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January, 2013 - Edition 1 - 3
Delray Beach Tribune
Hard Work Pays off for Local Accountant By CRA News Service DELRAY BEACH – Chris Ninos’ boss told him to pick him up at Maroone Ford dealership on Linton Boulevard recently so they could go to lunch while he got his car serviced. But when the accountant walked through the door, he was greeted with
a loud “Surprise!” He looked around and saw his co-workers from a local internet marketing firm and his boss, who handed him the key to a 2013 Ford Escape. “Oh my God,” said Ninos, who also was celebrating his 52nd birthday on the same day. “Wow, I am speechless. I can’t believe this.” BMI Elite CEO Brandon Rosen said Ninos deserves the “special gift” because he is loyal, honest, trustworthy and a hard worker. “His car is falling apart, but unfortunately he cannot afford to buy a new one so we are giving him this brand new Ford Escape SUV to say thank you for everything that he does,” Rosen said. “I believe that this will change his life more than we all can imagine.” Ninos, the company’s chief financial officer for two years, was driving a 15-year-old Ford with 99,000 miles on it. He was surprised not by the gesture. “You couldn’t ask for a better com-
pany to work for and a [better] group of people to work with,” he said. “They take care of their employees. It’s like a big family here.” Dan Lansman, BMI Elite president, said the company, which is approaching 3-years-old, takes care of its employees and believes in rewarding good effort. “He is a great worker, a guy who
calls you at 5 o’clock in the mornings on his day off to check in about the office,” said Lansman, who has known Ninos for 11 years. “So I just wanted to show him that we appreciate everything he does for us.” Lansman said they considered giving Ninos a bonus for his birthday. But they decided to on the $30,000 SUV instead. “We thought it would be a nice personal touch, something he’ll have for a long time and to totally surprise him at an event like this, is perfect,” he said. The car was decorated with balloons and ribbons and Maroone Ford threw in three years of free service. “I think it’s amazing that someone who runs a small company could really take care of their employees,” said Paul Wuest, the salesman who sold Rosen the car. “Obviously the gentleman has done a lot of work for them and it shows that they really appreciate it.”
Conference Focuses on Nurturing Mind, Body, Soul By Jason Schwartz
BOYNTON BEACH – The campus of St. John Missionary Baptist Church buzzed with activity last week as speak-
ers from across the country participated in a four-day conference to win souls for the lord. The seventh annual TAP561° 2012 National Men’s Conference did more than focused on scriptures. While the conference was spiritual at its heart, the workshops were designed to attract secular participants. Attendees received information on maintaining a healthy lifestyle such as health testing and screening, hypertension, diabetes, AIDS and HIV. A panelists, comprised of members of the clergy and health care professionals, also shared expertise and some good practice models at a round table discussion over lunch on the closing day. “The problems in our communities are deeper than politics,” said conference committee chair Minister Al Francis of St. John. “The problems are in human hearts. In our hearts, we need to make peace with God. I don’t want to be pessimistic; I just don’t think poli-
tics is the answer. I believe Jesus is the answer with all of my heart.” The conference featured speakers including Rev. Dr. Billy Strange of Mt. Calvary Missionary Baptist Church in
Miami; Bishop J. Delano Ellis, Senior Pastor of the Pentecostal Churches of Christ, Cleveland, and Dr. Frederick D. Haynes, III of Friendship West Baptist Church in Dallas. The speakers focused on peace with God, instilling hope for tomorrow, and how to make it over by praying through. “In our world today, there’s just an angst, an unsettledness in our spirits,” Francis said. “Where is truth? Where is hope? Where is love? I think it’s a thirst to get right with God.” Everyone was welcome to most of the conference but Saturday was a Men Only session because the Saturday’s Summit, led by Ellis, was meant to speak straight to the hearts of men, Francis said. “Men, in many ways to me, are the strengths of their community,” he said. “Therefore, we have to empower them to take their rightful places in the community.”
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