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Red
Carpet Service Award Red Carpet Award Winner for March is Cindy
Ma, Rose Floral
for their outstanding customer service. Cindy
Ma was nominated by Kandy Frink. If you know someone out there that has
rolled out the red carpet for you, give them some well deserved
recognition and nominate them for next month’s award!
Nomination cards can be found at the Chamber office and also at
most of the businesses. If you were the nomination person of a Red
Carpet winner please stop by the office we have a gift for you too.
We appreciate you taking the time and effort to make sure
someone’s efforts are noticed.
March winners:
Joe Martinez, Radio Network, Newsletter Profile; Melinda Baas, YWCA BBBS
Director, Radio; Dave Arambel who donated the Radio Advertising to the
Business Leadership Network, Radio; Terri Warren, The Window and Door
Store, Reader Board Sign; 50/50 Raffle winner was Vicki Roth, Sweetwater
County Library, Vicki donated the money back to the Chamber Building Fund.
The Lunch & Learn program is held the third Wednesday of every
month at
Chamber Board of
Directors ¨ Bob Saunders, Past-President Wells Fargo 307-352-5538 ¨ Michael Nelson, President High Plains Physical Therapy
307-875-1847 ¨ Cindy Brandjord, Vice President School
District #2 307-872-3290 ¨ Bonnie Bigolin, 1st Vice-President Print Link Ad-Specialties 307-875-6128
¨ Robert Berg, Secretary Artic Circle 307-875-4582 ¨ Jeff Nieters, Treasurer City of Green River 307-872-6122 ¨ Kathy Gilbert Green River Star 307-875-3103 ¨ Joanna Nara-Kloepper BLM 307-352-0321 ¨ Brian Mortimer Solvay 307-872-6508 ¨ Jeff Wilson Desert View Eye Care Center
307-875-3399 ¨ Marie
Colestock
Green River Realty
307-875-5522 ¨ Terri Cook 307-875300 Hampton Inn Suites
Renewals 2
Years Owlfies Northern
Title Co. of Wyoming 4
Years Outdoors
Etc. (in Local Color) 6
Years Home
& Garden Show 8
Years Mansface
Terrace Housing Riverside
Nursery Krazy
Moose Restaurant Sweetwater
Co Community Concert Assn 14
Years Clearview
Bowling Center 17
Years Qwest 20
Years Castle
Rock Veterinary Clinic 21
Years NAPM
Western Wyoming Super
8 Motel US
Bank Name that Pump Park! The Chamber’s Tourism Committee has created a new Bike Club, the Sweetwater Mountain Biking Association and the club has brought a new concept to the City…a "Pump Park" or in other words a skills park for bike riders of all levels. The idea was one of the topics the group had heard about at the IMBA, (International Mountain Biking Association), Summit in Park City last year. The parks take up very little space, can be built relatively inexpensively and volunteers can do most of the work. Bike Club members Tom McIntosh, Jim Dunks, Brent Sckorz, and several others approached Parks and Recreation Director Walt Bratton about the idea in February and Walt has run with the idea. The park will be located just south of Stratton Myers and the Chamber is helping the Club by sponsoring a "Name that Pump Park" contest. Anyone can submit a name to the Chamber, but it should reflect the spirit of the community and bike riding. The Bike Committee will choose the winning name. They will receive a $100.00 Gift Certificate, donated by the Chamber of Commerce and get recognition in the Newsletter. Names can be submitted to the Chamber at 1155 W. Flaming Gorge Way, Green River, WY 82935, e-mailed to jhartford@sweetwaterhsa.com or faxed to 307-875-8993. Deadline to submit names are May 15, 2009. Name that Park: ____________________________________ Name: ____________________________________________ Address: __________________________________________ City: _______________ State __________ Zip ___________ Phone #: __________________________________________ e-mail: ____________________________________________
WCTI Legislative update from the Capitol The 2009 Wyoming legislative session has ended. Budget Boosts Wyoming Travel and Tourism! The legislature graciously provided Travel and Tourism with over $2 million in this off-budget year, an amount greater than most state agencies received. $955,000 of that goes into an advertising campaign that will penetrate the existing markets more deeply than in the past, says T&T Director Diane Shober. The rest of the money goes into continuing planning and site design for a new travel center/tourism offices on I-25 South of Cheyenne. Thanks to all who called, talked in person or emailed their local legislators—without them we never would have accomplished this! Statewide Lodging Tax bill would have upset system - This legislative session saw yet another serious attempt at a statewide lodging tax. This bill, by Jackson’s Rep. Pete Jorgenson, went further than most in that it would have totally done away with the current system of local option tax boards. Again, many of you helped immensely in this effort as the effort was snuffed out before it began. After testimony from hospitality operators and others and ground work by your association, this bill failed to receive a ‘second’ in committee. We can never take our current system for granted, as evidenced by this effort. Thanks again to all who helped on this! Film industry financial incentives - Lowers the threshold for reimbursement to film companies from $500,000 to $200,000 in qualified expenditures to add further incentive for filming in Wyoming. WTIC lobbyists testified in the Minerals, Business and Economic Development committees of both houses with great support. Both houses favored the bill as it was originally drafted (no amendments). This bill has been signed by the Governor. State Historic Sites Appropriation – Proposed $14.5 