January 2012 Clarion

January 2012 Vol. 48, No. 1

The Brentwood Voice of Business

Page 1: New Directors; Citizen and Business of the Year Page 2: Director’s Message; Board of Directors and Staff

Page 3: Bonnie Lucchese; Upcoming Chamber Events Page 4: New Members

Page 9: Holiday Parade winners Page 10: City of Brentwood Entrepreneur Training Page 11: Cal Chamber news Page 12: General Information

Page 5: Renewing Members Page 6: Renewing Members Page 7: Renewing Members Pages 8: Holiday Mixer

Brentwood Chamber Welcomes Four New Board Directors!

Maurice Daroy Fred Ehler Kerri Fritsch Greg Robinson

The Brentwood Chamber gladly welcomes and thanks our

new directors for volunteering to serve on the Chamber

Board. From top left to right is Maurice Daroy of

Farmers Insurance; Fred Ehler, Ehler Management Group;

Kerri Fritsch, Monogramming by Frichy; and Greg

Robinson of the Brentwood Press.

Other changes to our Board are our new President, Paul

Kelly. See next page for a message from the President.

We thank outgoing President, Joe Trebino for his service

last year. He will remain on the Board as Past President.

Also leaving the Board were Greg Benner and Madelynn

Krebbs. Thank you for all your time and efforts on behalf

of the Brentwood Chamber.

Members, please be sure to meet and greet our new

President and Directors at the next Chamber Mixer!

Congratulates

Citizen of the Year

Karen Rarey

And

Business of the Year

Brentwood Press

See next month’s issue for pictures and highlights of the 2012 Awards Dinner

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BRENTWOOD CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

2012 BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Paul Kelly, President Prospect Mortgage

Joe Trebino, Past President Delta Pure Water

Dirk Zeigler, Chief Financial Officer Zeigler Insurance Group

Olga Vidriales, V.P. Community Programs, Travis Credit Union

Brent Aasen Equus Group

Amy Alvis Alvis Frantz and Associates

Kathy Blanton Sutter Delta Medical Center

Maurice Daroy Farmers Insurance

Fred Ehler Ehler Management Group

Kerry Fritsch Monogramming by Frichy

Jacqueline Hanel John Muir Health

Lori Knudsen California Payroll

Greg Robinson Brentwood Press

Robin Schiavone

Raley’s

Ken Seamann Discovery Professional Services

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Chamber Staff

Lisa Hurt, Support Services Director

Jilda Fairhurst, Event Coordinator

Pat Trombino, Event Coordinator

Bill Putman, Volunteer

DIRECTOR’S MESSAGEDIRECTOR’S MESSAGE

Chamber President, 2012Chamber President, 2012

Remember the Etch-A-Sketch?

Most of us old enough to remember the 60’s may recall a toy called the Etch-A-

Sketch. The Etch-A-Sketch drawing toy was (and still is) a flat red box with two knobs

that guide a drawing tool around a flat screen which etches whatever your mind can

imagine onto the screen. What’s unique about the toy is that you can design an endless

amount of drawings and pictures over and over again, but unlike computers today, there

is no SAVE button. When you’re finished with your project, you have to shake the

device and it erases all you’ve done before you can begin again. It’s a simple but I

ingenious toy with no memory.

Januaries are a lot like a newly shaken Etch-A-Sketch – a blank screen with our

hands on the knobs. As Chamber Members and Business people we’ve erased last year

and are now looking forward to starting over once again with a whole new perspective

on the coming year. So what new creation are you going to create? How are you going

to reach out and connect you and your business to the rest of the world? Whatever you

did in 2011 is gone and all you can focus on now is what’s in front of you.

I want to invite you to include the Chamber of Commerce in your drawing plans this

year. As you turn the knobs and begin to put 2012 together, make a commitment to use

the many resources your Chamber has. Connect with the 300+ other businesses, find a

spot in our CornFest, market your company in our parade, display your logo on our

soon to be new website, bring your business cards and brochures to display in our

lobby, and participate in Hometown Halloween or golf tournament to spread the word

about you. Use us.

I love the Etch-A-Sketch, because it reminds me that what I’ve done in the past is

gone and no longer visible, and that what really matters most is not what I’ve done

yesterday, but what I am going to do today!

