Thursday, November 19, 1998

Area Business Notes

ROBY - A new business, the Boll Weevil Cafe, opened Monday in the former Suzie's Fish & Grill Building on Highway 180 here.

The cafe is owned and operated by Zanna Anderson. The first week the cafe will be open from 4-8 p.m. daily. Beginning Saturday, regular hours will be 10 a.m.-2 p.m. and 4-8 p.m. every day except Sunday.

The cafe will specialize in chicken fried steaks, seafood and Mexican food, but will have other menu items, Anderson said.

BIG SPRING - Dr. Ron Huse has opened West Texas Spine and Pain Clinic at 1409 Lancaster.

Huse was licensed to practice chiropractic in 1975 and currently operates six clinics around the stae. He will work with Dr. Ed Corday, M.D., at the local clinic.

Clinic hours are 8 a.m. to noon and 2-6 p.m. Monday through Friday. Telephone number is 263-3182.

BIG SPRING - A new Metal Mart store specializing in metal buildings and steel roofing has opened at 3013 N. Highway 87. Phone number is 263-0430 or (800) 690-5647.

BIG SPRING - The Karat Patch hasmoved to a new location at 997 FM 700, next door to The Master's Touch. The firm deals in original designs in gold and silver.

BIG SPRING - Chris Cole is the new assistant vice president over bank operations for The State National Bank of Big Spring.

He has been with the bank for nine years, most recently as manager of data processing.

CLYDE - Dr. Larry Long has been appointed dean of the 500-student honors college program at Harding University in Searcy, Ark. Long, a distinguished professor of English, is the son-in-law of Eldon and Jo Odem of Clyde. Long is a 1972 graduate of Abilene Christian University. He is married to Donna Odom Long who is a public school teacher in Searcy.

COLEMAN - Pegasus Satellite Television, the fifth largest direct broadcast satellite provider in the country, has announced it recently acquired Coleman County Telephone Cooperative's satellite subscribers and is now their new source for DIRECTV.

For more information, subscribers can call (508) 786-4256.

WINTERS - The Texas Historical Commission recently named Billy Spiller, branch manager of First American Bank, to serve on the interim board for the agency's Texas Forts Trail pilot project, part of the regional heritage tourism program.

The board's first task will be to assist with the hiring of a regional coordinator for the Texas Forts Trail.