Chamber newsletter distributed through the Fort Worth Star-Telegram the first Tuesday of each month to approximately 120,000 subscribers as well as the entire membership.

Latest Edition - October 2005

• Trade Show
• Water Woes
• President’s Column
• Job Links
• Eco Update
• Dateline
• Business After Hours
• Leads Group
• Action Ambassador
• Father Daughter Ambassadors
• Imagine a Time
• Golf Winners
• Golf Thanks
• Small Business
• Ribbon Cuttings

Trade Show

Tarrant Chambers Trade Show Kicks it Up a Notch  

For 2005, the Tarrant Chambers Trade Show is kicking it up a notch by teaming with Chile Pepper Magazine. Join 14 chambers of commerce from all over Tarrant County for the Super Bowl of business-to-business trade shows, Nov. 10. Now is the time to make the most of your marketing budget by purchasing your booth. Buy your booth by the Early Bird deadline of Oct. 26 and save $100.

• What: Tarrant Chambers Trade Show

• When: Thursday, Nov. 10, 4-8 p.m.

• Where: Will Rogers Memorial Center – Exhibits Hall
   

Bob Besgrove, owner of D’Vine Wine of Texas was the first business owner to purchase a booth for the 2005 Trade Show after his first Trade Show experience in 2004.

“Last year, I was a new business and someone suggested I participate in the Chamber’s Trade Show,” said Besgrove. “That was very successful and I wanted to be sure I was there again this year.” Besgrove likes Trade Show’s one-evening format designed to provide maximum exposure in a minimum amount of time. “Trade Show is more focused and it works much better than longer events.”

Bam!
This year’s show will be hotter than a jalapeno when Chile Pepper Magazine hosts the Tailgate Taste-off and attendees get to be the referee! Popular local eateries will transform Trade Show into Tailgate Alley and serve samples of their signature dishes. Categories to be recognized will include: Sweet Tooth, Zestiest, Fine Dining and Favorite Food. And Trade Show attendees will be the judges.

Holy guacamole!
 Signing up for the event is as simple as it is inexpensive. Participating restaurants receive a complimentary booth in exchange for providing a minimum of 1,500 food or non-alcoholic beverage samples. Booth space is limited to the first 25 respondents and space will be assigned on a first come, first served basis. Restaurants wishing to participate in the Tailgate Taste-Off should contact Jeanean Herod at 817/336-2491, ext. 275 or jherod@fortworthchamber.com.

Silent Auction
As in past years, Trade Show will include one of Fort Worth’s most popular silent auctions featuring travel, dinners, gift packages and other unique items. Attendees can purchase something special for themselves or get a jump on holiday shopping. Businesses interested in donating items to the silent auction should contact Becky Matson at 817/336-2491, ext. 243.

Participating Chambers
At press time, participating chambers include:
All Asian Chamber of Commerce
Arlington Chamber of Commerce
Benbrook Area Chamber of Commerce
Burleson Area Chamber of Commerce
Colleyville Area Chamber of Commerce
Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce
Fort Worth Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
HEB Chamber of Commerce
Fort Worth Metropolitan Black Chamber of Commerce
Northeast Tarrant Chamber of Commerce
Saginaw Area Chamber of Commerce
Tarrant County Asian Chamber of Commerce
Weatherford Chamber of Commerce
White Settlement Area Chamber of Commerce

Buy Your Booth Now
Don’t pass up this opportunity to showcase your business before potentially hundreds of customers in one evening.

Booth rates are: Chamber member - $425/ $525 after Oct. 26;
                           Gold members - $395/$495;
                           non-members - $600/$700.
                           Prime booths, reserved for Chamber members only, are $625 (Early Bird deadline does not apply.)

For more information on the Tarrant Chambers Trade Show, contact Beverly Rozanski at brozanski@fortworthchamber.com or 817/336-2491, ext. 263 or www.fortworthchamber.com.

Staff from Specialty Services Unlimited talk shop with 2004 Tarrant Chambers Trade Show attendees.		Bob Besgrove of D’Vine Wine of Texas was the first to sign up for Trade Show 2005.

