joe Ward, Watauga County; and JamesSherman, Johnson County.

The committee nominated the following membersof SkyLine to be voted upon for directors at the AnnualMeeting on September 29, 2012:

Alleghany County – James L. ShepherdAshe County – Jerry RotenWatauga County – Ray Ward

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