LBMC Technologies, LLC, a member of the LBMC (Lattimore Black Morgan & Cain, PC) Family of Companies, is pleased to announce that Stephanie Rathburn has been added to its Knoxville office.

Stephanie Rathburn will be a business systems consultant in the Knoxville office focusing primarily on Microsoft Dynamics GP. A resident of Oak Ridge, Stephanie previously served as purchasing manager for Direct IS. She is an honors graduate of Tusculum College with a bachelor’s degree in organizational management.

LBMC Technologies, LLC, is the Southeast’s leading technology firm, with offices in Nashville, Knoxville, and Chattanooga. LBMC Technologies provides a variety of products and services including Network Engineering, Business Systems (Microsoft Dynamics GP and SL,) Microsoft Dynamics CRM, Software Development, Document Management, Business Intelligence, Project Management, Business Analysis Services, and Training. LBMC Technologies is a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner and has the only Microsoft Dynamics certified training center in Tennessee. For more information on LBMC Technologies, visit our Web site at www.lbmctech.com/ .

NOTE: The following release was sent from Wood Properties, Inc., a Knoxville Chamber member business.

George W. Brown recently joined Wood Properties, Inc.’s commercial brokerage team as an affiliate broker. Mr. Brown, a Maryville native and University of Tennessee graduate, is returning to East Tennessee after spending 5 years in New York City.

In New York, Mr. Brown sold commercial real estate for Massey Knakal Realty Services, the city’s No. 1 building sales firm (by number of transactions). In less than two years with the firm, he closed several deals with an aggregate value exceeding $10 million. Properties sold included development sites, retail properties and warehouse/garage buildings.

Prior to joining Massey Knakal, Mr. Brown was a media relations manager for CB Richard Ellis. Before entering real estate, he was a public relations professional with Dye Van Mol & Lawrence in Nashville and later with Fleishman-Hillard International Communications in New York.

Mr. Brown obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in communications from UT, where he majored in public relations, minored in political science and finished summa cum laude. While at UT, he worked several internships, including those at UT’s Daily Beacon, TVA, former U.S. Sen. Fred Thompson’s Knoxville and Washington D.C. offices, and The Ingram Group.

Mr. Brown lives in Farragut with his wife and son.

Since 1976, Wood Properties has been one of the area’s leading providers of commercial real estate services. Wood Properties provides brokerage services, acting as agent for sellers/landlords and buyers/tenants; management services, of both commercial and multi-family properties; and development services.

NOTE: This release was sent from the City of Knoxville.

Groundbreaking for the $29 million Knoxville Station Transit Center took place June 9th and the primary contractor for the transit center, Johnson & Galyon, is wasting no time in alerting interested contractors of bidding opportunities.

Johnson & Galyon and the City of Knoxville will host a networking breakfast at 7:30 a.m., Thursday July 31, at the Associated General Contractors Building at 3309 Ragsdale Avenue.

Johnson & Galyon is encouraging all interested parties to attend including those involved in women and minority-owned businesses.

The new 108,000-square-foot transit center will be located at the corner of Church Avenue and Hall of Fame Blvd. and will feature a bus platform extending across James White Parkway.

The building will be LEED-certified meaning it will use less energy and be constructed using sustainable building practices.

The Knoxville Area Transit System currently carries passengers on roughly 3.6 million trips a year and that number is expected to grow.

Please make plans to attend this event which will offer numerous opportunities to local businesses.

You may RSVP for the breakfast by emailing Joshalyn Hundley at jhundley@cityofknoxville.org or by telephone at 215-3867.

NOTE: This release was sent by Ivan Allen Workspace, a Knoxville Chamber member business.

As many of you may know, two of the primary furniture lines we represent, ALLSTEEL and HON, are located in Muscatine, Iowa on the banks of the Mississippi River. This is one of the regions that has been, and continues to be, greatly affected by the historic flooding that has occurred over the past month. This got us thinking, how can we help?