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Water woes

Region Must Plan Now for Increased Water Usage

Metroplex residents, especially those of us in the western half, have experienced an extremely dry year thus far. Some parts of Tarrant County have had fewer than five decent rain showers this year. Such dry years emphasize the importance of both water conservation and developing new sources of water for the area.

Walter Humann, chairman of the Fort Worth Chamber’s Environmental Health and Safety Committee, points out that the average Texan uses three to five times the amount of water just brushing his teeth in the morning as others throughout the world use for drinking, cooking and personal cleaning combined.

The Chamber recently wrote James Parks, Chairman/Administrator of Region C Water Planning Group, expressing concerns over what could be a looming water crisis similar to one experienced in the 1950s.

“Water is a critical resource to our region and we must take care to preserve and nurture it,” Humann said.

Humann pointed out in the letter that while water supply planning must continue to proceed on a regional scale, “there are unique physical and demographic characteristics of the western portion of Region C that make development and implementation of the regional water plan especially critical for residents and business located in the western sub region.” Those include the following:

• The population of Tarrant County is projected to reach 3.1 million by 2060 making it the fastest growing “urbanized county” in the 16-county Region C.
• The populations of Parker, Wise and Denton Counties are projected to increase more than 200 percent over the same period.
• Water use in Tarrant County is projected to increase more than 100 percent between now and 2060.
• Hack and Wise Counties are expected to increase water use by more than 200 percent and Parker County by more than 300 percent.
• Due to differences in rainfall, runoff and evaporation patterns, water supplies are more abundant in the eastern part of Region C than in the west.

On the western side of the North Texas region, Tarrant, Parker and Jack Counties project a surplus water supply through 2010 using existing, connected sources. However, notes Humann, water demand in Denton, Wise and Cooke Counties will exceed supply beginning in 2020 and the shortage will continue through 2060.

Such water shortages would have a devastating effect on the area’s economy, says Humann. “Failure to meet Region C’s projected water demands will have a negative impact on the region’s economy, says Humann’s letter. “Without the implementation of a regional water plan, job losses may total 691,000, a 17 percent reduction; annual incomes are projected to fall by 21 percent; sales volume is projected to decrease by $96.7 million; and local and state tax revenue will be reduced by $2.5 million.”

To ensure that these potential shortages don’t become reality, the Chamber recommended a course of action to Chairman Parks that can prevent them.

• Water conservation and reuse – By 2060, the projected water supplies and/or savings from water conservation and reuse are expected to be over 1 million acre-feet per year, 36 percent of the region’s demand without conservation.
• Connection of existing supplies – There are over 500,000 acre-feet per year in water supplies committed to Region C that are not yet connected. Providing infrastructure to connect to these existing supplies is projected to increase supply throughout the region by 23 percent in 2060.
• Development of new supplies – Meeting the projected shortage of 1.9 million acre-feet per year by 2060 for Region C will require the development of significant new water supplies. Construction of new reservoirs is projected to increase supplies by 18 percent.

Humann acknowledges that there may be some contentious moments ahead dealing with landowners who stand to be affected by the development of new reservoirs.

“We must strike a balance between developing new reservoirs and putting them in areas conducive to water management,” he said. “But we must be respectful of the property owners. We don’t want a ‘we/they’ attitude. Many land owners who stand to be affected wonder why they should suffer to feed urban water demands. We must help them see that growth makes the economy vibrant. This balance will require careful planning.”

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Presidents Column

Hurricane Katrina was the “perfect storm.” It was the “big one” residents along the Gulf coast had feared for years but prayed would never come. For nearly four decades everyone thought Hurricane Camille had been the big one. And almost everyone who rode out Camille believed they could survive Katrina. No one could have imagined the sheer size and brute force of this monster storm.

In Katrina’s wake much of the Mississippi coast and virtually the entire city of New Orleans are devastated and the number of lives lost rises daily. The storm’s aftermath left literally thousands of people homeless.

