 November 2011 ALICE BUSINESS TODAY | |
2011 Board of Directors
Servando Garza Jr. President Coym, Rehmet & Associates Michael Garcia Virginia Menking Gap Alaniz Dee Dee Arismendez Judy Kapoor R. David Guerrero Juan A. Navejar Jr. Board Members Dr. Salvador Cavazos Hector Hinojosa Ofelia Hunter Tony Morris Paul Rycroft Rene Yzaguirre Ex-Officio Staff Alice Ambassadors
Nena Pitts (Life Members), President Maricela Perez, Vice President Margaret Smith (Life Member), Treasurer Dee Dee Arismendez, Secretary Sadie Gonzalez Ernestina Maresch Bruce Menking Tem Miller Nicole Perez-Morris Rachel Munoz Elizabeth Ramirez Nancy Ramirez Mark Salinas David Silva Mellie Smithwick Jack Walker Clare Wonders Calendar Events
Brush Country Bash 11/05/2011 St. Peter Fall Festival Ben Bolt, Texas Veteran's Day Celebration St. Elizabeth of Hungary Country Picnic Thanksgiving Memorial Pow Wow Chili/Brisket Cook Off 30th Annual Christmas Parade 12 Days of Christmas 12 Days of Christmas 12 Days of Christmas 12 Days of Christmas 12 Days of Christmas 12 Days of Christmas 12 Days of Christmas 12 Days of Christmas 12 Days of Christmas 12 Days of Christmas 12 Days of Christmas | Old Fashion BBQ Returns Juan A. Navejar Jr.After a seven year hiatus, the Old Fashion Barbecue is back. Originally sponsored by the Jim Wells County Master Planners, the Alice Chamber of Commerce is sponsoring the 2011 event. Guest speaker for the barbecue is Texas A&M-College Station Head of the Harold Vance Department of Petroleum Engineering Dr. Stephen A. Holditch. Read More Christmas Parade
Juan A. Navejar Jr. The holiday season is just around the corner and with it the 30th Annual Christmas Parade on Tuesday, November 29, 2011. The Alice Chamber of Commerce/Convention and Visitors Bureau and the City of Alice is proud to announce this year’s theme as “The Sounds of Christmas” and is the highlight of the “ALICE – A WONDERLAND OF LIGHTS” Christmas Celebration. Read More Twelve Days of Christmas
Veronica Castillo Something new for the Holidays this year is the Twelve Days of Christmas leading up to Shop Alice on Saturday, December 10, 2011. “Last year the Chamber wanted the local residents to think Alice First during the Christmas Holidays,” Chamber Executive Director Juan Navejar said. “We had a great turnout last year for the one-day event that we wanted to try something new this year and have an event of some kind each night leading to the Shop Alice campaign.” Read More From the Executive Director Juan A. Navejar Jr.November is here and now I can say it’s time to get ready for the holidays. Right after Labor Day I started noticing some stores getting ready for Christmas. We had Halloween and Christmas displays practically on the same isles so I started calling this Hallismas. Either way Halloween is over and it’s time to start making the tinsel into “green”, money that is for all business owners. Read More From the Board President Servando Garza Jr.Feels like the year is really moving fast before long, my term as board president will come to an end. With that we welcome our five new board members who were voted in during the October meeting. Congratulations to Ike Ornelas, Ted Bearden, Mary Macareno, Mark Dominguez and Nena Pitts. The new board members will be seated during the January meeting. Read More Alice Ambassadors Nena Castillo-PittsHappy Veterans Day to all who are serving or have served in the Armed Forces from the Alice Ambassadors. It is because of you that we enjoy our freedom every day. Like to remind you the City of Alice is having a Veterans Day Celebration on Sunday, Nov. 6th at the Alice Int’l Airport from noon to 7 pm. There will be lots of food, games and music for all. The city will offer free face painting, space jumps and free pictures with cartoon characters. Music scheduled to play includes, the Veterans Band, Fallback, Jerry & Ruffnex, Jimmy Gonzalez & Grupo Mazz and JB & Moonshine Band. Read More Convention Visitors Bureau Veronica CastilloIt’s official, the first cold front of the autumn season has hit and boy it felt nice. It really put those scorching hot temperatures to bed at least for awhile. October has come to an end and November is here. Where does the time go? Here at the information center we have been busy with flooded calls and visitors from all over has been great for the city of Alice. Read More Heeling "Healing" Walk The Alice Mother's Club sponsored a healing walk in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. The event was held at the JWC Courthouse grounds.
Marketing Strategies that Work Larry EllisThere are a lot of factors that contribute to the success of a business and an efficient marketing strategy is one of them. We will take a look at some marketing strategies that work and how businesses can adapt these to ensure overall success of their businesses. Read More Jim Wells County Fair The Annual Jim Wells County Fair had many students participate in this years event. Students showed off their goats, pigs, chickens, rabbits, steers, turkeys are art during the Fair.
Scammers use children’s social security numbers to steal their identities
BBB offers free events to combat child identity theft
Child identity theft is a growing crime that damages the pristine credit reports of children. Scammers use inactive Social Security numbers they find online – most of which are assigned to children under the age of 18 who have not started using them yet – and sell them to help people establish fake credit. Protecting a child’s innocent, clean record is something that every parent needs to do. Read More Ribbon Cutting Ceremony Coastal Bend College – Alice Campus TRiO Educational Talent Search held a ribbon cutting ceremony to celebrate a grant award of $230,000 for a five-year extension of the federal program.
The Student Loan Bubble: Toil or Trouble Paul RycroftAs if our financial system hasn’t suffered enough — or caused enough suffering — economists worry that more difficulties lie ahead in the student lending sector. Students, parents and lenders alike are stressed by rising tuition costs, mounting debt and a weak job market. Will the student loan bubble burst under the pressure? Read More Seek soaring sales and secured assets? Connie LaughlinFIRST, LEARN HOW TO KEEP PREDATORS AWAY. Buzzards are scavengers that will devour what’s left of an ailing business or attack the vulnerable. Whenever you see buzzards circling you instinctually look downward searching for their prized meal. Roadkill is a treat for not only for The Clampett’s and buzzards, but for all that profit on others misfortunes. Read More Tourism Tidbits - Outdoor Safety
Many people consider the winter months to be a time of tourism hibernation. Yet nothing could be further from the truth. Ski vacations and other winter sports turn the tourism industry from a limited product into a twelve-month a year product.
Read More TX Ranks First in Ex-IM Bank Small Business Financing
Congressman Ruben Hinojosa Congressman Rubén Hinojosa announced that according to the Export-Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im Bank) in its preliminary Fiscal Year 2011 (FY’11) figures, more than $512 million in export credit was authorized for Texas small businesses, making Texas the top state in the country for all Ex-Im Bank small business financing. Read More |
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