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Dear Chamber Member,
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Happy Spring!
We have great things happening at the Tuscarawas County Chamber of Commerce this spring.
* CRTS Surveys are being conducted all over T County.
* Legislative Luncheons in April and May
* Visions publication is now available
* Membership Directory will be finished soon
* High School Leadership Awards
* YPN to hold "First Time Homebuyers" luncheon
* 2020 Marketing moving forward
* And of course our great networking Business After Hour's each month
Now is a great time to get invloved. Volunteering for the Chamber is a great way to meet new people, get new contacts for your business and have community involvment. Be a part of what is happening in T County.
If your company or organization would like to have a supply of the Visions publication for your office and or staff please give us a call. We will be more than happy to provide you with some. Just give Liz a call and tell her how many you need and we can deliver them or you can just stop in and pick them up. Our number is 330.343.4474.
Thank You,
Jill R. Becker, IOM
President
Tuscarawas County Chamber of Commerce
330.343.4474
jillb@tuschamber.com
www.tuschamber.com
How long have you been a Chamber Member???
House of Stones - 40 Years, 2/1/1967
Coffman Optical - 39 Years, 1/2/1968
Sugarcreek Business Association - 39 Years, 1/26/1968
Linn-Hert Geib Funeral Home & Crematory - 39 Years, 3/6/1968
Kennedy Insurance Agency - 39 Years, 5/3/1968
Charles G. Snyder Company - 39 Years, 5/3/1968
FabOhio - 37 Years, 6/18/1970
Stocker Concrete - 36 Years, 6/9/1971
Kimble Clay & Limestone Co. - 36 Years, 6/9/1971
Robert's Mens Shops - 34 Years, 5/1/1973
Wayne Garage Door Sales & Services, Inc - 34 Years, 12/26/1973
Tuscarawas Insurance Agency - 33 Years, 5/1/1974
Rees Cast Stone Co., Inc.- 33 Years, 5/1/1974
Commercial Fluid Power (Commercial Honing) - 33 Years, 6/24/1974
AAA of Tuscarawas County - 33 Years, 10/23/1974
Thank you very much for your committment and dedication to the Tuscarawas County Chamber of Commerce. We look forward to serving your business for many more years to come.
Tuscarawas County Permissive Sales Tax Renewal
The Tuscarawas County Chamber of Commerce is pleased to announce that we have overwhelmingly endorsed the renewal of the 1% Permissive Sales Tax for Tuscarawas County. We urge you to vote YES in favor of this renewal. It is important that residents understand that this is not a new tax. It is a renewal and it will NOT increase.
"This tax provides a crucial source of funding for government services that are vital to the residents and businesses of Tuscarawas County," said Adam Bausch, co-Chair of the Tuscarawas County Chamber of Commerce Legislative Committee.
The Permissive Sales Tax will be on your ballot as Issue 10. Tuscarawas County residents are not the only people that will be paying the tax. Any visitor that comes into our area also contributes to the tax; close to $2 million dollars is the amount generated from visitors coming into Tuscarawas County.
As Tuscarawas County moves into the future it is necessary for the residents to show support of their community. If we want Tuscarawas County to continue to be a great place to Live, Work, and Play - then we need to stand in support if Issue 10. Please join the Tuscarawas County Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors in supporting Tuscarawas County and vote YES on Issue 10.
Chamber's New Publication - Visions
The Times-Reporter and the Tuscarawas County Chamber of Commerce had a Vision. "We can do this!" Tuscarawas County has a great resource in having a local newspaper and quality local printers. In the past the Chamber has had outside contractors publish our quality of life publications. Mike Starn approached us to do the publication locally and we accepted.
Visions has great articles on some of our great tourist locations, the Tech Park, Young Professionals Program, Safety Council, 2020, KSU Tuscarawas and much more. We invite you stop by and pick up one or several.
Visions is ready for you to have on display at your office, waiting room, lounge, reception area, even in your home. You can also utilize this publication as part of a packet of information sent to potential new employees that would like information on our area.
We look forward to a great partnership with the Times-Reporter in the years to come.
Member News
The Tuscarawas Philharmonic would like to invite you to their upcoming events. On May 5th at 5:00 pm please join us in our own Kentucky Derby Party. Complete with a hat contest, Mint Julips, and the race. Festivities get underway at 5:00 and conclude at 7:00 pm, ticket prices are $20.00. Just in time time for you to attend the final concert of the year, "Songs of American Cities" with special guest artist Jackie Warren, "Cleveland's first lady of jazz." Ticket prices are $15, $12 & $5. You wont want to miss it.