Relief in the form of buses out of New Orleans came and the great evacuation began. As thousands of stunned storm victims streamed out of Louisiana and Mississippi, Texas and many other states opened their doors, their pocketbooks and their hearts. Across Texas, cities quickly set up relief centers in sports arenas, churches, convention centers, airports and military bases. Firm numbers of evacuees are difficult to come by; some went to shelters while others stayed with friends or family. Those with the wherewithal went to hotels. Several hundred thousand displaced New Orleans residents have scattered across the country – at least 4,000 here in Fort Worth at one point.

I want to commend the citizens of Fort Worth and the entire Metroplex for all they have done to provide assistance to Katrina evacuees. Corporations have made major monetary contributions and helped collect everyday items evacuees need – water, food, clothes and toiletries. Businesses large and small have set up collection jars or gathered necessities as have churches around our city. Individuals have volunteered to work processing evacuees, answering phones, cooking meals, delivering items or sorting donations.

The City, Tarrant County, your Chamber along with other local chambers, FWISD, Workforce Solutions and other community partners have worked tirelessly to coordinate the evacuee centers and to help our guests find housing and jobs, enroll in school or even to locate missing loved ones. This partnership has helped smooth the difficult transition these traumatized citizens – our neighbors – have been forced to make.

Not since the great hurricane at Galveston have we witnessed such massive destruction and loss of American lives at the hands of nature. Devastation of this proportion is overwhelming. But, in the face of that devastation, what we as Americans and Texans did when our neighbors needed help is what should be remembered. The only silver lining to this tragedy is how we responded when called upon.

New Orleans and the Gulf coast will rebuild and many evacuees will want to go home. But many have lost everything and have nothing to go home to. Those people may choose to stay here in Texas. And why not? When they came knocking at Texas’ door, we welcomed them with open arms and a great big, “Howdy!”

Hurricane Katrina brought out the best us. I have never been so proud to be from Fort Worth, Texas.

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Job Links

Top 3 Questions about Job Links

Job Links is a unique program presented by the Fort Worth Chamber that links candidate providers with job providers. But according to Melonye Whitson, the Chamber’s Workforce Development Coordinator, the program helps fill jobs and place people.

“People often ask if Job Links is a job fair,” said Whitson. “I have to explain that it’s not. It’s an opportunity for businesses to present job openings to a wide variety of candidate providers. They also ask about cost; there is no charge.”

The other most often asked question is what sort of positions are presented at Job Links sessions.

“I tell people that we have everything from entry level to management positions,” she said. “We have jobs for people who have a high school education up to those with Ph.D.s.”

Sandy Olson, a recruiter for convenience store giant 7-Eleven, sponsored a recent Job Links session hosted by Fort Worth’s East Regional Library. “I’ve been attending Job Links for about three years now,” said Olson. “Sponsoring was a great way to give back a little to the program. It also was a great opportunity for me to show off some of 7-Eleven’s new products.”

Olson noted that Job Links has proved beneficial to her company over the years and she makes every effort to attend each month.

“Job Links is well organized and well worth my time,” Olson said. “There’s a great deal of camaraderie among the regulars and it’s great for networking.”

Job Links is a two-hour, monthly forum for Fort Worth-Area employers to present immediate job opportunities to a broad base of candidate providers. Supporting the Fort Worth Chamber in producing Job Links are:

• Workforce Solutions
• Fort Worth Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
• Fort Worth Metropolitan Black Chamber of Commerce
• American Indian Chamber of Commerce
• Tarrant County Asian American Chamber of Commerce
   

For more information on Job Links, contact Whitson at mwhitson@fortworthchamber.com or 817/336-2491, ext. 236.

