On Friday, June 20, 2014 over 100 business professionals and commu-nity members from in and around Finney County joined the Garden City Area Chamber of Commerce for the annual Chamber Golf Tour-nament presented by Black Hills Energy.

The tournament was held at the exclusive Golf Club at Southwind. Each tournament participant was treated to a pre-tournament luncheon catered by the Golf Club. Players also received registration gift bags, sponsored by United Wireless, filled with coupons, movie tickets and other unique golf items.

Following the luncheon, players took the prestigious course where they were treated to prize opportu-

nities on each hole. Contests such as Longest Drive and Closest to the Pin were presented at the awards ceremony following the tourna-ment. Prizes were also awarded to the top three teams in each of the three tournament flights.

This year marks the 9th year the Chamber has hosted the golf tournament which serves as a fund-raiser for the non-profit organization. 2014 also saw a record number of participants register and enjoy the fun-filled day of networking and relaxing on the golf course.

Tournament photos available online via the Chamber’s website at www.gardencitychamber.net.

Contact Us

Steve DyerPresidentsdyer@gardencitychamber.net

Myca BunchVice Presidentmbunch@gardencitychamber.net

Sylvia LiraOffice Managerchamber@gardencitychamber.net

Mary WilsonAccounts Payablemwilson@gardencitychamber.net

Garden City Area Chamber of Commerce1511 E. Fulton TerraceGarden City, KS 67846

Office: 620.276.3264Fax: 620.276.3290www.gardencitychamber.net

&NEWS OMMERCE

GARDEN CITY AREA

July 2014

Our Mission

Improve the quality of life, aid in economic growth and development, represent the business community on legislative issues and promote cooperation between the public and private sectors.

VIEWS

Did You Know....

Chamber Hosts Annual Golf Tourney

The Garden City Area Chamber of Commerce recently launched a new member interactive website at www.gardencitychamber.net

Chamber and community members are now able to view a complete calendar of upcoming Chamber events, register for the membership breakfast and pay for Chamber event tickets and much more at the click of a mouse!

The new website is a one stop source for information on local and state wide government affairs activities and includes a complete list of contact information for local, state and national elected officials.

Members may also submit a request to purchase Cham-ber Gift Certificates, sign up for the Chamber E-News as well a the Chamber’s monthly print newsletter and view a complete list of all 440 Chamber members and their contact information including address and website information.

The Chamber’s website also features comprehensive information valuable to individuals looking to move to Finney County. A complete list of individuals with rental properties in the area is available under the “Liv-ing Here” section as is listings of major local employers, job postings, area transportation, dining and shopping opportunities. The site also features links to Communi-ty Partner’s websites.

OMMERCE

GARDEN CITY AREAPresenting Sponsor:

The Golf Club at

July Chamber BreakfastWednesday, July 16, 2014 - 7:30 a.m.

LOCATED AT

SouthwindMarketing Sponsor:

July Host Sponsors:

St. Catherine Hospitaland

Fi. Co. CommunityHealth Coalition

Tournament SonsorsPresenting Sponsor

Partner Sponsors

Gold Berry Companies

Wells Fargo Advisors, LLC

Mitchell Theatres

Bronze Clarion Inn

Comfort Specialists

Beverage CartTatro Plumbing Co.

Driving RangeNoon Lions Club

Putting Green Tatro Plumbing Co.

Hole SponsorsBoy Scouts of America

Fry Eye AssociatesEnvirotrol

American Family - Neil Hawley

Golden Plains Credit Union

Lewis, Hooper & DickPishny Financial

Services, PAHopkins, Hopkins, &

AckermanState Farm Insurance -

Lee Barrett

Gerald Schultz,Attorney at Law

Garden City TelegramWestern Motor Co.

F&F RecyclingBeltone Hearing Center

Office Solutions, Inc.

