Vol 19/Issue 9
greater owensboro chamber of commerce
CHAMBER MATTERS 2021
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Rooster Booster to be held on Kentucky Legend Pier CLASS OF
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The Leadership Owensboro Class of 2022 will be announced at our September Rooster Booster. Join us to congratulate these individuals!
The Chamber will host its Rooster Booster breakfast in-person this Thursday, September 2 at 7:30 a.m. on the Kentucky Legend Pier behind the Owensboro Convention Center (501 West Second Street). The program is sponsored by Brescia University and will feature Sister Larraine Lauter, OSU, Executive Director at Water with Blessings and leader of Hispanic Ministry at Church of The Epiphany in Louisville, KY. Reserve your spot now at www.chamber.owensboro.com or by
calling the Chamber office at (270) 9261860. COST IN ADVANCE: $12 for Chamber Members and $20 for non-members. COST AT THE DOOR: $15 for Chamber Members and $20 for non-members. Following Rooster Booster, the Chamber will host a drive-thru COVID19 vaccination clinic with Green River District Health Department at First Christian Church (700 J R Miller Blvd) from 8:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. For more information, see page 3.
Sister Larraine Lauter to address September Rooster Booster crowd
Sister Larraine Lauter’s lifelong would soon be immersed in the cause theme is the role of sister: “big sister” to of God’s children who thirst for clean her siblings LaVay and Ron, then “Siswater. Together with friends Arnold ter” to her community of Mount Saint LeMay and Jim Burris, she began to Joseph Ursulines, “Sister” to God’s peocomprehend the immeasurable impact ple and all creation. In over forty years of clean water for the health of chilof ministry, whether as art and music dren and their communities. Their teacher, pastoral ministry in service to first Water Woman 2008 project to equip Catholic communities, choir director, Honduran mothers with water filters ministry with immigrants, or nonprofit to share with the community yielded leadership, Larraine has always sought unanticipated outcomes and insight, to be Sister more in spirit than by title. eventually incorporated as Water With Sister Larraine Lauter Sister Larraine’s first ten years of Blessings (2011). As Executive Direcministry were focused on education, teaching art tor, Sister Larraine simply holds on for the ride as and music at the Cathedral School in Owensboro God grows a global movement that at present counts KY, then art and theology at Trinity High School in around 115,000+ Water Women in 48 countries, supWhitesville, KY. From there, she followed a call to ported by a great host of collaborators and supportpastoral ministry in the Diocese of Owensboro, serv- ers. ing as pastoral associate, music director and liturgist Along the way, Sister Larraine has been immersed for the Catholic communities of St. Columba (Lewis- in matters of justice, environmental protection, art, port KY) and Precious Blood (Owensboro KY). and the contemplative life. She credits her parents For many years, Sister Larraine produced custom for her passion for justice, and her extended family liturgical arts from her Singing Moon Studio. Her and childhood churches for her “Batholic” upbringinstallations include fabric hangings, altars, taberna- ing, an exposure which has marked her with an cles and other liturgical furnishings, as well as cast interfaith spirit of openness for all people of good glass windows and baptismal bowls in churches and will. Cooking, pets, gardening and all things outchapels. doors are her favorite therapies. She is blessed and In 2002, Sister Larraine started Migrant Immi- supported by her loving family, community life with grant Shelter and Support, offering housing and her Ursuline Sisters, her intentional community of support to migrant farm workers in Owensboro. Namaste House and friends who have all, in one way After moving to Louisville in 2007, she led Hispanic or another, been recruited into the cause of water for ministry at St. Bartholomew’s and the Church of God’s thirsty children. the Epiphany, where she also served as Minister Growing up in Florida and Kentucky, Larraine for Social Responsibility until leaving in 2011 to lead has always loved clean water. She learned to swim Water With Blessings. before she could walk, and has a great affinity for In 2008, Sister Larraine had no warning that she otters.
