120 W. Main Street

Fredericktown, Missouri 63645

Phone: 573-783-2604

Fax: 573-783-2645

E-mail: chamberdirector@fredericktownmissouri.net

Mark your calendar now for the April Chamber Luncheon on Thursday, April 12th. Our featured speaker will be Robert Mooney, Madison County Presiding Commissioner. Come to

learn what’s going on in the County and bring your questions.

The luncheon will be catered by Olympic Steakhouse as a fundraiser for a mission trip. The meal will include: pulled pork or chicken salad sandwich, baked potato, dessert and tea or lemonade. Cost is $7.

Reservations are required by calling or emailing the cham-ber office no later than Tuesday, April 10th at 2:30 pm.

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Stop by the Chamber office and pick up one of our new Visitor’s Guides at your convenience. All current chamber members listed.

Azalea Festival is a great time to reach a large number of visitors and folks that may not come to the area often to shop… I encourage you to take advan-tage of this opportunity to reach more customers by having a sidewalk sale on Friday, May 4th and Saturday, May 5th. The only restrictions are that you may not block pedestrian or automo-bile traffic. All current chamber members that plan to have a sidewalk sale on these days need to call or email

the Chamber office not later than Wednesday, April 25th so the information can be included in our May Newsletter and in the Visitor’s Guide Insert to be distributed at the Chamber Booth during Azalea Festival.

Don’t miss your opportunity to be included in our 2012 Visitor’s Guide that is available now in the chamber office and will be distributed at the Chamber Booth during Azalea Festival Weekend. All current chamber members are included at no charge for a regular listing. If you’d like to provide visitors with additional incentive to visit your business, small ads are also available at $10/business card sized section. These guides will also be distributed through the Chamber when visitors or prospective new community members call or stop in.

Feed the Families Bake Sale & Auction was a great success. Thank you to the following chamber members for donating to our basket that raised over $300 for area food pantries:

Olympic Steak House, The Mustard Seed Mercantile, Lalo’s Mexican Grill, GT Express/YKnot Diner, Country Lane Flo-rist & Gift Shoppe, The Crafty Gardener, Madison Medical Center, First State Community Bank, Mineral Area College, Madison County Farmers Market

Call Chamber to Promote Sidewalk Sale during Azalea Festival on 5/4 and 5/5 by April 25th.

Congratulations… to all

employees of Madison Medical Center’s Stockhoff Memorial Nursing Home for their dedication and hard work that made it possi-ble for the nursing home to achieve a 5 out of 5 star rating on the national Medicare Nursing Home Compare website which rates all nursing homes across the nation. Website:

www.medicare.gov/NHCompare.

about an open house to showcase the nearly completed remodeling of the nursing home.

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Chamber Member Information / Recognition

Your Complete Hardware and Lumber store since 1929. Lumber, Hardware, Windows, Doors, Clothing, Paint, Cabinets, Shingles, Window and Screen Re-pair, Flooring and so much more. All along with friendly, helpful service. Now carrying patio furniture and many new lawn and garden items. Also avail-able, home décor!

Address 149 Commercial Drive, Fredericktown, MO 63645 Phone 573.783.3391 Website http://www.giffordlumberco.com Hours

Join me in welcoming another new local business and new Chamber Member:

Mon - Fri: 7:00 am - 5:00 pm

Sat: 7:00 am - 3:00 pm

Come to Liberty Tax Service and see why more people are letting us do their taxes!

We offer year round support, accu-racy guarantee, free consultations, and correspondence assistance if you’re contacted by the IRS.

Our preparers are fast, accurate and friendly! Call to make your ap-pointment at: 573-783-1955.

Open: Mon– Fri 8 am - 6 pm (later by appointment) and Sat. 9 am - 1 pm

Tax Preparers: Tonya Burress, Natalie Rehkop and Wanda Marsh.

The Madison County Fair Board Wants You! Planning has

already started for the 2012 Madison County Fair and your

ideas and assistance is needed. If you’d like to be part of this

fun filled annual event, contact Dave Ward at Ward’s Farm

Center for meeting dates at: 573-783-3100.

