Fairway celebrates 50 YEARS

in business this year. George

Harbin has been here for

FORTY-SIX of those 50 years !

Issue No. XIV Spring 2016

Larry BarkerLeann Burgess

Rick KelleyDon Rice

Fairway Subaru’s Butterfly Garden

Al Cole’s beautiful garden (and adorable dog, Lucy)

Henry Ford (standing left) & son Edsel (seated left) purchase the Lincoln Motor Company.

Special Thanks To:

On February 4, 1922, the Ford Motor Company acquired the luxury automaker Lincoln Motor Company for $8 million. (Henry Leland, a founder of the Cadillac auto brand, had established the LMC in 1917; he reportedly named the new venture after his hero, President Abraham Lincoln.) The acquisition came at a time when Ford, founded in 1903, was losing market share to its competitor General Motors, which offered a range of automobiles while Ford continued to focus on its utilitarian Model T. Although the Model T, which first went into production in 1908, had become the world’s best-selling car and revolutionized the auto industry, it had undergone few major changes since its debut, and from 1914 to 1925 it was only available in one color: black. In 1927, lack of demand forced Ford to shut down the assembly lines on the iconic vehicle. That same year, they introduced the more comfortable and stylish Model A, a car whose sleeker look resembled that of a Lincoln automobile. In fact, the Model A was nicknamed “the baby Lincoln.” Henry Ford’s son, Edsel (1893-1943), was instrumental in convincing his father to buy Lincoln and played a significant role in its development as Ford’s first luxury division.

Did You Know?

Steve Cordell, beloved husband, father, grandfather, and friend

died February 29, 2016. He was employed here at Fairway Ford for 41 years and was a tremendous

asset to our success. His mechanical skills were second to

none, and his sense of humor and positive attitude are missed by all

of his co-workers. It’s not often you come across folks like Steve, and when you do, they leave a lasting

impression. Steve, we’re really going to miss you.

FAIRWAY FORD LINCOLN50 YEAR ANNIVERSARY

1966 - 2016

WELCOME NEW TEAM MEMBERS!

Chuck McMillan

FORD SALES

Cameron Manly

FORD SERVICE

Casey Moseley

BODY SHOP

Freddie Williams

PRE-OWNED SALESScott Mitchell

FORD SALES

Bryan Hornbaker

FORD SERVICE

Michael Kitchens

FORD SERVICE

Destiny White

FORD SERVICE

Ryan Garrett

FORD SERVICE

Amber Travelstead

FORD SERVICE

Shane Henson

FORD SALES

lol!

Lincoln customer Matteel Jones & her new MKX!

Ron and Lindy Elwell at a Clemson football game. Lindy is in the band!

Sherry Kenworthy came down from Hickory, NC for her new Ford Edge!

George & Bill perform an emergency tire patch! Kemp’s grandfather’s place. Beautiful!

Paula stops by for a visit!Ron Peterson’s daughter, Carmen, married Derrick in the Cayman Islands on April 20!

Harry always has a big time when he goes camping...

Happy 4 Year Anniversary to Chris Zorn!

Jeb! and Foster Congrats to the Knights! He bought his, she bought hers...

Mercedes rides the tractor! Margaret & Anne Murray snuggle up

CONGRATULATIONS!!! Destiny and Austin got engaged March 26! Lucky’s grandson, Reid

Fairway Subaru earns the prestigious Subaru Stellar Care Award!

Ray at bat

Congrats to Gregg Elliott, Mark Harris, and Don Bishop. They have achieved their Ford Senior Master Tech Certification for 2016!

Mark & Ivan warming up

Ray Gowan, Mark Lawton, and Ivan Glinyany play softball for Brookwood Baptist Church!

Ray and Mark

IN THE COMMUNITY

Mark & Leann donate blood for The Blood Connection!

Fairway Subaru donates $7,819 to Meals on Wheels

of Greenville County as part of Subaru Share the Love.

SAVE THE DATE!

Monday, May 2Coaches4Character Tee It Up Golf Tournament

Tuesday, May 1020th Annual BBB Integrity Golf Classic

Harlan Coben is a critically-acclaimed American author of mystery novels and thrillers. Coben says of his work, “I enjoy stories where the past reverberates and sends shock waves to the present. I enjoy novels about old secrets and missing people who may still be alive, about loss, about redemption.”

Coben was raised in New Jersey, where he graduated from Livingston High School (‘80) with his childhood friend and future politician Chris Christie. While studying political science at Amherst College (class of ‘84), Coben was fraternity brothers with author Dan Brown and neighbors with author David Foster Wallace. In his senior year at college, Coben realized he wanted to write. His first book was accepted for publication when he was twenty-six.

