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A Taste of Covington to feature wine, food, more
By Debbie Glover
St. Tammany News
Published on Wednesday, February 15, 2012 12:09 AM CST
A new event to attract visitors, gourmands and art and wine connoisseurs to explore the cultural and eclectic side of Covington will take place March 29 through April 1 and will offer a variety of events from an art market to a cooking demonstration and wine tasting.
Produced by the Covington Business Association and the brainchild of CBA President Cliff Bergeron, Steve Ahrons and David Barfield, the attraction is loosely patterned after other such weekend events that appeal to foodies, gourmets and wine lovers such as the Food and Wine Experience in New Orleans, held each May.
The goal is the four-day event will evolve into a weekend experience similar to New Orleans’ event but with a St. Tammany flair.
“The event is designed to attract visitors from the Gulf South to a four-day weekend event,” said Bergeron. Included in the plans are special offers from area hotels and bed and breakfasts for those wishing to stay over and enjoy a full weekend.
The cooking demonstration and wine tasting at the Covington Trailhead on March 30 will be limited to 125 tickets and will take place from 5-7 p.m. For $10 Glazer’s Domains and Estates and Acquistapace’s Covington Supermarket Wine and Spirits will offer wine tastes and two dishes by two restaurants will be prepared for tasting. Bergeron said a souvenir glass of the event will also be given out.
He said each restaurant event is for one seating, so reservations should be made early, as seating will be very limited. In fact, some restaurants are almost sold out, said Bergeron. The vintners’ dinner March 29 will include a wine pairing with each course offered. Restaurants include 407 North, Annadele’s, Beede’s Boston House, Del Porto, Gallagher’s Grill, Lola Restaurant and Seiler Bar. Cost per person, including the wine, is $75. Call the restaurants directly to reserve your seating.
Also that Friday is the Columbia Street Final Friday block party from 6:30-9:30 p.m. on the 300-600 blocks of North Columbia Street. Antique car displays, music, refreshments and family fun await this pedestrian event. Columbia Street will be blocked from vehicular traffic.
On March 31 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. an art market and gallery stroll will be available on South Lee Lane from Boston Street to Rutland Avenue. Unique one-of-a-kind items in a variety of art media, including wood, jewelry, mixed media, photography and more, will be available for sale.
A gallery and merchant stroll will be held Saturday from 6-9 p.m. and will include wine reps with wine and cheese to add to your shopping pleasure. Select music at various locations throughout historic downtown Covington, including Lee Lane and near St. Tammany Art Association, plus a scavenger hunt with great prizes will be offered. The event is free, but one must register at participating stores to participate in the scavenger hunt. Participating galleries and merchants include Tripolo Gallery, Global Dwelling Fabulous Furniture, The French Mix, Shoeffle and the St. Tammany Art Association.
The final event will be a champagne jazz brunch at Beebe’s Boston House on April 1. The cost will be $25 per person. For reservations call 892-0710.
Copyright © 2012 St. Tammany News
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Epicor Customers Named Manufacturing Leadership 100 (ML100) Award Winners
LIVERMORE, CA--(Marketwire -02/15/12)- Epicor Software Corporation, a global leader in business software solutions for manufacturing, distribution, retail and services organizations, today congratulated Epicor customers Big Ass Fans, Card-Monroe Corporation, Chirch Global Manufacturing LLC, Drallim Industries and HARBEC Inc. on their being named winners of the 2012 Manufacturing Leadership 100 (ML100) Awards.
The Manufacturing Leadership Summit and Awards program is presented by Manufacturing Executive, the global community for manufacturing leadership. Now in their eighth year, the Manufacturing Leadership 100 Awards honor manufacturing companies and individual manufacturing leaders that are shaping the future of global manufacturing and have demonstrated achievement across a wide variety of domains including sustainability, operational excellence, workforce development, innovation, entrepreneurship, and industry advocacy.
Chatanooga, Tenn.-based Card-Monroe Corporation, the world's leading manufacturer of custom-built tufting equipment and Epicor ERP customer, was named a winner in the Innovative Enterprise category. The company was lauded for its accelerated product and process innovation through collaboration with customers, partners, and internal stakeholders; the implementation of standard, measurable processes; the deployment of advanced technologies; and positive impacts on operating results and process efficiencies.
McHenry, Ill.-based Chirch Global Manufacturing LLC was named a winner in the Global Value Chain Award category for forging a new collaborative manufacturing business model. The Chirch Global Manufacturing Network is comprised of business owners of small to medium size manufacturing companies that collectively bring added-value to customers in the increasingly competitive and complex global manufacturing playing field. This marks the second consecutive year Chirch Global has been named to the ML100 list. The company has leveraged its investment in the Epicor Express Manufacturing Edition on demand Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solution to innovate and evolve manufacturing to keep the dream of "Made in America" alive.
Drallim Industries, based in St. Leonards-on-Sea in East Sussex, England, was named a winner in the Information Leadership Award category for its use of the Epicor ERP solution to support competitive and business advantage via enterprise process improvements that deliver actionable, real-time visibility into critical business operations.
