CHAMBER MATTERS Centennial Celebration
Vol 12/Issue 2
greater owensboro chamber of commerce
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Anniversaries
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Rooster Booster Breakfast February 7, 2013
Owensboro Christian Church 7:30 a.m. SPEAKER: Kevin McClearn, Kentucky Transportation Cabinet Register online at www.Owensboro.com/chamber or call (270) 926-1860
Chamber names Member of the Century and Communicator of the Year While celebrating its 100th anniversary on Saturday, January 19th with more than 500 business members, leaders, and guests, the Greater Owensboro Chamber of Commerce recognized C. Waitman Taylor as the Member of the Century and Kirk Kirkpatrick, as the Joe Lowe Communicator of the Year.
Taylor, Chamber Board Chairman in 1968, was chosen as the Chamber Member of the Century – the top award of the night sponsored by First Security Bank. Taylor was selected based on his long-standing history of Chamber and community leadership. Taylor, who served as Owensboro Mayor and City Commissioner, among many other community and
business leadership roles, is well-known as “Mr. Owensboro” and remains actively engaged in the community while serving as the Executive Director of the Foundation for Health with Owensboro Health. Continued on page 4
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AMY JACKSON, PRESIDENT & CEO ajackson@owensboro.com
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MEMBERSHIP MANAGER mgant@owensboro.com
ACCOUNTING MANAGER shigh@owensboro.com
JAMIE ROBY, EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT jroby@owensboro.com Chamber Matters is published monthly in the MessengerInquirer for the Greater Owensboro Chamber of Commerce, P.O. Box 825, Owensboro, KY 42302-0825 • (270) 926-1860 • www.owensboro.com/chamber Follow us on Twitter @GOCHAMBER GAVIN ROBERTS, BOARD CHAIR
Commerce Center 4 pm
7 February Rooster Booster Owensboro Christian Church 7:30 am
MISSY GANT,
SUSAN HIGH,
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Ribbon Cutting – Fifth Third Bank 500 Frederica Street 12:15 pm
Ribbon Cutting – Legal Shield, Independent Consultant Collin Allen Commerce Center 12:15 pm
Advocacy Committee Meeting Commerce Center 11:30 am
Make a Business Connection Tumbleweed Restaurant 7:30 am
21 Small Business Commerce Center 11:30 am 21 CYLO Ribbon Chamber Office 5 pm
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23 Legislative Forum WKU – Owensboro 7:30 am 28 Athena Award Luncheon Owensboro Christian Church 11:30 am
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Kevin McClearn, Kentucky Transportation Cabinet, will speak at February Rooster Booster Kevin McClearn is a licensed portation Cabinet including posiProfessional Engineer and has been tions as the District Design Engithe Chief District Engineer at the neer, and Branch Manager for PlanKentucky Transning. He received portation Cabinet’s McClearn will discuss a B.S. Degree in District Two Office ongoing projects in the Civil Engineering Owensboro/Daviess County in Madisonville from Tennessee area including the US 60 since 2009. His Technological Bypass Extension, Southtown University and is staff of up to 370 Blvd. widening, and the employees mana Certified Public ages and maintains roundabout on the west side. Manager. Prior roughly 3,300 to coming to the miles of roadways Cabinet he served in eleven Counties. He has twenty as a mining engineer for four years. years of experience with the Trans- He currently resides in Hanson
Chamber holding two legislative forums in 2013 The 2013 Kentucky General Assembly resumed in January for its odd-year short session. The Chamber will host two legislative forums with Daviess County legislators on Saturday, Febrauary 23rd and March 9th at 7:30 a.m. at Western Kentucky University – Owensboro – 4821 New Hartford Road. The forums will begin at 7:30 am with a light breakfast, sponsored by Kentucky Farm Bureau Insurance, Gavin Roberts agent. At 8 am, the legislators will begin their open question and answer forum, and will end at 9 am. The forums are free and open to the public.
with his wife and two children. McClearn will discuss ongoing projects in the Owensboro/Daviess County area including the US 60 Bypass Extension, Southtown Blvd. widening, and the roundabout on the west side. He will also discuss some future projects in the area including planned projects to KY 54 in Owensboro, the painting of the Blue Bridge and improvements to a section of KY 144. Lastly he will discuss where the state is with the I-69 corridor and the potential of I-67 for the Owensboro region.
