BOULDER – G. Anthony Harrigan and Ken Finkel, principals of Impact Wealth Advisors, Ltd. in Boulder (www.ImpactWealth.com), were awarded the FIVE STAR Wealth Manager title for 2010 by 5280 Magazine and ColoradoBiz Magazine in Denver.

The 2010 FIVE STAR Wealth Manager award is granted to an elite group, representing less than 4 percent of Denver area wealth managers. The award is based on how clients and financial services industry professionals evaluate their experience in working the individual wealth managers and not on the company’s sales volume.

Harrigan, a resident of Broomfield, and Finkel, who lives in Boulder, started their Boulder wealth management business in 2008 to offer holistic financial planning that focuses on a client’s life goals and aspirations, not just their investments.

As a local Boulder business, Impact Wealth Advisors is a strong believer in community partnering, and presents its own Impact Award to an area nonprofit each quarter.

A national research company under the direction of Crescendo Business Services conducted research for the FIVE STAR Wealth Manager list, published in the November issues of 5280 and
ColoradoBiz.

To be selected for the FIVE STAR award, survey recipients are asked to select wealth managers whom they knew through personal experience, and to evaluate them on nine criteria: customer service, integrity,
knowledge/expertise, communication, value for fee charged, meeting of financial objectives, post-sale-service, quality of recommendations and overall satisfaction.

About Impact Wealth Advisors Ltd.

Impact Wealth Advisors in Boulder, Colo. provides holistic wealth management planning that focuses first on clients’ life goals and aspirations to improve the chances of achieving the future they
envision. Impact Wealth offers objective and independent investment counsel on retirement, education, estate planning, insurance analysis, tax minimization, charitable giving, real estate, family legacy and wealth succession. Visit online at www.ImpactWealth.com.

Carrying on our commitment to promote wellness activities for our residents and greater Boulder, Frasier Meadows Retirement Community is pleased to announce that our Assisted Living Center is the first assisted living facility in Boulder County to be awarded a listing on the Eden Registry.

The Eden Alternative promotes a set of principles and training strategies to transform places where elders live into places where they will live and thrive. This system is the creation of Dr. William Thomas, a Harvard-educated physician and Board-Certified Geriatrician.

The Eden Home designation is the culmination of a lengthy application process involving staff, residents and their family members. The Frasier Meadows Wellness Center was recently named BEST Holistic Care/Wellness Center for the third consecutive year in the Boulder Daily Camera Boulder County Gold issue.

For more information, please call 303-499-4888. Please visit our website at http://www.frasiermeadows.org.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Frasier Meadows Retirement Community Names New President & CEO

November 1, 2010

Boulder, Colo. – Frasier Meadows Retirement Community, the only CARF-CCAC accredited continuing-care facility in Boulder County, is proud to announce the appointment of Timothy Johnson as its new President and Chief Executive Officer.

Mr. Johnson brings over twenty-five years of experience to Frasier, developing and managing nationally-recognized retirement communities and programs for the aging, with a focus on faith-based nonprofit organizations. Prior to assuming his new role, he served as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Sears Methodist Retirement System, which owns and operates facilities for the aging throughout Texas, including four continuing-care retirement communities. In addition, Mr. Johnson has held executive leadership positions with nonprofit, faith-based retirement facilities in Illinois.

Mr. Johnson is a Past President of both the Presbyterian Association of Homes and Services for the Aging and the Life Services Network of Illinois. He has also served the American Association of Homes and Service for the Aging as a member of the House of Delegates, the CCRC Committee, the Membership Committee, the Governance Task Force and the Nominating Committee and as Chairman of the Professional Development Foundation. Mr. Johnson earned a Master of Science degree with a concentration in Studies in Aging from the University of North Texas and a Bachelor of Arts degree from North Park University.

Frasier Meadows is a not-for-profit, faith-based continuing-care facility for active senior citizens. We serve over 400 residents, 70% of which come from the Boulder County area, and provide services such as an award-winning wellness center, Adult Day Care and a daycare center which are available for use by the Boulder community.

For more information, please call Kathy Pollicita at (303) 499-4888 and please visit our website at http://www.frasiermeadows.org.

