MEMBER SPOTLIGHT 700 Main Street, Sebastian, FL 32958 www.SebastianChamber.com (772) 589-5969 April 2011 Issue Liberty Tax Service H Darrell Heath and wife of 52 years Joan, and with their Daughter Liz Live here in Sebastian and opened up a Lib- erty Tax Service in October of 2007. They will be going into their 4th Season here in Sebastian and Pride themselves on Personal attention given to each and everyone of their clients. Now a little background about The Liberty Tax Franchise Which is the Fastest growing Tax Franchise ever, it is num- ber Three in the nation with over 3500 offices U.S. And Canada Founder and CEO John Hewitt has a nationally recognized name in the tax and accounting world. Mr Hew- itt is a veteran of 41 tax seasons, the founder of two top tax preparation firms, and a former H&R Block regional direc- tor. Accounting Today magazine has named Hewitt one of the accounting profession’s top 100 most influential people seven times. The International Franchise Association hon- ored Hewitt as its Entrepreneur of the Year in February 2006. Darrell has been doing Tax Returns for 40 years and Liz has several years experience in the tax field and is a full charge Book Keeper working with: Transportation, Land- scaping/Lawn service, Construction, Cosmetology, Restau- rants, Automotive, Fishing/Water Tours, Health industry to just name a few of the corporations we are privileged to serve from start to finish, Also available in our office is Financial and Insurances service for all our clients Through THE BEDFORD GROUP INC. "TK" Krumenacker, LUTCF Ph# 772 801-6543. Liberty has a kids area, with toys, balloons and if you stop in they may even get a Statue of Liberty Crown. Liberty offers appreciation weeks for first time customers by appointment and you can call and get these dates for Teachers, Police officers and Fire Fighters. When you have your return done with them, they will give you coupons to give out to your friends, and if they have their return done in their office they will receive a discount off their return and you will receive a call to come in and pick up $20.00 cash. Liberty has a tax preparer certification process in place since 2007, Liberty Tax Service is poised for stricter IRS standards on tax preparers that may take effect in the next few years. Liberty Tax took a proactive approach toward professional standardization, customer satisfaction and maintaining the integrity of the Liberty Tax brand by creat- ing its own innovation three-tier skill examination for its preparers, and all Tax Preparers in this office are registered and have IRS Preparer Tax Identification Numbers (PTIN). Darrell Heath will work with each customer to make sure they are taking full advantage of the tax deductions they are qualified for, and should they need additional assistance they will be there to assist them. Open all year around. Free consultation, no minimum charges and there is no sit down fee and they guarantee their services. In the months of May Through December their hours are 10am to 2pm Monday and Wednesday. In the month of January 15th through April 20th the hours will be 9am to 7pm Monday through Friday and on Saturday 9am to 5pm, or by special appointment or drop off when it is to accommodate the Client. You are welcome to stop in any- time between these hours, if nothing else to say Hi, have a cup of coffee and a homemade treat. Darrell and his family are looking forward to this Tax Sea- son and welcoming all our Sebastian Neighbors to stop on in and see if they can help in anyway. The office of Liberty Tax Service is located at 11624 US Highway 1, just south of the Ham and Egg Restaurant. 772 228-9203 If you would like to “make the front page” of our newslet- ter, make sure you schedule time this month at one of our networking activities, and maybe your name will be draw for the monthly spotlight! Check out our calendar inside!
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MEMBER SPOTLIGHT 700 Main Street, Sebastian, FL 32958 www.SebastianChamber.com (772) 589-5969 April 2011 Issue
Liberty Tax Service
H Darrell Heath and wife of 52 years Joan, and with their Daughter Liz Live here in Sebastian and opened up a Lib-erty Tax Service in October of 2007. They will be going into their 4th Season here in Sebastian and Pride themselves on Personal attention given to each and everyone of their clients.
Now a little background about The Liberty Tax Franchise Which is the Fastest growing Tax Franchise ever, it is num-ber Three in the nation with over 3500 offices U.S. And Canada Founder and CEO John Hewitt has a nationally recognized name in the tax and accounting world. Mr Hew-itt is a veteran of 41 tax seasons, the founder of two top tax preparation firms, and a former H&R Block regional direc-tor. Accounting Today magazine has named Hewitt one of the accounting profession’s top 100 most influential people seven times. The International Franchise Association hon-ored Hewitt as its Entrepreneur of the Year in February 2006.