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Eco Update

In the Works
An environmentally sensitive development is in the works at the corner of Belknap and Riverside that includes the restoration of a 1931 building known as the McAdams Building at 3124 W. Belknap and the construction of another building on the same block. Fort Worth Business Press, Aug. 8-14

Barham & Harris, LLC will develop nearly 700 single-family residential lots in Fort Worth at three locations throughout the city. They have purchased 62 acres in Fort Worth at the intersection of Highway 1187 and Oak Grove Road. They further acquired 7.4 acres at River Park Drive and Bryant Irvin Road for the development of 51 patio home lots. Their final project is a 375-lot project called Parkview Hills, located at the intersection of Old Decatur Road and Parkview Hill Lane. Fort Worth Business Press, Aug. 8-14

Expansions and Moves
Fort Worth Electric moved into a new location at 812 E. 9th St. The company moved from its previous location at 800 Calhoun St. Fort Worth Business Press, Aug. 8-14

Under Construction
Officials from State National Bank and Whitley Penn CPA firm broke ground on the new building at the intersection of Seventh Street and Summit Avenue. The four-story building will offer 44,000 square feet of office space as well as underground tenant parking and a four-lane drive-through banking center. Fort Worth Business Press, Aug. 22-28

Texas Bank is adding a new location near the fast-growing Alliance corridor. Construction is located at North Freeway I-35W at Westport Parkway. It is scheduled to open in late Sept. or October. Fort Worth Business Press, Aug. 29-Sept. 4

On the Dotted Line
Nurse Assist, a manufacturer of medical devices used in hospitals and nursing homes nationwide, has leased a manufacturing facility in Mercantile Center in north Fort Worth, where it will consolidate its operations. The company is leasing 103,000 square feet at 3400 Northern Cross Blvd., moving from a 22,000-square-foot facility in Fossil Creek. Star-Telegram, Aug. 8

Real-estate investors Taylor and Shirlee Gandy bought the Star-Telegram’s 23,000 square-foot building, 501 W. Lancaster Ave., under the entity Ron Investments. The deal involves slightly more than a half-acre of land. Star-Telegram, Aug. 15

Jeremiah Land Co. in Fort Worth has bought the Mount Vernon Apartments, six units at 3024 Mount Vernon St. Star-Telegram, Aug. 1

Steve Nichols has bought One Century Plaza, a turn-of-the-20th century office building on the southwest corner of Eighth and Houston streets. Star-Telegram, Aug. 1

Village Homes has bought the 3,300-square-foot building at 3821 Camp Bowie Blvd. It plans to renovate the building for its offices. Star-Telegram, Aug. 1

New Tech Engineering, an oil field support firm for more than 100 small operators, has leased 3,550 square feet in the Bank of America building, 500 W. Seventh St. Star-Telegram, Aug. 8

Sea Gull Lighting Products, parent company of Monte Carlo Fan Co., a wholesale distributor of ceiling fans, has leased 6,889 square feet at 740 S.W. Loop 820. Star-Telegram, Aug. 8

Goodrich Corp. has leased 9,772 square feet for offices on the 31st floor of Burnett Plaza, 801 Cherry St. Star-Telegram, Aug. 15

Spigel Properties in San Antonio purchased Woodmont Plaza North, a 41,750-square-foot center at 6200 McCart Ave., near Westcreek Drive in southwest Fort Worth. Star-Telegram, Aug. 22

3855 Camp Bowie, a limited partnership of Vintage Capital Partners, a Fort Worth-based real-estate investment company, has purchased the Camp Bowie Apartments, a 40-year-old, 30-unit complex at 3855 Camp Bowie Blvd. The apartments are 90 percent leased. Star-Telegram, Aug. 22

RisingStar Properties, a new full-service commercial real-estate brokerage, has entered the Tarrant County market, recently opening an office at 1701 River Run Road. Star Telegram, Aug. 22

Wheel Nation, a new company that specializes in refurbishing automotive wheels has purchased an 11,990-square-foot office and warehouse at 5209 Vesta Farley Road from Granite Security Products, a manufacturer of business and residential gun safes. Star-Telegram, Aug. 22

Innerface-Maxilofacial 3-D has leased a 1,242-square-foot office at 2801 Hulen St. from Centra Asset Partners. Star-Telegram, Aug. 22

Leukemia & Lymphoma Society of North Texas has leased a 1,285-square-foot office at 1200 Summit Ave from Centra Asset Partners. Star-Telegram, Aug. 22

10, a new martini bar and cigar lounge owned by October Pennington, has leased 3,987 square feet in the Foch Street Showrooms, on Foch Street just off West Seventh Street on the near west side. Star-Telegram, Aug. 22