Free Online Marketing Education for Local Boulder Businesses

Aha!Local University is targeted at owners and operators of businesses that want to reach local
prospects: retail, trade services, professional services, and any others
that rely on local traffic and revenue. These local prospects now use
online channels to identify companies with whom they want to do
business. Because online marketing is dynamically changing, the typical
business owner can be overwhelmed and confused about which tools are the
right ones for his or her business to reach local prospects.

Over the course of the curriculum, the university will examine a broad range of online
marketing tools and techniques for reaching local audiences. This will
include: local listings, paid advertising, social networking, review
sites, location-based services, coupons, and mobile marketing. The goal
of the educational series is to help business owners identify the
appropriate online marketing mix for their businesses, and arm them with
enough knowledge to properly evaluate potential service providers or
determine if they can do it themselves. At the end of each session,
owners will come away with a checklist of the most important things to
do or consider for that topic.

For over a year, Parallel Path has been successfully marketing their Aha!Local listing optimization service for marketing local businesses, and the company now manages thousands of business listings. “Through speaking with hundreds of
Aha!Local prospects, we found broad confusion about local online
marketing of all types,” said Tracy Earles, vice president of marketing
for Parallel Path. “Online marketing used to be about your website, but
now it’s so much more. Through Aha!Local University, Parallel Path is
trying to help companies make sense of today’s online world so they can
make sound marketing investments.”

To learn more and to register for the first session, business owners, operators, and marketers should visit http://www.meetup.com/AhaLocal-University/.

About Aha!Local Listing Optimization Service

Parallel Path’s Aha!Local listing optimization service helps companies get found online when local prospects are searching. 83% of people who search
online for a local business will either call or visit a business found
in the results (TMP Directional Media, 2009), so it is critical for
businesses to be found there. The service both distributes rich,
detailed descriptions of clients’ businesses to over 100 websites, and
optimizes those descriptions for first-page placement on Google Maps.
Aha!Local is so successful at getting companies found on Google that
Parallel Path backs it up with a Page One Guarantee. To learn more about the service, visit www.ahalocal.com.

Media contact:

Parallel Path Corp.

It is always a perfect time to travel to Arizona - there is much that the Grand Canyon State has to offer.

Touring and traveling throughout Arizona is a dynamic experience for folks from Colorado that is as diverse in its inspiring scenery as it is in the rich heritage and culture that defines it. For many states across the nation, including Arizona, the travel and tourism industry is a vital economic driver that contributes greatly to our local and state economies – and we welcome you from far and wide to our vibrant state.

The travel and tourism industry contributes significantly to Arizona’s economic vitality and is an essential tool to growth and development. Every county (15) in Arizona is impacted by this powerful industry. In fact, for many rural communities, tourism is the number-one revenue generator for their region. Last year more than 35 million people visited Arizona and spent $16.6 billion throughout the state.

The total number of visitors to Arizona in 2010 is expected to climb as both tourists and business travelers benefit from improving economic conditions and embrace what the state has to offer.

There is already evidence of the tourism industry in Arizona getting back on its feet, as organizations that have held their conventions and meetings in Arizona over the last few months have experienced record attendance.

According to Sherry Henry, director of the Arizona Office of Tourism, Arizona hasn’t changed what it offers leisure and business travelers.

“The climate, cultural diversity and natural beauty of Arizona are a tremendous draw for people from all over the world,” Henry said. “Both domestic and international guests to Arizona are realizing that the state has the same beauty and attributes it has always had for our visitors.

“From Arizona’s outdoor adventures and celebrated history to relaxing spas and delicious local cuisines – the Grand Canyon State has something for everyone to enjoy.”

The state also serves as a destination for upcoming major sporting events, including the Insight Bowl held at Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe; the Fiesta Bowl and BCS Championship Game, played at University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, the Waste Management Open held at the TPC of Scottsdale, the largest attended golf tournament in the world; and the Major League Baseball All-Star Game, to be held in downtown Phoenix and Cactus League Spring Training, played throughout Maricopa County.

If you add the more than 300 golf courses in Arizona, the 4,000 miles of hiking trails and the dozens of spas and resorts, there really are options for just about everyone. Visit www.arizonaguide.com for more information.

Implementing an effective online reputation management campaign requires a lot of efforts for research and planning. SEO optimization services and tactics play a key role in online reputation management solutions. Firstly identify the key issues for getting online reputation management services and branding. The online reputation of an organization defined by its image in the customer mind whether it may be online or offline. The online reputation management is required in the today’s internet reputation management world.