On May 19th the Tuscarawas Philharmonic will accompany Vane Scott and his amazing presentation "The Many Faces of Old Glory." If you have not been to see this event - it is a must see! We encourage young and old, patriotic and verterans to attend. Admission is $10 and $5 for students.
The United Way of Tuscarawas County is gearing up for their second annual Day of Caring project on Friday, September 14. We are currently looking for projects from area nonprofit groups. Painting, cleaning, and landscaping are just a few of the ideas you could submit. Please submit your projects to United Way. If your company would like to help sponsor this worthwhile community event or provide volunteers please contact United Way Executive Director Scott Robinson at 330.343.7778.
The Tuscarific News
The Ohio Stratigraphic Borehole
By Heinz Stucki
The Ohio stratigraphic borehole test -- boy, is that a mouthful! In reality, it is a research project that will involve drilling a test well to a depth of about 8,600 feet to confirm the suitability of Eastern Ohio's geology to store liquid carbon dioxide. Drilling is scheduled to begin in May or June and will take five to six weeks. The Ohio Coal Development Office, the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, and Battelle Memorial Institute will be conducting the test on the site that had been submitted for FutureGen by the Tuscarawas County Community Improvement Corporation. The CIC is acting as a local facilitator.
A very important ancillary benefit of the project will be its marketing impact. The test well is another important step in our efforts to attract advanced energy businesses to Tuscarawas County. It will increase our national image as a location with all the infrastructure advanced energy projects require. It will send a strong signal to companies to consider Tuscarawas County for their advanced and alternative energy projects.
The CIC has formed a mid-Ohio energy consortium with the Wayne Economic Development Council, the Stark Development Board, the Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center (OARDC) in Wooster, the Stark Fuel Cell Center, and others to create a regional advanced energy park. The Ohio Department of Development and Congressman Regula and Congressman Space are represented on the consortium's steering committee, as is a firm that hopes to manufacture synthetic crude oil for the Department of Defense in the park. A cellulosic ethanol plant using waste paper, stover, and switch grass as feedstocks is another initial potential tenant. OARDC has determined that just the wastepaper currently disposed of in the Countywide Landfill could be converted to 25,000,000 gallons of ethanol per year.
An informational meeting on the test well project is set for 7-9 PM Thursday, May 3 in room 126 of the Kent State University Tuscarawas Science and Advanced Technology Building, 330 University Drive N.E., New Philadelphia. ODNR Director Sean D. Logan and representatives of the ODNR Division of Geological Survey and Battelle Memorial Institute will share details of the deep well research project, the broader technology of carbon sequestration, and how the proposed project may further economic development in the area. Attendees will also have an opportunity to ask questions about the Salem Township site and the overall project.
While the Ohio stratigraphic borehole test will study what is deep down, the prospects for advanced energy in Tuscarawas County are way up.
Before you leave the office, do one more thing
If you need to increase your daily productivity, you might want to give this easy method a try: At the end of your day, do one more thing before you leave. This concept is simple, says Jeffrey J. Mayer on SucceedinginBusiness.com, but it takes discipline. Once you reach the end of your day and feel you have accomplished everything that needs to be done, don't leave before you do one more thing. Make a phone call to a contact you've been meaning to get in touch with, file the papers that are piling up on your desk. Write the memo you were going to do tomorrow. At the end of the week you will have accomplished five more tasks than you would have otherwise. At the end of the month, you'll have accomplished about 20 more tasks and over the course of a year you will have knocked out more than 200 extra tasks by doing one extra thing per day.
New Members
Remember - It is good business to do business with Chamber Members. Give them a call today.
The Barnett Realtors, Inc.