HARBEC Inc., a contract injection molder and precision manufacturer located in upstate New York, was named a winner in the Sustainability Awards category, for its adoption of the Epicor Carbon Connect carbon accounting solution to support its goals of being carbon neutral by 2013, and pursuit of certification to the newly released ISO 50001 energy management systems standard, which requires systematic documentation of carbon emissions using solutions such as Epicor Carbon Connect.
Also honored as an Manufacturing Entrepreneur Award winner was Carey Smith, president and chief executive officer of Epicor customer Lexington, Ky.-based Big Ass Fans.
"On behalf of all of us here at Epicor, we congratulate all our Epicor customers who have been recognized for their exceptional industry leadership, vision, and execution," said John Hiraoka, executive vice president and chief marketing officer for Epicor. "We're pleased to provide the technology that runs and drives today's innovative companies that are defining the future of global manufacturing."
About Epicor Software Corporation
Epicor Software Corporation is a global leader delivering business software solutions to the manufacturing, distribution, retail and services industries. With nearly 40 years of experience serving midmarket organizations and divisions of Global 1000 companies, Epicor has more than 20,000 customers in over 150 countries. Epicor enterprise resource planning (ERP), point of sale (POS), supply chain management (SCM), and human capital management (HCM) enable companies to drive increased efficiency and improve profitability. With a history of innovation, industry expertise and passion for excellence, Epicor inspires customers to build lasting competitive advantage. Epicor provides the single point of accountability that local, regional and global businesses demand. The Company's headquarters are located in California, with offices and affiliates worldwide. For more information, visit http://www.epicor.com.
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.PRO Auction Nets Big Sales with Go.pro
.PRO continues to soar with premium auction results
VANCOUVER, British Columbia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--RegistryPro’s recent premium auction of one-, two-, and three-character domain names is the most successful .PRO auction to date.
“The success of the auction was not a surprise. There is real value in the extension and we still have a lot of great .PRO domains. The results of this auction are just the beginning of what .PRO is poised to do in the coming year”
Held in conjunction with GoDaddy.com, the auction began on January 10, 2012, and concluded on January 17. The seven-day event had opening bids ranging from $50-$5,000 in U.S. dollars with bidding activity reaching a frenzy in the final hours of the auction. The stand out sale was Go.pro, which sold for $40,000.
Karim Jiwani, president of RegistryPro, said, “We are ecstatic about the sale of Go.pro and can’t wait to see what the buyer does with the domain. Registrants of .PRO domains tend to be innovative in their use of the TLD, and we have high hopes for the development of all the domains that were sold in the auction.”
Go.pro is the highest sale of a .PRO domain to date and was won by a private buyer. The Go.pro sale, with 64 bids, represents the second-highest reported non-.com domain sale of the year, based on sales reported to DNjournal.com.
“The success of the auction was not a surprise. There is real value in the extension and we still have a lot of great .PRO domains. The results of this auction are just the beginning of what .PRO is poised to do in the coming year,” added Jiwani.
Other notable .PRO sales from this auction include XXX.pro, which sold for $18,903 (with 125 bids), and Job.pro, which sold for $5,456 (with 91 bids). RegistryPro is planning another auction to be held in the second quarter of 2012.
"The .PRO auction was very successful," said Paul Nicks, Go Daddy's Director of Product Development for the Aftermarket. "Go Daddy's auction platform was a great fit for RegistryPro's event. There has been some fascinating buzz around the .PRO top-level domain, and .PRO gives our customers another option to build their business online."
RegistryPro launched the .PRO domain in 2004. Since then, .PRO has become an important tool for businesses, organizations and individuals in building trusted relationships throughout the world and is reserved exclusively for use by the professional community.
Registrations for .PRO domains are restricted to registrants with proof of professional identity. Tens of thousands of professionals worldwide choose .PRO to enhance their online identity.
About RegistryPro and the .PRO Domain
A subsidiary of Afilias Ltd. and headquartered in Vancouver (Canada), RegistryPro is the ICANN-designated operator of the .PRO top-level domain.
Since launching in 2004, .PRO has become an important tool for businesses, organizations and individuals in building trusted relationships throughout the world. In many languages, “pro” is synonymous with dedication, skill, and vision -- the .PRO domain allows people to capture that distinctive character. Whether developing a brand, refining an identity or promoting a specialty, .PRO offers every business and professional the opportunity to enhance their image by adding a powerful, easy-to-identify name to their online presence and Web-based products.
About Go Daddy
Go Daddy is the world's largest domain name provider, Web hosting provider and new SSL provider, focused on helping small businesses grow larger. Go Daddy provides dozens of cloud-based services and is the largest worldwide mass-market hosting provider by annual revenue according to Tier1 Research (Mass-Market Hosting Report, Winter 2011) and is the #1 provider of net-new SSL certificates for 2011, according to the Netcraft Secure Server Survey. To learn more about the company, visit http://www.GoDaddy.com/PR.