CHAMBER MATTERS
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Vol 13/Issue 2
greater owensboro chamber of commerce
2014
Unique Granite and Marble. Shown in picture, Tammy Maglinger, Chamber Vice Chair of Member Services; Rick Thomas, Owner of Unique Granite and Marble; and Bob Smiley, US Bank Home Mortgage
Rooster Booster Breakfast February 6, 2014
Owensboro Convention Center 7:30 a.m. Speaker: State of the Community – Mayor Ron Payne, Judge Executive Al Mattingly Register online at www.Owensboro.com/chamber or calling (270) 926-1860. $12 to attend.
Chamber recognizes Businesses of the Year at 2014 Business Celebration At the 2014 Business Celebration, presented by Owensboro Health, the Greater Owensboro Chamber of Commerce recognized six local businesses as the 2014 Businesses of the Year. The winning businesses were among 65 nominees and 44 companies vying for the honors. Those earning the
honors, which were sponsored by US Bank Home Mortgage, include: Emerging Business of the Year – Owensboro Parent Magazine Business of the Year 1-10 Employees – Bathrooms in 1 Week
Business of the Year 11-50 Employees – Unique Granite and Marble Business of the Year 51+ Employees – First Security Bank, Inc. continued on page 3
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Higginbotham is Chamber Board Chair for 2014
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Amy Jackson,
President & CEO ajackson@owensboro.com
Jim DeMaio,
Vice President – Membership Development jdemaio@owensboro.com
Susan High,
Accounting Manager shigh@owensboro.com
Jessica kirk,
Executive Assistant & Events coordinator jkirk@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 • www.owensboro.com/chamber Follow us on Twitter @GOchamber Darrell Higginbotham, Board Chair
Ribbon Cutting – Beautiful You
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Darrell Higginbotham, President of Independence Bank, is the 2014 board chair for the Greater Owensboro Chamber of Commerce. He assumed the role from Gavin C. Roberts, 2013 chairman.
2201 Frederica Street 12:15 pm
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Ribbon Cutting – Living Waters, LLC
The Springs, Building C 12:15 pm
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Ribbon Cutting – TalentForce
101 East 9th Street 12:15 pm
11 West
Kentucky Thank You Night
Frankfort Convention Center 5 pm EST
14 New Member Chamber Office 7:30 am
Breakfast
14 Ribbon
Cutting – Maggie’s Cakes & More
3115 Commonwealth Court 12:15 pm
20 Business After Hours Owensboro-Daviess County Regional Airport 5 pm 22 Farm City Breakfast Apollo High School 7:30 am 26 Athena Awards Owensboro Convention Center 11:30 am
Higginbotham, in his role as board chairman, will work with the 18 member board of directors, nominated and elected by the membership. Those serving as directors for the Chamber in 2014 include: • Christy Taylor-Chaney,Glenn Funeral Home and Studio Slant • Tom Mischel, Boardwalk Pipeline Partners • Dwayne Russell, KimberlyClark Corporation • Matt Hayden, Envision Contractors • Dean Dennis, Owensboro Convention Center • Greg Starheim, Kenergy Corp. • Mark Martin, Atmos Energy • Adam Hancock, Riney Hancock CPAs • T. Tommy Littlepage, Regional Land Title Company • JAT Mountjoy, Owensboro Health • Rick Kamuf, Kamuf Brothers Farm
DArrell Higginbotham
• Tammy Maglinger, Custom Audio Video • Steve Castlen, L. Steve Castlen Realtors • Kathy Oliver, United Way • Gavin C. Roberts, Kentucky Farm Bureau • George Wathen, Daviess County Fiscal Court • Deborah Nunley, City of Owensboro
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Woodward Consulting, LLC (502) 223-8967 6002 Fox Creek Ct Louisville, KY 40222
L’s Personal Concierge Service 270-929-4629 6390 State Rt 56 Owensboro, KY 42301 Tanner+West (270) 314-5240 PO Box 23237 Owensboro, KY 42304 Edge Body Boot Camp (270) 313-3205 3990 Frederica St Owensboro, KY 42301 Peacocks and Pearls Boutique (270) 926-7467 3811 Hwy 54, Suite 103 Owensboro, KY 42303
Carrico Congleton Family Practice (270) 929-2259 2315 Mayfair Drive, Suite 11 Owensboro, KY 42301 Brite-Way Sign Company, Inc. (270) 683-0914 1919 James David Court Owensboro, KY 42301 Concept Sound and Light, Inc. (812) 868-1200 10401 Fellwock Dr. Evansville, IN 47720 Atlantis Health Club and Boot Camp (270) 686-1972 4101 Carter Rd. Owensboro, KY 42301
Chamber recognizes Businesses of the Year at 2014 Business Celebration From the front page
Non-Profit of the Year – Wendell Foster’s Campus for Developmental Disabilities Education and Workforce Development Program of the Year – Western Kentucky University-Owensboro Other award winners of the night included: 2013 Chamber Director of the Year – Tammy Maglinger, Custom Audio Video
2013 Chamber Ambassador of the Year – Kevin Gibson, South Central Bank of Daviess County 2013 CYLO member of the Year – Luke Alexander, Pfizer Pharmaceuticals The Business Celebration also included addresses from the presenting sponsor, Owensboro Health’s CEO Philip Patterson, as well as the chamber’s outgoing Chairman Gavin C. Roberts and 2014 Chairman of the Board Darrell Higginbotham.
Annual Farm City Breakfast scheduled for Feb. 22nd The 35th annual Farm City Breakfast is set for Saturday, February 22 at 7:30 a.m. at Apollo High School. The breakfast is hosted by the Chamber of Commerce and the Daviess County Farm Bureau and sponsored by local farmers and businesses. Tickets are $6 each and can be purchased at the Chamber or Farm Bureau offices.
