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MONROE CHAMBER WEEKLY REPORT Volume 15, Issue 39 2585854
Monroe Chamber of Commerce
Weekly Report
September 28, 2015
TOGETHER WE’RE STRONGER CALENDAR
Monday, September 28 at 5:30 p.m. – PMI
Chapter Ribbon Cutting .The event will take place at
CenturyLink Corporate Headquarters Building, 100
CenturyLink Drive, Training Room A.
Wednesday, September 30 at 10:30 a.m. - Fuqua
Paper Supply Grand Opening & Ribbon Cutting. The
business is located at 2217 Louisville Avenue.
Thursday, October 1at 10:00 a.m.-Ribbon Cutting
for the newly renovated Brookshire’s is located at
1801 North 18th Street.
Friday, October 2 at 2:30 p.m. - Scoliosis Physical
Therapy Grand Opening & Ribbon Cutting. The
business is located at 1101 North 3rd Street.
Saturday, October 3-ULM Homecoming. ULM vs.
Georgia Southern.
Monday, October 5 at 5:30 p.m.-The Ouachita
Parish Police Jury will meet at the Ouachita Parish
Courthouse.
Tuesday, October 6 at 12 noon- The Ambassadors
Club will meet at the Chase Bldg. on Kansas Lane.
Cost to attend is $15. Please RSVP to Sarita Daniel
Wednesday, October 7 at 10:00 a.m. - Pecan
Haven Adolescent Addiction Center Grand Opening
& Ribbon Cutting. The business is located at 2321
Highway 80.
Wednesday, October 7 at 12 noon-The Greater
Ouachita Port Commission will meet at the Monroe
Chamber of Commerce.
Thursday, October 8 at 11:30 p.m.-The Northeast
Louisiana Economic Alliance will host their annual
meeting in Delhi.
Tuesday, October 13 at 11:00 a.m.- Guidry Uniforms will host a Grand Opening & ribbon
cutting. The business is located at 1816 Tower Drive.
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Manufacturing Day 2015
High school students throughout Ouachita Parish will have the
opportunity to learn more about manufacturing careers on October 27th
when several area industries and manufacturers open their doors for
tours. All eight Ouachita Parish and Monroe City School high schools
are participating in the event. The event is sponsored by the Monroe
Chamber of Commerce, the West Monroe-West Ouachita Chamber of
Commerce and Louisiana Delta Community College.
Students will travel from their schools to a designated manufacturer for a
guided plant tour. Following the tour, they will travel to one of the
Louisiana Delta Community College campuses to tour that facility and to
have the opportunity for hands on experience on some of the equipment.
Tours will be hosted by Angus Chemical, Graphic Packaging, Steel
Fabricators, Berry Plastic, Gardner Denver Thomas and Bancroft Bag.
The program was inspired by Manufacturing Day which is supported by
a group of industry co-sponsors nationwide. It is designed to amplify the
voice of individual manufacturers and to create a chorus of manufacturers
with common concerns and challenges. One of their biggest challenges is
to address the shortage in skilled labor that every industry and
manufacturer is facing today. The tour provides an opportunity to
connect with high school students and to get them excited about
manufacturing careers and to ensure the ongoing prosperity of their
industry.
For more information on Manufacturing Day, go to www.mfgday.com or
call the Monroe Chamber at 323-3461.
This past week, the City of Monroe and the Monroe Chamber of Commerce hosted a ribbon cutting and Grand Opening for the new Central Oil & Supply office located at 2300 Booth Street. The 80 year old business has been run by five generations of the Cordell family.
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The Leadership Council and Monroe
Chamber of Commerce are accepting
nominations for the 24th Annual James
M. Shipp, Jr. Memorial Young Business
Leader Award. Jim Shipp was the
General Manager for IMC in Sterlington
who was tragically killed during the
plant explosion in 1991. Jim was a
Monroe Chamber of Commerce Board
member and a leader in our community.
We honor his life of leadership through
the recipients of this prestigious award.
The award recognizes his vision for
outstanding community leadership.
Qualifying Nomination Guidelines:
1. The award is presented annually
to a young individual who has
displayed outstanding civic
leadership ability; who has
made contributions to
community progress; and who
displays personal or business
standing in Ouachita Parish.
2. Nominee must be a resident of
Ouachita Parish.
3. Nominee must be 45 years of
age or younger.
The Leadership Council Chairman
chooses the selection committee and
nominations are confidential. The
deadline to submit nominations is
Tuesday, October 20, 2015. Please mail
your nominations to: James M. Shipp,
Jr. Memorial Young Business Leader
Award, Monroe Chamber of
Commerce, 212 Walnut Street, Suite
100, Monroe, LA 71201.
The award will be presented during the
27th Leadership Ouachita Graduation
Banquet scheduled for Thursday,
November 5th from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00
p.m.
Halloween Costume Drive
The UPS Store is throwing a “Halloween Costume Drive” for children here in our area. We will be sending the costumes that are donated to the Northeast Louisiana Children’s Coalition and to the Wellspring Alliance. We ask that you help support the cause by posting one of our signs in your business. If you would like to help out by having a poster or small sign displayed at your store please contact us at 318.600.4728 or email us at [email protected] and we will have one brought to you! Thank you so much in advance!!