Social Platform:

The most powerful tool to manage the business reputation is social platform that helps to promote yours’ online reputation in the search engine result pages. By getting SEO optimization services you can only place your position in search result but reputation management is also required to get long term benefits. Social sites are more beneficial as compared to create own site. On social networking site businesses create their profile these social networking sites help in search engine reputation management.

On social platform the customer can also discuss about the business. if a new customer wants to know the publics’ view about product/services provided by the business then they social sites are more beneficial. On social site customer is directly attached with business policy and services. If the business leaves a good impression in the customer mind then entire customer put valuable comments that help in online reputation management. The profiles shown by the search engine in search engine result page provide more benefits and branding efforts. To obtain the business in the search term the profile name must be match with keyword that the business wants to target. The most popular social site are Facebook, Twitter, Linkdin, MySpace etc.

Steps for social profile:-

• After creating the profile on social site business need to complete the profile by filling all the information.

• The account only has a name look like a spam account. For getting the account credibility joins more and more communities as possible.

• Reply the comment effectively by providing more efforts and must have a contingency plan when come across negative comment.

Social profile creation is a smallest but critical concept for online reputation management. Online Reputation management involves tools to improve the business reputation. The online reputation management tools include SEO optimization services, SEM Services, Social networking and blogs. Blogs offer a medium through business directly contact to customer or general public. The most important concept about content is used the keyword to make it searchable and write a smooth and attractive press release.

In today’s internet marketing world the reputation plays a vital role. If your business is listed in the top search terms then it get more business. The online reputation management plays a key role, strong the reputation of your business force business to grow continuously. The online reputation management of business revolves around the general public, customer, employees, investor and media. For getting the support of stakeholder requires a uniform communication strategy. For getting the long term business reputation, positive feedback of customers is required.

ENGLEWOOD, CO (October 29, 2010) – With wildfires burning in Boulder, Allstate (NYSE: ALL) is already responding and bringing resources into the area to help policyholders. But right now, safety must take precedence.

It’s vital to listen to instructions from local authorities. If nearby residents have been evacuated, or if evacuations may soon be a possibility, homeowners should prepare immediately for a quick departure. If it is safe to do so, Allstate encourages homeowners to consider the following steps when preparing to evacuate.

Before leaving the home…

If leaving the home…

Flash back to the 1950's where the times were hopping with swing dancing, poodle skirts and leather jackets. Jeremy Bloom's Wish of a Lifetime (JBWOL) hosted "An Affair to Remember Sock Hop 2010" on Oct. 16 in both Denver and Boulder. The event was in celebration of founder, Jeremy Bloom's grandmother Donna Wheeler's 85th Birthday.

JBWOL and Brookdale Senior Living sponsored the free event for seniors 65 years and older. The event was designed as an opportunity for seniors to get out and about and enjoy themselves. The afternoon was filled with music, dancing and food.

Ten lucky seniors were randomly selected to receive makeovers prior to the event provided by Amanda Cameron and Ali Austin, who flew in from California. They were all dolled up just in time for the dancing to start.

In Denver, Swing Unlimited provided entertainment throughout the afternoon. The United States Air Force showed up to dance with the seniors. Even Elvis and Marilyn Monroe made a surprise appearance and the seniors were so excited to see the stars there.

Root beer floats were served and the ice cream was donated from Sweet Action Ice Cream.

When seniors arrived, they were pinned with boutonnieres from Fleur Décor and Lifetouch photography was on site to take photographs that were given to them at the end of the night. Seniors in attendance also received special goodie bags.
It was a different scene in Boulder with a 15-piece band, "All Star Jazz," providing entertainment. It was a more elegant formal affair with a chocolate fountain, which was a big hit with the seniors. The seniors were able to socialize and relax while listening to the band play. There was one senior who had her dancing shoes on the whole time and tried to get everyone grooving to the beat.

The event was a success at both locations and lived up to its name, an affair to remember.

Georgia B., one of the seniors in attendance at the Denver location, wrote a thank you note saying how much she enjoyed the event.
"Thank you so much for a fabulous day," she wrote.