million for capital construction, interpretation, consulting and operations and maintenance of our historic sites in jeopardy statewide. This was a bill as a result of Joint Travel, Recreation and Wildlife Committee interim work. The Senate Appropriations committee reduced the funding to $1 million that would only include capital construction at Fort Fred Steele, capital construction at Piedmont charcoal kilns and for improvements at the Carissa mine site. The bill then passed the Senate as well as the House with no other amendments. WTIC lobbyists testified in the Travel, Recreation and Wildlife Committees of both houses. Signed into law by Governor. Immigration Reform - Legislation filed before the session could have turned this debate into an ugly, name-calling debate over who is responsible for illegal immigration with fingers pointed right at employers. It was called the worst immigration legislation in the country. The Wyoming Lodging and Restaurant Association and the Wyoming Travel Industry Coalition led an effort to form a working group of employer organizations. The group met with the bill sponsor of the legislation but at the same time sought an alternative solution. The alternative came from a suggestion from Speaker of the House Colin Simpson to offer a Joint Resolution to Congress from the Legislature. Lynn Birleffi and Jim Magagna, Wyoming Stockgrowers Association, with the help of IMMIGRATIONWORKS (a national employers group) drafted a resolution and it passed the House and a Senate Committee until it ran out of time for final passage on the Senate Floor. Defeated the issue. Other bills of interest: • HB 130 State Parks Matching Account – Provides $1 million to set up a State Parks matching account to match private donations to designated state parks. (Monitor) On Governor’s desk for signature. • HB 135 Recreational Safety Act-amendments – Limits the liability of landowners concerning parking for recreational and sporting events. (Monitor) Passed House Judiciary Committee, passed House, passed Senate Travel Committee, passed Senate and is on Governor’s desk for his signature. • HB 239 Big Horn Basin Discovery Center – $15 million to build the Wyoming Big Horn basin nature and discovery center on state park land to be located near the entrance to Hot Springs state park. (monitor) On Governor’s desk for signature. BILLS WHICH FAILED EARLIER: • HB 103 Illegal Immigration What’s New Out There! Al Harris, of the Radio Network was inducted into the Wyoming Broadcasters Hall of Fame last month. He will be honored at this year’s Wyoming Broadcasters Convention in June to be held in Green River and Rock Springs. Steve Core, of the Radio Network was recognized as the Sports Caster of Year from the Wyoming Broadcaster’s Association. This is the second time in four years that Steve has received that honor. Way to go guys!!! Senator Enzi update Small business helps you build from the bottom up I recently took part in the small business forum at the White House which aimed to help the millions of small business owners and employees get through the economic downturn. It was a great opportunity because the only way to truly stimulate the economy is to do it from the bottom up. Small businesses are the backbone of this country, not Wall Street or banks. If we focus on the small businesses, we can pull ourselves out of this economic slump. One thing I have always loved about the West is that it is full of people with answers and great ideas. While at the White House, I even passed on some common sense solutions from westerners, specifically Andrew Field of Livingston, Montana, about helping small business. He shared his ideas with James Klessens, President of Forward Cody, Inc., who then passed them on to me when I visited Cody for my annual procurement conference. To read what Field had to say, click here.At the White House forum, President Obama said all the right things, now we’ll see if he does the right things to help out where it counts. Part of his plan strives to free up credit for small business and I am encouraged it uses money that is already in the system. None of this should be a handout – it should be an opportunity to succeed. President Obama’s plan focuses on helping small businesses by raising the guarantee on loans to 90 percent (up from 85 percent), lowering the Small Business Administration fees for those loans, provide tax relief and incentives, and eliminate the capital gains tax for investment in small businesses. President Obama’s plan also calls for the Treasury to use $15 billion of previously allocated Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) funding to purchase small business loans currently held by community banks that aren’t able to sell them in a secondary market. This is designed to free up capital for banks to administer more small business loans. The plan also requires the 21 major banks that were bailed out with taxpayer money to report the percentage of their loans to small businesses each month. Wyoming is full of business-minded people and big ideas. To learn more about cultivating and managing those ideas, come to my annual Inventors Conference at Casper College on April 25. The inventors conference offers the opportunity to learn how to turn entrepreneurial dreams into a reality and pursue a business venture. Guest leaders and inventors will share their knowledge and expertise about how to protect ideas, set up small businesses, and market inventions. For more information or to register, contact Robin Bailey in Enzi’s Gillette Office at (307) 682-6268 or e-mail robin_bailey@enzi.senate.gov.
