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| El Paso-owned and proud |
Jul. 25 - Jul. 31
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By Ford Wadsworth |
Hungry?
We hear that the former music store on Sunland Park Drive will become a Corner Bakery Café.
The one on the Eastside has been a big success. It’s owned by Bakery Ventures partners Mike Verlander and Jim Gore, who have decided it’s time to feed the cravings of Westsiders, too.
The team also owns a bunch of Village Inns and Applebee’s in El Paso and southern New Mexico.
They may also open a Corner Bakery Café in Las Cruces.
Richard, roasted
The head honcho at the Greater El Paso Chamber of Commerce will be the guest of honor – and the butt of many jokes – when the El Paso Child Guidance Center hosts its annual roast this fall.
The $100-ticket event will be held on Sept. 15 at the El Paso Country Club.
To your health
Tidbits from the visit of U.S. Health Secretary Kathleen Sebelius to the border last week.
At a private dinner Monday night, she talked about who sent their congratulations when she was appointed health secretary. One of the first was her counterpart, Dr. Jose Cordova Villalobos, Mexico’s secretary of health.
And locals from both sides of the border who heard Cordova speak said he could easily be the next president of Mexico.
Work from home!
Have you considered the lucrative career opportunities in the rapidly growing legalized cannabis industry?
That’s the word from a group called Medcan University, which describes itself as “an innovative group of entrepreneurial professionals” that will lobby for legislation to bring medical cannabis to the state of Texas.
We’re taking bets on which gets passed first: a state income tax, or legalized cannabis.
Where credit is due
Harriet May, CEO of El Paso’s GECU, is the new board chair of the Credit Union National Association, headquartered in Washington, D.C. She says she’ll help credit unions come up with better ways to serve their clients.
This is cool
On Tuesday, City Council will consider awarding a contract to Big Boy Ice Cream so it can sell cold treats from a food cart in Downtown.
Got Whispers? E-mail ford@elpasoinc.com
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