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London-Laurel County Chamber of Commerce
CHAMBER SPOTLIGHT
This newsletter is
sponsored by:
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Daniel Carmack,
Sallie Davidson Realtors
Edward Jones Investments Mike Fiechter
Forcht Bank
Hotwire Productions.net
Jackson Energy Cooperative
McKnight Properties
JULY
2016
Next Chamber Luncheon
Thursday, July 21
12:00 noon
Wildcat Harley-Davidson
$10.00 per person
SPONSORED
BY:
Chamber Co-ed
Softball Tournament
Saturday, August 27
Laurel County Fair Grounds
Grab your bat and glove and rally the team for the
Chamber’s 6th Annual Co-ed Softball tournament!
All Chamber Member Businesses are invited to participate.
This is a double elimination tournament.
Players can be employees or family members of employees.
Each player will receive a t-shirt. Event Sponsorships and
T-shirt sponsorships are available.
Winning team will receive a permanent trophy, a traveling
trophy and bragging rights!
Register your Team Today!
$250 Registration per Team. Deadline is August 19th.
London-Laurel County Chamber of Commerce
CHAMBER SPOTLIGHT
IN THE
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JULY
2016
Chamber Ambassador
Wendi Dizney
Forcht Bank
Our Ambassadors love to help us serve our community by promoting Chamber members, planning
new programming and looking out for the best interests of our membership.
Wendi Shemelya-Dizney, a banker employed by Forcht Bank, can be found within her community supporting and encouraging local businesses and growth within the town. Wendi was awarded a citation from the
Governor for “Outstanding Volunteerism” in the Commonwealth of Kentucky.
Starting her career within the banking community in early 2000, Wendi has successfully completed multiple
courses with the Kentucky Bankers Association. She possesses a variety of certificates within specific areas in the financial world. Her certificates are in areas including but not limited to: management, accounting,
and personal finance.
Wendi’s heart lies with helping individuals find financial stability and comfort within their own homes knowing
they are taken care of at their local community bank. With this desire, she started her career with Forcht
Bank in early 2015 and plans to pursue furthering her career within the company to better herself as well
those around her.
Furthering her love for those in her community, she extends this passion into the school systems by acting
as a parent member on the Site Base Council for Cold Hill Elementary. Wendi first went up for election on
the council in 2010 and has since been elected back in six times by parents of students within the school
that trust her to make educationally sound decisions on behalf of their children and their children’s school.
In the walls of her own home, she can be found with her husband Bill Dizney whom she has been happily
married to for fifteen years. Also alongside them, their two loving children Brailey and Brookz Dizney who
both were in attendance at Cold Hill Elementary school and will pursue their education ay South Laurel Middle and High School. Brailey is an active dancer at a dance studio here in London, Rhythm Dance Studio
since the age of three. Brookz is a busy swimmer associated with three different swim teams. His summer
swim league is with the Crooked Creek Crocs and the Somerset Spy Sharks. His winter swim league is with
Lake Cumberland Hurricanes. He has been swimming since the age of three.
When she is not busy volunteering or cheering on her children in their activities, Wendi spends her down
time enjoying the beautiful Laurel Lake and attending The Creek Church with her family.
We are proud to have the opportunity to share a little bit about
Wendi in this month’s newsletter; she is a vital part of our team and
we appreciate all of her hard work and dedication.
BUSINESS PROFILE - AT A GLANCE
Company: Forcht Bank, NA
Address: 50 Old Whitley Road London, KY
Email: wedizney@forchtbank.com
Website: www.forchtbank.com
Phone: 606-864-9500
London-Laurel County Chamber of Commerce
CHAMBER SPOTLIGHT
JULY
2016
The Chamber is pleased to welcome our newest member:
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Laurel Lake Camping Resort
 Mike’s Auto Sales
Renewing Chamber Members
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Appalachian Wireless
Baptist Health Corbin
Berry, A Vivial Company
Bledsoe Enterprises
Come-Unity Cooperative Care
Commonwealth Cancer Center
Evening Shade
First Christian Church
Forcht Bank
Gilpin Construction
Greene, McCowan & Co., PLLC
Hacker Brothers, Inc.
Hotwire Productions.net, LLC
Housing Authority of London
Jim Hays
Kentucky Blood Center
Laurel Co. Homecoming, Inc.
Laurel County P.V.A.
Laurel Place LLC
Legacy Nissan
London Insurance Agency
Mike Humfleet Appraisals
Mountain Heritage Artisans
Guild
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Napier & Associates, PSC
Plaza Drug of London
RE/MAX Property Professionals
Southeastern Kentucky Pool &
Patio
Superior Printing, Inc.
Times-Tribune
Tooms & Dunaway, Attorneys
USA Realty, Inc.
