2015-2017 Keene Chamber Member Directory and Visitors Guide

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Chamber of Commerce

2015-2017

Member Directory and Visitor’s Guide

Announcing!

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Finish in 2 years Accelerated classes One class at a time Competitively priced Evening class schedule

Informational seminars available on campus or at your business! For more information: 800-433-2240 ÂŚ swau.edu/mba ÂŚ mosesa@swau.edu

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Our Community Your University Sign up for the events calendar at events@swau.edu

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About the Directory

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Designed by dĂŶĚĞŵ ĞƐŝŐŶ ĂŶĚ /ůůƵƐƚƌĂƟŽŶ ǁǁǁ͘dĂŶĚĞŵĚŝ͘ĐŽŵ Printed by ŽĐŬƌĞůů ŶŽǀĂƟŽŶ ǁǁǁ͘ĐŽĐŬƌĞůů͘ĐŽŵ Contributors: WĂƵů 'ŶĂĚƚ DŝĐŚĂĞů hůƌŝĐŚ Photographers: EŝĐŬ ŚĞƐŶĞLJ WĂƵů 'ŶĂĚƚ >ŝŶĚĂ DĂƌƟŶ :ĞƌƌLJ WŽƩĞƌ :ŽƌŐĞ sĞůĞnj Map: :ŽŚŶŶLJ ŽŬĞƌ

tŚLJ <ĞĞŶĞ͍ ................................7 <ĞĞŶĞ͛Ɛ ŶŶƵĂů ǀĞŶƚƐ.................9 ,Žǁ ŝĚ <ĞĞŶĞ 'Ğƚ /ƚƐ EĂŵĞ͍ ..12 ŚĂŵďĞƌ ŝƐ Ă 'ŽŽĚ EĞŝŐŚďŽƌ ....14 ,ŽŶŽƌŝŶŐ ŚĂƌƚĞƌ DĞŵďĞƌƐ ......17 ,ŽƉƉƐ DƵƐĞƵŵ .........................19 DĂƉ ŽĨ <ĞĞŶĞ ............................22 <ĞĞŶĞ ĂƌĞƐ ďŽƵƚ ĚƵĐĂƟŽŶ ...25 ƵLJ KůĚ 'ůŽƌLJ ĨŽƌ KůĚ ĞƚƐLJ .......29 DĞŵďĞƌ ŝƌĞĐƚŽƌLJ .....................30

Keene Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors WĂƵů 'ŶĂĚƚ͕ ƉƌĞƐŝĚĞŶƚ tĂLJůĂŶĚ ŝƐĐŽ͕ ǀŝĐĞ ƉƌĞƐŝĚĞŶƚ ŚĞƌLJů ^ĐŚƌĂŵ͕ ƐĞĐƌĞƚĂƌLJ ^ĂƌĂŚ >ĂLJƚŽŶ͕ ƚƌĞĂƐƵƌĞƌ ZŽLJ ZŽďŝŶƐŽŶ͕ ŵĞŵďĞƌƐŚŝƉ ĚŝƌĞĐƚŽƌ ĂǀŝĚ WĂƩĞƌƐŽŶ :ĞƌĞ WƵƚŶĂŵ <ĞŶ ^ŚĂǁ ^ŚĂƌŽŶ sĂƵŐŚŶ

817.556.2995 | 110 S. Old Betsy Road, Keene, Texas 76059 | www.keenechamber.org 4

A Letter from the Mayor to our uld like to welcome you wo I e, erc m m o c f o r e be ham and the ch W and the half of the city of Keene 67 corridor between I-35W n beh y a w gh Hi e th on d ate mmunity loc nd growing. home. We are a small co 6,100 in population an er ov t jus th wi y wa rk Pa new Chisholm Trail . We are proud ene is a greaat place to be Ke , ily fam ur yo or re ,a he g your business the private school syysttem or c bli pu e th Whether you are bringin m fro ns ne Thiss is on ool system. Offering optio er leaving the ciity limits. ev t ou to say we have a great sch th wi ee gr de ’s ter rgarten to a mas r a population off 100,0000 de un n tow st be 16 . student can go from kinde No e th ranked by Niche.com as reason Keene was recently mily in Texas. to raise a fam age ise your family. Our aver ra to ce pla a for ng hi arc se quare or education, is also key in e drive to its Sundance S ut in -m 35 Affordability, along with t or sh a ly on t ort. We were at of Fort Worth, bu e DFW Interrnational Airp th home prices are below th to ur ho an an th s les . l District and 7th Street or the Cultura th ranked by Movoto.com or W rt Fo d n u o r a s e i t i ci e ffordabl ff also in the top 10 most a e city staff in place who ar d an ls cia offi ted c e l e s a ne h ultilace to raisse a family, Keee unity flourish. We have m m m co is h t e se On top of beeing a greaat p o to es tak t i hat d to do wh way 67 and ded n mind hinking and open ndustrial park off of High in r ou h forward th th wi g n i us ho are w lopment. nufacturing and me forr commercial deve ple opportunities for ma prim d n lan raw f o s on cti se le d 318 as well as multip nty Road Coun velopment ) and Keene Business De d rd oa B A e yp (T ion t a or ore opment Corp velo community to make it m r u ou g in t o m ro p The Keene Economic De in job at do a gree pe B Board) continue to Corporation (Typ milies. nesses and fam inviting for busin ity. promoting our commun n in rk o w ard h its of all our paamber of commerce for ness Exxpo in the spring to sin Bu a I waant to recognize the ch m om Fr y. cit e th ut and events througho is always working above r e be am h c e th , They put on a number of as m tm ris the Fourth of July and Ch as. rades and celebraations for e citty and surrrounding are th in ts en id res r ou for ts beyond to offer more even time nteers who donate their u l o vo by d e ffe ff sta is , ad Ro d at 110 South Old Betsyy The chamber office, locate ce to live, work and play. to makke Keene a better pla ou to Keene! yo here to stay, we welcome or it s i vi to re he e u’r yo er Wheth Best Wishes, B

Mayor James Chaplline

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Why Keene?

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e understand your interest in Keene and its many businesses, most owned and operated by people who live here. dŚĞLJ ĐĂŵĞ ƚŽ ĂƩĞŶĚ ĐŽůůĞŐĞ Žƌ ƉƵƚ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĐŚŝůĚƌĞŶ ŝŶ our elementary and secondary schools and stayed to ďĞĐŽŵĞ ƉƌŽĚƵĐƟǀĞ ƌĞƐŝĚĞŶƚƐ͘ dŚĞƐĞ ďƵƐŝŶĞƐƐ ŽǁŶers have chosen to invest in the city they love, and ŚĂǀĞ Ă ĚĞƐŝƌĞ ƚŽ ŵĂŬĞ ŝƚ ĂŶ ĞǀĞŶ ďĞƩĞƌ ƉůĂĐĞ ƚŽ ůŝǀĞ ĂŶĚ ƌĂŝƐĞ Ă ĨĂŵŝůLJ͕ Žƌ ƌĞƟƌĞ͘ Keene is a quiet town perfectly situated on the hisƚŽƌŝĐ ŚŝƐŚŽůŵ dƌĂŝů͕ ůŽĐĂƚĞĚ ŽŶ ,ŝŐŚǁĂLJ ϲϳ ĂŶĚ &D 2280 (Old Betsy Road), six miles west of Interstate 35W.

The High Point Keene was founded in 1890 and incorporated in ϭϵϱϱ͘ <ĞĞŶĞ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ŚŝŐŚĞƐƚ ƉŽŝŶƚ ŝŶ :ŽŚŶƐŽŶ ŽƵŶƚLJ ĂŶĚ ĂŝŵƐ ŚŝŐŚ ƚŽ ƐƵĐĐĞĞĚ ŝŶ ĚĞǀĞůŽƉŵĞŶƚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ present and in the future. Keene is known for its rich ŚŝƐƚŽƌLJ ŝŶ ŚĞĂůƚŚLJ ůŝǀŝŶŐ͕ ĞĚƵĐĂƟŽŶ͕ ĂŶĚ ĚĞĚŝĐĂƟŽŶ ƚŽ service of others. <ĞĞŶĞ͛Ɛ ƐŵĂůůͲƚŽǁŶ͕ ĨŽƵƌͲƚƌĂĸĐͲůŝŐŚƚ ĂƚŵŽƐƉŚĞƌĞ ŝƐ a safe place to take your daily walks or let your chil-

dŚĞ <ĞĞŶĞ ƚŚůĞƟĐ ƐƐŽĐŝĂƟŽŶ zŽƵƚŚ ^ŽŌďĂůů >ĞĂŐƵĞ ƉůĂLJƐ ĞǀĞƌLJ dƵĞƐĚĂLJ ĂŶĚ dŚƵƌƐĚĂLJ ĞǀĞŶŝŶŐ͕ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ǁĞĞŬ ŝŶ :ƵŶĞ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ǁĞĞŬ ŝŶ :ƵůLJ͕ Ăƚ ůŝƐĂ ĂƌǀĞƌ WĂƌŬ͘ dŚĞƌĞ ĂƌĞ ůĞĂŐƵĞƐ ĨŽƌ ďŽLJƐ ĂŶĚ ŐŝƌůƐ ŝŶ dͲďĂůů ;ĂŐĞƐ ϰͲϲͿ͕ ĐŽĂĐŚ ƉŝƚĐŚ ;ĂŐĞƐ ϳͲϵͿ͕ ĂŶĚ ƚŚƌĞĞ ƚĞĂŵ ƉŝƚĐŚ ůĞĂŐƵĞƐ ;ĂŐĞƐ ϭϬͲϭϮ͕ ϭϯͲϭϱ ĂŶĚ ϭϲͲϭϴ͘ dŚĞƌĞ ŝƐ Ă ŶŽŵŝŶĂů ƉĞƌͲƉůĂLJĞƌ ĨĞĞ͘ ĂĐŚ ƉůĂLJĞƌ ƌĞĐĞŝǀĞƐ Ă ƚĞĂŵ dͲƐŚŝƌƚ ĂŶĚ ƉĂƌƟĐŝƉĂƟŽŶ ĐĞƌƟĮĐĂƚĞ͘

zĞƚ͕ <ĞĞŶĞ ŝƐ ĐůŽƐĞ ĞŶŽƵŐŚ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ DĞƚƌŽƉůĞdž ƚŽ ĂůůŽǁ LJŽƵ ƚŽ ĞŶũŽLJ ǁŽƌůĚͲƌĞŶŽǁŶĞĚ ĐƵůƚƵƌĂů ĞǀĞŶƚƐ ĂŶĚ ďŝŐͲ ƟŵĞ ĐŽůůĞŐĞ ĂŶĚ ƉƌŽĨĞƐƐŝŽŶĂů ƐƉŽƌƚƐ ǁŝƚŚŽƵƚ Ă ůĞŶŐƚŚLJ drive.

(817) 202-6833 www.883thejourney.org ϯϬϲ E ŽůůĞŐĞ ƌŝǀĞ Keene, TX 76059

Top-rated Schools <ĞĞŶĞ ,ŝŐŚ ^ĐŚŽŽů ƌĞĐĞŝǀĞĚ Ă ďƌŽŶnjĞ ƌĂƟŶŐ ďLJ U. S. News and World Reportt in 2012 and was named one of ͞ ŵĞƌŝĐĂ͛Ɛ ďĞƐƚ ,ŝŐŚ ^ĐŚŽŽůƐ͘͟ <ĞĞŶĞ /ŶĚĞƉĞŶĚĞŶƚ ^ĐŚŽŽů ŝƐƚƌŝĐƚ ŝƐ ĂĐĐƌĞĚŝƚĞĚ ďLJ ƚŚĞ dĞdžĂƐ ĚƵĐĂƟŽŶ ŐĞŶĐLJ͕ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ƌĞĐŽŐŶŝnjĞĚ ƌĂƟŶŐ͘ dǁŽ ĐĂŵƉƵƐĞƐ ĂƌĞ ƌĂŶŬĞĚ ĞdžĞŵƉůĂƌLJ ĂŶĚ ŽŶĞ ŝƐ ƌĞĐŽŐŶŝnjĞĚ͘ KƵƌ ǁĞůůͲƋƵĂůŝĮĞĚ ƉƌŝǀĂƚĞ ƐĐŚŽŽůƐ ĂƌĞ ĂůƐŽ ĂŶ ŽƉƟŽŶ ǁŝƚŚ ŐƌĂĚĞƐ ĨƌŽŵ ƉƌĞͲŬŝŶĚĞƌŐĂƌƚĞŶ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ ƚŚĞ ŐƌĂĚƵĂƚĞ ĚĞŐƌĞĞ ůĞǀĞů͘ <ĞĞŶĞ ĚǀĞŶƟƐƚ ůĞŵĞŶƚĂƌLJ ^ĐŚŽŽů ĂŶĚ ƉƌŝǀĂƚĞ ŚŝŐŚ ƐĐŚŽŽů ŚŝƐŚŽůŵ dƌĂŝů ĐĂĚĞŵLJ ŽīĞƌ ŚƌŝƐƟĂŶ ďĂƐĞĚ ĞĚƵĐĂƟŽŶ͘ ^ŽƵƚŚǁĞƐƚĞƌŶ ĚǀĞŶƟƐƚ hŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƚLJ ŽīĞƌƐ Ă ǀĂƌŝĞƚLJ ŽĨ ĂƐƐŽĐŝĂƚĞ͕ ďĂĐŚĞůŽƌƐ ĂŶĚ ŵĂƐƚĞƌƐ ĚĞŐƌĞĞƐ͘ dŽŐĞƚŚĞƌ͕ ŽƵƌ ϭϯ ĨƵůůͲƟŵĞ ƉĂŝĚ ŽĸĐĞƌ ƉŽůŝĐĞ ĨŽƌĐĞ ĂŶĚ ĞŝŐŚƚ ĨƵůůͲƟŵĞ ƉĂŝĚ ĮƌĞĮŐŚƚĞƌ ĮƌĞ ƌĞƐĐƵĞ ĚĞƉĂƌƚŵĞŶƚ ƚĂŬĞ ƉƌŝĚĞ ŝŶ ƉƌŽǀŝĚŝŶŐ ǀŝƚĂů ƐĂĨĞƚLJ ĂŶĚ ĂŵďƵůĂŶĐĞ ƐĞƌǀŝĐĞ ƚŽ ŽƵƌ ĐŝƟnjĞŶƐ͘ <ĞĞŶĞ ĂůƐŽ ŚĂƐ Ă ƐƚƌŽŶŐ ĐŚĂŵďĞƌ ŽĨ ĐŽŵŵĞƌĐĞ ǁŝƚŚ 7

