We’re off to see the Wizard: The wonderful Wizard of Oz. You may be thinking Dorothy and lions and scarecrows, but Mr. B is thinking steak and creamed spinach and all the wonderful delicacies at Silver Fox, where Oz is the man with the plan. And his plan is for one winner to come in and enjoy $100 worth of the Fox’s fantastic food and scintillating service.
Pine for wine: If we didn’t know Julie Lovett (or Leavitt) better, we’d just guess that she was lushly endowed with wine wisdom. After all, she probably gets to take all of her TCU Continuing Education courses for free. Julie, however, is a sharer, and she’s sharing a spot for one person in one of these courses: Your choice of the History of Zinfandel (Sept. 15) or Riedel Wine Glasses (Dec. 1).
Drive for show: Well, Tiger was perfect in the majors when leading the final round until a Southlake Samurai ying yanged him at the PGA. Fortunately for us, EdwardJones’ Jake Richter remains perfect with the most outrageous, Loudmouth pants in Chamber golf history. This year’s Aloha Girls style leaves you panting. You can see them for yourownself Sept. 21 at Ridglea Country Club when Suez Energy presents this year’s antics. Son NoBGood will host a foursome, so we’ve got three spots to play the South Course. If you enter, we need your handicap (that’s a number.) See last year's video here.
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Last week's Vision FW luncheon, at TCU's Dee J. Kelly Center, offered an insightful look at the current K-12 education system from Dr. Gary Krahn, headmaster of Trinity Valley School. Dr. Krahn is shown above with Vision FW steering committee members Jessica Cung of TCU Frog Club and Vice-Chair Lisa Flinn of Lockheed Martin.
See more pics of the event here.
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And now, presenting: Are you selling something? A product, a service, yourself? Jim Cross and Mark Cook of CrossGroup Inc. are nationally recognized management consultants and their two-day presentation skills seminar gets rave reviews. The C&C guys, as a favor to Newz-E-Letter, are offering a condensed five-hour seminar that includes instruction and audio/video of your performances. It’s Sept. 17 from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. and includes lunch. We have 10 spots.
Downloadable? Back in the days, there was this thing called radio, and people listened without earbuds and you could understand the words. Hard to believe, huh? If you want proof, the Texas Millionaires Chorus will perform “Radio Daze” Saturday, Sept. 12 at 7 p.m. at the Scott Theater. The quartet will sing all your father’s favorites from the 1920s-1950s, and more. We’ve got two seats for two winners.
Supplemental income? Mr. B told boss Miserly Mistress, like TCU football and ADvice, that he would be willing to offer a discount coupon at the Chamber website for members to be included in the Newz-E-Letter. “Duh, you can’t offer a discount to something that’s free,” she said tartly. She should be nicer because Mr. B has been listening to Rosenthal Retirement Planning’s free advice on the radio every Saturday and has new financial/negotiating skills. It’s almost contract time. (By the way, not too late to get a discount on that TCU football. Go to the member directory, type in TCU and click on discount for your half-price season tickets.)
On the job: Jen Ellis of Telesys Communications says if she could have any job that she would “want to be that woman on the Travel Channel that tries to find the world’s best beaches…what a tough life!” Mr. B would want the job as Jen’s gaffer/go-fer. Lee Koch, Girl Scouts of Texas Oklahoma Plains, says she wouldn’t mind having Mr. B’s job. Thanks, Lee, there goes any negotiating leverage out the window.
Finally, a job worth Living: Michael Truss, who had been a go-fer masquerading as an intern for everyone in the Chamber’s marketing and communications department except Mr. B, finally was rescued when hired as a marketing rep for Designs for Living. Seems a little shaky when you realize Michael was the category judge and jury when Designs edged out Mr. B for a Small Business of the Year award last year. (Applications for this year’s awards are being accepted now.)
