May 2012 Current Membership: 678 Help the Chamber Reach Our Goal of 700 for 2012

May 2012 Current Membership: 678 Help the Chamber reach our goal of 700 for 2012

MISSION STATEMENT~ The Elko Area Chamber of Commerce Promotes Economic Growth and Stability Through Advocacy and Communication in Service of Our Business Members.

Chamber Check Total 34th Annual $6,635,583 Home & Business Expo Business After Hours Brought to you by: Thursday, May 17, 2012 Satview Broadband and Touch of Heaven Spas 1250 Lamoille Hwy, Ste 1150 5:30-7:00 p.m. Mother’s Day Weekend, May 12 & 13, 2012 at the Government Affairs Committee Elko Convention Center Monday, May 7th & 21st Gold Dust West † 12:00 p.m. Board of Directors Executive Board Committee Reports Chairman of the Board Ambassador/Fundraising Committee - The Ambassador/Fundraising Committee met at Kevin Ancell Frontier Communications the Chamber of Commerce this month and had a fabulous time. Our guests included Nancy from the Ruby Mountain Film Festival and her mom. Nancy had so much fun she decided to become an First Vice Chairman Ambassador. We are still selling raffle tickets for a chance to win $2500 in Chamber Checks and we are Mike Ayala Plumbline Mechanical now having committee meetings for the upcoming annual Beer Festival and the Sherman Dinner. You certainly do not want to miss out on the fun! Our next meeting will be upstairs at the Sherman Station Second Vice Chairman Molly Popp on Wednesday, May 10th at noon. Give Denise Callaway a call at 775-397-3814 or the Chamber at 7 Day Dental 775-738-7135 for more information or email [email protected]. Treasurer Government Affairs Committee - The Primary Election is just over a month away and the first Coralee Griswold Candidate Forum for this year will be held on Tuesday May 15th at 7:00 p.m. at the Convention Cen- Chilton Engineering ter. This Forum will be for the Republican Elko County Commission Primary Election between Grant Past Chairman Gerber and Jack Larason. We are currently accepting questions that are submitted by our Members. Greg Brorby NV Energy Please submit your questions no later than Friday May 12th, as there will not be any questions allowed from the floor. Please send your questions to the Chamber at 1405 Idaho Street or e-mail them to the Board Members GAC e-mail at [email protected]. You are also welcome to call Matt McCarty at 934-2892. Your Government Affairs Committee will be holding a number of forums for the General election in the Cathy McAdoo P.A.C.E. Coalition Fall, so keep an eye out for those. GAC meets the Mondays preceding the Elko City Council meetings at 12:00 noon at the Gold Dust West. The meetings are open to the public and you are encouraged to Tyler Gunter attend. Blind Onion Pizza Welcome Committee - The Chamber has added a new committee to our roster: the Welcome Com- Lisa Becker Newmont Mining Corp. mittee! Our goal is to integrate new-comers into the area by showing them around town and introducing them to new people. Some of the activities we are working on include getting together to go over things Rena Hanks Rena Hanks Consulting such as who to contact for extracurricular activities as well as products and services that are provided in our area. We will also be implementing the events going on around town. We would also like to invite Katie Neddenriep long-time residents of the area to join us – you might just learn something or meet somebody new! Our Barrick Gold North America first activity will take place on Saturday, May 12th at the Home Show. We will meet at 11 a.m. in front Ginna Reyes of the Elko Convention Center. El Aero Services Mardell Wilkins El Aero Great Basin College Cliff Ezell A number of local youth signed up, but did NOT get the op- Comforts of Home portunity to fly with the Young Eagle Program at last year’s Sky- Fair event. The local EAA Club (Experimental Aviation Associa- Julie Kraus Western States Propane tion) and the Carson City EAA will join forces to hold a Young Eagle Day on Saturday, May 19, 2012. It will be held in the El Ashley Wilson Elko Daily Free Press Aero Hangar, 815 Murray Way, at the Elko Regional Airport from 8 a.m. until everyone gets a chance to fly (weather permit- Gayle Ratliff U.S. Bank ting). ALL kids between the ages of 8-17 are welcome to come, whether you are pre-registered or not. Parental consent is man- Brad Bolotin Encore A/V Design datory. For more information, call El Aero at 775-738-7123. Denise Callaway Callaway Carpet Cleaning Ambassador of the Month: Carolyn Greene Travis Mullins Komatsu Equipment Carolynn Greene, of Frontier Communications, has been selected as April’s Ambassador of the Month. She is always Robert Leonhardt Port of Subs out and about in the community not only for Frontier Communications, but also as an asset to the Elko Area Chamber of Commerce Ambassador Committee. Congratulations and thank you Carolyn for all of your hard work and dedication! Chamber Member Satview Broadband & Touch of Heaven Spas Benefits

