VOLUME XXXIV NO. 2 MARCH 2014

THE NAVIGATOR

North Channel Area Chamber o f Commerce

Board of Directors 2

New Members 2

Renewals 3

Port Briefs 3

Ribbon Cuttings

4

Inside this issue:

Do you play golf? If

you do, make sure you

sign up to play in The

North Channel Area

Chamber of Commerce

Annual Golf Tournament.

If you don’t, please help support the Chamber.

The Annual Golf Tourna-

ment is the Chamber’s

major fundraiser. There

are many ways to show

your support such as sign-

ing up a team or being a

sponsor. There are many

different sponsorship lev-

els: Platinum ($5,000);

Gold ($2,000); Silver

($1,000); Bronze ($500);

Hole Sponsor ($200);

Raffle Sponsor ($100);

and Friends of North

Channel Chamber ($50).

GOT GOLF? By Margie Buentello, President & CEO

Hole #17. There will also

be prizes for closest to the

pin, longest drive and a buy-

a-tee-box hole. All prize

opportunities are included in

the $500.00 entry fee. The

entry fee also includes green

fees, cart, 2 mulligans, buy a tee box, range balls, food,

drinks, hat and goodie bag.

To register go to the

C h a m b e r w e b s i t e ,

www.northchannelarea.com,

call the Chamber office at

713-450-3600 or email

Margie@ncachamber.com.

The Port of Houston

Authority. Super Silver

sponsor is PhysiciansER.

Beautiful Bronze sponsors

are: Platinum Copier

Solutions; North Shore

Rotary; Slocomb Insur-ance; Advantage How-

ard Glendale; San

Jacinto College Founda-

tion; Channelview ISD

Foundation; Lyondell-

Basell and Generation

Park.

The Chamber tourna-

ment provides a prize on

every hole. A 2014 Kia

Cadenza will be given away

for a hole-in-one on Hole

#11, courtesy of Communi-

ty Toyota Honda Kia. A

$5,000 shopping spree will

be given away at Pineforest

Jewelry on a hole-in-one on

This is a great day of

fun and provides great op-

portunities to fellowship,

promote your business or

entertain clients. The Golf

Tournament Chairman is

Kimberly Gonzalez with Platinum Copier Solutions.

This year’s event will be

held on Thursday, May 22

at Tour 18 in Humble with

an 8:00 am shotgun start.

Teams of 4 are available

for $500.00 and individual

players are $125.00.

Please be advised that we

have 33 team slots and the

tournament fills up quickly.

Our Great Gold sponsors

are CenterPoint Energy,

East Houston Regional

M e d i c a l C e n t e r ,

Genan, Inc., Woodfor-

est National Bank and

March 1– June 1, SMALL

BUSINESS SPECIAL, busi-

nesses with less than 5 em-

ployees can join for the 1st

year for only $125

Friday, April 4

MONTHLY LUNCHEON

Sponsored by Concordia University

11:30 @ SJC North

Speaker: Dr. James Semones

Topic: The State of Aging in

America

Tuesday, April 8

AMBASSADORS MEETING

11AM @ R&K BBQ

911 Normandy, 77015

Wednesday, April 9

ONE-ON-ONE SESSIONS

WITH THE PORT

Contact the Chamber office

for an appointment

Thursday, April 10

BUSINESS AFTER HOURS

5PM-7PM

@ Woodforest National Bank,

13301 I-10 E. Freeway, 77015

Thursday, May 22

Annual Golf Tournament

8:00 am

@ Tour 18

Upcoming Events

Greg Ollis— Chairman

Channelview ISD

Kimberly Gonzalez— Chairman-Elect

Platinum Copier Solutions

Lucia Bates– 1st Vice Chairman

LB Marketing Solutions

Adam Lund– Treasurer

Woodforest National Bank

Shalonda Dawkins— Secretary

United Community Credit Union

Wilfred Broussard Jr.– – Immediate Past

Chair,

Broussard’s Real Estate Investments, Inc.

Alice Adams, East Houston Reg. Med. Center

Garrett Alexander, LyondellBasell

Janet Allen, Shell Federal Credit Union

Marlene Clowers, Congressman Gene Green

Pedro Garcia, Port of Houston Authority

Arodi Gonzalez, CenterPoint Energy

Dr. Allatia Harris, San Jacinto College N.