Miramar Designs, a Fort Worth based manufacturer of retail displays, purchased nearly 200,000 square feet of retail space from Industrial Realty Group of California. The space, located in a facility that once housed a Winn Dixie Supermarket Distribution Facility, is located at 5500 South Freeway. Fort Worth Business Press, Aug. 1-7

Clifton Capital Partners Inc., a financial advising company, has leased 2,609 square feet of office space at Stonegate Plaza in Fort Worth. Fort Worth Business Press, Aug. 1-7

The Woodmont Co, which has a large presence in the Metroplex, recently negotiated the lease of about 3,000 square feet of office space to Sally Beauty Company. About 1,600 square feet of which was leased at Lake Worth Towne Crossing Center in Lake Worth, Texas, and 1,540 square feet was leased at Corsicana Marketplace in Corsicana, Texas. Fort Worth Business Press, Aug. 1-7

Dallas-based Avex Group, an investment and development group, recently purchased 157 acres of land in south Fort Worth to hold for future developments, including that of State Highway 121. Fort Worth Business Press, Aug. 22-28

Textron Inc. leased 40,788 square feet of class A office space from Dallas based Hillwood Properties. The space is located at 2301 Eagle Parkway in the Alliance Texas development in north Fort Worth. Fort Worth Business Press, Aug. 29-Sept. 4

Stroud Energy Ltd. has sub-leased more than 17,000 square feet of office space in downtown Fort Worth’s Burnett Plaza, located at 801 Cherry St. Fort Worth Business Press, Aug. 29-Sept. 4

Openings
Jones & Boyd, a Dallas-based multidiscipline engineering and design firm, has opened an office at 3601 N.E. Loop 820 in Fossil Creek, to better serve its ongoing land-development projects in Fort Worth and Tarrant County. Star-Telegram, Aug. 22

A1 Scooters-4-U recently opened at 3805 Southwest Blvd. Star-Telegram, Aug. 22

Huguley Memorial Medical Center opened Tarrant and Johnson County’s only hospital based hyperbaric medicine center on Aug. 15. Fort Worth Business Press, Aug. 22-28

Tommy’s Hamburgers has reopened in the Chicotsky’s center on west 7th Street. Fort Worth Business Press, Aug. 29-Sept. 4

Meadowbrook Golf Course, located at 1815 Jenson, is reopening Sept. 2 for play. The course has been closed for renovations. Fort Worth Business Press, Aug. 29-Sept. 4

Did You Know?
People are renting Metroplex apartments faster than builders can build them. The flurry of renting is tightening the market and putting some traction back into North Texas apartment occupancy, according to ALN Systems, a Carrollton apartment-tracking firm. Occupancy is up to 88.4 percent at mid-year, up slightly from 88.3 percent this time a year ago. Star-Telegram, Aug. 8

Thanks to the local openings of some very large retailers in the first half of the year, the overall amount of vacant commercial real estate in the Metroplex has stayed relatively flat so far, according to a midyear study by The Weitzman Group. Star-Telegram, Aug. 8

The Main St. Fort Worth Arts Festival and the Fort Worth Parade of Lights won awards, including eight gold, in 17 of 21 categories at the recent Texas Festivals and Events Association's annual conference at the Gaylord Texan Resort in Grapevine. Star-Telegram, Aug 8

Sundance Square will serve as the title sponsor for the next three Fort Worth Parade of Lights, officials with Downtown Fort Worth, Inc. have announced. Star-Telegram, Aug. 8

Baylor All Saints Medical Center has been recognized for excellence in hospital governance by the Texas Healthcare Trustees Foundation's Texas Academy of Governance. The award honors hospitals and health systems that keep their knowledge of governance updated through education and effective practices. Star-Telegram, Aug. 8

Data provided by Strategic Insight Group, Intelligence Research Partner of the Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce

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Dateline

Dateline: Fort Worth...

The U.S. ushered in the dawn of mass jet travel – and the country has many dilapidated airports to show for it. The good news is that passengers tired of dank, aging facilities can now look forward to more comfortable journeys, with the fruits of a late 1990s terminal-building boom finally being realized.

