January 2016 NEWSLETTER

Activities & Events

Jan. 8

Black Friday

Jan. 12

YOU-niversity

Jan. 13

Events Committee Meeting

Jan. 14

Education Committee Meeting

Jan. 22

Executive Board Meeting

Jan. 27

Board Meeting

Jan. 30

Annual Banquet

Welcome to New Members 2

Festival of Lights Celebration 3

Chamber Events of December 4

Chamber YOUniversity ~

Annual Banquet

5

Tasting & Home Show 6

January Events Calendar 7

2016 Dates & Board Members 8

Home, Leisure & Tasting

form,

Ballot for Annual Awards

insert

INSIDE THIS ISSUE:

Saturday, January 30th Annual Chamber Banquet Plan to attend the Chamber Banquet, call and get your tickets today. Social

Hour will start at 5:00. Back by popu-

lar demand, the Business Centerpieces!

You will have a chance to walk by

each table and vote for your favorite

center- piece. The winning business

will receive $50 in Chamber Bucks! The

Awards and Anniversary presentation

will begin at 6:00. We take the mem-

bership

celebrating an anniversary in 2016, serious

at the Banquet.

We are so hap-

py to present

you with your

anniversary

plaque! Who

will be Citizen

of the Year;

Business of the Year; Excellence in Customer

Service Individual & Business? You decide,

get your ballot back to the office by 5PM on

January 7th. Dinner will be at 7:00 with a 6

oz. Sirloin and 3 oz. Chicken Breast for $45.

Thanks to the HUNTREX team for helping us put together a 100 year video

of the Bandstand that we will preview that night. To top it off, we will cele-

brate something they loved to do 100 years ago, get together for a dance!

We will have “Bases Loaded” playing until 11:00 that night. We won’t be

dancing in the town Square, but at the Cobblestone, it doesn't get any better

than that! Of course, these are photos from 2015 banquet. We had 4 full

pages of pictures from the banquet in the February 2015 newsletter. I am

sure 2016 will be the same! Get your tickets, you will want to be a part of

this evening to celebrate Broken Bow!

January Black Friday

January 8th

Watch your E-blast for

specials from:

Bow Booterie;

Chapin’s Furniture;

Holcomb Pharmacy;

Ortello Dale;

The Kloset/My Kloset

Have you sent in your volunteer “Committee

Sign Up Sheet?

Have your saved your spot in the Directory?

Have you gotten your Banquet Tickets?

Have you signed up for the Home, Leisure &

Tasting Show? Contact the Chamber!!

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EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR MESSAGE

Donnis J. Hueftle-Bullock ~ Happy New Year! Here at the Chamber, we are looking forward

to 2016. With that, will come some “new” events at the Chamber and many of the traditional

events. We will start the year with the annual Chamber Banquet. We are very happy to cele-

brate all the membership who have anniversaries in 2016 by presenting a beautiful anniversary

plaque that we have Shirts, Signs, Mugs and More make especially for each business. If you

have not gotten your anniversary form back to the office, please get it back with your ticket

order so we can get the plaques ordered. Something new that we are planning on is the Home,

Leisure & Tasting Show. A Home show has not been done in Broken Bow for a while, but we

certainly have some great businesses to showcase so we are happy to offer that for our member-

ship. If you want a booth, be sure and call the office ASAP. Putting the “Tasting” with it will

be NEW! It will be a night to experience something new and an evening to sit back and enjoy

your friends and other business associates in Broken Bow. Be sure and look at all the infor-

mation in this newsletter, it should let you know all there is going on with the Chamber!

Thanks again for your support and here’s to a GREAT 2016 moving forward!

Welcome New Members!

Destinations Chauffeured Service, LLC

Owners James Barnhart & Tammy Jett offer a new

Limo service for Weddings, Proms, Birthday

parties or any reason you would like for them to

pick you up and spoil you! They have a 10

passenger white stretched Limousine. Call them at

308-870-2266. You can also check out the Limo

in detail on their Chamber TCS page. Welcome to

the Broken Bow Chamber!

The Outfitters

Welcome to new

Chamber Mem-

bers, Dustin &

Bethany of the

Outfitter! A west-

ern wear store that

is fully stocked for

all your western

wear needs! You

can find them at

244 S. 9th or call

at 872-6402.

