Welcome
2007 Board of Directors
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Executive
Committee:
Patricia
Nelson,Executive Director
Phil
Moore, President
Brad Vibber,
Treasurer
Cindy Bosley, Secretary
Promotional Group
Chairs:
Rodys Dancer, AAA
Chairperson
Heidi Sitts, MOM
Chairperson
Shannon Gagne, IPC
Chairperson
General Board
Members:
Tom Adle, ADW
Industries
Corey Bailey, Commercial
Bank
Julio Benitez, Sears
Marci
Browne, America’s Choice Realty
Scott
Brookhouse, TMS Technologies
Lisa
Comer, The Book Shoppe
Roger Cook,
Cook Painting Company
Laura Crocker,
Firstbank
Amy Crumbaugh, Crumbaugh
Farms
Tom DeFauw, Gratiot Medical
Center
Dennis Dunlap,
GTEC/RESD
Barb Fandell, City of
Ithaca
Aaron Hale, Home Town
Cellars
Phil Hansen, City of St.
Louis
Marita Harkness,
Firstbank
Bill Henderson, Aircraft
Precision
Becky Hirschman, Hirschman
Farms
Kim Hodge, Daily Living
Homecare
Bill Mayes,
Consultant
Jeff Naessens, Alma True
Value Hardware
Don Pavlik, Alma Public
Schools
Nick Piccolo, Alma
College
Aeric Ripley, City of
Alma
Don Schurr, Greater Gratiot
Development
Brian Smith, County of
Gratiot
Jeff Vibber,
Ponderosa
David Walsh, City of Alma
Police Dept.
Chamber
Staff:
Amanda
Perry,Executive Assistant
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Welcome New
Chamber Members: |
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Dodhill Farms 3400 W. Humphrey
Rd Ithaca, MI 48801 E-Mail:
barnboy@ispmgt.com
Walgreens Drug Store
1420 Wright
Ave
Alma, MI 48801
E-Mail:
mgr.10250@store.walgreens.com
National Pipeline Services, LLC
1326 E.
Center St.
Ste 3
Ithaca, MI
48847
E-Mail:
kboswell@nationalpipelineservices.com
WCZY
4065 E. Wing Rd.
Mt. Pleasant, MI
48858
E-Mail: tom@wczy.net
Needham’s Home Center
945 W. Monroe
Rd.
St. Louis, MI 48880
E-Mail:
jneedham@network.com
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Quick News and Upcoming Events!
Network Connections
Looking for additional ways to Market your business?
We have two Network Connection Groups that are meeting
on Tuesday Mornings at 7:15 or Wednesdays at 11:45.
These groups have been a huge success for all types of
businesses. If you would like to learn more about
Network Connection Groups call the chamber today at
989.463.5525.
Coming to you soon is the...
2007 Community
Guide and Directory
Save this Date and Join Us: 
- Comedy night at the Elks
- Saturday, March 10
- $25 a couple or $15 for single
- Sponsored by the Chamber’s Middle of the Mitten
Association
For more information call the
Chamber at 463-5525
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From The President’s Perspective
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Small businesses really make up the backbone of
our local economy. This is no different than in
most of America. The importance of the role of the
small businessman is hard to over state. Most new
jobs are coming from small businesses. Most
innovation begins in small business. From the
local economy’s perspective, having ten employers
with ten employees each is better than one
employer with one hundred employees. It creates
more stability...
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Annual Audiometric Testing
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We are beginning to gather notes, etc. in
advance of making plans for annual audiometric
testing for employees here at ADW Industries, Inc.
We have used Adams OHM from Chelsea, Michigan to
coordinate our tests.
Last year, we arranged a schedule which allowed
for both ADW and Alma Container to be tested
concurrently, and with resulting cost savings...
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St. Louis Middle of the Mitten
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If you’re interested in doing something fun and
entertaining on a winter evening, the Middle of
the Mitten will be sponsoring a Comedy Night at
the new Elks Club in Alma on Saturday, March 10!
The night will include a social hour at 7:30 p.m.
followed by a performance by nationally-known
comedian Ross Amicucci at 8:30 and an open
microphone for jokes at 9:30. Tickets are on sale
at...
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Ithaca Promotional Committee Update
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I am so excited to be a part of the Ithaca
Promotional Committee as Chairperson for 2007. I
certainly have a tough act to follow as Sherry
Weber has done a wonderful job. A huge
congratulations goes out to Sherry for being
chosen Ithaca’s Citizen of the Year. Her time and
willingness she volunteers to the committee as
well as the community does not go unnoticed. Thank
you and Congratulations Sherry!
As fantastic memories for 2006 are now...
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Alma Action Association News
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First the Gratiot Area Chamber held the annual
new business and business improvement awards for
chamber members on January 12th. The Alma Action
Association would again like to say thank you and
congratulations to the 13 new businesses and the
18 chambers business that received rewards in the
Alma area.
The Alma Action Association is working on...
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Be Healthier, On Purpose!
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"We (you, me . . . everybody) have entered a
completely unknown era of human existence. For the
first time since the conception of our species, we
must undertake purposeful daily physical activity
and regulate our daily nutrition. It is really
unparalleled. Think about it. Prior to World War
II, almost all jobs in the United States were
agricultural and/or physical. Our daily activity
and consequent caloric expenditure were things we
neither had to consider nor be concerned about. At
the same time, our daily...
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