August 2015 Newsletter - Maysville Mason County Area

M AYS VI LLE - M AS ON C O . A R E A C H AMB E R OF C O MME R C E
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CHAMBER CONNECTIONS
August 2015
INSIDE:
September Chamber Luncheon
Calendar of Events
7
Chamber Services
4&5
Member2Member
6
Member News
5
Member of the Month
4
New Members
3
Renewing Members
3
SAVE THESE DATES
September 3rd
Chamber Luncheon
“Industry”
11:30 am -1 pm
September 4th
Google Profile
Training, 8:30 am
September 7th
Chamber office will
be Closed in
Observance of
Labor Day
September 11th
Google Profile
Training, 8:30 am
September 3rd - Membership Luncheon
What Do they Do?
Ever wonder just what is produced in area industries?
Join us to hear representatives from
Federal Mogul, International Paper
and Stober Drives.
Maysville Country Club
11:30 am- 1 pm
$15 per person
Reserve your seat by calling: (606) 564-5534
Or email: chamberadmin@maysvilleky.net
Open House
September 22nd (4-6 pm)
You are invited to Join us for an
Open House for:
Raymond James Financial Services, Inc
(Upper Level of the Woodland Center)
& New Hope Community Services
(Lower Level of the Woodland Center)
Door Prizes & Refreshments
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EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Suzan Ross - Chair
Dan Fannin - Vice Chair
Michael Parker - Past Chair
Janet White - Treasurer
Larry Poe
Tonya Wenz
Chamber Connections
Congratulations to the winners of our 2015
Golf Scramble
Winner – Laurel Oaks Team
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Term Expires December 31, 2015
Linda Brown- Kenton Pointe Assisted
Living
Rebecca Cartmell - Red Cross
David Lawrence - Rotary Club
Joe VonDerHaar - East Ky. Power
Tonya Wenz - Limestone YMCA
Term Expires December 31, 2016
Dustin Grutza - Ranger Steel
Michael Parker - Hospice of Hope
Norlene Rice - Bank of Maysville
Suzan Ross - Baldwin CPAs
Janet White - US Bank
Term Expires December 31, 2017
Mary Bishop - Women’s Crisis Ctr
Bob Hendrickson - Ledger
Independent
Larry Poe - Boone Real Estate
Kirby Rosser - Mason Co. Schools
Tony Sweeney - Sweeney Appraisals
Term Expires December 31, 2018
Allison Adams - Buffalo Trace
Health Department
Chuck Doughman- C & D
Electronics
Dan Fannin- Regal
Gerry Schumacher- First State
Bank
Michelle Traxel- Traxel’s Jewelry
Ex-Officio
David Cartmell - Mayor, Maysville
Kelly Clarke - Tourism Rep.
Mike Denham - State Representative
Jeremy Faulkner - BTADD
Joseph Pfeffer - Judge
Executive, Mason Co.
Rick Ross - Mason Co. Board of
Education
Robert Parker - Meadowview
Regional Medical Center
Tracey Parriman - Mason Co. Coop
Ext. Service
Dr. Stephen Vacik- Maysville
Community & Technical College
Gene Weaver - Industrial Authority
Draw Winners –
Fleming-Mason Energy, US Bank and Aaron’s
Hole Prizes:
Women’s Closet to the Pin – Audrey Anderson
Men’s Closest to the Pin – Hunter Burlew
Chamber Connections
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THE CHAMBER THANKS THESE
MEMBERS FOR RENEWING IN JULY
84 Lumber
Applebee's
AT&T
Brell & Son Funeral Home
Carmeuse Lime
Central Supply Co.
City of Maysville
Dr. James E. Adams
East KY Power Coop
Emerson Industrial Automation
Green Tokai Company, Ltd.
Gross Insurance & Financial Planning
Kentucky Distillers Association
Kentucky Utilities Company
Kirlin's Hallmark #248
Lasting Impressions Salon & Spa
Limestone Cable Vision
Mason Co. Fiscal Court
May's Lick Medical Clinic
Meadowview Regional Medical Center
Neff Refrigeration, Heating and A/C
New Hope Community Services, LLC
Sherwin-Williams Company
Standard Tobacco Co.