members that are proud to live and work in this city. Chamber members appreciate Keene, its past, present and certainly its future. Our members have the ĚĞƐŝƌĞ ƚŽ ŐŝǀĞ ƐŽŵĞƚŚŝŶŐ ďĂĐŬ ƚŽ ƚŚŝƐ ĐŽŵŵƵŶŝƚLJ͕ ƚŚĞ ƉůĂĐĞ ƚŚĂƚ ŚĂƐ ďĞĞŶ ƐŽ ŐŽŽĚ ƚŽ ƵƐ ĂŶĚ ŽƵƌ ĨĂŵŝůŝĞƐ͘ dŚĞ ǀŽůƵŶƚĞĞƌͲƐƚĂīĞĚ ĐŚĂŵďĞƌ ŽĸĐĞ ŝƐ ůŽĐĂƚĞĚ Ăƚ ϭϭϬ ^ŽƵƚŚ KůĚ ĞƚƐLJ ZŽĂĚ͘ dŚĞƐĞ ǀŽůƵŶƚĞĞƌƐ ŝŶĨŽƌŵ ƌĞƐŝĚĞŶƚƐ͕ ǀŝƐŝƚŽƌƐ ĂƐ ǁĞůů ĂƐ ƉƌŽƐƉĞĐƟǀĞ ƌĞƐŝĚĞŶƚƐ ŽĨ the resources available in Keene. ŵŽŶŐ ƚŚĞ ĂĐƟǀŝƟĞƐ ŽīĞƌĞĚ ďLJ ƚŚĞ ŚĂŵďĞƌ ĂƌĞ͗ • Monthly Membership Luncheons (held the fourth dŚƵƌƐĚĂLJ ĞǀĞƌLJ ŵŽŶƚŚ ĞdžĐĞƉƚ ĞĐĞŵďĞƌͿ ƉƌŽǀŝĚĞ ŶĞƚǁŽƌŬŝŶŐ ŽƉƉŽƌƚƵŶŝƟĞƐ ĂůŽŶŐ ǁŝƚŚ ƉƌŽŐƌĂŵƐ ƚŚĂƚ ĂƌĞ ďŽƚŚ ŝŶĨŽƌŵĂƟǀĞ ĂŶĚ ŵŽƟǀĂƟŽŶĂů͘ • The Annual Business Expo, Health and Job Fair. ^ƉŽŶƐŽƌĞĚ ďLJ ƚŚĞ <ĞĞŶĞ ĐŽŶŽŵŝĐ ĞǀĞůŽƉŵĞŶƚ ŽƌƉŽƌĂƟŽŶ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ <ĞĞŶĞ ƵƐŝŶĞƐƐ ĞǀĞůŽƉŵĞŶƚ ŽƌƉŽƌĂƟŽŶ ŝŶ ĂƐƐŽĐŝĂƟŽŶ ǁŝƚŚ ^ŽƵƚŚǁĞƐƚĞƌŶ ĚǀĞŶƟƐƚ hŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƚLJ͕ ƚŚĞ ĨĂŝƌ ĂůƐŽ ŝŶĐůƵĚĞƐ ƚŚĞ dĞdžĂƐ tŽƌŬ&ŽƌĐĞ ũŽď ĨĂŝƌ͘ ƌĞĂ ďƵƐŝŶĞƐƐĞƐ ŐƌĞĞƚ ĂƩĞŶĚĞĞƐ Ăƚ ƚŚƐ ǁŚŝůĞ ĨĂŝƌ ŐŽĞƌƐ ĂůƐŽ ƉĂƌƟĐŝƉĂƚĞ ŝŶ ŚĞĂůƚŚ ƐĐƌĞĞŶŝŶŐƐ ƉƌŽǀŝĚĞĚ ďLJ ƚŚĞ ^ŽƵƚŚǁĞƐƚĞƌŶ ĞƉĂƌƚŵĞŶƚ ŽĨ EƵƌƐŝŶŐ͘ ,ĞůĚ in April. • Fourth of July Parade. The chamber is responsible ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ĂŶŶƵĂů /ŶĚĞƉĞŶĚĞŶĐĞ ĂLJ WĂƌĂĚĞ͘ ŶŽƚŚĞƌ ĐŽŵŵŝƩĞĞ ŽĨ ƌĞƐŝĚĞŶƚƐ ƉůĂŶƐ Ă ŵŽƌŶŝŶŐ ŽĨ ĞŶƚĞƌƚĂŝŶment and food. • The Annual Adult Soap Box Derby, held over the >ĂďŽƌ ĂLJ ǁĞĞŬĞŶĚ͕ ƉƌŽǀŝĚĞƐ ĂŶ ŽƉƉŽƌƚƵŶŝƚLJ ĨŽƌ ďƵƐŝŶĞƐƐĞƐ ƚŽ ďĞ ǀŝƐŝďůĞ ƚŽ ŵĂŶLJ ƐƉĞĐƚĂƚŽƌƐ ĂŶĚ ƉĂƌƟĐŝpants. • The Annual Chamber Banquet, started in 1993, atƚƌĂĐƚƐ Ă ƐŽůĚͲŽƵƚ ĐƌŽǁĚ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ŽŵŵŝƩĞĞ ŽĨ ϭϬϬ ĂĨĞƚĞƌŝĂ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ĐĂŵƉƵƐ ŽĨ ^ŽƵƚŚǁĞƐƚĞƌŶ ĚǀĞŶƟƐƚ hŶŝversity on the fourth Thursday in October to learn who ǁŝůů ƌĞĐĞŝǀĞ ĂǁĂƌĚƐ ĨŽƌ ĐŽŶƚƌŝďƵƟŽŶƐ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ĐŽŵŵƵŶŝƚLJ͘ • Basketball Tournament. This annual tournament ŚĞůĚ ŝŶ EŽǀĞŵďĞƌ ŝŶǀŽůǀĞƐ ƚŚĞ <ĞĞŶĞ ,ŝŐŚ ^ĐŚŽŽů ŚĂƌŐĞƌƐ ĂŶĚ >ĂĚLJ ŚĂƌŐĞƌƐ ĂŶĚ ƚĞĂŵƐ ĨƌŽŵ ĂƌŽƵŶĚ ƚŚĞ DĞƚƌŽƉůĞdž͘ • Christmas Light Parade. hƐƵĂůůLJ ŚĞůĚ Ăƚ ϲ͗ϯϬ Ɖ͘ŵ͘ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ^ƵŶĚĂLJ ŝŶ ĞĐĞŵďĞƌ͕ ƚŚĞ ƉĂƌĂĚĞ ĂƩƌĂĐƚƐ ůŝŐŚƚĞĚ ǀĞŚŝĐůĞƐ ĂŶĚ ŽƚŚĞƌ ŵŽďŝůĞ ĞŶƚƌŝĞƐ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚŽƵƚ ƚŚĞ ĐŽƵŶƚLJ͘ /ƚ ŝƐ ĨŽůůŽǁĞĚ ďLJ Ă ƐƉĞĐƚĂĐƵůĂƌ ĮƌĞǁŽƌŬƐ show. • United States Flags for Display. tŚĂƚ ůŽŶŐƟŵĞ ƌĞƐŝĚĞŶƚ ƌĂĚLJ ZƵƐŬ ďĞŐĂŶ ŝŶ ϭϵϵϱ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ƉƵƌĐŚĂƐĞ ŽĨ ĞŝŐŚƚ ŇĂŐƐ ŚĂƐ ŐƌŽǁŶ ƚŽ ŵŽƌĞ ƚŚĂŶ ϯϯϱ h͘^͘ ŇĂŐƐ ĚŝƐƉůĂLJĞĚ ŝŶ ŵĞŵŽƌLJ Žƌ ŝŶ ŚŽŶŽƌ ŽĨ ƐŽŵĞŽŶĞ ĂůŽŶŐ KůĚ Betsy Road on holidays and special occasions. ͻ ZŝďďŽŶ ƵƫŶŐƐ͘ ǀĞƌLJ ƟŵĞ Ă ŶĞǁ ďƵƐŝŶĞƐƐ ŽƉĞŶƐ and joins the chamber, or an established business joins the chamber, whether in Keene, Alvarado, Cleburne 8

or the unincorporated areas in-between, the chamďĞƌ ŚŽůĚƐ Ă ƌŝďďŽŶ ĐƵƫŶŐ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĂƚ ďƵƐŝŶĞƐƐ͘ ŚĂŵďĞƌ ŵĞŵďĞƌƐ ĂƩĞŶĚ ƚŚĞ ƌŝďďŽŶ ĐƵƫŶŐ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ďƵƐŝŶĞƐƐ ŐĞƚƐ Ă ƉŚŽƚŽ ĂŶĚ ƐƚŽƌLJ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ŶĞǁƐƉĂƉĞƌ͘ • The Best Decorated Contest. ^ŝŶĐĞ ϭϵϵϴ͕ ƚŚŝƐ ĨƌŝĞŶĚůLJ ĐŽŶƚĞƐƚ ŚĂƐ ŵŽƟǀĂƚĞĚ ůŽĐĂů ďƵƐŝŶĞƐƐĞƐ ĂŶĚ ŚŽŵĞŽǁŶĞƌƐ ƚŽ ŐĞƚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƐƉŝƌŝƚ ŽĨ ŚƌŝƐƚŵĂƐ͘ dŚĞ ĐŽŶƚĞƐƚ͕ ǁŚŝĐŚ ƌĞĐŽŐŶŝnjĞƐ Ă ƌĞƐŝĚĞŶƟĂů LJĂƌĚ ĂŶĚ a commercial business that is best decorated — inside ĂŶĚ ŽƵƚƐŝĚĞ Ͷ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ŚŽůŝĚĂLJƐ͕ ŝƐ ŚĞůĚ ŝŶ ĞĐĞŵďĞƌ͘ dǁŽ ĂǁĂƌĚƐ ĂƌĞ ƉƌĞƐĞŶƚĞĚ ƚŽ ďƵƐŝŶĞƐƐĞƐ͗ KŶĞ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ďĞƐƚ ŽƵƚĚŽŽƌ ĚĞĐŽƌĂƟŽŶƐ ĂŶĚ ĂŶŽƚŚĞƌ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ďĞƐƚ ŝŶĚŽŽƌ ĚĞĐŽƌĂƟŽŶƐ͘ One award is presented to a residence for the best decorated yard or house. ĐŽŵŵŝƩĞĞ ŽĨ ũƵĚŐĞƐ ǀŝƐŝƚƐ ĞĂĐŚ ŶŽŵŝŶĂƚĞĚ ŚŽŵĞ ĂŶĚ ďƵƐŝŶĞƐƐ ƚŽ ŵĂŬĞ ƚŚĞ ĮŶĂů ƐĞůĞĐƟŽŶ͘ Ɛ LJŽƵ ƐƉĞŶĚ ƟŵĞ ŝŶ ĂŶĚ ĂƌŽƵŶĚ <ĞĞŶĞ LJŽƵ ǁŝůů ĞǀĞŶƚƵĂůůLJ ƚŚŝŶŬ ŽĨ <ĞĞŶĞ ĂƐ ͞LJŽƵƌ ƚŽǁŶ͘͟ Ɛ Ă ĐŚĂŵďĞƌ͕ ǁĞ hope that you will also think of the many small busiŶĞƐƐĞƐ ŝŶ <ĞĞŶĞ ĂƐ ͞LJŽƵƌ ďƵƐŝŶĞƐƐĞƐ͟ ĂŶĚ ŐŝǀĞ ƚŚĞŵ LJŽƵƌ ƉĂƚƌŽŶĂŐĞ ĂŶĚ ƐƵƉƉŽƌƚ͘ dŚŝƐ ǁŝůů ŶŽƚ ŽŶůLJ ĂƐƐƵƌĞ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĐŽŶƟŶƵĞĚ ƐƵĐĐĞƐƐ ďƵƚ ǁŝůů ĂůƐŽ ŚĞůƉ ďƌŝŶŐ ŝŶ ŶĞǁ businesses and further enhance the experience of livŝŶŐ ŝŶ <ĞĞŶĞ͘

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Ŷ ĂĚĚŝƟŽŶ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ĐŚĂŵďĞƌ͛Ɛ ƐƉŽŶƐŽƌĞĚ ĂĐƟǀŝƟĞƐ ;ůŝƐƚĞĚ ŽŶ ƉŐ͘ ϴͿ <ĞĞŶĞ ŚĂƐ ŵĂŶLJ ŽƚŚĞƌ ĨĂŵŝůLJ͕ ĐƵůƚƵƌĂů ĂŶĚ ĞĚƵĐĂƟŽŶĂů ĞǀĞŶƚƐ͗ • Ride to Recovery Texas Challenge. About 220 Wounded Warriors who are veterans of wars ŝŶ /ƌĂƋ ĂŶĚ ĨŐŚĂŶŝƐƚĂŶ ďŝĐLJĐůĞ ŝŶƚŽ <ĞĞŶĞ ĨŽƌ ďƌĞĂŬĨĂƐƚ ĂŶĚ ĐĞƌĞŵŽŶŝĞƐ͘ dŚĞ ĞǀĞŶƚ ĂƩƌĂĐƚƐ ĞůĞĐƚĞĚ ŽĸĐŝĂůƐ͕ ĐŝƚLJ ŽĸĐŝĂůƐ ĂŶĚ ŚŝŐŚ ƐĐŚŽŽů ŵƵƐŝĐĂů ŐƌŽƵƉƐ͘ dŚĞ ϮϬϭϱ ZϮZ ǁĂƐ ƚŚĞ ŽƌŐĂŶŝnjĂƟŽŶ͛Ɛ ƐĞǀĞŶƚŚ ǀŝƐŝƚ ƚŽ <ĞĞŶĞ͘ hƐƵĂůůLJ ƚŚĞ ůĂƐƚ &ƌŝĚĂLJ ŝŶ Ɖƌŝů͘ • &ŽƵƌƚŚ ŽĨ :ƵůLJ WĂƌĂĚĞ ĂŶĚ ĞůĞďƌĂƟŽŶ͘ ^ƚĂƌƟŶŐ Ăƚ ϵ Ă͘ŵ͕͘ ƚŚĞ ƉĂƌĂĚĞ ĂƩƌĂĐƚƐ ŵĂŶLJ ĞŶƚƌĂŶƚƐ ĂŶĚ residents to Old Betsy Road to honor America. dŚĞ ƉĂƌĂĚĞ ŝƐ ĨŽůůŽǁĞĚ ďLJ Ă ĞůĞďƌĂƟŽŶ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĂŝƌͲĐŽŶĚŝƟŽŶĞĚ >ĞŝƐŬĞͲWƵůƚĂƌ 'LJŵŶĂƐŝƵŵ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ĐĂŵƉƵƐ ŽĨ ^ŽƵƚŚǁĞƐƚĞƌŶ ĚǀĞŶƟƐƚ hŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƚLJ that includes food, drinks, and entertainment ƵŶƟů ϭ Ɖ͘ŵ͘ • Annual Adult Soap Box Derby. ,ĞůĚ ŽǀĞƌ ƚŚĞ >ĂďŽƌ ĂLJ ǁĞĞŬĞŶĚ͕ ƚŚĞ ĞǀĞŶƚ ĂƩƌĂĐƚƐ ƌĂĐĞƌƐ ĨƌŽŵ ĂĐƌŽƐƐ dĞdžĂƐ ĂŶĚ ƐƵƌƌŽƵŶĚŝŶŐ ƐƚĂƚĞƐ͘ • Annual Banquet. Held the fourth Thursday in KĐƚŽďĞƌ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ŽŵŵŝƩĞĞ ŽĨ ϭϬϬ ĂĨĞƚĞƌŝĂ Ăƚ ^ŽƵƚŚǁĞƐƚĞƌŶ ĚǀĞŶƟƐƚ hŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƚLJ͕ ƚŚĞ ďĂŶƋƵĞƚ ŚŽŶŽƌƐ ďƵƐŝŶĞƐƐĞƐ Žƌ ƌĞƐŝĚĞŶƚƐ ŝŶ ĮǀĞ ĐĂƚĞŐŽƌŝĞƐ͗ Community Improvement Award, Community ^ĞƌǀŝĐĞ ǁĂƌĚ͕ dĞĂĐŚĞƌ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ zĞĂƌ ;Ă ƐĞƉĂƌĂƚĞ

DĞŵďĞƌƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ <ĞĞŶĞ WŽůŝĐĞ ĞƉĂƌƚŵĞŶƚ ƉŽƐĞ ǁŝƚŚ Wounded Warriors as the R2R prepares to leave the ŵŽƌŶŝŶŐ ŽĨ Ɖƌŝů Ϯϰ͕ ϮϬϭϱ͘

ĂǁĂƌĚ ŐŝǀĞŶ ƚŽ ƐĞǀĞŶ ƐĐŚŽŽůƐͿ͕ WŝŽŶĞĞƌ ǁĂƌĚ͕ ,ĞůƉŝŶŐ ,ĂŶĚƐ ǁĂƌĚ ĂŶĚ ŝƟnjĞŶ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ zĞĂƌ͘ WƌĞǀŝŽƵƐ ŐƵĞƐƚƐ ŚĂǀĞ ŝŶĐůƵĚĞĚ ƌ͘ ĞŶŶŝƐ ^ĐŚǁĂŶďĞƌŐ͕ :Ğī ůůĞŶ͕ dĂLJůŽƌ DĂƐŽŶ͕ ^ĐŽƩ DƵƌƌĂLJ͕ ĂůĞ Hansen and Aaron Wilburn. • Hoops Classic High School Basketball Tournament. dŚĞ ^ŽƵƚŚǁĞƐƚĞƌŶ ĚǀĞŶƟƐƚ hŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƚLJ Hoops Classic is an annual four-day basketball ƚŽƵƌŶĂŵĞŶƚ ƚŚĂƚ ĂƩƌĂĐƚƐ ďŽLJƐ ĂŶĚ ŐŝƌůƐ ŚŝŐŚ ƐĐŚŽŽů ƚĞĂŵƐ ĨƌŽŵ ĐŽĂƐƚ ƚŽ ĐŽĂƐƚ͘ 'ĂŵĞƐ ĂƌĞ ƉůĂLJĞĚ Ăƚ ŵƵůƟƉůĞ ƐŝƚĞƐ ŝŶ <ĞĞŶĞ ĂŶĚ ƐƵƌƌŽƵŶĚŝŶŐ ĐŝƟĞƐ͘ dŚĞ ƚŽƵƌŶĂŵĞŶƚ ŝƐ ŚĞůĚ ƚŚĞ ƚŚŝƌĚ ǁĞĞŬ ŝŶ :ĂŶƵĂƌLJ͘ • Christmas Light Parade. ,ĞůĚ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ^ƵŶĚĂLJ ŝŶ ĞĐĞŵďĞƌ ƐŝŶĐĞ ϮϬϬϬ͕ ƚŚĞ ƉĂƌĂĚĞ ĂƩƌĂĐƚƐ Ă ǁŝĚĞ variety of entries that roll or walk adorned with ŚƌŝƐƚŵĂƐ ůŝŐŚƚƐ͘ KƚŚĞƌ ĂŶŶƵĂů ĞǀĞŶƚƐ ƐƵƉƉŽƌƚĞĚ ďLJ ƚŚĞ ĐŚĂŵďĞƌ͗ • ZĞƐƵƌƌĞĐƟŽŶ WĂŐĞĂŶƚ͘ Held since 2005 on the ^ĂƚƵƌĚĂLJ ďĞĨŽƌĞ ĂƐƚĞƌ͕ ƚŚĞ WĂŐĞĂŶƚ ƚĞůůƐ ƚŚĞ ƐƚŽƌLJ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĮŶĂů ĞǀĞŶƚƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ůŝĨĞ ŽĨ :ĞƐƵƐ ƌĞͲĞŶĂĐƚĞĚ ŝŶ ĚƌĂŵĂƟĐ ĨĂƐŚŝŽŶ ƵƐŝŶŐ ǀĞŶƵĞƐ ǁŝƚŚ ŶĂƚƵƌĂů ƐƵƌƌŽƵŶĚŝŶŐƐ ĂŶĚ ůŝǀĞ ƐĐĞŶĞƐ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ĐĂŵƉƵƐ ŽĨ ^ŽƵƚŚǁĞƐƚĞƌŶ ĚǀĞŶƟƐƚ hŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƚLJ͘ dŚĞ WĂŐĞĂŶƚ͕ ƉƌĞƐĞŶƚĞĚ ĞŝŐŚƚ ƟŵĞƐ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚŽƵƚ ƚŚĞ ĚĂLJ͕ ŝŶǀŽůǀĞƐ ϯϱϬ ǀŽůƵŶƚĞĞƌƐ ĂŶĚ ĂƩƌĂĐƚƐ Ă ƚŽƚĂů ĂƵĚŝence of about 6,000 people. • A Night at the Meyerson. ^ŽƵƚŚǁĞƐƚĞƌŶ ĚǀĞŶƟƐƚ hŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƚLJ͛Ɛ ĂŶŶƵĂů ͞ EŝŐŚƚ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ DĞLJ-

>ŽŶŐƟŵĞ <ĞĞŶĞ ƌĞƐŝĚĞŶƚ ĂŶĚ ƌŵLJ ǀĞƚĞƌĂŶ ŽƵŐ ĂƌǀĞƌ͕ ϵϱ͕ ĂĚĚƌĞƐƐĞƐ ƚŚĞ ͞/ tŝůů ZĞŵĞŵďĞƌ zŽƵ͟ DĞŵŽƌŝĂů ĂLJ ĐĞƌĞŵŽŶLJ Ăƚ <ĞĞŶĞ DĞŵŽƌŝĂů WĂƌŬ͘