Wal-Mart Supercenter - London
White & Maggard Orthodontics
Wildcat Barns
London-Laurel County Chamber of Commerce
CHAMBER SPOTLIGHT
JULY
2016
EKU LINCing Interns with Employer Needs
IN THE SPOTLIGHT
EKU’s Regional Outreach Agents and the Regional Stewardship
Coordinator are networking with non-profits and businesses to employ interns through EKU’s Regional LINC (Liaison for Improving
Networks & Communication). The internship program will support
the work and address the business and nonprofit needs within the
EKU Service Region while providing valuable field experiences and
student employment.
Students will work directly for EKU’s Office of Regional Stewardship within their respective capacities. The benefit to employers is
no new-hire paperwork, no payroll entries, a faculty supervisor/
support person, as well as completion of task-oriented projects
without long-term commitment.
LINC’s location is EKU’s South Region Campus in Corbin, however, interns will be placed with the employer or work remotely. Either
scenario provides a faculty supervisor who will meet with the employer before the internship to outline tasks to ensure quality work
and timely completion.
Summer Internships:
The non-profits and for-profit entities will pay $4,500 for a summer
intern (29 hours a week) and a faculty support person.
Fall and Spring Internships:
The non-profits and for-profit entities will pay $4,000 for a fall or
spring intern (20 hours a week) and a faculty support person.
For more information about EKU LINC, contact Melissa Newman at
859-622-8865 or melissa.nemwan@eku.edu
Here are just three impressive examples of EKU LINC work, which
include: Harlan County Economic Development (logo and website
creation, social media creation, other office tasks as assigned);
Shaping Our Appalachian Region (press releases, social media
support, events, graphic design and other tasks as assigned); East
Kentucky Leadership Foundation (website and social media creation, graphic design, press releases, media outreach, event planning, and other tasks as assigned.
London-Laurel County Chamber of Commerce
CHAMBER SPOTLIGHT
JULY
2016
at Levi Jackson State Park NOW OPEN!!
Attention Chamber Members. . .
Volunteers are needed for the City of London's AJGA Golf Tournament at Crooked
Creek, Sunday July 24 - Thursday July 28. If you'd like to shuttle some of the best junior
golfers in the world, help take score, or help in other ways, please let us know by
contacting Chris Robinson at londonkytourism@gmail.com or calling 606-330-0501.
London-Laurel County Chamber of Commerce
CHAMBER SPOTLIGHT
JULY
2016
Ribbon Cutting Held at Alexander & Associates
A ribbon cutting was held on Tuesday, July 12th at
Alexander & Associates.
Alexander & Associates Speech Language Pathology
offers speech evaluations and therapy to children,
adults and geriatrics. They treat speech, language,
swallowing, voice, and stuttering disorders.
They are located at 1075 East 4th Street in the same
building as Christian Sturgeon & Associates.
London-Laurel County Chamber of Commerce
CHAMBER SPOTLIGHT
JULY
2016
Spotlight on the Center for Innovation
Biomedical Science Facilitates Student Success
Students in the Biomedical Science (BMS) program at the Center For Innovation
(CFI) have been immersed with clinical lab science experiments, research, and
learning activities throughout the year. Their efforts in the classroom and in the laboratory have resulted in a number of students success outcomes.
Students began the year with the investigation of a mock incident scene that included a mannequin named “Anna Garcia” who was found unresponsive and dead in
her apartment. The students immediately began securing the scene with caution
tape to protect the environment and to enable the proper collection of evidence. Students followed forensic science team procedures and sketched drawings of the scene, collected finger prints, foot prints, and other evidence that could be useful in determining cause and manner of death. Students began in the early weeks of the
year analyzing lab specimens such as body fluids, stomach contents, and blood typing. They continued throughout the year with experiments on blood sugar or glucose analysis with the calorimeter test, evaluated cholesterol levels, reviewed medications found in the body for toxicology report, studied infectious agents and communicable diseases, completed DNA marker analysis, EKG readings, and studied
and arterial blood flow pattern with the dissection of sheep hearts in the laboratory
setting. Students were able to utilize the knowledge gained through their training to
infer from data analysis and scientific reasoning the cause of death for “Anna Garcia”.
BMS students have performed at high levels of achievement and successfully completed their end-of-course assessments with 15% of CFI students scoring at the advanced level (8-9) compared to the national rate of 25%. Importantly, 55% of CFI
students scored 6 or higher which is the college credit benchmark with University of
the Cumberlands whereas only 44% nationally score 6 or higher. Further still, 72%
nationally are proficiency level, scoring 4 or higher, and CFI students are at 87%.
