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Show Thursday, May 8, 2008 AMERICAN FORK CITIZEN Page 5 tie WHO'S WHO AND Charlie Cathy Allred NORTH COUNTY STAFF Charlie Boy's Pit BBQ opened April 15 and Jill Hills of Lehi brought her family in to try out their food. . "We liked Emmett's," Hills .said. "We came to see what replaced them." Rather than replace Emmett's, a burger, shake and fry stand, Charlie "Boy" Hurdle and his partners have brought in "goodol' southern barbecue." The cooking with its secret recipes; savory meats and sauces attracted several customers on the restaurant's . opening day. Jill Hills's six-year-old, Tayci, gave Charlie Boy's a thumbs up. "It's good," she said. "My husband will be jealous that we came here," Hills said. "I think it's really good.") Charlie Boys is located at 88 W. Main St. in Lehi and is open Monday through Saturday, 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. with ample parking park-ing behind the restaurant. Customers can buy individual individu-al portions or secret barbecue sauce can be purchased by the half pint or whole pint, as well as the barbecue baked beans, coleslaw and potato salad. Barbecue Bar-becue pork, beef or chicken is also sold in bulk by the half pint or whole. Hurdle's partners are his wife, Sherry Hurdle; and his brother-in-law Steve Vermill-lion Vermill-lion and his wife Maggie Vermillion. Ver-million. They are waiting for the May 15 delivery of a 3 horse power John Deere hit and miss engine, mounted on an oak cart with spoke wheels, that will make homemade ice cream. With 10 percent butterfat, the ice cream will have fresh fruit, butter pecan, chocolate almond and cookies and cream flavors. "It's the richest and highest quality of ice cream available," Hurdle said. "If it was any better, bet-ter, it would be called custard." Hurdle is a native of eastern North Carolina and said he is the real thing when it comes to mm Premium Patch Jeans Midrise & Lowrise Reg V ) Ifl 1 J MQNTANA Budles Watches" amiucau ve$t leather AmcrtianUesl R mm Ea33!S Great Values 17 IU . ..1 (, -nOthinZ rea,hc,03S $ 1 9?', III """ 5 Vcstcrn Great Selection Children's Western Boots f 1 WHAT'S HAPPENING 1 Boy's offers Carolina barbecue ".-' i .,'1 ! Charlie Boy's Pit BBQ owners Steve rednecks. He got his first 12-gauge 12-gauge shotgun for Christmas when he was six and began hunting coon. Muskrats would sell for 25 cents each. His father won a restaurant playing poker in 1964 and that was the beginning of the family fam-ily barbecue business. Hurdle has won several awards for his barbecue recipes and opened his own restaurant in Virginia in the mid-80s. In 1988, he opened Charlie Boy's Pit BBQ in American Fork and later opened his business busi-ness in Provo. Becoming overwhelmed over-whelmed by catering requests, Hurdle closed his restaurants Women's Wrangler v a SILVERSMITHS Earr.ngs Bracelets 49 n n ARiAT mlNNtTONKA S3E2yC3lS roper hs.h brands Cruel Girl Jeans n Closed Toe Style Sfrav llafs" Q ft X' 'I, ' If 1 "' Vermillion and "Charlie Boy" and focused on catering. "I've just got a passion for cooking whole hogs," he said. "It's in my blood." The largest party Hurdle has catered to is the Ronald McDonald Mc-Donald charity fundraiser with 5,000 guests served in Washington, Wash-ington, D.C He invites everyone to Charlie Char-lie Boy's Pit BBQ to taste the food even if your budget is tight. "If you're down and out and short on cash or just need a friend, come on down and sit with Charlie under the shade tree and eat for free," he said. Readers who mention this 9 9 J purses WFIV ARRIVALS 7 f f 111 X s i n 4, Hurdle opened their southern i i I R 1 i Charlie Boy's Pit BBQ Owners: Charlie "Boy" and Sherry Hurdle, Steve and Maggie Vermillion Address: 88 W. Main St., Lehi Hours: Monday through Saturday, 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. www.charlieboyspitbbq.com (under construction) Phone: 768-1931 Charlie Boy's will cater for conventions, receptions and take-out for picnics, reunions. article will get a free drink, no purchase necessary. Offer good through June. Hurdle said his goal is to Aim Cllli h. k. 4 ' I k t hini ti kit.. 1 1 CATHY ALLREDNorth County barbecue restaurant on May 2. retire in five years and set up a little North Carolina barbecue barbe-cue business in Hawaii for the tourists. a m yi i i 1 (c ts ify) is fmmm . -f;.- .: I I . .V I I V A A Orem Allstate Agent Awarded for Volunteerism Exclusive Allstate Agent Ted Whitaker received the Agency Hands in the Com munity award for his com mitment to helping others , in his area. With this award ' come a $500 grant from the Allstate Foundation to the Orem City CERT team where he volunteers. Through the Agency Hands in the Community grant program, Allstate agents and personal financial finan-cial representatives are recognized for outstanding . commitment to community .' service with a $500 donation to the charitable organization where they volunteer. To qualify for the grant, agents and personal financial representatives rep-resentatives must show evidence evi-dence of volunteer work that has had a positive impact on the local community. Store offers free stamps ; ; American Fork -area An- nex Brand shipping stores ! are offering a penny for your thoughts starting Monday by giving away 1-cent stamps -. through the end of May. The promotion coincides with the postal rate change from 4 1 to 42 cents on May 12th for a one-ounce, First Class letter. "It's just our way of saying 'thank you' to our ; customers," said Steve Goble, vice president of marketing . communications for Annex Brands. "The free 1-cent stamps will help them finish fin-ish of f their unused 4 1-cent , stamps." This is the fourth ; time Annex Brands has run this promotion. Goble said every time postal rates increase in-crease the free stamps are a big hit with customers.. More information on the American Ameri-can Fork-area Annex Brand stores or their 1-cent stamp . promotion is available from Anne Reid, PostalAnnex, located lo-cated at 356 N. 750 West Ste. D9, at 763-8563. t i V Jf m IMi II A- 9 li Ld)vy &S- |