This & That continued from page 3... GALVESTON (Cont.): office coordinator. Farewell and Congratulations to all! New agent Lisa McIntyre is not only beginning her new career in real estate, but is newly engaged to be married. Many congrats to her and soon to be husband! INNER LOOP: Theresa Wehrmeister waited and waited and finally, her daughter made her a grandmother for the second time! She was a nervous wreck waiting for grandson Elliott’s arrival. He weighed in at 9 lbs, 10 oz. – almost ready for the Texans lineup! Baby Elliott, mother and grandmother are doing just fine. Theresa recently went to Austin to watch one of her daughters compete in a swim meet. It’s been a busy month... Sinta Fuhrmann and her husband Andrew traveled to the Pacific Northwest for a wedding at a quaint little sea-side town in Astoria, Oregon. Festivities flowed into the weekend as they caught up with old college friends and made new ones. Six couples drove 30-40 minutes to a popular beach called Sea Side for a retreat. After a game of four-square on the sand they drove 18 minutes to the legendary Canon Beach where they drank and laughed at hand-stand competitions and welcomed the sunset while enjoying the mild summer breeze. There was so much to see in beautiful Oregon. They headed to Portland and met a friend and chuckled as people freaked out about the 82-degree heat wave. Multnomah Falls (where they filmed Twilight) was stunning. After that they hopped on a bridge and stayed in a small town in Washington called White Salmon. The next day, they met another couple and infiltrated a family get-together at McMenamins, a unique place to lodge and drink fine wine and beer. Afterwards, they spent a day in Seattle being tourists. They loved Pike’s Farmers’ Market and made sure to grab a souvenir at the original Starbucks. They wound down their vacation in Longview, Oregon, where they spent July 4th with the newlyweds. Vendors were lined up all around the lake. There were cardboard boat races and a splendid fireworks display. Neighbors also enjoyed showing off their own fireworks. After 9 days of traveling, Sinta said they were ready for a detox but did not miss the 100% humidity and ginormous freeways... Marie Lee was with her two daughters and their families at the condo of one of her daughters in Galveston for the Fourth of July. It was lots of fun with the grands and great grandson... Jonathan Correia’s nine year old niece came to town for a weeks visit. Jonathan, his partner and his niece were able to see Houston from the view of a nine year old tourist and decided Houston really rocks!.... Parks, roller coasters, museums, beaches, rockets, trains, Broadway shows, skyscrapers and many friends... JJ Molaison’s parents came to spend time with JJ and her family and also to the enjoy Galveston for a couple of days... Rose Gibson and daughter Brittany had so much fun being together for four days in San Antonio attending the Texas Choir Director’s Association Convention. Brittany tried out and had the honor of being selected for the choir. She was the only one from her school asked to participate. She is a soprano and her family is very proud of her. KATY: Chip and Mary Kiesewetter’s daughter Paige is now engaged with a winter wedding planned in Austin December 20, 2014... Vicki Gessler’s son Cody committed to play football for the Air Force Falcons starting in the 2014 season! Terri Gibson’s granddaughter celebrated her first birthday... and Phylis Green is a new granny. Congratulations! Vacations for many in Katy this summer! Christi Borden, husband Danny, and sons Aaron and Austin cruised Alaska and Canada to celebrate birthdays and graduation... Janelle Williams and family cruised Alaska on a Disney Cruise and had a ball... April Maestri and family enjoyed a wonderful vacation on the Mexican Mayan Coast... Tracy Bogiel and family enjoyed Florida sunshine, NASCAR races and Disney World... Christina Cothren and husband Darrell took their first trip to Las Vegas... Karen Woodworth and family took a trip to Paris, France... Elsa Lakey headed to New York. LAKE HOUSTON: We started July off with a bang! Our monthly Kings Harbor event included the standard live music and the “not so standard “fireworks display. The event was a huge success and fun was had by all! As with most summers, taking a little R & R time is always needed and this summer is no exception. Alicia Zepeda has been jetsetting with our neighbors to the South, well more like cruising around Progresso, Cozumel and the Yucatan Peninsula. She also visited with family in Mexico before her much needed cruise. Fara Bezan and her family traveled close to home with San Antonio as the destination, looks like SeaWorld and the Riverwalk were a lot of fun for her little guys. Fara wasn’t the only one to make San Antonio their hot spot this summer, Kristie Houston also went there with her family. She didn’t stop there she also hit Florida, soaking up the summer sun while she supports her son and his baseball team in the little league World Series... Al Cervi, on the other hand headed up North to upper New York state to enjoy a family reunion. Let’s hope Al got some relief from this heat. While we have so many agents traveling this summer our own Lisa Dempsey was supposed to relax and enjoy a vacation the week of the 4th but her vacation quickly became a staycation when her oldest son was marooned in Europe and she had some unexpected house guests arrive, animals and all in tote. She says it’s okay- she’s going to make up for it in September when she takes her real vacation. Despite all the vacations we actually did some work at Lake Houston and for the month of June we were able to squeak out another record breaking month... We are very proud to announce that Kendra Lee was named in the Houston Chronicle’s 100 leading companies, now she’s big