Join us on Thursday, April 5th at 2 pm for a ribbon cutting at The Crafty Gardener!

Take this opportunity to purchase and plant Azaleas before the Azalea Festival. Call the Chamber to give the address where they are planted so we can share with visitors who

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First Friday at The Loft: Community Arts Center located above the Chamber Office - 120 W. Main. Hours: 6-8:30 pm Stop by to enjoy art created by local artists with a vari-ety of painting techniques, photography, sculptures, pottery, quilting and more. There is also a display for local school students. This is one of the many venues available in Madi-son County to experience appreciation for art and history. If you’d like to be more involved in promot-ing these areas of interest for residents and visitors, we have volunteer oppor-tunities available to keep the following locations open: Civil War Museum South Main Street Berryman Cabin & Captain’s Creek Log School North Main Street Historic Madison County Jail Museum North Main Street The Loft: Community Arts Center West Main Street Call the chamber for more information: 573-783-2604.

Just in time for planting… and growing your own flower or vegetable

garden or landscaping your yard - We welcome another new local business

and new Chamber Member:

Madison County Farmers Market will open on Friday, April 27th - 2-7 pm at a new location: Gifford Lumber Company, Inc. - 149 Commercial Drive.

Growers and Crafters Wanted! Convert your hobby into extra cash by selling your produce and crafts at the Madison County Farmer’s Market. Contact Elaine Smith: 573-783-2790 or Jenny Sikes: 573-783-1707. More information also avail-able on the chamber website and at: www. madisoncountyfarmersmarket.org.

2012—2013 Gardening Calendars are available now with important dates, recipes, gardening tips and more. Calendars are on sale for $2 each and will be available at the Chamber Office, Health Department, Madison County Extension Office, Gifford Lumber and at the Market during regular hours.

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Opening

4/4/12

Home Care Nursing, Inc.

providing comforting solutions that help you stay in your home.

Working with Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS), we formulate a care plan that incorporates your needs, your wishes and your preferred schedule. Our caregivers provide quality care including:

In Home Companionship Care

Meal Preparation

Housekeeping

Errands/Grocery Shopping

Laundry

Personal Care (bathing, dressing, grooming)

Respite Care

Nursing (Weekly Assessments, Med Set Up, Diabetic Nail Care, Skin Monitoring)

Scheduling Transportation for Appointments

Periodic Review with Fam-ily

Other Services Provided: Home Care Nursing also works with the Department of Mental Health (DMH) to provide in-home services for the mentally handicapped. Ser-vices include Personal Assistance and Respite in the home. We also own Individualized Supportive Living homes that are staffed 24 hours a day.

Healthy Children and Youth (HCY) is through the Bureau of Spe-cial Health Care Needs and is offered to disabled children. These services are provided in the child’s home and consist of personal assistance, respite and private duty nursing.

Veterans Administration (VA) funds in-home services such as per-sonal care and home chore for a vet-eran or a surviving spouse of a vet-eran who does not drive.

Our Mission is to provide our clients with the highest level of quality of life that is achievable.

3370 Delassus Road Farmington, MO 63640

Phone: 573-747-1678 Fax: 573-747-0583

Toll Free: 1-888-305-8682 Email: homecarenursinginc.@yahoo.com

Current Chamber Members, your advertise- ment or announcement can be included in the monthly newsletter at no additional cost. Help us put your membership investment to work - let us know when the best time of year is to promote your business/organization. Provide us with your ad or just with the information you want to promote and we will create your ad or announcement.

This is the time to fertilize dormant grasses to improve yards. If the EPA replaced your yard in the last year or two, this is the best time to over seed to get yards full of grass and make them weed resistant. Using fertilizers with crabgrass killers is great to help your yard overcome crab-grass. If you don’t have crabgrass, consider us-ing fertilizer with broad leaf weed killer. There are also options available that help grass with-out any killers in them, which are great for the grass plants.