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ĞƌƐŽŶ͟ ďĞŐĂŶ ŝŶ ϭϵϵϯ ĂŶĚ ĐŽŶƟŶƵĞƐ ƚŽ ďĞ ŚĞůĚ ŽŶ Ă ^ƵŶĚĂLJ ŶŝŐŚƚ ŝŶ &ĞďƌƵĂƌLJ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ DŽƌƚŽŶ ,͘ DĞLJĞƌƐŽŶ ^LJŵƉŚŽŶLJ ĞŶƚĞƌ ŝŶ ĂůůĂƐ͘ dŚĞ ĂŶŶƵĂů ƉĞƌĨŽƌŵĂŶĐĞ ŝƐ Ă ĐŽůůĂďŽƌĂƟŽŶ ŽĨ ŵŽƌĞ ƚŚĂŶ ϱϬϬ ^ŽƵƚŚǁĞƐƚĞƌŶ ĚǀĞŶƟƐƚ hŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƚLJ ĂŶĚ ŚŝŐŚ school student musicians and vocalists from all ŽǀĞƌ ƚŚĞ hŶŝƚĞĚ ^ƚĂƚĞƐ͘ ͞ EŝŐŚƚ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ DĞLJĞƌƐŽŶ͟ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ĐƵůŵŝŶĂƟŽŶ ŽĨ Ă ĨŽƵƌͲĚĂLJ ŵƵƐŝĐ ĨĞƐƟǀĂů ĚƵƌŝŶŐ ǁŚŝĐŚ ƚŚĞ ŚŝŐŚ ƐĐŚŽŽů ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ĂƌĞ ĐŽĂĐŚĞĚ ďLJ Ă ƚĞĂŵ ŽĨ ĐůŝŶŝĐŝĂŶƐ ĨƌŽŵ ^ŽƵƚŚǁĞƐƚĞƌŶ͛Ɛ ŵƵƐŝĐ ĚĞƉĂƌƚŵĞŶƚ͘ WƌŽĐĞĞĚƐ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ƟĐŬĞƚ ƐĂůĞƐ ďĞŶĞĮƚ ^ŽƵƚŚǁĞƐƚĞƌŶ͛Ɛ DƵƐŝĐ &ĞƐƟǀĂů ^ĐŚŽůĂƌƐŚŝƉ &ŝŶĂůŝƐƚƐ ĨŽƌ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ǁŝƚŚ ŵƵƐŝĐĂů talent from all academic disciplines. Best Decorated Contest. The annual Keene ŚĂŵďĞƌ ŽĨ ŽŵŵĞƌĐĞ ĞƐƚ ĞĐŽƌĂƚĞĚ ĐŽŶƚĞƐƚ͕ ƐƚĂƌƚĞĚ ŝŶ ϭϵϵϵ͕ ƌĞĐŽŐŶŝnjĞƐ Ă ƌĞƐŝĚĞŶƟĂů LJĂƌĚ ĂŶĚ a commercial business that is best decorated — inside and outside — for the holidays. Residents vote for their favorite. Two awards will be preƐĞŶƚĞĚ ƚŽ ďƵƐŝŶĞƐƐĞƐ͗ KŶĞ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ďĞƐƚ ŽƵƚĚŽŽƌ ĚĞĐŽƌĂƟŽŶƐ͕ ĂŶĚ ĂŶŽƚŚĞƌ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ďĞƐƚ ŝŶĚŽŽƌ ĚĞĐŽƌĂƟŽŶƐ͘ KŶĞ ĂǁĂƌĚ ǁŝůů ďĞ ƉƌĞƐĞŶƚĞĚ ƚŽ Ă residence for the best decorated yard or house. EĂƟŽŶĂů EŝŐŚƚ KƵƚ͘ This annual event is obƐĞƌǀĞĚ ŝŶ KĐƚŽďĞƌ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ƉĂƌŬŝŶŐ ůŽƚ ŽĨ KůĚ ĞƚƐLJ sŝůůĂŐĞ͘ ŽůůĂƌ 'ĞŶĞƌĂů ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ĚǀĞŶƟƐƚ ŽŽŬ ĞŶƚĞƌ ĐŽŵďŝŶĞ ƚŽ ƉƌŽǀŝĚĞ ĨƌĞĞ ŚŽƚ ĚŽŐƐ͕ ĚƌŝŶŬƐ͕ ďŽƵŶĐĞ ŚŽƵƐĞƐ ĂŶĚ ŐĂŵĞƐ ƚŽ ƉƌŽŵŽƚĞ ĐŽŵŵƵŶŝĐĂƟŽŶ ďĞƚǁĞĞŶ ƌĞƐŝĚĞŶƚƐ ĂŶĚ ŵĞŵďĞƌƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ <ĞĞŶĞ WŽůŝĐĞ ĞƉĂƌƚŵĞŶƚ ĂŶĚ <ĞĞŶĞ &ŝƌĞ ZĞƐĐƵĞ ĞƉĂƌƚŵĞŶƚ͘ EĂƟŽŶĂů EŝŐŚƚ KƵƚ ŝƐ ŚĞůĚ ŶĂƟŽŶĂůůLJ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ dƵĞƐĚĂLJ ŝŶ ƵŐƵƐƚ ĂŶĚ ŝŶ dĞdžĂƐ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ dƵĞƐĚĂLJ ŽĨ KĐƚŽďĞƌ͘ <ĞĞŶĞ ƚŚůĞƟĐƐ ϱ<͘ dŚĞ ĂŶŶƵĂů <ĞĞŶĞ ƚŚůĞƟĐƐ Boosters Club 5K run and walk is held early OcƚŽďĞƌ Ăƚ ĂůůŝĐŽƩ ^ƚƵĚĞŶƚ WĂƌŬ ;ƚŚĞ ƵĐŬ WŽŶĚͿ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ĐĂŵƉƵƐ ŽĨ ^ŽƵƚŚǁĞƐƚĞƌŶ ĚǀĞŶƟƐƚ hŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƚLJ͘ dŚĞƌĞ ĂƌĞ ĮǀĞ ĚŝǀŝƐŝŽŶƐ͗ ĚƵůƚ ŵĂůĞ͕ ĂĚƵůƚ

<ĞĞŶĞ /^ ^ƵƉĞƌŝŶƚĞŶĚĞŶƚ ZŝĐŬLJ ^ƚĞƉŚĞŶƐ ǁĂƐ ŶĂŵĞĚ <ĞĞŶĞ ŚĂŵďĞƌ ŽĨ ŽŵŵĞƌĐĞ ŝƟnjĞŶ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ zĞĂƌ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ŽƌŐĂŶŝnjĂƟŽŶ͛Ɛ ϮϭƐƚ ĂŶŶƵĂů ďĂŶƋƵĞƚ ŝŶ ϮϬϭϰ͘ ^ƚĞƉŚĞŶƐ ŝƐ ƐŚŽǁŶ ǁŝƚŚ ŚŝƐ ǁŝĨĞ͕ :Ž ŶŶ͘ dŚĞ ĐŚĂŵďĞƌ ďĂŶƋƵĞƚ ŝƐ ŚĞůĚ ƚŚĞ ĨŽƵƌƚŚ dŚƵƌƐĚĂLJ ŽĨ KĐƚŽďĞƌ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ŽŵŵŝƩĞĞ ŽĨ ϭϬϬ ĂĨĞƚĞƌŝĂ Ăƚ ^ŽƵƚŚǁĞƐƚĞƌŶ ĚǀĞŶƟƐƚ hŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƚLJ͘

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ĨĞŵĂůĞ͕ ŚŝŐŚ ƐĐŚŽŽů ŵĂůĞ͕ ŚŝŐŚ ƐĐŚŽŽů ĨĞŵĂůĞ͕ ũƵŶŝŽƌ ŚŝŐŚ ŵĂůĞ ĂŶĚ ƵŶĚĞƌ ĂŶĚ ũƵŶŝŽƌ ŚŝŐŚ ĨĞŵĂůĞ and under. The event raises money for the Keene ƚŚůĞƟĐ ŽŽƐƚĞƌ ůƵď ĂŶĚ ƉƌŽŵŽƚĞƐ ŚĞĂůƚŚ ĂŶĚ ĮƚŶĞƐƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ <ĞĞŶĞ ĐŽŵŵƵŶŝƚLJ͘ Starfest. dŚĞ ĂŶŶƵĂů ^ƚĂƌĨĞƐƚ͕ ǁŚŝĐŚ ƐƚĂƌƚĞĚ ŝŶ ϭϵϴϵ͕ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ĐĂƌŶŝǀĂůͲůŝŬĞ ĂƐƐĞŵďůLJ ŽĨ ŐĂŵĞƐ͕ rides and food booths, will be held as an alternaƟǀĞ ƚŽ ,ĂůůŽǁĞĞŶ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ <ĞĞŶĞ WŽůŝĐĞ ĂŶĚ <ĞĞŶĞ &ŝƌĞͲZĞƐĐƵĞ ĐŽŵƉůĞdž Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ŝŶƚĞƌƐĞĐƟŽŶ ŽĨ ,ŝůůĐƌĞƐƚ ĂŶĚ DŽĐŬŝŶŐďŝƌĚ ƐƚƌĞĞƚƐ͘ dŚĞƌĞ ŝƐ ŶŽ ĂĚŵŝƐƐŝŽŶ ĐŚĂƌŐĞ ĂŶĚ Ăůů ŐĂŵĞƐ ĂƌĞ ĨƌĞĞ͘ dŚĞƌĞ ŝƐ Ă ŵŝŶŝŵĂů ĐŚĂƌŐĞ ĨŽƌ ĨŽŽĚ ĂŶĚ ĚƌŝŶŬƐ͕ ƉƌŽǀŝĚĞĚ ďLJ ůŽĐĂů ŶŽŶƉƌŽĮƚ ŽƌŐĂŶŝnjĂƟŽŶƐ͕ ĂŶĚ ĨŽƌ ŚĞůŝĐŽƉƚĞƌ rides. The Annual “I Will Remember You” Memorial Day Ceremony ŝƐ ŚĞůĚ ŽŶ DĞŵŽƌŝĂů ĂLJ Ăƚ <ĞĞŶĞ DĞŵŽƌŝĂů WĂƌŬ ƚŽ ŚŽŶŽƌ ƚŚŽƐĞ ŵŝůŝƚĂƌLJ ƐĞƌǀŝĐĞ ƉĞƌƐŽŶŶĞů ǁŚŽ ŐĂǀĞ ƚŚĞ ƵůƟŵĂƚĞ ƐĂĐƌŝĮĐĞ ĨŽƌ ŽƵƌ ĐŽƵŶƚƌLJ͘ dŚĞ ĐĞƌĞŵŽŶLJ ĂƩƌĂĐƚƐ ŵĂŶLJ ƵŶŝĨŽƌŵĞĚ ǀĞƚĞƌĂŶƐ ĂŶĚ ƐƉĞĂŬĞƌƐ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ŵĞƌŝĐĂŶ >ĞŐŝŽŶ ĂŶĚ ŵĞƌŝĐĂŶ >ĞŐŝŽŶ ƵdžŝůŝĂƌLJ͘ Bulk Cleanup Days. Bulk curbside pickup on the

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regular trash pickup day in March, June, September, and December. Movies in the Park. Three free movies a year at Elisa Carver Park on a Saturday night 30 minutes ĂŌĞƌ ƐƵŶĚŽǁŶ͘ dŚĞ ĐŽŶƐĞƐƐŝŽŶ ƐƚĂŶĚ ŝƐ ŽƉĞŶ͘

WĞƌƐŽŶŶĞů ĨƌŽŵ WŝŶŶĂĐůĞ ĂŶŬ ƉŽƐĞ Ăƚ ƚŚĞŝƌ ŇŽĂƚ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ϮϬϭϰ <ĞĞŶĞ ŚƌŝƐƚŵĂƐ >ŝŐŚƚ WĂƌĂĚĞ͘ ,ĞůĚ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ^ƵŶĚĂLJ ŝŶ ĞĐĞŵďĞƌ͕ ƚŚĞ ƉĂƌĂĚĞ ǁĞůĐŽŵĞƐ ĂŶLJ ĞŶƚƌLJ ƚŚĂƚ ƌŽůůƐ Žƌ ǁĂůŬƐ ĂŶĚ ŝƐ ĂĚŽƌŶĞĚ ǁŝƚŚ ůŝŐŚƚƐ͘ ĮƌĞǁŽƌŬƐ ƐŚŽǁ ĨŽůůŽǁƐ ƚŚĞ ƉĂƌĂĚĞ͘

dŚŝƐ ŇĂŐ ǁĂƐ ŝŶƐƚĂůůĞĚ ŝŶ ϮϬϬϳ Ăƚ ĂůůŝĐŽƩ ^ƚƵĚĞŶƚ WĂƌŬ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ĐĂŵƉƵƐ ŽĨ ^ŽƵƚŚǁĞƐƚĞƌŶ ĚǀĞŶƟƐƚ hŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƚLJ ĂƐ Ă ŐŝŌ ĨƌŽŵ ŝŵŵŝŐƌĂŶƚƐ ǁŚŽ ŚĂǀĞ ŵĂĚĞ ƚŚĞŝƌ ŚŽŵĞ ŝŶ <ĞĞŶĞ͘ dŚĞLJ ǁŝƐŚĞĚ ƚŽ ƐŚŽǁ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĂƉƉƌĞĐŝĂƟŽŶ ĨŽƌ <ĞĞŶĞ ĂŶĚ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ hŶŝƚĞĚ ^ƚĂƚĞƐ͘

CROSSROAD FELLOWSHIP SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH “THE COWBOY CHURCH” 400 N. MAIN, JOSHUA, TEXAS 76058 WWW.JOSHUACOWBOYCHURCH.ORG

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>ŽŶŐƟŵĞ ƌĞƐŝĚĞŶƚƐ ŽďďLJ ĂŶĚ DĂƌLJ ŶŶ ,ŽĚŐĞƐ served as grand marshals for the 2014 Fourth of July WĂƌĂĚĞ͘ dŚĞ ƉĂƌĂĚĞ ĂƩƌĂĐƚƐ Ă ůĂƌŐĞ ĐƌŽǁĚ ǁŚŽ ƌĞŵĂŝŶ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ĞůĞďƌĂƟŽŶ ĞǀĞŶƚƐ ƚŚĂƚ ĨŽůůŽǁ͕ ŝŶĐůƵĚŝŶŐ ĞŶƚĞƌtainment, games and food in the Leiske-Pultar GymŶĂƐŝƵŵ Ăƚ ^ŽƵƚŚǁĞƐƚĞƌŶ ĚǀĞŶƟƐƚ hŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƚLJ͘

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How Did Keene Get its Name? ͞ Ƶƚ ƚŚĞ ĚĞĂĐŽŶ͕ ƐĂŝĚ ŚĞ͕ ͞/ƚ ŝƐ ƉůĂŝŶ ƚŽ ƐĞĞ ƚŚĂƚ Ă ŶĂŵĞ ǁŚŝĐŚ Ăůů ǁŽƵůĚ ůŽǀĞ͕ ƐŚŽƵůĚ ŝŶĐůƵĚĞ ƚŚĞ ŶĂŵĞ ŽĨ ŽƵƌ ĨĂǀŽƌŝƚĞ tree; why not call the place Oak Grove?” ĐĐŽƌĚŝŶŐ ƚŽ ZĞĞĚ͛Ɛ ƉŽĞŵ͕ ƚŚƌĞĞ ůĞƩĞƌƐ ĐŽŶƚĂŝŶŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ŶŽŵŝŶĂƚĞĚ ŶĂŵĞƐ ǁĞƌĞ ƐĞŶƚ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ WŽƐƚŵĂƐƚĞƌ 'ĞŶĞƌĂů͘ ͞ ŶĚ ƚŚĞ WŽƐƚŵĂƐƚĞƌ 'ĞŶĞƌĂů ĮŶĂůůLJ ƐĂŝĚ͕ ͚KŶĞ ƚŚŝŶŐ ĐĂŶ ďĞ ĐůĞĂƌůLJ ƐĞĞŶ͘ dŚĞLJ͛ƌĞ ƐŽ ŬĞĞŶ ŽŶ ŚĂǀŝŶŐ Ă ŶĂŵĞ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŽǁŶ͕ ůĞƚ͛Ɛ ŐŝǀĞ ŝƚ ƚŚĞ ŶĂŵĞ ŽĨ <ĞĞŶĞ͛͘͟ ĐĐŽƌĚŝŶŐ ƚŽ DĂƌLJ ŶŶ ,ĂĚůĞLJ͕ ĨŽƌŵĞƌ ŚŝƐƚŽƌŝĂŶ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ,ŽƉƉƐ DƵƐĞƵŵ ĂŶĚ ĐŽŵƉŝůĞƌ ŽĨ ͞dŚĞ ŚƌŽŶŝĐůĞ ŽĨ ^ŽƵƚŚǁĞƐƚĞƌŶ ĚǀĞŶƟƐƚ ŽůůĞŐĞ͕͟ ƚŚĞ ͞WŽƐƚŵĂƐƚĞƌ 'ĞŶĞƌĂů͟ ǁĂƐ ƚŚĞ ƉĞƌƐŽŶ ǁŚŽ ŚĞůĚ ƚŚĂƚ ƉŽƐŝƟŽŶ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ƐƚĂƚĞ ůĞǀĞů ŝŶ ƵƐƟŶ͕ ŶŽƚ ƚŚĞ ĨĞĚĞƌĂů ůĞǀĞů ŝŶ tĂƐŚŝŶŐƚŽŶ͕ ͘ ͘ ^ŚĞ said her research revealed that he had a friend named Keene. And so, as Reed rhymes, “a town there ǁĂƐ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ƚŽƉ ŽĨ Ă Śŝůů͕ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ĐĂŵƉƵƐ ďƌŽĂĚ ĂŶĚ ŐƌĞĞŶ͕ ǁŚĞƌĞ ƚŚĞ DŝnjƉĂŚ ŐĂƚĞ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ĞŶĚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƐƚƌĞĞƚ͕ ǁĞůĐŽŵĞƐ ƵƐ Ăůů ƚŽ <ĞĞŶĞ͘͟