This past week, the Monroe Chamber hosted a ribbon cutting for Griffin Funeral Home. The business is located at 600 Highway 139 in Monroe. Pictured above are Mr. and Mrs. Ken Griffin and family.
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But, honestly, if you made $10,000 more per year, do you have
any doubt that if you keep doing what you’re doing now, your
spending would soon increase by that same $10,000?
We are much more ruled by marketing, advertising and
perceived expectations than we would ever want to admit. We
are told that we should want something, or that we need
something to make us happy. So we buy it.
But think about something you bought five years ago.
Anything. Clothes, cars, food, phones, vacations. Anything.
Now let me ask you, do you still have it? Sometimes I get a
“yes” answer to that question. But usually I get a “no!” with a
you-must-be-kidding laugh.
Second, how much happiness is that item you bought five years
ago bringing you today? Really? Not much? What does that tell
you?
Every year that you fail to save for your future is a year
squandered, never to be recovered. It’s not much different than
if someone were embezzling from your retirement account.
The only thing is the embezzler is you.
Is it helpful to go over your budget item by item, line by line?
Sure.
But I’ve never seen a person go from being an out-of-control
spender to a mature and balanced saver clipping coupons and
buying generic paper towels.
There must be a fundamental (and again I would add
courageous) decision to save money first, then spend only that
which is left over.
Businessman and philanthropist Roger Babson once quipped,
“More people should learn to tell their dollars where to go
instead of asking them where they went.”
Do you want to save more money? Then save more money.
After that, determine what adjustments need to be made to you
spending to keep you out of debt.
Save first. It isn’t what most other people are doing.
But it’s what you need to do if you want to become that person
about whom others whisper, “How does he do it?”
Byron R. Moore, CFP® is managing director / planning group of Argent Advisors, Inc. Email him at
[email protected]. Write to him at 500 East Reynolds Drive, Ruston, LA 71270 or call him at (318) 251-5858. The opinions of any single advisor do not necessarily reflect the opinions of Argent Advisors, Inc. No forecasts can be guaranteed. Argent Advisors, Inc. does not offer tax, insurance or legal advice. The information contained in this column should not be construed as a substitute for personalized investment, tax, insurance or legal advice.
Question: My wife and I have struggled to be able to save
money. There are just so many things that come up and we
just don’t have that much money left over. How do other
people do it?
Answer: One way to get the wrong answer every time is to ask
the wrong question.
If the vast majority of America is struggling financially, why
would you want to know how they do it? They sure aren’t doing
it! That’s like asking a very obese person standing at the starting
line of a marathon race, as he’s putting out his cigarette, “Hey,
what’s your secret?”
He doesn’t have a secret. He has a problem (or two). So don’t
look around at everyone else you know to solve the riddle of
“how can I save money?”
Here’s the short answer: by saving money.
And here’s the longer answer: by rediscovering the habit of
thrift, a virtue seemingly long-forgotten in our “buy now, pay
later” consumer economy. Thrift is simply the habit of spending
less than you make.
I might add, the courageous habit of spending less than you
make.
What I see “everyone else” doing is allowing their income to
determine their level of spending, then trying to back off
enough to save just a little.
But, honestly, if you made $10,000 more per year, do you have
any doubt that if you keep doing what you’re doing now, your
spending would soon increase by that same $10,000?
Moore for your Money
Habits of thrift Byron R. Moore, CFP®
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APPLY NOW FOR 2016 LEADERSHIP OUACHITA
The Monroe Chamber is currently taking applications for the 2016 Leadership Ouachita
class. Nominations are encouraged from all segments of the community. Individuals may apply or
nominate those they feel best exemplify the philosophy of Leadership Ouachita. The application
deadline for the 2016 class is Friday, January 8, 2016. Applications may be picked up at the
Monroe Chamber of Commerce or interested parties may call Chamber Events Director, Daphne
McClish at 807-4018 or [email protected] for more information.
The purpose of Leadership Ouachita is to develop and empower the emerging leaders of northeast
Louisiana and help them gain the skills they need to transform the region into the best place to live
and do business. Class members engage in a series of sessions focused on education, health care,
workforce development, infrastructure and government.
The program also provides insight on public decision making, practical and in-depth discussions
on public issues pertinent to Ouachita Parish, an expanded knowledge and understanding of the
community in which we live, and the opportunity to develop lasting relationships with growing
and established leaders in a neutral environment. The class opening retreat is scheduled for
Thursday and Friday, February 18 and 19, 2016.
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MONROE CHAMBER OF
COMMERCE
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PHONE: (318) 323-3461
FAX: (318) 812-7594
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Website: www.monroe.org
THE MONROE CHAMBER’S MISSION
IS TO LEAD IN THE CREATION
OF AN ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH
OUR BUSINESSES THRIVE.
You are Cordially invited to join the
Monroe Chamber of Commerce
Ambassadors Club
Tuesday, October 6 at 12 noon-
The Ambassadors Club will meet at the Chase Bldg. on Kansas Lane.
Cost to attend is $15. Please RSVP to Sarita Daniel at [email protected].