October 2012 Alice Chamber of Commerce/CVB | |
2012 Board of Directors
Executive Committee Michael Garcia President Garcia & Carvajal-Garcia, LLP Ike Ornelas President Elect, VP EDC Trejo Construction, Inc Servando Garza Jr. Immediate Past-President Coym, Rehmet & Associates Jyoti Kapoor V.P. CVB Holiday Inn Express R. David Guerrero (Life Member) V.P. Civic Jim Wells County Nena Castillo-Pitts V.P. Membership CHRISTUS Spohn Alice Lane Bowen Treasurer Seidel, Whittington & Co. P.C. Juan A. Navejar Jr. Executive Director Board Members Ted Bearden Carlisle Insurance & Realty Mark Dominguez AFLAC Dr. Ramiro Garcia Alice Dental Associates Ofelia Hunter Alice Echo-News Journal Tony Morris Alice24-7.com Mary Macareno Macareno Signs & Graphics of Alice Rene Yzaguirre International Bank of Commerce (IBC) Ray De Los Santo Jr. Ex-Officio City of Alice Hector Hinojosa Ex-Officio City of Alice Staff Veronica Castillo Administrative Coordinator/Accounts Payable Alice Ambassadors
Dee Dee Arismendez, President Maricela Perez, Vice President Jack Walker, Secretary Nicole Perez-Morris - Treasurer Sadie Gonzalez Bruce Menking Tem Miller Crystal Moreno Nena Pitts (Life Members) Elizabeth Ramirez Javier Ramos Mark Salinas Yolanda Samayoa David Silva Margaret Smith (Life Member) Clare Wonders Calendar Events
Street Rods of Alice Rod Run
10/06/2012- 10/07/2012
St. Joseph Catholic Church-12th Annual Jamaicafest
10/13/2012- 10/14/2012
Jim Wells County Fair
10/24/2012- 10/27/2012
St Elizabeth of Hungary Picnic
11/11/2012
Veterans Day Celebration
11/11/2012
Citywide Outside
11/17/2012
31st Annual Christmas Parade
11/27/2012
Winter Golf Tourney
12/01/2012 | Old Fashioned Barbecue to honor Lucien Flournoy
Juan A. Navejar Jr. The late Lucien Flournoy was an entrepreneur extraordinaire. Not only was Lucien a great businessman but a great contributor to our community. Read More Christmas Parade set for Nov. 27th
Juan A. Navejar Jr. The holiday season is just around the corner and with it the 31st Annual Christmas Parade on Tuesday, November 27, 2012. The Alice Chamber of Commerce/Convention and Visitors Bureau and the City of Alice is proud to announce this year’s theme as “An All American Christmas” and is the highlight of the “ALICE – A WONDERLAND OF LIGHTS” Christmas Celebration. read more... From the Board President
Michael V. Garcia Where has the year gone by? As we enter October, the Chamber is doing great. This past year, we retained 97 percent of our members and grew by 35 new members. It’s a great indication to a dedicated staff and board. Read More From the Executive Director
Juan A. Navejar Jr. Business scams are everywhere today. We get them in our mailboxes, emails and over the telephone. People across America fall to scam or fraud case every day. Innocent people fall pray often losing their life savings by smooth-talking artists over the telephone or by a simple get-rich scheme that just sounds too good to be true. Read More Alice Ambassadors
Dee Dee Arismendez The Alice Ambassadors welcome new Alice Ambassador Crystal Moreno with the Alice Echo-News Journal. She is one of our newest Ambassador. At this month’s meeting we extend an invitation to join the Alice Ambassadors to Blanca Garcia with Mi Casa Home Health. Read More The Affordable Care Act: How it May Impact Your Finances
Paul Rycroft The Affordable Care Act – often referred to as the new health care reform law – is moving forward following the recent Supreme Court ruling upholding the Act. Some elements of the health care law are already in place and more are coming. Read More Eight keys to excellent customer care
Larry Ellis Why is good customer service so important? In short, it's good for your business' bottom line. Read More Sitting on a sleeping alligator
Connie Laughlin Gator Hunting Tale Here’s a tale about a local fellow that harvested a gator many years back. A crowd gathered and everyone couldn’t wait to take pictures, even poising their children atop the beast for some fun shots. When he got back in town and was heading home frantic motorists started passing him honking and making all kinds of crazy hand gestures. He hurriedly exited into the first side street and came to a screeching halt. Scrambling out of the truck he found the gator had come back to life, was thrashing about, and hanging half-way out of the pickup bed. From what I recall he shot it again, shoved it back in, and got the heck out of there. Read More City of Alice gets Airport grant
Congressman Rubén Hinojosa (D-TX-15) announced that the City of Alice was awarded a grant by the Federal Aviation Administration through the Texas Department of Transportation in the amount of $460,000 for improvements to the Alice International Airport. The funding will be used for pavement and lighting improvements.
Read More Tourism and the law
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