By Jean Hayes, Times Staff Writer
Friday, November 12, 2010
Briefly
ABC Medical, Oxygen & Scrubs has expanded and moved into a new and larger retail store at 15119 U.S. 19, Hudson.
In addition to offering on-site vehicle lift repairs and installations, medical supplies, mobility products, and a sleep apnea room, ABC Medical will now carry uniforms, scrubs, lab jackets, shoes and nursing supplies.
Delivery and training is available. For information, call (727) 863-0002 or visit www.abcmedicalandoxygen.com.
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Regional Medical Center Bayonet Point was recently awarded a three year term of accreditation in nuclear medicine services from the American College of Radiology.
The ACR awards accreditation to facilities for the achievement of high practice standards after a peer-review evaluation of its practice. The evaluations are conducted by board certified physicians and medical physicists who are experts in the field.
The nuclear medicine department of Regional Medical Center Bayonet Point met testing quality and image quality standards 100 percent on its application on its first attempt at accreditation.
In addition, Regional Medical Center Bayonet Point has received Chest Pain Center accreditation from the Society of Chest Pain Centers, an international organization dedicated to eliminating heart disease as the number one cause of death worldwide. The center received SCPC's highest level of accreditation.
For information, visit www.rmchealth.com.
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Looking forward to the holiday season, the West Pasco Chamber of Commerce invites chamber members to begin their Christmas Card Lane displays.
The annual display around Orange Lake provides chamber businesses with an opportunity to promote their business while taking part in one of the community's favorite exhibits.
The Christmas Card Lane is a focal point during downtown's Holiday Festival & Parade. The cards go up in early December and remain around the lake until after the new year.
Cards are available for $100 each. All are individually lighted and each includes a sponsor nameplate.
For card reservation information, call Beth at the chamber office, at (727) 842-7651.
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Home Instead Senior Care, 7716 Massachusetts Ave., New Port Richey, is organizing its third-annual "Be a Santa to a Senior" program to bring holiday cheer to isolated seniors in west Pasco.
Local nonprofits will identify needy, orphaned and isolated seniors and provide those names to Home Instead Senior Care.
Home Instead Senior Care will place Christmas wreaths and trees in local businesses beginning this week. They will feature ornaments with the first names of the seniors and their respective gift requests.
Customers can pick an ornament, buy items on the list, and then return them unwrapped to the store, with the senior ornament attached. Home Instead volunteers will collect, wrap and distribute the gifts to the seniors.
The program is open to area businesses. For a complete list of participating businesses or for information on sponsoring a tree or wreath at your business, call the Home Instead office at (727) 845-5819.
Who's news
Dr. N. Scott Howell, a doctor of osteopathy with Access Health Care, recently gave three lectures and was on two expert panel discussions at the American College of Phlebology's Annual Congress in Orlando.
Dr. Howell also served as moderator for the symposia entitled, "Contemporary Aesthetics." It was the fifth year he was invited back to speak. He continues to serve on the professional educational committee for the college where he has been a member for six years.
Dr. Howell practices with Access Health Care in two locations: 7625 Cita Lane, Unit 102, New Port Richey and at 14690 Spring Hill Drive, Spring Hill. He can be reached at (727) 992-1338 at both offices.
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The West Pasco Chamber of Commerce announces that Linda Hawkins, Bonnie Howard, Sean Kline and Ginny Pierce want the bragging rights to Governor of West Pasco. The title comes with no pay, just bragging rights.
For a dollar a vote, chamber members can vote for their favorite. The new governor will be named at the Business Development Week Chamber Awards Banquet on Feb. 17, 2011. The deadline to vote is Feb. 4, 2011.
All proceeds will benefit the winner's favorite charity and the West Pasco Chamber of Commerce.
Linda Hawkins of H&R Block is raising funds for Healthy Start Coalition of Pasco County. Bonnie Howard of Minuteman Press is raising funds for SPCA Suncoast. Sean Kline of the Center for Independence/New Freedom Transportation is raising funds for the Center for Independence. Ginny Pierce of ABCO Graphics & Printing is raising funds for PACE Center for Girls.
For information, call Joe Alpine at the chamber at (727) 842-7651.
Events
The West Pasco Chamber of Commerce Ambassador Luncheon will be from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday at Phi Delta Kappa Banquet Hall, 11301 Phi Delt Way, Odessa.
The event is sponsored by Advanced Restoration, and will be catered by Lonzalo's. The cost is $10 per person (cash or check only).
For information, call the chamber at (727) 842-7651.
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The Wesley Chapel Chamber of Commerce and Tiffanie Kellog of the Referral Institute have teamed up to provide a new monthly networking event, Power Networking, from 11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday at Pagelli's Italiano restaurant in the Shops of Wiregrass, 2001 Piazza Ave., Wesley Chapel.
The event is an opportunity for local business professionals to come together, learn about each other's businesses, and begin relationships with the goal of receiving more referrals. During Power Networking, Kellog will lead participants through various exercises, the goal being to help grow their business through word of mouth.
The group meets on the third Monday of each month. The cost is $10. To RSVP, call the Wesley Chapel chamber at (813) 994-8534. For information, call Kellog at (813) 948-7243.
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The West Pasco Chamber of Commerce will have these ribbon-cuttings during the coming week:
•Mezzaluna Pizzeria & Restorante, 5749 Main St., New Port Richey, 11:30 a.m. Tuesday. Call Michelle Filippou at (727) 264-8980.
