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The Leader
ARIZONA BUSINESS ALLIANCE
Volume 39, Number 39, October 15, 2014
www.azbizalliance.org
Upcoming Events:
10/2214
Chad Ackerley
Commercial Properties, Inc.
Open House
FD
10/2914
Gerald Sanchez
The Pool Steward
11/05/14
Angela Kiesgen
Cox Business
Open House
Co-Hosted with Mike Hosking
10/13/14
BOARD MEETING
Offices of Canyon Telecom
10/11/14
Black, White, and Boots Ball
Hensley Ranch
2014 ABA HOLIDAYS
New Year – January 1, 2014
Spring Break – April 30
Memorial Day – May 28
Independence Day – July 2
Summer Break – August 6
Labor Day – September 3
Thanksgiving – November 26
Christmas/Hanukkah – December 24
New Year – December 31
ABA Board of Directors
President: Jeff LaScala 3/16
Vice President: Jason Scheier 9/15
Sec/Treas: Chris Chatwin 9/16
Board Members:
Rich Curtis 3/16
Angela Kiesgen 9/16
Kimber Lambeth 3/15
Margie Raskin 3/15
Dennis Rusk 9/15
Dean Trostle 3/15
Open
Charlie Stevenson
Tucker Tire and Auto
1101 E. Camelback Rd.
Phoenix, AZ 85014
O: (602) 266-7480 F: (602) 266-3616
csteve4919@aol.com www.tuckertirephoenix.com
Charlie Stevenson was born in Omaha Nebraska, but his family is from
northwest Missouri. At 2 years old his dad was transferred to Berlin Germany
with the Army, where Charlie attended kindergarten and became fluent in
German. His parents were divorced in 1954 and his mother moved him and his
sister to Phoenix. Charlie’s mother was a high school teacher and needed to
finish her masters’ degree at ASU and needed a childcare facility. Charlie and his
sister picked the Tinker-Tot Nursery School and 10th street and Indian School,
which was owned by Lillian Tucker. This is where she met and married Bob
Tucker, the founder of Tucker Tire.
Charlie worked at Tucker Tire as a boy, but left when he married Pam in 1967.
He and Pam have two daughters Christy 46 yrs. and Cheri 43 yrs. They also have
2 grand kids - Cole (13) and Christian (10). Charlie worked at Levitz Furniture
Co. for 4 years to support his family. In 1971 his father asked him to return to
Tucker Tire to help. Charlie bought the business from his father in 1981. At one
time Charlie had 7 locations and a wholesale division. He had 56 employees and
about 9 million a year in sales. Charlie’s life is much simpler now with one
location and 7 employees. Charlie’s hobbies include most anything to do with
the outdoors. He and his wife enjoy boating, water skiing, camping, horseback
riding, hunting, fishing, hiking, photography, and many other outdoor sports.
Tucker tire sells all major brands of tires and custom wheels. They have an ASE
certified master mechanic specializing in engine repairs or replacement, tune-ups,
brakes, air conditioning, emissions, electrical and preventative maintenance.
They have an ASE certified front end specialist to do wheel alignments and
suspension repairs. They can also install lifts and custom accessories. They are
open 8:00 To 5:30 Mon. thru Frid. and 8:00 to 1:00 on Sat.
Past President and ABAer of the year 1984.
OPEN HOUSE
5:30 PM
Tucker Tire & Auto
1101 E. Camelback Rd.
Phoenix, AZ 85014
31-60 DAYS PAST DUE
61-90 DAYS PAST DUE
>90 DAYS PAST DUE
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ABA Information
ABA Information
New Members:
Brochures are printed and will be
available
at theABC
Wednesday
breakfast
Dennis Rusk,
Glass Co.,
15054 N.
meetings.
Cave Creek Rd., Phoenix, AZ 85032
O: (602) 971-3440 F: (602) 971-3438
Phone
Number Correction
dennis@abcglassaz.com
Barry
Singer: CoBiz Insurance, 3300
Jill
Stouffer
N.
