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The 19th hole: Sure wish the Chamber had more money. What would more moolah mean? The extra dough could be used to order Dean & DeLuca foods to be served by the great Colonial chefs and sous-es at the Chamber's annual golf preview luncheon. The Dean & Deluca Invitational at Colonial Country Club is May 23-29. The annual Colonial Preview Luncheon, presented by Ciera Bank, is May 17 and sold out. Lance Barrow, producer for CBS' golf and NFL coverage, will interview PGA star Ryan Palmer. Boss Miserly Mistress did offer up a seat for two B2B Insider readers to the lunch and every attendee also gets one daily ticket to the tournament.

More than Coping: There is nothing more touching, more intimate, more real than the powerful first-person stories during the annual Stars in Recovery luncheon of Recovery Resource Council. The 18th edition of Stars in Recovery, May 18th at the Omni Fort Worth Hotel, features William Cope Moyers, the son of broadcaster Bill Moyers. For two decades, William Cope, Hazelden Betty Ford's Vice President of Public Affairs has been dedicated to eliminating barriers to recovery from addiction to alcohol and other drugs. He has an intimate personal understanding of addiction and recovery and is the author of Now What? An Insider's Guide to Addiction and Recovery (2012). Two readers can hear his story thanks to Cory Henderson.
This offer is Spam: "We eat ham, and jam and Spam a lot." That's a line from the film Monty Python and the Holy Grail. The play -- Spamalot -- won three Tony Awards, including Best Musical, and is at Casa Ma�ana June 4-12. In a clever promotion, Casa ran a Spam recipe contest with the Star-Telegram  to benefit the Tarrant Area Food Bank. Spam Picadillo and Rice-Stuffed Pepper was selected to compete against celebrity chefs in the ultimate Spam Jam on opening night. Thanks to Lizz and Laura, you'll be there for all the hamming June 4.

Everywhere a sign: One day, a bored Roger Carroll, owner of Cowtown Graphics & Signs, went to a big downtown building and counted the signs. More than 2,100. Took him all day, including the time he was detained by security. The moral of the story is don't count your signs. Let Roger do it. He also can produce all 2,100 signs in that one building, and signs for you, your neighbors and their neighbors.  In between counting and working, he'll produce this 3-foot by 5-foot, one-sided, four-color banner for your business.

Wordsmith: Since her TCU MBA days, Controller Sarah Webb of Broadie's Aircraft has been interested in "Crucial Conversations." Last week, she spoke during a Chamber luncheon at Joe T. Garcia's. She used this example of a Don't / Do statement to fix a misunderstanding: "I don't want you to think you aren't pulling your weight; I think you do hard work. I DO have some concerns about your taking a two-hour lunch."

I'll have my people call your people: Mayor Price Is Right, an A-Lister on the networking scene, says she thinks best opportunities come at cocktail/dinner events. "Even if people don't drink, there still is the dinner," she said. "At lunch, everyone is busy on their iPad or phone."

Out of this world: Dr. Douglas Terrier, Chief Technologist with NASA, was so interesting during a talk to Chamber members at The City Club, a sheltered B2B Insider editor called it "mind blowing." Some space oddities:

• NASA's space exploration seeks to answer these questions: 1) How does the universe work? 2) What is our place in it? 3) Are we alone?
• The International Space Station has been at full crew, 24/7 for 15 years with 15 countries participating. It moves faster than a bullet and would almost fit inside AT&T Stadium.
• The first word from the moon was "Houston. Our goal is the first word from Mars will be 'Houston.'"
• "The Hubble Telescope is more than a telescope, it's a time machine... We set sort of a "long exposure" on the Hubble for 11 days ... We discovered tens of thousands of galaxies where we previously thought there was nothing.
• "Every week we learn something that re-writes the textbooks."
• We have GPS because of developments from NASA.
   

Card up her sleeve: Oddly enough, Susan Jones, merchant card sales with Credit Card Guy, says businesses that believe they are NOT paying too much for their credit card processing are good leads. She says if they think they aren't, she is confident she can show that they are.

Painting the town: Fort Worth's Crud Cruiser is not Mayor Price Is Right's bike leaving others in the dust. It's a huge collection/disposal unit that cruises neighborhoods (through October) collecting leftover paint, used oil and yard chemicals. Make sure your kids don't mistake it for the ice cream truck.

Trippin': Tomorrow is the early deadline to reserve a spot for the Chamber's Oct. 1-8 trip to eastern Canada - the continental sophistication in Ontario, the thundering majesty of Niagara Falls and Qu�bec's old-world French charm. You can save about $100 if you contact Monta Noe at (817) 338-3331.

Running with scissors: Tomorrow, Chamber Am-Bass-Adorables will see where The Fort Worth Herd retirees go after their Stockyards walks have ended. The Adorables will be rustling with ribbons at Longhorn Crossing Apartments, 1101 Longhorn Road.

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