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April 4h-Women’s Division Board Meeting 5:30 p.m. Chamber Board Room 11th-Chamber Board Meeting– 1:00 p.m. Chamber Board Room 23rd-Easter Egg Hunt Slaton park 11:00am.
May 2nd-Womens’ Division Board Meeting 5:30 p.m. Chamber Board Room 12th-Chamber Board Meeting—1:00 p.m. Chamber Board Room 14th-Slaton Shapes Up—5K Run, Walk or Crawl. Slaton High School 9am
June
4th-South Plains Air Show-Texas Air Museum– gates open at 10am.
July Centennial Celebration-1st-4th 1st-Reception-Harvey House 2nd-Parade-10am from High School to Square 2nd-Dance at High School 7pm 3rd-Gazebo Dedication 4th JULY 4TH FESTIVAL 10am Slaton Park
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Tom Aberle
Gary Boles
Lance Bownds
Jim Davis
Mark Heinrich
Wes Kitten
Mark Meurer
Patsy Vessels
Jim Morton
Jeff Ratheal
Jim Taliaferro
Jim Tidwell
Chad Wilson Anne Marie Wright
Joe Pinson
2011 Directors
Spring 2011 Issue
Farmer Rancher Merchant Dinner 2010
Many thanks to our corporate sponsors Hurst Farm Supply, Smith South Plains and Vessels Insurance representing Germania Insurance.
Selected by a panel of local farmers and past award recipients the Farmer of the Year for 2010 is Doyle Talkmitt. This year at the Farmer Rancher Merchant Dinner we began a new category of award recognition; the Farm Hand. We felt that there are many individuals who deserve recognition for their contribution to agriculture in our area. The first recipient is Arturo Zertuche. Congratulations to both of you. Our first bale award was presented to the Clark Family Partnership at the Acuff-McClung Co-op Gin. The 450 pound bale was ginned September 28, 2010.
The Chamber’s Annual Award Banquet was held February 28th this year. Our keynote speaker was the Honorable Judge Bill Sowder. The corporate sponsors were Xcel Energy, Citizens Bank and the Englund Fam-ily. Thank you to our sponsors, we couldn’t have done it without you. This year’s members of the year are: for the Women’s Division, Betty Knight and for the Chamber, Chad Wilson. They were recognized for their hard work and dedication to the Chamber as well as the contributions to many other organizations in Slaton. They multi-task very well. Boss of the Year went to two individuals this time, Sherrell and Robin Wilson. Their nomination rep-resented the sentiment of all their employees. Sherrell and Robin are as supportive of their employees as they are their business and their commu-nity. The Man of the Year is Jim Taliaferro. We all know how committed Jim is to Slaton as well as our schools. He projects a positive attitude for Slaton’s growth and progress. The Woman of the Year is Laura Lynn Wilson for her service and support of many organizations in town over many years, “wearing many hats”. The attitude and actions of all of these individuals serve as examples for the people, young and old, in our community. We also introduced those directors that were retiring off the Board of Directors: Dr. Cleve Kerby and Dick Copley for the Chamber and Alisha Glover and Sue Davis for the Women’s Division. Joining as new Directors are Wes Kit-ten of K&L Mechanical and Gary Boles of United Supermarkets. The Women’s Division’s new Directors are Kim Emerson and Elizabeth Martinez. Rounding out our evening, the dinner was catered by Klemke’s Sausage Haus and the Slaton Bakery, the plants were donated by Pauline’s Flowers and Gifts, printing by Slat-Co Printing.
Baylor University’s
Institute for Family Business
now accepting nominations for
Texas Family Business of the Year The awards will be presented November 3, 2011 at a banquet on the Baylor campus in Waco. Nominations will be ac-cepted until April 8, 2011. The Institute for Family Business at Baylor University hosts this annual awards ceremony to rec-ognize and honor outstanding family enterprises from across the state of Texas. "We honor family-owned businesses, large and small, which care for their families, customers, employees and communi-ties. Many have overcome hardship and adversity in order to keep their business successful and family relationships in-tact." said David Allen, Director of the John F. Baugh Center for Entrepreneurship. Winners are chosen from three general categories - large (more than 151 employees), medium (51-150 employees) and small (50 or fewer employees). Outstanding firms are also honored in the special categories of Family Values Award, Com-munity Commitment Award, Fastest-Growing Family Business Award, Well-Managed Family Business Award, Founders Award and Heritage Award. The entries are judged on the following criteria: family involvement, community and industry involvement and business suc-cess and succession. More information about the awards and the nomination form can be found at www.baylor.edu/tx_family_business/nom. For questions, contact Dawn Maitz at [email protected] or 254.710.4159.
Institute for Family Business Dawn Maitz, Associate Director
John F. Baugh Center for Entrepreneurship Baylor University
One Bear Place #98011 Waco, Texas 76798-8011
2nd Annual Cook for the Cure BBQ COOK-OFF
Proceeds going to American Diabetes Association
Saturday, August 20th Slaton Park
It's time to fire up the smokers and grills and practice for the tailgate season.