Central Auto
Ave. #2220,
Southwest
Glass Phoenix, AZ
85012
O:
(602)
296-2343 F: (602) 230C: (480) 717-1199
bsinger@cobizinsurance.com
Please
do
not
call
the office number
5733
listed in the brochure.
Jerry Lidster: Desert Design Interiors,
2920 E Mohawk Lane Suite 102,
Phoenix, AZ 85050 O: (602) 971-4532
$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
rlid59@cox.net
The 971-6532
Raffle this week
$29 won by
F: (602)
Gerald Sanchez - Congrats!!
$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
New
Address:
Phil Robbins, Philip A. Robbins, P.C.
1221 E. Osborn Rd., Suite 100, Phoenix,
AZ
85014-5540
O: (602)
648-3215
35 ABA
members and
1 guest
attended F:
the
breakfast
meeting
this morning at the
(602)
648-3208
phil@pcrobbins.com
Phoenix Country Club.
Joel Sherman, Realty Executives,
10607 N. Hayden Rd., #100, Scottsdale,
To
Only Section
of
AZaccess
85260theO:Member
(480) 948-9450
F: (480)
the website, type in the following:
991-7161
USER NAME: ABAer
PASSWORD:
kkI9pqaM
Gunther
Bauer,
Windstone
Technology, 5134 N. Central Ave. #104,
Phoenix, AZ 85012 O: (602) 248-9092
Reminder
F: (602) 248-9201
If you are going to be absent or invite
aNew
guest
to next
week’s meeting, please
Email
Address
call
(602-331-7249)
or email
Larry LaPrairie:
(office@azbizalliance.org),
laprairiepainting@cox.net by noon
Friday.
New Address for Bert Levin:
th
The Clean Machine 1828 E 6 Ave.,
Mesa, AZ 85204 O: 480-668-6043 F:
480-668-6044
DISCOVERY TOURS: If you cannot make
an open house and wish to get attendance
$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
credit,
current
week’s
The simply
Rafflevisit
thisthe
week
$135
won by
speaker Randy
between Prinz
the day- of
their
Congrats!
classification talk and the next ABA meeting.
$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
Fill out a Discovery Tour form or email the
ABA office at office@azbizalliance.org
and
DISCOVERY
TOURS: If you cannot
we
willan
seeopen
that house
you receive
attendance
make
and wish
to get
credit. It’s that simple!
attendance credit, simply visit the
current week’s speaker between the day
of their classification talk and the next
ABA meeting. Fill out a Discovery
Tour form or email the ABA office at
office@azbizalliance.org and we will
see that you receive attendance credit.
It’s that simple!
LEADS
From: Chad Ackerley Commercial Properties, Inc.
No lead this week.
From: Jack Ahern Magnalite Distributing
Absent this week.
From: Jim Batstone Suburban Mortgage
Dean Trostle: Referred Greg Loentzel’s sister to you for a car. (O)
From: Tim Benner Benner Chiropractic
Charlie Stevenson: Brake check and tire rotation. (I)
Matt Ross: Home tile service. (I)
Matt Ross: Gave contact info toa patient. (O)
Chris Chatwin: Lock repair. (I)
From: John Blue BlueTek Printing
Charlie Stevenson: A/C service. (I)
Jason Scheier: Follow up tech support. (I)
From: Chris Bridge CBP of Arizona Inc.
No lead this week.
From: Christopher Chatwin University Lock & Security Inc.
No lead this week.
From: Jennifer Coak AAA Insurance
Hannelore Porter: Wrote auto and home insurance. (I)
From: Dan & David Coleman Precise Pest Solutions
No lead this week.
From: Rich Curtis Send Out Cards
No lead this week.
From: Dana & Kim De Lisa Ignite Payments
Claudine Frommholz: Kim sent you a text on this lead – Karen LeDonne. (O)
Charlie Stevenson: Regular service turned into 4 tires. (I)
From: Enrico &Rob DiVito, DDS Arizona Center for Laser Dentistry
Absent this week.
From: Claudine Frommholz Aesthetics & Laser by Claudine
No lead this week.