WFTM
SAVE THE DATES
“A Star Spangled Celebration”
Takin’ Care of Business
November 9, 2015
5:30 pm
MISSION
The MISSION of the
Maysville-Mason Co.
Area Chamber of
Commerce is to
enhance economic
growth, promote
development and
provide leadership of
the business
community in the
Maysville- Mason
County Area.
VISION
Provide
value to the
membership
Promote the people,
community and
business in the
Maysville and mason
County area.
Provide leadership in
the development of
economic growth and
business vitality
Through:
communications,
outreach programs,
education and training.
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Area Chamber of
Commerce.
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BENEFITS
CHAMBER CHOICE
GIFT CHECKS
Available in $5, $10,
$20 or $25
denominations.
PROMOTION
NETWORKING
Laurel Oaks Golf Course
808 US Hwy 62, Maysville
(606) 759-5011
RIBBON CUTTINGS
INFORMATION
SERVICES
CHAMBER WEBSITE
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links to your website or
Facebook page.
LEADERSHIP
HORIZONS
Explore all our
community has to offer
through this leadership
development program
co-sponsored by the
Chamber.
LET’S PUT MAYSVILLE ON THE MAP
Have access to
Chamber member
info wherever you
are by
downloading
MyChamberApp
on your
SmartPhone.
Choose Kentucky, then
Maysville-Mason Co.
Area Chamber of
Commerce
It will become your
“favorite”
Join us at the Chamber office to learn
how to complete your Google profile.
September 4th at 8:30 am
September 11th at 8:30 am
Bring your Laptop or IPad
Limited Seating!
RSVP to: (606) 564-5534
Chamber Connections
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MEMBERS IN THE NEWS IN JULY
Maysville Community & Technical
College hosted their 4th Annual Maysville
Summer Robotics Camp. 12 Students
from 7-12 years old attended the action
packed 4-day camp.
D I SC OU NTS
Mason County Schools new STEAM
Academy (Science, Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, and Medicine) will be
ready for the 200 high school students
who have chosen to take classes in those
subject areas when they return to school
on August 12th. In all, 4.5 million dollars
was allocated for the project.
First State Bank in Ripley the SelfReliant Award to a senior at the Ripley
Union Lewis Huntington School. This
award has been around since the 1960’s
Security Bank & Trust Company of
and the Ripley Union Banking Center has Maysville is pleased to announce that
been the proud donor of the award.
Robert T. Palmer has been named a director of the bank.
Farm Credit Mid- America welcomes
Lindsey Phillips. Lindsey has been named
The Kentucky Gateway Museum
Financial Service Officer. Phillips will ser- Center had on exhibit Lego’s. There have
vice loans and financially related services been several families and children come to
for a $19 billion financial cooperative
the museum to see the artwork created by
serving over 96,500 farmer producers and legos.
rural residents throughout Indiana, Ohio,
Maysville Community & Technical
Kentucky, and Tennessee.
College hosted a meet and greet to give
Baldwin, CPA’s has announced their
residents the opportunity to meet Dr.
merger with Eldridge, Jackson and Leedy Stephen Vacik, the new president of
PLLC, a professional services firm located MCTC.
in Flemingsburg, KY. Baldwin CPA’s will
The Kentucky Gateway Museum
now have a total of 39 employees. The
Center
welcomes the new director of the
merger was effective on June 1, 2015, and
Museum, Michael Pack. Pack comes to the
the firm will maintain offices in Richjob with a keen interest in genealogy and
mond, Flemingsburg, Louisville, Maysbackground in personnel management.
ville, and Lexington, KY.
City of Maysville police chief Ron Rice Maysville Community & Technical
was inducted into the Kentucky Veterans College has launched a new inactive with
global reach: 5K Project Malaria. Funds
Hall of Fame.
raised over the course of the fall semester
The Maysville Players presented the
will go to Western Uganda through Camclassic musical “Bye, Bye, Birdie” at the
bodia Missionaries.
