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REGISTER NOW FOR THE BIG TOURNAMENT Early Bird Registration Open for AAS Golf Tournament Early Bird registration forms for the annual Nucor Steel Tuscaloosa Adopt-A-School Golf Tournament are now available at www.tuscaloosachamber. com. Register now to take advantage of the discount! The four-man scramble tournament, set for Sept. 11 at Ol' Colony Golf Bill Canary Complex, is the annual fundraising event benefitting the AAS program. All teams will begin play with a shotgun start at 1 p.m. Early bird registration for $500/team is available now through Aug. 1. After that, the cost will be $600/team. Registration fees include greens fee, range balls, cart and lunch. Also, a variety of sponsorships are available and those forms are online. For more info, contact Loo Whitfield, loo@tuscaloosachamber.com or 391.0563.
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Teams Needed for Bama Brew & Que
Got the best BBQ around? Here's your chance to prove it! Register for the 2nd Annual Bama Brew & Que in Tuscaloosa, a KCBS Sanctioned Event being held Sept. 12-13. There will be a Professional Division and a Backyard Division. Event is sponsored by Young Professionals of Tuscaloosa or YP(t). Click here for an entry form. For more info, email bamabrewandque@gmail. com or call 633-0236. Northport Citizen Award Nomination Forms Now Available For over 35 years, the Northport Citizen Awards Dinner has celebrated outstanding leadership in the city. This year, the dinner will be held on Oct. 9 at 7 p.m. at Five Points Baptist Church. Now is your chance to
nominate someone for one of the awards. You can honor an individual by nominating them for the Citizen Award or choose a leader in the field of education, business, religion, public safety or a Northport historian. Think of someone deserving of recognition and take the time to nominate them today! Please be sure to read the criteria for the different categories. Call 205-391-0559 or e-mail stacey@tuscaloosachamber.com to get a nomination form and more info. Forms are due by Sept. 3. Join Us on Washington Fly-In
As always, our schedule while in the nation's capital will allow time for interaction with our members of Congress as well as engagements with other elected officials. It's also an opportunity, unlike any other, to network with fellow Chamber members. This year, the agenda will include some fun time at a Washington Nationals baseball game. Make plans to join us Sept. 24-26! Email Stacey@tuscaloosachamber.com for details. Sponsors this year are Lewis, Smyth, Winter & Ford, Mercedes Benz, Merrill Lynch, and TTL. Chamber Names Director Of Workforce Development The Chamber of Commerce of West Alabama has named LeNa` Powe as its Director of Workforce Development effective August 15, 2014. Powe will serve as The Chamber’s primary liaison to the Region 3 Workforce Development Council and West Alabama Works, for which the Chamber now serves as both managing and fiscal agent. (see full story on page 17)
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