Darrell has been doing Tax Returns for 40 years and Liz has several years experience in the tax field and is a full charge Book Keeper working with: Transportation, Land-scaping/Lawn service, Construction, Cosmetology, Restau-rants, Automotive, Fishing/Water Tours, Health industry to just name a few of the corporations we are privileged to serve from start to finish, Also available in our office is Financial and Insurances service for all our clients Through THE BEDFORD GROUP INC. "TK" Krumenacker, LUTCF Ph# 772 801-6543.
Liberty has a kids area, with toys, balloons and if you stop in they may even get a Statue of Liberty Crown.
Liberty offers appreciation weeks for first time customers by appointment and you can call and get these dates for Teachers, Police officers and Fire Fighters.
When you have your return done with them, they will give you coupons to give out to your friends, and if they have their return done in their office they will receive a discount off their return and you will receive a call to come in and pick up $20.00 cash.
Liberty has a tax preparer certification process in place since 2007, Liberty Tax Service is poised for stricter IRS standards on tax preparers that may take effect in the next few years. Liberty Tax took a proactive approach toward professional standardization, customer satisfaction and maintaining the integrity of the Liberty Tax brand by creat-ing its own innovation three-tier skill examination for its preparers, and all Tax Preparers in this office are registered and have IRS Preparer Tax Identification Numbers (PTIN). Darrell Heath will work with each customer to make sure they are taking full advantage of the tax deductions they are qualified for, and should they need additional assistance they will be there to assist them.
Open all year around. Free consultation, no minimum charges and there is no sit down fee and they guarantee their services. In the months of May Through December their hours are 10am to 2pm Monday and Wednesday. In the month of January 15th through April 20th the hours will be 9am to 7pm Monday through Friday and on Saturday 9am to 5pm, or by special appointment or drop off when it is to accommodate the Client. You are welcome to stop in any-time between these hours, if nothing else to say Hi, have a cup of coffee and a homemade treat. Darrell and his family are looking forward to this Tax Sea-son and welcoming all our Sebastian Neighbors to stop on in and see if they can help in anyway.
The office of Liberty Tax Service is located at 11624 US Highway 1, just south of the Ham and Egg Restaurant. 772 228-9203
If you would like to “make the front page” of our newslet-ter, make sure you schedule time this month at one of our networking activities, and maybe your name will be draw for the monthly spotlight! Check out our calendar inside!
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Sebastian River Area Chamber of Commerce Calendar of Events
April 2011
April 1 Chamber Monthly Breakfast at Sebastian Historical Society Museum 8:00 a.m. located in the Historic Sebastian Elementary School 8:30 a.m. Legislative/Government Affairs Committee Meeting Chamber Main St. Office April 5 Golf Tournament Committee Meeting 4:30 p.m. Chamber Main St. Office April 7 Chamber Executive Committee Meeting 8:00 a.m. Chamber Main St. Office April 12 Chamber Monthly Luncheon at Disney Vero Beach Resort Noon Guest Speaker: Sponsored by Plumbago Volunteer Services Reservations Please, $15 for lunch, $ 20 at the door April 13 Chamber Full Board Meeting 8:00 a.m. Chamber Main St. Office April 15 Business Development Committee Meeting 8:00 a.m. Chamber Main St. Office 5:30 p.m. Concert in the Park Series featuring “The Mojo Medicine Band” Classic Rock from the 70s, 80s, & 90s Sponsored by Melbourne International Airport and Waste Management In Partnership with the Chamber and the City of Sebastian April 19 Golf Tournament Committee Meeting 4:30 pm Chamber Main St. Office April 21 Business and Pleasure with a re-Grand Opening and Ribbon Cutting 5:30 pm at Best Western Hotel, Sebastian 1655 US Hwy. 1, Free door prizes! April 22 Good Friday/ Easter Holiday, Chamber closed April 29 Concert in the Park Series featuring “Highway 1” Country, Rock and Originals Sponsored by Melbourne International Airport and Waste Management In partnership with the Chamber and the City of Sebastian
WellMed of Sebastian Grand Opening Event at their new location 1627 US Hwy 1, Suite 101 in Sebastian.