KůĚ ^ŽŐŐLJ ŝĚ LJŽƵ ĂůƐŽ ŬŶŽǁ ƚŚĂƚ͕ ƵŶůŝŬĞůLJ ĂƐ ŝƚ ƐĞĞŵƐ ƚŽĚĂLJ͕ <ĞĞŶĞ ǁĂƐ ŽŶĐĞ ƚŚĞ ĂǀŝĂƟŽŶ dŚĞ <ĞĞŶĞ &ŽƵƌƚŚ ŽĨ :ƵůLJ WĂƌĂĚĞ ĂƩƌĂĐƚƐ Ă ůĂƌŐĞ ŶƵŵďĞƌ ŽĨ ŚŽƌƐĞƐ͕ capital of Texas and then, about 40 years ŝŶĐůƵĚŝŶŐ ƚŚŽƐĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ :ŽŚŶƐŽŶ ŽƵŶƚLJ ^ŚĞƌŝī͛Ɛ KĸĐĞ ŽůŽƌ 'ƵĂƌĚ͕ ƚŚĂƚ ůĞĂĚƐ ƚŚĞ ƉĂƌĂĚĞ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ h͘^͘ ĂŶĚ dĞdžĂƐ ŇĂŐƐ͘ ůĂƚĞƌ͕ ďĞĐĂŵĞ ƚŚĞ ƐƟĐŬ ŚŽƌƐĞ ĐĂƉŝƚĂů ŽĨ ƚŚĞ world. ƌĞƉůŝĐĂ ŽĨ KůĚ ^ŽŐŐLJ͕ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ĂŝƌƉůĂŶĞ ĐĐŽƌĚŝŶŐ ƚŽ Ă ƉŽĞŵ ďLJ sĂŶĐĞ ZĞĞĚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ^ƉƌŝŶŐ ďƵŝůƚ ŝŶ dĞdžĂƐ ǁŚŝĐŚ ǁĂƐ ĐŽŶƐƚƌƵĐƚĞĚ ŝŶ <ĞĞŶĞ ďLJ ͞^ůĂƚƐ͟ ϭϵϴϭ ĞĚŝƟŽŶ ŽĨ Spotlight͕ ^ŽƵƚŚǁĞƐƚĞƌŶ ĚǀĞŶ- ZŽŐĞƌƐ͕ ŚĂŶŐƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ůŽďďLJ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ^ŽƵƚŚǁĞƐƚĞƌŶ ĚǀĞŶƟƐƚ hŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƚLJ͛Ɛ ĂůƵŵŶŝ ŵĂŐĂnjŝŶĞ͕ <ĞĞŶĞ ǁĂƐ ĂůŵŽƐƚ ƟƐƚ hŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƚLJ͛Ɛ ,ŽƉƉƐ DƵƐĞƵŵ ĂŶĚ tĞůĐŽŵĞ ĞŶƚĞƌ͘ ŶĂŵĞĚ ŽůůĞŐĞ ,ŝůů͕ KĂŬ 'ƌŽǀĞ͕ Žƌ 'ƌĞĞŶǀŝůůĞ͘ /ƚ ǁĂƐ ŐŝǀĞŶ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ƵŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƚLJ ďLJ ǀĞƌŝů ,ĂƵƐŝŶŐĞƌ ŝŶ ZĞĞĚ͕ ǁŚŽ ƐĞƌǀĞĚ ĂƐ <ĞĞŶĞ͛Ɛ ĮƌƐƚ ŵĂLJŽƌ ĨƌŽŵ ϭϵϱϱͲ ŚŽŶŽƌ ŽĨ ŚĞƌ ůĂƚĞ ŚƵƐďĂŶĚ Z͘ ͘ ͞ ŽĐ͟ ,ĂƵƐŝŶŐĞƌ͕ ĂŶ ϱϴ͕ ǁƌŝƚĞƐ ƚŚĂƚ :ŽĞ ^ƚŽŬĞƐ͕ ƚŚĞ ůŽŶŐƟŵĞ ĐŽŶĚƵĐƚŽƌ ŽĨ ĂǀŝĂƟŽŶ ĞŶƚŚƵƐŝĂƐƚ ǁŚŽ ƚŽŽŬ ŇLJŝŶŐ ůĞƐƐŽŶƐ ĨƌŽŵ ZŽŐOld Betsy, the train whose tracks used to run on what ers and built a Keene business, Nu-Cushion Products. ŝƐ ŶŽǁ KůĚ ĞƚƐLJ ZŽĂĚ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ <ĞĞŶĞ͕ ƵƐĞĚ ƚŽ ĐĂůů ŽƵƚ͕ ,Ğ ĂůƐŽ ďƵŝůƚ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ĂŝƌƉůĂŶĞ ŚĂŶŐĞƌ ŝŶ <ĞĞŶĞ͘ ͞ ůů Žī ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ,ŽůLJ ŝƚLJ͕͟ ĂƐ ƚŚĞ ƐƚĞĂŵ ĞŶŐŝŶĞ ƉƵůůĞĚ dŚĞ ƌĞƉůŝĐĂ ŽĨ KůĚ ^ŽŐŐLJ͕ ŶĂŵĞĚ ďLJ ZŽŐĞƌƐ ďĞĐĂƵƐĞ ŝŶƚŽ ƚŚĞ ƐƚĂƟŽŶ͘ ŽŶĞ ǁŝŶŐ ŚƵŶŐ Ă ůŝƩůĞ ůŽǁĞƌ ƚŚĂŶ ƚŚĞ ŽƚŚĞƌ͕ ǁĂƐ ďƵŝůƚ ZĞĂůŝnjŝŶŐ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ ƚŽǁŶ ĚŝĚŶ͛ƚ ŚĂǀĞ Ă ŶĂŵĞ͕ ZĞĞĚ ƐĂŝĚ ďLJ :ŽŚŶ ĞĂĐŚ͕ ĐŽͲŽǁŶĞƌ ŽĨ ĞĂĐŚ ƌŽƚŚĞƌƐ ƵƚŽ ZĞŽŶĞ ůŽĐĂů ůĞĂĚĞƌ ƐƵŐŐĞƐƚĞĚ ŽůůĞŐĞ ,ŝůů͘ ƉĂŝƌ ŝŶ ĞŵŝŶŐ͕ E͘D͘ ,Ğ ĚŽŶĂƚĞĚ ϭ͕ϴϬϬ ŚŽƵƌƐ ƚŽ ďƵŝůĚ ͞ Ƶƚ Ă ƐŝƐƚĞƌ ŽƉŝŶĞĚ ƚŚĂƚ Ă ŶĂŵĞ ƐŚĞ͛Ě ĮŶĚ͕ ĨĂƌ ďĞƩĞƌ ƚŚĞ ŽŶĞͲŚĂůĨ ƐĐĂůĞ ŵŽĚĞů ƚŚĂƚ ǁĞŝŐŚƐ ϭϯϱͲƉŽƵŶĚƐ͕ ŝƐ ƚŚĂŶ ŽůůĞŐĞ ,ŝůů͘ ^Ž ƐŚĞ ǁŽƌŬĞĚ ĂǁĂLJ ĚĂLJ ĂŌĞƌ ĚĂLJ͕ ƚŽ ϭϯͲĨĞĞƚ ůŽŶŐ͕ ĂŶĚ ŚĂƐ Ă ϭϳͲĨŽŽƚ ǁŝŶŐ ƐƉĂŶ͘ DĞĂŶǁŚŝůĞ͕ ǀĞƌŝů ĂŶĚ ŽĐ ďƵŝůƚ EƵͲ ƵƐŚŝŽŶ WƌŽĚƵĐƚƐ have the town named Greenville.

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ŝŶƚŽ ƚŚĞ ůĞĂĚŝŶŐ ŶĂƟŽŶĂů ĂŶĚ ŝŶƚĞƌŶĂƟŽŶĂů ƐƟĐŬ ŚŽƌƐĞ ŵĂŶƵĨĂĐƚƵƌĞƌ͕ ŵĂŬŝŶŐ <ĞĞŶĞ ƚŚĞ ͞^ƟĐŬ ŚŽƌƐĞ ĂƉŝƚĂů ŽĨ ƚŚĞ tŽƌůĚ͘͟ ^ĐŽƌĞƐ ŽĨ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ĮŶĂŶĐĞĚ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĞĚƵĐĂƟŽŶ Ăƚ ^t h ǁŽƌŬŝŶŐ ĨŽƌ ŽĐ͘ ŽĐ ďƵŝůƚ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ĂŝƌƉůĂŶĞ ŚĂŶŐĂƌ Ăƚ <ĞĞŶĞ͛Ɛ ĂŝƌƉŽƌƚ ĂŶĚ ĚŽŶĂƚĞĚ ŝƚ ƚŽ ^t h͘ ŽĐ ĚŝĞĚ ŝŶ ϭϵϳϱ͕ ďƵƚ ŚŝƐ ůŽǀĞ ĨŽƌ ŇLJŝŶŐ ůŝǀĞƐ ŽŶ ǁŝƚŚ ŚŝƐ ƐŽŶ͕ DŝŬĞ͕ Ă ϭϵϳϯ ŐƌĂĚƵĂƚĞ ŽĨ ^t h͘

ƉĂƐƐĞĚ ďLJ ƚŚĞ ǀŽƚĞƌƐ ŽŶ EŽǀ͘ Ϯ͕ ϭϵϵϵ͕ ĂŶĚ ĂŵĞŶĚĞĚ EŽǀ͘ ϰ͕ ϮϬϭϰ͘ dŚĞ ŵĂLJŽƌ ŝƐ :ĂŵĞƐ ŚĂƉůŝŶĞ͕ ĞůĞĐƚĞĚ ƚŽ Ă ƚǁŽͲLJĞĂƌ ƚĞƌŵ EŽǀ͘ ϰ͕ ϮϬϭϰ͘ dŚĞ ŝƚLJ ŽƵŶĐŝů ŵĞŵďĞƌƐ ĂƌĞ͗ tĂƌĚ / Ͷ :ĂƐŽŶ ,ŽĚŐĞƐ ĂŶĚ >ŽƌĞŶĂ DĂƌŝŶ͖ tĂƌĚ // Ͷ

<ĞĞŶĞ͛Ɛ WŽƉƵůĂƟŽŶ <ĞĞŶĞ͛Ɛ ƉŽƉƵůĂƟŽŶͶǁŚŝĐŚ ŝƐ ŐƌŽǁŝŶŐͶŝƐ ĂďŽƵƚ ϲ͕ϭϬϬ ƉĞŽƉůĞ͘ KŶĞ ĞĂƌůLJ ĮŐƵƌĞ͕ ĞƐƚĂďůŝƐŚĞĚ ďLJ ƚŚĞ <ĞĞŶĞ ŝƚLJ ŽƵŶĐŝů ŽŶ :ƵůLJ ϯϬ͕ ϭϵϵϴ͕ ǁĂƐ ϱ͕ϮϮϭ͕ ŵĂŬŝŶŐ <ĞĞŶĞ ƚŚĞ ƚŚŝƌĚ ůĂƌŐĞƐƚ ĐŝƚLJ ŝŶ :ŽŚŶƐŽŶ ŽƵŶƚLJ͘ KŶ Ɖƌŝů ϰ͕ ϮϬϬϭ͕ ƚŚĞ EŽƌƚŚ ĞŶƚƌĂů dĞdžĂƐ ŽƵŶĐŝů ŽĨ 'ŽǀĞƌŶŵĞŶƚƐ ĂŶŶŽƵŶĐĞĚ <ĞĞŶĞ͛Ɛ ƉŽƉƵůĂƟŽŶ ĂƐ ϱ͕ϮϳϮ͘ dŚĞ ĞŶƐƵƐ ϮϬϬϬ͕ ĂƐ ĐŽŶĚƵĐƚĞĚ ďLJ

ĚǁĂƌĚ ŚĞĞǀĞƌ //͕ ǁĞĂƌŝŶŐ ĐĂƉ ĂŶĚ ŐŽǁŶ͕ ĐĞůĞďƌĂƚĞƐ ǁŝƚŚ ŚŝƐ ĨĂŵŝůLJ ĂƐ ŚĞ ĞĂƌŶĞĚ ĚĞƉĂƌƚŵĞŶƚĂů ŚŽŶŽƌƐ ĂůŽŶŐ ǁŝƚŚ ŚŝƐ ĂĐŚĞůŽƌ ŽĨ ^ĐŝĞŶĐĞ ĚĞŐƌĞĞ ŝŶ ƐŽĐŝĂů ƐĐŝĞŶĐĞ͘ &ƌŽŵ ůĞŌ ĂƌĞ ƐŝƐƚĞƌ <ŝŵďĞƌůLJ ŚĞĞǀĞƌ͕ ĚĂĚ Ě ŚĞĞǀĞƌ͕ ďƌŽƚŚĞƌ ĞŶ ŚĞĞǀĞƌ ĂŶĚ ŵŽŵ ůŝnjĂďĞƚŚ ŚĞĞǀĞƌ͘

ĂǀŝĚ WĂƩĞƌƐŽŶ ĂŶĚ ŚĞƌLJů ^ĐŚƌĂŵ͖ ĂŶĚ tĂƌĚ /// Ͷ ZŽďĞƌƚ ŽŽƉĞƌ ĂŶĚ ŽŶŶLJ 'ŽƌĞ͘

Did You Know? • <ĞĞŶĞ &ŝƌĞ ZĞƐĐƵĞ ĞƉĂƌƚŵĞŶƚ ƉĞƌƐŽŶŶĞů ĞƌĞĐƚ ƐŽŵĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ϯϯϱ h͘^͘ ŇĂŐƐ ĂůŽŶŐ KůĚ ĞƚƐLJ ZŽĂĚ ŽŶ Ă ƌĞĐĞŶƚ ŚŽůŝĚĂLJ͘ dŚĞ ŇĂŐƐ ĐĂŶ ďĞ ƉƵƌĐŚĂƐĞĚ ŝŶ ŵĞŵŽƌLJ Žƌ ŚŽŶŽƌ ŽĨ ƐŽŵĞŽŶĞ ĨŽƌ Ψϳϱ ďLJ ĐĂůůŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ <ĞĞŶĞ ĐŚĂŵďĞƌ ŽĸĐĞ Ăƚ ϴϭϳ͘ϱϱϲ͘Ϯϵϵϱ͘ dŚĞ ŇĂŐƐ ĂƌĞ ĞƌĞĐƚĞĚ ŽŶ ŚŽůŝĚĂLJƐ ĂŶĚ ƐƉĞĐŝĂů ŽĐĐĂƐŝŽŶƐ͘ ^ĞĞ ƉĂŐĞ Ϯϵ ĨŽƌ ŵŽƌĞ ŝŶĨŽƌŵĂƟŽŶ͘

ƚŚĞ h͘^͘ ĞƉƚ͘ ŽĨ ŽŵŵĞƌĐĞ͕ ĚĞƚĞƌŵŝŶĞĚ <ĞĞŶĞ͛Ɛ ƉŽƉƵůĂƟŽŶ ĂƐ ϱ͕ϬϬϯ͘ dŚĞ ϮϬϭϬ ĞŶƐƵƐ ĞƐƚĂďůŝƐŚĞĚ <ĞĞŶĞ͛Ɛ ƉŽƉƵůĂƟŽŶ Ăƚ ϲ͕ϭϬϲ ƌĞƐŝĚĞŶƚƐ͕ ǁŚŝĐŚ ǁĂƐ ĐŽŶĮƌŵĞĚ ďLJ ƚŚĞ EŽƌƚŚ ĞŶƚƌĂů dĞdžĂƐ ŽƵŶĐŝů ŽĨ 'ŽǀĞƌŶŵĞŶƚƐ ĂŶĚ ͞dĞdžĂƐ͗ tŝĚĞ KƉĞŶ ĨŽƌ ƵƐŝŶĞƐƐ͟ ŽŶ DĂƌĐŚ ϯ͕ ϮϬϭϭ͘ dŚĂƚ ĚĂƚĂ ŚĂƐ ďĞĞŶ ƵƉĚĂƚĞĚ ďĂƐĞĚ ŽŶ ŚŽƵƐŝŶŐ ƐƚĂƌƚƐ ĂŶĚ ƌĞĐĞŶƚ ĂŶŶĞdžĂƟŽŶƐ ƚŽ ƉƵƚ <ĞĞŶĞ͛Ɛ ĐƵƌƌĞŶƚ ƉŽƉƵůĂƟŽŶ Ăƚ ĂŶ ĞƐƟŵĂƚĞĚ ϲ͕ϭϲϬ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ĂƐ ŽĨ :ĂŶ͘ ϭ͕ ϮϬϭϱ͘ <ĞĞŶĞ ŝƐ Ă ,ŽŵĞ ZƵůĞ ĐŝƚLJ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ŵĂLJŽƌ ĂŶĚ Ɛŝdž ĐŝƚLJ ĐŽƵŶĐŝů ŵĞŵďĞƌƐ͕ ƚǁŽ ĨƌŽŵ ĞĂĐŚ ŽĨ ƚŚƌĞĞ ǁĂƌĚƐ͘ <ĞĞŶĞ ŽƉĞƌĂƚĞƐ ĂĐĐŽƌĚŝŶŐ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ĐŝƚLJ ĐŚĂƌƚĞƌ ƚŚĂƚ ǁĂƐ

