Meeting held at the Feed Lot
Jake was out, Jim Siegel acted as President. Brandi was out, Pam (Bead Mecca) acted as Secretary.
Judy reported that the Myrtle Creek Chamber has pulled out of the battle of the Chambers event that will be at the 150th event on July 19th at Pioneer Park. Press releases had already gone out, so some of the information will be inaccurate due to the change. The Canyonville team will consist of Jake, Jim, Javelin, Steve and Ricky. Riddle will still be participating.
The Chili Cook-off was not as successful as anticipated. This was due to lower attendance caused by high fuel prices and extreme heat. Judy made a motion to pull out of the event in the future and let the Myrtle Creek Chamber take it over. The motion was seconded by Chuck and passed unanimously, but Javelin feels it should be revisited in the future. A special Thanks goes out to Ray Bigelow for his support of this event.
Myrtle Creek has started their music in the park event. Here is some info that Ted provided about the event:
The RCC Community Band will open our season. It's a 40-piece all-acoustic band from Medford (Rogue Community College) that has also invited a soloist from Salem just for this performance. There will be lots of Americana and patriotic songs played for the enjoyment of all who attend this FREE event, beginning at 6 p.m. in Millsite Park. Folks should bring lawn chairs or blankets & coolers with food & beverages. At this point there's no need to lay out blankets early, we have plenty of room. Ray's Food Place will have their BBQ wagon on site with a variety of tasty offerings. For more info check the events page of their website at http://www.myrtlecreekchamber.com/eventsmeetings/MITP.html
The Marketing Committee has ordered the canvas bags for the Welcome to Canyonville program. They also started the business of the month. The nominations were fairly slim for this month's business of the month. Jim drew a name from the nominations received and the July Business of the month of July is Tina Jameson Insurance, naming Katie Sheets as an exceptional employee, Congratulations! To nominate your favorite you will find forms at the bulletin boards at Ray's, The Post office and The City.
Javelin reported that the Planning commission meeting voted to allow the new veterinary clinic owned by Tammie Eichmann that will be occupying the building that was formerly Molly Bee's. We do not know yet when they will be opening, but are happy to have them join the growing community of Canyonville businesses. There was also some discussion about encouraging the city to be more new business friendly and how the chamber can partner with the city to encourage businesses to open here.
Judy made the observation that there are 3 city council positions and a mayor position open, so if you want change consider running. The deadline for applications is August 26th. She also mentioned that there is a new City Planner that seems to represent the best interest of Canyonville.
This month will be the first Chamber Mixer event. Commonwealth Garden Shoppe will host a Garden Party on Wednesday July 16th from 5:30-7:30 pm at their new digs at 425 N Main St. This is a great way to learn more about the business and meet other business owners. There will be food and music and an opportunity to network and share ideas in a casual after hours environment.
Dean announced the upcoming Golf Tournament on July 13th and the pre-golf dinner they will be having on the 12th at 6:00pm at the Elks Lodge. Sign up forms for the golf tournament are available at the Elks Lodge or the Myrtle Creek Golf Course. The dinner will be serving Chicken Parmesan and Prime Rib dinners for $20 each or a table of 6 for $100. The Scholarship winners will be reading there essays. For more information contact Mike Rhodes at 836-6661
There are new owners at the Myrtle Creek Golf Course. They are partners from Eugene who purchased the property at auction and will be operating the golf course with no interruption.
The Myrtle Creek Lions club will be raffling off a trip to Bronson, Missouri, as well as other prizes including to weekends at a beach house, 2 $50.00 gas certificates. Tickets are $1.00 each or 6/$5.00 and will be available the week of 7/10.
The Chamber sold out of tickets for the Gas raffle and the winner will be drawn at the 7/10 Chamber meeting. Due to the enthusiasm for this fundraiser there will be two additional gas cards raffled in the next two months.
Pioneer days pie auction will be here before you know it so start planning your pies now.