310 West High Avenue, New Philadelphia, Oiho 44663, 330-339-1196, 330-339-1199
www.barnettrealtors.com
barnett@barnettrealtors.com
Mrs. Kay Banett
Real Estate
Brightwood Golf & Party Center
2373 State Street, SE, Midvale, Ohio 44653
Mr. Greg Leggett
Driving Range, Putt-Putt Golf & Party Center
Ohio Heritage Lending Center
1309 4th Street, NW, New Phila, Ohio 44663, 330-343-9800, 330-343-9822 (fax)
www.ohioheritage.com
martym@ohioheritage.com
Mr. Marty Merryman
Financial Services
Paradise Valley, LLC
22 Bank Lane, Dover, Ohio 44622, 330-343-1932, 330-602-1891 (fax)
dave@paradisevalleypools.com
Mr. Dave Fadorsen
Pools, Spas, Chemicals
Quizno's
1105 Bowers AVenue, NW, New Phila, Ohio 44663, 330-602-7781, 330-602-7784 (fax)
tjmainw@aol.com
Ms. Tammy Mainwaring
Restaurants
Synergy Sign & Graphics
1107 Bowers Avenue, NW, New Phila, Ohio 44663, 330-343-7446, 330-343-5450 (fax)
www.synergysign.com
jim@synergysign.com
Mr. Jim Dawson
Graphic Design, Large Format Printing, Banners & Yard Signs, Custom Shirts & Apparel, Full Color Vinyl Graphics, Lighted Signs & LED Neon, Brochures & Business Cards
Vision Express, Inc.
801 West 1st Street, Millersburg, Ohio 44654, 330-674-0013, 330-674-2812 (fax)
Ms. Carol McConnell and Ms. Kristan Willis
Freight Hauling
Upcoming Chamber Events
May 1 (Tuesday) - Legislative Luncheon, Tuscarawas County Commissioners "State of the County"
11:30 at Tuscarawas County Senior Center, Register Here
May 3 ( Thursday) - High School Leadership Awards Banquet
12:00 at McDonald Marlite Conference Center
May 17 (Thursday) - Tuscarawas Valley Safety Council Awards Banquet
11:30 at Dutch Valley, Register Here
May 17 (Thursday) - Business After Hours - Brightwood Golf & Party Center
5:00 - 7:00 pm, Register Here
May 18 (Friday) - YPN of Tuscarawas Valley, Home Owners Seminar
11:30 am location to be announced.
June 8 (Friday) - Tuscarawas Valley Safety Council 3rd Annual Safety Fair
9:30 at McDonald Marlite Conference Center. Free Admission, Lunch is $15.00
Register Here
June 20 (Wednesday) - Annual Summer Golf Outing at Oak Shadows
10:00 am Shot gun start. Call Liz to reserve your team today. 330.343.4474
June 21 (Thursday) - BAH at Marlite
5:00 - 7:00 pm Additional details coming soon.
Communicate important information in the most personable way possible
When you need to communicate something important to a worker, what is the best communication vehicle? Sending an e-mail might seem simplest, but if the subject is really important, it's probably best to communicate in a way that conveys body language cues, or at least tone of voice.
Face-to-face communication is best for big issues, but in this age of far-flung staff members, it is not always possible. A phone call can at least convey tone of voice, which can tell the person you're communicating with a lot about where you're coming from.
There is a lot of room for misinterpretation and miscommunication when you decide to communicate important information via e-mail. If you do choose to do this, it's probably best to send the kind of e-mail you like to receive. Make it friendly-and as much as possible try to eliminate any chances of misinterpretation.
When it comes to sunglasses, color matters
Texas RoadhouseDoes it matter what color the lenses of your sunglasses are as long as they have the UV protection tag on them? According to Ladies' Home Journal Health Journal, it does. Columbia University professor of ophthalmology Janet Sparrow says, "The blue light spectrum in sunlight is particularly dangerous." This is because it can create free radicals, unstable oxygen molecules that may precipitate macular degeneration, the most common cause of vision impairment in the United States. That's why you should avoid sunglasses that have blue-tinted lenses-they don't filter out any blue light. A better choice, according to LHJ, is yellow or amber tints for your lenses because they are more effective at reducing the amount of blue light that might reach your eyes. Dark tinted glasses will reduce your overall exposure to all wavelengths of light. Also choose glasses that protect against both UVA and UVB rays.
Volunteer Spotlight
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Scott Finnell and Linda Egler have been dedicated volunteers and board members of the Muskingum Lakes Chapter of the American Red Cross for the past several years. Finnell, a board member since 2001 and Egler a member since 2002 have gone above and beyond their call of duty. The two have demonstrating their commitment to the Red Cross and the community by donated countless hours of selfless service to the local area and the chapter not only as board members but, as members of the Hometown Heroes' Committee for the past four years.
Finnell has played an integral role in the Hometown Heroes' Campaign and participated at various special events for the chapter. Egler who has served as Chair of the Hometown Heroes' Campaign for the past two years has been instrumental in making the Campaign more successful than ever.
