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May 7, 2008 |
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Dancin´ with Dodger: OK, all you peeps who say you never win a Chamber giveaway. Mr. B and Mr. J.D. are playing Barucha Santa Claus this week. EVERYONE that enters is a winner of FOUR general admission tickets to a Fort Worth Cats game during this weekend´s opening series. Team president John Dittrich fell off the mound and suffered a serious case of amnesia and forgot to charge for these tickets. Enter to win, and your name will be on a list at the Will Call table for four tickets for a game either Thursday, Friday, Saturday or Mother´s Day.
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Rockin´ with Rangers: If you are more of a major-league kind of fan, then seeing the Texas Rangers play the Oakland A´s might be more your cup of tee ball. It´s been a stormy year for our boys, but not nearly as it has been for Buzz Custom Fence, which has been busier than ever after some real storms buzzed our area the past 30 days. So busy, Buzz can´t use its tickets for May 9, so you can have a family outing with these four game tickets.
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Sweeten the deal? Mr. B was checking the Powertochoose website for some juice during the next year and figured pursuit of a trade out with Sandee Treptow at Reliant Energy might not be too jolting. ¨Sandee, how about entertaining Mr. B and son NoBGood in your suite May 16 at the Rangers-Astros game and we sign the B Mansion up for some Reliant electricity?” Her reply: “Blackout, baby! NoB always is welcome…alone. But I could have space for four Newz-E-Letter readers.¨ OK, deal. Two winners for two spots for a great rivalry and food and drinks in a suite courtesy of Sandee and Reliant.
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Vision Fort Worth, the Chamber's Young Professional program, had its first InSight Seminar last week at the Fort Worth Zoo. Attendees were focused on "Finding the Balance" in their lives. Energetic Canadian speaker Geordie Aitkin got the group engaged in a game of Entourage (a version of Rock, Paper, Scissors.) After the dust settled, Angela Metcalf of Farmer's Insurance was the last competitor standing.
Above (L to R): Angela Metcalf of Farmer's Insurance and Geordie Aitkin, InSight Seminar speaker.
Click here to see pics of the InSight Seminar or visit VisionFW.com.
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3-D glasses? Mr. B has offered thousands of pennies in bribes to get daughter MisBehavin´s 10th-grade artwork hung in the halls at The Modern Art Museum, to no avail even with a reference letter from Star-Telegram art critic Gaile Robinson. The Modern wants real art. And diversified arts. Such as its film series, Magnolia at the Modern, which features seven films on weekends May 16-June 20. New mom Kendal (looks like Veronica) Lake went to the ticket window and got us two season passes to see all the acclaimed offerings.
Wear your plaid jackets (preferably red): Come May 13 to the Chamber´s Colonial Preview Luncheon at, let´s see… oh, how clever, Colonial Country Club. Lance Barrow, Colleyville resident, golf producer (including The Masters) and lead game producer for the NFL on CBS is scheduled to appear and preview the Crowne Plaza Colonial tournament.
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Doctor of interiors: The Fort Worth office of HKS Inc. is so adept at healthcare architecture and engineering that it has been called in to do work at the Navy´s Walter Reed Hospital near D.C.
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Follow that car: Loyal reader Pam Canada-Bruno´s head honcho boss at Hub International Rigg, civic leader Bill Meadows, was appointed to the Texas Transportation Commission. Last Fort Worth person to hold such a lofty post was Robert Bass back in 1986-87. Meadows does whatever Pam tells him in the insurance world and is a former city councilman.
Playing hurt: Allergies and asthma left Billy Poston of Jos. A. Bank speechless, so she brought signage and flash cards to make her sales pitch at a recent Chamber Leads Explosion gathering.
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More kudos: Janan Leaman (would you, could you in a box, with a fox) of Leaman Container, was honored last week by the YMCA with its Chi Ro award, the highest recognition for volunteerism.
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Tip of the hat: At its Hats Off to Mothers luncheon today at Colonial Country Club, Easter Seals North Texas honored five wonderful women—Jeanne Boatman, Debby Brown, Esmeralda Casas, Mary Katherine Tetirick and Elaine Yamagata.
Homing in: The Jenna Bush wedding is this weekend and then she and hubby will move into their $440,000 home in Baltimore. Just your regular ol´ starter home, and B is betting they don´t have a subprime mortgage.
Wedding bell blues: The soaring cost of rice means they´ll soon be throwing packing peanuts at weddings.
Patriotic: Don´t forget to vote Saturday… Not a lot of sizzle to this election, but lots of important issues and races -- a bond program for street improvements, the FWISD board spots, Tarrant County College District trustees and Tarrant Regional Water District board members. Don't be part of the low voter turnout; do some homework and go vote. Click here for early voting locations. Click here for sample ballots.
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au revoir: So long to Fav Five Lisa Gail Barnes, who is leaving Fort Worth Sister Cities for a Southlake company that franchises salon celebrations for girls. Lisa handled all the PR and FWSS' film and foodie groups.
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Needing translation: If Altus Group finalizes its purchase of Integra Realty Resources, IRR founding partner and region manager and Chamber chairman Ben Loughry better get with Teneo Linguistics and brush up on his foreign languages. Altus will take Integra international.
Hospitality 101: Robbie Tawil, Director of Food and Beverage for the Marriott Renaissance Worthington, says the hotel serves far more beef than chicken, despite the rubber chicken circuit, more red wine than white, and garners more revenue from liquor than wine. Vodka (read: appletini) drives the liquor business.
(Gen.) Worth the wait: Heritage Trails, the historical walking tour throughout downtown Fort Worth, was conceived at the same time as the Fort Worth Police Department´s bike patrol, but arrived 20 years later.
Bridge to somewhere: Chris Quinn (CQ Productions) says the most surprising thing he has learned while filming the documentary The History & Making of the Barnett Shale has been that natural gas is the bridge to the future of alternative energy sources—solar, thermal, wind, etc.
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Piped in: Ted Valdez and Texas Right of Way Associates joined forces with B&E Resources of Beaumont to start American Pipeline Construction, which will offer pipeline construction to oil and gas companies drilling in the Barnett Shale in conjunction with TRWA´s right of way acquisitions and survey division. Sounds like the right (of) way to go.
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Pick pockets: Will there be pocket calendars in five years? Three years?
F for fantastic: Tarleton State University, part of the A&M System, has named Dr. F. Dominic Dottavio its 15th president. He is president of Heidelberg College in Tiffin, Ohio, and starts Aug. 1, replacing Dennis P. McCabe. Did you know Tarleton has more than 1,200 employees, a $112-million annual budget and 9,400 students located at campuses in Fort Worth, Stephenville, Killeen, Granbury and Thurber?
Life begins at 25: The Rogers Group, eternal fountain of ads that work and people who seldom do, is 25 years young in 2008. Lee Rogers celebrated by opening a gift bottle of 1983 vino.
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Or life begins at 50: Casa Manana is turning 50 this year, and it has a celebration planned for July 5th, the day in 1958 that the geodesic dome opened - which Jerry Seinfeld once referred to as the "big ball of foil." The annual gala is Aug. 23, with a "big talent" scheduled, though Mr. B hasn't been asked yet. Hmmm.
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