Hole-In-One SponsorsBurtis Motor Company

Legacy Auto Center

Flight #1

1st Place: Grant Elpers Sean Thayer Ralph Terry Mark Green

Score: 59

2nd Place:Neil Hawley Craig Myers

Randy Grissel Phil Adams

Score: 60

3rd Place:Luke Nickodemus

Jim RodenbeckRich Taylor Steve Prewit

Score 63

Flight #2

1st Place:Tim Turner

Mickey Crues Bryer Livermore

Terry RodgersScore 66

2nd Place: Scott Soptick

Jeremy FinchamRadney Van Nor-

den Paula Van Norden

Score: 68

3rd Place: Justin SanchezMarcus Ramos

Bob ZundtButch Leiker

Score: 69

Flight #3

1st Place:Richard JagelsWade BargdillTim Metheny

Andy SchiffelbeinScore: 76

2nd PlaceRoger RatliffDan ReuleLana RatliffKim Reule

3rd PlaceJustin DoneckerScott DoneckerAshley Salazar

Shajia DoneckerScore: 81

Chamber of CommerceGolf Tournament

Around the block

2014 SHRM Southwest Kansas Business Leadership ConferenceGarden City Public Schools is continu-ing a program to provide summertime meals to children and youth. The meals are free for anyone age 18 and under. The 2014 summer lunch program begins June 2nd and runs through July 24th. Lunch times are from 11:00 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. and are available at both Charles O. Stones Intermediate Center, 401 Jennie Barker Road and Horace Good Middle School, 1412 N. Main St. For more information, contact Roy Cessna, USD 457 Public Information Coordinator, at (620) 805-7190

Every Voice 2014 RegistrationLeadership Garden City is now accept-ing applicants for it’s fall 2014 Every Voice class. Leadership Garden City builds practical leadership skills that individual will use at home, work and in the community to be more effective in every situation. Classes encourage cre-ative thinking and relationship building, transforming our community one per-son at a time. Participants use hands-on, practical experiences to develop and fine tune their leadership skills while learn-ing the essential capacities of servant leadership. For more information con-tact Troy Unruh at 620.521.8566. Class space is limited. Registration deadline: August 7, 2014.

YMCA Celebrates 50 YearsThe Garden City Family YMCA is celebrating 50 years of service on Aug 17, 2014. Since 1964, the YMCA has been serving Finney County and the surrounding communities behind the foresight of three gentlemen; Clifford Mayo, Bryce Roderick, Sr. and Carlos C. Spikes. As a membership and pro-gram-driven organization, the YMCA relies on volunteers and contributions to help support their mission. To mark their 50 year milestone, the YMCA will host a celebratory party on August 18th. Community members are invited to join them for cupcakes, bounce houses,

popcorn and a balloon launch at 3 p.m. as well as other activities throughout the day. For more information contact Marcy VenJohn at 620.275.1199.

UniFirst-Garden City earns ISO CertificationUniFirst’s industrial laundry facility in Garden City, KS has been awarded ISO 9001:2008 certification for the quality management systems it has in place for the cleaning and servicing of its cus-tomers’ work apparel and for providing them with facility services products.UniFirst is a leading provider of work-place uniforms and protective clothing to businesses, large and small, within a wide range of industries throughout the U.S. and Canada. UniFirst President and CEO Ronald Croatti noted the ISO certification was awarded following an in-depth, one-week quality audit by Perry Johnson Registrars, a leading certifying authority. Croatti added that UniFirst maintains more than 220 cus-tomer servicing facilities throughout the U.S. and Canada and his goal is “to ISO certify all of them within the coming de-cade.” The industrial laundry operation in Garden City joins a growing list of UniFirst facilities that have been award-ed the ISO certifications. To date, nearly 100 UniFirst locations have become ISO certified with many more currently undergoing the rigorous examination process.

Fury on the FairwayThe Golf Club at Southwind invites you to their “Revolution Cage Warrior Fury on the Fairway” event, July 12 at 7 p.m. Tickets to the event begin at $25 for general admission/$10 for ages 12 & un-der. Premium seating and sponsorships are available by contacting the Golf Club at Southwind 620.275.2117.

KU Medical Center Area Health Education CenterThe University of Kansas Medical Center Area Health Education Center (AHEC) works to improve health care in Kansas. The AHEC West Regional

Office is located in Hays and staffs four full-time employees who serve the west-ern half of Kansas. The AHEC focus its efforts in the rural Kansas communities. The AHEC partners with rural com-munity health care facilities to provide continuing education opportunities for the health care professions. The office also assists in providing specialty clinics both in-person and through telemedi-cine. In addition, the AHEC organizes career fair-style events for rural high school students to learn about health care careers. To learn more about the AHEC, visit www.kumc.edu/ku-ahec.