A slew of ultra-modern facilities has been unveiled in ten American cities, including Seattle, Miami, Detroit, New York and Los Angeles. The latest and swankiest is Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport’s $1.4 billion Terminal D: a sprawling, two million-square-foot structure that brings élan to the world’s third-busiest airport.

Used almost exclusively by international passengers, the state-of-the-art, 28-gate terminal is home to carriers like American, British Airways, Korean Air, Lufthansa and Mexicana Airlines.

You can expect the requisite smattering of smart shops and bustling outposts of upscale local eateries, as well as wi-fi access throughout and a security screening center with three walk-through explosives-detection machines capable of processing 2,800 passengers per hour. For meetings and layovers, a posh 298-room Grand Hyatt Hotel should take care of your needs. It’s not all business, however: to enliven the commodious space beneath the building’s 80-foot ceilings, the airport has added large sculptures, paintings, multimedia displays and mosaics.

But to many, the real work of art is Terminal D itself.

Time
September 5, 2005

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 Business After Hours

Idyllic Setting for Business After Hours

Annabelle Mansion on Sunset Ranch is an antebellum-style home nestled in rolling hills and lakes. The 10,000-square-foot mansion was once destined to be a home for country superstar George Strait. Today, the home boasts waterfalls and spectacular view and will host the October Business After Hours presented by Bank of America.

• What: Business After Hours at Annabelle Mansion on Sunset Ranch
• When: Thursday, Oct. 6, 5:30-7:30 p.m.
• Where: Annabelle Mansion, 629 John Charles Dr., Burleson, 76028
• Cost: Chamber members - $10; Gold and Preferred members – free, but must RSVP. Chamber members only

You don’t have to wear a hoop skirt or waist coat, but do bring plenty of business cards and be prepared to network while enjoying hors d’oeuvres and beverages.

Register online at www.fortworthchamber.com or with Doris Becker at dbecker@fortworthchamber.com or 817/336-2491, ext. 288.

Directions: Take I-35W south, exit #36. Turn left on E. Renfro, right on Timber Court, left on Donald Drive, then right on John Charles Drive.

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 Leads Group

Dateline: Fort Worth...Leads Groups Great Networking Opportuntiy

Leads Groups are comprised of no more than 30 individuals with each one representing a different industry. They meet weekly to help members generate new business. Participants must be members of the Fort Worth Chamber. There is a $50 annual fee per company, but a company may be in two Leads Groups, until/unless that slot is needed for another company in the same industry. Gold members participate for free with the same restriction.
To visit a Leads Group, either contact the coordinator or call the leader directly to ensure there is no conflict of industry. Each group has its own rules and personality, although they all loosely fall under Chamber guidelines. Consistent attendance provides the maximum benefit.

Coordinator: Diana Dugan, 817/336-2491, ext. 258, dugan@fortworthchamber.com

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 Action Ambassador

Action Ambassador for July 2005

Congratulations to Lana Hoover, the Fort Worth Chamber’s top Action Ambassador for July 2005. Hoover has been an ambassador only since April 2005 and is an agent for KWH Consulting Services, Ltd.

Action Ambassadors work on behalf of the Chamber calling on new members and serving as greeters at various Chamber functions. Ambassadors must be members of the Fort Worth Chamber. The Action Ambassador program is a great way to learn more about the Fort Worth Chamber and plug in to all of the programs it offers. Contact Teresa Pearson at 817/336-2491, ext. 249 for information on becoming an Action Ambassador.

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	Brie Horigan and father Tim Estes share mutual interests and mutual funds as well as Action Ambassadors.

 Father Daughter Ambassadors

Like Father, Like Daughter: Pair Has More in Common than Mutual Funds

What do Tim Estes and Brie Horigan have in common? What don’t they have in common? Both Tim and Brie are financial advisors. They are both Fort Worth Chamber Action Ambassadors. And they are father and daughter. What they aren’t are co-workers.

