| Find out about franchises, how to buy one
Sparks residents considering buying a franchise are invited to attend a seminar from 7:30 to 9 a.m. Thursday at the Washoe County Complex, 1001 E. 9th St. in Reno. Participants will have the opportunity to learn about small business and franchise facts, strategies for finding the right business, the legalities of franchising and how to properly investigate franchises. To register, visit www.sparkschamber.org .
Statewide Tip-A-Cop Fundraiser to Benefit Special Olympics Washington
On Saturday, Sept. 29 from 12 to 8 p.m., local law enforcement officers will trade in their handcuffs and badges for serving aprons and burgers at Red Robin® restaurants in Washington for a Tip-A-Cop fundraiser. During the Tip-A-Cop fundraiser, law enforcement personnel will collect tips from restaurant guests to benefit Special Olympics Washington (SOWA). .
Hoppin’ in
WINCHESTER —Two local companies in the fast-food franchise industry have joined to bring SONIC drive-in restaurants to the region. H.N. Funkhouser and Co. and Allen Properties Inc. plan to open seven restaurants in the Northern Shenandoah Valley and Martinsburg-Charles Town, W.Va., areas in the next four years. Construction will start on the first SONIC — in the Wal-Mart Supercenter plaza on U.S. 50 West — in early 2008. The second will be built later in the year in Gateway Plaza on Berryville Avenue. The number of SONIC drive-in restaurants — best known for their 1950s-style service, including carhops on roller skates — has grown to 3,000 throughout the country. In 1953, Troy Smith opened the first restaurant, Top Hat Drive-In, in Shawnee, Okla.
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