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JUNE/JULY 2015 EDITION HOUSTON
MAGAZINE
Chairman
John Cruise
President/Executive Publisher
Steve Levine
Vice President /Associate Publisher/
Creative Director/Editor
Barbara Davis-Levine
Business Development/PR
Evelyn Pereira
Roy Pereira
Graphic Designer
Lavinia Menchaca
Photographers
Gwen Juarez
Contributing Writers
Doug Beattie
Randy Boss
Sonia Clayton
Barbara Davis
Mila Golovine
Ruben Gonzalez
Bruce Hurta
Jeff Jones
Hank Moore
Mike Muhney
Howard Partridge
Christi Ruiz
Rita Santamaria
Kim Sawyer
Gail Stolzenburg
Holly Uverity
Jack Warkenthien
Heather Green Warner
Aimee Woodall
Chief Advisor
Hank Moore
Publisher’s Advisory Board
Shah Ardalan
Sonia Clayton
Donna Cole
John Cruise
Dirk Cummins
April Day
Dr. John Demartini
Maya Durnovo
Kathie Edwards
Mila Golovine
Dory Gordon
Greg Grant
David Holt
Richard Huebner
Jeffrey Jones
Darryl King
Sandy Lawrence
Craig Klein
Wea Lee
Bertrand McHenry
Hank Moore
Lisa M. Morton
Mike Muhney
Leisa Holland Nelson
Tony Noun
Mayor Annise Parker
Page Parkes
Howard Partridge
Susan Repka
Maria Rios
Grant Sadler
Rita Santamaria
William Sherrill
Pam Terry
Linda Toyota
Jack Warkenthien
Carlecia D. Wright
Aaron Young
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WHAT HAPPENED TO OUR JUNE ISSUE??
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f you have been a reader/follower of SMALL BUSINESS TODAY MAGAZINE or of
any of my other publications (REAL ESTATE EXECUTIVE, PREMIER AGENT MAGAZINE, RISING STAR MAGAZINE, PROFILES MAGAZINE, etc), you know that you
can count on a high quality, informative, hard copy and digital edition every single
month. So, what happened to the SBT Magazine for June 2015? Great question!
As you may or may not know, Barbara and I were flooded out Memorial Day night/
Tuesday morning when five feet of water entered our home and proceeded to destroy
everything in it including all of the contents of my home office, my laptop computer,
my cell phone, and two cars, etc.
To add insult to injury, the electricity never shorted out and an appliance fell into the
flooded bedroom. It electrified the water and stranded us on our bed with our four
rescue dogs for 14 hours.
We had to wait until the water subsided in our home before rescuers could save
Barbara, her son Jerry, my sister Tracey, our dogs, and of course, me. When the water
had first begun rushing in, I had slipped on the wet tile floor and suffered a concussion.
Once we were evacuated by boats and giant dump trucks and taken to the staging
area, I was rushed to Memorial/Hermann Medical Center where it was confirmed that
not only did I have a concussion but I was bleeding in the brain.
As a result, I spent a week in the hospital while Barbara was left to deal with the disaster of our world being flipped upside down. Somehow, she managed to find a place
for all of us to stay, a car to drive, and a cell phone to use all within hours after we were
evacuated.
We are now stuck with 4200sq. ft. of the most toxic mold on all of our contents that
we left behind. As far as our business, all of my files, back issues of 13 years of magazines, reprint samples, rate cards, etc. were ruined.
We are now in a rental home in the Westbury area thanks to Publisher’s Advisory
Board Member Dory Gordon and have two loaner cars thanks to Publisher’s Advisory
Board Member Tony Noun. We feel very fortunate and are so appreciative that we
have received so many donations, blessings, and prayers from all of you out there - our
clients, friends, and total strangers. In addition, with the help of past cover honoree,
Angelica Garcia-Dunn with AIM Global Logistics, her team drove all over kingdom
come spending hours of their time picking up the donated appliances, bedding, furniture, and household items and loading it onto one of their huge gooseneck trailers.
Overnight, we were able to transform a totally empty, foreign place into a warm, inviting home. Despite the traumatic experience and the challenges we still face, we feel
totally blessed. Thank you all!!!