Tim is president of Estes Financial Service. Brie works for competitor Raymond James and Associates. But according to Brie, her father has been her greatest mentor and role model and he is her best friend. “I grew up working with him and tagging along with him when he went to Chamber events,” she said. “It just seemed normal to go on and become an Action Ambassador as well.” She’s been a pretty successful one as well. She joined the group in March of this year and in May she was named Action Ambassador of the month.

Why don’t they work together?

“I wanted her to garner some experience working with someone else, to learn from someone else’s experience,” Tim explained. “If she had just gone to work with me, her vision would have been too narrow.”
Both agree that being an Action Ambassador is a great way to network and meet new people.

“I get involved with the Chamber because I’m in business,” he said. “I’ve seen what the Chamber does for Fort Worth. Being an Action Ambassador is a great way to network and meet people. It really helps get your name out there. And that’s what I told Brie.”

Brie enjoys seeing new members she delivered goody bags to. “As an Action Ambassador, you’re on the front line of the Chamber.”

But father and daughter are still competitors, and they are very careful not to poach each other’s prospects.

“If she meets someone first, then I don’t pursue them,” Tim said.

“We rarely talk business,” said Brie. “Sometimes I bounce ideas off him, but mainly we talk about other stuff.”

“Business is the last thing we want to talk about,” Tim added. “We talk about her dog, her boyfriend, but not politics.”

Seems they don’t see eye to eye there. Will they work together some day?

“Maybe someday we’ll team up,” said the proud father. “But first she needs some training through a different set of eyes.”

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 Imagine a Time

Daylong Seminar Is a Time for Women Only

Imagine a Time For Women Only, presented by the Fort Worth Women’s Business Center in conjunction with the BAC Education Foundation and the City of Fort Worth, is a daylong event featuring seminars, vendor area and an “Eat Dessert First” luncheon and a “What to Wear” fashion show. The event is sponsored by Baylor Health Centers and PharmaFab.

• What: Imagine a Time For Women Only
• When: Saturday, Oct. 29, 8 a.m.-4 p.m.
• Where: Fort Worth Convention Center, 1111 Houston St. 76102
• Cost: $50 per person in advance and includes all seminars and luncheon; $75 at the door
   

The Eat Dessert First Luncheon will be emceed by NBC 5’s Deborah Ferguson with guest speaker Clinton Kelly, co-star of The Learning Channel’s program, “What Not To Wear.” Fashion show models will include women of all ages, stages, shapes and sizes – all with real fashion challenges. Kelly will offer real-life tips on “how women can go from fantastic to diva” wearing everything from casual to after-five attire.

Seminars throughout the day will touch on women’s health and fitness and offer cancer screenings, body fat analyses, blood pressure and osteoporosis checks as well as more than 20 dialogue sessions. There will also be a silent auction featuring items from show vendors. Attendees can also register to win a $10,000 Ultimate Make-Over.

At 4 p.m, the Martini & Wine Tasting Lounge opens and the first 100 registered guests will receive a limited edition martini glass from Senorita Frog’s.

To register, call 817/871-6021 or go to www.imagineatime.org.

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 Golf Winners

Chamber Golf Classic Heats Up Links

Despite decidedly un-Chamber of Commerce weather, the Fort Worth Chamber’s 19th Annual Golf Classic was a terrific success. This year’s classic was presented by XTO Energy. About 240 hardy golfers braved triple digit temperatures to play a round of golf with friends, co-workers and clients at Ridglea Country Club’s North and South courses.
Here are the winners of this year’s golf classic.

South Course:	North Course:
1. Newz E-Letter Glenn Hahn, Alan Sims, Ben Adkins and Jay Long 2. Concussion Advertising Allen Wallach, Andrew Yanez, Richardson and Rob Park 3. Key Construction Ted Sena, Ronn Reynolds, Todd McCoy and Mark Luska	1. Lockheed Martin Eric Fox, Michael Moore, Tres Morris and Danny Mcguire 2. PlainsCapital Bank Jack Wharton, Paul Bradford, Jeff Hiemenz and Craig Chupik 3. Turner Construction Corbett Nichter, Jim Bald, Brian Webb and Michael Franklin

The day, which began with a grilled hamburger lunch provided by Outback Steakhouse, ended with a Mexican buffet dinner hosted by PlainsCapital Bank and emceed by former Fort Worth Mayor Bob Bolen.
 

