Business & Hospitality
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www.mineralwellstx.com October 2011
Come dig fossils with us! National Fossil Day Dig--
October 15, 2011
National Earth Science
Week is October 9th-
15th. Our National Fossil
Day event, the Crazy Fossil
Dig will be held October 15
from 10:00 a.m. until 2:00
p.m. Bring the whole family or
group!
Featuring:
“Tools of the Trade” display
of the various tools used by
fossil hunters while looking
for and extracting fossils.
Fossil identification. Bring
in your finds and we will try to
identify the object and provide
some information regarding it
Hands on samples of the
various types of fossils that
exist in the Texas with sup-
porting materials describing
them
Museum quality ob-
jects found and pre-
pared by members of the Dal-
las Paleontological Society
“FBI” handouts for
kids. The Fossil Bureau of
Investigation is a sub-division
of the Dallas Paleontological
Society and will have materi-
als for kids to join in the fun of
the science of Paleontology.
History Lessons and Guided
walks around the Fossil Park.
The first 25 attendees will
receive a commemorative
Mineral Wells Fossil Park
apron, designed especially for
your next outdoor paleon-
tological adventure!
Tune up your business Just in time for
the holiday sea-son, the Sales and Marketing Boot Camp hosted by the Chamber will run the first three Tuesday’s in October. Each session will run from 8:15am to 9:15am. The cost for mem-bers is $20 per session or $50 for the series. Prospective member $25 per session or $75 for the series. October 4th Session: Ef-fective Promotions and Spon-sorships with speaker John Fletcher, Fletcher Communi-cations.
October 11th Ses-sion: Sales: Getting in the Door and Clos-ing the Deal with speaker Shelley Plemons, Texas Asso-ciation of Business.
October 18th Session: Self-Marketing, Staying Rele-vant and Self-Branding with speaker Valerie Riefenstahl, Texas Association of Busi-ness. This event is sponsored by
Communication Connection-Verizon, Oncor Electric Deliv-ery and Perri Leavelle De-signs.
Crazy Water Festival The Mineral Wells
Area Chamber of
Commerce is pleased
to serve as one of the
main sponsors of the
2011 Crazy Water
Festival, to be held
Oct. 7-8. In its 32nd
year, this year’s festi-
val promises more
activities than ever as
Mineral Wells, discovered in
1881, celebrates 130 years of
Crazy Water.
New to the festival this year
will be a cyclocross race fea-
turing a $2,000 purse.
Cyclocross is an obstacle-
course style event with
“super-crazy” partici-
pants.
Also new this year will
be a Friday night car
cruise and Crazy Water
Beer, brewed by Fort
Worth-based Rahr &
Sons Brewing Company.
The main festival grounds
are in the vicinity of the Fa-
mous Mineral Water Com-
pany at 209 NW Sixth St.
Director’s Note
Business Briefs
This month in tourism
⇒ Enrollment at Weatherford College’s
Mineral Wells Education Center is up 55
percent over last year. Good job to Presi-
dent Kevin Eaton and Associate Dean JC
Colton, who has supervised the resurgence
of programming at the Mineral Wells
campus.
⇒ Dr Saskia Vaughan DDS, MAGD,
received the 2011 Mastership award. To
accomplish this goal, Dr. Vaughan com-
pleted 1,100 hours of continuing dental
education. As a recipient of this award,
Dr. Vaughan joins more than 2,200 active
AGD Masters who understand the impor-
tance of providing great smiles and good
oral health for their patients.
⇒ Congratulations Richeson Group for
breaking ground on your 52nd Dairy
Queen which is located in Santo on the
southeast corner of U. S. Highway 281
South and Interstate 20. Candidates seek-
ing employment can log on to
www.richesondq.com to fill out an appli-
cation.
⇒ Antenna Products announces 2 person-
nel additions to further develop its domes-
tic and international sales and marketing
efforts. Welcome Thomas P. McCuin and
Gus Basualdo.
