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Jul. 11, 2007
The luckiest day of the century, July 7, 2007, turned out to be just that for Jane Patterson of Wedowee.
In front of a full house at the Chow House, Patterson won the grand prize of $777 with a full house in the first-ever Lake Wedowee Poker Run Open House.
“I had a lot of fun with it,” Patterson said. “I have been here for a while, but I didn’t know a lot about the lake. I thought this would be a fun way to learn what Lake Wedowee has to offer.”
To have the winning hand, Patterson visited seven homes on Lake Wedowee which are currently for sale. Four real estate companies joined forces to make this event a success.
“There is no local board of REALTORS in Randolph County and when my daughter and I were at a real estate conference in Las Vegas earlier this year, we came up with this idea as a way to get some area companies to work together in a fun atmosphere,” Leisel Caldwell, broker of Advantage Realty, said. “It took a lot of work, but the full house that we saw Saturday made it worth it.
The Poker Run began at Chimney Cove’s new Club House where people received a map showcasing the seven homes on the tour.
“I was really excited to have a lot of visitors coming to Lake Wedowee from all over,” Eddie Duffey of Chimney Cove / Duffey Realty, said. “We, in particular, were very happy to introduce Chimney Cove’s new club house to the pubic through this event.”
More than 70 people toured the homes gathering playing cards along the way.
“We had a great turn out, a lot of fun and most importantly a lot of exposure for Lake Wedowee real estate,” Laurie Bloomfield, broker for ReMax Lakefront, said.
The players ended the tour at the Chow House where Roger Hammett, David Johnson and Mark Lyle played for the crowd. More than 50 door prizes were given away including tickets to a Braves game, gift certificates to local businesses and lake oriented gifts.
Advantage Realty, Duffey Realty, Home Town Realty at Lake Wedowee and ReMax Lakefront organized the event and asked more than 20 other area businesses to help sponsor or donate door prizes for this one-of-a-kind open house.
“We appreciated the sponsors who helped with this event,” Dawn Floyd, broker of Home Town Realty at Lake Wedowee, said. “Without them, this would not have been possible. Not only did we promote our lake homes and real estate companies working together, we also gave back a portion of what we have been blessed with. It seemed that everyone had a great time and we look forward to having it again next year!”
The monetary sponsors other than the four real estate companies, which made the event possible, included:
Aliant Bank, Lake Wedowee Find A Home, Bank of Wedowee, Small Town Bank, Detailed Property Inspections, Docks By Katelin, PIB Mortgage, State Farm Insurance, Chad Lee Attorney at Law, Randolph County Concrete, Cheaha View Marine and Main Street Coffee House.