Tuesday, February 17, 1998

Zachry Associates saluted this morning

By DOUG WILLIAMSON / Business Editor

Zachry Associates will be presented the Small Business Salute for the quarter this morning at 10.

H.C. Zachry will be presented the award from the Abilene Business Council, an affiliate of the Abilene Chamber of Commerce. The presentation will happen at the business, 709 N. 2nd.

Zachry, a native of Henrietta, moved to Abilene in 1965 to work with Hallmark Communications. In 1970, he started Zachry Associates, and in 1972, teamed with Norman Naill in Zachry, Naill and Associates. For the last 20 years, the company has been Zachry Associates again.

Two companies are affiliated. Paper Tiger Printing, a commercial printing operation, and Caswell, Zachry, Grizzard LLC, a Dallas-Atlanta fund-raising education and marketing services company, work with Zachry Associates.

Zachry was named Citizen of the Year in 1990, following his key presentations that helped land a 2,250-bed prison here and gain Abilene All-America City honors.

New businesses in town...

--Mike Sullivan and Scott Sims have opened Freedom Motors at 2585 S. Danville.

The used vehicle business will be open 9 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Monday-Friday. The phone number is 692-9297.

Sullivan, president of the company, has been in the auto business since 1975. He most recently held upper management positions with Fred Hughes Motors and Sisneros Pontiac-Buick-GMC. He serves on the boards of the Abilene Independent School District, Abilene Chamber of Commerce and Serenity House of Abilene.

Sims, vice president of Freedom Motors, has been a finance and insurance manager and sales manager during his 16 years in the industry. He also worked with the Hughes and Sisneros dealerships.

Freedom Motors has a variety of cars and trucks from $3,000-$30,000.

--Titan Towers L.P. has opened for business at 1500 Industrial Blvd., Suite 300E.

The company was formed by several former executives with Pittencrieff Communications Inc. They are Warren D. Harkins, Thomas R. Modisett and Dale E. Harkins. Bill Kubena, former president of Prime Communications Sites, LLP, also helped form the new company.

The business provides nationwide antenna sites and build-to-suit/sale and lease-back opportunities for all applications within the wireless communications and broadcast industries. That includes the acquisition of existing communications structures.

The company's phone number is 692-2517.

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