business! And to end our month we had a super kick-off party for our Destination Anywhere referral contest. We would like to thank all the Gibraltar Service partners and Mark and Marilyn for celebrating with us. The event was a huge success and we can’t wait to see who the grand prize winner is on September 4th, during our next party. MEMORIAL: Andrew Boyd and the Memorial family welcomed new agents Tracie Pierce, Frooz Mahdavi, and Valerie Smith to the group – and to the wonderful and slightly crazy real estate market we’re in. We are expecting only the best for them all... Wendy Bellow and Pat Nimtz are a happy grandmother and great-grandmother, respectively, and celebrating the birth of sweet baby boy J.D. Bellow. J.D. (named after his two granddads) arrived a month early but was a robust 6 pounds 3 ounces and 19 inches long. His smiling face shows that he is loving life with his parents Jason and Jennifer Bellow and big sister Ansley in Austin... Bob Duerer and wife Cynthia are bursting with pride about their daughter, Deborah, a recent graduate of Lone Star College. Besides being a single mom and working full-time, she’s been putting in extra hours each week learning AutoCAD and teaching piano lessons to about 20 students. With that dedication and energy level, we need to get this lady into real estate! Lou Derebery’s grandson Taylor – getting ready to start his senior year at Hallsville High School – was selected to attend Boys State in Austin. Boys State is among the most respected and selective educational programs of government instruction for high school students in the nation. It is a participatory program where each participant becomes a part of the operation of his local, county and state government. Taylor wants to be Governor, and nobody is betting against this smart young man’s chances – especially his parents Jason and Diane and grandparents Lou and Bill. Lou also shared a wonderful piece of family history – she attended Girls State in Oklahoma in 1956! Gay Donehoo is winding down and recuperating from an extended visit by her granddaughters from Brentwood, Tennessee. 13-year-old Madolyn and 11-year-old Colleen kept “Gigi” on her toes – shopping, go-carting, mini golfing – did I mention shopping? – and Gigi was able to do most of her real estate during the visit online at night before crashing from exhaustion... Karen Parker reports that she enjoyed a fun staycation with her granddaughter, Chelsea, who was visiting from DeRidder, Louisiana. “The girls” stayed at the Westin Galleria and shopped liked crazy. Chelsea did very well, going back home to DeRidder with a suitcase full of new things... Jo Rodger’s daughter, Rev. Kate Rodger, just completed a two-week spiritual journey through Jerusalem and Jordan along with and at the request of singer-songwriter Alicia Keys and family. Rev. Rodger than headed off to a teaching mission in Canada and then through the east coast and onto Hawaii. She is a minister in the Church of Agape... Diana Hu was a featured guest on KKHT/100.7 FM’s Real Estate Rat Pack Saturday morning show. Diana was invited to discuss aspects of international real estate. As an agent who speaks English, Mandarin, and Spanish and works with a lot of international clients, Diana was a perfect fit. She did a great job and represented herself and the company well... Carolyn Edwards of Gibraltar Mortgage has hosted some great “Lunch & Learn” sessions at our office, offering educational opportunities for both new and seasoned agents. She also hosted a Happy Hour at Escalante’s – an educational opportunity of an entirely different kind. Thanks, Carolyn, for all you do! Andrew Boyd helped our recent birthday celebrants enjoy adding a year at his birthday luncheon – always a fun event. Celebrating their red-letter days with Andrew were Thomas Pearson, Pat Nimtz, and Caroline Edwards. Also joining in the birthday festivities were Debbie Buckley, Clive Gardner, Thalia Guderyon, Larry Harn, Anthony Scott and Anna Winter. WOODLANDS & MAGNOLIA: We would like to welcome our new agents… Stephen Sanderlin, Kelle Castleberry, Londa Grant, Adam Ruehl and Sally Lou Chillis. Congrats to Patsy Salinas Daughter, Susan. She got married in the Beautiful town of Playa Del Carmen, Mexico. She married her High school Sweetheart on the beach, June 25th Susan worked at the Portofino office for Several Years. Congrats to Gloria Morella who also exchanged vows On July 15th. Tom and Charlie Haynes had a glorious time on the sunny shores of Sunny California over the 4th of July week. The theme seemed to be eating, drinking, sunning, and looking at million dollar mansions, Yoga & Segway tour while visiting their daughter Krista Haynes in Manhattan Beach and Charlie’s sister in Newport Beach. We always say we won’t wait as long next time to visit again!!! Jessica Bennett and her husband Nathan have had a lot to celebrate the last few months. They welcomed their 6th child on May 4th. Ian Thorpe Chapman Bennett is spoiled daily by his brother and 4 older sisters and is already hard at work selling houses with mom. Nathan and Jessica also celebrated their 14th wedding anniversary on July 10th!
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Gary Greene Celebrates Fifty Years! Friday, August 9, 2013 marked the 50th birthday of Gary Greene Realtors, and we celebrated in style at the Westin Memorial City with a party for our agents that celebrated the best of our past and present. Although our namesake could not attend that day, company co-founders Bill McIlwain and Brad Fleming were on hand, as well as owners Mark Woodroof and Marilyn Eiland and BHGRE exec Sherry Chris. Motivational speaker Vince Leisey spoke to the audience about living with intention, ending the speech with a group hug that had everyone on their feet embracing. We were also wished a happy birthday in videos from The Sunshine Kids’ G.W. Bailey and the news anchors at KPRC and KHOU, and Mayor Annise Parker. The Mayor lauded our accomplishments in helping people realize the dream of home ownership, and with an official Proclamation, made August 9th Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Gary Greene Day! We couldn’t have pulled this party off without the exceptional planning of Ann Woodroof and the corporate staff that made it happen. To see more of these photos, go to facebook.com/ BetterHomesandGardensRealEstateGaryGreene.
New Postcards to Help Clients Who are Relocating!
Save the Date! October 12, 2013
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We’ve got two new postcards available for agents looking to attract relocation clients! For more info, go to the Print Marketing Center at the Greenhouse (www. greenhousebhgre.com) Click on the “Gary Greene” link then look for them under Postcards. For questions about ordering contact Pat Ellis in Marketing (pat@garygreene.com.)