From: Mark Hanson Circumspect Builders
Absent this week.
From: Fick Henderson CLU New York Life Insurance
No lead this week.
From: Don Hensley Forrest Anderson Plumbing & Air Conditioning
No lead this week.
From: Mike Hernandez Artisan Catering LLC
Absent this week.
From: Mike Hosking Canyon Telecom Inc.
No lead this week.
From: Angela Kiesgen Cox Business
Charlie Stevenson: See you soon – maintenance light is on! (I)
From: Kimber Lambeth, Cox Media
No lead this week.
(I) Inside lead (O) Outside lead
27 ABA members and 0 guests
attended the breakfast meeting
this morning at the Ruth’s Chris
Steakhouse
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THANK YOUS
From: Jennifer Coak – Tim Benner for
seeing my mom while she’s been here.
From: Dana & Kim DeLisa – Tim Benner
and Gerald Sanchez for entrusting us with
their processing.
From: Angela Kiesgen– Jason Scheier and
Mike Hosking for their leads last week. Dean
Trostle for upgrade. Mike and Trish Hosking
for meeting me for lunch this week. ABA
for Great party – we had fun!
From: Dallas McLaughlin – Jason Scheier
and Gerald Sanchez.
From: Gerald Sanchez – Jeff LaScala for
prompting your agent!
OPPORTUNITY/NEED
Jack Ahern: Homeless Summer ProjectCarry cold water in your car to hand to
homeless on street corners.
Rich Curtis: If you want to help with bottled
water for St. Vincent de Paul, get with me.
Kimber Lambeth: Check out Forrest
Anderson on Cox 7 High School Football
every Thursday and Saturday night.
Gerald Sanchez: Need 1 part-timer for route
– committed responsible adults or starving
college students.
GUESTS THIS WEEK
Guest of Jeff LaScala
Josh Males
Mr. Sunshine Electric LLC
11325 W. Lincoln Street
Avondale, AZ 85323
(602) 399-3107
josh.males@mrsunshineelectric.com
Two-Minute Commercials
Betsy Seligman-Gometz, Dean Trostle,
Claudine Frommholz
GOOGLE CALENDAR
ABA has put together a Google Calendar on
the website. The links are listed below.
LEADS continued
From: Jeff LaScala AAA Insurance
No lead this week.
From: John Mack Arizona Business Systems, Inc.
No lead this week.
From: Dallas McLaughlin FireDrum Internet Marketing
No lead this week.
From: Josh Pendergrass Direct Carpet One
Absent this week.
From: Hannelore Porter r salon
Tim Benner: I sent my neighbor to you. (O)
Jennifer Coak: I am now insured by you. (I)
Claudine Frommholz: I loved my lashes for the party. (I)
From: Margie Raskin The Jewelers Source Inc.
No lead this week.
From: Phil Robbins Philip A. Robbins, PC
No lead this week.
From: Barbara Rohwedder Mack & Rohwedder
No lead this week.
From: Matt Ross, ATeam Floor Care, LLC
No lead this week.
From: Dennis Rusk ABC Glass Co.
No lead this week.
From: Gerald Sanchez The Pool Steward
Charlie Stevenson: Gret Atenian’s truck – alignment & water pump change in < 4
hours – thanks! (602) 576-1778 (O)
Tim Benner: Help my aching neck. (602) 576-1778 (I)
From: Jason Scheier Nothing But Net
No lead this week.
From: Betsy Seligman Gometz, CFP Morgan Stanley Smith Barney
Julie Wong: Gave your name and number to Stacy Roberts. (O)
From: Charlie Stevenson Tucker Tire & Auto
No lead this week.
From: Jill Stouffer Star Glass Company
No lead this week.
From: Mike Tanner Tanner Collision
No lead this week.
From: Caily Thomas Caily Sells AZ
No lead this week.
From: Dean Trostle Precision Fleet Services
No lead this week.