These two individuals understand their roles and because of that the chapter can continue to help the community prepare for and respond to disasters and emergencies as they arise. Linda works at the First National Bank in Gnadenhutten and Scott is with First Federal Community Bank in Dover.
Business of the Quarter
Country Club Retirement Campus is the Business of the Quarter for March 2007. Located in Dover, the Country Club Retirement Campus consists of 70 bed nursing facilities, 21 assisted living suites, and 85 apartments. A new Life Enrichment Center was added to the complex and dedicated in honor of Dr. Philip T. Doughten. He has served as medical director from 1976 to 2001.
The Tuscarawas County Chamber sends congratulations to Country Club Retirement Campus for being selected as Business of the Quarter. They continue to be a great community partner and are contributing to the overall economic growth of Tuscarawas County.
Leadership Tuscarawas Applications Available
Are you looking for a way to get involved in Tuscarawas County? Do you want to help make Tuscarawas County an even better place to live, work and play? We have a unique program here in Tuscarawas County called "Leadership Tuscarawas". The mission of this program is to develop passionate, visionary leaders to strengthen the community. This program is designed to educate individuals about the strengths, challenges, and opportunities of Tuscarawas County. The program will provide leadership skills in such areas as strategic planning, project management, problem solving, conflict management, dealing with change, visioning & empowering the organization, value assessment, , diversity, community trusteeship and ethics . The program will have local professionals talk about issues representing Tuscarawas County such as economic development, business & industry, technology, cultural arts, quality of life, local government & politics, public safety, education, health care, human services, aging, media, volunteerism, community services, philanthropy, fund raising, and grant writing. The Leadership Tuscarawas program is open to any new or existing Tuscarawas county residents or individual who is working within the county, top-level management, business and industry, non-profit organizations, civic employees, community volunteers and anyone who wishes to develop, enhance and increase their leadership skills and awareness of Tuscarawas County.
Leadership Tuscarawas is now accepting applications for the 2007-2008 class. The class will start with an orientation and a one and a half day retreat in August; the class will then meet the second Tuesday of each month from September through May.
Applications are available for download at the Leadership Tuscarawas website (www.leadershiptusc.org), or by calling Karen Williams at the Leadership Tuscarawas office at 330-340-5105. The application deadline is May 15, 2007, and accepted applicants will be informed by July 15, 2007.
Now entering its sixth year, an adult leadership program for Tuscarawas County was created through the efforts of a steering committee formed by the Tuscarawas County Chamber of Commerce, Kent State University Tuscarawas and other interested individuals. A board of devoted and committed members has worked diligently to develop a quality community leadership program that is proactive in cultivating the volunteer business and civic leadership resources that exist within our county.
2007 Annual Summer Golf Outing
It is once again time for the Chamber's annual summer golf outing. You will be receiving your invitation shortly, be sure to save the date of June 20, 2007. The scramble will be starting at 10:00 am this year with coffee and breakfast before you tee off. Lunch at the turn and then when you have completed your 18 holes, the famous Oak Shadows steaks will be grilled to your liking.
This event is our major fundraiser of the year. We need your help to be successful. We are seeking sponsors, volunteers, and door prizes. This is a great way to get your business name in front of 144 of some of the counties most influential leaders.
Sponsorships include Chamber Partner, Corporate and Tee. To be a Chamber Partner or Corporate sponsor please contact Amy Nelson. We have added some great features to these packages and we know you wont want to miss out. To have your business name on a sign placed at one of the Tee's on the golf course is $125.00. Games are in place to ensure each golfer's knowledge of the businesses that invest in a Tee sponsorship.
I would like to take the time to thank our golf committee members John Basiltti, Rick Pipes and Shane Sexton. A special thank you to Kathy Cable, Graphics Manager at Miller Studio for taking the time out of her very busy schedule to design our brochure. Thanks Kathy - you did an amazing job. We appreciate your creativity. You will see the above flyer soon with all of the details and registration for the event. Reserve early - we fill up quickly.
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Ribbon Cutting to the new wing at the Dennison Railroad Depot Museum.
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Ribbon cutting for the extended Country Club Retirement Campus.
Sally O'Donnell, Bob and Nick Varrati at the BAH hosted by Fratello's.
Jill Becker
Tuscarawas County Chamber of Commerce