Only 14% fell below the level of proficiency, whereas double that number nationally
were below proficiency or 28%. Dr. James M. Davis, CFI Principal, identified that the
purposeful integration of academic and technical education has helped produce
these outstanding student achievements. “Our English, math, and technical faculty
members work collaboratively to deliver a rigorous program of study that embeds
the communication, mathematical, and technical skills necessary to help students
become college and career ready,” said Davis.
BMS students will be eligible to participate in the Health Occupation Students of
America (HOSA) program beginning in 16-17 to qualify for local, regional, and state
competitions in healthcare service related events. Students can also qualify to earn
up to 12 college credits upon matriculation to University of the Cumberlands after
graduation from high school as they pursue postsecondary education and training.
Students participated in enrichment trips to the Health Occupations Today (HOT)
Expo at the Center for Rural Development in Somerset, KY
and the Bass Cultural anthropology Center (Body Farm) at
the University of Tennessee Knoxville. Students also participated in the first annual Medical Science Symposium
which served as a career development conference with 24
workshops conducted at the CFI.
Article submitted by the Laurel County School District
London-Laurel County Chamber of Commerce
CHAMBER SPOTLIGHT
JULY
2016
Ladies of Vision is a regional group of women in Southeastern
Kentucky, empowered to inspire other women to give back to their
communities through networking, volunteerism and mentorship.
They meet the 4th Tuesday of every month at 8:30 am for breakfast,
networking and sharing of ideas. Locations of the meetings vary
each month. Please “Like” our page on Facebook to keep informed
of upcoming activities and events.
London-Laurel County Chamber of Commerce
CHAMBER SPOTLIGHT
JULY
2016
June Luncheon Photos
Special Thanks to our
June Luncheon Sponsor
Pictured Right:
Dr. Shelley Stanko speaks to
Chamber members about all
that Saint Joseph London has
to offer our community.
Belfry High School Football Coach and
author Philip Haywood was our guest
speaker. He is shown to the right signing
his book following the luncheon.
Laurel Co. School Superintendent
Doug Bennett spoke to attendees
about the Center for Innovation.
Dr. James Davis, Principal of the
Center for Innovation gave tours of the
facility following the luncheon.
The Chamber would like to thank the following businesses
that donated prizes at our June luncheon. . .
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Cheddar’s
Hotwire Productions.net
Jackson Energy Cooperative
L&N Federal Credit Union
Regency Cinema 8
London-Laurel County Chamber of Commerce
CHAMBER SPOTLIGHT
JULY
2016
The Ambassador Patrol Strikes Again!
The Chamber Ambassadors continued their “patrol” last month and
surprised five of our members with balloons and cookies in hand. Each
business was also presented a “free lunch” certificate to our general membership luncheon. The purpose of the Ambassador Patrol is to let our
members know that we appreciate their commitment and support of our
Chamber and to encourage further participation in Chamber events.
Be on the lookout. . . next month they might be visiting you!
Office Depot
Walgreens
Hacker Brothers, Inc.
Housing Authority of London
Classic Hair Designs
London-Laurel County Chamber of Commerce
CHAMBER SPOTLIGHT
JULY
2016
Chamber Calendar
July 19 — Ribbon Cutting at 2 pm
at Angela Fischer Photography
July 21 — Thursday Night Live – Endless Summer
7 pm in Downtown London
July 21 — Walk with a Doc 5:30—6:30 pm
at Saint Joseph London Lake Walking Path
July 22 — Back to School Bash 2 to 5 pm
KentuckyOne Health Pediatric Associates
July 26 — Ladies of Vision Breakfast
8:30 am at Saint Joseph London
Aug. 3 — Ribbon Cutting at 3:30 pm
Sunrise Youth Support Center
Aug. 4 — Washington Update/Luncheon 11:45 am
with U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell
Aug. 27— Chamber Co-ed Softball Tournament
9:00 am at the Laurel Co. Fairgrounds
Chamber Fall Golf Scramble
Friday, October 7th
London Country Club
Your Chamber
Board of Directors
Executive Committee
President
Haskew Hayes | Cumberland Valley National Bank
Vice-President
Michael Sliter | Hotwire Productions.net
Secretary
Lisa Baker | Jackson Energy Cooperative
Treasurer
Donnie Cox | Christian Sturgeon & Associates, PSC
Directors
Sharon Benge | Benge Farm Supply
Garry Conley | Minuteman Press
Larry Corum | London Corbin Airport
Terry Deis | Saint Joseph London
Donna Gregorich | Century 21 Advantage Realty
Winston Griffin | Laurel Grocery Company
Dana Johnson | L & N Federal Credit Union
Willie Sawyers | The Sentinel-Echo
Bud Stuber | The Computer Place
Scott Webster | Messer & Webster, PLLC
Kenny Woodruff | Mr. Electric & Nite Time Decor