Vol 18/Issue 10
greater owensboro chamber of commerce
CHAMBER MATTERS 2020 OCT.
Remote Rooster Booster to be held this Thursday The Greater Owensboro Chamber of Commerce will host Rooster Booster remotely this Thursday, October 1 at 7:30 a.m. CST. Thursday’s event is sponsored by Owensboro Community and Technical College and will feature the Owensboro Mayoral Candidate Forum and Legislative Candidate Forum.
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There is no cost to attend the remote October 1 Rooster Booster, which will be streamed on Facebook Live and Zoom.
Join us via Facebook Live @gochamber To join via Zoom, visit chamber.owensboro.com to complete a registration form. Registrants will be emailed an access link and instructions.
OCTC to sponsor October 1 Rooster Booster Owensboro Community & Technical College (OCTC) is a public, two-year, open admissions college accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges and is one of the sixteen colleges that make up the Kentucky Community & Technical College System. OCTC is a comprehensive community and technical college that values innovation, is focused on student learning, and is responsive to economic trends. OCTC has about 4,000 students from Daviess, Ohio, Hancock and McLean counties in Kentucky. OCTC’s Common Read program, featuring a single book selection applied across multiple disciplines, is nationally recognized for its rigor and is supported in part by an NEH endowment. Students are attracted by innovative “work and learn” model programs such as GO FAME, GO Careers, and GO Females. Additional programs tailored to the adult
learner include TechX: Multi-craft Technician and FastTrack programs in Automotive and Construction. New additions include Robotics, Industrial Networking, and a Fiber Optics certificate is coming soon. OCTC’s Workforce Solutions works with business and industry partners on training, testing, and developing customized programs to meet industry-specific needs. In addition, Workforce Solutions’ SkillTrain offers GED prep, English language, and citizenship classes. OCTC’s Discover College is the umbrella of options for secondary students. These include dual credit courses online, on-campus, and OCTC courses taught at the high school. Early College students attend classes on campus at OCTC full-time during their junior and senior years of high school. Early College students may graduate simultaneously with a high school diploma and an associate degree.
Join us Thursday for two candidate forums! LEGISLATIVE FORUM STATE REPRESENTATIVE CANDIDATES, 13TH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT D.J. JOHNSON
JIM GLENN
DATE OF BIRTH: November 2, 1957 ADDRESS: PO Box 6028, Owensboro, Kentucky 42302 EDUCATION: Bachelor of Arts in Broadcast Communications, Minor in Military Science, Western Kentucky University. OCCUPATION: Interim Operations Manager, Senior Community Center of Owensboro-Daviess County ELECTED OFFICES HELD: State Representative, 13th District, Kentucky House of Representatives (2017-2018) FAMILY: Wife Ellen Wilhoyte Johnson
DATE OF BIRTH: Feb. 17, 1948 ADDRESS: 1001 Michaels Court,Owensboro, Kentucky 42303 EDUCATION: MBA in Marketing, University of WisconsinOshkosh; Doctorate in Higher Education, University of Kentucky; attended Western Kentucky University in Education and Economics; attended Morehead State University in Economics OCCUPATION: Professor of Business, OCTC ELECTED OFFICES HELD: Owensboro City Commissioner (2005-2006); Kentucky State Representative District 13 (2007-2016, 2019-2020) FAMILY: Wife Dr. Cornelia Glenn (deceased); children Kimberly and James III
MAYORAL FORUM CITY OF OWENSBORO MAYORAL CANDIDATES LARRY CONDER
DATE OF BIRTH: Nov. 15, 1950 ADDRESS: 3622 Bridgepointe, Owensboro, KY EDUCATION: OHS graduate; studied at Northwestern University in the Prosthetics Program at Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago OCCUPATION: Board-Certified Prosthetist, American Board of Certification for Prosthetic and Orthotics Co-Owner wife Barbara Watson of Tom Watson’s Prosthetic and Orthotic Lab, Inc – Owensboro and Evansville, Indiana ELECTED OFFICES HELD: Mayor of Owensboro (2005-2008, 2016-2020) FAMILY: Wife Barbara Aull Watson; two sons; two daughters-in-law; seven grandchildren
DATE OF BIRTH: Sept. 3, 1960 ADDRESS: 201 St. Ann St., Owensboro, KY 42303 EDUCATION: Daviess County High School; Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, Minor in Economics, Brescia University; master’s degree in Business Administration, Murray State University OCCUPATION: Director of Operations, Public Energy Authority of Kentucky (PEAK) ELECTED OFFICES HELD: Owensboro City Commissioner (2017-2020) FAMILY: Wife Rosemary Conder; six children, Brad Conder, Travis Ratliff, Adrianne Condray, Chantay Taylor, Troy Ratliff, and Eric Conder; 18 grandchildren
PAMELA SMITH-WRIGHT
DRACIN WILLIAMS
DATE OF BIRTH: June 1, 1949 ADDRESS: 3520 Christie Place, Owensboro, KY 42301 EDUCATION: Graduate of Owensboro High School; Rosebud Beauty Academy, St. Louis; Owensboro Community and Technical College; South Seas Cooking School, Captiva Island, Florida OCCUPATION: Cosmetologist, Caterer ELECTED OFFICES HELD: Mayor Pro Tem; Owensboro City Commissioner, 5 terms FAMILY: Husband Eugene; children Len and Starr; two grandchildren
ADDRESS: 1007 Gardenside Drive, Owensboro, KY 42301 EDUCATION: Bachelor of Arts in History, Western Kentucky University; Master of Science in Organizational Change and Leadership, Colorado Technical University OCCUPATION: Drug Rehab Resident Monitor ELECTED OFFICES HELD: None FAMILY: No spouse or kids. Proud uncle.
Save the date!
On October 29, the Chamber will host Red, White and Blue, sponsored by Big Rivers, where all Greater Owensboro candidates on the ballot in contested races will deliver old-style political stump speeches to a crowd on the Daviess County Courthouse Lawn. Candidates in the following races have been invited: Owensboro City Commission, Owensboro Mayor, Kentucky District Judge, Kentucky House of Representative Districts 11, 12, 13; United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate.
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