Business Briefs

Published Thursday, February 6, 2008

By Denny Deady

Credit Union a good place to work

DATCU was named the fourth best place to work in Texas by The Texas Association of Business and the Texas State Council of SHRM! Each year, the contest honors the best among the best of employers in Texas. In 2006, DATCU was named the 14th Best Place to Work in Texas. Winners were selected based on an over-all company survey, which highlighted the perks and benefits DATCU provides, and the employee survey, which gave employees the opportunity to rate their employer. DATCU will travel to Austin on Friday, Jan. 25, to attend the awards ceremony. Governor Rick Perry will present the honors to winning companies. The results will appear in the February edition of Texas Monthly magazine.

Deadline announced for scholarship

Application deadline is April 1 for the annual Wise County Area Business Women's Network Scholarship.

The scholarship is open to all 2008 graduating male and female seniors and to any currently enrolled college student.

The organization hopes to award four $1,000 scholarships.

The application is available on the Network's Web site, http://www.abwn.net.

Anderson joins Angus association

Landon Anderson of Paradise has joined the American Angus Association and Summer Amanda Miller of Decatur is a new junior member of the association.

The American Angus Association, with more than 36,000 active adult and junior members, is the largest beef cattle registry Association in the world. Its computerized records include detailed information on nearly 16 million registered Angus.

Junior members are eligible to register cattle in the association, participate in programs conducted by the National Junior Angus Association and take part in association sponsored shows and other national and regional events.

Restaurant to raise funds for children

IHOP restaurant in Decatur will join IHOPs around the country in celebrating National Pancake Day Feb. 12, 7 a.m. to 10 p.m., benefitting Shriners Hospitals for Children.

Customers will be offered a free short stack of buttermilk pancakes and will be asked to make a donation to Shriners Hospitals for Children.

IHOPs nationwide hope to raise $750,000.

Realtors raise Habitat funds

More than 80 people from Wise and Denton counties attended the Jan. 24 showing of "The Bucket List" starring Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman in Denton, in a fund-raiser sponsored by the Greater Denton/Wise County Association of REALTORS.

Door prizes were part of the fundraiser.

Proceeds will be used for Habitat for Humanity projects.

Bridgeport Tank Trucks bought

Audax Group of Boston has acquired Bridgeport Tank Trucks (BTT) in Bridgeport.

"BTT is a leader in the water hauling and disposal services business in the Barnett Shale," said Geoffrey S. Rehnert, co-CEO of Audax. "It has an excellent reputation for service and reliability. We will work with management to grow the business through new services and product applications, geographic expansion and strategic add-on acquisitions."

Ronald Holley, president and CEO of BTT, will continue to lead the management team.

"We are excited to have Audax Group as our partner," said Holley, in a Fort Worth Business Press announcement. "Their experience working with middle market companies and the oil and gas sector will be valuable as we continue to build and expand our business."