We have developed a promotion we feel is a Win-Win Situation for everyone. Starting July 1st through August 31st we are offering great discounts on Allsteel and HON Products. Purchase any Allsteel or HON products at 50% of list price, and Ivan Allen will make a donation to the American Red Cross in your name for 2% of the total list value.
As an example, if you purchase a HON 10500 series “U” Configuration Desk , the list price is $2,552.00, your price is $1,276.00 and a donation of $51.04 will be made to the American Red Cross National Disaster Relief Fund in your name.
How is this a Win-Win?

• You get new furnishings for your office, helping to better your working environment.
• The Economic Stimulus plan passed by congress will allow you to fully depreciate capital improvements made during 2008.
• Your purchase helps support and stimulates our local economy here in Knoxville.
• These items are made in Muscatine, IA helping to support there economy and the overall US economy by purchasing American made products.
• You’re making a direct impact by helping the American Red Cross provide aid where it is needed most.
• Additionally you get quality products and quality service at a great price that you can only get from Ivan Allen Workspace.

The pricing does not include applicable taxes, delivery or installation. Contract discounts are available for larger orders but are not included in this offer.

If you have any questions please feel free to contact me directly at 865.982.3261 ext 7612 or contact your account representative for more information.

NOTE: This release was sent from the East Tennessee Society of Professional Journalists.

The 2008 Front Page Follies will laud “The Sunshine Boys,” News Sentinel editor Jack McElroy and First Amendment attorney Richard Hollow, for their pursuit of justice after Knox County Commission plunged our area into darkness with backroom deals on January 31, 2007, dubbed “Black Wednesday.”

Maybe not as funny as George Burns and Walter Matthau in the acclaimed 1975 movie or earlier Neil Simon play, McElroy and Hollow made an even bigger impact on the lives of area citizens, who have a more open government as a result of the decision upholding the Sunshine Law.

What will be hilarious, however, are the performances of the Follies cast, led by director Carol Zinavage. Some examples of song parodies now being rehearsed are: “Sunshine in our meetings --makes us nervous….” (to the tune ‘Sunshine on My Shoulders’); City Council members singing “Thank God We’re Not County Boys” (to the tune of “Thank God I’m a Country Boy”); “The Ballad of Pat Head Summitt,” with apologies to Davy Crockett: “… learned how to stare when she was only three….;” and “Bubba Shot the Red Light….”
This year the 30th annual Follies will also honor the Nine Citizens who joined the legal action, represented by Herb Moncier. The gridiron show is organized by the East Tennessee Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists.

The Front Page Follies will be staged at the Knoxville Convention Center with dinner, auction and show on July 19, 2008. Tables of ten at $1,000 will receive preferential seating in the order payment is received. Proceeds from ticket sales go to an endowment fund for scholarships for journalism and broadcasting students at UT, and for a scholarship at Pellissippi State Technical Community College.

To purchase tickets, please send a check payable to “University of Tennessee” with FPF in the memo line to: Front Page Follies, 1345 Circle Park, 302 Communications Building, Knoxville TN 37996. For credit card payment (Visa, MC and Discover), please call Jennifer Horner at the UT Development Office: 974-7073 or e-mail her at jhorner@utk.edu. For additional information, please e-mail: etspj.communications@gmail.com or see our Web site: www.etspj.org.

NOTE: This release was sent from LBMC, a Knoxville Chamber member business.

LBMC Healthcare Group, LLC, a member of the LBMC (Lattimore Black Morgan & Cain, PC) Family of Companies, has added Hollie Hissam, CPA as a healthcare consultant to its Knoxville office. Hissam will be serving clients across Tennessee, including Middle Tennessee where LBMC Healthcare Group has an additional office in Brentwood (Nashville), Tenn.

In her new role, she will be primarily performing financial due diligence work for potential mergers and acquisitions. Hollie previously worked as a supervising senior for Lattimore Black Morgan & Cain, PC and has been with the LBMC Family of Companies for six years now. She earned both her bachelor and master degrees from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Hissam is an active member of the Junior League of Knoxville and Young Professionals of Knoxville. She is also an active volunteer for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, Big Brothers Big Sisters and Muscular Dystrophy Association.

LBMC Healthcare Group, LLC provides financial reimbursement, coding and compliance, corporate integrity, operational consulting and strategic and business planning services to hospitals, health systems, behavioral health facilities, ambulatory health centers and physician practices.