Satview Broadband is a media delivery company with in- Networking and new terests in Broadcast Television, Broadcast Radio, and Cable business contacts Television Operations. The company owns the licenses for KRRI-LP and KELM-LP television stations in Reno, Nevada, and it operates in the state of Nevada. Government Advocacy

Satview operates franchise cable in Douglas and Elko Counties. Additionally, Satview provides televi- Referrals sion programming to hotels, motels, private offices, businesses, and bars. Satview can design, build, and operate broadband systems and provide television programming that suits the demographics of the Targeted, effective community that it serves. In the immediate area, we serve Elko, Spring Creek mobile section, Carlin, and affordable Advertising Battle Mountain, Wells, and Jackpot, plus we support the local community. In Elko we have Digital Publicity and heightened Cable, just launched DVR’s, Internet, and phone service with our new Fiber Optic backbone. For Name Recognition

more information about our services, visit us at 1250 Lamoille Highway, Suite 1150. Learning Opportunities Touch of Heaven Spas, Inc. has been open for 10 1/2 years. We started with one spa and have given everything back to the business. We now have 15 spas Professional Development

on the floor, along with every backyard accessory a person could want! We are Chamber Business located at 506 Silver Street, our phone number is 753-4553. We are open seven Directory days a week. We are very proud that Clearwater Spas are made in the U.S. and both online and in are the best spas with the best quality and warranty! Relax, refresh, and renew paper format with your Clearwater Spa! Chamber Checks Satview Broadband and Touch of Heaven Spas will be hosting Business After Hours on May 17th. Join us at 1250 Lamoille Highway, Suite 1150 for a fun night of fun, food, and prizes! Free Notary Services Meeting Room

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Online Events Calendar Safe Haven Rescue Zoo Job Board The Safe Haven Rescue Zoo presents its 5th Annual Fundraiser! The Fundraiser will be held on Saturday, May 19th at the Winnemucca Convention Center. Register to Vote Cocktail hour begins at 5 p.m. followed by a dinner, Safe Haven presentation, as Discounted Membership well as both live and silent auctions. Auction items include merchandise, resort with NAE stays, balloon rides, wine tours, wildlife art, jewelry, golf, and much more! Table sponsorships are $300 (seats 8) and individual tickets are $30 each. Contact Safe Haven Rescue Zoo at (775) 538-7093 or email: [email protected]. Tickets can also be purchased through Paypal on their website: www.safehaven- wildlife.com - Come Support a Great Cause! All proceeds from this event directly support Safe Haven’s rescue services and educational outreach programs.