The Newz E-Letter team was the first place winner on Ridglea’s south course – Ben Adkins, Jay Long, Glenn Hahn, Alan Sims.
The Lockheed Martin team took top honors on the north course – Eric Fox, Michael Moore, Tres Morris, Danny McGuire.
PlainsCapital Bank’s team placed second on the north course – Jack Wharton, Paul Bradford, Jeff Hiemenz; Craig Chupik.
Coming in third on the north course was the Turner Construction team – Corbett, Jim Bald, Brian Webb, Michael Franklin.

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 Golf Thanks

Chamber Golf Classic Thanks its Sponsors

The 19th Fort Worth Chamber Golf Classic is history and, as in years past, it was a huge success. And that success is due large part to our sponsors and we’d like to take this opportunity to publicly thank them all starting with our Presenting sponsor, XTO Energy and our Dinner sponsor, PlainsCapital Bank.
Golf Ball sponsor: Sewell Lexus
Cart sponsor: HOLT CAT
Midway sponsor: Wal-Mart North Texas Regional Office
Photo sponsor: Fort Worth Flyers
Platinum sponsors: Advantage Rent-A-Car; Business Flooring Specialists; Double Diamond Resorts; Fort Worth  
    Transportation Authority (the T); Summit Bank, NA; Sundance Square Management, LP; TexasBank; and Turner
    Construction
Gold sponsors: Cantey & Hanger LLP; Carter & Burgess, Inc; Hawk Electronics – A Division of Progressive Concepts,
    Inc.; Chase; KPMG, LLP; Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company; Partners Together for Health, JPS Foundation;
    Sanford, Baumeister & Frazier; Speed Fab Crete Corp. International; Tarrant Regional Water District; TXU/Electric
    Delivery; Village Homes; Wells Fargo; and Worth National Bank
Silver sponsors: Akzo Nobel, Bank of Texas, John E. Quarles Lumber Co.; Pro Staff Personnel Services
Bronze sponsors: Diamond H Recognition and Royer & Schutts Commercial Interiors
Contests: Autobahn Motorcar Group of Fort Worth, Bruce Lowrie, Frank Kent Motor Company, Roger Williams Auto Mall
    and Sam Pack’s Five Star Ford
Course-pitality: Budweiser, Coca-Cola, Coors, Dickey’s Barbecue Pit, Dolce Futuro, Miller, Outback Steakhouse, Reddy
    Ice, Sam’s Club and Walgreens
Goody Bags: Chick-fil-A at Cityview; Cook Children’s Health Foundation; Cumberland at Ridglea; Double Diamond
    Resorts; Edward Jones – Don Marable; Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce; Higginbotham & Associates; NTS Specialty
    Physicians; Outback Steakhouse; PacificCare; Partners Together for Health, JPS Health Network; PlainsCapital Bank;
    Residence Inn by Marriott Fort Worth Cultural District; and Sam’s Club
Door Prizes: American Airlines; AmeriSuites Fort Worth at Cityview; Amon Carter Museum; City Streets; Coca-Cola; Del
    Frisco’s Double Eagle Steakhouse; Double Diamond Golf Resorts; Etta’s Place; Fort Worth Billiards; Fort Worth Cats;
    Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce; Hilton Garden Inn Fort Worth North; Hoffbrau Steaks; Jos. A. Bank; Justin Brands,
    Inc.; Kimbell Museum; Radisson Plaza Fort Worth; Sam’s Club; Smiley’s Photography; Texas Rangers; The Links at
    Waterchase; The Ranch 95.9; and University Car Wash.
Graphic Design: The Short Agency
Printing: Reprographics
Vans: Advantage Rent-A-Car
Signage: Maze Sign Co.
Travel: American Airlines

The Chamber also extends special thanks to Ridglea Country Club staff Christina Toups, CCM; Norma Ham and Keith Davidson.

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 Small Business 2006