By U.S. Senator Mike Enzi
Don’t
tell me you got nothin’ to do!
Sweetwater County Photo Contest Now is the time to start thinking about what photographs you are going to enter in this year’s contest. Beginning the 1st of June we will be taking entries for the Sweetwater County Photo Contest. The theme this year is "That was then, this is now." Photos can be of wildlife, scenic, or events…use your imagination! Bring your photographs to the Chamber after June 1st; we will begin displaying them as we get entries. Photographs must be in landscape format, 8" x 10" in size, just matted with no larger than 21/2 inch border, no signatures on photos, photos must be taken in Sweetwater County. The contest will have one grand prize and eleven honorary
winners. The grand prize winner will have their photo on the cover of the
Green River Chamber of Commerce 2008 calendar. The honorary winners will
have their photo on the inside monthly pages; each photo will have the
winner’s name, photo locations and sponsor in the caption. Additionally
the calendar will have center page with a county map indication locations
of where the photos were taken. Finally the calendar will have dates of
community events, and holidays within Sweetwater County.
Sponsored by the Green River Chamber of Commerce and the Sweetwater County Joint Travel & Tourism Board $100.00 Prize and photo on front cover of calendar Theme: That was then, this is now. Eligibility: Open to anyone either Amateur or Professional Photographers Entrants per person: 3 Format: Color or Black or White, 8x10 matted (no larger that 21/2 inch border, Horizontal/Landscape, no signature on photo. Photos must be taken in Sweetwater County. Deadline: August 21, 2007 Bring your photo(s) to the Green River Chamber of Commerce office located at 132 E. Flaming Gorge Way, (across from the Masonic Lodge), Green River, WY 82935 Name: __________________________________________________________ Address: _______________________, City, __________________ State, _______________, Zip, _____________ Phone Number: ___________________________________________________ Green River Chamber of Commerce reserves the right to reject any and all photos. Sponsored by the Sweetwater County Travel and Tourism Board
Festival in the Park Flaming Gorge Days Festival in the Park will be held June
26th and 27th from 10:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. Booth
applications are available beginning April 1st on a first come,
first serve basis. Booth spaces will be $60.00 for a 14x14 space.
Electricity will be available on a first come, first serve basis at an
additional charge of $20.00. You must provide your own electrical cords.
Each Food Booth applicant will be allowed to serve THREE types of food per
booth, plus beverage. We will allow TWO different vendors to sell the same
items. All food booths must apply for a food permit through the Sweetwater
County Health Department. Setting up booths will be between 7:00-9:00 a.m.
There will be no one allowed to setup prior to 7:00 a.m. If you have not
set up by 10:00 a.m. you will not be allowed to participate and the entry
fee will not be refunded. After being directed to your location, you will
be required to unload and remove your vehicle immediately to avoid
congestion and to allow others to set up. Tear down will begin at 4:00
p.m. You will be responsible for your merchandise overnight on Friday and
will need to remove it, but can leave the canopies, etc… Vendors must
clean up their site. Food booths will be fined for pouring grease onto the
lawns and for leaving excess garbage on their site. For questions or Booth
applications please call the Green River Chamber of Commerce at
307-875-5711, Wesley Sanchez 307-875-6979. Congratulations Janet Hartford!
