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August 6, 2008 |
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A Little Romance (without Diane Lane): This would have been good for Mr. B and Ms. B to celebrate 30 years last month if she hadn't been GladtoBGone nine years ago. It's a two-night romance package, including a two-bedroom Jacuzzi suite, bubbly and a bath bubble basket at Hotel Trinity by Inn Suites at I-30 and Beach. That's Beach in name only, unfortunately; the rest is verrrrrry fortunate.
Gas saver 1: There are many promotions out there that offer gas saving cards, but Will Adley of Adley Transportation is going to do you three better. He is offering three readers local Fort Worth/Dallas courier or bobtail same-day deliveies. Courier deliveries are envelopes or small boxes up to 200 pounds (Small? He must be some kind of power lifter). The bobtail trucks are able to move one-to-12 pallets of product and can hold up to 20,000 pounds. (Maybe TCU could transport players for its football game against SMU.) Small or big, when there is a Will, there is a way.
Gas saver 2: With the price of gas, Mr. B is wondering if that "guy stereotype" of not asking for directions still holds true. With this giveaway from Mapsco Map & Travel Center, it won't have to because you'll never be going the wrong way at $4 a gallon. Fran (she's got the) Sparks has four The Roads of Texas books, which have more than 4,300 cities and towns, interstates to back roads, festivals & annual events, parks & recreation areas, and more. She also has two The Roads of Texas - Compact Edition, which is spiral bound and perfect for glove compartments and motorcycles. Six winners in all.
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Several of the 13 Newz-E-Letter editors were in Pittsburgh, Pa. last week for the American Chamber of Commerce Executives conference. Scene here, Andra Bennett and Lauren Turner were taking a break from all that brainstorming. Is that guy Mr. B?
(Pittsburgh People bronze sculptures by Penelope Jencks in the Dominion Tower Plaza .)
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Mr. B's gutter talk: Admit it, either you are worn out from trying to entertain your kids all summer, or you need your own adult getaway from those same kids. This works either way because it's a bowl-me-over bowling party for up to 10 people from Alley Cats Entertainment. You get two hours of bowling AND the always-cool rental shoes, plus a $10 game card for each person. For your kid or to be a kid!
Mr. Green Jeans: Rick Larson bought a clothesline and a push mower to go along with his scooter. Says the clothesline gives him the best-smelling clothes and the push mower uses no fuel, is great exercise and easy to push. Had to explain to son NoBGood what mowing a lawn was all about. The scooter gets 60 mpg and you can park it on the sidewalk.
Uh-oh: Economic doldrums? Lisa Edrich says her Bobcat Investigation Services business is booming! Runaways, cheating spouses, bank thieves, you name it.
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Healthy kids: JPS will open a school-based health center for students in conjunction with the new charter school Lena Pope Home is opening. JPS School-Based Health Center - Chapel Hill Academy will provide health services to students and their siblings who attend the Lena Pope charter school, and Fort Worth and Crowley ISD students.
All Shook Up: As an elementary schooler, Don Valdez, an attorney with Decker, Jones, McMackin, McClane, Hall & Bates, would ride his bike at 5 a.m. each morning and throw the Memphis Commercial Appeal newspaper. ("I think I might even remember how to fold one to get the maximum toss.") On the route was the home of Elvis Presley. "He didn't seem to live there very long, but one night when I went to 'collect' my pay, I got to meet Natalie Wood. I was so shy I could barely raise my eyes to look at her. She was unbelievably beautiful. I know another man came out with her and Elvis that night, and I'm thinking it was Bob Wagner, but I'm just not sure. Anyway, the house was really not that expensive; the one thing that was unique though, was that he had an intercom at the front gate. He's the only person I know who had such a marvel back then."
Well guarded: Dallas Cowboys offensive lineman Cory Proctor, among others, has joined the board of directors at Easter Seals North Texas.
Still ram tough: Chad Henderson, The Michael Group, entered a Tough Man amateur boxing contest in 2002. Went three one-minute rounds, but didn't win.
Agent 99: A cutline under a recent photo of Chesapeake Energy's Julie Wilson referred to her as Kloe Wolsom. Quite the typo. Julie playfully said: "That's my code name when I want to be incognito. Shhh, don't blow my cover."
Suggestion...for free: To collect on traffic fines, maybe local cities could offer a "first-week special" and help clear their municipal court backlogs. Scofflaw offenders pay half the fine and driving record is cleared. Bet city coffers would end up with more money, more quickly.
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More...for free: Fran Fuller-Sparks of Mapsco re-gifted a pen that her husband didn't want to Mr. B. The ugly, lime-colored pen also has a neon-green flashlight built in. Be careful, Mr. B is looking to re-gift it, too.
Welcome back? West Wing actor John Spencer, who died in 2005, is back running Buehler Mayflower in downtown Fort Worth. Wait a second: Same name, different guy.
Can't tell the players without...: The Chamber' 2008 Media Directory, a must-have if you want publicity or place advertising, is now available and includes 150 local outlets, additional D/FW listings and several popular blog sites. The print version is available to Chamber members for $30 and to non-members for $40, plus shipping and handling. The directory is also available on a CD and includes both the Excel and PDF versions. Order online.
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Omni-potent: Raquel Fernandez has switched careers, going from OmniAmerican Bank to Omni Hotel, which opens in January. She's manager of Guest Services and Community Relations.
To Infinity & Beyond: Julie Hatch has two sweet gigs for the Space Foundation. Her company, Creative Communications, is planning and executing "Space Jam 2008" during the Democratic National Convention in Denver August 25 and in St. Paul, Mn., Sept. 1 during the Republican National Convention. Space Foundation's mission is to advance space-related endeavors.
To Berry and beyond: Gold member Office Authority is at a new site today—3220 South Jones off Berry Street – launching out of TECH Fort Worth. John Elliott and staff have a unique bar coding system for ordering and warehousing office supplies.
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How to buy: Sales guru John Annas at RLB Leasing says take the cash back over the zero percent financing. He leases AND sells. He knows.
Hold the date: The Chamber's hugely popular Women Influencing Business Texas Hold 'em is Sept. 25.B royal, B flush, B there.
Top guns: Ray Dickerson may be head of the Fort Worth ISD board, but we keep mistakenly promoting him to CEO of American National Bank of Texas when he's actually Fort Worth market president. CEO and President of ANB is Robert A. Hulsey and Perry Ginn is ANB's regional president over Tarrant and Johnson Counties.
Great honor: The United States Postal Service will honor the memory of Master Sergeant Kenneth N. Mack at 9 a.m. Friday when it dedicates the Wedgwood Post Office at 3701 Alta Mesa Blvd. Mack was a Marine reservist and postal employee who was killed in Iraq May 5, 2007. Public Law 110-216, sponsored by Congresswoman Kay Granger, enacted the dedication of the Wedgwood Post Office in his honor
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