A Tribute to Unsung Heroes | Hometown Hero Sheaves

Celebrate with us as we mark a decade of broadcasting with the George Real Estate Group on WHKP, where we don't just talk property but honor the pillars of our community too. This episode is a toast to the everyday heroes among us, heroes like Jane Sheaves, whose unwavering volunteerism with the Henderson County Sheriff's Department for 20 years captures the essence of commitment and dedication. As we walk through the vibrant history of our show, we'll also unveil the latest trends in the Henderson County real estate market, where the numbers tell a story of growth and the single-family home prices averaging $533,000 reflect a community in bloom.

Pull up a chair and join the conversation as we guide you on how to keep your finger on the pulse of the Flat Rock and Hendersonville property scene with the George Real Estate Group. Whether you're looking to catch our insights live on-air, stream at your leisure, or join the conversation online, we've got the inside scoop on navigating the market waves. We're expanding our family, too, and invite you to be a part of the journey by subscribing to our podcast—your go-to resource for all things real estate in our hometown. Join us, as we continue to serve you and celebrate the heroes that make our community shine.

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Speaker 1: 0:00

The George Real Estate Group radio broadcast is celebrating 10 years on WHKP. The George Real Estate Group is celebrating 10 years on the radio live every Thursday morning at 10.05 on WHKP 107.7 FM and AM 1450 and streaming online at WHkpcom. Each Friday morning at 845,. The George Real Estate Group presents the Hometown Hero Award to someone in our community who goes above and beyond to make our hometown a better place to live. Here's this week's Hometown Hero Show. It's 845 on Friday morning and that is always our George Real Estate Group Hometown Hero Show. It's 845 on Friday morning and that is always our George Real Estate Group Hometown Hero Time. And Noah, it's always good to see you. Good to see you Always on Friday, always happy we get to honor somebody. You have the best surroundings and the best circumstances to say Friday morning.

Speaker 2: 1:01

Oh, friday morning is a highlight of my week. Say Friday morning, oh, friday morning is a highlight of my week, I mean every Friday you and I get to meet some incredible individuals that make our community what it is today.

Speaker 1: 1:15

Yeah, and you know in your real estate business that people want to move here, and and once they spend any time here, they find out what kind of people we are.

Speaker 2: 1:20

Well, it is one of the most generous and giving back community that we have here, and when people move here, they say, hey, I want to be part of it, I want to give back too, and so it's contagious.

Speaker 1: 1:30

It really, really is, and we have such a community of volunteers in our community, and this morning we're going to honor Jane Sheaves, who is in our studios along with husband Gil, and we're going to talk volunteerism here in just a second, but we first talk a little real estate, huh.

Speaker 2: 1:49

Right, here's just an update with the real estate market and the market is continuing to move. The average single family home price in Henderson County continues to appreciate and that's because of supply and demand. You know, when you compare demand to the last couple of years it's down but it's still up.

Speaker 2: 2:08

And the prices are up. When you look at the last, I mean literally the prices have been going up year over year since 2011. But our average single family home price in Henderson County is at $533,000. It keeps going up. I think just at the beginning of the year you and I were talking, it was just 500. I mean, like it keeps appreciating. It's and it's supply and demand. There's less than 300 active single family homes on the market and we know, regardless of interest rates, we know, regardless of the economy, the market, we know real estate happens around life. You can be really positive reason why people are buying or selling. It could be challenging, but we're here to advocate and facilitate our clients and I'm so thankful Our team is growing. We've done twice as much business year-to-date as we did last year. Wow, and that's in the market that we're in and that's because of the incredible agents that we have and we're located in Flat Rock, the Georgia Real Estate Group.

Speaker 1: 3:05

We serve all of Western North Carolina and upstate South Carolina, and all of the shows, the radio shows where you talk about real estate trends. All of those are on a podcast platform. Wherever you download your podcast, you'll find the Georgia Real Estate Group.

Speaker 2: 3:19

Yeah, and you can subscribe to it. And, of course, you can find us online at realestatebygregcom. You can stop by our office there in Flat Rock. You can call us directly at 828-393-0134. And, like you said, be sure to subscribe to the podcast.

Speaker 1: 3:32

Okay, join me, if you will, noah, in welcoming Jane Sheaves. Good morning, jane, Good morning. How are you? Nervous oh please don't be nervous. We're going to chat about what you do in our community, but first, right off the bat, we're going to blame George Irwin for getting you in this mess, right.

Speaker 1: 3:51

Yes, you are I figured he'd show up with you this morning, but you were nominated by George Irwin for your volunteerism in our community. So we kind of want to break open that shell today and figure out how much and all of this volunteerism I've been talking all week about a bunch of different organizations, so fill us in. Why did George nominate you?

Speaker 3: 4:21

Well, I reached the goal of serving 20 years.

Speaker 1: 4:27

Oh, wow.