Come and enjoy all you can eat BBQ and Live Music Featuring: Local talent and many more bands from all over Texas
$10 for adults $5 for Kids 12-3 (under 3 Free)
Gates open and live music at 3pm All you can eat BBQ 5pm
Cook-off teams entry $100 Cash prizes and trophy visit: www.slatonchamberofcommerce.org for Rules and Regulations and entry form and fees.
Garage Sale 156 W. Garza
Friday, May 13th 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, May 15th 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Clothes, Shoes, Appliances, Toys, Books, Collectors items, Miscellaneous furniture
and household items.
Sponsored by the Women’s Division of the Slaton Chamber of commerce. Proceeds benefit the Scholarship Fund.
2011
July 4th
Festival Monday
10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Slaton Park
Live Music Lots of food
Fun Games Contests Raffles
Slaton Commemorative Centennial
Illustrated Map $10
Available at the Slaton Cham-ber of Commerce and many other businesses in town.
A real collectors time. Don’t miss out. Get your copy before we run out. There won’t be
anymore.
Friday, July 1st Reception at the Harvey House
400 Railroad Avenue
Saturday, July 2nd Parade and Picnic
10 a.m. Town Square
Centennial Dance 7:00 p.m.
Slaton High School
Sunday, July 3rd Centennial Services at: First Baptist Church
First United Methodist Church St. Joseph Catholic Church
Gazebo Dedication 5:00 p.m.
Town Square
Monday, July 4th Independence Day Festival
10:00 a.m. Slaton park
Visit www.slatonchamberofcommerce.org for more information.
Commemorative t-shirts will be available during the celebration and by pre-order. Special groups can select shirt colors, patterns and include names, etc. Get details by emailing [email protected].
Read a historical perspective of Slaton www.slatontx.wordpress.com.
USDA Rural Development is currently accepting applications for the Rural Energy for American Program (REAP) This program is available for eligible small business and agricultural producers in rural communities. The REAP program offers financial assistance, through guaranteed loans and grants, to help small businesses owners and agriculture producers for renewable energy and energy efficiency projects. Grants up to 25 percent of project cost are available. Grant limits are $500,000 for renewable energy and $250, 000 for energy efficiency. Projects under this program
can range from wind, solar, and biomass to the replacement of aging heating and air conditioning equipment or the retrofitting of buildings to reduce energy consumption, such as window replacement, insulation and lighting. To better inform the public of assistance offered by USDA Rural Development, the local area office staff is avail-able to come to your community and present information on the rural energy for American Programs to interested business leaders. Please contact Todd Hebert at 806-785-5644 ext. 4 to schedule a rural energy for America program event in your community.
The Section 9007 Renewable Energy for America Program (REAP) provides financial assistance to purchase renewable energy sys-
tems or make energy efficiency improvements to rural small businesses.
REAP Projects reduce energy consumption and decrease operating costs by reducing or eliminating the need to purchase energy from traditional sources.
Applicants must be located in a rural area of less than 50,000 population and meet the Small Business Size Standards located at http://sbagov/size/index.html.
Funds can be used for construction or improvements, pur-chase and installation of equipment, and energy audits.
The program provides up to 25% grant with energy effi-ciency grants maxing out at $250,000 and renewable en-ergy grants maxing out at $500,000. An additional 50% can be funded from a REAP guaranteed loan of up to $25 million.
Contact us today! USDA Rural Development Lubbock Area Office 806-785-5644 Ext. 4 Www.rurdev.usda.gov/tx/
USDA
USDA
Rural Development
9007 Renewable Energy
for America Program
The Slaton Chamber of Commerce has a supply of Slaton Souvenirs
On sale at the Town Square Antique Mall & the Harvey House.
Caprock Classic Car Club Show and Cruise Saturday, July 16, 2011
Early Registration on Friday, July 15th at 6:30 p.m. on the Town Square.
Vendor Registration forms will
be available by May. Booth fees are $20 for
a 12 x 12 space. *Please note Food Vending is already filled.
Show 9am
Burn-Out 3 pm
Awards 5pm
Cruise 6:30pm
Saturday, May 14th Slaton High School
8:00 a.m. Registration 9:00 a.m. start time
Hosted by Slaton Police Department Slaton Independent School District
SISD Students Free Adults $15 Seniors $5
828-2020
2011 South Plains
Air Show
Hosted by the Texas Air Museum-Caprock Chapter
Saturday, June 4th Slaton Municipal Airport
Gates open at 10:00 a.m.
Adults $10
Kids ages 5-12 $5
Kids under 5 free
Aerobatic Performances World War II air battles
Matt Younkin Bob Carlton Jeff Boerboon Randy Reed
P. O. Box 400
200 W. Garza
Slaton, Texas 79364
(806) 828-6238
Email: [email protected] www.slatonchamberofcommerce.org
Lots of eggs filled with surprises.