•SmileFaith Foundation, 4613 U.S. 19, New Port Richey, 11:30 a.m. Wednesday. Call Dr. Michael O'Carroll at (727) 846-7164.
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The West Pasco Business Network will meet at 11:30 a.m. Tuesday at Atria Windsor Woods, 13707 Dallas Drive, Hudson.
This month's speaker is Aida Norton-Polanco from The Home Care Team. Her topic will be "Stress Management".
The group meets the third Tuesday of every month. To reserve a seat, call Abby Hamilton at (813) 817-1905.
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The West Pasco Chamber of Commerce will have its After 5 Mixer from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday at Tampa Bay Real Estate & Property Management, 7902 U.S. 19, Port Richey.
Hors d'oeuvres and libations will be served. Call the chamber at (727) 842-7651.
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The Pasco Hernando NPI Networking Group will meet at 11:45 a.m. Tuesday at Boulevard Beef & Ale, 6236 Grand Blvd., New Port Richey. Call Rob Marlowe at (727) 847-2424.
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The West Pasco Chamber of Commerce will have a business card and brochure exchange from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Wednesday at Boulevard Beef & Ale.
The event is sponsored by Pontlitz Asset Advisors. The cost is $10 per person. To RSVP, call the chamber at (727) 842-7651 by Tuesday.
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The BNI Revenue Source, a referral-based networking group, will meet from 7:30 to 9 a.m. Wednesday at Heritage Springs Country Club, 11345 Robert Trent Jones Parkway, Trinity.
Visitors are welcome. The cost of the meeting, which includes breakfast, is $10. Call David Randall, president, at (727) 842-7744.
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The new Free Networking International group will meet from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday at Cantina Laredo restaurant, 2000 Piazza Ave., Building 4, Suite 170, Wesley Chapel (at the Shops at Wiregrass).
The group's corporate sponsor is the Theater Doctor, and its host is Cantina Laredo. The group's director is Martine Duncan, co-owner of the Theater Doctor.
There is no fee to join this networking group. The meeting is structured using the FNI format. Attendees can order lunch off the menu at their own cost. Call Duncan at (813) 929-6816.
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The Trinity Business Association will meet at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday at Fox Hollow Country Club, 10050 Robert Trent Jones Parkway, Trinity.
The association works to expand business opportunities and build community support for those living and having a place of business in the Trinity area through activities and leadership of its members.
Meetings are on the first and third Tuesdays of each month. E-mail info@trinitybusinessassociation.com to learn more.
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The West Pasco Chamber of Commerce's Whiskey River Networking Group will have its business card and brochure exchange from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday at Whiskey River Sports Grill, 5245 Limestone Drive, Port Richey.
The event is sponsored by Apollo Window Tinting & Graphics. The cost is $10. To RSVP, call the chamber at (727) 842-7651 by Wednesday.
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The fourth-annual Black and White "Sleek & Sexy" Night will begin at 6:30 p.m. Thursday at the Phi Delta Kappa Banquet Hall, 11301 Phi Delt Way, (on State Road 54 behind Pappas) Odessa.
The event is a fundraiser for the Center For Independence and the West Pasco Chamber of Commerce's Young Professionals Group's charity and scholarship fund.
The event, presented by Bob Memoli with Florida Luxury Realty, will feature hors d'oeuvres, complimentary wine tastings, complimentary valet parking, dancing, full liquor cash bar and more.
Grand prize raffle to win a 1.22 karat sapphire and diamond white gold necklace, valued at more than $1,000 and donated by DeLuca's Fine Jewelry: $20 a chance, or two for $30. Contests for the sexiest eyes, hair, smile and shoes.
Tickets are $25 per person or $45 per couple if purchased before Sunday. Tickets are $35 per person at the door.
For information or tickets, call Danielle Mercer at (813) 431-9250 or Tina Shelton at (727) 842-7651.
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BNI Eagles will have a networking event at 7:30 a.m. Thursday in the Palm Room at Springs Golf and Country Club, 3535 Trophy Blvd., New Port Richey, off Little Road, north of State Road 54. RSVP at (727) 967-1418.
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The Calusa Business & Professional Women will meet at 11:30 a.m. Friday at Seven Springs Golf & Country Club, 3535 Trophy Blvd., New Port Richey.
The guest speaker will be state Sen. Mike Fasano. The public is invited to attend. The cost of lunch is $12.95 per person.
BPW/Calusa is an alliance of local business, professional and retired men and women dedicated to improving the professional, personal and economic outlook for the business community and the community at large.
Call Joanne Grassi at (727) 856-9595.
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Service Corps of Retired Executives Pasco-Hernando Chapter 439 will present a free small-business seminar, "Advanced Use of QuickBooks," from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Nov. 20 at the Land O'Lakes Branch Library, 2818 Collier Parkway.
Mike Kouremetis, a SCORE counselor, will present the seminar. The two-hour seminar, sponsored by the Land O'Lakes Branch Library, is designed for those with previous experience using QuickBooks, but who would benefit from utilizing the many more advanced capabilities of the system.
Kouremetis will cover entering bills payable, printing checks, keeping payroll records, estimate invoicing and using the class breakdown.
No registration is required. For information, call the library at (727) 861-3049 or the SCORE office at (727) 842-4638.
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