When I last featured Seth Carter and his Carter & Co. Appliance Repair business in this column, he was looking for a new home for his business. He had started the business in his garage at home and had already outgrown the space.
He has found the location he was looking for and now operates out of 125 East 10th Street, York. He found the space in early 2024 and now has the space outfitted how he wants it.
The front of the building is office space for his wife, Carlee, who is the business manager and handles dispatch. It also sometimes serves as a nursery for the couple’s 2 ½ month-old son, Briggs.
“We took out some walls in this building and got it to where we needed it to be,†Carter said. “It gives me a lot more space in which to work, although a lot of what I do is outside this office when people call. We are pretty much open here by appointment.
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“I always did some appliance repair on the side for several years while working for Black Hills Energy,†he continued. “Carlee had always told me there was a need here in York, and she has proved to be right. Within 90 days, things were going so well that I knew I would need more room.†His wife is York native Carlee Beaver, who owned and operated Little Cubs Daycare until selling that business recently to Paige McKenzie.
The appliance services that Carter offers include repair and service on washers and dryers, stoves and ovens, air conditioners and furnaces and refrigerators. “I get calls on other things also,†Carter said. “About the only thing I don’t work on is TVs and microwaves.â€
He advertises his service area as York and within 30 miles of York, but he will go anywhere if needed. “I’ve been to Lincoln and Omaha to work on things,†Carter said. “We are usually booked out two or three weeks on calls, so if you need help, don’t wait to get ahold of us.â€
Carter & Co. Appliance Repair has also added appliance disposal to its list of services along with some sales of refurbished washers, dryers and refrigerators.
You can contact Carter & Co. Appliance Repair by calling (402) 366-9653 or emailing carterco@gmail.com.
In other business news, Pirate Jim has his Treasure Hunt every summer in York, but at Treasures Galore you can find a treasure of a bargain every week of the year. Jason and Thelma Davises' store is located at 1500 N. Lincoln Avenue, which is east of the underpass. The couple moved to York in 2010.
The best way to get to the store is to go around the east side of Mead Lumber and keep turning right. If you have been around York for a while, that location housed Sloan & Walsh Electric for a number of years.
The store features a wide array of items, which come from Amazon, Target and other big box store returns, overstock and new stock.
“We started about five years ago with a single pallet of items and just had home garage sales,†Jason said. “We grew from there and now we get a truckload every other week with 24 pallets.â€
Hours for the store are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday, Saturday and Sunday. The rest of the week is by appointment only by calling (402) 745-6034.
“You’ll find a little bit of everything here,†said Jason. “We buy from 13 different auction houses and just recently bought out stock from three different companies. That includes several thousand pairs of shoes.â€
Those shoes include women’s and men’s sandals, dress shoes, prom shoes, soccer and football cleats and ladies’ boots. Each pair is priced at $10.
The store is divided into quadrants where items are priced $1, $3, $5 and $10. Some bigger items are priced individually.
The store has been advertising on Facebook Marketplace. Jason said they have shipped merchandise all over the state of Nebraska and as far as Illinois.
So if it’s treasure you’ve been looking for, head up to 1500 N. Lincoln Avenue, and you just might find it there.
If searching for treasure all day made you hungry, rejoice: the St. Joe Fish Fry is back.
Don’t feel like cooking at the end of the week? You can always head for the St. Joe Fish Fry, which will be 5 to 7 p.m. every Friday through the end of Lent.
At the St. Joe Fish Fry, they serve delicious fish, scalloped potatoes, cole slaw, bread, coffee and iced tea. It’s quite a deal. You can dine in or line up your vehicle to enter from the east end of the alley to pick it up and take it home.
This is something everyone looks for every Lent, so check it out.
Finally, it’s just around the corner. Golfers can soon back on the links. It's important for retired folks to have something to do four or five days a week.
For many golfers this is also a return to frustration at times, but at other times, it can feel like you can play holes Tiger Woods himself couldn’t play any better. That’s the beauty of the game. You can have a stretch where you want to pull your hair out, and then you can have a stretch where you could belong on the PGA Tour.
If you don’t play, you’ll never know. That’s why we keep coming back.