Speaker 3: 4:28

And that's a long time to volunteer. You know we were lucky to be able to start a little younger when we retired and moved down here instead of, you know, an older folk retiring and being able to volunteer. Have the time.

Speaker 1: 4:48

Right.

Speaker 3: 4:48

We were able to start a little bit younger, because we were younger when we moved 20 years in what or were volunteering for which organization? Henderson County Sheriff's Department in many different areas.

Speaker 1: 5:03

Okay, okay, 20 years at the Sheriff's Department, many different areas. Okay, okay, 20 years at the Sheriff's Department.

Speaker 3: 5:08

Yes, sir.

Speaker 2: 5:09

Oh gosh, that's incredible. I'm curious, though were you specific about when you first started out volunteering that you say I'm going to do 20 years Like that was a goal you had.

Speaker 3: 5:20

Not really, but I enjoy it. And as long as I still enjoy it, I want to be able to keep doing it.

Speaker 2: 5:29

Wow.

Speaker 3: 5:30

And as long as my health and you know, all other factors.

Speaker 2: 5:35

I find that people that volunteer, there was usually someone in their life that influenced them in that Like, who instilled that about I'm going to give back, I want to give back? Was there somebody that that inspired you, or did you have it with you? You thought you and your husband when you retired we want to volunteer, we want to give back. Was there some catalyst to that?

Speaker 3: 5:56

We moved from upstate New York down here and we didn't know anyone. We have no family down here. We didn't have friends at the time and we needed after we settled the house and got everything put away sort of kind of where we wanted it to be we needed something else to do. So at that time they used to have in the local newspaper the column Volunteers Needed. Gil started in November. He said it's not a bad organization, they're friendly people. Why don't you see what you can do?

Speaker 2: 6:36

So you both started in 2004 with this.

Speaker 3: 6:40

He started in three and I started in four.

Speaker 1: 6:44

Well, now is a part of that time in the VIP program at the Sheriff's Department. It's always been the VIP program Okay now tell me about the VIP program, will you?

Speaker 3: 6:56

That's Volunteers in Partnership with the Sheriff's Office.

Speaker 1: 7:00

Volunteers in Partnership, the VIP program.

Speaker 3: 7:04

Right, we do what they would normally do, but it frees the deputies up to do more important things than do paperwork filing whatever. Do paperwork filing. Whatever Gill drives patrol, it frees up a deputy to go after the bad persons and they don't have to just drive around and be a PR person for the sheriff, and I've worked in security at the new courthouse. I volunteered with filing for records department and carry concealed department. I worked at the front desk when we were on main street and that's amazing.

Speaker 2: 7:54

How do you know offhand how big the program is, how many volunteers?

Speaker 5: 7:59

We have right around 70 right now 70.

Speaker 2: 8:03

That's incredible.

Speaker 1: 8:03

That's a lot of people. Dale, help me with Dale Carver. Yes, yes, dale, here comes speaking. Come on up, gil. Welcome Gil Sheaves.

Speaker 5: 8:17

Warren Hargis is our boss now. Okay, heis is our boss now Okay, he also is in the boss of the Citizens Academy. So he has a dual role.

Speaker 1: 8:28

Okay, well, that's volunteers in partnership. Another organization that I see on my list here that you've spent time helping is one called toasty toes.

Speaker 3: 8:42

it's now called the hit squad okay, okay handcrafted items for our troops okay it's a bunch of women that like to knit and crochet and we make comfort care items for our troops and send them overseas. It's a non-profit without the 501c3. Gotcha, yeah, we get donations from various incendiary people organizations. That money goes right back into buying yarn and postage to mail the boxes to. You know whatever name we can get that we send a whole bunch of stuff to it's hats, scarves, fingerless gloves, uh, slippers, you know things like that that's incredible, is it?

Speaker 2: 9:35

is it specific? Is it an organization that was started here in Hendersonville?

Speaker 3: 9:38

Toasty Toes was the original and that was a nationwide thing 15, 20, 30 years ago. And then that kind of fell away and we started our own group called the Hit Squad.

Speaker 1: 9:55

That's amazing. What kind of feedback have you gotten about?

Speaker 3: 10:01

that we get letters from the troops, we get letters from the commanders, we get letters and plaques and certificates from the ships that we send to Various and sundry things. All very appreciative. Lots and lots of pictures, photographs of the military. You know, being aware being picked over, they're so excited to get the box. A lot of these young folk don't get things from their families for whatever reason, and they're just excited that there's people still thinking and caring about them.

Speaker 1: 10:42

That's great. That's great. Well, gil and Jane Shees I'm so impressed with I think instead we need to thank George Irwin for telling us about you guys. He is also a big volunteer in our community too. Yeah, so he, he gets it. He gets it. What's next?

Speaker 3: 11:06

well, we camp a lot so in between, oh, every other weekend, and we're booked kind of through october are you kidding me?

