Any sales book you read, or sales trainer you listen to, will remind you to cultivate your referral

network. One key to building that network is to know as

much as possible about your “bragging buddies” -- also known as your referral network. A “bragging buddy” helps prospects like and trust you as well as want to do business with you. At the chamber, want to help you develop your “bragging buddy” group.

A new opportunity to do that is with our Lunch

Bunch event, which is from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. on the fourth Friday of each month. Bring your lunch, bring a business partner or connection, bring your business cards and meet many other chamber mem-bers!

At each event, we pledge to have fun, make mean-ingful connections and grow your “bragging buddy” network. Each time, we will help you learn new networking tricks from each other and how to work a room. We will celebrate business connections made

and invite you to bring others into the fold. If you’ve ever struggled at figuring out how to work

a room, meet new people or tell people about your business, this is the place for you on the fourth Friday of each month.

Each session, we’ll help you with some great sam-ple questions to try out so that you can make the next member-to-member business connection. Join us at the Lunch Bunch! This month, the Lunch Bunch will meet at Haley-McGinnis & Owensboro Funeral Home.

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The Lunch Bunch – Build Your Referral Network!

June 5, 2014Owensboro Convention Center, 7:30 a.m.

Speaker: J.D. Chaney, Chief Governmental affairs Officer for the kentucky League of Cities

Register online at www.Owensboro.com/chamber or call (270) 926-1860

Rooster Booster Breakfast

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4 Ribbon Cutting – Giving Back Magazine ChamberOffice 12:15p.m.

5 June Rooster Booster OwensboroConvention Center 7:30a.m.

5 Ribbon Cutting – Green River Appliance 1130J.R.MillerBlvd. 12:15p.m.

10CYLO Tuesday Taste Mirko Pasta 5:30p.m.

12CYLO Round Table Discussion CommerceCenter ConferenceRoom 12p.m.

12Ribbon Cutting – Mattingly Ford Title & Closing, LLC 1548FredericaSt. 12:15p.m.

13New Member Lunch ChamberOffice 11:30a.m.

27The Lunch Bunch Haley-McGinnis& OwensboroFuneralHome 11:30a.m.

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The WKU-O campus began with 82 students that met in only face-to-face classes. Today, WKU-O has more than 600 undergraduate and graduate students. Classes meet face-to-face as well as via interactive television, Internet and web-based, correspondence, and independent studies.

WKU-O currently offers 24 bachelor’s degrees. Only offering upper-division courses, WKU-O typically only services transfer students who have met lower-level, gen-eral education require-ments. For this reason, Joint Admissions agreements have been established with area Kentucky Community & Technical College systems, allowing for a seamless transition to a bachelor’s degree.

WKU-O is dedicated to helping members of this community extend their associate degree and pursue a four-year

degree. Higher education is very affordable when students complete their associate degree at an area community college and their bach-elor’s degree at WKU-O.

But more than just providing students with a degree, WKU-O strives to provide students with the skills and training that will ensure they become contributing citizens of the community.

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J.D. Chaney is a graduate of the Uni-versity of Montana, where he received his Bachelor of Arts degree in political science and economics. Upon gradua-tion, J.D. returned home to Kentucky and received his law degree from the University of Kentucky College of Law and Masters of Business Admin-istration degree from Eastern Kentucky University.

J.D. began his work with the Ken-tucky League of Cities as a law clerk before serving as KLC’s Counsel for Member Legal Services and, later, as Director of Governmental Affairs.

Currently, J.D. serves as Chief Governmental Affairs Officer for KLC. In this capacity, he is a member of the

organization’s executive management team and is primarily responsible for advocating for Kentucky’s city govern-ments with the General Assembly in Frankfort. In addition, he also oversees the organization’s municipal law ser-vices, research and training functions.

During his career, J.D. has authored numerous articles and publications on municipal law, participated in several legal cases impacting cities, and drafted and successfully lobbied legislation to help city governments in Kentucky.