⇒ Congratulations to Eagle Sound, Inc.
We celebrate your 30 years in business.
Chamber Team Board of Directors Regan Johnson Johnson Construction and Renovation Chairman of the Board Dacey Malone Titan Bank Chair-Elect Bart Freeman PecoFacet Vice Chairman Eddie Gregory First Financial Bank Finance Chair Diane Brown Palo Pinto General Hospital Secretary Brian Shoemaker Chicken Express Immediate Past Chair David Barrett IESI Pat Bazzell Farm Bureau Insurance Julie Dallas Crawford, Carter & Thompson LLP Bart Freeman PECOFacet Kiran Patel Best Western Clubhouse & Suites Brad Wilkerson First State Bank Major Investors Chairman’s Council: First Financial Bank & First State Bank Executive Member: Baum-Carlock-Bumgardner Funeral Home, Best Western Clubhouse & Suites, Texas Gas Service, First National Bank of Santo Staff Beth Henary Watson Executive Director Marcelinda Williams Membership Director Susan Boyd Office Manager Michelle Jorjorian Tourism Sales and Marketing Director
Mission The Mineral Wells Area Chamber of Commerce and Convention and Visitors Bureau advances, supports and promotes the economic vitality of the Mineral Wells Area and Palo Pinto County.
Contact Mineral Wells Area Chamber of Commerce 511 E. Hubbard St. P.O. Box 1408 Mineral Wells, TX 76067 Phone: (940) 325-2557 Fax: (940) 328-0850 Web: www.mineralwellstx.com E-mail: [email protected] Follow us:
The late summer and early fall has been
exciting on a couple of fronts.
First, we’re gearing up for Shop Local and
Win!, the two-month shopping promotion
Nov. 1 through Dec. 24. Chamber staff met
with interested downtown merchants mid-
September, and they had some great ideas
about how to make the program better work
for downtown. Also, remember the one-day
market event is now two days, Dec. 9-10, at
Clark Gardens in partnership with the
park’s fun-filled Old Fashioned Holiday.
Second, we’ve been working with our local
educational institutions—from junior high
to high school as well as Weatherford Col-
lege—to better inform students and the
community about career opportunities
available in Mineral Wells. We hope to pilot
a program this fall with Mineral Wells Jun-
ior High, and we handily salute Mineral
Wells High School and its foray into inte-
grating its workforce classes with specific
needs of local companies, particularly in the
welding department.
Stay tuned to the Business and Hospital-
ity Report for further updates!
Sincerely,
Beth Henary Watson
Executive Director
This month is an eventful month in tour-
ism. We will start the month of October off
with the Clark Garden’s Annual Fall Festival,
now called North Texas’ Spiciest Festival,
featuring a chili cook-off, children’s activi-
ties, Half Marathon/5k Run, food and bever-
ages, music and entertainment, cooking
demonstrations, and salsa tasting.
The Crazy Water Festival is featuring a
new event this year, the Crazy Cyclocross
race. Come join us the weekend of October 7-
8 for this highly anticipated event!
The Kiwanis Crazy Kicker scheduled for
October 15, is a recreational bicycle ride
through Palo Pinto County that includes 22,
37, 55, 65, and 100 mile routes. Three long-
est rides feature Cherry Pie Hill a highlight
with its amazing view and challenging 6,000
feet of 5-8% slope. All riders who complete
Cherry Pie Hill will be awarded a button that
says: "I survived Cherry Pie Hill!" You can
see Possum Kingdom Lake, Palo Pinto Lake,
or the Brazos River; or all three! Tech sup-
port, great on-course signage, sags, motorcy-
cle escorts, and rest stops with delicious
homemade cookies. Post-ride hot dogs and
live music. Long-sleeved t-shirts to the first
400 riders! Register now at athlete360.com!
