The Chamber SceneHUNTINGTON COUNTY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

305 Warren Street • Huntington, Indiana 46750 • (260) 356-5300 • www.huntington-chamber.com • June 2016

The Huntington County Chamber of

Commerce along with area organizations

and businesses will celebrate Huntington

Heritage Days Wednesday, June 15 through

Sunday, June 19. The corporate sponsor of

this year’s event is Pathfinder Services, Inc.,

celebrating their 50th year servicing the

needs of citizens of Huntington County.

The Heritage Days theme, “Indiana Cel-

ebrating 200 Years,” will help Huntington

County celebrate the 200th birthday of the

state. Parade entries and other Heritage

Days activities are encouraged to incorpo-

rate the theme in the entry or event. Buttons

depicting the theme logo are available for

$2 at the Chamber office, 305 Warren

Street, or the Huntington County Visitor and

Convention Bureau, 407 N. Jefferson Street.

Buttons are $2 each and can be used to

receive discounts from Sunday, June 12 to

Sunday, June 19 at several Huntington busi-

nesses: The Berg Ale Haus, free soft drink

with meal purchase; KFC, $1 off a Popcorn

Nugget Combo; The Rusty Dog, free soft

drink with any food purchase; Parkview

Huntington YMCA, open house week-no

guest fees, waive enrollment fee for new

members ($75).

The Chamber is pleased to announce that

Poor Jack Amusements Company is once

again the midway provider for Heritage

Days. It is a clean, spectacular and family

owned attraction that will be located on

Cherry Street from June 15 through June

19. The carnival will be open from 5 p.m.

to 10 p.m. on Wednesday, June 15 and

Thursday, June 16; Friday, June 17, 4 to 11

p.m.; Saturday, June 18, Noon to 11 p.m.

with the final day being Sunday, June 19

from 12 Noon to 5 p.m. Tickets are $1.25

each or 20 for $20. Those purchasing a

wristband for Sunday, June 19, from 12

Noon to 5 p.m., for $18, will receive one

free with a coupon. Coupons are available

on the Heritage Days brochure at the Cham-

ber, the Visitor and Convention Bureau and

local gas stations.

The Little Miss Heritage Days and Junior

Miss Heritage Days Pageant will take place

on the evening of Wednesday, June 15 at

Crestview Middle School. The event will

begin at 7 p.m. Tickets are available from

contestants or at the door for $4.

Thursday, June 16 brings the 48th An-

nual Chief of the Flint Springs Tribe Break-

fast at 8 a.m. It will be held at the Historic

Forks of the Wabash, 3010 West Park Drive,

and is sponsored by the Chamber. This

yearly activity names the new Chief of the

Flint Springs Tribe. Reservations for the

$18 per person event are required by June

10 with the Chamber of Commerce.

The Huntington Rotary Club Strawberry

Feed will take place from 5 to 7 p.m. at Her-

itage Hall at Hier’s Park also on Thursday.

Strawberries and ice cream will be served

and tickets are available at local banks, from

Rotary members or at the door. The “all you

can eat” price is $5, with kids five and under

eating for free.

The ABWA Forks of the Wabash Chapter

Brat Tent will open at 11 a.m. Friday and

continue to 10 p.m. at Hier’s Park. The Brat

Tent continues on Saturday from 5 p.m. to

1 a.m. Friday night is game night for chil-

dren from 5 to 6:30 p.m. and live music will

be featured each evening. There is a charge

for food and entertainment and a $2 cover

charge for ages 10 and over after 6:30 p.m.

The Huntington North High School

Viking Golf Booster Club Scramble will be

held at the Norwood Golf Club at 11 a.m.

on Friday. Registration is $65 per adult and

$30 per student (college, middle or high

school). Fee includes lunch, green fees, cart

and two soft drinks. For questions, contact

Amanda Sizemore, (260) 359-0772 or ra-

sizemore@onlyinternet.net.

The Heritage Days Car, Truck and Mo-

torcycle Show in downtown Huntington

will begin at 5 p.m. and continue until 9

p.m. on Friday. The hosts are Metronet and

Team Thunder and Lightning and Showtime

Motorworks. Fun activities, food vendors in

every block and DJ “Fast Eddie” Ed Fergu-

son will spin tunes during the evening. Food

will be available downtown and local

restaurants will be open. The event is a

fundraiser for the Downtown Business As-

sociation. The show is open to all makes

and models and the vehicle entry fee is $10.

Awards will take place at 8:30 p.m. to the

top 25; best of show; best car, truck, motor-

cycle; best paint, best engine, best interior.