They are open 6

days a week, Monday thru Saturday from 9-6 to serve you!

Fiesta Brava a great Mexican Restaurant in Broken Bow! We

welcome them as new Chamber Members, they are open Tue.

Wed. Thurs. Sun. 11-

9 and Fri. & Sat. 11-

10. They are located

at 625 S. 10th. You

can call them at

872-6022.

T & P Storage we are pleased to welcome, Tim & Pat Thomas

of T & P Storage as new members, they offer storage units in Bro-

ken Bow at two different locations and also in Sargent. If you are

looking for a storage unit, give them a call at 872-3134 or 872-5506.

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Festival of Lights Parade 2015 ~ It was a perfect night in Broken Bow, the Festival of Lights event was a team

effort! We are so fortunate that the Broken Bow Lions Club, The City of Broken Bow, The Broken Bow Fire Department

could each take an area to help out. The Lions take on the parade organization, The City, the lights, it was a comfort to have

the Broken Bow Fire Department to watch over the fire pits to keep everyone safe. We thank, Cecil Burt, Brent Clark and

Noel Parker who offered their fire pits and Mayor Burt for lighting the pits. Prairie Grounds and Pizza Hut were a great

addition to have serving warm food and drinks in the

Square. Of course the music provided by the United

Methodist Choir really set the tone after the parade. Santa

in the Bandstand was the icing on the night! Santa and the

choir were kept warmer thanks to Cecil Burt, LLC for

providing Sun Heaters! Such a great night. Thanks again

to all who helped make it GREAT. Watch for Festival of

Lights for 2016. I would say you can expect an even better

event next year!

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Grow Award

Sargent Irrigation Grow Award The Chamber was very happy to present

A GROW award to Sargent Irrigation. The new office has great space and is a great

presence as you drive into Broken Bow from the south. Thanks to all who made the

day great!

Executive Board for 2016

Sadye Taylor ~ President

Jenny Hogue ~ Vice President

Colleen Gates ~ Treasurer

Todd Lundstrom ~ Past President

2016 Chamber Directory

The 2015 Chamber of Commerce Directory and Guide to

Broken Bow was overwhelmingly popular. We are just about

out, there were over 800 handed out at the brochure swap, all

the Broken Bow motels and hotels have them in their rooms

and they are made available to new residences and any tours

that come to Broken Bow. So far, we have gone through close

to 2,000. We are in the process of developing a similar 2016

directory. The ads are limited to Chamber members only. Due to the limited ad

space, we must allocate the space on a “first paid” basis. There will be 24 – ¼

page ads for $150; and 48 – 1/8 page ads for $90. Directory ad forms were sent in

the mail a few weeks ago. If you would like to have an ad, please get it back to the

office as soon as you can. If you have miss placed the form, just call and we will be

happy to send you one! If anyone wants to help with writing articles, please contact

the office, we will be happy to add you to the Directory Committee!!

Chamber Bucks for 2015

Chamber Bucks make a great Christmas bonus or holiday gift. But as you can see be-

low, many of you get and give Chamber Bucks throughout the year! Congratulations to

all of you for thinking about Chamber Bucks and boosting the total for the year over

$5,000!

2015 2014

December $10,355 $15,280

Year Total $38,475 $32,750

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Chamber YOUniversity

Thursday, January 12, 2016

From Noon-1pm

At Mid-Plains Community College,

Custer Campus

Topic: Surveillance systems:

presented by:

Travis Barker from EZ IT

Registration is Free!!

Please call the office so we can plan on how

many will be coming.

Call the Chamber Office at 308-872-5691 to sign up.

What if you were able to watch your livestock from home.

Not just from home, but anywhere; on the road, on vacation,

anyplace.

Perhaps you need to watch an operation. Maybe it's automat-

ed, maybe you're just trying to watch for the outliers that elude

you while you're there.

Quite possibly you may just want the security or peace of

mind, the reassurance. The kind that comes from you watching...

even if you can't be there.

Surveillance systems have a near unlimited amount of uses

and can be placed virtually anywhere. You'll learn about

different surveillance system technologies, advantages and

disadvantages, plus various uses and applications.

You bring your lunch, we will provide the education. Call

the office 872-5691 to save your seat!!!