Dawn Harris, Harris County Precinct 2

June Harris, Halo Branded Solutions

Christie Gates, Sheldon ISD

Dale Jones, Sterling Wood Church

John Moore, Galena Park ISD

Bill Palko, Amegy Bank

Larry Pfeifer, Individual

Jim Wadzinski, Community Toyota/Kia/Honda

Mike Williams, Edward Jones

2014 Board of Directors

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NEW MEMBERS

Bryant’s Termite & Pest Control Jim Bryant

bryantspestcontrol@gmail.com P.O. Box 2285

Channelview, TX. 77530 281-457-3001

East Side Family Practice

Dr. Farheen Khan 832-538-0243

15119 Wallisville Rd. Houston, TX. 77015

Randy L. Orr Sr.

Precinct Chairman 413 Commissioner ESD 6

13911 Waterville Way Houston, TX. 77015

(713)806-1333

South Texas Maintenance Solutions Stacy Graham

sgrahamstms@gmail.com 21038 Lost Valley Trail

Crosby, TX. 77532 281-630-0603

Stein Medical Training & Consulting

Scott E. Stein scottestein@gmail.com

Www.steinmtc.com 5500 E. Sam Houston Pkwy N. Ste #101

Houston, TX. 77015 239-344-6016

Surgical Associates of Greater Houston

Dr. Simon Karni karnisurgery@gmail.com

1140 Westmont Dr., Suite 200 Houston, TX. 77015

713-453-7197

Check out our NEW Small Business information

link UNDER the RESOURCES Tab!

Staff

Margie Buentello

President & CEO

margie@ncachamber.com

Blanca Lerma

Member Relations Coordinator

blanca@ncachamber.com

North Channel Area

Chamber of Commerce,

13301 I-10 East Freeway

Suite 100,

Houston, TX 77015 (713) 450-3600

www.northchannelarea.com

21-26 Years Fred Saunders 26 years

Scott Stephens & Associates 23 years

Sellers Bros. Markets 23 years

Dependable Diesel Truck Service, Inc. 22 years

11-20 Years Uvalde Hardware 20 years

Start & Busch, LLC 19 years

Zolman Construction 19 years

Channelview ISD 17 years

Edward Miller Appraisal Services 17 years

Porter Truck Sales 15 years

Constable Ken Jones, Precinct 3 15 years

North Channel LEPC 14 years

Kindred Hospital East Houston 13 years

Market Street Used Auto Parts 13 years

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Still caring...by renewing their membership A special thank you to the following members who have shown their dedicated support of the Chamber and the community by

renewing their membership investment.

PORT BRIEFS Year Starts on Positive Note

State Senator Sylvia Garcia 11 years

Horizon Milling 11 years

United Community Credit Union 11 years

1-10 Years State Farm Insurance—Rick Blount 10 years

Arnold Ramirez 5 years

The Honorable Don Coffey 5 years

Crawfish Shack 5 years

Alliance Safety 3 years

Cardiology Specialist of Houston 2 years

R & K Barbecue 2 years

Shell Federal Credit Union 2 years

Sonya George 2 years

Jason Bollich 1 year

North Channel Star 1 year

N ewly appointed Executive Director Roger Guen-ther reported volume increases in all major cargo catego-ries helped drive the Port of Houston Authority beyond the 3-million-ton and $20-million operating revenue benchmarks in January, giving the Port Authority a healthy start for 2014. January’s tonnage figure was 15 percent higher than the previous year.

A contributor to that January figure was 400,000 tons of steel handled, yielding a 36-percent increase at a time when steel numbers were expected to be flat due to a leveling off of drilling activities.

Bulk cargo of 1 million tons was 30 percent higher, fueled by strong performances in coal, grain and petcoke. Over-head expenses were down 10 percent compared to Janu-ary 2013, contributing to a $9 million bottom line of cash flow.

Port Commission Chairman Janiece Longoria announced that the latest U.S. Census Bureau data shows that Texas led the nation in exports for the 12th consecutive year in 2013. The Port of Houston has been the state’s No. 1 ex-porting port for each of those years. (Taken from the PORTREPORT Feb/Mar 2014)

RIBBON CUTTINGS

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FEBRUARY EDUCATOR AND STUDENTS OF THE MONTH

From left: Edward Smith (Aguirre Junior High),

Educator of the Month; Hector Estrella (Aguirre

Junior High), Student of the Month; Jacelyn Jef-

ferson (Channelview High School), Student of the

Month; and Virginia Escamilla (Alice Johnson

Junior High) Student of the Month.

Pictured Above: Surgical Associates of Greater Houston located at 1140 Westmont

Pictured Above: Galena Park I.S. D. North Annex located at 14711 Scotter Dr.