Readers first fell in love with Coben in the 1990s through Myron Bolitar, a hapless former basketball star who solves mysteries with a waspy sociopath named Win. Coben’s atmospheric, twist-laden novels cemented his popularity and earned him an annual spot at the top of the bestseller lists, despite the fact that he’s not afraid of bleak endings or of killing off important characters.

“Bruce Springsteen has fans. Football players have fans. I still don’t feel like I have fans. I call them readers.”

Harlan Coben’s last eight consecutive novels, THE STRANGER, MISSING YOU, SIX YEARS, STAY CLOSE, LIVE WIRE, CAUGHT, LONG LOST and HOLD TIGHT all debuted at #1 on the New York Times bestseller list. He’s written 27 novels and has over 60 million books in print in 43 languages

worldwide, and his advances are well into seven figures. He’s the first author to win all three of the “big three” in mystery awards – the Edgar, the Shamus and the Anthony. Harlan was the first writer in more than a decade to be invited to write fiction for the New York Times op-ed page. His essays and columns have appeared in many other top publications including Parade Magazine and Bloomberg Views.

Anna Quindlen is Coben’s main reader, after his family and his editors, and he and Mary Higgins Clark often converse about plot lines.

Coben lives in New Jersey with his wife (a pediatrician), four children, and two dogs. He watches The Walking Dead every week with his son.

Harlan Coben

Rick’s Pick:

Craig Wins!

David and Craig

Craig, David, and Don

The Orange Challenge

“Race of the Champions”

4.14.161st Place - Craig Underwood ($500)

2nd Place - David Montoya ($250)

Craig & Chris Hamblin

David & Craig

Larry takes on the tires

The Hula Hoop Challenge

The Feast

The Puzzle Challenge

Loyal Service customer, Hunter Sweet service customers

FAIRWAY FURIENDS

Margaret and Bo

Dabos waiting on his car in Service

Cocker Spaniel created by a Fairway customer!

Kemp Watts’ sweet babies, Junebug & Macon

Angela with Howie Mercedes and Howie

FAIRWAY FURIENDS

Vinny & his doghter, LilySweetheart & Sandy McKissick

Al Cole’s sweet LucyLucy loves to ride shotgun!

Jake & Marley love to ride! Painting by Hugh’s wife, Bibber

www.bibberwright.com

Lol!

FAIRWAY FURIENDS

Mark Lawton’s wife, Karen, with BogeyLarry, Tina, and Mindy

Danny Holland’s boysDestiny’s puppy, Lily

Tinker’s daughter, Kristen, with Katey

Harry New’s dog & granddog, Sambo & Stewie Ha!

How to Raise a Good Employee, I Mean Kidby Jon Acuff

One of the worst people to work with is the guy who says, “That’s not my job.”

This sentence is universally hated in every country in the world. I’ve never been to Mongolia, but I guarantee there’s a guy who was supposed to help set up a Yurt that said, “That’s not my job.”

Employers can’t stand this attitude and in my work with companies, it comes up often.

It’s a sign that someone isn’t a team player. It’s a sign that someone isn’t going above and beyond. It’s a sign of selfishness and laziness.

You’ve worked with someone like that before, and they’re incredibly annoying. They only do the bare minimum and never help anyone else.

The funny thing is, this problem starts in childhood or more specifically it starts on the stairs.One night, I asked one of my daughters to pick up something that was on the stairs leading up to her bedroom. (As I’ve mentioned before, my kids have stair blindness. They are incapable of seeing things that need to be picked up on the stairs.)

In response to my request she said, “That’s not mine.” The toy in question was indeed her sister’s. She was technically right, but gaze upon this moment with me Internet readers for we have just stumbled upon the origin of “That’s not my job.”

The reason the employee you don’t like won’t help out is that when she was six, she didn’t have to pick up a Barbie that wasn’t hers. The reason that frustrating employee refuses to jump in when there’s an emergency at work is because he didn’t have to help out a sibling in need.

We tend to continue what we’re taught. Habits we learn are often difficult to break.

Granted, the toy on the stairs doesn’t really matter much.

It was one toy on one set of stairs.

But someday, I want my daughter to have a fighting chance at her job. I want her to be the kind of team member people love to work with. I want her to be kind and generous and selfless. So I’m giving her 20 years to practice, starting at the age of 9 when it would be easy to blame that misplaced toy on someone else instead of picking it up.

We tend to continue what we’re taught. Habits we learn are often difficult to break.

Foster IV’s daughter

Anne Murray

Steve Suriano’sdaughter

Kimber Rose

Lucky’s grandsonRyan Paul

Ultrasound pictures of Chris Watson’s twins.  They are waiting until birth to find 

out the gender. Due in July!

