Sir Speedy Wins Award for Outstanding Sales Achievement

Mike and Kim Bellone, owners of Sir Speedy located at 750 Harris Street in Charlottesville, are pleased to announce that they have been honored with a Sir Speedy Century Club Award. The award recognizes Sir Speedy's top 100 centers by sales, placing Sir Speedy of Charlottesville in an elite group of franchises represented worldwide.

"Winners of this award exemplify Sir Speedy's commitment to advanced technologies, industry leadership, and customer service," said Richard Lowe, president of Sir Speedy, Inc. "I congratulate Mike and Kim for achieving a significant accomplishment in our company and in the printing industry."

The Sir Speedy Century Club sales achievement award is presented annually at the Sir Speedy International Convention, held this year in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, July 9-13.

Sir Speedy provides printing and marketing services designed to help companies grow their businesses. Products and services include: traditional printing, copying and mailing services as well as value-added offerings such as Web-to-print solutions, integrated direct marketing tools, promotional products and more.

Sir Speedy helps companies meet their business growth objectives from lead generation, customer retention and reactivation to brand management and more. Sir Speedy of Charlottesville is locally owned and operated and is part of a worldwide network that spans more than 800 locations in 16 countries.

Based in Mission Viejo, California, Sir Speedy, Inc. has received numerous awards and recognition including the Franchise Times Top 200, Entrepreneur Franchise 500, Quick Printing Top 100, Printing Impressions 400 and a Franchise 50 Award.

For additional information, contact: Sir Speedy, 750 Harris Street, Ste 208, Charlottesville, VA 22903. Telephone: 434-977-1992. Fax: 434-977-7223. E-mail: srspdy@aol.com, Website: http://www.sirspeedy.com/charlottesville.

CCA Award Celebrated

On Thursday, July 31st, The Senior Center celebrated its recognition as the 2008 Best Practices Award winner in the Healthy Aging category by the Commonwealth Council on Aging (CCA).

The CCA, a citizen advisory group to the Department on Aging, recognizes and encourages model aging programs throughout Virginia through its annual Best Practices awards.

Gene Ecton Davis of the CCA along with colleague Gwen Mullen presented the award to Senior Council President Pat Cook, who graciously accepted on behalf of The Senior Center community.

Jonathan M. Evans, M.D. delivered an engaging keynote speech on the value of programs and communities such as the one developed at the Center.

Members Nancy Grim, Levi Miller and Zohra Siddiqui shared with the audience their experiences with the Center, helping demonstrate exactly why the CCA selected The Senior Center for this prestigious award.

The following is a web link of the story that aired on WCAV CBS 19 and its sister station WVAW ABC 16: http://www.charlottesvillenewsplex.tv/home/headlines/ 26154409.html.

Three Lenhart Obenshain Lawyers Named "Virginia Super Lawyers" and One Named "Virginia Rising Star"

Lenhart Obenshain PC is pleased to announce that three of its lawyers have been recognized for inclusion in the 2008 "Virginia Super Lawyers" listing. Law & Politics magazine, in conjunction with Richmond magazine, surveyed 18,000 Virginia lawyers for nominations of candidates, who are evaluated and selected though a system of nominations, peer evaluation and internal research. Only 5% of attorneys in Virginia receive this distinction.

The selected lawyers and the expertise for which they were recognized are:

JOHN W. FLORA (TAX) - John Flora has practiced business and corporate law for 27 years advising clients ranging from small family owned businesses and individuals to Fortune 500 companies. Mr. Flora received his law degree and his masters of law degree in taxation from William and Mary.

JEFFREY G. LENHART (BUSINESS/CORPORATE) - Jeff Lenhart has practiced business and corporate law for over 20 years advising clients in all aspects of business and corporate law. Mr. Lenhart received his law degree from William and Mary and his masters of law degree from Georgetown University.

MARK D. OBENSHAIN (BUSINESS/CORPORATE) - Mr. Obenshain has also practiced law for over 20 years, strongly advocating for business and individual clients in many different areas of law, but focusing on litigation. Mr. Obenshain received his law degree from Washington and Lee.

Lenhart Obenshain PC is also pleased to announce that Jennifer E. Shirkey has been recognized for inclusion in the 2008 "Virginia Rising Stars" listing, another listing by Law & Politics and Richmond magazine. The "Rising Stars" listing identifies the top 2.5 percent of attorneys in Virginia who are under 40 or have been in practice for less than 10 years. Ms. Shirkey focuses her practice on employee benefits, estate planning, and tax and business law and received her law degree summa cum laude from Washington and Lee in 1996.

