Fitness Center Update
The Plaza Fitness Center will soon have a personal trainer available for it's members. See our next newsletter for complete details!

Pickerel Tournament update
The 2007 Algonac Lions Pickerel Tournament in Algonac MI was again a huge success. With beautiful weather comes a great time, and we had an abundance of both! Many thanks to all that attended and to everyone that helped in the planning and successful completion of the weekend.

DaimlerChrysler Financial expands call center to serve Hispanics
Citing a Selig Center for Economic Growth report indicating the buying power of Hispanic consumers is estimated to reach $1.2 trillion three years from now, up from $764 billion in 2005, DaimlerChrysler Financial Services expanded a newly opened call center to service Spanish-speaking customers in the U.S. and Mexico. The call center, in Monterrey, Mexico, employs 180 full- and part-time workers who manage calls to and from Hispanic Chrysler, Jeep, and Dodge car buyers. The company expects the center to field 2 million calls per year. DaimlerChrysler Financial, which offers Web sites, contracts and financial education materials in Spanish, is the nation's fifth-largest automotive finance provider. Hispanic consumers represent the largest and fastest growing minority group in the United States. By the year 2050, the U.S. Census Bureau projects that approximately 25 percent of U.S. households will speak Spanish as their first language, up from only 13 percent just two years ago.

In-car navigation surging
The age-old family squabbling over driving directions is in jeopardy. The latest portable global positioning system devices make seamless everything from finding highway rest stops to circumventing nasty traffic jams, the Online Wall Street Journal reports. The U.S. market for such gadgets continues to expand: Sales of after-market personal navigation devices experienced triple-digit growth in 2006, with over 2.2 million new units sold, according to the Consumer Electronics Association. And forecasts suggest sales could surpass 3.3 million units this year.

CPR classes
The Richmond Lenox EMS has regularly scheduled CPR classes, usually on the 2nd Saturday of each month. The next scheduled class is Saturday July 13th. For additional info or to reserve a space in the class, contact Pat or Chris at 586-727-2184.

Auto dealer puts vintage autos on the block, reaps a windfall
Dozens of cars from the expansive private collection of a Michigan car dealer netted substantial sums -- including $1.35 million for a 1931 Duesenberg once owned by Howard Hughes -- during a weekend auction, The Detroit News writes this week. John McMullen, who co-founded the Somerset Pontiac GMC dealership in suburban Detroit in 1975, offered 80 cars, motorcycles and other items at his estate. "After nearly 20 years of collecting, restoring and competing, I have decided to share the joy of collecting that I have with others and make the collection more manageable by keeping a few favorites," McMullen said in a statement posted on the Web site for RM Auctions, which conducted the event Saturday. The estimated value of the collection was between $7.5 million and $10 million, according to the company.

Employee Recognition
The Huvaere Group would like to recognize those associates with employment anniversaries in July: Blake Cryderman, 2 years; Heather Depelsmaeker, 5 years; Kathleen Harvey, 4 years; Matt Krajniak, 2 years; Ken Lewandowski, 2 years; Austin Ottino, 3 years; Rick Thierry, 1 year; Dave Villeme, 3 years. Congratulations!

Shelf Units For Sale, $5.00 each!
We still have for sale the shelf units from our parts department remodel. Each unit measures 7' high by 3' wide by 12" deep, and includes 4 shelves. Cost is $5 each. Also available are five 24" deep by 36" wide units. These will be available for $10 each.

If you would like more info or would like to purchase some of these units, see Andy Osebold.

Lifeguard needed, Good Old Days weekend
A lifeguard/babysitter is needed at a private residence for the Good Old Days weekend, September 7,8, and 9. Certification is a plus but not necessary. Pay based on experience. For additional info or to apply, contact Andy at 586-727-7577 ext. 9851.

Heather Depelsmaeker (left)
Title Clerk

Heather's family:
Heather is engaged to be married to Tim Block.

If she wasn't at work, Heather would be:
Hanging out with friends or partying!

 Heather's hometown:
Yale Michigan

Heather's favorite place to travel:
San Antonio Texas

Heather's first job:
Receptionist at Richmond Chrysler

Heather's favorite television how is:
Entourage on HBO

Heather's favorite place to dine is:
Anything Mexican

Heather's favorite vehicle is:
Aston Martin

Something you may not already know about Heather:
Heather loves to dance, sucks at bowling, but is great at sewing and quilting

Thank you Heather for being such an asset to The Huvaere Group!

Today's Motivational Quote
"Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds."
Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882 - 1945), Pan American Day address, April 15, 1939