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Vol. 13, No. 307 • January 4, 2019 • FREE!
Living Her Dream
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ARLENE SOTO will talk about SBDC’s services at the Jan. 8 Pacific City-Nestucca Valley Chamber of Commerce meeting at Kiawanda Community Center.
Soto to share info on SBDC services at Jan. 8 Chamber meeting
KERRIN SWANSON is embracing her new role as pediatric nurse practioner at Bayshore Medical - Pacific City, an Adventist Health Clinic. See story, page 9.
Chamber raises an estimated $6,000 at annual awards banquet By TIM HIRSCH of the Sun The results are in and the coffers have been filled. The Pacific City-Nestucca Valley Chamber of Commerce is estimating a $6,000 profit from its annual Awards Banquet and Auction, held Dec. 4 at Kiawanda Community Center. Chamber President Susan Amort told the Sun that funds raised will help support the many events it sponsors each year, as well as provide financial support for its advertising efforts and its commitment to pay for
street lights in various communities in South Tillamook County. Amort also said that, from her perspective, she remains excited the Chamber was able to hold the event at the Kiawanda Community Center this year — and the record crowd they were able to serve. “The (Kiawanda) Community Center really went above and beyond the call of duty to help us,” she said. She also credits the support of the community and local businesses for making the fundraiser such a success. “We couldn’t have done it without the support of a lot of volunteers, the
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people who donated items, people that worked the event that night and, of course, the Grateful Bread and Oar House, who really put on a fabulous dinner.” She also voiced appreciation for the staff of Oregon Coast Bank for their job of checking attendees in and out. “They made it much more enjoyable for those working the event,” Amort said. “We really appreciate their expertise and their time and effort.” For more information about the Chamber, visit pcnvchamber.org.
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Every business can use a little assistance. And Tillamook Bay Community College Small Business Development Center is there to lend that needed helping hand. To share the services that the SBDC offers businesses throughout the county, the Pacific City-Nestucca Valley Chamber of Commerce will host SBDC director Arlene Soto at its Jan. 8 monthly meeting at Kiawanda Community Center, starting at noon. In addition to discussing services provided by the SBDC Network, Soto will present information about the TBCC truck driver training program. The SBDC network provides services through free, confidential business advising and low-cost training programs. Soto says that all Tillamook County SBDC business counselors have owned at least one business and bring real world experience to advising sessions. “If we don’t know the answer to a business question, we do all we can to help business owners find someone who does know the answer,” she says. Soto, who began her tenure as director of the Tillamook SBDC on Dec. 1, 2017, has been a small business development center director since October 1994 — first in Cheyenne, Wyoming for 13 years then for 10 years in Coos Bay. She has been working with businesses in the accounting field since 1976 and in management since 1988. She is a certified management accountant with a Master’s degree in management from Marylhurst University and a Bachelor’s degree in accounting from Portland State University. The Jan. 8 meeting agenda also includes community updates from leaders in Tillamook County as well as local organizations and entities. For more information about the Pacific City-Nestucca Valley Chamber of Commerce, visit pcnvchamber. org.