Sports Auction Almost Here!

Bob Parks Realty – Smyrna office – is hosting a sport memorabilia auction on Thursday, November 12, beginning at 6:00 p.m. at Buffalo Wild Wings, 430 Sam Ridley Parkway, Smyrna.  Proceeds will be used for the Annual Christmas for the Children function.  Click on the photos for descriptions of the items.

Eddie George – Echoes of Eddie Custom Textured Print

Steve McNair – Autographed Jersey

Jerry Rice – 30×40 Photo HUGE

Jerry Rice – The Greatest Player of All Time

Ken Stabler – Legendary Alabama & NFL QB

Colts Lenny Moore – Pro Football Hall of Fame RB

Kurt Warner – Autographed Card from His Foundation

Cortland Finnegan – Autographed Football Panel

Kerry Collins – 2008 Pro Bowl QB

Frank Wycheck – Custom Textured Print (One of Two made…)

Bruce Matthews – Pro Football Hall of Fame Titan

Chris Hope – Titans Pro Bowl Safety

“Bullet” Bill Dudley – 1946 NFL Most Valuable Player

Dan Marino – Signature Size Matters

LenDale White – Smash’ing Running Back

Kyle Vanden Bosch – Titans Pro Bowl Defensive End

Pat Summitt – Head Coach Lady Vols

Pat Summitt – Legendary Lady Vols Head Coach

Chris Johnson – Titans Pro Bowl Running Back

Raymond Berry – Custom Piece – One of Two

“Concrete” Chuck Bednarik – Custom Photo

Brett Farve – The Legend Continues

Kerry Collins – Certified Autographed Rookie Card

Cortland Finnegan – Titans Pro Bowl Cornerback

Vince Young – AUTHENTIC Jersey

Christmas for the Children Sports Auction

Bob Parks Realty, LLC – Smyrna Office – is hosting a sports auction to benefit the annual Christmas for the Children event. The auction is scheduled Thursday, November 12, 6:30 p.m. at Buffalo Wild Wings, 430 Sam Ridley Parkway, Smyrna.  Many magnificent items have been collected for this fun event.  While the event is free and open to the public, we encourage you to bring your money to bid and buy that perfect Christmas gift for your loved one!!

Bob Parks Smyrna Agents Volunteer to Help Seniors

Several representatives from the Bob Parks Realty – Smyrna Office – volunteered on Saturday to help the elderly in Rutherford County.   Work included washing windows and ceiling fans, changing batteries in smoke detectors, and delivering meals to the seniors.

Stay Tuned!

The Smyrna office of Bob Parks Realty, LLC is planning a huge sports auction in November to benefit Christmas for the Children.  Date, time, and auction items will be posted soon.

The auction will be held at Buffalo Wild Wings in Smyrna on Sam Ridley Pkwy.

Relay for Life Car Wash

Bob Parks Realty, LLC agents met this chilly Saturday morning to run a car wash for the Relay for Life.  All proceeds will go to the American Cancer Society.  We were concerned with the weather given that it rained every day this week, but it finally stopped last night so we were able to go for it!  Here are some photos!

Stephanie and Karmen try to flag down drivers to get their car washed. 

Gene’s wife, Kris Williams, helps out.  I don’t know how she stayed warm.

Gene and Mike operate the pressure washers.

Meanwhile, they gave us old women the towels to dry. 

We’re not THAT old. 

More fun!

Special thanks to Jersey Mike’s for feeding us lunch. The sandwiches were FANTASTIC.  Also thanks to Janice Williams from the Northfield office, Rachel’s grandson, Gene’s brother and his girlfriend, and Stephanie’s friend who came to help.

More appreciation to the agents who were here: Mike Bannister, Gene Williams, Karmen Crowder, Kathy Tyson, Stephanie Harris, Kathie Meadow, Celia Clifton, and John Mayfield.  We rock.

Home Sales Up

Home sales increased in February, although home prices dropped somewhat… good news for the nation’s real estate market.  The article published at MSNBC.com said,

Economists, however, said they still believed any sustained housing rebound was many months away.

“The hemorrhaging has stopped but the recovery will be long, slow and painful,” said Bernard Baumohl, managing director of the Economic Outlook Group. “It’s unlikely that we will see any sustained jump in home purchases, must less higher prices, until mid 2009 at the earliest.”

I’m going to call it good news that there’s been a rebound!

Green Office Update

We have a new gi-normous recycling bin downstairs now for paper, junk mail, magazines, etc. … now we just have to get into the habit of dropping these items in there rather than the regular trash can.  We’ve seen at least one person doing a double take, and moving his recyclables into the new bin!  Upstairs we have all kinds of recycling opportunities: plastic, cardboard, eyeglasses, cans, styrofoam, etc.   We signed up at last week’s meeting to be responsible for a one month period of transferring these items to a recycling center. 

In other news, some of the ideas that agents had for recycling included:

• Re-use gift bags
• Teach children at an early age to recycle
• Change light bulbs at home to energy efficient
• Re-use larger plastic items (juice, milk) for storage of other items
• Use cloth bags at grocery to save from using the plastic bags
• Give items to Goodwill or Boys & Girls Club any household items that could be used for art supplies
• Keep thermostat at 68 degrees in winter and 72 in summer
• Save your aerosol paint cans, batteries, computer equipment for the Rutherford County Hazardous Waste Drop Off
• Lowes will take used rechargeable batteries
• Use ceiling fans for cooling in summertime and to circulate air for heat in the winter

We are now emailing our office floor time schedule and meeting agendas rather than printing on paper.

Recycling Containers Are Here

We got our recycling containers today… one for aluminum and one for plastics.  We’ve seen several agents in our office who’ve also set up their own paper recycling boxes.  We are also collecting the plastic grocery bags to donate to the Smyrna – LaVergne Food Bank.

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