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RIGHT NOW For advertising information please call 990-2443 or visit GET TO THE TOP OF GOOGLE™ Affordable, Effective • Website Design • SEO • Social Media Marketing • Call today for a FREE written assessment of how well your website is working for you! 702-836-3278 www.lasvegasbestseo.com What's on tap? For event and calendar consideration please email us at research@vegasinc.com. Deadline is 20 days before publication. MONDAY, JULY 2 Taking business to a new level with innovative advertising and marketing solutions. Mark aNDrEW DE PootEr P: 702-990-2513 C: 702-553-5698 E: mark.depooter@vegasinc.com Eggs & Issues Breakfast Forum Time: 8-9 a.m. (registration begins at 7:30 a.m.) Cost: $40-$55 Location: The Palms, 4321 W. Flamingo Road Information: 641-5822 or pmoradkhan@ lvchamber.com Congressman Joe Heck will be the featured speaker at Eggs & Issues July 2 at the Palms. He will make remarks and participate in a question-and-answer session. Eggs & Issues, a program designed to connect chamber members with policymakers, is a breakfast forum held in a town hall-style setting. TUESDAY, JULY 3 VYP Morning Buzz Time: 7:30-9 a.m. Location: Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce, 6671 S. Las Vegas Blvd., Suite 300 Information: 586-3833 The Vegas Young Professionals Morning Buzz allows attendees a chance to network with fellow young professionals before heading to work. LVBNM 6th Anniversary-Visionary Awards & Luncheon Time: 11a.m.-2p.m. Cost: $30 Location: Suncoast Grand Ballroom, 9090 Alta Drive Information: 639-6964 The Large Vision Business Network Mixer is celebrating its sixth anniversary. This year's event will feature the 2012 Visionary Awards, business exhibits, lunch, music and raffle drawings. Attendees are encouraged to bring their business cards for networking. The guest speaker for the event is state Sen. Steven Horsford. Willie Gault and Bret Lockett will also be on hand. Gault, a former Olympian, NFL player and current business owner, is founder of the Athletes For Life Foundation. Lockett, a former NFL player and current businessman, is founder of the Get It All Campaign Foundation. Chamber Connections Time: 5:30-7 p.m.; exclusive to Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce members Location: Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce CenturyLink Conference Center, 6671 S. Las Vegas Blvd., Suite 300 Information: 641-5822 Chamber Connections is a place for business professionals to come together to grow their networks and businesses by sharing contacts, referrals and ideas. Members meet monthly with other business professionals to learn the most effective ways to network and how to incorporate social media into their activities, while establishing a network of peers dedicated to helping each other grow their businesses through referrals. WEDNESDAY, JULY 4 HECK Toyota's 100 Cars for Good Program Time: 7a.m.-8:59 p.m. Location: www.100CarsForGood.com Information: 369-4357 or www.HelpSONV.org Las Vegas-based HELP of Southern Nevada is calling on local residents to help the nonprofit organization win a Toyota Sienna Mobility Van in Toyota's 100 Cars for Good program by logging on to www.100carsforgood.com on July 4 and voting for the charity. If HELP of Southern Nevada wins, it will become the first local nonprofit to win the national competition. Toyota's 100 Cars for Good program is a philanthropic initiative in which the automaker is giving 100 cars to 100 nonprofits over the course of 100 days. July 4th Celebration Time: 9a.m.-8p.m. Cost: $4 Location: Sway Pool Lounge at the Silverton, 3333 Blue Diamond Road Information: 263-7777 or www.SilvertonCasino.com Celebrate America's independence poolside at the Silverton. Relax in the summer sun and enjoy multiple food and beer specials throughout the day. Reggae band Natural Heights will play two sets at 2 p.m. and 4 p.m., with deejay R.O.B. spinning music to keep the party going. "A Capitol Fourth" Time: 8 p.m. Location: Vegas PBS Channel 10 Information: 367-7771 To celebrate America's Independence Day, Vegas PBS will air "A Capitol Fourth, " a gala salute to our country's independence. "A Capitol Fourth" airs live from the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol before a concert audience of hundreds of thousands, millions more at home, on National Public Radio and to troops around the world on the American Forces Network. Tom Bergeron takes the helm as the new host of the star-spangled affair, which features an Olympic tribute to Team USA with Olympic medalist Apolo Anton Ohno and John Williams conducting his "Olympic Fanfare." The festivities will be capped off by a fireworks display. SATURDAY, JULY 7 Great American Cookout Time: 4-9 p.m. Cost:$30 Location: Central Michel Richard at Caesars Palace, 3570 Las Vegas Blvd. South Information: 650-5921 or www.CentralLV.com Central Michel Richard will celebrate Independence Day with a Great American Cookout held outdoors on its patio fronting Caesars' Roman Plaza. The party will take place the same evening Caesars Palace will host the Strip's fireworks celebration. The fireworks are scheduled to begin just past 9 p.m., if weather permits. Guests will feast on meaty main courses including whole roasted suckling pig, barbecue pulled pork sandwiches, grilled bratwurst and all-beef hot dogs, grilled barbecue pork ribs and Cajun-grilled flatiron steak. The $30 per-person price includes all-you-can-drink local brewers' selections from Tenaya Creek Brewery and Joseph James. 20120702_VI22_F.indd 22 6/28/12 3:14:13 PM