NOTE: This release was sent from Wackenhut, a Knoxville Chamber member business.

OAK RIDGE, Tenn.—Wackenhut Services’ Oak Ridge Team recently achieved a second place overall finish in the annual Security Protection Officer Training Competition (SPOTC) held at the Department of Energy National Training Center in Albuquerque, N.M.
The Team was also awarded the prestigious Competitors’ Choice Award, which is voted on by all participants and honors the team with the most professionalism, spirit and sportsmanship.

"We congratulate the Oak Ridge Wackenhut Team on yet another outstanding performance," said Gerald Boyd, Manager of the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge Office. "The Team's high placement in the competition is indicative of the outstanding work Wackenhut does in Oak Ridge every day."

Ted Sherry, Manager of the National Nuclear Security Administration's Y-12 Site Office, said, "This is a tough competition -- it requires the very best skills of the security police officers who take part in this annual event. We are very proud of Wackenhut's performance in this competition and appreciate the important work of the men and women who protect our national security assets in Oak Ridge."
The WSI-OR Team was led by coaches Tim Ford and Lynn Bales and captain T.J. Fromberger. Other team members are: Matthew Carroll, Brad Carter, Steve Constant, Tony Stephens and Neal Wolfenbarger.

The competition included DOE security forces, law enforcement agencies, and military units from around the country, in addition to a team of nuclear security professionals from Canada.

Team events included shooting rifles and handguns, pushing vehicles, ascending towers, casualty evacuation, crossing obstacles, and running varying distances. Some stages of the competition required the team to don full-face respirators while negotiating obstacles, shooting, and running.

“Although I am very proud of our Team’s second place-overall performance in this very difficult competition, I feel that the Competitors’ Choice Award is the highest honor a team can be awarded at SPOTC and it is that achievement that I am most proud of,” said John Burleson, WSI-OR General Manager. “Our team’s dedication and professionalism was recognized by their competition and that says a lot about how they conduct themselves and carry out their mission. They should all be very proud of themselves for achieving this excellence.”

Wackenhut and its approximately 1000 employees provide the para-military Protective Force for the Oak Ridge Reservation, which includes the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, the East Tennessee Technology Park, the Federal Office Building Complex and the Y-12 National Security Complex.

The Knox County Health Department is hosting a free quarterly Worksite Wellness Seminar called "Evaluating Wellness Programs" on July 24 from 2 - 4p.m. at the Knox County Health Department community room.

Pre-registration is required and can be completed by contacting Aimee Pehrson at aimee.pehrson@knoxcounty.org or 215-5187.

Southern Graces, a Knoxville Chamber member, is hosting a lecture entitled, "History of the Sunsphere" by William Denton, the architect who designed the Sunsphere.

What? lunch and lecture about the Sunsphere

When? Monday, July 28, 200, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

Where? Sunsphere--6th floor

Who? Southern Graces & Events Planners provides a delicious lunch.

Public is invited; fee $25 call 865 951 0319 or email Sunspherebook@aol.com.

NOTE: This release was sent from Coulter & Justus, P.C., a Knoxville Chamber member business.

Sam Coulter, one of the founders and President of Coulter & Justus, P.C., has announced the promotion of Rob Wildi to Audit Principal.

Mr. Wildi serves as the firm’s scheduler for all audit engagements and is responsible for clients from a variety of industries including healthcare, wholesale, restaurants, coal mining and nonprofit organizations.

Mr. Wildi began his accounting career in 1995 after receiving his B.S. degree in Business Administration from West Virginia University. Rob also holds a Masters degree in Professional Accounting from West Virginia University. He joined Coulter & Justus in 1998.

ABOUT COULTER & JUSTUS: The firm that is now Coulter & Justus, P.C. began in the 1930's in Knoxville, Tennessee. From the 1950's to 1993, the firm was the Knoxville office of the international accounting firm of Ernst & Young. In 1993, Ernst & Young partners, Sam Coulter and Ron Justus, acquired the Knoxville practice and changed the name to Coulter & Justus, P.C.