Sargent Irrigation Grow Award The Chamber was very happy to present

A GROW award to Sargent Irrigation. The new office has great space and is a great

presence as you drive into Broken Bow from the south. Thanks to all who made the

day great!

Sadye Taylor—

President

The holiday season is

wrapping up and I want thank

everyone who supported our

area merchants by giving

Chamber Bucks. Those dol-

lars help our local businesses

and community thrive and we

appreciate you continued

support.

As we prepare for the New Year, I want to thank our Board

of Director members who are coming off the board this

year. Todd Lundstrom and Amy Jacobson have been great

assets serving as your President and Treasurer. I also want

to thank Chris Wickham for his service the last 3 years and

his work with the SIG, Tourism and Directory Committees

and to Lori McCullough for her service the last 3 years on

the Education Committee. We thank you for your hard

work and dedication to our organization and community.

I want to extend a big welcome to the new Board of Direc-

tors members: Tom Bailey, Don Paris, Jeremiah Luebbe,

Melissa Garcia and Mike Hunsberger. Congratulations!

You should have received your annual membership packets

and dues letter. Your continued support is greatly

appreciated. I encourage you to become involved with what

is happening at the Chamber through participation on one of

our various committees / task forces. This usually requires

an hour of your time each month to meet and assist with

planning. You can contact the Chamber office to find out

more.

The annual Chamber Banquet is right around the corner.

The band Bases Loaded will be performing and this year’s

banquet will begin the Celebration of 100 years of the

Bandstand. As always, we will be honoring the Citizen of

the Year, Chamber Business of the Year, Excellence in

Customer Service-Individual and Excellence in Customer

Service-Business, as well as anniversaries for our Chamber

Members. The Events Committee has done an outstanding

job and has prepared a fun and eventful night that you will

not want to miss. You may purchase your tickets by

contacting the Chamber office.

Wishing you all a Happy New Year!

Sadye Taylor

Board of Directors, President

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HOME, LEISURE, AND TASTING SHOW

Saturday, February 27th, 2016 Home & Leisure ~ 10am—8pm

Tasting ~ 5-8pm

At One Box Convention Center

VIP Tasting fro

m 5-6pm

General Public Tastin

g 6-8pm

Are you ready for something different

and fun in 2016? Then you will want

to take part in the tasting! The com-

mittee is still working on the 9 differ-

ent food and drinks that will be

paired together, but it promises to be

a great time.

Make sure you get your tickets!

SPONSORSHIPS

Level 1 Sponsor $200: 5 tickets, VIP

seating, your business mentioned in

radio ad, Name on menu & Busi-

ness Banner displayed

Level 2 Sponsor $100: 2 tickets &

Name on the menu

Level 3 Sponsor $50: Name on

menu

Order your Tasting Tickets

# _______ @ $20.00 each

_________ Table of 10 for $300 Total enclosed $ _____________

Business Name _________________________________________

Limited Seating get your tickets today!

SPONSORSHIP FORM

Level 1 $200: ____________

Level 2 $100: ____________

Level 3 $ 50: ____________

Total Enclosed $_____________________

Business Name: _________________________________

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

December 31st

Office Closing at

noon

1

Happy New Year!!

2

3

4

Blood Mobile at

Municipal Bldg

2pm-7pm

Goodwill Truck

@ Schmick’s

5

10am REAP with

Dena Beck

Goodwill Truck @

Schmick’s

6

Goodwill Truck @

Schmick’s

7

Goodwill Truck @

Schmick’s

8

Black Friday see add

Goodwill Truck @

Schmick’s

9

10

11 12

YOU-niversity

12pm at Mid-Plains

13

Events Meeting

Noon Chamber

Office

14

Education Meeting

Noon Chamber

Office

15

BRAN Meeting

Noon @ Chamber

Office

16

17 18 19 20 21

C Street Auction

6pm

22

Executive Meeting–

12pm

23

24 25 26 27

Board Meeting

Noon Chamber

Office

28

Legislative

Conference Call

2:10 pm Chamber

Office

29 30

Annual Banquet

5pm

31

January 2016

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BROKEN BOW CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

Broken Bow Area Chamber of Commerce

2016 Board of Directors and Staff

OFFICERS

President - Sadye Taylor

Russell Title & Escrow Co.