APRILBobby Timms 21 YEARS!Dray Richardson 17Richard Naylor 13Robert Chambers 11Casey Rogers 10Lucky Romagnoli 7Dan Ballard 6David Montoya 2Tiffany Moore 2Bob LaPrad 2Kemp Watts 2Josh Collins 1Amber Nodine 1Howie Szczepanski 1

JUNEGeorge Harbin 46 YEARS!Larry Pegg 26Chris Townsend 17Smiley Trammell 11Billy Ray Herd 8Mark Velez 4Charles Barker 3Marco Hernandez 2Donald Bishop 1Ron Brinkerhoff 1Roy Hedrick 1Kevin Pierce 1Bill Whitmire 1

MAYBecky Palmer 37 YEARS!Robbie Copeland 35Rob Rabassa 22Jan Doss 15Katie Simpson 15Mark Lawton 9Sue Williams 8Josh Watkins 7Ron Elwell 5Joe Veltri 3Harry New 2Jon Ferdandez 1

JULYKelly Sayers 18 YEARS!Ray Gowan 12Foster IV 12Morey Norton 12Christ Watson 12Tim Simpson 10Bill Merchant 9Tim Slagle 7Ron Peterson 6Zach Reave 1Antonio Smith 1Terry Wolfe 1

1 2

Mike Sinclair

3 4

Edward Childress

5

Josh LedwellMark Velez

6 7

8

MOTHER’S DAY

9 10

Aaron GarrettRoy Hedrick

11 12 13 14

15

Robbie Pack

16

Jason PriceFoster III

17 18 19 20

Larry PeggMike Wood

21

22

Don Rice

23

Ray Gowan

24

Chris Townsend

25

Ernest Gilliam

26 27

Scott Mitchell

28

29

Mark Harris

30

MEMORIAL DAY

31

MAYjune

1

Robbie Copeland

2

Fred SizemoreNAT’L DONUT DAY!

4

5

Tiffany Moore

6 7 8

George HarbinNathan McAbee

9 10 11

12 13 14 15

Ivan Glinyany

16 17

Don Bishop

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19

FATHER’S DAY

20

SUMMER SOLSTICE

21 22

Chris Hamblin

23

Harry New

24 25

Chris Watson

26

Craig Underwood

27 28 29 30

Birthday!

july1 2

3 5

Eric Campbell

6 7 8

Katie Simpson

9

Kevin Pierce

10 12 13 14 15

Eddie Watson

16

17

Dan EdensRobbie LockeyJesse Walls

18 19 20

Rick KelleyTinker Patterson

21 22

Tom Ninan

23

24 25

Dray Richardson

26 27

John Mendenhall

28 29 30

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The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety rates the 2016 Ford F-150 pickup its Top Safety Pick for SuperCrew and SuperCab configurations – the only large pickup to earn this recognition.

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The 2016 Ford F-150 – the toughest, smartest, most capable and safest F-150 ever – is the only full-size, light-duty truck to earn National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s highest rating, a five-star Overall Vehicle Score and five-star rating for driver and passenger for all crash test modes and cab configurations – SuperCrew, SuperCab and Regular Cab.

In my spare time I enjoy helping others doing things like updating and repairing homes and yards for friends and especially my girlfriend. Lord knows she needs help...I love spending time with my little boys and I am pretty involved with my alma mater, WCU, and their Catamount Club. This organization was formed to help student athletes develop their skills both on the fields and in the classroom in order to prepare for their future. It is also a tool to better WCU recruiting for future growth in the athletic programs.

I do have an elderly couple I visit...They have no power and have very limited income; I take them fresh veggies from the garden when I can and bring them food from the grocery as I can. I hate seeing people that have no family and don’t ask anyone for anything to suffer and it’s frustrating sometimes, but seeing their smiles and gratitude is all it’s about and I’m happy to do it.

Don Rice Presents...

SPRING TIME GARDENING WITH DANNY HOLLAND

Danny’s beautiful garden! -Danny Holland

Danny is active in the WCU Athletics Catamount Club

In the process of updating a new patio for his girlfriend! Behind the new fence, he cleared & leveled the space for a new 2-tier brick patio w/ built-in fire pit!

Hard at work!

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answers on back!

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This issue of the THE FAIRWAY FUSIONis dedicated to the memory

of Steve Cordell.

Thank you to everyone who contributed, especially:

Larry BarkerLeanne Burgess

Rick KelleyDon Rice

A. George HarbinB. Harry New, on leave from the Army in 1970C. Michael Vinson & big sisterD. Larry Barker in the early ‘70s