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dŚĞ ^ŽƵƚŚǁĞƐƚĞƌŶ ĚǀĞŶƟƐƚ hŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƚLJ ŽŵŵŝƩĞĞ ŽĨ ϭϬϬ ĂĨĞƚĞƌŝĂ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ůĂƌŐĞƐƚ ǀĞŐĞƚĂƌŝĂŶ ƌĞƐƚĂƵƌĂŶƚ ŝŶ dĞdžĂƐ͘ <ĞĞŶĞ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ŽŶůLJ ĐŝƚLJ ŝŶ dĞdžĂƐ ŝŶ ǁŚŝĐŚ ĨŽƵƌ ƐĐŚŽŽů ĚŝƐƚƌŝĐƚƐ ĞdžŝƐƚ ǁŝƚŚŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĐŝƚLJ ůŝŵŝƚƐ ; ůǀĂƌĂĚŽ͕ ůĞďƵƌŶĞ͕ :ŽƐŚƵĂ ĂŶĚ <ĞĞŶĞͿ͘ ^ŽŵĞ <ĞĞŶŝƚĞƐ ƐĞŶĚ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĐŚŝůĚƌĞŶ ƚŽ :ŽƐŚƵĂ Žƌ ůĞďƵƌŶĞ ƉƵďůŝĐ ƐĐŚŽŽůƐ ĂŶĚ ŐĞƚ ƚŚĞŝƌ ŵĂŝů ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ůĞďƵƌŶĞ ƉŽƐƚĂů ĚŝƐƚƌŝĐƚ͘ dŚĞ <ĞĞŶĞ /^ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ƚŚŝƌĚͲƐŵĂůůĞƐƚ ůĂŶĚ ŵĂƐƐ ƐĐŚŽŽů ĚŝƐƚƌŝĐƚ ŝŶ dĞdžĂƐ͘ <ĞĞŶĞ /^ ĞŶƌŽůůŵĞŶƚ͕ &Ğď͘ ϭ͕ ϮϬϭϱ͕ Ăƚ <ĞĞŶĞ /^ ŝƐ ϵϲϱ͕ ĂŶ ĂůůͲƟŵĞ ƌĞĐŽƌĚ͘ <ĞĞŶĞ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ŚŝŐŚĞƐƚ ƉŽŝŶƚ ŝŶ :ŽŚŶƐŽŶ ŽƵŶƚLJ͘ KŶ Ă ĐůĞĂƌ ĚĂLJ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ŽďƐĞƌǀĂƟŽŶ ƚŽǁĞƌ Ăƚ ^ŽƵƚŚǁĞƐƚĞƌŶ͛Ɛ ŚĂŶ ^ŚƵŶ ĞŶƚĞŶŶŝĂů >ŝďƌĂƌLJ͕ LJŽƵ ĐĂŶ ƐĞĞ ƚŚĞ ĂůůĂƐ ĂŶĚ &Žƌƚ tŽƌƚŚ ƐŬLJůŝŶĞƐ͘ 13

The Keene Chamber is a Good Neighbor

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ŽƵŶĚĞĚ :ƵůLJ ϭ͕ ϭϵϵϯ͕ ĂŶĚ ŽƉĞƌĂƚĞĚ ƐƚƌŝĐƚůLJ ďLJ ǀŽůunteers, the Keene Chamber of Commerce is a posŝƟǀĞ ĨŽƌĐĞ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĐŽŵŵƵŶŝƚLJ ĂŶĚ ĂĐĐŽŵƉůŝƐŚĞƐ ŵŽƌĞ ƚŚĂŶ ŝƐ ƌĞĂůŝnjĞĚ͘ dŚĞ ĐŚĂŵďĞƌ͛Ɛ ŵŽŶƚŚůLJ ŵĞŵďĞƌƐŚŝƉ ŵĞĞƟŶŐƐ͕ ĂůƐŽ ŽƉĞŶ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ƉƵďůŝĐ͕ ďƌŝŶŐ ƚŽ <ĞĞŶĞ ŶƵŵĞƌŽƵƐ ĞůĞĐƚĞĚ ŽĸĐŝĂůƐ Ͷ ĐŽƵŶƚLJ ĂŶĚ ĚŝƐƚƌŝĐƚ ũƵĚŐĞƐ͕ ĐŽƵŶƚLJ ĐŽŵŵŝƐƐŝŽŶĞƌƐ͕ ůĂǁ ĞŶĨŽƌĐĞŵĞŶƚ ƉĞƌƐŽŶŶĞů͕ ƐƚĂƚĞ ůĞŐŝƐůĂƚŽƌƐ͕ ĂŶĚ ŵĞŵďĞƌƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ hŶŝƚĞĚ ^ƚĂƚĞƐ ŽŶŐƌĞƐƐ Ͷ ďƵƐŝŶĞƐƐ͕ ĐŝǀŝĐ ĂŶĚ ĞĚƵĐĂƟŽŶĂů ůĞĂĚĞƌƐ ĨƌŽŵ ůǀĂƌĂĚŽ͕ ƵƌůĞƐŽŶ͕ ůĞďƵƌŶĞ ĂŶĚ :ŽƐŚƵĂ ĂŶĚ ŽƚŚĞƌ ĚĞĐŝƐŝŽŶ makers who have no other reason to be in Keene but ƚŽ ĂƩĞŶĚ ƚŚĞ ĐŚĂŵďĞƌ ŵĞĞƟŶŐ͘ That’s important. ĞĐĂƵƐĞ͕ ŽƵƚ ƚŚĞƌĞ͕ ŝŶ ƚŚĂƚ ŶĞďƵůŽƵƐ ĂŶĚ ƵŶĚĞĮŶĂďůĞ ƉůĂĐĞ ǁŚĞƌĞ ͞ƚŚĞLJ͟ ůŝǀĞ͕ ŵĂŶLJ ŽĨ ͞ƚŚĞŵ͟ ŚĂǀĞ ŝŶĂĐĐƵƌĂƚĞ ƉĞƌĐĞƉƟŽŶƐ ĂďŽƵƚ <ĞĞŶĞ ĂŶĚ ŝƚƐ ŝŶŚĂďŝƚĂŶƚƐ͘ ^Ž ŝƚ͛Ɛ ŐŽŽĚ ƚŽ ŚĂǀĞ ŶŽŶͲƌĞƐŝĚĞŶƚƐ ǀŝƐŝƚ <ĞĞŶĞ͕ ĞƐƉĞ-

ůů ĂŐĞƐ ĂƌĞ ĂƩƌĂĐƚĞĚ ƚŽ ůŝsa Carver Park for the playŐƌŽƵŶĚ ĂƉƉĂƌĂƚƵƐ͕ ďĂƐŬĞƚďĂůů ĐŽƵƌƚ͕ ǁĂůŬŝŶŐͬũŽŐŐŝŶŐ ƚƌĂĐŬ͕ ǀŽůůĞLJďĂůů ĐŽƵƌƚ͕ ĨŽƵƌ ůŝŐŚƚĞĚ ďĂůůĮĞůĚƐ͕ Ă ůĂƌŐĞ ƐŽĐĐĞƌͬĨŽŽƚďĂůů ĮĞůĚ͕ ĚŝƐĐ ŐŽůĨ ĐŽƵƌƐĞ͕ ƉŝĐŶŝĐ ƚĂďůĞƐ ĂŶĚ ĂŵƉůĞ ƉĂƌŬŝŶŐ͘

ǁŽƌŬŝŶŐ ŽƉƉŽƌƚƵŶŝƟĞƐ ĐƌĞĂƚed by the chamber luncheons ĂƌĞ Ă ŐŽŽĚ ƚŚŝŶŐ͘ /ĚĞĂƐ ĂƌĞ ŚŝĞĨ ZŽĐŬLJ ůďĞƌƟ͕ ďĂĐŬ ƌŽǁ͕ ĐĞŶƚĞƌ͕ ĂŶĚ ŵĞŵďĞƌƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ <ĞĞŶĞ WŽůŝĐĞ ĞƉĂƌƚŵĞŶƚ͘ ĞdžĐŚĂŶŐĞĚ͕ ƉůĂŶƐ ĂƌĞ ĚĞKŶ :ƵŶĞ ϯ͕ ϮϬϭϱ͕ ůďĞƌƟ ĐĞůĞďƌĂƚĞĚ ŚŝƐ ϯϱƚŚ ĂŶŶŝǀĞƌƐĂƌLJ ǁŝƚŚ <ĞĞŶĞ ƉŽůŝĐĞ ĚĞƉĂƌƚveloped, deals are done, ŵĞŶƚ͘ ,Ğ ǁĂƐ ĂƉƉŽŝŶƚĞĚ ĐŚŝĞĨ DĂLJ ϭ͕ ϮϬϬϳ͘ all because someone who ŚĂĚ ƐŽŵĞƚŚŝŶŐ ƚŽ ŽīĞƌ ŵĞƚ someone at the Keene chamcially people who, when they speak with others, are ber luncheon who wanted to accept it. listened to and respected. ŽŶƐŝĚĞƌ ĨŽƌ Ă ŵŝŶƵƚĞ ũƵƐƚ ŽŶĞ ƉƌŽŐƌĂŵ ƐƉŽŶƐŽƌĞĚ ďLJ And when they speak about Keene, about how nice ƚŚĞ <ĞĞŶĞ ĐŚĂŵďĞƌ͗ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ĂŶŶƵĂů ďĂŶƋƵĞƚ͕ ƚŚĞ ϮϯƌĚ ĂŶĚ the university looks and how clean Old Betsy Road 24th of which will be held in 2015 and 2016, at the is and how, at the chamber luncheon they shared ŽŵŵŝƩĞĞ ŽĨ ϭϬϬ ĂĨĞƚĞƌŝĂ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ^ŽƵƚŚǁĞƐƚĞƌŶ ĚĂ ŐŽŽĚ ŵĞĂů ǁŝƚŚ ŐŽŽĚ ƉĞŽƉůĞ͕ ŝƚ ŐŽĞƐ Ă ůŽŶŐ ǁĂLJ ǀĞŶƟƐƚ hŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƚLJ ĐĂŵƉƵƐ͘ ŝŶ ďƵŝůĚŝŶŐ ďƌŝĚŐĞƐ ĂŶĚ ƌĞůĂƟŽŶƐŚŝƉƐ͘ ŶĚ ƚŚĞ ŶĞƚdŚŝƐ ďĂŶƋƵĞƚ͕ ǁŚŝĐŚ ƵŶƟů ƌĞĐĞŶƚůLJ ǁĂƐ ĂŵŽŶŐ ƚŚĞ 14

only all-vegetarian chamber banquets in the country, has been held every year at the Southwestern cafeteƌŝĂ͘ ǀĞŶ ŝŶ ƟŵĞƐ ǁŚĞŶ ͞ƚŽǁŶ ĂŶĚ ŐŽǁŶ͟ ƌĞůĂƟŽŶƐŚŝƉƐ ǁĞƌĞ ƐŽŵĞƟŵĞƐ ĂĐƌŝŵŽŶŝŽƵƐ͕ ƚŚĞ ƵŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƚLJ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ chamber always got along. And now, Southwestern President Ken Shaw is a member of the chamber board of directors. dŚĞ ďĂŶƋƵĞƚ ŚĂƐ ďƌŽƵŐŚƚ ƚŽ <ĞĞŶĞ ŶĂƟŽŶĂůůLJͲŬŶŽǁŶ ŚƌŝƐƟĂŶ ĐŽŵĞĚŝĂŶƐ ; ĂƌŽŶ tŝůďƵƌŶ͕ ĞŶŶŝƐ ^ǁĂŶďĞƌŐ͕ dĂLJůŽƌ DĂƐŽŶ ĂŶĚ :Ğī ůůĞŶͿ͕ ĂŶĚ ůŽĐĂů ĐĞůĞďƌŝƟĞƐ ĂůĞ ,ĂŶƐĞŶ ĂŶĚ ^ĐŽƩ DƵƌƌĂLJ͕ ĂůůŽǁŝŶŐ <ĞĞŶŝƚĞƐ ƚŽ ĞŶũŽLJ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƚĂůĞŶƚƐ ŝŶ ƉĞƌƐŽŶ͘ ,ĞƌĞ͛Ɛ Ă ƚƌƵĞ ƐƚŽƌLJ͘ /Ŷ ϮϬϬϮ͕ ƚŚĞ :ŽŚŶƐŽŶ ŽƵŶƚLJ ZĞƉƵďůŝĐĂŶ WĂƌƚLJ ǁĂƐ going to hold a major fundraiser on the fourth ThursĚĂLJ ŝŶ KĐƚŽďĞƌ͕ ƚƌĂĚŝƟŽŶĂůůLJ ƚŚĞ ĚĂƚĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ <ĞĞŶĞ chamber banquet. tŚĞŶ ƚŚĞ <ĞĞŶĞ ĐŚĂŵďĞƌ ƉƌĞƐŝĚĞŶƚ ŚĞĂƌĚ ĂďŽƵƚ ƚŚĞ ƉŽƚĞŶƟĂů ĐŽŶŇŝĐƚ͕ ŚĞ ĐĂůůĞĚ ƚŚĞ ĐŚĂŝƌŵĂŶ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĐŽƵŶƚLJ ZĞƉƵďůŝĐĂŶƐ ĂŶĚ ĂƐŬĞĚ ŝĨ ƚŚĞ ĚĂƚĞ ĐŽƵůĚ ďĞ ĐŚĂŶŐĞĚ͘ No way. hŶĚĂƵŶƚĞĚ͕ ƚŚĞ ĐŚĂŵďĞƌ ƉƌĞƐŝĚĞŶƚ ĐĂůůĞĚ Ă ĨĞǁ ƉĞŽƉůĞ͕ ƐƵĐŚ ĂƐ ŽƵŶƚLJ :ƵĚŐĞ ZŽŐĞƌ ,ĂƌŵŽŶ ĂŶĚ ^ŚĞƌŝī Bob Alford. The judge has, for at least 19 of the last 21 years, ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ ϮϬϭϰ͕ ŐŝǀĞŶ ƚŚĞ ŝŶǀŽĐĂƟŽŶ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ďĂŶƋƵĞƚ͘ dŚĞ ƐŚĞƌŝī ůŽǀĞƐ <ĞĞŶĞ͕ ůŽǀĞƐ ŚŽǁ ŚĞ ŝƐ ƚƌĞĂƚĞĚ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ƉĂƌĂĚĞƐ ĂŶĚ͕ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ĞdžĐůƵƐŝŽŶ ŽĨ ŽƚŚĞƌ ƉĂƌĂĚĞƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĐŽƵŶƚLJ͕ ĂůǁĂLJƐ ĐĂƌƌŝĞƐ ƚŚĞ h͘^͘ ŇĂŐ ĂƐ ŚĞ ůĞĂĚƐ ƚŚĞ Keene Fourth of July Parade and the Christmas Light Parade.

ůĂƌŐĞ h͘^͘ ŇĂŐ ŇŝĞƐ ƉƌŽƵĚůLJ ŽŶ ͞&Ăƌ ^ŝĚĞ /ƐůĂŶĚ͟ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƵĐŬ WŽŶĚ Ăƚ ĂůůŝĐŽƩ ^ƚƵĚĞŶƚ WĂƌŬ͘ ůƚŚŽƵŐŚ ƚŚĞ ƉĂƌŬ ŝƐ ŽǁŶĞĚ ďLJ ^ŽƵƚŚǁĞƐƚĞƌŶ ĚǀĞŶƟƐƚ hŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƚLJ͕ ŝƚ ŝƐ Ă ƉŽƉƵůĂƌ ĂƩƌĂĐƟŽŶ ĂŵŽŶŐ ĂƌĞĂ ƌĞƐŝĚĞŶƚƐ ĨŽƌ ĮƐŚŝŶŐ͕ ŚŝŬŝŶŐ͕ ǁĂůŬŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ ũŽŐŐŝŶŐ͕ ƚĞŶŶŝƐ͕ ďŝƌĚ ĨĞĞĚŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ ƉŝĐŶŝĐƐ͘

dŚĞ ũƵĚŐĞ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ƐŚĞƌŝī Ͷ ďŽƚŚ ZĞƉƵďůŝĐĂŶƐ Ͷ ĐĂůůĞĚ ƚŚĞ ƉĂƌƚLJ ĐŚĂŝƌŵĂŶ ĂŶĚ ĞƐƐĞŶƟĂůůLJ ƐĂŝĚ ƚŚĞ ƐĂŵĞ ƚŚŝŶŐ͗ ͞zŽƵ ĐĂŶ ƐĐŚĞĚƵůĞ ƚŚĞ ĨƵŶĚƌĂŝƐĞƌ ŽŶ ƚŚĂƚ ŶŝŐŚƚ ŝĨ LJŽƵ ǁĂŶƚ ƚŽ͕ ďƵƚ /͛ůů ďĞ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ <ĞĞŶĞ ĐŚĂŵďĞƌ ďĂŶƋƵĞƚ͘͟

