Baylake Wealth Services Recognized

• Brian R. Hartl of Baylake Wealth Services has been recognized by UVEST Financial Services for mutual fund sales and client servicing in the first quarter of 2010. He placed in the top 20 of more than 2,700 broker rankings.

Hartl will be attending “Focus10,” a leading financial services industry conference hosted by LPL Financial, one of the nation’s leading financial services companies and largest independent broker/dealer. Held in Boston, “Focus10” will be one of the industry’s largest gatherings of independent financial advisors, and the industry’s premier sales and education event.

Hartl has been with Baylake for nearly 14 years. He earned a bachelor’s degree at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, and master’s degree from Montana State University. He is a Certified Mutual Fund Counselor (CMFC) and Chartered Retirement Planning Counselor (CRPC).

For more information or to reach Hartl and his associate, Amy Van Bramer, visit their Sturgeon Bay office at 217 North 4th Avenue or call 920.743.5551. For more information about Baylake Bank services call 1.800.267.3610 or visit http://www.baylake.com.

• Over the course of the past 60 years, Vartanian Carpet & Rug have seen numerous changes in their industry. In the rush to become the lowest cost producers, many manufacturers seized at any new fiber. At Vartanian Carpet & Rug, any new introduction is and has always been examined very skeptically.

So when Mohawk Industries developed a new carpet fiber in 2004 that was touted as the “fiber of the future,” the Vartanian’s approached it with their usual skepticism.

Despite all their skepticism, the Vartanians were surprised to discover that this new fiber actually lived up to all the hype. SmartStrand® with Sorona® is a fiber that’s luxuriously soft, has remarkable durability and incredible stain resistance. The carpet contains an environmentally friendly fiber that is 37 percent derived from corn sugar, takes 30 percent less energy to produce than nylon, and greenhouse gas emissions are 63 percent lower than nylon manufacturing. SmartStrand® with Sorona® is so unique that the Federal Trade Commission recently gave approval for it to be classified as a new category of fiber.

To see the wide variety of carpets and rugs, including the SmartStrand brand, visit Vartanian Carpet & Rug, open Monday – Saturday, 10 am – 5 pm, Sunday, 1 – 5 pm, located at 10920 Bayshore Drive, Sister Bay. For more information call 920.854.2519 or visit http://www.rugpeddler.com.