Chamber CornerA�Wednesday, November 18, 2009 The Oakdale Leader

Mission StatementTo unite the business community by enhancing business, tourism and economic growth, while retaining the high

quality of life in Oakdale.

Oakdale Chamber Referrals Given For The Month Of

October:

Chamber StaffMary Guardiola, Chief Executive Officer

Dora White, Administrative Secretary & Tourism CoordinatorKellie Yohanan, Executive Office Administrator - Events

Coordinator

Oakdale Chamber of Commerce & Visitors Bureau590 No. Yosemite Ave. • Oakdale, CA 95361

Phone: 847-2244 • Fax: 847-0826Email: info@oakdalechamber.com

www.oakdalechamber.com

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board of direCtorSPresident Steve Knell, Oakdale Irrigation DistrictPresident Elect Douglas Heath, The Garden Gate

Treasurer Rick Smith, Law Office of Frederick W. Smith Jr.VP Administration Kim Bukhari, Oak Valley Hospital

VP Economic Development Jerry Jones, Century 21 M&MVP Agriculture, Chris Elswick, Nor-Cal Lending

VP Tourism, Jennifer Marek, The Oakdale LeaderVP Membership Doug Heath, Garden Gate

Darrin Conrad, Ambassador PresidentErich Haidlen, Haidlen Ford

Lester Jenkins, Oakdale Police DepartmentSherry Kupper, Century 21 - M&M

Don Verkuyl, Bank of StocktonDirk Vermeulen, State Farm Insurance & Financial Services

Lori Vierra, Lori’s Creative Framing

directors-at-LargeTim Hern, Oakdale Joint Unified School District

Elisa Luna, Oak Valley Community Bank

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Knights Ferry Boutique is located in the historic Miller’s Hall in Knights Ferry. The owners are a unique mother, daughter team. Pamela Fondse and Wendi Eaton have been crafting for over 20 years and have loved every minute of it. This 2-year-old business has a great mix of handcrafted, vintage and collectible items.

Knights Ferry Boutique carries a wide variety of gifts you won’t find elsewhere. There are collectibles, shabby chic dishes, handcrafted ceramic pottery, jew-elry, jackets and great kitchen gifts. They have a great collection of books about Knights Ferry, hand painted gift cards from a local artist. They even carry wonder-ful walking sticks carved by a local craftsman. They are open weekends and early the first Sunday of each month for the IOOF Pancake Breakfast.

Knights Ferry Boutique17631 Sonora Road Suite 3 • PO Box 800

Knights Ferry, CA 95361 • 881-3378

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Elaine Buzzetta moved from Watsonville to Oakdale in August and she loves her new zip code.

Born in Stockton, and a graduate of San Jose State Uni-versity, Buzzetta is married and enjoys spending time with her husband and two daughters. After 20 years in the medical field, she decided to use her marketing skills and opened her business in 1999. She helps businesses and events showcase their image with the use of promotion-al products. She can imprint a logo and message on over 100,000 products.

Her hobbies include golf, swimming and gardening.Her motto is “Promoting your business does not cost…it

pays!”

ASAP Advanced Specialty Advertising Products1509 Taggart StreetOakdale CA 95361

(831)763-1262www.asappromotional.com

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Airport: 1Banquet Facility & Halls: 10Cemeteries: 3Chambers: 3Churches: 3Clubs & Organizations: 5Credit Bureau: 2Education: 10Entertainment (Sunset Dinner Train): 7Fitness Centers: 6Government Agencies and Offices: 12Insurance: 3Library: 2Locksmith: 2Manufacturing Companies: 3Motels: 8Movie Theatres: 2Museums: 5Newspapers: 3Non Profit Organizations: 7Park & Recreations: 14Party Rentals: 8Quilting Materials and Supplies: 1Restaurants: 4Retail: 5Senior Center: 9Service Stations: 2Signs & Graphics: 4Travel Agencies: 7

Thursday, Nov. 19Electric Beach Salon & Spa Mixer1214 West F St., Ste. A-55 p.m. to 7 p.m.

Friday, Dec. 4Oak Valley Community Bank Holiday Mixer125 No. Third Ave.6 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Tuesday, Dec. 8State Farm Insurance Coffee Hour840 East F St., Ste A7:30 a.m. to 9 a.m.

Thursday, Jan. 21, 2010Century 21 - M&M and Associates Mixer1414 East F St.5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Feb. 18, 2010State Farm Insurance Mixer840 East F St.5 p.m. to 7 p.m.

Thursday, March 11, 2010Oakdale Chamber St. Patrick’s Day Mixer590 No. Yosemite Ave.5 p.m. to 7 p.m.

