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BREVARD County March 15, 2013 March 15, 2013 BREVARD County 10 HOMETOWN NEWS STRAWBERRY FESTIVAL STRAWBERRY FESTIVAL HOMETOWN NEWS 11 THANK YOU SaturdaySaturday OnlyOnly SundaySunday OnlyOnly to the 2013 FLYFLY Supporters! OPENOPEN Admiral Security Services Advent Lutheran Church CARCAR & & FISHINGFISHING Air Force Technical Applications Center Family Fun AllStar Ice & BIKEBIKE AmeriGas Entertainment! Food AMIkids SHOWSHOW Bank of America BankFirst Kid’s Court Bill Perdue Bizzarro's Pizza 047367 Bob O'Connell's Korner Parkway Rd Ticket Parental Booth Brevard County Fire Rescue Ticket Brevard County Sheriff Department Observation Booth Buckman's Autobody Hot Dogs • Hamburgs • Pizza • French Fries SATURDAYSATURDAY To Carousel Party Acres Funnel Cake • Smoothies Rock To Great 50s Century 2001 Custom Screen Printing Music with a live DJ! Construction City of Melbourne Corn on the Cob • Taco Salad • Nachos Community of Hope First Aid Cotton Candy • Snow Cones & More! Zone Dick Flamm and Electrical Team Leadership Brevard Class of 2013 Downtown Produce Dunkin Donuts “Power of Small” Eau Gallie Rotary Dipped Emmanuel UMC Main Pavilion Berries Express Signs Stage Flowers Baking Strawberry VENDORS Giant Recreation World Shortcake NON-PROFITS Harbor Auto Restoration High Class Motorsports Live DJ Home Depot ATM Indialantic Rotary Entertainment Jumpin Beans Party Rentals Inc. Ticket Exit Only JW Performance Transmissions Emergency Both Days Booth Kiwanis Line-X of Brevard Long Doggers ATM FREEFREE M&B Golf Carts Making Faces 4 Fun Pancake ADMISSION!ADMISSION! Mobile Mini New Generation Motorsports Breakfast Palm Bay Fire Extinguisher Company 8am-11am N. Wickham Rd. Paradise Ford Saturday Patrick Air Force Base & Sunday Pepsi Arts & Petty's Meat Market of Suntree Planned Celebrations Crafts Not Precision Powdercoating To Rides and Games Scale Running Zone Ryder Rental Strawberry Spacecoast Plating VIP St Timothy Lutheran Church Flats St. Mark's United Methodist Church Post Rd Take Some Volunteer Suddath Moving & Storage Home! Sweet Life Farms Registration N T G Lee Entrance BerryBerry PatchPatch 5K5K Run Run •• SundaySunday onlyonly atat 88 a.m.a.m. To Tekquest, Inc. Thrivent for Lutherans Official Program compliments of Timmy Vee Productions BCCBCC Parking Parking LotLot Toys for Kids Habitat for Humanity of Brevard County, Inc. & Hometown News ENTER HERE United Rentals University of Mary Washington University of North Georgia Virginia Tech Vision Communication WA1A Toys for Kids Wal-Mart Neighborhood Market - Babcock X-TRA Lease BREVARD County March 15, 2013 12 HOMETOWN NEWS STRAWBERRY FESTIVAL Your pathway to a tax break HABITAT: Published weekly by Hometown News, L.C., 5059 Turnpike Feeder Road, Ft. Pierce, FL 34951 By Lisa Barr Copyright © 2013, Hometown News, L.C. Vice President of Development / Habitat for Humanity of Brevard County Voted # 1 Community Newspaper in America in 2005, 2006, 2007. How does a 50 percent tax credit sound? participants,” said Joe Gassman, Habitat’s Presi- One of the top 3 in America every year since 2003. The state of Florida’s Community Tax Credit dent & CEO. “They understand the power of Lee Mooty . .General Manager/CFO Mercedes Lee-Paquette . .Production Manager Vernon D. Smith . .Managing Partner Rita Zeblin . .Classified Paginator Program (CCTCP) provides a 50 percent tax their donation and the benefits to their employ- Karen Wood . .Graphic Artist Farris Robinson . .Sr. VP Sales/Marketing Patricia Snyder . .Director Classified Advertising Tammy Farmer . .Managing Editor credit or sales tax refund to Florida businesses, ees, the community and the family they build Anna Snyder-Vasquez . .Senior Account Manager Robin Bevilacqua . .Human Resources Carol Deprey-Zelenak . .Classified Consultant as financial incentive to make donations to the house with.” Kathy Young . .Major/Natl. Accounts Manager Heather Donaldson . .Classified Consultant Sylvia Montes . .Major/Natl. Accounts Consultant Dolan Hoggatt . .Circulation Manager housing projects for low-income families. • Who’s Eligible? Businesses paying Florida Chris Smith . .Regional Manager Tiffany Robertson . .District Circulation Manager Terence Hart . .Sales Manager Amanda Hatfield . .Staff Writer Habitat for Humanity of Brevard County, Inc., corporate income tax or insurance premium Maura Dawson . .Office Manager Chris Fish . .Staff Writer Paul Robinson . .Advertising Consultant Michael Hibbard . .News Clerk an Internal Revenue Code Section 501(c)(3) tax are eligible to receive a tax credit equal to 50 Rick Edwards . .Advertising Consultant organization, is a great match. Habitat serves percent of the donation