A Hot Air Balloon Festival will once

again be part of Heritage Days with

launches at various times (weather permit-

ting) from Friday evening, June 17 through

Sunday, June 19. Launches will begin at

7:30 p.m. on Friday at Huntington North

High School and continue through the

weekend.

Saturday brings an early breakfast oppor-

tunity with the Women of the Moose Lodge

serving up biscuits, sausage gravy and po-

tatoes at 390 Frontage Road, 7 to 10 a.m.

Coffee is included in the breakfast price,

milk and juice are extra.

The Heritage Days 5K Run is sponsored

by the HNHS Men in Black Running Club

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Heritage Days to focus on Bicentennial

of the State from June 15 to 19

Page 2 Huntington County Chamber of Commerce June 2016

Board of Directors

2016

Chairman of the Board

Kay Schwob

Huntington University

Chairman of the Board-Elect

Ryan Lemon

Novae Corporation

Treasurer

Steve Petry

W.A. Zimmer Company

Assistant Treasurer

Randy Warner

Terry L. Reckard CPA

Immediate Past Chairman

Michael Zahn

First Federal Savings Bank

Adam Stroup

Indiana Farm Bureau Insurance

Amy Mattox

Clear Elevation

Arthur Daronatsy

Dean Foods

Ben Davis

Parkview Huntington Family YMCA

Darlene Stanley

JJ’s

Erin Covey

MetroNet

Jerry Reid

Continental Structural Plastics (CSP)

Mike Hartburg

DeLaney Hartburg Roth & Garrott LLP

Sonya Foraker

Parkview Huntington Hospital

Trace Hinesley

Huntington County Community School

Corporation

STAFF

Steve Kimmel

Executive Director

Angie Garcia

Office Administrator

Shown in the photo, at left, is Mel Ring, center, as he cuts the ribbon for the opening

of the new Rotary Centennial Park. Pictured adjacent to Ring are Mayor Brooks Fetters,

the Ring family and several members of the local Rotary Club.

Rotarians hold ribbon cutting for new parkThe Rotary Club of Huntington County held a ribbon cutting at its new park lo-

cated in downtown Huntington at the former Wolf & Dessaur and Lehman Electronic

Building on the corner of N. Jefferson Street and E. Park Drive. The park was recently

completed and the celebration held on Tuesday, May 17.

The Rotary Club is preparing to celebrate its centennial in 2017 with the develop-

ment of the park. The clock adjoining the park was contributed by Rotarian Mel Ring

in honor of his late wife, Loretta, a long-time teacher in the Huntington County Com-

munity School System. Also honored was Rose Wall, Rotary president in 2015, when

the idea for the park was brought to the forefront. Mayor Brooks Fetters announced

that both Ring and Wall were very instrumental in organizing the club to get the fund-

ing needed to complete the park. Both were presented with a medallion from the city.

Chamber offering “Hot Deals” to membersThe Huntington County Chamber of Commerce continues to

offer online coupons and deals to those individuals shopping lo-

cally. Hot Deals are business promotions that are offered to all

Chamber members free of charge, but can be used by anyone in

the community.

The Hot Deal offer works in combination with the Chamber’s

newly created Eat. Shop. Live. Campaign. If you would like to

place a Hot Deal on the Chamber’s website and have it appear

on the Chamber’s smartphone app (MyChamberApp), all you need to do is log in to

the Chamber’s database and place your deal. Hot Deals are free to Chamber members.

This is a great way for the Chamber to help the local business community by offering

another option to drive traffic to local retail shops, automotive repair shops, restau-

rants or any other business that would like to offer a deal to attract customers. There is

no cost to participate in the Hot Deal program.

If you are a Chamber member and would like to promote a Hot Deal for your place

of business, simply log into the Chamber of Commerce’s database by using your user

name and password and post your deal. If you are unsure of how to do this, you can

always call the Chamber office at (260) 356-5300 and we will walk you through this

easy process. If you prefer, you can always email your deal to skimmel@huntington-

chamber.com and we will be happy to place your Hot Deal for you. Don’t forget to

download the Chamber’s smartphone app by going to www.mychamberapp.com or

your favorite app store and look for MyChamberApp.

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The manager of a Michigan company’s

Huntington operations says a $33.5 million

expansion is a testament to the region's

“second to none” workforce. Jerry Reid

joined Huntington Mayor Brooks Fetters

and Indiana Economic Development Corp.

president Jim Schellinger for a ground-

breaking ceremony on Tuesday, May 10 at

Continental Structural Plastics. Reid says

new product lines sparked the need for the

project, which could result in up to 160 new

jobs.

