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Eric Dodd and Matt VanZant entertained the crowd on Friday night. (LEIGH LOFGREN/Staff)

Eric Dodd and Matt VanZant entertained the crowd on Friday night. (LEIGH LOFGREN/Staff)

Wine, Wags & Whiskers

Lake Oconee Humane Society, formerly known as the Oconee Regional Humane Society, held its third annual “Wine, Wags and Whiskers” and 25th-anniversary celebration fundraising event Friday night at Oconee Brewery in downtown Greensboro.With Dr. Tyler Franks of Franks Chiropractic Life Center as...
Sporting a custom-made t-shirt in honor of Zapien’s Salon founder Norman Zapien (5th from left), Carlos Rojas is surrounded by Zapien’s colorists and stylists after giving a personal demonstration June 23, of Schwarzkopf Professional’s hair coloring system. IAN TOCHER/Staff

Sporting a custom-made t-shirt in honor of Zapien’s Salon founder Norman Zapien (5th from left), Carlos Rojas is surrounded by Zapien’s colorists and stylists after giving a personal demonstration June 23, of Schwarzkopf Professional’s hair coloring system. IAN TOCHER/Staff

Zapien’s wins colorful nationwide contest

Norman Zapien freely admits he’d forgotten that hair stylist Renata Falanga had entered his business into a nationwide contest. But when an email arrived saying his Greensboro-based Zapien’s Salon had prevailed over nearly 20,000 entries, he was stunned – and just a little bit skeptical.