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Chamber Golf Classic The 2021 Chamber Golf Classic was held last Friday, August 27 at the Owensboro Country Club. We were grateful for the opportunity to responsibly network in a socially distant setting and with the utmost care for the health and wellness of our participants, sponsors and community. A special thanks to all the sponsors and players who spent the day on the course with us!
Check out the photos on page 4!
As the longest-standing provider of higher education in Daviess County, Brescia University is firmly rooted in its student-centered mission to provide transformational education that meets the individual needs of each student in pursuit of higher education. Since 1925, when it first formed as the Mount Saint Joseph College for Women, to 1948 when it moved to the heart of downtown Owensboro in order to be most accessible needs of Veterans returning from WWII, to present day where it serves as the “Gateway to Downtown,” Brescia University has been a cornerstone in the foundation of the Greater Owensboro Community as well as the global population it serves. As we near the completion of Brescia University’s first century, Brescia’s spiritual founder, St. Angela Merici’s instruction to “read the signs of the times and adapt” is as critical today as it was when St. Angela first spoke these words to her community of Ursuline sisters in 1535. In the most recent strategic plan, centered around CARITAS, Brescia’s faculty, staff and students are guided by the words of Jesus that we must love one another as we have been loved by God. Brescia University will strive to embody the call to Love, consistent with our Ursuline legacy, by creating a culture of diversity and inclusion that promotes Authentic Communities and that seeks to find and remove unjust barriers that hinder learning and human flourishing with the intentional use of Universal Design. Brescia is focused on producing servant leaders whose lives exemplify leadership capabilities balanced with the responsibility of service. It is what we call the Brescia Difference: Respect for the Sacred; Devotion to Learning; Commitment to Growth in Virtue; and Promotion of Servant Leadership.
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CHAMBER MATTERS
September Calendar Alpha Solutions Medical Billing & Consulting 10499 State Route 57 (812) 893-6618 myalphasolution.com Browns Valley Vineyard 524 Ben Ford Road facebook.com/pages/ Browns-Valley-Vineyard Cabinet Outlet 1601 Triplett Street (270) 297-7700 owensborocabinetoutlet.com Community Ventures 200 East Third Street (859)231-0054 ext. 1057 cvky.org Counseling Connections, LLC 1326 West Ninth Street (270) 240-1076 counselconn.com DAM Good Business Advisors 101 East Second Street, Suite 200 damgood.com
David P. Taylor Antiques 227 Saint Ann Street (270) 316-6230 kentuckyart.com
Liquor Barn 2216 New Hartford Road (270) 683-8378 liquorbarn.com
Efficient Air Heating & Cooling 500 East Parrish Avenue (270) 315-0309 efficientairheating&cooling. com
Molly’s Mixin 1531 Frederica Street (270) 929-9948 mollysmixins.com
Empty Bowls of Owensboro KY Inc. (270) 231-6863 facebook.com/ emptybowlsowensboro Future Forward Behavioral Health, LLC 1020 Halifax Drive, Suite 102 (270) 240-5655 futureforward behavioralhealth.com Jason Pagan (270) 570-0285
Office Pride of the Greater Owensboro Area (270) 570-4595 officepride.com Owensboro Bourbon Society 1922 Griffith Place East 1-973-945-2998 owensborobourbon.com The Blake Hayden Group, Mary Ann Steele Realtor 3424 Frederica Street (270) 316-3080 theblakehaydengroup.com