Vice-President - Jenny Hogue

Holcomb Pharmacy, P.C.

Treasurer - Colleen Gates

Adams Land & Cattle Co.

DIRECTORS

Tom Bailey, Broken Bow Public Schools

Don Paris- BD Vacutainer-Preanalytical Systems

Andrew Johnson,

Mario Garcia, Titan Machinery

Kim Blackburn, Broken Bow Public Library

Ryan Coleman, Farm Credit Services

Melissa Garcia, Custer Public Power District

Jeremiah Luebbe, Steffens Law Office P.C.

Mike Hunsberger, M & M Electric, Inc.

STAFF

Executive Director - Donnis Hueftle-Bullock

Administrative Assistant - Vedah Fales

BROKEN BOW CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

444 South 8th Avenue Broken Bow, NE 68822

Phone: 308-872-5691

Fax: 308-872-6137

E-mail info@brokenbow-ne.com

CHECK OUT OUR

WEBSITE!

www.brokenbow-ne.com Like us on Facebook at Broken Bow Nebraska

Chamber of Commerce

GOD BLESS AMERICA

Dates for 2016

Home & Leisure Show

February 27th

Ladies Steak Fry

June 20th

Men’s Steak Fry

June 27th

Crazy Days

July 7-8-9-10

Parade

July 30th

Free Pit BBQ

August 1st

Demo Derby

August 13th

Business____________________________

Contact_____________________________

Address_____________________________

City________________________________

State ____________Zip________________

Phone______________________________

Email_______________________________

EXHIBITOR APPLICATION

Home, Leisure & Tasting Show 2016 Sponsored by the Broken Bow

Chamber of Commerce Saturday, February 27, 2016

10am-8pm Tasting 5-8

One Box Convention Center Booth Information

Booth 8’x10’

One 6’ table, back draping, & 2 chairs.

[ ] $300 General Price

[ ] Add On Electricity for $25 (first reserve) (8 booths have

access to electricity)

Total Enclosed $________________

Broken Bow Chamber Members receive 20% discount

Terms and Conditions expressly understood and agreed as follows:

1. The Space in this contract is to be used solely for the business named during the Home & Leisure & Tasting Show and cannot be

transferred to another business entity.

2. Every exhibit must be installed and ready for inspection by 9:30 a.m., Saturday, February 27.

3. ALL EXHIBITS MUST BE REMOVED BY 10PM ON SATURDAY, February 27.

4. The Broken Bow Chamber of Commerce shall furnish table, chairs, drapes and partitions for booth spaces as stated above. Ex-

hibitor may also bring their own table.

5. The Broken Bow Chamber of Commerce reserves the right to control the use of any additional music or loudspeaker, radio, musi-

cal instrument or any noise-making devices that might interfere with the exhibitors in the immediate area. Public address systems

cannot be used except by special permission.

6. The Broken Bow Chamber of Commerce will use all reasonable care to prevent loss or damage to exhibitor’s property, but is not

liable in any manner for such loss.

7. No inside exhibits shall be constructed in such a way that it will interfere with the viewing of the exhibit next to it.

8. Exhibitors must furnish extension cords to connect to electricity.

9. The Broken Bow Chamber of Commerce shall determine placement of exhibits and reserves the right to move any exhibitor.

10. The Exhibitor agrees to hold The Broken Bow Chamber of Commerce harmless and blameless and to assume all liability for bodily

injury or property damage to employees or patrons, services and products.

11. This contract is binding upon receipt of exhibitor’s payment, enclose a check made payable to the Broken Bow Chamber of Com-

merce.

12. Location map will be sent directly to Exhibitor at the Email address indicated above in February, or as soon as available.

13. Exhibitor set up hours will be Friday, February 26 from 5pm-8pm, or Saturday, February 27 from 8am-9:30am.

14. Booths must remain in place until 8pm on Saturday, February 27. Teardown is from 8-10pm.

15. Each exhibitor is allowed to sell specials from their booth.

16. Each exhibitor agrees to provide a $30 (value) gift for a drawing. Attendees will have a “Show” guide that they will take to each

booth for a signature. When complete their information will go into the drawing for 1 of the 15 prizes provided.