value to approved proj- Kathy Swindell . .Advertising Consultant low-income families by building or renovating ects. Businesses registered with the Depart- Phone (321) 242-1013 simple, decent, affordable houses in Brevard ment of Revenue to collect and remit sales tax Fax (321) 242-1281 Classified (321) 242-0442 County. are eligible to apply for a refund against their 1-800-823-0466 The state of Florida’s Community Contribu- sales and use tax remittance account. Rants & Raves (321) 242-1276 Circulation 1-866-913-6397 tion Tax Credit Program seems too good to be • What’s an Eligible Contribution? Cash, MELBOURNE [email protected] true… but it is, and it’s easy for a business to property and goods donated to approved spon- receive the tax credit. sors (Habitat) are eligible for the credit. “DRS Technologies, Harris Corporation, Craig A business is eligible to receive credits of up to Technologies, and LifeStyle Homes are recent See TAX, 17 Now Open 045663 in Melbourne! 4100 N. Wickham Road 253-0040 Mon-Thurs. 12pm-10pm • Fri.12pm-11pm Sat. 11am-11pm • Sun. 11am-10pm Craving more strawberry goodness? 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Angel.” “I never realized the amount of work that Habitat for Humanity volunteer is Habitat volunteers learn skills like Office Angels one, she said, that changed her life painting, roofing and interior work, work at the Habitat goes on behind the scenes to get a hammer forever. as they help with homes that are built office, helping with in somebody’s hand on a Saturday .” “My kids were growing up, and I from the ground up. mailing, typing, was getting to the point in my life “One of the surprises to working at inputting informa- Jane Higgins where I felt like I was going to have a Habitat site was the fellowship that tion into databases Habitat for Humanity volunteer some free time that I could con- was there,” Ms. Higgins said. “You get and other office tribute to help improve my commu- to meet the new homeowner, other tasks that are vital to ry of Habitat in Brevard County and nity,” Ms. Higgins said. “I looked into volunteers and site supervisors, while running an organization. the different fundraisers like the some organizations and found that working side-by-side to build the “At first, I wasn’t sure how I would Strawberry Festival, which is now in Habitat was a Christian organization house with the family partner. I be able to help, but I soon learned its 25th year,” she said. that believed it could improve the always feel like I get more than I give.” that if you have worked in any office “Working in the office has given me world one home at a time.” After 30 years at Harris, Ms. Higgins anywhere you have the skills to come a new appreciation of the work that When she first began volunteering, was laid off in May 2012 due to cut- in and help out,” she said. Habitat is doing in our community,” Ms. Higgins started by going to the backs. One of the first jobs Ms. Higgins Ms. Higgins added. “Until I volun- work sites on Saturday and helping “(The layoff) became a blessing as I did was to sort through boxes of pho- teered in the office, I never realized out wherever she could. had more time to volunteer at Habi- tographs that had been collected over the amount of work that goes on “I found it very interesting because tat,” Ms. Higgins said. “I talked to the years. behind the scenes to get a hammer in working at the house build you learn Mollie (Krell), volunteer coordinator “It was a great way to learn somebody’s hands on a Saturday.” so much about homes that you can for Habitat about becoming an Office (through the photographs) the histo- Glenbrooke 045542 at Palm Bay Where Character Defines Elegance And Embraces the Love of Home ♥ 047792 “Community with ” Call Today and ask how to save $$THOUSANDS$$ on our Beautiful Courtyard apartment! 815 Briar Creek Blvd., NE • Palm Bay, FL 32905 Managed by 321-956-3330 Tarantino Porperties Inc. BREVARD County March 15, 2013 14 HOMETOWN NEWS STRAWBERRY FESTIVAL VOLUNTEERING Rick Baird: An avid supporter By Andy Schirmacher American Corps-Vista Volunteer / Habitat for Humanity of Brevard County Habitat for Humanity of Brevard and I really enjoyed working with the County (Habitat) volunteer work has Habitat staff,” Mr. Baird said. “I a way of getting into your system. wanted an opportunity to give Twelve years ago, Satellite Beach something back to the community.” resident Rick Baird began as volun- Since 1998, Mr. Baird and his teering at a build site for his church. company, Baird Air, Inc., of Satellite “I wanted to be a part of the Beach, have installed the air condi- church team, working at the site,” he tioning units in nearly all of the said.