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First Business After Hours of 2014 hosted by Cape Air on February 20 On Thursday, February 20 from 5 to 7 pm, Cape Air will host the first Business After Hours event of 2014 at the Owensboro-Daviess County
Regional Airport, 2200 Airport Road. Food and beverages will be provided, as will the opportunity to win two free round-trip airfare tickets.
J’s Bluegrass Motors 1011 E. 4th Street (270) 683-2100
LET US TAKE YOU THERE IN STYLE,
Fetta Specialty Pizza & Spirits 118 St. Ann Street (270) 926-0005
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Mattingly, Payne to give ‘State of the Community’ addresses at Feb. 6 Rooster Booster Owensboro Daviess County Mayor Ron Payne Judge Executive Al retired as an AssisMattingly and City of tant Professor of Owensboro Mayor Ron Accounting at Payne will make their Brescia University “State of the Comin May 2008. Premunity” addresses at viously, he served the February 6 Rooster as an Owensboro Booster breakfast. A City Commissionlarge crowd is expected er from 2005 until for this annual event. 2007. He has also Daviess County Fiscal maintained posiCourt and the City of tions of City ManOwensboro are the coager, the City’s sponsors of the event, Chief Adminiswhich starts at 7:30 am Al Mattingly trative Officer, at the Owensboro Confrom 1997 until vention Center. his retirement in Mattingly was 2003, and Direcsworn into office as the tor of Finance and Daviess County Judge Administration Executive on January from 1993 until 3, 2011. In 2003 and 1997. Previously, 2007, Judge Mattingly Payne served 14 was elected and served years with the City as an Owensboro City of Tulsa, OklaCommissioner, serving homa as a Controlas Mayor Pro Tem in ler, a Deputy City 2007. He is active in Auditor and eventhe community and his tually as Director church, Our Lady of of Finance. He was Lourdes. He is a memOwensboro’s City ber of various civic and Auditor from 1975 professional organizaRon Payne to 1979. tions. He is President Payne is a Certiof a family-owned fied Public Accountant and holds a plumbing, heating and cooling busiBachelor of Science in accounting ness, Acme Plumbing and Heating. A from Brescia University and a Masgraduate of Owensboro Catholic High School, he earned his Bachelor’s degree ter’s of Science in accounting from the University of Tulsa. He is a veteran of in Biology from Brescia University in the US Navy and served in Vietnam. 1969. Mattingly served in the United States Army from 1969 until 1972.
Kirk Kirkpatrick to emcee final Rooster Booster on Feb. 6, as event moves to Convention Center! After 37 years, more than 440 speakers, and too many rings from the Good News Phone to count, Kirk Kirkpatrick will take the stage for the last time as the emcee of the Chamber’s Rooster Booster program. Don’t miss Kirk’s final Top Five presentation! It will also be the first Rooster Booster to be held at the Owensboro Convention Center. With the change in program and food, cost to attend the event will now be $12. Call in your RSVP early or sign-up online to attend! If you can’t be there
at the event, don’t forget to tune into 1490 WOMI to hear the event live on the radio, or you can watch the replay of the event throughout February on OCTV 71.
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Alliance Real Estate, Auction & Estate Services American Red Cross American Service Group, Inc Audubon Area Community Services, Inc. Ballard Construction Custom Homes Inc. Bathrooms in 1 Week Beckman Tire & Auto Center Inc. Boulware Mission, Inc. Bruce Whitmer Insurance Cape Air Century 21 Partners, Deborah Nunley Chick-fil-A Colby’s Fine Food and Spirits Company Name Dahl & Groezinger Domtar Paper Co., LLC E.M. Ford & Company and Money Concepts Ebelhar Whitehead PLLC Elliott Farms Embellish LTD Co LLC ERB Equipment Company Fairview Executive Suites Glenn Funeral Home and Crematory, Inc. Harry Roberts Plumbing & Heating Health Resources, Inc. Impact 100 Owensboro Inc. Intrepid USA Health Care Services Keith Riney Farms Kentucky Building Systems
Kentucky Farm Bureau Insurance - Doc Harris Kenway Distributors Incorporated Kindred Transitional Care & Rehab Hillcrest Lanham Electric, Inc. Ohio Valley Sprinklers of Henderson LLC Owensboro Area Building & Construction Trades Owensboro Federal Credit Union Owensboro Medical Practice Owensboro Metropolitan Planning Commission Pediatric Dentistry of Owensboro R.L. Wilson Masonry , Inc. Real Living Home Realty, Joanne Tilford REMAX Professional Realty Group Gary Maglinger Risner & Associates, JoAnn Risner SignPros Smart Choice Southern Tank & Manufacturing Co., Inc. Sullivan, Mountjoy, Stainback & Miller P.S.C. The Lang Company The Summit Twin Rivers Nursing and Rehab Upright Communications Wal-Mart - Frederica Street Welborn Floral Company Wright Implement Yeiser Excavating Inc.
The 2014 Athena Awards set for February 26 at the Convention Center The 2014 Athena Awards, sponsored by Girls Incorporated and the Greater Owensboro Chamber of Commerce will be held on Wednesday, February 26 at the Owensboro Convention Center. The event, at 11:30 am, will feature Kentucky First Lady Jane Beshear as the presenting speaker. Tickets for the event are $45 each in celebration of the 45th Anniversary of the Athena Awards. Sponsorships are available at the following levels:
• $1,000 Bold Sponsors (program listing and four seats) • $500 Strong (program listing and two seats) • $250 Smart (program listing and one seat) • Anything up to $250 is a Girl Friends/Guy Friends of Girls Inc. If you are interested in purchasing tickets and/or becoming a sponsor of the event, please contact Girls Incorporated at 270-6847833.
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