I agree to the Terms of this Home & Leisure & Tasting Show Contract

Signed____________________________________________________Date__________________________

OFFICIAL BALLOT

BROKEN BOW CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

2016 ANNUAL BANQUET NOMINEES Please vote for ONE in each category

Please return ballot by January 7, 2016 to the Broken Bow Chamber of Commerce

444 South 8th Avenue, Broken Bow, NE 68822 Fax to 308-872-6137

CITIZEN OF THE YEAR

_____Don Wolford-Lions Club – Has been instrumental in getting the building for the Food Pantry & helps with Colorado fruit

sales. He is Santa every year & will come to area businesses when request him. He helps at C Street Auction.

_____Stuart Fox- Stuart is involved in multiple businesses & organizations. Stuart devotes himself, his resources, & resources of

his various businesses to help promote Broken Bow & Custer County.

_____Deb McCaslin-Deb does an unbelievable amount of community volunteer work. Has sacrificed her retirement plans to help

with CEDC.

_____Art & Dianne Anderson-Art & Dianne not only run a business in Broken Bow, but they also are actively involved in several

economic development and business enterprises. They give generously to many events, charities and organizations that benefit Cus-

ter County and are quick to support and promote the community, the area schools and events. Many times their support is low key,

meaning they aren’t the people you find out front, but you do see them actively involved in promoting, supporting, and donating to

more events and community causes than one can count.

BUSINESS OF THE YEAR

_____ Off Broadway – They delivered Thanksgiving & Christmas meals. Has a grandparent program in conjunction with the li-

brary.

_____Kids Kloset/My Kloset-Active in providing clothing for all genders & all ages and have brought prices down in a slower

economy & stay active in the community.

_____Ag-Land ATV-Continues to provide a needed service to the greater area. Provides excellent service & sales at reasonable

rates, provides several employment opportunities.

_____KCNI-From broadcasting area events, to promoting key community causes and giving area businesses a fun forum with

which to promote their business, this radio station seems dedicated to the community and events that help Broken Bow grow. They

also shop locally.

_____ Pearson Physical Therapy, P.C. - I would nominate Pearson Physical Therapy PC for the Business of the Year. In offering

their free Stride Clinics it give people an open invitation to enter their door and discuss issues I was able to take advantage of this

service and enjoy a better life because of recommendations made by the staff. The free stride clinics are beneficial to the community

because an individual can go in and visit with Becky and her staff and determine if there is a solution to the problem. All of the staff

is very friendly and very helpful and I feel they make a large contribution to the community. Pearson PT participates and donates to

various events.

OVER

EXCELLENCE IN CUSTOMER SERVICE (Individual)

_____Kevin & Joyce Richardson-Runza-are the top when it comes to Customer Service. They not only promote excellent custom-

er service, but also demand this out of their help. Do they deserve it, “Absolutely!”

_____Donna Winbolt-Trotters Whoa & Go-working at Trotters locations, Donna is always extremely helpful & friendly. Main-

tains positive attitude & a smile at all times.

_____ Dick & Jodene Taylor-Bow Booterie - for Excellence in Customer Service. Dick and Jodene Taylor exemplify everything

that Broken Bow stands for. They strive very hard to provide quality products at more than reasonable prices along with some very

timely sales. The personal attention that they give to each customer is next to none.

EXCELLENCE IN CUSTOMER SERVICE (Business)

_____ Govier Brothers Mortuary – Doug & Grant are always available & are very respectful to the families day or night. Work

hard at meeting all customers’ requests in a very professional way.

_____Runza- is the top when it comes to Customer Service. They not only promote excellent customer service, but also demand

this out of their help. Do they deserve it, “Absolutely”. Excellent product served with a smile. They are speedy, friendly, and are

always providing community fundraising opportunities.

_____Designs of Distinction-This is a much needed business in Broken Bow and Trish McCarron brings the best to our community.

She has an established inventory with the added bonus of being able to order just about anything you’d want. For me the best part is

her installation service. Trish takes care of the measuring, helps with color/textures, and installs her products. An amazing business

that takes great care of their customers!

______Shelter Insurance-Here is a business that takes extra care of their customers! Brent Custer and his staff are the ones you

want on the other end of the phone when you have to make the call to your agent. I have never had another agent keep me as in-

formed once I have a policy in force.

Vote & Return to the office by January 7th, 2016