Paul Kelly

President, Brentwood Chamber of Commerce

Paul R. Kelly, Sales Manager

NMLS# 288486

Prospect Mortgage

3240 Lone Tree Way, Ste 100

Antioch, CA 94509

Phone: 925-706-6703

Cell: 925-437-5831


Chamber Ambassadors

Vicki Sexton, Chair, First Bank

Amy Alvis, Alvis-Frantz and Associates

Kathy Blanton, Sutter Delta Medical Center

Maurice Daroy, Farmers Insurance

Fred Ehler, Ehler Management Group

Kerri Fritsch, Monogramming by Frichy

Lori Knudsen, California Payroll

Sam Lamantia, Lamantia Insurance Services

Michele Lane, ReMax/Accord

Kathi Regan, Maxx Worms

Paul Roman, Window Innovations, Inc.

Patti Schneider, The Right Choice

Kurt Tomicich, KRT Services

Joe Trebino, Delta Pure Water, Etc.

Pat Trombino, First Bank

Kimberley Victor, Mary Kay Cosmetics

Olga Vidriales, Travis Credit Union

UPCOMING EVENTS

Chamber Mixers

Thursday, February 16, 2012

Big Wave Dave’s Mongolian Grill

Ribbon Cuttings

Menchie’s

Friday, February 3, 2012

Annual Awards Dinner

Saturday, January 28th, 2012

New Brentwood Maps

available now!

Beautiful new, updated maps of Brentwood are available

at the Chamber office. These full color maps cover all of

Brentwood and include a lot of great city information.

They are $2 each.

If you have a business with

a lot of foot traffic, these are

great to have in your lobby or

front counter. Stop by and

pick one up today.

A service to honor the life of Bonnie Lucchese, former Chamber CEO, was held on

January 15, 2012. The Chamber expresses its sincere gratitude to all those who spoke

about Bonnie and shared their special memories. Thank you to Greg Robinson for

serving as the main speaker; to Jilda Fairhurst and Paula Wong for organizing the

service; and to Tim Eldridge for donating the use of the Shadow Lakes clubhouse.

Bonnie will be greatly missed.

A

Celebration

of Life


Mission Statement: The Brentwood Chamber of Commerce is a voluntary organization

dedicated to the promotion of the civic and commercial progress of the community. We will

continuously strive to maintain and foster a healthy business climate for Chamber members and

the entire community.

Bay Area Public Safety

Michael Davidson, Sr.

141 Sand Creek Road, Suite E

Brentwood, CA 94513

(925) 634-1000

www.bayareapublicsafety.com

Brentwood Theater Company

Jack Gaughan

Brentwood, CA 94513

(925) 513-3863

www.thebrentwoodtheater.com.

East County Salvation Army

Major Jackie Smith

525 East 18th Street

Antioch, CA 94509

(925) 778-0808

www.salarmyantioch.org

It Works!

Colette McIntyre

Brentwood, CA 94513

925-550-3566

www.c50wraps.myitworks.com

Law Offices of Silky Sahnan

2200 Sand Creek Road, Suite I

Brentwood, CA 94513

(925) 276-0789

www.legalservicesca.com

Pacific Funding Group

Gail Sasser

70 Eagle Rock Way, Suite A

Brentwood, CA 94513

(925) 634-6700

www.pfgbayarea.com

Prospect Mortgage

Paul Kelly

3240 Lone Tree Way, Suite 100

Antioch, CA 94531

(925) 522-8773

www.myprospectmortgage.com

State Farm Insurance

Terry Nguyen

2411 Empire Avenue, #108

Brentwood, CA 94513

(925) 513-1200

www.agentterry.com

NEW MEMBERS

The Brentwood Chamber is pleased to welcome the following new members:


MEMBERSHIP RENEWALS

Thank you to the following members who recently renewed their membership. The Chamber appreciates your

continued support.

A-1 Data, Inc.

Acorn Self Storage

Aim High Child Care

Altera Signature Properties

Alvis Frantz and Associates

American Cancer Society

American Legion Post 202

American Medical Response

B-B-K Union Cemetery District

Beckford Investigation

Balfour Dental

Balfour Dermatology & Day Spa

Bank of the West

Bookbusters Bookkeeping Service

Brentwood Certified Farmers Market

Brentwood Disposal

Brentwood Family Pet Care

Brentwood Fine Meats

Brentwood Minuteman Press

Brentwood Park Apartments

Brentwood Party Rentals

Brentwood Post Office

Brentwood Press & Yellow Pages

Brentwood Senior Commons

Brentwood Transmissions

Brentwood Union School District

Brentwood Veterinary Hospital

Cabanas in the Garden

Cap’s Oak Street Bar & Grill

Carrington College California

Carson Swim School

Celebration Christian Preschool

Cheryl A. Newton Tax & Accounting Services

City of Brentwood

Coast Radio Company, Inc.

