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Volume 3, Issue 32 Friday, May 6, 2005 This Week's Sponsors
(Your ad here for just $30 per edition. Email us by clicking here.) Chamber Calendar Wednesday, May 11: Pathfinders Leadership session, 7:45 a.m., NewPage converting center, Chamber Drive. Wednesday, May 11: Finance Committee, 4 p.m., chamber. Wednesday, May 11: Pathfinders Leadership graduation ceremony featuring Entrepreneur of the Year Bill Herrnstein, 6 p.m., Chillicothe Country Club. Thursday, May 12: Ross County Safety Council luncheon, 11:30 a.m., Chillicothe Country Club. Mark Garver from the Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation will discuss accident analysis. Safety Council registration Friday, May 13: Rockin Ross County gala fundraiser, featuring the music of the Gravity Cats, food and refreshments available, $5, 8 p.m., Elks, West Second Street. Wednesday, May 18: Business After Business, Nourse Chillicothe AutoMall, 5-7 p.m. BAB registration Wednesday, May 25: Networking Luncheon, 11:30 a.m., Chillicothe Country Club, topic TBA. Thursday, May 26: Board of Directors, noon, Rathkamp Financial, Woodbridge Avenue. Tuesday, June 7: Open House at the chamber; come see your organization's new offices at 45 E. Main St. and see how the community's newest asset, a Welcome Center, is paying off; in conjunction with our partners: Ross-Chillicothe Convention and Visitors Bureau and the Chillicothe-Ross Community Foundation, 5-7 p.m., refreshments available.
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CATS TO ROCK THE STAGE: The Gravity Cats will be playing classic rock n roll and other selections to keep the crowd stirred at next Friday's (May 13) "Rockin' Ross County" fundraiser for the chamber. The event gets underway at 8 p.m. in the Elks parking lot on West Second Street (inside if the weather doesn't cooperate) with refreshments and food available. Around 9, an auction will be held for three chairs decorated by chamber members and the drawing will be held to determine the winner of the "Ultimate Vacation Package." Tickets for the vacation package are still available at the chamber. The $25 price gets you a chance at a gift certificate to Advantage Travel to use as you see fit. The prize is dependent on the number of tickets sold and could be as high as $3,000. No more than 325 tickets will be sold. DISCOUNT PROGRAM OFF TO GREAT START: Four chamber members already are offering nice discounts on products and services to other chamber members in the new discount program. The program is available to all chamber members and is to stimulate activity among members. It also helps keep local sales dollars local. To learn more, go to the web page at www.chillicotheohio.com/Discounts.htm or call the chamber at 702-2722. Here's what's being offered now:
PROGRAM GOAL: MORE HOMEOWNERS: The Fifth Third Homeownership Mobile is pulling into Chillicothe Friday, May 13 with plans to educate more people about the benefits and opportunities of homeownership. The specially equipped van is a partnership of Fifth Third, Freddie Mac and the Community College Foundation. The mobile classroom offers one-to-one meetings with mortgage experts regarding pre-approvals, refinancing and the loan process. A ribbon-cutting is set for 11:30 a.m. at Sack-N-Save on East Main Street followed by lunch. The e-bus is open until 6 p.m. CHECK YOUR PLAQUE: All members in good standing of the chamber should be displaying their 2005 membership plaque -- and we hope prominently. If for some reason, you don't have the most recent insert card, give us a call and we'll get one out right away, 702-2722. HOME-GROWN TRADITION CONTINUES: It looks like great weather will greet the 2005 opening day of the Chillicothe Farmers' Market. Sunshine and blue skies are predicted when vendors begin selling at 8 Saturday morning at the Ross County Service Center on Western Avenue. Produce, baked goods, natural meat and plants and flowers all will be on display. Sales end at noon each Saturday. NO JOBS EXPECTED TO BE LOST: That's what the new owners of Telesis Technologies said this week. The 175 workers at the Pickaway County business off U.S. 23 are expected to remain under Crimson Investments of Palo Alto, CA which bought the firm from Tyden Group of Michigan. Telesis makes identification and security-marking systems for products ranging from cars to golf clubs. Customers include AT&T, Boeing, Ford, GE Aerospace, General Motors and Volvo. The new owner is quoted as saying it is interested in selling Telesis products more aggressively in Asia. SERVICE HAS IMPACT: Herlihy Moving and Storage has been named an IMPACT Household Goods Award winner by Mayflower Transit for 2004. The award signifies Herlihy as a top performing Mayflower agent in terms of claims liability percentage. The firm will be recognized at the annual convention in November in Orlando, FL. WHAT'S ON TAP THIS WEEKEND?: Wondering what to do this weekend or want to check on the next three weekends, just click on the Community events calendar link that now becomes a staple of Weekly Update. It's on the left side above the chamber calendar. This is a link to the calendar maintained by the visitors bureau and it also appears on our homepage. If you want to list one of your events, email the bureau at info@visithistory.com or call 702-7677.
LOOKING FOR BOARD MEMBERS OR VOLUNTEERS?: Don't forget about graduates of the chamber's Pathfinders Leadership program. One goal of the program, which sees the next class graduating next week, is to prepare alumni to serve on boards or volunteer their time with organizations in the community. By giving the participants broad knowledge of the community and its resources, these people are well equipped to help groups advance. To check out the alums, here's a list which will be updated by late next week: Pathfinder Leadership graduates. ABOUT TO OPEN: The grand re-opening of the new Wal-Mart Supercenter on River Trace Lane is set for Wednesday, May 25 at 8 a.m. More details to come. GUS BUSTERS NEEDED: The Gus Macker 3 on 3 Basketball Tournament in downtown Chillicothe June 10-12 is looking for more people to keep the games on-time and orderly. You have to be at least age 18. Busters receive t-shirts, shorts, warm-up pants, new gym shoes and other items. For more information, go to www.chillicothemacker.com or call Chris Wagner at 701-1011. NEW POSITION: Jack Williams, formerly with Bechtel Jacobs, becomes public affairs manager at the Piketon United States Enrichment Corporation plant on Monday. VENDORS LICENSES: Here's who's received licenses recently from the Ross County Auditor:
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PLENTY OF TECH GOING ON: While we'll probably never be confused with the Silicon Valley, the Scioto Valley is home to some very forward-thinking people using technology in some very unique ways. Some of these ways were spotlighted at this week's Networking Luncheon which featured Garry Little of the Information Technology Alliance of Appalachian Ohio. Little talked about the organization (
SHOWING OFF YOUR PLACE: Mark your calendars for Tuesday, June 7 from 5-7 p.m. to attend the open house at 45 E. Main St. The chamber, visitors bureau and the Chillicothe-Ross Community Foundation will be hosting an open house to give you a chance to see the Welcome Center. All major renovations have been completed and it's time to show you what your dues and other investments in the chamber have yielded. We think you'll be nicely surprised, if you haven't been here already.