PRESIDENT DEBBIE CARMAN OCTOBER 2016 TRENTON AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE Promoting commercial, industrial & community growth & facilitating community cooperation through communication, education & long range planning 32nd Annual Missouri Day Festival October has arrived! So has the annual Missouri Day Festival. This is Trenton’s largest festival/activity of the year and we enjoy coordinating it for you, the Trenton community, to take part in. There’s a lot planned for the weekend of October 14, 15 & 16. Attendees can look forward to the Opening Ceremony on Thursday, October 13. The Trenton Ministerial Alliance is hosting a soup supper at the First Baptist Church beginning at 5:00pm. Folks can then take their seat in the sanctuary for the opening ceremony of the 32nd annual Missouri Day Festival. Guest Trick or Treat speaker will be Buddy Hannaford. Charles Davidson will be recognized as Night at Rock Barn the Grand Marshall this year. Contest winners will be announced as well. October 24 The evening will wrap up with a concert performance from Trenton R-9 Music Department. Schedule of Events on page 5. 1 2 3 New England MISSOURI DAY BUSINESS HIGHLIGHT CHAMBER LUNCHEON Trip Sept. 29 - Oct. 6, FESTIVAL Learn about Grundy October 19 at 2017 County Learning Center Riverside Country Club October 14 - 16 1 TRENTON, MISSOURI OCTOBER 2016 Business Highlight: Grundy County Learning Center This month, we are highlighting Grundy County Learning Center. Grundy County Learning Center (GCLC) provides employment for 11 adults with developmental disabilities. Long term trained staff provides job coaching, personal care, medication support and record keeping. Pay is piece rate based on Department of Labor regulations using community prevailing wage and production of experienced workers. All have the opportunity to advance in pay as production increases. Staff members are also part of the work team to provide assembly, mail processing, document destruction, and vinyl application sign making. References can be provided for work completed at 2600 Princeton Road by contacting Ruth Ebersold, Director, at 660-359-6655. You can also email them at [email protected]. GCLC is a 501c3 Not for Profit Corporation. New Member: Tiffany In Home Tiffany Care Centers (TCC) is a health care provider dedicated to a quality of life that promotes the dignity and wellbeing of residents, clients and their families. We believe that all people, especially the elderly, deserve to maintain the highest possible quality of life throughout their lifetime, and we are dedicated to providing quality care to these individuals in whatever environment best enhances their quality of life. This 3rd Generation family business has grown from 1 nursing and 22 residents in 1956 to 6 nursing facilities, TCC Rehab, and TCC In-Home Services that provides quality care for over 250 residents and 600 in-home clients. Tiffany Care Centers employ over 700 care givers who understand that we must treat our residents and clients as family, with compassion and concern for their happiness and well-being. For more information, you can contact our Brookfield facility at 660-258-2360. Food Store Grundy County 1617$E$9th$St.$$$$$$$$$$Trenton,$MO$64683 Learning Center Store:$(660)$359;2278$/$Pharmacy:$(660)$359;4955 2600 Princeton Road ~$Full$service$meat$department Trenton, MO 64683 ~$Bakery$fresh$products$daily Regional Strength. Local Advantage. ~$Photo$reprints$available Get the best of both worlds 660-359-6655 ~$Dietitian$on$staff at FSB – the convenience of a regional bank and the personal We provide: ~$Pharmacy$that$can$handle$your$ service of a hometown bank. $$$total$health ~mailing ~$Floral$bouquets$available 1503 E. 9th St. • Trenton, MO ~assembly (660) 359-5611 ~packaging ~$Full$service$Wine$&$Spirits$store Telephone Banking (877) 632-5858 ~confidential Your%local%grocer%for%over%70%years www.fscbank.com shredding 2 TRENTON, MISSOURI OCTOBER 2016 Chamber Special Luncheon The Chamber will hold a special luncheon on Wednesday, October 19, 2016 at Riverside Country Club. This luncheon will focus on the new Salary Law taking effect December 1, 2016. Bill Bendure will be the speaker. Reservations are required by October 14. A potato bar will be served. Cost is $10 per person. Contact the Chamber to reserve your seat. Islands of New England Trip Interested in visiting Providence, Newport, Boston or Martha’s Vineyard? There are still seats available for this trip. Please call Debbie at the Chamber at 660-359-4324 for more information and to have a brochure sent to you. Welcome Bags in Local Motels The Chamber has distributed several welcome bags to Country Home Inn and Lakeview Motor Lodge to be placed in each of the rooms for the guests to take with them when they check out of the room. As you may remember, the bags contain several items donated by you including, but not limited to pens, note pads, book marks, magnets, hand sanitizer, a Trenton Directory from the Chamber, etc. We greatly appreciate your effort in helping us with putting items in these bags. If you have something you would like included in the bags, you are welcome to bring the items to our office at any time. We can also come by your business and pick them up. Currently, all we have are pens to place in the bags along with the Trenton Directory. If you have any questions, please give us a call at 660-359-4324 or email us at [email protected]. P.L.U.G. Selling Paw Prints The newly formed Professional Leaders Uniting Grundy County (PLUG) organization is now selling paw prints for businesses and residents. If you would like a paw print painted on your property, please contact Jessie Tabbert at 660-359-2013. 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