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Needless to say... &ƌŽŵ ƟŵĞ ƚŽ ƟŵĞ͕ ƚŚĞƌĞ ŝƐ ĚĞďĂƚĞ ĂďŽƵƚ ƚŚĞ ƌŽůĞ ŽĨ the chamber, vis-a-vis the city’s economic developŵĞŶƚ ĐŽƌƉŽƌĂƟŽŶ ĂŶĚ ĐŽŵŵƵŶŝƚLJ ĚĞǀĞůŽƉŵĞŶƚ ĐŽƌƉŽƌĂƟŽŶ͕ ƚŚĞ dLJƉĞ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ dLJƉĞ ďŽĂƌĚƐ͘ ^ŽŵĞ ƚŚŝŶŬ ƚŚĞ ƌŽůĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĐŚĂŵďĞƌ ƐŚŽƵůĚ ďĞ ƚŽ Ăƚtract new businesses to Keene. But unlike the Type A ĂŶĚ dLJƉĞ ďŽĂƌĚƐ͕ ǁŚŝĐŚ ƐŚĂƌĞ Ă ƟŶLJ ƉĞƌĐĞŶƚĂŐĞ ŽĨ the local sales tax revenue, the chamber has no such ŐƵĂƌĂŶƚĞĞĚ ƐŽƵƌĐĞ ŽĨ ĨƵŶĚƐ͘ /ƚ ƐƵƌǀŝǀĞƐ ŽŶ ŵĞŵďĞƌƐŚŝƉ dues and an occasional fundraiser, such as the annual banquet, the business expo and the biennial membership directory. /ŵĂŐŝŶĞ͕ ĨƌŽŵ ŝƚƐ ŚƵŵďůĞ ďĞŐŝŶŶŝŶŐ ŽŶ :ƵůLJ ϭ͕ ϭϵϵϯ͕ ǁŚĞŶ Ϯϰ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ŵĞƚ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ <ĞĞŶĞ ŝŶĞƌ͕ ƚŚĞ <ĞĞŶĞ ŚĂŵďĞƌ ŽĨ ŽŵŵĞƌĐĞ ŝƐ ŐƌŽǁŝŶŐ͘ ŶĚ ƌĞŵĞŵďĞƌ͕ Ăůů chamber directors are volunteers. ,ĞƌĞ ĂƌĞ ŽƚŚĞƌ ĞīŽƌƚƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĐŚĂŵďĞƌ ŝŶ ĂĚĚŝƟŽŶ ƚŽ ƚŚŽƐĞ ŵĞŶƟŽŶĞĚ ŽŶ ƉĂŐĞƐ ϳͲϵ͗ • Keene Chamber Membership Directory. dŚŝƐ ĚŝƌĞĐƚŽƌLJ͕ ĚĞƐŝŐŶĞĚ͕ ǁƌŝƩĞŶ ĂŶĚ ƉŚŽƚŽŐƌĂƉŚĞĚ by volunteers, will be distributed to all businesses, ƐĐŚŽŽůƐ͕ ĞůĞĐƚĞĚ ŽĸĐŝĂůƐ ĂŶĚ ŽƚŚĞƌƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ <ĞĞŶĞ ĂƌĞĂ͘ ͻ dŚĞ ŚĂŵďĞƌ KĸĐĞ͘ >ŽĐĂƚĞĚ Ăƚ ϭϭϬ ^͘ ^ŽƵƚŚ KůĚ ĞƚƐLJ ZŽĂĚ͕ ƚŚĞ ǀŽůƵŶƚĞĞƌƐ ǁŚŽ ƐƚĂī ƚŚĞ ŽĸĐĞ ĮĞůĚ ƐĐŽƌĞƐ ĂŶĚ ƐĐŽƌĞƐ ŽĨ ƉŚŽŶĞ ŝŶƋƵŝƌŝĞƐ ĂďŽƵƚ <ĞĞŶĞ͖ ĂďŽƵƚ ŽƵƌ ƐĐŚŽŽůƐ͕ ƌĞĂů ĞƐƚĂƚĞ ƉƌŝĐĞƐ͕ ũŽď ŽƉƉŽƌƚƵŶŝƟĞƐ͕ ƉůĂĐĞƐ ƚŽ ĞĂƚ͕ ĂŶĚ ĞǀĞƌLJƚŚŝŶŐ ĂƐŬĞĚ ŽĨ Ă ďŝŐͲĐŝƚLJ ĐŚĂŵďĞƌ͕ ŽŶůLJ ŶŽƚ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ same volume. • The Chamber’s Web Page. ĞƐŝŐŶĞĚ ďLJ ǀŽůƵŶƚĞĞƌƐ͕ ƚŚĞ ĐŚĂŵďĞƌ͛Ɛ tĞď ƉĂŐĞ represents Keene to the world of cyberspace. It’s inĨŽƌŵĂƟǀĞ͕ ĂƩƌĂĐƟǀĞ ĂŶĚ ƉƌĞƐĞŶƚƐ <ĞĞŶĞ ŝŶ Ă ƉŽƐŝƟǀĞ ŝŵĂŐĞ͘ zŽƵ ĐĂŶ ǀŝƐŝƚ Ăƚ ǁǁǁ͘ŬĞĞŶĞĐŚĂŵďĞƌ͘ŽƌŐ͘ ͻ ŝƟnjĞŶ ǁĂƌĚƐ͘ EŽ ŽŶĞ ĞůƐĞ ŝŶ <ĞĞŶĞ ŚŽŶŽƌƐ ŝƚƐ ĐŝƟnjĞŶƐ ůŝŬĞ ƚŚĞ <ĞĞŶĞ ĐŚĂŵďĞƌ͘ ĂĐŚ LJĞĂƌ ƐŝŶĐĞ ϭϵϵϯ͕ ůŽĐĂů ƌĞƐŝĚĞŶƚƐ ĂŶĚ ďƵƐŝŶĞƐƐĞƐ ĂƌĞ ƌĞĐŽŐŶŝnjĞĚ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ĂŶŶƵĂů ďĂŶƋƵĞƚ͘ ǁĂƌĚƐ ĂƌĞ ŐŝǀĞŶ ĨŽƌ ƐĞƌǀŝĐĞ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ĐŽŵŵƵŶŝƚLJ ; ŽŵŵƵŶŝƚLJ ^ĞƌǀŝĐĞ ǁĂƌĚͿ͕ ĨŽƌ ŝŵƉƌŽǀŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ůŽŽŬƐ of the community (Community Improvement Award), ĨŽƌ ŐŽŽĚ ĚĞĞĚƐ ĚŽŶĞ LJĞƐƚĞƌLJĞĂƌ ĂŶĚ ƐƟůů ďĞŝŶŐ ĚŽŶĞ ƚŽĚĂLJ ;WŝŽŶĞĞƌ ǁĂƌĚͿ͕ ĨŽƌ ĂƐƐŝƐƟŶŐ ǁŝƚŚŽƵƚ ƐĞĞŬŝŶŐ ƌĞĐŽŐŶŝƟŽŶ ;WŚŝůůŝƉ ^ƉĂƌŬƐ ,ĞůƉŝŶŐ ,ĂŶĚƐ ǁĂƌĚͿ͕ ĨŽƌ ĐŽŶƚƌŝďƵƟŶŐ ƚŽ ŽƵƌ ƉƵďůŝĐ ĂŶĚ ƉƌŝǀĂƚĞ ĞĚƵĐĂƟŽŶĂů ƐLJƐƚĞŵƐ ; ĚƵĐĂƚŽƌ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ zĞĂƌ͕ ƉƵďůŝĐ ĂŶĚ ƉƌŝǀĂƚĞ ƐĐŚŽŽůƐͿ ĂŶĚ ĨŽƌ ŵĂŬŝŶŐ Ă ƉŽƐŝƟǀĞ ĐŽŶƚƌŝďƵƟŽŶ ƚŽ ŽƵƌ ƚŽǁŶ ; ŝƟnjĞŶ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ zĞĂƌͿ͘ 'ŽŽĚ ĚĞĞĚƐ ƐŚŽƵůĚ ďĞ ĂĐŬŶŽǁůĞĚŐĞĚ ĂŶĚ ŐŽŽĚ ƉĞŽ16

ƉůĞ ƐŚŽƵůĚ ďĞ ƌĞĐŽŐŶŝnjĞĚ͘ ĞƌƚĂŝŶůLJ͕ ŽƌŐĂŶŝnjĂƟŽŶƐ ŚŽŶŽƌ ƚŚĞŝƌ ŽǁŶ ;ďƵƐŝŶĞƐƐĞƐ honor an employee of the month or year), but only the <ĞĞŶĞ ĐŚĂŵďĞƌ ůŽŽŬƐ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ďŝŐ ƉŝĐƚƵƌĞ ǁŝƚŚŽƵƚ ƌĞŐĂƌĚ ƚŽ ŵĞŵďĞƌƐŚŝƉ ƚŽ ĂŶLJ ĐůƵď Žƌ ŽƌŐĂŶŝnjĂƟŽŶ͘ ŶĚ Ăůů ƌĞƐidents have the opportunity to nominate someone for ŽŶĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĐĂƚĞŐŽƌŝĞƐ͘ • The Best Decorated Contest. ^ŝŶĐĞ ϭϵϵϴ͕ ƚŚŝƐ ĨƌŝĞŶĚůLJ ĐŽŶƚĞƐƚ ŚĂƐ ŵŽƟǀĂƚĞĚ ůŽĐĂů ďƵƐŝŶĞƐƐĞƐ ĂŶĚ ŚŽŵĞŽǁŶĞƌƐ ƚŽ ŐĞƚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƐƉŝƌŝƚ ŽĨ Christmas. dŚĞ ϭϲƚŚ ĂŶŶƵĂů ĐŚĂŵďĞƌ ĞƐƚ ĞĐŽƌĂƚĞĚ ĐŽŶƚĞƐƚ͕ ǁŚŝĐŚ ƌĞĐŽŐŶŝnjĞƐ Ă ƌĞƐŝĚĞŶƟĂů LJĂƌĚ ĂŶĚ Ă ĐŽŵŵĞƌĐŝĂů business that is best decorated — inside and outside Ͷ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ŚŽůŝĚĂLJƐ͕ ǁŝůů ďĞ ŚĞůĚ ŝŶ ĞĐĞŵďĞƌ͘ dǁŽ ĂǁĂƌĚƐ ǁŝůů ďĞ ƉƌĞƐĞŶƚĞĚ ƚŽ ďƵƐŝŶĞƐƐĞƐ͗ KŶĞ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ďĞƐƚ ŽƵƚĚŽŽƌ ĚĞĐŽƌĂƟŽŶƐ ĂŶĚ ĂŶŽƚŚĞƌ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ďĞƐƚ ŝŶĚŽŽƌ ĚĞĐŽƌĂƟŽŶƐ͘ One award will be presented to a residence for the best decorated yard or house. ĐŽŵŵŝƩĞĞ ŽĨ ũƵĚŐĞƐ ǁŝůů ǀŝƐŝƚ ĞĂĐŚ ŶŽŵŝŶĂƚĞĚ ŚŽŵĞ ĂŶĚ ďƵƐŝŶĞƐƐ ƚŽ ŵĂŬĞ ƚŚĞ ĮŶĂů ƐĞůĞĐƟŽŶ͘

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and set membership fees at $25 (for individual, couple, or business with 1-5 employees), $50 (businesses with 6-12 employees), and $100 (businesses with 13 and more employees). According to the chamber minutes, the membership ĚĞĐŝĚĞĚ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ďŽĂƌĚ ǁŽƵůĚ ƐĞƌǀĞ ƚŚĞ ƌĞŵĂŝŶĚĞƌ ŽĨ ϭϵϵϯ ĂŶĚ Ăůů ŽĨ ϭϵϵϰ͘ ůĞĐƚĞĚ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ĐŚĂŵďĞƌ ďŽĂƌĚ ǁĞƌĞ͗ WĞƚĞƌ ĞŶŶŝƐ͕ ƌĞŶĚĂ ĞŶŝƐŽŶ͕ Žď DĞŶdenhall, Susan Meyer, Brady Rusk, Randy Scoggins, tĂŶĚĂ ^ŵŝƚŚ͕ ůĚŽŶ ^ƉĂĚLJ ĂŶĚ ĂƌŽůLJŶ :Ž tĞĂƌ͘ dŚĂƚ ďŽĂƌĚ ĐŚŽƐĞ ŝƚƐ ŽĸĐĞƌƐ ĂŶĚ ĞůĞĐƚĞĚ ĞŶŶŝƐ ĂƐ president, Rusk as president-elect, and Denison as treasurer. By Aug. 12, 1993, according to the minutes, the chamber had 13 paid members. That grew to 19 two weeks ůĂƚĞƌ͕ ĂŶĚ ŽŶ ^ĞƉƚ͘ ϵ͕ ǁŚĞŶ ƚŚĞ <ĞĞŶĞ ŝƚLJ ŽƵŶĐŝů ǀŽƚed to allot $1,000 to the chamber, membership was 27. By the end of September, a total of 26 businesses KĸĐĞƌƐ ůĞĐƚĞĚ ĂŶĚ ƚŚƌĞĞ ŝŶĚŝǀŝĚƵĂůƐ ŚĂĚ ũŽŝŶĞĚ ĂŶĚ ƋƵĂůŝĮĞĚ ĂƐ ĐŚĂƌKŶ :ƵůLJ ϳ͕ ϭϵϵϯ͕ ƚŚĞ ĐŚĂŵďĞƌ ŽƌŐĂŶŝnjĞƌƐ ŵĞƚ ĂŐĂŝŶ ter members.

wenty-six businesses and three individuals are the chamber’s charter members According to minutes from the Keene chamber archives, 24 people met at the Keene Diner on July 1, 1993, to discuss forming a chamber of commerce. The group decided to extend charter membership in the chamber to all individuals and businesses who applied through September 1993. Dr. Brady Rusk and Bob DĞŶĚĞŶŚĂůů͕ ĂĐƟŶŐ ŽŶ ďĞŚĂůĨ ŽĨ ƌĂĚŝŽ ƐƚĂƟŽŶ <: Z͕ ǁĞƌĞ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ƚŽ ĂƉƉůLJ ĨŽƌ ŵĞŵďĞƌƐŚŝƉ͘ ĞƐŝĚĞƐ DĞŶĚĞŶŚĂůů͕ ĂŶĚ ZƵƐŬ͕ ŽƚŚĞƌƐ ŝŶ ĂƩĞŶĚĂŶĐĞ Ăƚ ƚŚĂƚ ŚŝƐƚŽƌŝĐ ŵĞĞƟŶŐ ŝŶĐůƵĚĞĚ͗ dŚĞ ůĂƚĞ /ǀĂŶ ůůĞŶ͕ Duane Barnes, Peter Bennis, Rebecca Bolinger, Ginger Dickens, Eveline Gilley, Janet Goodman, Angie HadůĞLJ͕ ĂƌďĂƌĂ ,ĂŝŶĞLJ͕ ĞƩLJ ,ĂƌƌĞůů͕ :ĂŵĞƐ DŽŽĚLJ͕ >ĂƌƌLJ DŽŽƌĞ͕ dŽŶLJ DƵƐĞ͕ ZĂLJ EŝĐŚŽůƐ͕ zĚĚŽ KƌƟnj͕ DĂƌƟŶ ZĞĂĚ͕ :ĞŶĞůů ZƵƐŬ͕ ƚŚĞ ůĂƚĞ s͘K͘ ^ĐŚŶĞŝĚĞƌ͕ ĂƚŚLJ ^ŵŝƚŚ͕ tĂŶĚĂ ^ŵŝƚŚ͕ ŽůůLJ ^ƉĞůůƐͲ ŚĂƐƚĂŝŶ ĂŶĚ ĂƌŽůLJŶ :Ž Wear.

THANK YOU

Brady Rusk, D.D.S. for 34 Years of Service ƚŽ ƚŚĞ <ĞĞŶĞ ŽŵŵƵŶŝƚLJ

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Those 29 Charter members of the Keene Chamber of ŽŵŵĞƌĐĞ ĂƌĞ͗

• ĞŶŶĞƩ WƌŝŶƟŶŐ Θ KĸĐĞ ^ƵƉƉůLJ • Peter Bennis • Brandom Manufacturing • Campus Diner • Community Living Concepts, Inc. • DW Services • Dolly’s Beauty Salon

• :> ŽŶƐƵůƟŶŐ • Johnson County Electric Co-op • City of Keene • Keene Pharmacy • Keene Star • Keene Travel • Ladies Body Works • Milner TV

• džŽĚƵƐ WƌŽĚƵĐƟŽŶƐ

• DŽŚƌ͛Ɛ ŽŶƐƚƌƵĐƟŽŶ

• First State Bank (now, Pinnacle Bank)

• KĚLJƐƐĞLJ ,ĂƌďŽƌ

• General Insurance Service

• Brady Rusk, D.D.S.

• Glass Expressions

• Don Smith

• ,ĂƌĚĞĞ /ƌƌŝŐĂƟŽŶ ĂŶĚ >ĂŶĚƐĐĂƉĞ͕ /ŶĐ͘

• Wanda Smith

• Huguley Memorial Medical Center

• ^ŽƵƚŚǁĞƐƚĞƌŶ ĚǀĞŶƟƐƚ hŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƚLJ • TXU (TU Electric) • Tomblinson Real Estate

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The Hopps Museum: A History of Keene

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outhwestern’s History 101 is a class you don’t have to be a college stuĚĞŶƚ Ăƚ ^ŽƵƚŚǁĞƐƚĞƌŶ ĚǀĞŶƟƐƚ hŶŝǀĞƌsity to take. All you have to do is enter the Hopps Museum, located across the street from the Mizpah Gate. &ƌŽŵ ƉŚŽƚŽŐƌĂƉŚƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ hŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƚLJ͛Ɛ founding fathers to the stories behind ƚŚĞ ŵƵƐĞƵŵ͛Ɛ ĂƌƟĨĂĐƚƐ͕ ƚŚĞ ,ŽƉƉƐ DƵseum’s rare items on display help give ƚŚŝƐ ŵĞŵŽƌŝĂů ƚŽ <ĞĞŶĞ ŝƚƐ ƐƉĞĐŝĂů ŇĂǀŽƌ͘ Looking at all the old photos and diplomas on the walls, one can sense the ƐĐŚŽŽů͛Ɛ ƌŝĐŚ ŚŝƐƚŽƌLJ͘ ŶĚ ƚŚĞ ĨĂƐĐŝŶĂƟŶŐ displays on both levels of this museum encourage the individual stories to play The Hopps Museum was built to resemble the “Normal Building,” a out in one’s head. ďƵŝůĚŝŶŐ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ^ŽƵƚŚǁĞƐƚĞƌŶ ĐĂŵƉƵƐ ǁŚĞƌĞ ƉŽƚĞŶƟĂů ƚĞĂĐŚĞƌƐ ǁĞƌĞ ĚŽŶĂƟŽŶ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ,ŽƉƉƐ ĨĂŵŝůLJ͕ ƚŚĞ trained from 1912 to the 1950s. It stands on the site where the Hopps Hopps museum was built to resemble family owned and operated a store for many years. the “Normal Building,” a building on the ^ŽƵƚŚǁĞƐƚĞƌŶ ĐĂŵƉƵƐ ǁŚĞƌĞ ƉŽƚĞŶƟĂů teachers were trained from 1912 to the 1950s. It stands on the site where the Hopps family owned and operated a ƐƚŽƌĞ ĨŽƌ ŵĂŶLJ LJĞĂƌƐ͘ ŽŶƐƚƌƵĐƟŽŶ ŽŶ the museum was completed in 1998. According to Mary Ann Hadley, director of the Ellen G. White Research Center ĂŶĚ ƵŶŽĸĐŝĂů ƐĐŚŽŽů ŚŝƐƚŽƌŝĂŶ͕ ƚŚĞ ŵƵseum was erected in honor of the founding families of Keene and Keene Industrial Academy, the school that began in 1893 and eventually became SouthwestĞƌŶ ĚǀĞŶƟƐƚ hŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƚLJ͘ In the back of the museum on the lower level hang some old diplomas. Two of dŚĞ <ĞĞŶĞ ŽŶĐĞƌƚ ĂŶĚ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ĂƌĐŚŝǀĞƐ ŽĨ ^ŽƵƚŚǁĞƐƚĞƌŶ ĚǀĞŶƟƐƚ ƚŚĞƐĞ ĂƌĞ ĚŝƉůŽŵĂƐ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ŐƌĂĚhŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƚLJ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ,ŽƉƉƐ DƵƐĞƵŵ͘ ƵĂƟŶŐ ĐůĂƐƐ ŽĨ ϭϴϵϳ Ăƚ <ĞĞŶĞ /ŶĚƵƐƚƌŝĂů ĐĂĚĞŵLJ͘ dŽ ƚŚĞ ůĞŌ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĐĞƌƟĮĐĂƚĞƐ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ŶĞdžƚ ǁĂůů and 4th level, and the girls on the second. EĞdžƚ ƚŽ ŝƚ ŝƐ ƉŽƐƚĞĚ Ă ƉŚŽƚŽŐƌĂƉŚ ŽĨ ^ŽƵƚŚǁĞƐƚĞƌŶ͛Ɛ ŚĂŶŐƐ Ă ĐůĂƐƐ ƉŝĐƚƵƌĞ ĨƌŽŵ ϭϵϭϳ͘ dŚŝƐ ǁĂƐ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ŐƌĂĚƵĂƟŶŐ ĐůĂƐƐ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ƐĐŚŽŽů ĂŌĞƌ ^ŽƵƚŚǁĞƐƚĞƌŶ ďĞ- ĮƌƐƚ ƉƌŝŶĐŝƉĂů͕ ĂƐƐŝƵƐ ,ƵŐŚĞƐ͘ ,ƵŐŚĞƐ ǁĂƐ ŚŝƌĞĚ ĂƐ came a junior college in 1916. One also sees a drawing ƚŚĞ ƐĐŚŽŽů͛Ɛ ĮƌƐƚ ůĞĂĚĞƌ ĚĞƐƉŝƚĞ ŚĂǀŝŶŐ ŽŶůLJ Ă LJĞĂƌ ŽĨ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ĚŽƌŵ ďƵŝůƚ ŽŶ ĐĂŵƉƵƐ͕ ĂīĞĐƟŽŶĂƚĞůLJ ĐĂůůĞĚ ƚĞĂĐŚŝŶŐ ĞdžƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞ ǁŚĞŶ ŚĞ ĂƌƌŝǀĞĚ Ăƚ <ĞĞŶĞ ĨƌŽŵ “the Home” by students and faculty alike. Although Walla Walla. What’s more, before he arrived he had no ƚŚŝƐ ĮƌƐƚ ĚŽƌŵ ǁĂƐ ĂĐƚƵĂůůLJ ĐŽͲĞĚ͕ ƚŚĂƚ ǁĂƐŶ͛ƚ ĂƐ ƐĐĂŶ- ŝĚĞĂ ƚŚĂƚ ŚĞ ǁĂƐ ĞdžƉĞĐƚĞĚ ƚŽ ďĞ ƚŚĞ ƉƌŝŶĐŝƉĂů ŽĨ <ĞĞŶĞ dalous as one might think. The boys lived on the 3rd Industrial Academy. 19