Flea Market Art, Craft & Antique FestivalOrganizers at the Finney County Historical Society are expecting a large crowd for Garden City’s Fifth Annual Flea Market Art, Craft and Antique Festival, scheduled from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. July 12, inside Lee Richardson Zoo at Finnup Park. The event is a fund-rais-ing endeavor for programs and exhibits at the Finney County Museum. Booth vendors, many of whom are returning, came last year with baked goods, ice cream, artwork, handcrafts, primitives, antiques, toys, apparel, handbags, bird houses, outdoor furniture, dolls, recy-cled and repurposed objects, vests, rugs, miniatures and collectibles, as well as model cars, dolls, personal protection products, jewelry and additional items. The host organization is planning to cover the museum’s patio with donated goods to purchase, ranging from furni-ture, lamps, pictures, TVs, computers, toys, games, holiday decorations, camp-ing and sports equipment to cookware, dishes, china, yard and garden objects, bicycles, exercise gear, books and other items. Public will be free, and booths are still available for $30 per space to groups, individuals, businesses and organizations. Information is available by visiting the museum, 403 S. Fourth, or calling 620-272-3664. Business hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays. The mu-seum is also accepting donated goods for the patio sale. Almost any good, clean used items are welcome, with the exception of clothing and shoes.

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16 - June Chamber Breakfast Presentations by St. Catherine Hospital and Finney County Community Health Coalition. Location: The Golf Club at Southwind at 7:30 a.m. Don’t miss your chance to win two tickets to the Southwest Kansas Pro-AM Dinner cour-tesy of The Golf Club at Southwind.

24 - Business After Hours - hosted by Miles of Smiles, Ther-apeutic Riding Pro-gram located at 901 W. Maple St.

16 - Ribbon Cutting- American State Bank, 401 N. Hender-son, Holcomb. Ribbon Cutting at 11:30 a.m. Lunch served until 1:00 p.m.

July Events

Fry Eye Associates

JulyBeverage Sponsor Snapsh ts

Top Left - Shannon Dick and Melissa Gallegos browse the record archives during the June Business After Hours event at High Plains Public Radio on June 19th. Top middle - HPPR staff provide tours of the facility to guests. Top left - Guests enjoy food and networking during the HPPR Business After Hours. Center - Chamber Ambassadors working the Beef Empire Days “Chuckwagons in the Park” event. Center left - Guests mingle during the June Business After Hours. Bottom - June Chamber Breakfast guests listen as representatives from Transportation Partners & Logistics and United Methodist Mexi-can American Ministries provides updates on their organizations.

AfterBusiness

Join the Chamber for the July Business After Hours at Miles of Smiles Therapeutic Riding Program.

Founded in 1997 by Joyce Adams, Miles of Smiles is growing and becoming one of the largest equine riding programs of Southwest Kansas. Their team of hard-working horses provides equine assisted activities to a diverse group of riders during our lessons. This includes assisting individuals with disabilities such as Down syndrome, autism, spina bifida, multiple sclerosis, traumatic brain injury, cerebral palsy, amputation, men-

tal and physical disabilities, attention deficit disorder and more Therapeutic riding helps develop self-aware-ness and self-confidence, improvement in concentration and fine motor skills, and physical benefits including muscle strengthening and stretching. The horses provide the rider with a feeling of freedom and independence that may limit them in everyday life.

Miles of Smiles is located at 901 W. Maple St., West of Main and South of the Railroad tracks.

Hosted byMiles of Smiles

therapeutic riding program

Thursday, July 24, 20145:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.

August Events

Chamber Welcomes NewAmbassadors

In June, the Chamber Ambassadors welcomed four new business profes-sionals to their dedicated volunteer group. Vickie Harshbarger, Mosaic; Melissa Lanning, Jimmy John’s Gour-met Sandwiches; Kerri Powers - Garden City Telegram and DJ Richmeier, Gar-den City Telegram were each voted on and accepted into the group bringing the number of Chamber Ambassadors to 27 with 30 Ambassadors the maxi-mum number allowed. Ambassadors are the good-will volunteer group who help promote the business communi-ty on a daily business. They help with all Chamber events, ribbon cuttings and new Chamber member visitations. For more information on becoming a Chamber Ambassador contact the Chamber at 620.276.3264 for additional information.

Chamber Announces Plans for August College Job Fair

The Cham-ber recently announced plans to host a student job fair at Garden City Community College on Thursday,

August 21, 2014.

The Job Fair will be held inside the Beth Tedrow Student Center from 11:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. and again 4:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. The stag-gered times coincide with the cafeteria lunch and dinner service hours and are the most optimal

times to target the greatest number of students in one location.

The Chamber will once again partner with SHRM of Southwest Kansas, KansasWorks, Fi Co. Economic Development and other community organizations to con-duct the job fair and aid students with resume writing tips and inter-view skills.

Business interested in hosting a booth during the event may register online via the Chamber’s website at www.gardencitycham-ber.net. Booth fees are $50 each.

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