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Chamber names Member of the Century and Joe Lowe Communicator of the Year, among other awards at Centennial Celebration The Joe Lowe Communicator of the Year award, sponsored by WaxWorks, was created by the Chamber to honor the long-time radio personality who supported the Chamber and community through his voice and passion for Owensboro. Kirkpatrick was chosen as the first recipient of the award, and received it while serving the role he regularly plays for the Chamber – the emcee of events. “Joe was such a friend of the Chamber – our smiling face at every Rooster Booster, a recruiter of members, and we wanted to make sure to not only recognize him, but recognize the man synonymous with the Chamber – Kirk Kirkpatrick, with this award,” said Amy Jackson, President and CEO of the Chamber. “Kirk has such
a passion for Owensboro and telling the been a part of the founding group of story of all the great things hapthe Owensboro Businessmen’s pening here…it made great sense Association in 1913 – the Mesto honor him with this.” senger-Inquirer and Glenmore Other award winners of the Distilleries. night included: Individuals who served as the 2012 Chamber Director of the Chair of the Board of Directors Year – Shirley Cecil, Republic of the Chamber were also recogBank nized at the Centennial Celebra2012 Chamber Ambassador of tion, presented by Owensboro C. Waitman the Year – Minga Trogdlen, IndeHealth. Those in attendance and Taylor pendence Bank their year of service included: 2012 Chamber Young Professional of • C. Waitman Taylor 1968 the Year, sponsored by BB&T – Laura • Edward C. Wathen 1979 Alexander, Owensboro Convention Cen• David York 1987 ter • Bob Carper 1988 Two Chamber members were rec• Alan Braden 1989 ognized as 100-year members – having • Cheryl King 1990
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Frank Stainback 1994 Jeffrey Ebelhar 1996 Deborah Nunley 1998 Larry Maglinger 1999 Tom Watson 2000 Sim Davenport 2002 John Ray 2003 Mike Sullivan 2004 Nick Cambron 2007 Tish Correa Osborne 2008 Suzanne Blazar 2010 Shirley Cecil 2011 Michael F. Beckwith 2012
The Greater Owensboro Chamber of Commerce would like to thank all the sponsors of the Centennial Celebration, who made the event possible.
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Members ribbon cuttings
AnIT Consultant, LLC (270) 883-1540 Capone’s 222 Allen Street (270) 684-7777
Jagoe Homes, Whispering Meadows Subdivision 5495 Willowbrook Loop (270) 684-0639
Member anniversaries
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Century 21 Partners, Matthew Schell 3317 Frederica Street (270) 302-8384
Corporate Design Inc. 2831 Summer Valley Lane (812) 457-1024 David York & Associates 101 East Second Street (270) 684-4111
Greater Owensboro Chamber of Commerce 200 East Third Street (270) 926-1860
Lipscomb Hydra Cleaning 515 Salem Drive (270) 388-4509 Ohio Valley Sprinklers of Henderson LLC 1105 Leitchfield Road (270) 683-9995
30 Years: Hausner Hard-Chrome of KY., Inc.
25 Years: Domtar Paper Company, LLC – Owensboro
Ghost Images Photography 2324 Heritage Park Drive (270) 685-6795 Kentucky Building Systems (270) 663-5272
The Chamber would like to recognize those businesses celebrating anniversaries with us this month. Thank you for being a loyal member and supporting local commerce!
Mirko Pasta 611 Emory Drive (270) 683-1100
15 Years: Autry’s Septic Tank Service, Inc.
5 Years: Horn & France Insurance Industrial Contractors Terry Ward, D.M.D.
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A Quality Inn American Service Group, Inc Ballard Construction Custom Homes Inc. Beckman Tire & Auto Center Boulware Mission, Inc. Braden Financial Services Bruce Whitmer Insurance Century 21 Partners, Deborah Nunley Chick-fil-A Computer Guys, LLC CRS OneSource Dahl & Groezinger Daviess County Extension Office El Tucan ERB Equipment Company
Gene’s Health Food, Inc. Greenwell-Chisholm Habitat for Humanity of Owensboro-Daviess Co. Hillcrest Health Care Center Holland General Contracting Hometown IGA Impact 100 Owensboro Inc. James H. Davis Funeral Home & Crematory Kamuf, Pace & Kamuf KB’s Kid Zone Kenway Distributors Incorporated King Drug and Home Care Kurtz Auction & Realty Company L. Steve Castlen Realtors, L.
Steve Castlen Lang Company Lanham Electric, Inc. Leonard’s Steam Way Carpet Cleaning Limos By Knight Marvelous Medallion Manufacturing - A Division of Big River Rubber & Gasket Co, Inc. McEwen Engineering Mid-Continent University ADVANTAGE Nighthawk Security Company Oasis Tanning Salon Office Equipment Company Ohio Valley Surgical Specialists Owensboro Catholic Schools
Pedia-Research, LLC Pediatric Dentistry of Owensboro REMAX Professional Realty Group, Gary Maglinger, ABR, GRI, AHS RNA Rental, LLC Schwartz Heating & Cooling Inc. Studio Slant Sullivan, Mountjoy, Stainback & Miller P.S.C. Summit Wal-Mart - Frederica Street Welborn Floral Company Wireless Paradise/Sprint Yeiser Excavating Inc.
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