For a complete list of Elko High School Jazz Fest 2012 Chamber member benefits, please visit our website at The Elko High School Jazz Band presents the Emil Matys Jazz Fest 2012. The www.elkonevada.com concert will be held on Thursday, May 17, 2012 in the Laurena Moren Theater at the Elko Convention Center at 7:30 p.m. Admission is $10 per person and tickets are available from members of the Elko High School Band. Special guests include Eric Marienthal, Andy Martin, Willie Murillo, Karen Greene, and of course, the Elko High School Jazz Band. For more information, please contact Walt Lovell, Director of Bands, at (775) 934-3700. Chamber Staff Meyvn Consulting Jennifer Sprout~ CEO In the book The Tipping Point, author Malcolm Gladwell writes that it takes Billie Crapo~ three types of people to start a trend, Sales and Events Director which eventually leads to change. Mary Kelly~ Connectors, salespeople, and mavens Bookkeeper are needed in order to disrupt the status quo and create a new phenomenon. Mavens are considered the most important of those people because they have the inept ability to speak the truth and pro- Faith Lersey~ vide the knowledge that is sought after. Meyvn, by definition, means “the one who understands”. It Membership Director is a term used for those who are considered experts. This is where the name of our new consulting Sarah Minard~ business comes from. To provide some insight into what we do, imagine yourself in training. Not a Administrative Assistant training where the presenter is in front of the class advancing copious PowerPoint slides, but a training where people are engaged, smiling, laughing, participating, and actually enjoying their experience. Meyvn’s goal is not to simply present information, it is to facilitate an experience where people are actually learning and growing. The partners at Meyvn are truly passionate about making a difference in the lives of those who come through our doors. With over 70 years of combined mining experience in conjunction with our training. We understand industry nuances and are able to speak the mining language while providing training that supports proven techniques developed by the American Society of Training and Development. We offer workshops focused on supervisory development, conducting effective meetings, train the trainer, activating change, teambuilding, and much more. We also have heavy equipment training specialists and consultants who are able to assist with change management, employee engagement, task training, and organizational effectiveness. Our heavy equipment training specialists have the unique ability to train new operators as well as train best practices to experienced operators. Through our commitment to safety, objectivity, and respect we will accomplish excellence in implementing sustainable business solutions for the advancement of organizational growth and development. The principles that guide Meyvn are focused around alliance, originality, loyalty, appreciation, versatility, connectedness, and persistence. We plan to be not only a resource, but also a long-term partner. Please visit our website to learn more about our organization and the services we provide at www.MeyvnConsultingLtd.com. We can be contacted at 775-299-1470 or be found at 465 4th Street in Elko. Call today to schedule a training workshop or to inquire about our consulting services. We are pleased to be a part of this community. Elko’s Hazard Literacy Initiative - NOAA Pam Szatanek continues to work with the Hazards Literacy Initiative at the Elko High School. Her most recent visit was on February 6, 2012 when she worked with 119 students. She has been working with Bob Milligan, a health teacher at Elko High School to promote hazards literacy. The talks have been scheduled in the section of the health curriculum that pertains to “individual risk assessment”. The four basics themes focus on the weather.gov website and how to navigate it, the differences between watches, warnings, and advisories, evacuations, and surface weather (i.e. weather and road con- ditions). The students ranged from sophomores to seniors and she speaks for about 50 minutes to seven individual classes during the day. So far 486 students have had this period of instruction. Multiple forms of media are used including a “smart board” to navigate the weather.gov site and a power point presentation. This is a highly interactive environment. Some of the topics discussed include: the Katrina Disaster, and reasons why people don’t evacuate, the recent Hurricane Irene, the threat of range fires in Northern Nevada, and weather related driving hazards. During these sessions, students shared their experiences and the amount of exposure the students had with fires, and what they would take with them if they were asked to evacuate. The Hazards Literacy Program has also expanded to the Paradise Valley School in Humboldt County in early March. May 2012 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 Exec Board Meeting 3 4 5 Ruby Mtn Re- source Center Yard Sale - 9 a.m. 6 GAC Meeting - 7 Board Meeting 8 EALI - 7a.m. at 9 Ambassadors 10 11 12 12 noon at Gold Dust Chamber Luncheon- 12 p.m. West Small Business/Member Home & Business Retention - 4 p.m. at Chamber Expo - 9a - 5p Business After 13 14 15 16 Hours - Satview17 18 19 Cable/Touch of Home & Business Heaven Spas - Family Skate Expo - 9a - 4p 5:30 pm Night @ the Igloo 20 GAC Meeting - 21 EALI - 7a.m. at 22 23 24 25 26 12 noon at Gold Dust Chamber West

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10 GAC Meeting - 11 Board Meeting 12 EALI - 7am at 13 Ambassadors 14 15 16 12 noon at Gold Dust Exploring Quick- Chamber Luncheon-12 noon West Small Business/ books - 3pm at the Family Skate Chamber Member Retention - 4 p.m. at Chamber Night @ the Igloo 17 GAC Meeting - 18 EALI - 7am at 19 20 21 22 23 Chamber Business After 12 noon at Gold Dust Hours-Elko Junc- West tion Shopping Elko International Center - 5:30 pm Beer Festival 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