Special thanks to Brookdale Senior Living, Swing Unlimited, United States Air Force, Sweet Action Ice Cream, Fleur Décor, Lifetouch photography, Advance Food, Country Buffet, Entegra, Royal Cup, Tagawa Gardens, Cameo Club, Direct Supply, Eon, Staples, Tyson, City Bakery, Whole Foods Market, Ecolab, Fortune Valley, Piñon Management, and Kevin Medina Group.

To view photos: http://www.mytowncolorado.com/photo/albums/an-affair-to-remember-boulder

About Jeremy Bloom's Wish of a Lifetime
Jeremy Bloom's Wish of a Lifetime (JBWOL) was established by two-time Olympic Skier, former NFL football player and Colorado native Jeremy Bloom in living honor of his grandmother Donna Wheeler. Bloom left competitive sports to launch the foundation in order to initiate a cultural change by enriching the lives of seniors. For more information, please visit www.seniorwish.org. ;

About Brookdale Senior Living
Brookdale Senior Living® communities provide active retirement living for thousands of residents, serving seniors and their families since 1978. Today, Brookdale is the nation's largest owner and operator of senior living communities throughout the United States and a leading national provider of senior-related services. Our assisted living facilities and other communities feature a high quality of life and the highest levels of personal service. With an outstanding reputation in our field, we currently operate more than 565 senior living and retirement communities across the nation. Each day, more than 32,000 Brookdale associates serve over 53,600 residents in a variety of settings.

October 2010 - 29, 30, 31*
November 2010 - 5, 6, 7*, 8, 11, 12, 13

Preview night October 28

* Sunday performances are at 2:00 pm.
All others are at 7:30 pm

As a Girl Scout volunteer, you'll add meaningful days to girls' lives and to your own. Tackle everything from global warming to election reform. Travel to incredible places. Share your personal passions and create experiences together you'll never forget.

Adults can volunteer to lead a troop through their Girl Scout leadership experience or assist whenever it’s convenient with their schedule at events, camps or in the office. Both men and women aged 18 and older are invited to help. Adult volunteers gain marketable career skills, enhanced parenting skills and share hobbies, adventures and expertise through Girl Scouts.

For more information, visit girlscoutsofcolorado.org/index.cfm/ID/22/BeaVolunteer, e-mail inquiry@gscolorado.org or call 1-877-404-5708.

Girls ages 5-17 invited to join Girl Scouts

In Girl Scouts, you really can change the world. Every girl can make a difference. Whether across town, across the country or across the world, you discover that people have more similarities than differences. Make a change in your neighborhood, in your country and in your world. Join other amazing girls now who are making a difference. Girl Scouts can make every day a step toward reaching heights you never imagined. There are now more flexible ways to be a Girl Scout than joining a troop. For more information, visit girlscoutsofcolorado.org/index.cfm/ID/437/Becomeamember, email inquiry@gscolorado.org or call 1-877-404-5708.

Photo: On Sept. 1, first grade Daisy troop 2607 and their siblings participated in Erie Elementary's Walk n' Roll. Part of a bigger program to promote nutrition and activity with kids, Walk n' Roll encourages students to walk or ride a bike to school. Photo courtesy Girl Scouts of Colorado

There's free money, and then again there is money that costs very little.

I'm like anyone else. As soon as I create an email account, I become a magnet for every world cure to pass through a deceptive mind. I get offers to cure my credit card debt, of which I have none, free money the government is trying to give away, and processes to make unbelieveable money online for only hours a week.These electronic do-gooders are actually better said the best of fisher men. Fishing is about luring an underwater creature away from what is real to to what only looks real, hooking it for someone else's dinner, the oldest of "bait and switch" scams. It is also why many spam emails are known to have "fishing" sequences attached.

But here's a deeper question. Why do so many students, or is it schools, pass up scholarships with minimal work attached? Why are there scholarships that require no more than a reference or two, and a specific direction academically, getting disregarded -- possibly for no more reason than they only offer a couple hundred dollars per award?

Imagine being the "average student" trying to finance school, struggled through high school, watching scholarships go by because they apply to the high achievers. Guess what, RE-1 Valley students. You're not out of the running, especially if you're considering education, and attending Northeastern Junior College on the way. Even at NJC, every little bit helps, and if you're attending NJC, $250 per year could go a long way.

Contact me if this is you. The Re-1 Foundation may have a check with your name on it.