KeeForce 401 Frederica Street Building D, Suite 103 (270) 683-1015 keeforce.com
Truth Outreach, LLC P.O. Box 1503 (270) 231-8087
CANDANCE CASTLEN BRAKE PRESIDENT & CEO cbrake@owensboro.com
1 Membership Drive continues through September
15 Ambassador Meeting 12:00 p.m.
2 Rooster Booster, Sponsored by Brescia University 7:30 a.m. Kentucky Legend Pier
17 Ribbon Cutting: Efficient Air Heating and Cooling 12:15 p.m. 500 East Parrish Avenue
2 CYP Connects at KWC Football Tailgate 4:00 p.m. Kentucky Wesleyan College
24 CYP Tree Planting 12:00 p.m. Moreland Park
10 Ribbon Cutting: Legacy Owensboro Church 12:15 p.m. 5333 Frederica Street
Member Renewals AssuredPartners NL Best Western Plus Bruce’s Tri-State Roofing & Sheet Metal Carpet One Floor and Home Castlen Steel, LLC Cecil Farms Produce Century 21 Partners, John Burns Century 21 Partners, Karen Gross Chicken Salad Chick, EMs Chick, LLC Crandall’s Home Furnishings Daviess County Lions Club Fair, Inc. DMC Graphics Envision Contractors LLC Flat Lick Grain Farms, LLC Foundation for Daviess County Public Schools Friends of the Library Furniture Warehouse Gardner Engineering & Consulting PLLC German American H & R Block Harold’s Economy Cleaners & Laundry
Hartz Contracting, LLC Hendrick Screen Company Hill View Farms Meats, LLC Home Inspired, Inc. Houchens Benefits Husk Signs Kahn, Dees, Donovan & Kahn, LLP - Mark McAnulty Keller Williams Elite Realty Kentucky Wesleyan College Athletics Department Law Office of David M. Johnson, PLLC Martin Custom Building Inc. Nation’s Medicines Highway 54 Norman King Electric, Inc. OASIS, Inc. Owensboro Community and Technical College Owensboro Riverport Authority Owensboro Sister Cities Pasture Belt Farms, LLC Pat Hayden Moving RE/MAX Professional Realty Group RE/MAX Professional Realty
Group, Sean Higgins Regional Land Title Company Reid’s Orchard RiverCities Asset Management, LLC Scott Baird Plumbing & Heating Co. Inc. Senior Community Center of Owensboro - Daviess County SKY Engineering Spectrum Transportation Corporation St. Joseph Peace Mission for Children T & W Valve and Machine Co. Inc. Tally’s Towing & Service The Pub On Second, LLC The Party Space Place Valor Oil Vector Engineers, Inc Visit Owensboro Ward O. Pedley Sr. Concrete Co, LLC Wheatgrass Juice Bar
SHELLY NICHOLS VICE PRESIDENT shelly@owensboro.com HANNAH THURMAN DIRECTOR, TALENT PROGRAMS, COMMUNICATIONS AND EVENTS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, LEADERSHIP OWENSBORO hthurman@owensboro.com SUSAN HIGH BUSINESS MANAGER susan@owensboro.com KENZIE TOMES COMMUNICATIONS AND EVENTS COORDINATOR ktomes@owensboro.com LYDIE BOONE ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT lboone@owensboro.com Chamber Matters is published monthly in the Messenger-Inquirer for the Greater Owensboro Chamber of Commerce, P.O. Box 825, Owensboro, KY 42302-0825 (270) 926-1860 • chamber.owensboro.com Follow us on Twitter, Facebook & Instagram @GOCHAMBER W. CLAY H. FORD PARTNER, EM FORD CHAMBER BOARD CHAIR
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Ambassador of the Month
Jusin Merritt
Justin Merritt is a Physical Therapist Assistant and Outreach Coordinator at the Advanced Center for Orthopedics & Sports Medicine (formerly OSMO). A Whitesville KY native, Justin graduated from Madisonville Community College in 2011 with an associate’s degree in physical therapy and has since earned certifications in Functional Movement Systems, Level 1 & 2 Selective Functional Movement Assessment, and Y-Balance. Justin is driven by improving his patients’ quality of life and helping them reach their goals, which are as diverse as his patients. Justin is married, and his wife Lacey is also a Physical Therapist Assistant. Together they share three children: Elias, Justus, and Logan. Justin is not afraid to try something new and enjoys spending time with his family, being active in his church, playing golf, learning, table tennis, home-improvement projects, and visiting with friends.