Wyoming Small Business Week 2009 Winners Announced
WYOMING - The small business awards are a highlight of SBA’s National Small Business Week celebration, May 18th through May 22nd. National Small Business Week honors the contributions of the nation’s small business owners. The winners are selected on their staying power, growth in number of employees, increase in sales, financial condition, innovation, response to adversity, community service and assistance to small business. Involvement with SBA is not necessary, although many of the winners have received some type of assistance from the SBA or those partnering with it. Wyoming’s small business supporters host special events to honor and present awards to entrepreneurs and small business champions. Wyoming’s winners for 2009 are:
Please congratulate these outstanding entrepreneurs and small businesses, as they are key to small business and the backbone of our nation.- - - For more information about SBA's programs for small businesses, call (307) 261-6500 or TDY (307) 261-6527 or visit the SBA's extensive Web site at www.sba.gov/wy Clean Up and Green – Green River The Green River Chamber of Commerce is partnering with the City of Green River to conduct the 1st Annual City Wide Clean Up Day on May 9th. The City and the Chamber are looking for volunteers to help out that day. The city will be divided up into several main areas of focus for clean up that day, but would like everyone to pitch in through out the week in their own neighborhoods as well. From May 4th through the 9th residents are encouraged to tidy up their neighborhoods. All kinds of garbage except for hazardous waste can be left on the curb where you regular garbage is picked up. City truck will pass through the city and pick this trash up. The main focus of the Clean Up on May 9th with be business districts along Flaming Gorge Way, Railroad Avenue, 2nd South, Uinta Drive, Upland Way, Shoshone, Astle Ave/E. Teton, Scotts Bottom Road, FMC Park, Wild Horse Canyon Road, the Green Belt Path Way and. Telephone Canyon. There is a sign up sheet at the Chamber office and individuals can meet the morning of May 9th at the Public Works Building on E. Teton at 9 am. The Clean Up Committee is looking for donations and hopes to have t-shirts for all the come and help clean up that day. The committee is also working on an appreciation lunch later that day. A unique twist to the Clean Up day will be "Treasure in the Trash" folks picking up in the clean up areas may just find some treasure as well. The committee will be planting prizes in the clean up area such as Chamber Gift Certificates, coupons to various eating establishment and other "Treasures". If you would like to be a part of the committee the next meeting is scheduled for April 15th, 8 am at Buckaroo’s. For more information contact the Chamber at 875-5711 or e-mail to jhartford@sweetwaterhsa.com We need more Yellow Bikes!!! The Chambers Tourism Committee is again working on a providing a free Community Bike Program. The Community Bikes would be free to the public to use and will be placed at several locations through out town. We are partnering with the Green River Parks & Recreation Department and the Green River Community Chest to bring this project back again. We know everyone has spring fever and is working on cleaning out your garages, sheds, and storage areas. And I bet you have a bike in there collecting dust! Well don’t throw it away…bring it to us! We will take bikes of any size…yes even tricycles! Tom McIntosh, Jim Dunks and Brent Skorcz and members of the Sweetwater Mountain Biking Association will strip those bikes down and get them painted BRIGHT yellow! The group hopes to have these bikes out soon so the community can use them when the weather gets better; yes it is going to get better! The City has some great bike trails and we want more people to be able to use them. If you happen to be walking the trails and want to ride; just pick up a bike at one the racks located near the Clock Tower Downtown, at Expedition Island and at Stratton Myers. Ride around and the drop it back off at one of the other racks. This is a great way for travelers passing through town to enjoy them too. The Chamber gets requests about our bike trails…now they can experience them too!
l-r Hank Castillon, Margaret Gibbons, Tim
Montgomery, Bob Saunders, Pam Spivack, Pete Rust, Cathie Hughes,
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Profile of the Month - "Al Harris to be inducted to the Broadcaster
Hall of Fame"
The Wyoming Association of Broadcasters
(WAB) Convention is making its way to President of the WAB, Laura Grott, says Al’s name has been in the hat forever. She says the award is not based on any set of criteria, however several factors are taken into consideration. “Al has made a huge impact in radio for many years, he has served his community and has been a true pioneer in broadcasting for our state,” stated Grott. Al began his career in radio 40 years ago and has owned and operated his own stations for the last 31. Al put KUGR-AM on the air in 1976 and bought it from the previous owner in 1978. Ten years after KUGR hit the airwaves, KYCS-FM was born and the two stations became known as Broadcast House. In September 1998, two stations became three and Al put KFRZ-FM on the air. Shortly after the Freeze signed on, the Broadcast House moniker was replaced by The Radio Network. In June of 2005, The Big Dog, KZWB-FM, joined Al’s family of stations and became the fourth station to make up The Radio Network. Al has received many
community awards, including the Key to the City and the Distinguished
Citizen Award. He was a
Volunteer Fire Fighter for 30 years, one of the founders of Flaming Gorge
Days, Inc and a part of many community boards and committees.
