George E. Garretson, a carriage manufacturer, of Russellville, Kentucky, was born January 10, 1833, in Crawford County, Ohio.  Nathan Garretson, his father, was born in 1809, in Wheeling, Virginia, and is still living and a resident of the State of Iowa.  George E. Garretson is the third of a family of ten children, born to Nathan and Amelia Garretson.  Though born in Crawford, he was reared in Jefferson County, Ohio.  He served as an apprentice to his trade of carriage-maker, working in Zanesville, Cinncinati and Columbus, Ohio, and in 1858 he removed from Hickman, Kentucky, to Russellville, Kentucky, and there opened a shop, where, with slight exceptions, he has conducted business since.  No words of ours commendatory of the moral and business worth of Mr. Garretson are necessary, for he is extensively known and appreciated by a large circle of friends.  On March 12, 1855, he was married in Cincinnati, Ohio, to Matilda A. Smith, who bore him four children, and who died May 24, 1864.  The year following he married his present wife, Amanda R. Smith, of Covington, Kentucky.  This union has been blessed with the birth of two children.  Following are the names of the children:  Millard F., born October 28, 1856; George W., born December 24, 1858; Harry A., born January 15, 1861, died August 26, 1862; Eddie Orin, born January 17, 1863; Neva M., born June 17, 1871, and Charles S. Garretson, born October 21, 1872.

Feature Enhancements

· J.D. Power and Associates award announcement added to all US eEdge and Market Leader Pro consumer websites (US only)

· Marketing collateral segmented according to the KW database status for Commercial, Luxury and GPS membership.

· Social Media link expansion

o   Users are now able to add more than TWO social media links that are automatically included on marketing email.  Previously, only 2 links could be setup from these four types: Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Blog.

o   New Social media types include the following types: ActiveRain, Blogger, Google+, Digg, Facebook, Flickr, LinkedIn, MySpace, Pinterest, reddit, other blog, Twitter, WordPress, YouTube

· Ability to insert images into emails

o   The email compose forms (one-off email and marketing email) can now support adding an image into the email body. Now, using the Image Insert icon, a user can upload an image to his/her File Manager and select to include it in the email.

· Column selector added to all grids

o   Users can now select which columns he/she would like displayed for the grids throughout the system.  This will help for users with smaller screens to see only the information he/she are interested in.

· New Contact field: Category

o   A new free-form text field is added to the Contact Detail record that allows a user to track information about the contact.  This information is also now searchable in Advanced Search.

· Advanced Search Enhancements

o   New search criteria: Category and Source

§  Source field auto-completes to search based on existing Source types

o   Search labels were moved to literal text instead of hint text within the field so that the labels didn’t “disappear” leaving the field unidentifiable.

o   Search by Campaign membership is added to the KW Leadership product

· New email compose form for emailing marketing materials

o   New look and feel to better match the rest of the system.

o   The contact selector is now the same as the Campaign contact selector with updated usability and contact filtering

· Now the default value of the Contact Status when importing contacts from Lead to Active

· Marketing materials preview pop-up anchored with the users current position on the page instead a set place on the page.

· The KWLS associate ID for agents is now included automatically in the Agent MLS ID field when an account is created.  This applies only to accounts provisioned after the release.

· Recently Active shortcut added back to Contacts menu.  This was removed from the menu in a prior release and we are simply adding it back.

· Updated sorting functionality on Contacts grid for View, Save, and Source

I will work on reposting some of my old blogs with the new URL so that you can catch up.

Thank you for your continued dedication to my blog.

Shannon is a Managing Broker with over 25 years experience in the real estate industry. She has sold homes when interest rates were in the high teens as well as when the market was so hot, most good homes were selling in a day!

The current market, with its short sales, foreclosures and bank-owned homes can be a challenge to navigate. Are you looking for your dream home on the waterfront, in UP or the North End, or perhaps for that perfect starter, retirement home, or investment property.? You’ll find working with Shannon will help make all of it easier! Let your real estate goals become a reality to your maximum benefit, with the surest peace of mind, knowing Shannon is guiding you all along the way. Call her today at 253 579 3249, or just click the ‘email’ button!

Shannon is the mother of two grown sons, Christopher and John Zac, and pet mom to two dogs, two cats and two birds. She is active in the community, including being on the Board of the Lakewood Playhouse, USA Dance Tacoma, and Lakewood Women in Business. She is an avid Scrabble player and ballroom dancer, loves the outdoors, reading, movies, plays and Words with Friends!

The Bistro was purchased by a new owner last year and has a new head chef to go with.  Barb and Bruce make a great team at running this quaint little restaurant outside the heart of downtown Sumner.  You can come in for a great lunch, dinner, or stop by for breakfast on the weekends.  Their menu changes a little for each meal.  The setting is very much like eating at home, and the drinks are top-notch.  If you are looking for a place to hold your office party, or fundraiser you can rent out the restaurant for those events.

On The Windmill Bistro’s new Facebook Business Page you can find out what the upcoming events are and get a $12 off coupon to use on your first meal or when you go back to visit them.  Also watch the great video’s about the restaurant and the atmosphere.   

The Facebook business page is still being added too.  So come back often to keep tabs on what is going on and any menu changes they may have.  Don’t forget to LIKE them so that you can be updated when post’s are made.

Also if you want to them to be part of your fundraiser there will be a whole page explaining how to get the set up and forms to fill out.  That should be up in a few weeks.  So come back and check in with them and let them know what you think of the Bistro.  They are interested in you thoughts and feeling.  They would also really like it if you could share their page with your friends and family.  This is definitely one page you will want to share with everyone you know that travels to Sumner.

Here is what happen’s when you ask two very fun gals to shoot a video last min in a restaurant so you can have your 5 min.

Promo Video for me and my On the Edge Solutions…..

Click picture to see us be very funny!

Tell me if you didn’t laugh or at least smile.

If you are looking for a great agent in the Puget Sound area Gini Anderson of Anderson Homes & Land is here for you.

Just check out the business page  on Facebook LIKE it and keep up to date with what is on the market and the happenings around the south Puget Sound area.