Members of the Month — August
The Scrub Shoppe 4760 Frederica Street 270-683-3333 shopthescrubshoppe.com Hometown IGA 900 East 25th Street 270-926-1269 myiga.com
The Party Space Place 5010 Wildcat Way, Suite 4 270-313-8108 thepartyspaceplace. com
Oddball Creative 1304 Carter Road 270-681-5491 oddballcreative.agency
Fast Lane Auto Repair 2121 Triplett Street 270-231-8161 fastlaneautorepairs.com
Accepting New Patients - www.OwensboroMedical.com Treatment for wounds including:
270-683-2083 www.woundcare.us
Kishor Vora Brandy Abell MD, FACC, APRN FSCAI, CCDS
“Faster Outcomes, Less Expensive”
270-691-1835
www.neurologist.ky
George Woodard MD
Cardiac • Coronary / Cardiac cath & Intervention • Atherectomy, Angioplasty and stents • Structural Cardiovascular Disease • Cardiac Rhythm Management • Implantable Loop Recorder • Pacemaker and ICD • ECP for angina
Kishor Vora MD, FACC, FSCAI, CCDS
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Mahesh Moolani, MD
Shauna Gish APRN
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Aseedu Kalik, MD
Lior Shamai DO, MPH, FACC, FSCAI
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Kathy Lewis PA-C
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www.rejuve.us All Conveniently located at Owensboro Medical Practice 1200 Breckenridge St. - Corner of East Parrish Ave. - Owensboro
On Tuesday, August 25 the Chamber hosted a webinar to discuss COVID-19 Updates for Employers. Panelists were Clay Horton of Green River District Health Department and Dr. Michael Kelley of Owensboro Health. Employers were able to ask the panelists questions over topics such as the recent FDA approval of the Pfizer vaccine, where to find accurate COVID-19 related information, the definition of “close contact,” booster shots, and more! Webinars are posted to the Chamber’s YouTube channel at youtube.com/user/ ChamberOwensboro.
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Ribbon Cuttings AUGUST
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Chamber Golf Classic
Fast Lane Auto Repair 2121 Triplett Street | (270) 231-8161 | fastlaneautorepairs.com
ProRehab 303 East 14th Street | (270) 926-7779 | prorehab-pc.com
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lot at First Christian Church, which can be entered via J R Miller Boulevard or via Daviess Street. You will receive registration paperwork then receive your vaccine, all while remaining in your car. Once you’ve received your shot, you will be directed to a parking spot to wait for the designated 15 minutes to be monitored by a nurse. Then you’re good to go! You’ll leave with your official CDC vaccination card and some fr ee merch from our sponsors – the Green River District Health Depar tment and Brescia University! The giveaway items are limited and available while supplies last. Any medical questions should be directed to the Green River District Health Department at (270) 686-7744. For directions or other questions, please contact the Chamber at (270) 929-1860.
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Following Rooster Booster this Thursday, September 2, the Chamber will host a Drive-Thru COVID-19 Vaccine Clinic at First Christian Church (700 J R Miller Boulevard) with the Green River District Health Depar tment from 8:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. What you should know: • Vaccines are available for all individuals. • Vaccines are completely free for ever yone, regardless of insurance. • No appointment is required. • Bring a photo ID. Option of the single-dose Johnson&Johnson, two-dose Moderna vaccine or the two-dose Pfizer vaccine — recommended for ages 12 and up (individuals will be contacted by the Health Department to schedule their second dose following 28 days). The clinic will take place in the parking
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We Appreciate Your Business! Wesleyan Park Plaza 686-7508 OPEN 9 AM - 8 PM Monday - Saturday 12 PM - 6 PM Sunday
You value the well-being of your employees. We can help with that. • Pre-Employment Physicals • Drug and Alcohol Screenings • Pulmonary Function Testing • DOT (CDL) Physicals • On-Site Services A. Gayle Rhodes, MD Occupational Medicine
Cletus K. Oppong, MD, MPH Occupational Medicine
OwensboroHealth.org/AtWork | 270-688-6198
• Work-Related Injuries
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