Volume 5, No. 10
October 2013
Business Kelso Longview
Calendar Thursday
October 3 – 11:45 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. State of the Cities Quarterly Luncheon Red Lion Hotel $25 advance/$35 at door www.kelsolongviewchamber.org
Tuesday
October 8 – 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Business After Hours Heritage Bank 927 Commerce Ave. $15 advance/$20 at door www.kelsolongviewchamber.org
Thursday
October 10 – 4 p.m. Ribbon Cutting/Open House Three Rivers Law Center 1655 Hudson St.
Friday
Ocotober 11 – 11 a.m. Ribbon Cutting Sharp Property Management 1406 Tenant Way
Friday
October 18 – 6 to 9 p.m. Chamber Halloween Bash The Empress Estate (Empress Lane, Woodland) $20 if you are driving yourself to location/$30 for Chamber provided transportation to and from event All proceeds go to the Lower Columbia Professionals Scholarship Fund www.kelsolongviewchamber.org
Wednesday
October 23 – 7:30 to 9 a.m. Boot Camp Bonus Critical Thinking and Problem Solving LCC Heritage Room
Connection Chamber of Commerce
Business owners could sway Initiative 517 vote Business owners will get their say on the Tim Eyman-sponsored Initiative 517 ballot measure November 5. I-517 will read on the November 5 ballot like this: Initiative Measure No. 517 concerns initiative and referendum measures. This measure would set penalties for interfering with or retaliating against signaturegatherers and petition-signers; require that all measures receiving sufficient signatures appear on the ballot; and extend time for gathering initiative petition signatures. Should this measure be enacted into law? [ ] Yes [ ] No Both the Washington Retail Association and the Association of Washington Business are encouraging a no vote on Initiative 517 because it gives special rights to signature gatherers and would hurt private property rights for business owners, would make petitioning more intrusive and would increase election costs. Supporters for the Initiative claim it will protect voters who want to sign a petition from bullying and retaliation and puts the citizen back in the initiative rather than big business. The Kelso Longview Chamber encourages its members to educate themselves. Information is available at weiapplets.sos.wa.gov, www.retailassociation.org, www.no517.org, www.yesOn517.com and www.awb.org.
Beginning 18 days prior to every election, six curbside ballot drop boxes will be available 24 hours per day for you to return your voted ballot. The curbside ballot drop boxes close promptly at 8 p.m. on Election Day. Curbside ballot boxes require no postage and are located at: • Longview, Broadway St., East of the Longview Post Office boxes. • Longview, Civic Center Circle, across from Broadway St., near Longview Post Office boxes. • Kelso, 3rd Ave., between Allen and Academy, near the Kelso Post Office boxes. • Castle Rock, 137 Cowlitz St. West, in front of the Castle Rock Library. • Kalama, North 1st St., near the Kalama Post Office boxes. For questions, contact the Cowlitz County Elections Department at 360-577-3005 or e-mail at elections@ co.cowlitz.wa.us or visit the website at www.vote.wa.gov/cowlitz.