Cheryl Tapp Winchell, D.O. with Mayor Jim Hill for the official Ribbon Cutting Ceremony of WellMed in Sebastian.
2011 Concerts in the Park
Come out and enjoy an evening on the Indian River Lagoon from 5:30-8:00 pm. There will be food and refreshments for sale by Stone Creek Pizza , Sugar Shack, Show-Stopper Specialties; and the Lions Club of Sebastian will be selling popcorn.
Remaining Concerts:
April 15, 2011- The Mojo Medicine Band
(Classic Rock from the 70s, 80s & 90s)
April 29, 2011- Highway 1 (Country, Rock & Originals)
May 20, 2011- Atlantic Bluegrass Band
(Bluegrass)
June 10, 2011- John Mackin (Jimmy Buffet Music)
During intermission, the crowd will have a chance to win giveaways from the local business community. Bring your lawn
chair and blanket, and enjoy the local talent and river breezes! For more information, please call 772-589-5969.
Sponsored by the City of Sebastian, Sebastian River Area Chamber of Commerce, Waste Management & Melbourne International Airport.
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Member News Bill Forte is please to announce that his company, Sebastian River Exterminating, was recently awarded the opportunity to provide pest control services to the City of Sebastian. Sebastian River Ex-terminating has been in business for over twenty two years, is locally owned and operated, and pro-vides residential and commercial pest control services. Kudos to Bill, and many thanks to the City of Sebastian for keeping it local! Beyond Useless Boutique invites everybody to a flocking party on April 1st from 5—8:30 pm, free beer, shrimp delicacies and pink wine. Lisanne wants to showcase her collection of decorated pink fla-mingos, including the six old grouches, a few cranky blondes, and of course the pelicans! See the flyer inside this newsletter for more details of this gathering! Lopresti First Saturday event on Saturday, April 2nd will host guest speaker Jerry Trachtman. Jerry, pilot and lawyer, will offer humor and valuable information on how pilots navigate through the FAA maze of roadblocks. Charity will benefit Youth Guidance mentoring and Activities Programs of Indian River County. Breakfast begins with coffee and full breakfast at 9 a.m., presentation from 10-11:30 a.m. Donation of $8.00. Please RSVP for free Remos airplane ride! Sebastian Airport, X26. 210 Air-port Drive East. All are welcome. Call Mimi Erskine at 772-562-4757 form more information. Blue Tangerine Solutions , the webmaster for the Chamber, is proud to have been a corporate sponsor for the last three years for the upcoming Indian River County Day of Service, scheduled for April 30, 2011. There are over fourteen projects planned for this day, including plans for Pelican Island Wildlife Refuge, The Red Cross, Senior Resource Association, Habitat for Humanity, Youth Guidance, and oth-ers. For more information on how to find the right project to help with go to www.ircdayofservice.org. LaPorte Farms has a special Easter event planned for April 23, from 10 a.m. until 3 pm. If your look-ing for something to help celebrate the holiday the Easter bunny will be available at the farm to super-vise an Easter egg hunt with pony rides, mechanical bull, bounce house, slide, face painting and a num-ber of critters to visit including tortoises, zebra, zebus, baby donkey, goats, chicks, fish, ducks, geese and swans! LaPorte Farms is located at 7700 129th street, Sebastian, for more information call 772-633-0813. The American Cancer Society Relay for Life, North Indian River County, is scheduled for April 30/May 1, at Sebastian River High School Shark Stadium. Survivors’ reception and opening ceremonies are scheduled for Friday, from noon until 1:30. Each year, more than 3.5 million people in 5, 000 com-munities in the United Sates, along with additional communities in 20 other countries, gather to take part in this global phenomenon and raise much needed funds and awareness to save lives from cancer. Sponsors for this event include Bay Street Pharmacy, Laura Petersen, Re/Max Crown Realty, Mederi-Caretenders, Sebastian River Medical Center, Vero Radiology Associates and VITAS. Mark your calendars on June 4th for the 18th Annual Exchange Club of Sebastian’s Blue Water Open Charity Offshore Fishing Tournament. Sebastian Exchange has raised over $225,000 through this event over the years. Some, but not all of the charities who have benefited from this tournament are Youth Guidance, Hibiscus Children’s Center, Boys and Girls clubs, C.A.S.T.L.E., and Dasie Hope Center. The Exchange is also seeking sponsors for the tournament. Please consider becoming a spon-sor, where your donations are spread across many charities the help prevent child abuse and foster healthy youth activities. Your sponsor dollars are tax deductible. To learn more, contact Tanya Webb at 772-589-4708 or Michael Natale at 772-388-0044 or visit www.bluewateropen.com.