Comfort Suites Oakley

Crème dela Gem Jewelry

John Continente, Jr.

Contra Costa District Fair

Contra Costa Water District

Costco Wholesale

D.T.R. Fence Co.

Dallas Shanks & Sons Auto Service

Deer Ridge Country Club

Delta Community Services

Delta Pure Water

Delta Valley Athletic Club

DeNova Homes


MEMBERSHIP RENEWALS continued

Thank you to the following members who recently renewed their membership. The Chamber appreciates your

continued support.

Jos. A. Bank Clothiers, Inc.

Kelly Grace Salon

Kendall Automotive

Kinder’s Meat, Deli, BBQ

KRT Services

La Fuente Mexican Restaurant

Labor of Love Homecare Services

Law Office of Ruth Buzzard

Law Offices of Douglas J. Hartsough

Les Schwab Tires

Liberty Union High School District

Lions Club of Brentwood

Lollipop Haircut Shop

Los Medanos College

Los Medanos College Foundation

Management Solutions

McCauley Brothers Olive Groves

Monogramming by Frichy

Muir/Diablo Occupational Medicine

Mutual of Omaha Financial Advisors

Nebergall Property Management

Nines

Old Republic Title Company

Pizzagoni’s Towing & Auto Repair

Diamond Mine Storage, Inc.

Digger’s Diner

Discovery Pest Control

East Bay Works Career Center

East County Insurance

East County Soroptomists

EcoWater/Servisoft

ECC Bank

Edward Jones—Lisa Ferrante

Equus Group

Eskaton Lodge Brentwood

Farmers Insurance—Maurice Daroy

First Bank

Flowers by Gerry

Friends of Brentwood Library

Golden Hills Community Church

H&R Block

Harvest Park Bowl

Harvest Time

Health Hut

Doug & Wendy Herman, DDS

Hospice of the East Bay

Jean Bates & Associates

Jensen Wholesale Sports

John Muir Health


Place your Ad right here!

Call the Chamber

office today to advertise your

business in the monthly

Clarion!

Chamber Lobby Display The Chamber lobby is a great place to

display your business cards, flyers and

brochures. This is a member benefit as

only members may advertise their

business here! We regularly remove

items belonging to members who have

not renewed. Promote your business by

bringing in your current materials. The

Chamber is widely visited by our

members and people new to the

Brentwood area.

MEMBERSHIP RENEWALS continued

Thank you to the following members who recently renewed

their membership. The Chamber appreciates your continued

support.

Quik Stop Market #149

Realty World—Delta Country

Ready Print

Rodda Electric

Ron Nunn Farms

Sand Creek Crossing, LLC

SDG Architecture and Engineering, Inc.

Shadow Lakes Golf Club

Shepherd’s Gate

Smile Business Products, Inc.

Sonoma Bank

State Farm Insurance– Jose Martinez

Sunset Plaza

Sutter Delta Medical Group

Sutter Delta Medical Center

Sycamore Place

The Commons at Dallas Ranch

The Monthly Grapevine

Travis Credit Union

Yogesh Trehan, MD

Tri Delta Transit

Valley Yellow Pages

Waves of Spirit

Zeigler Insurance Group


Holiday Mixer at

A big thank you to First Bank for hosting December’s Holiday Mixer at

their branch on Lone Tree Way in Brentwood and for donating great

raffle prizes!

The mixer was a festive event complete with Liberty High carolers, a

food and toy drive to benefit the Brentwood Regional Community

Chest, terrific food and lots of great company.

Also, thank you to The Brentwood Press, John Muir Health, California

Payroll, Kimberly Victor of Mary Kay Cosmetics, Maurice Daroy of

Farmers Insurance, Relay for Life of Brentwood, Gursky Ranch, Dr.

Margaret Stahler, Synergy Home Care, Wine Shop at Home for

donating additional raffle prizes. And a big thanks to all those who

brought items for the food and toy drive to help make the holidays

brighter for families in need.

We look forward to seeing everyone at our February mixer held on

February 16, 2012 at Big Wave Dave’s Mongolian Grill in Brentwood.

Ron and Jackie Yarolimek of

Relay for Life of Brentwood

The Fritsch family arrives bearing toys for the

Brentwood Regional Community Chest

Mayor Bob Taylor, Dirk Zeigler

and Ken Seamann

Mayor Bob led the attendees in

singing Silent Night

Chamber Staff: Jilda Fairhurst, Pat

Trombino, Bill Putman and Lisa Hurt

Carolers from Liberty High School and

their amazing voices


Ed McClelland accepting award on behalf

of Ray Ansick for Best of Parade

Congrats to Best Band, Liberty High School Marching

Band

Congrats to Best Equestrian

Lawrence Schapker accepting for NorCal

SSR Club, Best Auto Entry

Shawn Guin accepting Best Float

award for Dainty Center


Entrepreneur Business Training Program

“The Complete Business Planning Process”

for existing brentwood businesses and serious start-ups...