Mayor Fetters believes the expansion

marks the largest single capital investment

by a company in the city’s history. Last

month, he told Inside INdiana Business that

Huntington beat out other communities for

the expansion thanks to the region’s work-

force and economic development efforts.

Fetters also gives credit to the city’s quality

of life and easy permitting processes.

CSP makes plastic components for vehi-

cles, and currently has about 320 employees

in Huntington. Reid expects that to grow to

close to 500 workers by the end of 2020. He

says the company is hiring for positions in-

cluding technical support, hourly floor

workers and salaried engineers.

The manufacturer is acquiring six acres

of land to add about 130,000 square feet.

JUNEBusiness of the Month

Continental Structural Plastics

Continental Structural Plastics, 1890 Riverfork Drive West, was named Business of

the Month for June. CSP was named for their long-standing membership and support

of the Chamber and its activities including Leaders EDGE and the HR Group. CSP’s

recent announcement of a 130,000 square foot addition, and their plans to hire over

160 individuals is great news for our community. Shown in the photo, front row from

left, are Terry Miller, Real Living Ness Bros. and Chamber Ambassador; CSP employ-

ees Amy Good, Shandel Drayton, Kris Christman, Tara Sharp, Mary Jacques, Tiffany

Douthitt, Seth Wilson, plant manager Jerry Reid, Greg Glass, Kevin Cargala and Art

Daronatsy, Dean Foods and Chamber board. Back row from left, are CSP employee

Lon Osborne; Mike Hartburg, DeLaney Hartburg Roth & Garrott and Ryan Lemon,

Novae Corporation, both on the Chamber board; CSP employees Ken Garants, Rita

Stroh, Dave Hanson, Marcy Strange, Brent Cagala, Chuck Easterday, John Ruby, Dar-

lene Stanley, JJ’s and Chamber board and Paula Whiting, Lake City Bank and Cham-

ber Ambassador.

Chamber to host

seminar on new

overtime ruleThe next

HR/Professional

Development

Group meeting

will be held on

Friday, June 10

at Pathfinder

Services, 2824

Theater Avenue. The group will hear

from attorney, H. Joseph Cohen, from

the office of Barrett & McNagny, Fort

Wayne, as he gives an update to the De-

partment of Labor’s (DOL) newly pro-

posed rules for minimum wage and

overtime pay for salaried employees.

The Department of Labor released its

final rule regarding the salary level used

to determine if employees are classified

as exempt from overtime under the Fair

Labor Standards Act. The new rule in-

creases the salary level from $23,660 to

$47,476 and Highly Compensated Em-

ployees (HCE) from $100,000 to

$134,004 per year for exempt status. Set

to begin on December 1, 2016, employ-

ers need to understand the new rule and

its implications for their organizations.

If you would like to attend this very

important meeting, please email skim-

mel@huntington-chamber.com or call

the Chamber office at (260) 356-5300.

The seminar is free; lunch is $10.

RSVP’s are required to attend.

CSP brings economic spark to Huntington

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at 9:50 a.m. on Saturday. It is followed at 10 a.m. by the 53rd An-

nual Heritage Days Parade sponsored by the Chamber. The parade

begins at the corner of North Jefferson and MacGahan Streets, fol-

lowing down Jefferson Street to Park Drive where it will turn left

and follow onto Warren Street. It continues on down Warren Street

and will then turn right on to Court Street with its completion at

the corner of South Jefferson and Etna Avenue.

Cherry Street will be the place for the Fun Zone for children’s

activities on Saturday from Noon to 4 p.m. Pony rides and a petting

zoo will be a part of the afternoon sponsored by McDonald’s of

Huntington. Three bounce houses sponsored by The Parkview Boys

and Girls Club and Juergens Hardware will be available to entertain

children. Free ice cream will be available, sponsored by Lee’s KFC,

and popcorn and slushies will be provided by Metronet.

The fun also includes the Beacon Credit Union and Huntington

County Tractor Association-sponsored Kiddie Tractor Pull opening

at 1:30 p.m. and racing at 2 p.m. at the corner of Cherry and Wash-

ington Streets. There are four weight classes for children up to 100

pounds with three winning places per class. Ribbons and cash

awards will be presented, and Penny the Pig will be present.

The Heritage Days Strength Challenge will be held at the Annex

parking lot downtown from 12 Noon to 5 p.m. Various activities

will involve physical fitness. Registration information is available

at champsacademy.net. There is a $30 fee. It is sponsored by

Champs Academy.