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The Dortch Pump Organ

ƐŽŵĞ ƐƚƌĂǁďĞƌƌŝĞƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĮĞůĚ͘ /Ŷ dĞŶŶĞƐƐĞĞ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ 1890s there were Sunday blue laws on the books, makOn the other side of the museum stands the Dortch ŝŶŐ ŝƚ ŝůůĞŐĂů ƚŽ ĚŽ ĂŶLJ ǁŽƌŬ ŽŶ ^ƵŶĚĂLJ͘ dŚĞ ŽƌƚĐŚ ĨĂŵŝpump organ, which was donated in 1987 by Claude and ůLJ ǁĂƐ ƉƌŽŵƉƚůLJ ĮŶĞĚ͘ tŚĞŶ :ŽŚŶ ŽƌƚĐŚ ǁŽƵůĚŶ͛ƚ ƉĂLJ >ƵĐŝůůĞ ŽƌƚĐŚ͕ ĂŶĚ ŚĂƐ ŚŝƐƚŽƌŝĐĂů ƐŝŐŶŝĮĐĂŶĐĞ ƚŽ ĚǀĞŶƚŚĞ ĮŶĞƐ͕ ƚŚĞ ƐŚĞƌŝī͕ ǁŚŽ ǁĂƐ Ă ĨƌŝĞŶĚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĨĂŵŝůLJ͕ ƟƐƚƐ͘ dŚĞ ƐƚŽƌLJ ŽĨ ŚŽǁ ŝƚ ŐŽƚ ƚŽ <ĞĞŶĞ ŝƐ ĂƐ ŝŶƚĞƌĞƐƟŶŐ came out and took Dortch to his own house on Friday ĂƐ ƚŚĞ ŽƌŐĂŶ ŝƚƐĞůĨ͘ ŶŝŐŚƚƐ ƚŽ ĐŽƵŶƚ ĂƐ ũĂŝů ƟŵĞ͘ /Ŷ ϭϴϵϮ ƚŚĞ ŽƌƚĐŚ ĨĂŵŝůLJ ůŝǀĞĚ ŝŶ dĞŶŶĞƐƐĞĞ͘ KŶĞ ŽƌƚĐŚ ĐŽŶƟŶƵĞĚ ƚŽ ǁŽƌŬ ŽŶ ^ƵŶĚĂLJƐ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ƐƚĂƚĞ Sunday some neighbors saw the Dortch family picking ĞǀĞŶƚƵĂůůLJ ƐƚĞƉƉĞĚ ŝŶ ĂŶĚ ĚĞĐŝĚĞĚ ƚŽ ĂƵĐƟŽŶ Žī ŚŝƐ ƉŽƐƐĞƐƐŝŽŶƐ ƚŽ ƉĂLJ ƚŚĞ ĮŶĞƐ͘ ĞĨŽƌĞ ƚŚĞ ƐƚĂƚĞ ĐŽƵůĚ ƐĞŝnjĞ ĞǀĞƌLJƚŚŝŶŐ͕ ƚŚĞ ƐŚĞƌŝī ƐĞŶƚ Ă ŵĞƐƐĂŐĞ ƚŽ ĞůŝĂ Voted #1 Burger ŽƌƚĐŚ ƚŽ ǁĂƌŶ ŚĞƌ͘ DƌƐ͘ ŽƌƚĐŚ ƚŚĞŶ ƐŽůĚ ƚŚĞ ŽƌŐĂŶ ƚŽ ŚĞƌ ďƌŽƚŚĞƌͲŝŶͲůĂǁ ĨŽƌ Ă ĚŽůůĂƌ ƚŽ ƐĂǀĞ ŝƚ ĨƌŽŵ ďĞJohnson County ŝŶŐ ĂƵĐƟŽŶĞĚ͘ >ĂƚĞƌ ƚŚĞLJ ďŽƵŐŚƚ ŝƚ ďĂĐŬ ĨŽƌ Ă ĚŽůůĂƌ ĂƐ ƚŚĞLJ ŵŽǀĞĚ ĨƌŽŵ dĞŶŶĞƐƐĞĞ ƚŽ <ĞůůĞƌ͕ dĞdžĂƐ͘ dŚŝƐ ŝƐ 1704 N Main ŚŽǁ ƚŚĞ ŽƌƚĐŚ ƉƵŵƉ ŽƌŐĂŶ ŵĂĚĞ ŝƚƐ ǁĂLJ ƚŽ <ĞĞŶĞ͘

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ĨŽƌ ƌĂŝƐŝŶŐ ŵŽŶĞLJ ƚŽ ƉƵƌĐŚĂƐĞ ƚŚĞ ŇĂŐƐ͕ ƉƵƌĐŚĂƐŝŶŐ ƚŚĞŵ͕ ƐƚŽƌŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ ƉƌŽƚĞĐƟŶŐ ƚŚĞŵ͕ ĂŶĚ ŽƌŐĂŶŝnjŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ŝŶƐƚĂůůĂƟŽŶ ĐĞƌĞŵŽŶŝĞƐ͘ ŇĂŐ ĐŽƐƚƐ Ψϳϱ͕ ǁŚŝĐŚ ŝŶĐůƵĚĞƐ ŇĂŐ͕ ƉŽůĞ ĂŶĚ ŝŶƐƚĂůůĂƟŽŶ ƐůĞĞǀĞ͘ ^ŝŶĐĞ ƚŚĞ ƉƌŽŐƌĂŵ͛Ɛ ŝŶĐĞƉƟŽŶ͕ ŵŽƌĞ ƚŚĂŶ ϮϭϬ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ŚĂǀĞ ƉƵƌĐŚĂƐĞĚ ŵŽƌĞ ƚŚĂŶ ϯϯϱ ŇĂŐƐ ŝŶ ŵĞŵŽƌLJ ŽĨ or to honor a loved one or friend.

To purchase a U.S. flag, contact the Keene Chamber of Commerce office at ϴϭϳ͘ϱϱϲ͘Ϯϵϵϱ ϭϭϬ ^͘ KůĚ ĞƚƐLJ ZŽĂĚ͕ <ĞĞŶĞ͕ dĞdžĂƐ ϳϲϬϱϵ Žƌ zĚĚŽ Kƌƚŝnj Ăƚ ϴϭϳ͘ ϱϭϳ͘ϰϲϱϬ͘

^ŽŵĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ϮϮϬ ďŝĐLJĐůŝƐƚƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ZŝĚĞ Ϯ ZĞĐŽǀĞƌLJ dĞdžĂƐ ŚĂůůĞŶŐĞ ƉƌĞƉĂƌĞ ƚŽ ƐƚŽƉ ĨŽƌ ďƌĞĂŬĨĂƐƚ Ăƚ ĂůůŝĐŽƩ ^ƚƵĚĞŶƚ WĂƌŬ in Keene. The Wounded Warriors are veterans of wars in AfŐŚĂŶŝƐƚĂŶ ĂŶĚ /ƌĂƋ ǁŚŽ ƵƐĞ ďŝĐLJĐůĞƐ ĨŽƌ ƌĞŚĂďŝůŝƚĂƟŽŶ͘ dŚĞ 2015 stop was R2R’s seventh annual visit to Keene.

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Member Directory *Red denotes advertiser 360 Restaurant & Lounge 111 S. Old Betsy Rd. Keene, TX, 76059 817.202.9731 Dina Reyes dinareyes66@hotmail.com 7 C’s Investments P.O. Box 100 Keene, TX 76059 817.202. 8001 S. Wayne Cabansag GoToTexas@gmail.com Albee Law Firm 426 W. Chambers St. Cleburne, TX 76033 817.382.7246 Fax: 817.527.2737 Mike Allbee mike@CallBigMike.com www.CallBigMike.com

Brazos Chamber Orchestra 104 Songbird Trail Keene, TX, 76059 817.645.8067 David and Kathy Anavitarte brazoschamber@gmail.com www.brazoschamberorchestra.org

Ball Insurance Agency 1200 W. Henderson, Suite A Cleburne, TX, 76033 817.641-3676 Lindsey Miller lindsey@ball-insurance.com www.ball-insurance.com

Cain & Associates, P.C. 508 N. Ridgeway Cleburne, TX, 76033 817.645.1717 D. Scott Cain scott@cainlawyers.com www.cainlawyers.com

Barnes Rentals Duane Barnes 713 Barnes Rd. Cleburne, TX 76031 817-556-1300 dbarnes38@sbcglobal.net

Calahan Real Estate 1200 W. Henderson, Ste. 1 Cleburne, TX, 76033 817.645.9308 Glenna Calahan glenna@calahanrealestate.com www.calahanrealestate.com

Apos Floors 104 CR 319B Alvarado, TX, 76009 817.645-0460 Fernando Rodriguez aposfloors@hotmail.com www.aposfloors.com

BB’s Venue 3125 CR 805B Cleburne, TX, 76031 817.538.6311 Cindy Keeney cindykeeney@bbsvenue.com www.bbsvenue.com

Arts Unlimited Southwest P.O. Box 361 Keene, TX, 76059 817.726-8503 Hortensia Bryce hortensiabryce@sbcglobal.net www.artsunlimitedsouthwest.com

Bobby’s Johns Porta-Potty Service 932 CR 702 Cleburne, TX, 76031 866.888.3484 Brandy Wood bobbysjohns@gmail.com www.bobbysjohns.com

CareFlite 3110 S. Great Southwest Parkway Grand Prairie, TX, 75052 972.339.4201 Jim Swartz mderfler@careflite.org www.CAREFLITE.org

Boom! Boom! Graphics Nathan Castania 316 S. Old Betsy Road Keene, TX, 76059 817.556.2528 www.BoomBoomGraphics.com

Ceaks Benefits (AFLAC) 501 N. Main, Ste A Cleburne, TX, 76033 817.645.9991 Amy Snoddy amsnoddy@gmail.com

Atmos Energy Corporation 1550 Tech Centre Parkway Arlington, TX, 76014 817.375.7911 Kelly Pacleb Kelly.Pacleb@atmosenergy.com www.atmosenergy.com 30

Awards By Mastercraft 225 Exchange Street, Suite K Burleson, TX, 76028 817.295.7363 Bryan Porter memoriesbymc@aol.com www.awardsbymastercraft.com

Callahan & Freeman Architects P.O. Box 15577 Ft. Worth, TX, 76119 817.478.1765 Frank Callahan and Chuck Freeman cfreeman@cfarchitects.com

;ϴϭϳͿ ϱϱϲͲϮϰϱϱ 1008 East Henderson St., Cleburne, Texas 76031

Celeste’s International Kitchen 101 S. Old Betsy Rd. Ste. 4&5 Keene, TX, 76059 817.556.2344 Celeste Gouveia celestescuisine@gmail.com www.celesteskitchen.com Christmas in Action P.O. Box 983 Cleburne, TX, 76033 817.641.8610 Cassie Dunson info@christmasinaction.net www.christmasinaction.net Chisholm Trail Academy P.O. Box 717 Keene TX 76059 817.641.6626 Tommy Simons tsimons@ctanet.org www.ctanet.org Chisholm Trail Estates Elder Care 513 S. Old. Betsy Rd. Keene, TX, 76059 817.556.9100 Steve Vogle www.agingcare.com/local/ Chisholm-Trail-Estates-KeeneIndependent-Living-TX City of Keene 100 N. Mockingbird Keene, TX, 76059 817.641.3337 Bill Guinn and Keesha Lay klay@keenetx.com www.keenetx.com Cleburne Ford P.O. Box 57 Cleburne, TX, 76033 817.641.0441 Robert de la Garza rdelagarza@cleburneford.com www.cleburneford.com

Cleburne Integrated Wellness 501-G N. Main St. Cleburne, TX, 76033 817.556.2000 Shellie King contayhalsell@yahoo.com Comfort Inn & Suites Cleburne 2117 N. Main St. Cleburne, TX, 76033 817.641.4702 Ashvin Chana a_chana@yahoo.com www.comfortinn.com/hotels/tx569 Comfort Inn & Suites Alvarado 400 Village Park Drive Alvarado, TX, 76009 817.783.2900, Teressa Parker FAX: 817.783.7468 comfortinnalvarado@aol.com, www.choicehotels.com Community Living Concepts 110 E. Walnut St. Keene, TX, 76059 Kyle Hannah kyleh@clc-coi.org www.CLC-COI.org

Community Opportunities Inc. 113 E Walnut St. Keene, TX, 76059 Pam Masters pammasters@clc-coi.org http://communityopportunitiesinc.org

Complete Energy Management Systems P.O. Box 716 Keene, TX, 76059 817.307.5070 James Chapline jchapline@sbcglobal.net Cookson Communications, Inc 5525 N. MacArthur Blvd. #530 Irving, TX, 75038 972.580.0662 Trameika Vaxter trameika@cookseypr.com Cowtown Ice Vending 2322 FM 2280 Cleburne, TX, 76031 817.455.9376 Donnie Beeson dbeeson@cowtownicevending.com

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Crosier-Pearson-Cleburne Funeral Home 512 N. Ridgeway Dr. Cleburne, TX, 76033 817.648.0522 Carol Wray cpcleburne@sbcglobal.net www.cpcleburne.com Crossroad Fellowship SDA Church 1202 Stone Lake Dr. Cleburne, TX, 76033 817.558.0623 Fran Nielson petsppw59@yahoo.com www.joshuacowboychurch.org Dollar General 117 S. Old Betsy Rd. Keene, TX, 76059 817.556.3191

Farmers Insurance 216 S. Ridgeway Dr. Cleburne, TX, 76033 817.641.2569 Jim Moreno jcowboysjim@sbcglobal.net

Gilliam, Wharram & Co. P.C. P.O. Box 118 Cleburne, TX, 76033 817.641.2274 Harold Gilliam haroldg@gwcopc.com www.gwcopc.com

First Financial Bank 201 E. Highway 67 Alvarado, TX, 76009 817.774.5155 Chris Schjetnan cschjetnan@ffin.com www.ffin.com

Gillin Realty, LLC 218 W. Fourth St. Keene, TX, 76059 817.556.3141 Samantha Gillin samg@gillinrealty.com

Fun Town RV 2200 E. Hwy. 67 Cleburne, TX, 76033 817.645.8100 Matt Lee mattlee@funtownrv.com www.funtownrv.com Gatewood Electric 1118 N. Main St. Cleburne, TX, 76033 817.645.6722 Herman Gatewood, Jr.

Double N Inspections Nicholas Castania 316 S. Old Betsy Road Keene, TX, 76059 817.556.2529 nick4533@aol.com

herman@gatewoodelectricmotors.com

Edward Jones Investments 101 S. Old Betsy Rd. Keene, TX, 76059 817.558.1501 Scott Darragh scott.darragh@edwardjones.com

General Insurance Service P.O. Box 1027 Keene, TX, 76059 817.641.9811 Richard Bothe richard@generalinsuranceservice. com

Scott Darragh Financial Advisor .