J.D. is a member of the International Municipal Lawyers Association, the Madison County Bar Association and the Municipal Attorneys Association

of Kentucky, and he is a past chair-man of the Kentucky Bar Association’s Local Government Law Section. He serves on the Kentucky Local Insur-ance Premium Tax Advisory Council and Commerce Lexington’s Public Policy Council, as well as on the Board of Directors for Prevent Child Abuse Kentucky.

He is also a 2011 graduate of Lead-ership Kentucky and a former adjunct professor of municipal law for Eastern Kentucky University’s Masters of Pub-lic Administration program. He served several years as vice-chair of the City of Richmond’s Planning Commission.

J.D. resides in Richmond with his wife, Colleen, and daughter, Adaleen.

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new membersbill’s restaurant(270) 852-8120420 Frederica st.owensboro, ky 42301

century 21 Partners, bettie kincaid3317 Frederica st. (270) 929-2878

gorman Auto sales(270) 685-5680901 east ninth st.owensboro, ky 42303

malone solutions(270) 215-11003333 Frederica st., suite 7owensboro, ky 42301

leslie king(270) 485-1354

nona’s downtown market(270) 926-8183126 West second st.owensboro, ky 42303

rampstop hardware and supply(270) 685-40301739 scherm roadowensboro, ky 42301

the ozone lazer tag(270) 926-8993533 triplett st. owensboro, ky 42303

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member renewalsAll care equipment & rentalsAllshops hardware, Inc.Allstate Insuranceb & J sanitationbudweiser of owensborocarpets unlimited Flooring centercAsA of ohio Valley, Inc.century 21 Partners, Wade bakercentury Aluminum of kentuckycomfort design heating & A/c, Inc.cornerstone Information systems, Inc.custom Audio-Video, Inc.dalishas dessertsdaviess county detention centerdaviess county Public schoolsde Am-ron building systemsdr. carol J. braun, ddsdynamic directionselizabeth’s Weddings & Formal Wearevergreen lawn care Inc./Weedmanexcursions, IncFarm credit mid-America, AcAFour seasons heating & coolinggipe Automotive, Inc.girl scouts of kentuckiana -

Pennyroyal Plcgreater owensboro economic

development corp.green river Area down syndrome Association -- grAdsAhaley-mcginnis & owensboro Funeral homehannan supply companyImpact marketing consultantsIn touch communications/At&tJ.d. byrider of owensboroJagoe homes, Inc.Judge Jeff s. taylorJunior league of owensborokimberly-clark corp.l. steve castlen realtors, ondra eddsl. steve castlen realtors, scott lyonsland shark shredding, llc

marks company, Inc.massie-clarke development co.may electric co., Inc.mccarty’s Auto & truck repairmcewen engineering & mining

consultant, Inc.mentorkids kentuckymurphy excavating, llcnational steel erection, Inc.nation’s medicinesowensboro centerowensboro Family ymcAowensboro municipal utilitiesPepsi beverages companyPetter business systemsreal living home realtyritatsu manufacturingriverfront Appraisalsrobert F. kuphal, cPAross, sinclaire & Associates llcrushing Wind church of godserVPro of daviess countyshaw’s Prosthetics Plus, Inc.shogun sparks brothers Farmsstate Farm Insurance, branden hainesstate Farm Insurance, kathy hudsonstonebridge Insurance services, Inc.swat Pest management and healthy spaceswedish match north America Inc.talentForce thacker, bickel, hodskins & thacker, l.l.P.the bakers rack, Inc.the crème coffee housethe green river Area community Foundationtom blue Furnitureupper room music, llcVelotta designWaters Agricultural laboratories, Inc.Wax Works, Inc.Wells Fargo AdvisorsWireless Paradise/sprint

Susann is a life-long resident of Owensboro/Daviess County and is an independent agent with Neely Insurance Agency LLC, offering Commercial Property & Casualty, Personal Auto, Home, Life, Farm, and a variety of specialty products.