Washington Opera House. The cast featured 30 teen and college aged performers.
BRANDING FORUMS
City officials, in conjunction with a committee of citizens, is seeking
the public's input for a new branding strategy that will be used
to market the area to visitors.
Aug 13th at 6:30 p.m.- at the Mason County Intermediate School Commons Area
Aug 18th at 6:30 p.m.- at the Maysville Lions Club Building
Aug 20th at 6:30 p.m.- at the Mason County Extension Office
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Chamber Connections
Take the NCRC
We need your assistance! We want to ensure that our children and grandchildren have jobs available in the area once they graduate.
We are certified as a Work ready in Process Community. In order to reach the Work Ready level,
we need 9% of our working age adults to hold a National Career Readiness Certificate. We have
funds to pay for Mason County residents. Testing dates are:
The Kentucky Career Center,
Tuesday: 8:30 am & 1:30 pm, Wednesday: 1:30 pm,
Thursday: 8:30 am & 1: 30 pm, and Friday: 8:30 am
Call the Chamber office to schedule your test TODAY! (606) 564-5534
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(606) 759-7141,
ext. 66120
APPLEBEE’S OF
MAYSVILLE
175 Walmart Way, Maysville
606-759-0620
BLUE LICKS STATE
RESORT PARK
P.O. Box 66, Mt. Olivet
800-443-7008
www.parks.ky.gov
C & D ELECTRONICS
110 Tucker Drive,
Maysville
606-759-5027
CRAWFORD DOWNING
INSURANCE AGENCY
125 Market Street,
Maysville
606-564-6826
www.crawfordins.com
GOOD SHEPHERD
PRINTING
606-784-2858
Morehead
http:/WePrintForLess.com/Cha
mberSpecial.htm
FRENCH QUARTER
INN
MATTRESS
WAREHOUSE
25 E. McDonald Parkway
Maysville
606-564-8000
179 Wal-Mart Way,
Maysville
606-759-0655
JUDY GEAGLEY BY
HAND, LLC.
M & M CUSTOM
FRAMING
1633 Martha Ann Drive
Maysville, KY 4 1056
606-759-7848
546 Garrad Rd
Tollesboro, KY 41189
606-798-3901
LASTING IMPRESSIONS PARADISE BREEZE
SALON & SPA
WATERPARK
14 East Second Street
Maysville
606-564-5646
www.lastingimpressionsspa.com
3177 AA Highway
Maysville
606-759-9416
www.paradisebreezeky.com
MARY KAY COSMETICS- PROSOURCE
TONYA SARTIN4720 Glendale Milford Rd.
606-584-2779
Cincinnati, OH 45242
LIFE’S ULTIMATE
MARTIAL ARTS
ACADEMY
740 Fleming Road,
Maysville
606-564-9400
513-769-0606
www.totalprosource.com
TOPICAL MEDIA
SOLUTIONS
38 Price Road
Augusta, KY 41002
606-584-8819
Chamber Connections
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MASON COUNTY AREA CALENDAR OF EVENTS
August 18th- Mason Co. Farmers
Market- Located at the Mason Co.
Extension Office, 10 am-2 pm
August 20th- Mason Co. Farmers
Market- Located across from the
Mason Co. Health Dept, under the
Simon Kenton Bridge, 9 am- 1 pm.
August 22nd- Mason Co. Farmers
Market- Located in front of Tractor
Supply, 10 am- 2 pm
August 25th- Mason Co. Farmers
Market- Located at the Mason Co.
Extension Office, 10 am-2 pm
August 28th Women’s Crisis
Center 5th Annual- DINING TO
MAKE A DIFFERENCE-Denim
& Diamonds Event. Located at:
Maysville Conference Center. 6 pm.
