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SPRING 2002 Dear Neighbors, You’ll also learn a little bit about some of the most key members
of our team, the General Managers. We love to brag about this friendly,
competent lot because we are rightly proud of each of them. We are proud
for many reasons, but mostly because each sincerely shares our commitment
to friendly, competent service. Please say hello to them when you visit.
They would be delighted to know you, if they don’t already. And,
if they, or any of us, can be of service to you…please let us know.
Cheers! Dennis & Nancy King Quaintance Meet Our Key Team
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Cary
Lucky 32 - Laurie Thornburg is the General Manager of our new Cary
restaurant. You may recognize her, and some other folks such as Laura
Pope and Holly Thomas, from our Raleigh Lucky 32. Laurie first joined
us in June of 1993 as the Bar Manager in Raleigh, then became the General
Manager in 1997. Laurie loves the restaurant business – she’s
been in it since she was thirteen and she’s done everything from
shucking oysters to earning a degree in Food and Nutrition from Meredith
College. While she misses the regular guests from the Raleigh Lucky
32, Laurie says that she’s having a great time meeting people in
the Cary community. She and her husband William are expecting their
first child in June.
Greensboro
Lucky 32 - Karen Albright joined us at the Greensboro Lucky 32 in
September, 2001. Karen has years of experience working with the public
and she loves the restaurant business. “The fast pace and the people
are wonderful. I’ve made a lot of friends at work, and it’s
great getting to know our guests.” In the last few months Karen
has gotten to know the restaurant inside and out – she even spent
four weeks working in the kitchen. When she takes time out of her busy
schedule to relax, you can find her on a boat or at the beach with her
sweetheart. You may be wondering what Beth Smith, Greensboro Lucky 32’s
former manager, is up to these days. You can find her at our Cary Lucky
32. Beth chose to take less responsibility so she could move to Raleigh
to complete her double major in Biology and Zoology at NC State University.
Raleigh
Lucky 32 - Jim Aroner has been the General Manager of the Raleigh
Lucky 32 since August, 2001. Prior to joining us, Jim was Director of
Operations for a restaurant and catering company in San Francisco. Jim
is passionate about the restaurant business and says that the same reason
he got into it back in 1972 has kept him in it all these years –
he loves meeting and greeting people and finding ways to make them happy.
Jim and his family came to North Carolina from California looking for
a beautiful place to live with friendly people. Not only did they find
that, they also found a great place for Jim to pursue his other passions
– renovating vintage homes and making furniture. When he’s
not at Lucky 32, Jim and his wife, Alana, enjoy their hobbies and spending
time with their 5-year-old daughter. 
Winston-Salem
Lucky 32 - Jennifer Martin is the new General Manager of our Winston-Salem
Lucky 32. She’s been on our team for nearly seven years and has
done everything from bartending to accounting in our home office. Jennifer
says she enjoys playing the role of General Manager most because it
gives her the opportunity to get to know our guests on a personal level.
Scott Gleason, Winston-Salem Lucky 32’s former manager, transferred
to our Cary Lucky 32 so he could help with the opening and be closer
to his family in Raleigh. He’s staying in touch with Jennifer so
he can keep up with all his favorite guests – especially his Sunday
brunch regulars, who he says he’ll come see soon.
Green
Valley Grill - Martin Hunt has been the General Manager of the Green
Valley Grill since he and his bride Becky, who is the accountant for
the O.Henry Hotel, moved to Greensboro from Augusta, Georgia in July
1999. Martin has been in the restaurant business since he was eighteen
and has played the role of General Manager with two other restaurant
groups in the Southeast. Martin says that he loves working with the
team and becoming a part of the Greensboro community. He and Becky celebrated
the birth of their daughter, Sarah Elizabeth, on November 1, 2001. 
O.Henry
Hotel - Martha Schreoder has been the General Manager of the O.Henry
Hotel since it opened in 1998 and she’s been a key member of our
team for nearly ten years. Martha has been in the hospitality business
since she was a teenager - she ran her own catering business while in
high school and still loves to cook (baking is her forté, much
to the delight of O.Henry staff members who are often her taste-testers).
Over the years, Martha has played almost every role with Quaintance-Weaver.
She loves her job and enjoys her ultra-supportive staff. As she put
it, “Our company has created a family, both internal and external.
We have wonderful connections between the restaurants and the hotel
– so many of the relationships we have with our guests at the hotel
were first developed at Lucky 32.” 
Elisabeth
Green, Director of Sales for our O.Henry Hotel, is the perfect person
to advocate the O.Henry and the Green Valley Grill’s catering to
our community. She is friendly and detail-oriented and, most importantly,
she sincerely believes that the O.Henry is the best hotel of its type
in her universe. She leads a team of four professionals who help our
guests with everything from weddings and bar mitzvahs to conferences,
symposiums and corporate meetings. She enjoys hanging out with her best
buddy, Ben (a.k.a. her husband) and doing volunteer civic work.
Quaintance-Weaver
Management - Christina White, our Controller, is sort of the General
Manager of our corporate office, which provides the restaurants and
hotel with financial data, as well as marketing and administrative support.
Christina and her team handle the paperwork so our leadership teams
can focus more on our guests. “The two best parts of my job are
the people I work with and our company’s mission. We are always
focused on our guests’ experience and having that clear vision
makes my job easier,” she says. Christina is crazy about basketball
and plays regularly, and she and her husband enjoy getting away to the
mountains of Virginia to visit her family.
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