From: Linda Trujillo LT Detailed Cleaning Service
Jill Stouffer: Need a new windshield – Noslen Trujillo. (O)
Mike Tanner: Side swiped – meet after meeting next week. (I)
Julie Wong: In need of a DJ – Please call me! Thanks. (I)
From: Karl Waldron FineWal Office Solutions
Absent this week.
From: Julie Wong The Event Concierge
No lead this week.
Links to the ABA Calendar:
iPhone platform:
https://www.google.com/calendar/ical/g
n6upllri8jlmjci3vj6oo2mag%40group.ca
lendar.google.com/public/basic.ics
Droid Platform:
https://www.google.com/calendar/feeds/
gn6upllri8jlmjci3vj6oo2mag%40group.c
alendar.google.com/public/basic
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Attendance
Please remember that you must attend 8
breakfast meetings and 6 open houses every
rolling 13 week period to be in compliance
with the ABA attendance policy. If you are
unable to attend an open house, you can
complete a discovery tour to fulfill your
attendance requirement.
Also, remember that an alternate rep may
attend in place of the designated rep,
provided that the alternate rep shall not
exceed four meetings per year.
• If you must cancel your open house,
please do so at least a week in advance.
Holding an open house is the way
people get to know you in ABA.
Members are encouraged to hold an
open house at least once a year.
• As a courtesy to our speaker, attendance
credit will not be given for anyone
arriving at a meeting after the speaker is
introduced
SALES SUCCESS
None this week.
Once The Leader is open, click on Edit, then select Search. In the search dialogue
which pops up, enter your first or last name, then click search. It will return all the
instances where your name appears in the Leader. Click on each item on the list to be
taken to that item within the document.
Check out the “ABA Blog” on the ABA
Website. You do not have to be a blogger to
see what has been written. Just choose
“ABA Blogs” under Main Menu. Do you
want to be an ABA Blogger? Contact the
ABA office & an account will be set up for
you.
Become a “Friend of ABA” on Facebook. Go
to the ABA website www.azbizalliance.org
and Click on the Facebook button.
New members contact Rich Curtis if you are
on Facebook and/or have a Linked account.
“That’ll be $327.93 for parts, $268.58 for labor and an extra $50 because I didn’t like the station you had your radio set to.” SEARCH OPTION FOR LEADS
Some have asked how the Leader could be organized in such a way as to summarize the
leads given to each person. You can easily find this information and focus in on your
leads using the Adobe Acrobat Reader that opens your Leader.
If you have any questions, call Mike or Diana.
LATE CHARGE/COLLECTION POLICY EFFECTIVE June 12, 2007
Accounts 30 days past due will be assessed an additional $20.00 late fee and an
additional $20.00 late fee for each successive 30 day late bill added to the total. These
businesses/members will be published in the leader until the account is brought up to
date.
Accounts 45 days past due will be sent a letter by the board explaining their overdue
payment and requesting a response of their plans to pay their outstanding balance. This
letter will also inform the Business/member of the pending suspension of privileges,
membership and will not be allowed to be the speaker, have a 2 minute commercial or
attend any ABA activities meeting or social until their outstanding balance is paid.
Accounts 60 days past due will be contacted by the Treasurer notifying them of their
suspension and pending assignment to collections. At this time no additional items will
be billed to the suspended member, however to be brought into compliance the
Business/member shall pay all past due account balances and any amounts that would
accrue from the time of suspension to the present. Notice of suspension will be
published in the leader.
Open Classifications
Family Planning
Fence Company
Fire Protection
Florist
Furniture – Residential
Golf Course/Country Club
Hardware Store
Health Care Services
Home Entertainment
Hotel
Accounts 90 days past due will be terminated from membership and sent to collections.
Any Business/member 90 days past due will have to apply to the ABA as a new
member after their account balance is paid in full. Notice of termination will be
published in the leader. Any account past due prior to 90 days past due can be
requested by the Business/member for special consideration by the Board of Directors.
The board of directors will judge each request on its merit and will not be bound by
precedent or rule to the disposition of the request.
WEEKLY MEETING REMINDER
Meeting starts promptly at 7:00 am. Please arrive and be seated in advance, as not to
disrupt the meeting.
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