101 South Old Betsy Road Keene, TX 76059 817-558-1501

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Gissiner Electric, LLC. 828 Quail Park Lane Cleburne, TX, 76031 972.342.9651 Amber Gissiner amber@gissinerelectric.com www.gissinerelectric.com Grumps Burgers 1704 N. Main St. Cleburne, TX, 76033 817. 774.2874 Stewart Asimus Stew@grumpstexas.com www.Grumpstexas.com Habanero Express 3220 CR 317 Cleburne, TX, 76031 469.939.7469 Ever & Sophia Fuentes fuentesac10@yahoo.com Hearts & Flowers 314 S. Old Betsy Rd. Keene, TX, 76059 817.774.1112 Sharon Vaughn heartsnflowers59@yahoo.com Hewlett Office Systems, LLC P.O. Box 95 Cleburne, TX, 76033 817.645.1571 Justin Hewlett justin@hewlettofficesystems.com www.hewlettofficesystems.com

Hill College 112 Lamar Hillsboro, TX, 76645 254.659.7511 D. Crosby dcrosby@hillcollege.edu www.hillcollege.edu/ Hopps Automotive & Towing 318 S. Old Betsy Rd. Keene, TX, 76059 817.645.7732 Justin Hopps jfhopps@gmail.com

ϯϬϭ ^͘ KůĚ ĞƚƐLJ ZĚ͘ ;ϴϭϳͿ ϲϰϱͲϴϰϬϬ Juan Caballero, GM <ĞĞŶĞ͕ dy ϳϲϬϱϵ

How Sweet It Is Bakery Teresa Fallon, 904 N. Cummins Drive Alvarado, TX, 76009 817.783.2423 teresa@ bakingyourdreamscometrue.com Hunt Brothers Pizza 325 HWY 67 W. Keene, TX 817.641.0799 Ideals Design 725 Henderson, Suite D Cleburne, TX, 76033 817.641.7434 Louis Speyer, Jr. lspeyer@sbcglobal.net Johnson County Special Utility District P.O. Box 509 Cleburne, TX, 76033 817.760-5200 Terry D. Kelley tkelley@jcsud.com www.jcsud.com JVL Expressions Photography Keene, TX, 76059 817.944.2815 Jorge Velez jorgeandliz@jvlexpressions.com http://jvlexpressions.com/ Keene 1st Baptist Church P.O. Box 51 Keene, TX, 76059 817.778.8989 Michael Nightingale, pastor keenebaptist@gmail.com

Keene Business Development Corp. 100 N. Mockingbird Keene, TX, 76059 817.240.3715 Ricky Stephens rstephens@keeneisd.org

Keene Family Dental 428 S. Old Betsy Rd. Keene, TX, 76059 817.641.0000 Bijan Afkami keenefamilydental@yahoo.com www.mykeenedental.com

Keene Economic Development Corp. 100 N. Mockingbird Keene, TX, 76059 817.517.4075 David Patterson dpatterson@keenetxedc.com www.keenetxedc.com

Keene Pharmacy P.O. Box 566 Keene, TX, 76059 817.558.3341 Louis M. Caldwell Keenerx@sbcglobal.net www.keenepharmacy.com 33

Keene SDA Church 114 S Fairview St. Keene, TX, 76059 817.202.6450 James Winegardner, administrative pastor www.keenechurch.com

Mandy’s Catering 2808 E FM 4 Cleburne, TX, 76031 817.320.6826 Mandy Smith MandyFoust@hotmail.com

Mop & Broom Assoc. P.O. Box 400 Keene, TX, 76059 817.556.3393 Yddo Ortiz mopandbroom@zitroinc.com

KJCR - 88.3 The Journey 306 N. College Dr. Keene, TX 76059 817.202.6833 Mike Agee www.883TheJourney.com

Marshall Young Insurance 401 N. Ridgeway Dr. Cleburne, TX, 76033 817.645.9155 Sharan Northrop Sharan@marshallyoung.com www.marshallyoung.com

Motor Home Specialist 100 O’Banion Way (5411 I-35W) Alvarado, TX, 76009 800.335.6054 Robert Brake Robert@Mhsrv.com www.MHSRV.com

Meals-on-Wheels 106 E. Kilpatrick Cleburne, TX, 76031 817.558.2840 Lisa Deese lisa@mowjec.org

Mountain Coffee & Tropical Drinks 101 S. Old Betsy Rd., #1 Keene, TX, 76059 817.556.0878 Nellie Youngberg mnt.coffeeshoppe@gmail.com

Kris Brown Chevrolet-Buick-GMC P.O. Box 2977 Cleburne, TX, 76033 817.556.5900 Lauren Pryor Kris@Krisbrowncbg.com www.Krisbrowncbg.com Kristi’s Vintage & Rustic Rentals 2401 Presidential Dr. Cleburne, TX, 76031 817.312.2704 Kristi Amparan Kristiamparan@yahoo.com www.Kristisrentals@weebly.com La Fiesta Mexican Restaurant 728 North Main Cleburne, TX, 76031 817.558.9922 Jose Alvalos Laser Tech Solutions 209 S. Main Cleburne, TX, 76033 817.641.1862 Wanda Fowler info@lasertechsolutions.com Level 13 Apparel 711 N. Brazos Ave. Cleburne, TX, 76031 817.808.8600 Michael Mathews L13apparel@gmail.com www.Level13apparel.com Lifeway Dental 505 E. Hwy. 67 Alvarado, TX, 76009 Lorena Marin info@lifewaydentisty.com www.lifewaydentistry.com 34

www.servingthechildrenofyesterday.org

Mertz Family Dental Daniel E. Mertz, DDS, APC 104 Old Betsy Road Keene, TX, 76059 817.641.2272 danandkaryn@att.net Mimi’s Kitchen P.O. Box 3261 Cleburne, TX, 76033 682.459.7504 Bryan and Fay Coday animal10817@yahoo.com

My Roofing P.O. Box 2831 Cleburne, TX, 76033 817.659.5160 Kevin Jones info@myroofingonline.com www.info@myroofingonline.com North Central Texas Work Force 202 Hyde Park Blvd. Cleburne, TX, 76033 817.641.6201 ext. 3726 Ruby Summerfield rsummerfield@dfwjobs.com

Mission Hospice 505 N. Ridgeway Dr., Suite 173 Cleburne, TX, 76033 817.517.7336 Robin Houghton rpsencik@missionhospicex.com

Oliver Technologies 203 N. Fairview Keene, TX, 76059 817.502.9809 Karen Phillips kphillips@olivertechnologies.com www.OliverTechnologies.com

Modern Monument Works 415 E. Chambers St. Cleburne, TX, 76031 817.645.4961 Matthew Mayo info@modernmonuments.com www.modernmonuments.com

Oncor Electric Delivery 115 W. 7th St. Ste. 405 Ft. Worth, TX, 76102 817.215.5169 Buddy Bridges Mervyn.Bridges@oncor.com www.oncor.com

Pinnacle Bank P.O. Box 676 Keene, TX, 76059 817.558.2700 Amy Lingo, Branch president amy.lingo@pinnbank.com www.pinnbanktx.com

Putnam Service 405 Lewis Lane Keene, TX, 76059 817.645.8011 Marissa Nolasco marissa@putnamservice.com www.putnamservice.com

Posey Appliance P.O. Box 1180 Joshua, TX, 76058 817.484.2846 Jeff Posey poseyappl@yahoo.com

Quality Brakes and Alignment 1008 E. Henderson St. Cleburne, TX, 76031 817.556.2455 Joel Henslee joel@qualitybrakes.com www.qualitybrakes.net

Quick Way Food Store 104 FM 2280 Cleburne, TX, 76031 817.556.0331 R & J Lawn Service 1009 Christine St. Cleburne, TX, 76031 817.791.7104 Ray Johnson

www.keenechurch.com (817) 202-6450

Read-Billingsley Real Estate 300 S. Old Betsy Rd. Keene, TX, 76059 817.645.8785 John Read, PhD. jwread2@sbcglobal.net www.Read-Billingsley.com

Sam’s Club 600 N. Burleson Blvd. Burleson TX 76028 817.568.1621 Marilyn Jennings Mjennin.s08210.us@samsclub.com www.samsclub.com

Republic Waste Services 2559 FM 66 Itasca, TX, 76055 (254) 221.4414 Pat Moriarty pmoriarty@republicservices.com

Sew What? Custom Embroidery 2401 Presidential Dr. Cleburne, TX, 76031 817.645.4171 Jorge Amparan amparanj@yahoo.com

Rosser Funeral Home 1664 W. Henderson St. Cleburne, TX, 76033 817.641.4800 Perry W. Rosser mindi@rosserfuneral.com www.rosserfuneralhome.net

Shady Lakes Ranch 3701 CR 16-C Cleburne, TX, 76031 817.774.0698 Donna Wilson www.shadylakes.com

Rusk Rentals Cedar Ridge Apartments 104 S. Old Betsy Rd. Keene, TX, 76059 817.312.7853 Brady Rusk, D.D.S. bradyrusk@sbcglobal.net RV Ranch 325 HWY 67 West Keene, TX 76059 817.517.5037 www.rvranchkeene.com vidplace2@aol.com Sabre Industries 8653 E. Hwy. 67 Alvarado, TX, 76063 817.852.1700 Lisa Harrison lharrison@sabreindustries.com www.sabreindustries.com

Signs of Success 909 E. Henderson Cleburne, TX, 76031 817.517.7446 Ellis Brannam sales@signsofsuccesstx.com www.signsofsuccesstx.com

Southwestern Union Conference P.O. Box 4000 Burleson, TX, 76097 817.295.0476 Deryl Knutson dknutson@swuc.org www.southwesternadventist.org Stewart Title, North Texas 106 Hyde Park Blvd. S. Cleburne, TX, 76033 817.641.2588 Lorri Landeros llandero@stewart.com Sweet Peppa’s CafÊ 108 Old Betsy Rd. Keene, TX, 76059 817.556.3900 Mark and Mary McDonald sweetpeppas@yahoo.com www.sweetpeppas.com

Sonic Drive In 301 S. Old Betsy Rd. Keene, TX, 76059 817.645.8400 Juan Caballero store5360@sonicpartnernet.com

Tandem Design and Illustration 1508 CR 426 Cleburne, TX 76031 817.969.4694 www.tandemdi.com hello@tandemdi.com

Southwestern Adventist University 100 W. Hillcrest Keene, TX, 76059 817.202.6629 Darcy Force Director, Marketing/PR dforce@swau.edu www.swau.edu

Texas Adventist Book Center P.O. Box 636 Keene, TX, 76059 817.558.0100 Mickey Johnson mjohnson@txsda.org www.adventistbookcenter.com

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Texas Collision Center 122 E Highway 67 Keene, TX, 76059 817.707.0157 Larry Conley larry@texascollisioncenter.com TX Ink Toner & Business Services 2400 Presidential Dr. Cleburne, TX, 76031 817.760.9341 Donny Gore donny.gore@att.net That Catering Company 2210 Ridge View Dr. Cleburne, TX, 76033 817.487.9357 Olivia Hall thatcateringco@gmail.com www.thatcateringco.com

For more information on hospice, call:

(817) 517-77336

www.m missionhosp picetexas.com 505 N. Ridgeway Drive, Suiite 17 73

Town Hall Estates Keene, Inc. “Caring for and Contributing to Our Community”

Our Facility offers: •

Medicare Part A & B

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Private Pay, Insurance, Medicaid

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Sabbath & Sunday Church Services

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Vegetarian Meals Available

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Physical, Occupational & Speech Therapy

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Full Schedule of Activities

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Beauty Shop

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Post Stroke Rehabilitation

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Come Visit Town Hall Estates! Jason Fautheree – Administrator Noemi Blanco – Director of Nurses 207 South Old Betsy Road P. O. Box 588 Keene, TX 76059 Phone: 817-645-8888

Texas Health Huguley 11801 South Freeway (I-35W) Burleson, TX, 76028 817.293.9110 Ken Finch www.texashealthhuguley.org Time Out Massage Therapy 314 S. Old Betsy Rd. Keene, TX, 76059 817.645.0771 Town Hall Estates 207 S. Old Betsy Rd. Keene, TX, 76059 817.645.8888 Jason Fautheree fautheree@msn.com TxDot Keene Office 2200 FM 2280 Cleburne, TX, 76031 817.202.2900 Randy Bower Randy.Bower@txdot.gov Ulrich Barn Builders, LLC P.O. Box 2797 Cleburne, TX, 76033 817.645.1122 Jonathan Ulrich info@ulrichbarns.com www.ulrichbarns.com United Cooperative Services P.O. Box 1809 Burleson, TX, 76097 817.782.8326 Jeff Pannell jeffp@united-cs.com www.united-cs.com Universal Windows Direct of DFW 8401 Jacksboro Hwy., Ste. 400 Ft. Worth, TX, 76135 817.237.6300 Trey Corkran anull@universalwindowsdirect. com www.universalwindows dallasfortworth.com 38

Vibrant Life Foundation, Inc. 1109 Snowberry St. Cleburne, TX, 76031 817.558.9379 Myrna Castillo myrna.p.castillo@yahoo.com Wash Depot P.O. Box 45 Keene, TX, 76059 817.641.2838 Gwen Beeson gwenbeeson@sbcglobal.net Westhill Construction, Inc. P.O. Box 2016 Cleburne, TX, 76033 817.558.2504 Katie Newby westhillconst@aol.com

Weststar Mortgage Corp. 835 SW. Alsbury Ste. J Burleson, TX, 76028 817.680.4154 Betsy Feroli bferoli@westloan.com Zacharias Real Estate, LLC 310 S. Old Besty Rd. Keene, TX, 76059 817.641.4102 Greg Zacharias Zachariasrealestate@yahoo.com Zimmerer Kubota & Equip., Inc. 2825 N. Nolan River Rd. Cleburne, TX, 76033 817.645.9106 Tim McQueary tmac@zkmail.com www.zimmererkubota.com

Located just a mile north of Keene. A Must See!

Schedule viewing anytime! Call or Text Cindy (817) 538-6311 • BBsVenue.com Individual Members Bob Alford, JC Sheriff 1102 E Kilpatrick St. Cleburne, TX, 76031 817.556.6058 bob@johnsoncountytx.org

Wayne Bridewell, JC 249th District Judge 909 Angel Court Cleburne, TX, 76033 817.556.6825 wayneb@johnsoncountytx.org

Bart Basham 11516 CR 102 Grandview, TX, 76050 817.825.9617

DeWayne Burns, State Representative, District 58 P.O. Box 2794 Cleburne, TX 76033 682.309.3887

Robert Bishoff 201 Songbird Trail Keene, TX, 76059 817.641.9378

Ken and Eva Campbell 807 CR 702 Cleburne, TX, 76031 817.659.8117

Jim Bothe 219 W. Fourth St. Keene, TX, 76059 817.645.8188

Pete and Sharon Chandler 102 Songbird Trail Keene, TX, 76059 817.558.9279

Melba Bower 603 Hillcrest St. Keene, TX, 76059 817.933.0479

Nick and Jerita Chesney P.O. Box 537 Keene, TX, 76059 817.357.0067 39

Keene Family Dental 428 S. Old Betsy Road, Suite C Keene, Texas 76059 817.641.0000 www.MyKeeneDental.com Harold and Merelyne Collum 2701 North Hill Terrace Cleburne, TX 76031 817.556.0419

Ruth Haller 501 S. Old Betsy, #2 Keene, TX 76059 817.357.7515

Laurice Durrant 315 Mistletoe Keene, TX 76059 817.556.3161

Roger Harmon, JC Judge #2 N. Main, Room 120 Cleburne, TX, 76033 817.556.6360 countyjudge@ johnsoncountytx.org

Leslie and Ann Fromm 113 Hyline Dr. Cleburne, TX 76031 817.645.2256

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Walt and Carol Herrell 1101 Honeysuckle Dr. Keene, TX 76059 817.202.0908

Paul and Bonnie Gnadt P.O. Box 543 Keene, TX 76059 817.202.0733

Bobby and Mary Ann Hodges 610 W. Hillcrest Keene, TX 76059 817.517.5709

Bill and Sue Guinn 1109 CR 702 Cleburne, TX 76031 817.634.7613

Betty Kirby 1102 W. 4th Street Keene, TX 76059 817.558.6824

Stuart Madison, JC County Attorney 212 Forrest Ave. Cleburne, TX, 76033 817.683.6062 procqter@hotmail.com Bill Moore, JC County Attorney 204 S. Buffalo Ave., Suite 410 Cleburne, TX, 76033 817.556.6330 billm@johnsoncountytx.org Joan L. Ortner P.O. Box 601 Keene, TX 76059 817.673.8563 Lori Pedigo 1010 Hemphill Dr. Cleburne, TX 76033 817.648.1749 Mike Powell, JC Sheriff Chief Deputy 2001 Conveyor Joshua, TX, 76058 817.235.5554 mikep@johnsoncountytx.org

Don and Marie Redwine 217 Mistletoe Lane Keene, TX 76059 817.645.1700

Cheryl and Wes Schram P.O. Box 674 Keene, TX 76059 817.919.4954

Wanda Smith 1207 Honeysuckle Keene, TX 76059 817.641.8337

Roy and Dottie Robinson P.O. Box 1005 Keene, TX 76059 817.517.5353

Richard and Ronda Schram 5524 CR 312 Cleburne, TX 76031 817.556.0023

Donald and Mary Ross 501 S. Old Betsy, #22 Keene, TX 76059 817.558.9509

Erwin and Evangeline Sicher 2720 Dorothy Dr. Cleburne, TX 76031 817.645.0406

Ricky Stephens, KISD Superintendent P.O. Box 656 Keene, TX, 76059 817.774.5201 rstephens@keeneisd.org www.keeneisd.org Delmon and Sandra Tucker 211 E. Third St. Keene, TX 76059 817.933.2479 Roger Williams, U.S. Congressman, 25th District One Walnut Street, Suite 145 Cleburne, TX 76033 817.774.2575 Larry Woolley, JC Commissioner P.O. Box 1414 Cleburne, TX, 76033 817.648.1879 larrywoolley@hotmail.com www.larrywoolley.com

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• Located on the Highway 67 corridor between I-35 and the NEW Chisholm Trail Parkway • Top-rated education system including the only fully accredited university in Johnson County • Community programs featuring music festivals and parades throughout the year • Parks and sports programs provide family oriented entertainment for all ages • Several small airports in the area support small business traffic as well as commercial flights out of both DFW International and Dallas Love Field • Offers the advantages of wonderful business and commercial opportunities in a more relaxed and pleasant setting

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