Thursday, April 8, 2010Oakdale Cowboy Museum Mixer355 East F St.5 p.m. to 7 p.m.

Friday, Dec. 4 — Oak Valley Community Bank Holiday Mixer, 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.Friday Dec. 4 — Annual Holiday Tree Lighting, 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m.Friday Dec. 4 — Old Fashioned Christmas, 5 p.m. to 9 p.m.Monday Dec. 7 — City Council, 7 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 8 — State Farm Coffee Hour, 7:30 a.m.Tuesday, Dec. 8 — Ambassadors meeting, 8:45 a.m. Wednesday Dec. 9 — Excel Intermediate class, 5 p.m. to 9 p.m.Thursday Dec. 17 — Annual CanTree Breakfast, 7 a.m.

The Oakdale Chamber of Commerce and the City of Oakdale offices will be closed Dec. 25.

The Chamber will be emphasiz-ing and promoting an important business slogan over the next few months; Buy Oakdale – Be-cause It Mat-ters! Never be-fore has that mantra been as important as it is today. While our lo-cal businesses view the local shopper as a bread and butter staple of their business we need to be clear; the

local businesses are a bread and butter staple for the support of our way of life in our commu-nity.

One percent of all sales tax generated in Oakdale stays in Oakdale. Every item bought in Oakdale helps pay for police, fire, parks, recreation programs, Senior Center, etc. All the things that help make Oakdale a great place to live.

Think about all the businesses that support your kids’ candy drives, cookie sales, Little League sponsorships, soccer, and foot-ball events. Without that business

support our community would not be what it is today, a great place to live, work, and bring up a family. If I had a choice of making Modesto or Oakdale a great place to live based on where I shopped, I choose to shop in Oakdale.

Because I am an engineer I am burdened with the curse of logi-cal thinking, it stinks sometimes but follow me on this issue. The AAA Club says it costs today’s car owner $0.55 per mile to drive a car. It’s 12 miles to Modesto. That travel alone puts an out-of-pock-et expense of $13.20 onto any-thing you buy in Modesto. I don’t

know about you but, I have two kids, a wife and chores and er-rands up the gazoo and my time is valuable and precious. Even at minimum wage, an hour driv-ing back and forth to Modesto is at least valued at $8 in lost time. So there you have it: if you shop in Modesto, you’re out of pocket and time lost expense is over $21. So ask yourself before you get in that car and burst off to Modesto, could I have saved that $21 by shopping in Oakdale.

So for everyone who is cost and time conscious, it really does matter…Buy in Oakdale.

Edward Jones InvestmentsFlorin Vlasie, MDInvestment Property Management

Jiffy LubePure Balance Skin Care and MassageSconza Candy Company

Winton, Ireland, Strom & GreenY. A. Tittle Insurance & Financial Ser-

vices

Pamela Fondse and Wendi Eaton receiving their chamber dollar plaque from CEO Mary Guardiola.

Photo Courtesy of the oakdale Chamber of CommerCe

Elaine Buzzetta receiving her chamber dollar plaque from CEO Mary Guardiola.

Photo Courtesy of the oakdale Chamber of CommerCe

Join the Oakdale Chamber in Oakdale Leadership 2010. This program will give participants an overview of the various in-ner workings of business, gov-ernment, agriculture, health services, education, social/cul-tural, and communication in our area. The purpose is to give potential leaders a well-round-ed educational and networking experience through a process that will identify and help de-

velop informed, civic-oriented leaders who will help direct the future of Oakdale.

Tuition for each participant in the Oakdale Leadership Pro-gram is $500.

Oakdale Leadership Program requires full participation and attendance, and runs from Jan-uary through October, with a graduation program at the An-nual Dinner the following Jan-uary. The Oakdale Leadership

Program focuses on develop-ing and enhancing leadership skills and provides exposure to a wide range of community subjects. Time commitment is one day per month.

“Being part of the 2008 Lead-ership Oakdale program was a unique opportunity to expand my knowledge of local history, local government, local busi-ness, local events, community outreach programs and last but

not least, it provided a great networking opportunity with community leaders,” said John B. Davids, P.E. District Engineer, Oakdale Irrigation District.

If you or one of your staff would like to participate in this program contact the Oakdale Chamber 847-2244. We will forward you an application. All applications are due in the Chamber office by Nov. 30 for review.

On hand for the ribbon cutting at Gold’s Gym were, from left, Loren

Whipple, Lori Vierra, Gold’s Gym owners Sanjiv and

Sheena Chopra, Mayor Farrell

Jackson, Bobbi Sargenti and Rita Garza and Jerry

Jones. The ribbon cutting ceremony was hosted Oct. 15 at 1275 East

F St., Ste 1B, Oakdale.

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