He’s a past president of the Wyoming Association of Broadcasters
and served eight years on the National Association of Broadcasters Board
of Directors. Al still resides
in DECORATING FOR THE BANQUET
Local Businesses Recognized at Sweetwater County Recognition Banquet The Green River Chamber of Commerce, in cooperation with Rock Springs Chamber of Commerce and the Sweetwater Economic Development Association (SWEDA), hosted the 12th Annual Sweetwater County Recognition Banquet on April 4, 2009 at the Sweetwater Events Complex. The Recognition Banquet honors county businesses who have earned the recognition of their peers during the past year. The Banquet not only recognizes several categories County wide; the Cornerstone Award, Pacesetter Award, Athena Award, Stewardship Award, Customer Service Award, and Home Based Business Award, the three sponsoring organizations had the opportunity to recognize their volunteers as well. The winners of the 2009 Sweetwater County Recognition Banquet are: Cornerstone Award went to Rocky Mountain Service Bureau and was accepted by owner Dawn Lund; Pacesetter Award went to Busy Bee Bath Essentials and was accepted by owners Nicole Nilles & Kristyne Aragon; Athena Award went to Jill Johnson, owner Family Dynamics; Stewardship Award went to Solvay Chemicals and was accepted by Danielle Knaphus, Environmental Technician; Customer Service Award went to Western Wyoming Community College and was accepted by Ken Fitchen Vice President for Instruction; Home Based Business Award went to Miners Repose Bed & Breakfast, and was accepted by Julie & Tim Waters owners. In addition to these awards the Green River Chamber, Rock Springs Chamber, and SWEDA also announced their individual awards. The Green River Chamber awarded Jeff Nieters as Volunteer of the Year; announced the Red Carpet of the Year Award going to Jorge Hernandez, from Don Pedro’s, who was unable to attend; announced the Distinguished Citizen Award to Roger Bruce who was also unable to attend; presented Vickie Roth with the Outstanding Citizen Award. The Rock Springs Chamber announced Tina Linkenauger as the recipient of the Volunteer of the Year Award; presented outgoing board members Jeff Strange and Tammy Goich with awards; and recognized outgoing Board President Russ Kirlin for all is outstanding help to the organization. SWEDA announced Jim Anselmi as the recipient of their Leadership Award; presented Pat Robbins with the Visionary Award; and presented Marianne Emden, of Northern Title Company with the President’s Award. The theme for this year’s event was "Life’s a Beach in Sweetwater County", celebrating our wonderful quality of life here. The event was held with the help of some wonderful sponsors, two of which have been helping out the event from its inception, a big thank you to the events Charter Sponsors, Wells Fargo- Bob Saunders and Owlfies Flowers and Gift- Bob and Debbie White. Owlfies always puts together absolutely wonderful and stunning arrangements for the event, which are always donated! Thanks also to the other sponsors for this year’s event, The City of Rock Springs, Questar and Encana.
L-R Tina Linkenauger, Kristyne Aragon,
Nicole Nilles, Marianne Emden,
Steve Racker, SBA Office,
presents Janet Hartford with the "Women
Pat Robbins, SWEDA Visionary Award
Marianne Emden, SWEDA President's Award
Kristyne Aragon, Nicole
Nilles, Busy Bee Bath Red Carpet of the Year! The Membership Committee has had great success with the Red Carpet
recognition since it’s inception in 2006. The following is the Red
Carpet Dawn Bodin, Animal Clinic April 2008 Dawn was nominated by Kathie Miller, she had these comments,
"Always caring and concerned for your feelings and Don & Lea Johnson, Warehouse Home Furnishings, May 2008 Don & Lea was nominated by Steve Core, and had these comments,
"Great people who give A-one service. Always Chris & Vasalie Leventis, Teton Catering June 2008. Chris & Vasalie was nominated by Angelo Kallas, he had these
comments, "Vasalie and Chris have catered a number of Lou of Lou’s Plumbing, July 2008 Lou of Lou’s Plumbing was nominated by Tom McCullough, he had these
comments, "We had a faucet break the evening Danielle Hemmert, Bank of the West August 2008 Danielle Hemmert was nominated by Russell Peterson and Amy Baucum.
