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Business Digest

By GAIL HOLLENBECK
Published March 19, 2007

Who's News

Charles E. Price of Price and Co. P.A. has successfully passed the Internal Revenue Service Enrolled Agent exam. He has more than five years of accounting and tax experience with the firm as a staff accountant.

Briefs

Church Without Walls will host a golf fundraiser at 8:30 a.m. April 14 at Citrus Hills Golf Club. To make a tax deductible contribution of $50 or more as a hole sponsor, call 344-2425. Donations or gifts to be auctioned are also welcome. Call 344-2425.

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Tally Ho Vacations has achieved President's Club status with Collette Vacations for the second consecutive year. Pat Muller attended the awards ceremony in London and accepted the award for the agency from United Airlines. The trip is awarded to agencies that have achieved outstanding sales with Collette Vacations. Tally Ho was one of four agencies in Florida invited to attend.

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Embarq will be the presenting sponsor for the Citrus Memorial Annual Ball on May 19 at Citrus Hills Golf and Country Club. The event will benefit the Citrus Memorial Health Foundation. Proceeds will go toward Phase 2 of pediatrics for the capital campaign for the planned Family Care Health and Education Centers.

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Central Florida Community College and SCORE will offer Small Business Planning for New and Existing Businesses from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday and March 31 in Building L2, Room 201B of the Citrus campus, 3800 S Lecanto Highway, Lecanto. Fee is $65. To register, call 249-1210.

Calendar

MONDAY

The American Business Women's Association invites businesswomen to network and enhance their business skills by joining Citrus County's Manatee Chapter. The group meets the second Monday of each month at American Legion Post 155, 6585 W Gulf to Lake Highway, Crystal River. Social time begins at 5:30 p.m., dinner at 6 and business meeting at 7. Call Ellen Saunders at 527-6556.

Wednesday

Suncoast Business Masters meets at noon Wednesdays at Black Diamond Country Club, 3333 Black Diamond Circle, Lecanto. Suncoast Masters networks through leads from members. Only one business of each type is represented. Call Charles Richer, president, at 637-4070.

Thursday

The Nature Coast Chapter of the Florida Society of Accounting and Tax Professionals meetings are at 5:30 p.m. on the third Thursday of each month at the Wellington Clubhouse, 400 Wexford Road., Spring Hill, and are open to accountants or tax professionals in Hernando, Citrus or Pasco counties. Call Barbara Tremblay, 795-1532.

Friday

Citrus Business Network meets at 7:30 a.m. Fridays at B & W Rexall, 214 U.S. 41 S Citrus Plaza, Inverness. The purpose of CBN is to assist its members to grow their businesses through the exchange of contacts, leads, ideas and marketing savvy. Membership is open to only one member/company per vocation/discipline. Visitors are welcome. Food may be purchased. Call Bud Koehlinger, president, at 527-9790 or Roger Carlson, vice president, at 341-1365.

The Nature Coast chapter of the Florida Public Relations Association meets the first Friday. The lunch meeting is $15 for members and $18 for guests. For information on a time and place, call Amy Kingery at 249-3100 or visit www.fpra-naturecoast.org.

The Ocala chapter of the Florida Public Relations Association has a luncheon meeting the third Friday of each month at 11:45 a.m. at the Ocala Hilton on State Road 200. The cost is $20 for guests and members not prepaid. For information visit www.fpraocala.org.

If you have announcements, mail the details to Gail Hollenbeck, Citrus Times, 301 W Main St., Inverness, FL 34450. To appear in the Business Digest, announcements must be received by noon on the previous Tuesday. They also can be faxed to 860-7320. The last issue of the Citrus Times will be published on April 1.

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