Monthly Archives: March 2014
Brevard Project 365 – Day 209
Local Color
36 S Broad St, Brevard, NC
828-384-0684
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Brevard Project 365 – Day 202
Bracken Mountain Bakery
42 S Broad St, Brevard
828-883-4034
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Brevardian of the Week – Skip Hirsh!
Skip Hirsh is the Advertising Manager at the Transylvania Times and this week’s Brevardian of the Week. Not only is Skip actively involved in the community (he is the immediate Past President of the Brevard Music Center Association of Volunteers, serves on the Board of Directors for VISION Transylvania, is Public Relations Chairman for the Pisgah Forest Rotary Club, and is Team Leader of Transylvania County Relay for Life), but he’s just an all-around fun guy. Tune in to 1240 WSQL today at 1pm where Skip will be on-air with Ann and Lisa on the “I Love Brevard” show!
What is something people would be surprised to learn about you?
My background is in computers; I was a dyed in the wool computer geek through school and into my early career. I was a contractor and consultant for the Federal Government for almost 30 years and my last contracts in Washington we running International Cyber Security War Games to help prepare government and industry organizations to respond to and recover from cyber terror attacks. Not much call for that skill set here… but that’s part of why we came.
What’s one item on your bucket list?
I want to get my pilots license. Ever since I was a little kid I have wanted to fly… there’s lots of stories my parents can tell you about that…
What are your hobbies?
I used to be an avid sailboat racer. But there isn’t much call for that skill her either. We like to hike a little and love walking the dogs in the woods, but volunteering takes up a lot of our free time.
What’s the best advice you’ve ever gotten? (the worst advice you’ve ever gotten?)
My Dad gave me some simple advice that I didn’t realize had so many useful applications, He said, ”Never pick up anything heavy until you have already planned where you are going to put it down.”
Ever had a brush with a celebrity?
I once had drinks with Linda Hamilton; I rode an elevator with Clint Eastwood; and I served House speaker Tip O’Neil a glass of wine at a reunion.
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