2011 Board of Directors
Officers
Debbi Vickers, Scripps Treasure Coast Newspapers – President
Theresa Tolle, Bay Street Pharmacy & Home Health Care – Vice President Bob Daberkow, Southern Fulfillment Services– Treasurer
Margie Duffell, Wells Fargo Home Mortgage—Immediate Past President
Elected Directors
Sandi Gehrke, TD Bank Emily Holliman, Sebastian River Medical Center
Patti Jamar, Vero Fashion Outlets Betty Lollio, Seacoast National Bank Michelle Napier, Dill & Evans, LLC
Maggie Sammons, Custom Air Systems
Appointed Directors
Capt. Christy Lenz, “Casual Crusin” Chuck Mechling, Collier Club
Chris O’Rourke, CPA Ted Pankiewicz, Park Place
Beverly Paris, Paris Productions Shawn Reeves, Merriweather Designs
Ex Officio
Wesley Davis, Indian River County Commissioner Susan Adams, Mayor, City of Fellsmere
Don Wright, Vice Mayor, City of Sebastian Jason Nunemaker, City Manager, City of Fellsmere
Chamber Staff
Beth L. Mitchell – Executive Director Nicole Capp Holbrook – Tourism Coordinator
Britney Faulk – Information Specialist Kim Cerreto – Membership Director
Mandy Karst - Accounting
April, 2011 Beth L. Mitchell, Executive Director
Easter holiday ends the month of April giving us an additional month of “high season in Sebastian”. The extra month of visitors and tourists are greatly appreciated by our businesses, and the glorious weather helps to show the Sebastian River area in its best pose. As usual, we have many activities this month, and plans for the summer! Yes, we are thinking about the summer already! The Chamber Golf Tournament is shaping up nicely, we are very greatful for three gold sponsors this year, Sebastian River Medical Center, Waste Management and Indian River Medical Center. Feels like a show-down with the hospitals, the sponsor category could be really interesting! There might be a lot of Criers & Whiners out on the course! We are really looking forward to the monthly Business & Pleasure this month, with a ribbon cutting and re-Grand Opening of the Best Western Sebastian. Under new ownership and management, the Best West-ern team is eager to show off the rooms and grounds, and they promise door prizes and goodies for every-body who attends. We hope you will join us! We have seen a nice uptick on attendance at our monthly networking events, members are actively work-ing the events to meet new people, gain contacts and find new opportunities for business. Two of our three monthly events are free, and our luncheon are still very affordable. We would ask that if you are planning on attending that you give us a shout, either by phone, fax or email, and let us know you are coming. We love surprises, but also like to make sure we have enough of whatever is being offered to satisfy every-body. The definition of RSVP is repondez sil vous plait! Simply, reservations would be helpful! Inside this newsletter is our Business 2 Business Discount booklet, in a new, easier to use format. It’s also easier on my tired eyes! If you haven’t considered offering a special discount for services and products to Chamber members before, maybe you will like the new format and reconsider. Just give us a call and we will explain how this program works, and sign you up. Its absolutely free! We launched the new “Greater Fellsmere Destination Video” last month, its now on you Tube, soon to be on a number of websites, and copies will be available soon. This was a great project with Bob Barbour, and the City of Fellsmere, along with financial support from the Indian River county Tourism Council, and County Commissioners. We think we captured the whole Fellsmere lifestyle thing, and made the case for folks to consider a visit, or relocation or business start up. You will have to make up your own mind! We may show this at our next lunch too! The timing was right for this project, as Fellsmere celebrates one hundred years of being a City, and they have plans to do it right. April 1 and 2 will be dedicated to the Fellsmere Days celebration, including a hometown parade, and extraordinary light show, with entertainment by the Nouveau Honkies, and a special dedication of the Old Fellsmere School, newly restored and renovated. We hope to see you there!
Happy 100 Birthdays to the City of Fellsmere!
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