New to the Area? Come meet our new Welcome Committee at 11 a.m. at the Home Show on Saturday, May 12th! Chamber Events 2012 Around Town Few would make the assertion that Elko is anything but a great place to live, work, and May 12 and 13 raise a family, but do we know how blessed we truly are to call the Elko area “home”? In Home and the past couple of weeks, our area has gained some national press regarding our growing Business Expo economy and favorable workforce. The Chamber has been running at full speed ahead in order to keep up with the growing interest and diversification of our local economy. June 22 It is our goal and mission to nurture and support the growth of the business climate all Elko International around us through various means such as our visitor center. The Sherman Station pro- Beer Festival vides business referrals and relevant information to passersby, new hires, as well as folks who have called Elko home for some time but are unaware of where to go for a par- July 28 ticular product or service. Guests to our visitor center will find information about the services they are Sherman Dinner searching for, maps of the area, local recreation information, and publications such as Everything Elko, Mining Quarterly, and the Chamber Newsletter. Even locals can appreciate the history and quaint December 20 charm of the historic Sherman Station and its memorabilia within. So next time you find yourself driv- Christmas Party ing by the Sherman Station, stop in and don’t be shy to ask for a referral or simply take in the history and appreciate the wonderful services a visitor center offers to such a great community! ~Faith March/April New Members Western Environmental Testing Mountain Medical Billing Safety Consultation and Training Laboratory-WETLAB Service, LLC Section of the State of Nevada 1084 Lamoille Hwy 395 Oakshire Dr. 350 W. Silver St. Suite 210 Elko, NV 89801 Spring Creek, NV 89815 Elko, NV 89801 775-777-9933 775-777-7559 775-778-3312

Simply Fun McAdoo’s La Corona 691-4 Kittridge Canyon 382 5th St. 485 S. 5th St. Elko, NV 89801 Elko, NV 89801 Elko, NV 89801 775-777-5786 775-777-2299 775-738-1811

Tonya’s Hair Design Al Park Petroleum Inc. 4R Recycling 532 6th St. 275 12th St. 1580 Hwy 93 North Carlin, NV 89822 Elko, NV 89801 Wells, NV 89835 775-754-6060 775-738-3835 541-589-2215

Maverik 146 Jasny Salon Small Mine Development 1111 Idaho St. 1396 Idaho St. 967 E Park Center Blvd. PMB 396 Elko, NV 89801 Elko, NV 89801 Boise, ID 83706-6700 801-660-0286 775-738-1218 208-338-8880

Maverik 237 A Western Heraldry Northern Nevada Homes, LLC 2820 Mountain City Hwy 1743 Chicksaw Copper Trail Elko, NV 89801 Elko, NV 89801 Elko, NV 89801 801-660-0286 775-299-8174 775-825-9280

Summit Engineering Cedar Woods Financial Collision Auto Body 1150 Lamoille Hwy 1250 Lamoille Hwy Suite 309 1870 Lamoille Hwy Elko, NV 89801 Elko, NV 89801 Elko, NV 89801 775-738-8058 775-777-1151 775-738-1896

Southern Nevada Conservancy 6755 W. Charleston Blvd, Ste D Las Vegas, NV 89146 702-258-8265 2012 Nevada Association of Employers Business After Hours The Nevada Association of Employers recently met with several Elko May 17 † area businesses to discuss issues ranging from I-9 administration to Satview Cable/Touch properly classifying individuals as independent contractors, as well of Heaven Spas as discussing Nevada’s new labor commissioner and the direction the National Labor Relations Board is pursuing under the Obama Admin- June 21 † istration. There is no doubt that attendees heard much that could have significant impact on their Elko Junction businesses if they fail to follow the proper course. The enforcement efforts of the numerous regulatory Shopping Center agencies have increased dramatically and continue to do so. Staying compliant and on top of statutory and/or regulatory change is paramount to any organizations success. The Nevada Association of Em- July 19 † ployers looks forward to providing these informational seminars to the Elko area business community. Frontier To learn more about NAE and what we can do for your organization, please call 775-329-4241. Communications

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September 20 † Western States Propane

Orthodontic Specialists of Elko AMSOil Ashland October 18 † TownePlace Suites by Marriott

November 15 † Highland Manor

December 20 † Chamber Christmas Party Concrete Construction Supply Elko Dental Care Holiday Inn Express

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Best Western Elko Inn Dialysis Clinic, Inc. Spoon Me Elko Area Chamber of Commerce 1405 Idaho Street Elko Nevada 89801

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April Business After Hours - Northeastern Nevada Regional Hospital