Russell had these comments, "Danielle makes Mike Frink, Sweetwater Trophies September 2008 Mike Frink was nominated by Teresa Warren. Teresa had these comments,
"I have always found Mike to be very helpful Tim Buman, White Mountain Lumber October 2008 Tim Buman was nominated by Pat Robbins. Pat had these comments,
"Tim provides outstanding service. He walks me to * Red Carpet Person of the Year - Jorge Hernandez, Don Pedros November 2008 Jorge Hernandez was nominated by Bonnie Bigolin. Bonnie had these
comments, "Jorge provides outstanding service. Stephanie Peterson & Kaylynn Schmidt, PMS December 2008 Stephanie & Kaylynn was nominated by an unknown individual. Here
are the comments, "For five years now, Stephanie Beth Thompson, High Plains Physical Therapy January 2009 Beth Thompson was nominated by Jackie Jensen. Jackie had these
comments, "Beth is always ready and willing to help Ann & Doug Clayton Pioneer Mobile Park February 2009 Ann & Doug Clayton were nominated by Valerie Bolinder. Valerie had
these comments, "We all love our beautiful little city! Cindy Ma, Rose Floral March 2009 Nominated by Kandy Frink, "My husband ordered 16 roses for me for
Valentine’s Day. I received the flowers. Then on
Danielle Knaphus, Solvay Chemicals
Bryan Mortimer
presents Vickie Roth with Outstanding Dave Hanks Presents Russ
Kirlin with the
Dawn Lund, Rocky Mountain
Service Bureau, Jill Johnson, Athena
Award
Julie & Tim Waters,
Miners Repose Home
Information
Distributed by Chamber March 2009 Year to Date Relocation Packets
5
10 Dollar Amount $23,595.00 $61,048.00 Brochure Racks
312
1865 Sales Tax Disbursements–February*
County
3,148,074
County
2,907 Labor Force**
Unemployed
Feb. 2008
601 State
Employed
Feb. 2008
277,747
Unemployed
Feb. 2008
9,547 Housing as of January Homes sold
Residential Listings
Green River
96
Average Costs
$200,00-249,900 *Wyoming Department of Revenue 40 Under Forty Winner The Casper Star Tribune held it’s annual 40 Under Forty Recognition. Every year the Casper Star accepts nominations for 40 inspiring standouts among the many young people whose talents are hard work and helping to build Wyoming. Congratulations goes out to Mike Nelson, High Plains Physical Therapy as one of the winners. Here is the information that was printed about Mike. Mike Nelson of Green River has been described as an "extra miler" because of his community involvement. Mike is the current president of the Green River Chamber of Commerce. He volunteers as a sideline assistant during the high school football season and has long commitment to the Boy Scouts program. He is also a member of the Castle Rock Hospital District volunteer ambulance crew. Mike is a partner/owner of High Plains Physical Therapy, which has clinics in Green River and Rock Springs. What’s a challenge at work you enjoy? I enjoy the challenges that come with living and working in a rural area. In bigger cities, therapists are becoming more specialized, but in our area I get to treat a variety of diagnoses. What is your business philosophy or motto? To apply the highest standards of honor and integrity in the pursuit of becoming the best physical therapist I can be. Our motto at High Plains is, "Taking rehabilitation to a higher plane." What do you see for the future? I see continued success and growth for both of our clinic locations, my four children all graduating from high school and going to college, and an early retirement so my wife and I can serve a mission for our church. Age: 37 First paid job: Partner/Owner of High Plains Physical Therapy, with clinics in Green River and Rock Springs. Professional person he admires: Angelo Dimaggio, president of the American Back Pain Center. A book on his nightstand: "John Adams", by David McCullough, and "The Culprit and the Cure," by Dr. Steven G. Aldana. Favorite stress buster: Pick-up basketball games at the Recreation Center, and watching sports on TV. Last movie he watched: "Madagascar 2," with children. Bike Committee Logo Contest The Sweetwater Mountain Biking Association is looking for a logo and the Chamber is helping out with this venture by donating a $100.00 Gift Certificate for the winning logo. The Bike Club is dedicated to increasing the public’s awareness of mountain bike riding in our area and excellent quality of trails we have available to us. They also are working to encourage our youth to take up the sport and be engaged in protecting our resources. The contest is open to anyone, logo should be reflect the mountain biking philosophy and spirit of our area. Winning logo will be chosen by the Bike Club and will become the property of the Bike Club and its exclusive use. Deadline for the logo is May 15, 2009. Logos can be mailed, e-mailed or brought to the Chamber office at 1155 W. Flaming Gorge Way, Green River, WY 82935, e-mailed to jhartford@sweetwaterhsa.com. Logo should include the following information and be submitted in a hardcopy or digital format. Name: ____________________________________________ Address: __________________________________________ City: _______________ State __________ Zip ___________ Phone #: __________________________________________ e-mail: ____________________________________________
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