Big River Broadband is opening their Farmington Headquarters with a special two day event for businesses.

They will have a unique mobile Executive Briefing Center display on Monday, April 9th and Tuesday, April 10th. Big River will soon launch the new 4g/LTE wireless broadband network - transform-ing the way we live, work and play, and connecting our area with new opportunities and no geographic boundaries. You have an opportunity to experience the new technology first-hand at a special one-hour session that will demonstrate what this will mean for communities in our area. Sessions start at 9:30. See the April calendar for reservation details.

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Community Wide Fellowship during Holy Week = CWF

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*County Com-missioners Meet-ing at 9 am

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*Historic Jail Museum 1-3 pm

*The Loft Com-munity Arts Center open Noon - 4 pm

Madison County Extension Council Meeting - 7 pm

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Wayne/Madison Women In Ag Program - 8 am - 3 pm; United Meth-odist Church, 215 S Main; MC Exten-sion - 783-3303

Lalo’s Mexican Grill opens at 11 am!

5 Maundy Thursday Ribbon Cutting at The Crafty Gar-dener - 2 pm

CWF at Presbyte-rian Church - 7 pm

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Chamber Office Closed

First Friday at The Loft 6-8:30 pm

CWF at United Methodist Church - 7 pm

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Wards Farm Cen-ter - Animal Swap Meet, Plus Easter Chicks, Ducks Geese & Rabbits

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CWF Sunrise Service at City Lake - 6 am

Fredericktown United Methodist Church Brunch & Easter Egg Hunt - 9 am

CWF Service 10 am

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City of Frederick-town Council Meeting - 5:30 pm; 6:30 pm

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RSVP Deadline for Chamber Luncheon

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Presiding Commis-sioner Bob Mooney

Catering by Olympic Steak House - $7

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Madison County Farm Bureau Mtg - 7 pm

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Chamber Update on KFMO AM Radio at 8:35 am

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Representative Keeney Madison County Office Hours - 9-11 am

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Chamber Update on KREI AM Radio at 8:35 am

City of Frederick-town Council Meeting - 5:30 pm; 6:30 pm

Madison County Farm Bureau Meeting 7 pm

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Chamber Board Mtg - 8 am

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Chamber

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Chamber Update on KYLS FM Radio at 7:45 am

Madison County Republican Club Mtg - 7 pm at Liberty Hall beneath Wilson Funeral Home

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County Farmer’s Market opens

2-7 pm at new location: Gifford Lumber

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Quilting on the Square Closed for Paducah Quilt Show Trip call if interested in attending:

573-783-3555

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Chamber Office Closed for Conference Attendance

May 1

Chamber Office Closed for Conference Attendance

April 2012

Weekly Meeting/Event - same time, same location (*)Visit the Chamber website and check out the Area Events section for more information: www.fredericktownmissouri.net/blog

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

Visit Fredericktown School Website for Sports Events: www.fpsk12.org

Big River Broadband is opening their new Farmington Headquarters with a special two day event for businesses. Contact Dana Hukel at BOLG Mar-keting 573-803-0676 to reserve a seat.

Call Chamber to Promote Sidewalk Sale during Azalea Festival on 5/4 and 5/5 by April 25th.

2012 Premier Members

120 W. Main Street

Fredericktown, Missouri 63645

Recent Chamber & Member Event Photos

Extension Banquet

The Mustard Seed Mercantile & Magi Computers

Photos courtesy of Democrat

News

Job & Career Fair

Chamber Luncheons

What’s In It For All Of Us?

Membership in your local Chamber helps to build & strengthen

our community!

Chamber membership offers you the opportunity to

attend meetings and events which provide you with the opportunity to meet other

businesses and professionals and tell them about your business or organization.

Chamber membership also shows your members/

customers/clients that you care about the future of our community. A strong, ac-

tive chamber gives our com-munity a higher rating when being considered by future commerce and industry to locate in Madison County.

Join with us in 2012!