Hard-Working Roanoke Teenager Inspiring Everyone She Meets
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Hard-Working Roanoke Teenager Inspiring Everyone She Meets

Just 16 years old, Sofiia Semenova displays the savvy and maturity of someone twice her age. She works two part-time jobs in Roanoke – lead instructor at The Little Gym and customer service at Hey Sugar Candy. She takes career preparation and advanced placement classes and is a member of the Guitar Club at Byron…

Bowling Well Together: Military Championships

Bowling Well Together: Military Championships

Since moving to Northlake from Alaska in 2020, Sonia and Thomas Holguin have spent plenty of time in Las Vegas competing – and succeeding – in major bowling tournaments. It started with winning the Classified Doubles division in the 2021 United States Bowling Congress Open Championships. Last year, they were on the top team in…

Liberty Graduate is Putting Sports Background to Use in Hollywood

Liberty Graduate is Putting Sports Background to Use in Hollywood

Despite being a star basketball player at Liberty Christian High School, the University of Oklahoma, and the University of California-Los Angeles, Nicole Kornet planned for her athletic career to end there. Instead, she aspired to do something in the entertainment field. Little did she know she could combine those two loves into a career. But…

Steel Rose Band
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Steel Rose Band

Area Musicians Delight Themselves and Others in Popular 80s-90s Classic Rock Band For many years, singer/actress Amy Parsons and bass player Arthur Hamilton have worked together on projects including musicals she has directed at Trietsch Memorial United Methodist Church and local bands. When their band Good Therapy, which had played primarily 60s and 70s classic…

Deo Benard Succeeding as a Professional Bowler at Young Age

Deo Benard Succeeding as a Professional Bowler at Young Age

Though his father Rick once was a professional bowler, an admittedly laid-back Deo Benard wasn’t initially interested in the sport. That changed in 2016 when the Las Vegas native was 12 years old and living in nearby Henderson. “It was Easter vacation, and I said ‘Dad, can you teach me how to bowl,’” the Roanoke…

Highland Village Teacher Turns Love of Outdoors into New Non-Profit Organization

Highland Village Teacher Turns Love of Outdoors into New Non-Profit Organization

For as long as he can remember, Keith Martz has had a passion for anything outdoors. Taught how to hunt and fish by his late father, Dr. Russell Martz, Keith has done it all. “When I grew up, I would throw my shotgun on my bicycle handlebars and travel to my buddy’s house on the…

2nd Annual Dino Day Succeeds in Lantana Thanks to Partnership

2nd Annual Dino Day Succeeds in Lantana Thanks to Partnership

Among the perks of owning a local business is contributing to the welfare of its community.BlueFuse Group at EXP Realty is no exception.Since launching the agency focused on helping residential clients buy and sell their homes in2016, long-time Lantana residents Brian and Tisha White have sponsored multiple communityevents. This included title sponsorship of the second-annual…

Dino Day

Dino Day

Among the perks of owning a local business is contributing to the welfare of its community. BlueFuse Group at EXP Realty is no exception. Since launching the agency focused on helping residential clients buy and sell their homes in 2016, long-time Lantana residents Brian and Tisha White have sponsored multiple community events. This included title…

Odyssey Fitness

Odyssey Fitness

For those of you who don’t know Ethan Painter, he’s a personal trainer/exercise physiologistwith more than 15 years of experience and the owner of Odyssey Fitness located in Nolensville.You might have seen Ethan at local charity events (Art Helps Cancer or Nolensville FoodPantry) with his wife Julia, running his dogs Bill and Charlie through the…

Lash Lounge Stands Out by Listening to and Teaching Customers

Lash Lounge Stands Out by Listening to and Teaching Customers

While more places providing eyelash services are opening, and some are less expensive, Yvonne Hemphill believes the expertise of her stylists at the Lash Lounge in Flower Mound sets it apart. Each stylist is certified in the proper application and audited monthly for quality work. Two ofthe salon’s senior stylists, Lindsay Tomlin and Yvette Lopez,…