Speaker 1: 11:15

where are you going?

Speaker 3: 11:17

we've been to florida. We've been to alabama. We'll be going to the outer banks. We're going to jacksonville, florida, a couple of times.

Speaker 1: 11:25

We go a lot to heartwell lake, various campgrounds around there like heartwell yeah yeah uh, you pull a camper, uh yes yeah, okay, you still, uh, still behind the wheel. Huh, oh yes, yeah, oh yes, what?

Speaker 5: 11:40

size camper. What is it? It's a 30-foot pull-alone trailer. We've been camping since 1979.

Speaker 1: 11:51

Wow.

Speaker 5: 11:51

So we've been in all 50 states and most of Canada.

Speaker 1: 11:56

The Outer Banks is one of my favorite places on the face of the earth. You said you're going there, that that's coming up this summer, right?

Speaker 5: 12:03

That comes up in October.

Speaker 1: 12:05

Yeah.

Speaker 5: 12:05

This is our third year to the same place.

Speaker 1: 12:07

So you take that big 30-foot rig across the the big bridges, out at the Outer Banks and the wind blows you around and the seagulls are flying by and you're just kind of glued to the wheel, right.

Speaker 5: 12:20

That's true.

Speaker 1: 12:25

Well, I can't tell you how much we appreciate what you do and what you continue to do. So you're going to continue to knit and work at the VIP program both of you, yes and intermingle in the travel. I've always heard if you're going to retire, don't quit, don't stop. So you guys are a perfect example of that. May I ask your ages, respectfully? May I ask?

Speaker 5: 12:50

I just turned 80 in November Wow.

Speaker 3: 12:53

And I'll be 77 in May.

Speaker 1: 12:55

And still got a schedule booked up through October. What about that, Noah?

Speaker 2: 13:01

Absolutely incredible. What would you tell somebody that is on the fence about volunteering, or just the difference it's made in your life and to others?

Speaker 3: 13:09

You meet so many good, nice people it just if you're old it helps get you motivated to get out and do something when you have a schedule that you need to sort of kind of meet, you know, and you don't just sit home and say, oh, I wish, I wish I should have could have. But you don't just sit home and say, oh, I wish, I wish, yeah, I should have could have, but I didn't. This, you know. You wake up in the morning and you have something to look forward to doing.

Speaker 1: 13:45

Right Gil.

Speaker 5: 13:46

Right Well, what I'm doing right now in the VIP program we do what we call mobile watch and you know, you have your community watch where you watch out for your neighbors. Right Well, right now we have nine people, 11 people that go out and travel the communities, the neighborhoods, and right now we're covering about 348 different neighborhoods in the county, covering about 348 different neighborhoods in the county, and what we have is each one of our drivers. We have six vehicles. They're all white and they've got a sheriff on them. So if you see a white vehicle out there or a sheriff on it, it's a volunteer and we travel all the communities. We've been doing this for about two years now and it's a great thing. You get to meet a lot of good people, a lot of animals, pets and you know it's a lot of kids and we tell them to our people. You know, if you see the kids in the neighborhood, stop and say hello.

Speaker 2: 14:51

That's great.

Speaker 5: 14:51

You know regular people, regular adults, and give them a sheriff's badge, and it makes the day for them and the moms and dads and for us.

Speaker 1: 15:01

It really makes our day to meet people like you all and have you here with us on the George Real Estate Group Hometown Heroes series. Join us each Friday morning. Thank you to Jane and Gil Sheaves. Have a wonderful weekend, thank you.

Speaker 4: 15:14

Hey and Gil Sheaves have a wonderful weekend. Thank you, hey guys, it's Lucy Miller, george, your favorite 9-year-old, and I'm here to talk about the George Real Estate Group. Are you ready to sell your home and move on to bigger and better things? Well, let me tell you my family knows a thing or two about selling houses. We have the experience of helping over 1,300 families and, let's be real, selling your home is a big deal, but with our expert guidance and our terrible dad jokes and Lucy jokes, we will make the process as easy and painless as possible. Want to hear a joke? Why did the real estate agent cross the road To get to the other listing? Okay, maybe our jokes aren't the best, but our selling skills are definitely are. Give us a call today 828-393-0134. Have a nice day. 393-0134.

Speaker 1: 16:14

Have a nice day. The George Real Estate Group is located in Flat Rock, north Carolina, near Hendersonville in Henderson County. You can find them online at realestatebygregcom. The George Real Estate Group can be reached at 828-393-0134 or stop by their office at 2720 Greenville Highway, flat Rock, north Carolina. Tune in live each week on Thursdays at 10.05 am on WHKP 107.7 FM and 1450 am, or stream online at whkpcom or download these podcasts wherever you get your podcasts. The George Real Estate Group brings you the WHKP Hometown Hero Series every Friday morning at 845.