March 5 – May 9, 2012

Classes will be held on Mondays & Wednesdays Time: 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

Location: Brentwood City Hall, 150 City Park Way

Call (925) 602-6806 to apply!

Scholarships are currently being provided by the City of Brentwood for its citizens. This financial support does not include a $300 Non-Refundable Fee for Registration and Training Materials once your application has been finalized.

The instructional objectives are:

• Help you learn and adopt entrepreneurial skills, attitudes, and behaviors for success. • Develop your best possible written business plan with plenty of collective intelligence. • Facilitate the healthy start and sustainable growth of your business.

You will experience and apply in 10 weeks of learning:

• The Power of Your Mission as a Strategic Force and Compass • Goals, Focus and Success strategies by Canfield, Ziglar, and Csikszentmihalyi • A Review of Covey on Effectiveness and Tracy on Time Management • How to Use Research to Create a Good Business Plan • Managements 5 Key Roles, Planning and Control by Peter Drucker • Guerrilla Marketing from Levinson and a Seven Sentence Marketing Plan • Pricing for Profitability from the Power of Branding Your Business • How to Create a Sales Forecast That Is Realistic and Useful in Making Sales Financial Management Basics, Sales, Costs, & Profits

The Entrepreneur Business Training Program is student-centered, collaborative and interactive, and will be taught by John Smulo, an experienced professional educator and entrepreneur.


Brentwood’s New Business Website

The City of Brentwood has launched a new website

specifically for business owners Log into

www.businessinbrentwood.com for information about

the Brentwood community, business assistance, new

business incentives, city information and permits and

a calendar of business-focused events.

January 13, 2012

NLRA Poster Requirement Delayed Until April 30

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has postponed the effective date of its employee rights notice-posting rule until April 30.

Most private-sector employers must post a new notice issued by the NLRB entitled, “Employee Rights Under the National Labor Relations Act.”

This poster requirement was scheduled to be implemented on January 31, 2012, but on December 23, 2011, the NLRB delayed implementation in response to a request by a federal court judge hearing a legal challenge to the poster requirement.

The National Association of Manufacturers has challenged the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) poster requirement on multiple grounds. This is the second time that the NLRB has delayed implementation. Because this issue remains in litigation, there is a chance that this posting deadline will be delayed one more time.

Q & A Sheet

A questions-and-answers sheet about the “Employee Rights under the NLRA” poster requirement is available at

calchamber.com/requiredposting.

For more information about purchasing the poster as part of the CalChamber Required Notices Kit, visit the Cal-Chamber Store.

http://www.calchamber.com/requiredposting

http://www.calchamber.com/store/products/pages/compliance-posters.aspx

http://www.calchamber.com/store/products/pages/compliance-posters.aspx


Phone: 925-634-3344

Fax: 925-634-3731

Email: [email protected]

www.brentwoodchamber.com

The Brentwood Clarion

Brentwood Chamber of Commerce

8440 Brentwood Blvd., Suite C

City of Brentwood (925) 516-5400

Parks & Recreation (924) 516-5444

Community Development (925) 516-5405

Brentwood Library (925) 516-5405

Police Non Emergency (925) 634-6911

Fire Department (925) 634-3400

Brentwood Aquatic Park (925) 516-5430

Newspapers

Brentwood Press (925) 634-1441

Contra Costa Times (925) 757-2525

Brentwood News (925) 779-7120

Transportation

Tri Delta Transit (925) 754-4040

Hotels

Hampton Inn (925) 513-1289

Holiday Inn Express (800) 345-8082

Medical Services

Sutter Delta Medical Center (925) 779-7200

John Muir Outpatient Center (925) 308-8100

Kaiser Permanente Antioch (925) 813-6500

Theaters

Delta Cinema (925) 240-7370

Rave (925) 809-0030

IMPORTANT PHONE NUMBERS

SCORE Counselors, Counselors of Small Business Now at the Brentwood Chamber Office 1

st and 3

rd Monday’s: 1:30 and 2:30

pm----Call (925) 634-3344 for your appointment today.

http://www.brentwoodchamber.com

http://www.bookbusters.net/

http://www.guarddogalarms.info/

January 2012 Clarion

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