Wear your DENIM &
DIAMONDS. For more
information and tickets contact:
Melissa Greenwell,
MGreenwell@wccky.org , 606-5646708 or Mary Bishop,
mbishop@wccky.org at 606-5646708
bake it and what creative, fun things Cost is $15 if you pre-register thru
can be made. Cost is $5. Resister for September 4 and $20 after
this class by calling: 606-564-6808
September 4 until day of event. Start
September 3rd- Chamber line will be at Saint Patrick School. If
Luncheon- “What Do they you need more information, please
do?” Located at: The
call: (606) 407-5180
Maysville Country Club. Cost is
September 12th- 3rd Annual
$15. Reserve your seat by calling:
Filthy 5K- presented by Kentucky
(606) 564-5534, or email:
Mudfest. For more information
chamberadmin@maysvilleky.net
contact: 606-564-5865
September 4th- ORVAG
September 12th- Saint Pat’s Fall
Presents: “Art of the iPhone”- 5-7 Festival
pm- . Located on the 2nd floor of
the Cox Building. Gallery Hours are:
September 19th- 20th- Simon
Tue- Sat 11 am – 4 pm. For more
Kenton Festival- Located in
information call: 606-564-4383
Historic Old Washington.
September 4th- 6th- Mandolin
September 19th- KGMC- History
Farm Bluegrass FestivalPerformances Include: Nate Stone & of Browning ManufacturingSouth of Nowhere, Open Mic Night, 10:30 am Louis Browning- Seminars
are FREE and open to the public
East Kentucky Blue, The Price
Coffee, tea and coffee cake will be
Sisters, Marteka N William Lake,
CONFEDERATE RAILROAD – served. For more information
contact: 606-564-5865
18 Top 40 Hits, Turning Ground,
The Weary Jammers, Mountain
September 25th- 26th- Cave Run
Melody. For more information call: Story Telling Festival- For more
(443) 838-8841, or email:
information contact: (606)-780-4342.
kimber@blondemtg.com
Or visit: www.caverunstoryfest.org
August 29th- Mason Co. Farmers
Market- Located across from the
Mason Co. Health Dept, under the September 12- Maysville Rotary
Simon Kenton Bridge, 9 am- 1 pm. Club 36th Annual Horse ShowAugust 8th- Mason Co. Farmers Germantown Fair Grounds.
Market- Located in front of Tractor Delicious Food. Pre-Show Stick
Horse Ring- $5 Admission; Under 12
Supply, 10 am- 2 pm
Free.
September 3rd- Mason County
September 25th & 26th- Pig-out
in Downtown Maysville.- Pig Out
is located at the corner of McDonald
Parkway and Sutton Street. Friday
7:00 pm. On Saturday at: Noon.
Vendors will be serving pulled pork,
Extension Office- Bread Making- September 12th- Saints Stampede- brisket, ribs, & chicken in their own
5-6:30 pm -As a group, we will learn Saint Patrick Fall Festival 5K run / 2 unique signature style. For more
information please call: 606-564how bread is made, how dough is
mile walk that will be held @ 8:00
4869
kneaded, how it should feel, how to a.m. Registration starts @ 7 a.m.
Does your Company or Organization have an upcoming Event?
Add it to our Calendar!
Email it to: chamberadmnin@maysvilleky.net
Corporate
Executive
Entrepreneur
of Maysville
Maysville-Mason Co. Area
Chamber of Commerce
201 E. Third Street
Maysville, KY 41056
Return Service Requested
Partner:
Active Care
Chiropractic
Delores Baker,
Attorney At Law
Downing
Insurance Agency
First State Bank
Hospice of Hope
Kentucky Gateway
Museum Center
Moore & Parker
Funeral Home
Neff Refrigeration,
Heating and
Air Conditioning
Primary Plus
Traxel's Jewelry
US Bank
Associate:
Boone Real Estate
Brock-McVey
Buffalo Trace Surveying
C & D Electronics
Drifter’s Paradise
Campground
Fox, Wood, Wood
& Estill
Gold Star Chili
Kachler Appraisal Service
Knox & Brothers
Funeral Home
M & M Custom Framing
Mason Co. Coop
Extension
Mason Co. PVA
People’s Bank
Real Estate Asset
Counseling
Redden Hometown Realty
Royse, Zweigart, Kirk,
Brammer, and Caudill