In addition to currently serving as an Ambas-sador to the Greater Owensboro Chamber of Commerce, she is a for-mer Board Director and Leadership Owensboro graduate.

Susann is also a hospitality Ambassador for the Owensboro-Daviess County Convention & Visitors Bureau, a presenter for JA in the Classroom and a par-ent volunteer for Special Olym-pics as well as a participant in

the Habitat for Human-ity Women’s Build.

She serves as a Care Team Member for Owensboro Christian Church and is a board mem-ber for Chicks Like Us (CLU), a ministry that encour-ages women to choose faith over fear.

Ambassador of the Month – Susann Bartlett

Neely Insurance Agency LLC

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ribbon cuttings

owensboro concept designs(270) 903-8352

Intrepid usA health care services920 Frederica st., suite 1009

(270) 827-4842

express employment Professionals1724 triplett st.

(270) 240-5511

Pure barre owensboro2680 Frederica st.

(270) 313-5636

myhome sales and leasing710 salem drive

(270) 926-0900

home Instead senior care4026 Frederica st.

(270) 689-2300

Zija International - steph boling(270) 903-3388

nona’s downtown market126 West second st.

(270) 926-8183

Idle minds Workshop102 West 25th st.

(270) 993-5255

carrico congleton Family Practice2315 mayfair drive, suite 11

(270) 929-2259

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Twenty-six business leaders graduated on Thursday, May 8 from the Emerge Owensboro leadership development program. The event, sponsored by Western Kentucky University-Owensboro and the WKU Professional Masters in Business Administration program, included a reception for all Emerge and Leadership Owens-boro alumni.

The Emerge Owensboro Program is a joint program of the Greater Owensboro Chamber of Commerce and Greater Owensboro Economic Development Corpo-ration focused on educating and engaging individuals to reach their potential and maximize their impact in the community.

“The goal of Emerge Owensboro is to engage community leaders and empower them with knowledge to affect change, and this class definitely stepped up to that challenge,” said Amy Jackson, Chamber President and CEO.

Each class is required to present in group projects a solution to a community chal-lenge identified throughout the course. The class then votes for the top project to be championed forward by the class.

This year’s project, regarding a Women’s Recovery Center, was presented by Kelsey Mann, Susan Free, Rob Leesman, Dr. Marty Traylor and Tim Kline.

“The winning project has already been taken to the Daviess County Homeless Council for presentation and will continue to move forward as a potential solution to a current challenge for our community,” Jackson said.

Graduates of the 2013-14 class include: Victor Cernius, Regional Water Resource Agency; Tim Clothier, Owensboro Police

Department; Susan Free, Western Kentucky University – Owensboro; Kennan Fritz, Independence Bank; Blake Hayden, Remax Professional Realty Group; Terri Higdon, Brescia University; Jeff Johnson, Van Meter Insurance; Tim Kline, Stoll, Keenon, Ogden PLLC; Bryan Kuegel, Flat Lick Farms; Rob Leesman, Owensboro Municipal Utilities; Audrey Lillpop, First Security Bank; Kelsey Mann, Old National Bank; Dr. Elizabeth Mauzy-Martin, RiverPark EyeCare; Matt Mason, Daviess County High School; Heather Montgomery, US Bank Home Mortgage; Brian Newman, BB&T; Krista Niehaus, Fifth Third Bank; Lane Orton, Domtar Paper Company; Paula Rob-erts, Owensboro Public Schools; Shannon Sandefur, Daviess County Public Library; Matthew Schell, Century 21 Partners; Susan Silva, Children’s Advocacy Center of Green River District; Jeff Sorce, Owensboro Catholic Schools; Dr. Marty Traylor, Owensboro Family Eye Care; Malissa Troutman, American Red Cross; and Katie Vincent, Owensboro Community and Technical College.

The next class of Emerge Owensboro will be open for application from July 1 through July 31. For more information on the Emerge Owensboro program, the Lead-ership Owensboro alumni group, or the Greater Owensboro Chamber of Commerce, please call 270-926-1860.

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