All four of the above mentioned attorneys have been repeatedly listed as "Legal Elite" by Virginia Business magazine.

Nielsen Set to Celebrate 100 Years of Construction Excellence

Joseph Nielsen started J. Nielsen and Company in 1908, which means that this year, 2008, is Nielsen's 100th year in business.

With that in mind, the Nielsen centennial committee has developed a list of several special activities throughout the year to showcase and celebrate this milestone anniversary:
· A special 100-year anniversary logo, which is pictured above, has been developed and will be used throughout the year.
· The committee has distributed several different items for all employees that feature the centennial logo:

• o Centennial Shirts
• o Centennial Hats
• o Centennial Hard Hat Stickers
• o Centennial Static Stickers

· Special luncheons were held at all job sites during January and February.
· Nielsen is holding a centennial history trivia contest during 2008. Each month, two history trivia questions are included in employee paychecks. Winners receive $50 plus a day off with pay.
· A special golf tournament was held on Friday, May 9, at Lakeview Golf Course, Harrisonburg. Proceeds of $4,000 from the tournament were donated to the Harrisonburg Rockingham United Way, and to the Thomas Jefferson Area United Way.
· The 100-year anniversary picnic will be held on Friday, Aug. 1, 2008, at Grand Caverns. This picnic will have lots of new activities and events to help celebrate the centennial.

Nielsen employees can take great pride in the fact that Nielsen has been in business for one hundred years. Nielsen has grown and expanded over the years, so that today it is a well-respected business in the community, with dedicated, hard-working employees with countless years of expertise and experience in the construction industry.

From a small, one-man shop in 1908, Nielsen has grown to a company employing 230 people, and doing millions of dollars of business in a variety of construction projects. Joseph Nielsen founded J. Nielsen & Co. in 1908, in Round Hill, Va. From a small, sole proprietorship, Nielsen has grown into a premier construction company serving clients from a wide range of industries.

Today, Nielsen Builders, Inc., employs 200 people with the expertise to offer a broad range of project delivery systems from program management, construction management, and general contracting to design/build, and consulting services. With offices in Harrisonburg, Va., and Charlottesville, Va., Nielsen Builders, Inc., is comprised of two divisions, Nielsen Management Group and Nielsen Construction Company. Nielsen is recognized as a premier construction organization serving clients within the commonwealth of Virginia.

Local Direct Marketing Firm Launches Records Management Company

Mailing Services of Virginia (MSV), a long-time Charlottesville direct marketing company, announces the formation of MSV Records Management.

The new venture offers a complete line of document management services, including hard copy storage, digital scanning to CD, digital scanning to a secure web location, and secure document shredding.

Clients' boxes are barcoded, tracked and secured in MSV's 54,000 square-foot Records Management facility located on Seminole Trail across from the Charlottesville post office. Pickups and deliveries are available.

MSV is a full-service direct marketing company that provides turnkey services including data management, inkjetting, inserting, variable laser printing, presorting, offset printing and color digital printing.

For more information on MSV, contact Tom Hicks at (434) 984-0006, ext. 218.

WVTF Public Radio Names Charlottesville Bureau Chief

WVTF Public Radio News Director Rick Mattioni has named Sandy Hausman as Charlottesville's new bureau chief. Hausman will file news stories and features from the greater Charlottesville-Albemarle County area beginning this month.

The veteran public radio journalist's voice is familiar to many public radio listeners across the country. Prior to joining the WVTF News staff, Hausman worked for Chicago Public Radio; she's also filed stories for National Public Radio News, Living on Earth, Day to Day, Marketplace, and other public radio productions.

WVTF Public Radio is a National Public Radio member station broadcasting news, classical and jazz music, public affairs, and other cultural programming on 89.1 in Roanoke, 88.5 and 89.3 in Charlottesville, 91.9 in Marion, 90.5 in Wise, and online at www.wvtf.org. RADIO IQ is a service of WVTF, broadcasting BBC news and NPR talk programs at 89.9 in Ferrum, 89.7 in Roanoke, 89.5 in Lynchburg, 89.7 and 91.5 in Charlottesville, 1260 AM in the New River Valley and online at www.radioiq.org.