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Page 6 <strong>November</strong> Edition Carthage Gazette<br />
The ‘we’ also includes Ms. Falon<br />
Medola, whom Kim recruited when<br />
she started the business. “Falon is a<br />
skilled and talented baker. She and<br />
I were classmates at Sandhills, we<br />
worked together at Forest Creek and I<br />
knew we would make a great team in<br />
the kitchen!”<br />
Homemade, fresh ingredients go<br />
into the soup of the day – prepared<br />
in-house daily.<br />
The menu offers a variety of salads,<br />
burgers and sandwiches to please<br />
all tastes – from the Breakfast B.L.T.<br />
to the Portabella Vegetarian Delight<br />
Burger.<br />
I am a picky eater which doesn’t<br />
make for a good chef, but I truly love<br />
baking. For me it is all about pleasing<br />
our customers!”<br />
Since opening three years ago, the<br />
Café has become a popular spot<br />
for call-in, take-out breakfasts and<br />
lunches.<br />
The appeal lies in the fact that customers<br />
are enjoying delicious and<br />
healthy, unprocessed food that isn’t<br />
handed to them through the window<br />
of their car. “But if the weather is<br />
bad,” says Kim, “I will run the order<br />
out to your car!”<br />
and 7 Lakes Kiwanis) –<br />
Our goal is to be flexible to accommodate<br />
the customer.”<br />
Aroma Café and Bakery offers<br />
special order cakes, pies, desserts,<br />
cupcakes, pastry and cookie platters<br />
– all made inhouse from scratch.<br />
Pies are especially popular this time<br />
of year. Kim urges customers to put<br />
their orders in early.<br />
That ‘niche’ is a Bakery and Café that<br />
offers real home-cooked food and<br />
bakery items.<br />
The breakfast/lunch menu items use<br />
Kim’s scratch-made baked goods –<br />
breads, rolls, breakfast pastries.<br />
Kim is even offering baked goods<br />
that align with the low carb/keto-type<br />
diet plan.<br />
For Mike, he simply saw that it was a<br />
smart business plan. “I had already<br />
Page studied 4 the town of Carthage before<br />
my wife and I decided to move here<br />
to be closer to our grandkids,” says<br />
Mike. “We love this town. I felt that<br />
Kim had found a niche that the area<br />
would support.”<br />
<strong>November</strong> Edition<br />
Kim attributes her love of the pastry<br />
arts to the many years she has<br />
spent as a military spouse sharing<br />
get there early!<br />
Seven Lakes News<br />
Aroma Café and Bakery.<br />
Open Monday-Friday, 7am-4pm.<br />
105 Monroe St., Carthage, NC 28327.<br />
her baked goods at the numerous<br />
functions’ military families host.<br />
910-528-6227.<br />
“My homemade goodies were always<br />
a big hit and my husband would<br />
always tell me ‘you are really good at<br />
this!’<br />
Mike appreciates how their business<br />
allows for him to use his creative<br />
energy. “I have a degree in graphic<br />
arts, but I came from a generation<br />
of cooks. I can be creative with my<br />
cooking, especially the catering side<br />
of our business.”<br />
There is a party/meeting room which<br />
is available on request – a customer<br />
ordered menu, or a menu chosen by<br />
Mike’s expertise.<br />
“We also cater outside to businesses<br />
– (two of which are Pinehurst Trace<br />
You may also find their baked goods<br />
at the Farmer’s Market Wednesday<br />
and Saturday’s in Pinehurst – but<br />
Aroma28327@gmail.com<br />
By: Kathy Mason<br />
CHAD STITES<br />
910-992-6230<br />
ONLY<br />
Nadia<br />
THE SUNSET<br />
Lasha<br />
COVERS SEVEN<br />
Brower<br />
LAKES BETTER!<br />
Crowned <strong>2018</strong> Homecoming Queen<br />
North Moore High School<br />
www.TheStitesTeam.com<br />
SHANNON STITES<br />
910-992-6231<br />
Top 10 Holiday Toys <strong>2018</strong><br />
Parents Will Be Lining Up To Buy...<br />
WowWee Fingerlings HUGS. ...<br />
L.O.L. ...<br />
Hatchimals. ...<br />
furReal critters (Munchin’ Rex, Rock-A-Too and more)<br />
Sesame Street Playskool Friends Let’s Dance Elmo<br />
Imaginext Jurassic World Jurassic Rex<br />
Harry Potter Hogwarts Great Hall LEGO Building Kit<br />
Barbie DreamHouse<br />
PJMasks Play Set<br />
Really Rad Robots Mibro R/C Robot<br />
THE MARKET REPORT:<br />
There are 39 homes for sale in Seven Lakes North,<br />
South and West combined.<br />
There are currently homes 35 homes on the<br />
market in Seven Lakes North, South, and West.<br />
There are 11 homes pending and 97 homes have sold<br />
in the past 6 months (7/1/2017 -1/1/<strong>2018</strong>).<br />
Nadia Lasha Brower was crowned North Moore High School’s <strong>2018</strong><br />
The Homecoming median sale queen price on Thursday, over the <strong>November</strong> past 6 months 1st.<br />
was<br />
With<br />
$255,000.<br />
16 Pending,<br />
(down<br />
and<br />
$9,000<br />
18 Sold<br />
from<br />
in the past<br />
last<br />
report) and median days on the market 123 (up 3<br />
days from the last report).<br />
The ceremony took place at halftime of the varsity football game. Nadia<br />
is the 30 daughter days, of that Jonathan is less Horne than and 2 Callie months Brower-Horne. of inventory. She is the<br />
senior class treasurer for the Student Government Association and is<br />
a member of the mustang basketball team. Nadia is also a member<br />
Of the 97 homes sold in the past 6 months, 33 had a<br />
price reduction prior to selling. Median reduction is<br />
just of The<br />
under the median marching days on the market of homes<br />
8% of the mustangs list price. band and is in Key Club.<br />
that have sold in the past month was 63 days.<br />
Nadia plans to attend college and pursue a career helping others.<br />
Inventory is low now and expected to increase starting<br />
in March. It’s a good time to start preparing your home<br />
for Nadia the was Spring escorted selling by her season. grandfather, Declutter, Clifton freshen Brower. up<br />
flooring and walls, and go ahead and get on your<br />
landscaper and powerwasher’s schedule for the<br />
Spring.<br />
Last year, 26 homes sold in the same time period.<br />
Shannon Stites