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Paint the town red: The Paint Horse Journal, monthly magazine of the American Paint Horse Association, won six awards for editorial content, ad layout and magazine design in the 2009 American Horse Publications’ annual contest, including firsts for Irene Stamatelakys and Abigail Wilder.
Opportunity knocks: Vendors, mark Oct. 1 on your calendar. Tarrant County College District is holding an event 5-6:30 p.m. at its downtown campus where you can meet all its buyers. Free snacks and beverages, too.
Gorilla? Mozilla?: Ed Dzurilla, who used to market for Fruit of the Loom, is the new Director of Marketing and Sales for Trilogy Payment Systems, which provides electronic payment solutions. Two questions: 1) How do you pronounce Dzurilla? and 2) Boxers or briefs?
Name game: After 56 years in business, Louis Bull Promotional Products has signed an affiliate agreement with HALO/Lee Wayne and will sell under the Lee Wayne Brand. No bull.
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This is slick: XTO Energy and Encore Acquisition Company are going to help Trinity Habitat for Humanity celebrate its 20th anniversary by blitz-building two houses in Sundance Square Sept. 24-28. The houses will be built side-by-side in the parking lot at 3rd and Main streets. Two single moms will assist in construction before the homes are moved to lots on the north side Sept. 28.
Bridging the divide: You know this is a Republican state and county when they close the Lancaster Street bridge until at least Dec. 1 and you have to take mostly “left” turns to get to the Democratic Party headquarters on Lancaster. The 7th Street bridge will be closed for repair sometime after repairs to Lancaster are completed.
Dennis the (42) Menace: Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial tournament manager Dennis Roberson teams with his dad to play -- and win -- 42 domino tournaments. He's so good that he authored a book: Winning 42: Strategy and Lore of the National Game of Texas that is just out in it fourth edition. 42 is a game played with dominoes by two teams of two players. The teams bid against each other, and team members try to reach their bid or keep the other team from reaching its bid.
This won’t hurt at all: Jami Hoffman, the executive director of the Texas Cowboy Hall of Fame, has an interesting sidelight—she’s certified to help bovines have more bovines artificially (that’s the G-rated version). The museum will have a new exhibit this fall featuring artifacts from the Republic of Texas and Santa Ana.
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Sign us up: Did you know you could get a .org if the .com you want is taken?
That's what happened to Signs Etc.'s Bruce Richardson (signsetc.org).
BTW, he's got a grand format flatbed printer that allows his .org to
print practically any image you want directly onto virtually any
material up to 80" wide and 1.58" thick. Son NoBGood’s forehead fits that
bill — I NEED A JOB!
Demons are angelic: That painting, “St. Anthony Tormented by Demons,” that Mr. B and Michelangelo collaborated on will be on permanent display at the Kimbell Art Museum beginning Sept. 26. The Kimbell bought it this summer, but has allowed it to first traipse through the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.
Cleared for arrival: Flying high with business, Martin & Company Printers will land at a new location this month—Hicks Airfield. And with 6,900 square feet, Stephanie Martin is glad to finally have her own office. Hubby Tom is glad, too. It’s going to be a lot quieter in his office despite the air traffic.
Extreme charity: Cheldan Homes was the builder/coordinator for the Extreme Home Makeover in Lancaster, Texas that airs this fall. Cheldan organized 900 construction volunteers (skilled trades who built the home), 800 non-construction volunteers (who did everything from picking up trash to delivering water in 104-degree heat) and 200 ABC production crew. Cheldan also arranged for 100 percent of the home’s labor and materials to be donated, and fed the volunteers every night. “It was a life-changing experience – not just for the Marshall family, but for our entire company,” said Sherri Sechrist of Cheldan.
9 lives: Say goodbye to Fort Worth Cats president John Dittrich. He leaves mid-September for a well-deserved retirement. Enjoy your extra innings, John. And Terry Johnson, the Chamber’s Mr. Membership Mentor, is signing off mid-October to network with the life of leisure.
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