After leaving the Kiwanis Crazy Kicker you
can come hunt fossils with us at the National
Fossil Day Dig.
Ribbon Cuttings & Event Photos
Bar B Indoor Arena of Mineral Wells 5412 S. Hwy 281 Mineral Wells, TX 76067 Dairy Queen of Santo SE Corner Hwy 281 & Interstate 20 Santo, TX 76472 Farm Bureau Insurance– Ryan Roach 301 SE 3rd Street Mineral Wells, TX 76067
Mr. Jim’s Pizza 1100 SE 1st Street Mineral Wells, TX 76067 Pasta Fina 301 SE 25th Avenue Mineral Wells, TX 76067 The Bead Barn 113 NE First Ave Mineral Wells, TX 76067
Mineral Wells Athletic Booster Club 3801 Ram Blvd Mineral Wells, 76067 Airgas Southwest 319 N.E. 23rd St. Fort Worth, TX 76164
New Chamber Investors
Renewing Chamber Investors
American Cancer Society Appliance Center/Radio Shack Brazos Mall Merchant Association Brenda's Catering Brock, Eric MD, Orthopedic Surgery, PA CASA for the Cross Timbers Area, Inc - CA Catholic Charities Diocese of Fort Worth, Cole's House of Flowers Country Club Estates Dairy Queen of Santo Farm Bureau Insurance-Ryan Roach First Christian Church
Lyn & Steve Butcher Maverick Computer Services Millsap Valley Orthopaedics & Sports Med Mineral Wells Heritage Association - Mineral Wells Senior Center NSC Properties Penny’s Flower Shop Public Transit Services Pythian Sisters Mineral Wells Temple #14 Robert Upham Rock Creek Road Baptist Church Snapshots of a Memory by Danielle
Stephen Byars TechWire THG Energy & Technology Solutions, LLC Thomas Simonton Upham Oil & Gas VF Factory Outlet Wade's Mineral Wells Propane Weatherford College Women's Pavilion, New Solutions Med Spa
Chicken Express was named Chamber Member of the month for all of their community support.
Mr. Jim came to town to congratulate Connie and Richard Ball and welcome them to Mr. Jim’s Pizza.
Natty Flat Smokehouse & Gift Shop offers Barbeque, gifts and homemade fruit pies all in one place.
Richeson Group breaks ground on their 52nd Dairy Queen in Santo on Interstate 20 & hwy 281 South.
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2011 Chamber Award Winners Monthly ROI Report
Chamber
Members— 419
Handouts – 1,070
Relocation Packages – 21
Member Referrals – 118
Tourism
Handouts – 968
Tourist Packages – 19
Guests – 88
Promotional Items— 61
Website
Page Requests — 10,121
Chamber Save the Dates ∗ Marketing Boot Camp Oct 4, 11 & 18 8:15 –9:15am.
∗ Crazy Water Festival Oct 7 & 8.
∗ Tourism Grant Instruction Meeting Oct 11 3:00pm.
∗ Kiwanis Crazy Kicker Bike Ride Oct 15.
∗ Fossil Park Day Dig Oct 15, 10-2pm.
Spirit of Mineral Wells Famous Mineral Water Company Community Beautification Ronny Collins Community Beautification Mary Creighton Economic Development Link Field Services Outstanding Small Business of the Year Double H Tire Outstanding Individual Member Steve Perdue Outstanding Organization Palo Pinto County Farm Bureau Outstanding New Business Hayes Station Tourism Award City of Mineral Wells Fossil Park
Customer Service Award Pulido’s Mexican Restaurant Customer Service Award Pet Western Animal Hospital Outstanding Industrial Partner IESI Outstanding Industrial Partner Keg 1 LLC Chairman’s Award The Prestwood - O’Neal Home Foundation, Inc. Volunteer of the Year Sherri Friend Ambassador of the Year David Austin Business of the Year Farm Bureau Insurance Employer of the Year First State Bank
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