The Huntington County Historical Society will offer Historical

Museum Canal bus tours. There will be two tours of 40 people per

tour with the first at 1 p.m. and the second at 2:30 p.m. The cost is

$5 for adults and $2 for children under 12.

The Sheets Wildlife Museum will be open with a $1 reduced ad-

mission fee from 1 to 4 p.m. The museum is located at 200 Safari

Trail.

The Huntington County Disaster Team Car and Truck Show will

take place at Huntington North High School from 3 to 8 p.m. (reg-

istration will be from 3 to 6 p.m.) on Saturday, and the Hot Air Bal-

loon Festival continues from 7 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. also at

Huntington North High School. DJ Dick Smart of Smart Produc-

tions will provide musical selections and announce the events. The

Heritage Days Bed Race will begin after the Hot Air Balloons lift

off. The sponsors of the bed race are Juergens Hardware, Johnson

Quik Lube, Parkview Huntington Hospital and Rain Solutions. The

Parkview Huntington Hospital Samaritan Helicopter and other

emergency vehicles will also be at the fest.

The Balloon Glow will take place Saturday evening at 9:30 p.m.

Spectators are encouraged to bring their children and cameras for

a spectacular show of eleven giant glowing aerostats and one 12-

story balloon, Smiley the Scarecrow. Food will be available for pur-

chase from Boy Scout Troup 135 selling hot dogs, St. Peters First

Community Church selling hamburgers and brats, Faith Lutheran

Church selling baked goods, St. Peter & Paul youth group selling

snow cones, Jr. Bowlers from Rainbow Lanes with popcorn and

the Huntington Nitro Softball team with cookies. Joy Pleaser

Clowns will make balloon designs.

The Heritage Days Cycling Festival, a new event for 2016, will

be held on Saturday, June 18 beginning at 3 p.m. It will take place

at the Pathfinder Services parking lot, 2824 Theatre Avenue. No

Limit Cycling p/b Steppin’ Physical Therapy and Spokesmen Cy-

cling of Huntington are bringing the new bicycle event to Hunting-

ton. It is a national level USA Cycling event. The festival also

includes a Health and Fitness Expo, food truck and more. The Op-

timist Club will sell refreshments to include water, pop and ice

cream during the Heritage Days Festival. It is a criterium style

event, a bicycle race consisting of several laps around a closed cir-

cuit. The length of each lap or circuit ranges anywhere from a half

mile to a little over a mile. The races will take place on the

Pathfinder Services campus and the northwest business park. There

will be six different races held during the event with experience

levels ranging from the weekend warrior to the seasoned profes-

sional rider. For more information contact, Andy Grote, club pres-

ident/team manager, (260) 710-1023 or email agrote27@gmail.com.

Vaudeville at the Forks will take place at 4 p.m. on Saturday at

the Historic Forks of the Wabash Park, 3010 W. Park Drive. It is a

variety show with many different acts. There is $5 fee to attend.

Chief LaFontaine Saddle Club, 792 North 200 West, will be the

place for the Chief LaFontaine Horse Show on Sunday from 9 a.m.

to 4 p.m. Admission is free and horses from the surrounding area

will participate in the 19th annual show. It is an open pleasure show,

all breeds-classes.

The Historic Forks of the Wabash Park will be offering tours on

Sunday from 1 to 4 p.m. Buildings will be open to the public and

the cost is $5.

HARTA will hold a free Bicycle Poker Ride beginning at 2 p.m.

on Sunday at Schenkel Station. All riders will follow the marked

route with stops at five city parks. It is a 6.5 mile slow paced ride

with two age groups: children/youth and adult.

JeFFFest completes Heritage Days from 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. in

downtown Huntington. Music, food and fine art will be sponsored

by the LaFontaine Arts Council. Eric Clancy Jazz will entertain the

crowd for two hours. Tickets will be sold that evening in $1 incre-

ments and be used to purchase the food items. A silent auction of

fine art begins at 6 p.m. and ends at 8:30 p.m.

Brochures with complete details about Heritage Days and its ac-

tivities can be found at the Chamber office, 305 Warren Street; the

Huntington County Visitor and Convention Bureau, 407 N. Jeffer-

son Street, and at various locations throughout Huntington. Forms

and information for various events are also located on the Cham-

ber’s Heritage Days website at www.huntingtonheritagedays.com.

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Wednesday, June 15 through Sunday, June 19

Salamonie Summer FestivalFourth of July Weekend

Splash on the WabashSaturday, July 9

Andrews Summer FestivalFriday, August 12 and Saturday, August 13

Roanoke Fall FestivalThursday, September 8 to Saturday, September 10

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