The Firm of Gardner & Billing, CPAs PLLC

Gardner & Billing CPAs, just out of a busy tax season, are meeting new challenges head on. Long time office manager Pat Gardner and accountant CeeCee Kolka are leaving the company to pursue other interests. Partners Dave Gardner and Melissa Billing gave them a rousing send-off at a company dinner where current and past employees gathered to reminisce and wish them well. Gardner said, “We are certainly going to miss Pat and CeeCee, but we are looking at this as an opportunity to streamline our operation. We’ll be shifting responsibilities so we can continue to provide the service our clients deserve and have come to expect. It may be challenging at times, but that’s true of every change a company goes through.” Billing added, “Pat has served extremely well for so many years, we’re thankful we’ve had her services this long and are happy that she will have the time to pursue other interests. CeeCee has also been a great asset to the office. We’ll miss them both, but are h...

                     Though not an antique buff, there are some old, historic items that intrigue me, like weathervanes.   I faithfully check the rooster vane on the coal shed roof, but doubt his accuracy as he tips drunkenly backward. My efforts to keep him upright last until I’m off the ladder.                 Two requirements assure that a weathervane works; they must be made with unequal surface areas and they must be precisely balanced over their rotating axis. As the weathervane spins to reduce the force of the wind on its surface, the end with the least surface area turns into the wind indicating wind direction.              Weathervanes evolved from banners and the term vane from the Anglo Saxon word “fane”, which means flag or banner. Initially, banners ...