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Clinton Chamber of Commerce Newsletter
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Sherryl Christie-Bierschenk, Best Practice, Inc, Chairperson Vicki Thompson,
Island Girl Nails
Administrator/Membership
Jan Neil, Clinton Liquor Store
Special Events
Candy Anderson,
Whidbey Island Bank Treasurer/Programs Committee
Mike Johnson,
South Whidbey School District Vice Chairperson
Jason Kalk,
Lincoln Computers
Communications Committee
Lance Bierschenk,
Bierschenk Enterprises, Director
Mike Wieltschnig,
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Greetings:
As we enter another week marked with the promise of unseasonably warm weather and glimpses of the sun, remember to mark your calendar for our March General Meeting on Thursday, March 4th (yes, it is the 4th) from 5:30-7:00 pm at St. Peter's Lutheran Church at 6309 S Wilson Place (behind Cozy's).
Our program consists of a panel of several of our local nonprofit organizations speaking on their programs, the difference they are making in our community, and the ways we can best partner with them to create and maintain a vibrant Clinton. There will also be time for networking, eating, and Q&A. The following organizations have confirmed their participation: Big Brothers/Big Sisters, the emerging Clinton Jobs Program, Friends of Friends, Good Cheer, Helping Hand, Kids First, Opportunity Council, Readiness To Learn, Saratoga Community Housing, South Whidbey Commons, South Whidbey Youth Connection, Whidbey Watersheds, and WISH. You would be hard-pressed to find a more robust group of community service organizations under one roof! Additional details are listed below.
And in case your evening isn't full enough, after the Chamber meeting you can meander on over to the Community Hall to participate in the last part of the second meeting of the Glendale Creek Forum, which runs from 6:30 to 8:00 pm.
As this beautiful weather turns our thoughts to spring cleaning, don't forget that the Clinton Progressive Associations's annual rummage sale will be coming up the end of the month. Your gently used discards can be a great source of revenue for their continuing efforts to maintain and improve our Clinton Community Hall.
Please remember to let us know of any special offers or promotions you have going at your business so next week you'll see YOUR NAME here! It's just one more way that we can work together helping Clinton residents and businesses support one another.
And...have a great week!
Sherryl Christie-Bierschenk, Chairperson
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Just "another day at the office" for tree trimmer Jesse Brighten at work in Clinton
Photo By David Welton | |
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Next Chamber Members Meeting topic to be a Panel of our Community Non -Profits
See Sherryl's comments above regarding the participating organizations.
The details are as follows:
.The timing is 5:30-7:00 pm on Thursday, March 5th at the St. Peters Lutheran Church
.The agenda includes time for socializing (5:30 to +/- 5:45), time for brief business for the Chamber and the Progressive Association (5:45-6 pm), and the program (6-7 pm)
.Dinner will be available for purchase, starting at 5:30 pm. Rene Schlanger will be providing a wonderful meal including Spicy Mexican Chicken and Rice for only $8.00 per person for those who choose to eat.
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| Join in as a grateful community says "Best Wishes" to Lynae - Sunday, March 7, 5pm - 8pm
A local group has gotten together to give everyone an opportunity to say "Farewell" to Lynae Slinden as she embarks on her new adventure with the Peace Corps.
Many of you have asked if you can bring anything to the party for Lynae.Here is the answer:
Your hosts will be cooking up one great wonderful hot UKRAINIAN soup. We will also provide the bread and we're getting one very big CAKE. So if you want to bring anything, we are asking you to limit yourselves to appetizers. We will also supply beer, wine and water. If these beverages do not suit, then, yes, bring your own beverage.
Also, if you have cards or messages of any kind you want to leave for Lynae, we will have a bowl at the entrance to the Hall for these kinds of things.
CLINTON HALL
5 pm to 8 pm
SUNDAY, MARCH 7th
SEE YOU THERE
Your hosts, Liz, Diane, Annapoorna, Elisa, Nancy |
| The Purpose Prize
Awards Recognize Social Innovators
The Purpose Prize, administered by Civic Ventures, provides awards to people over 60 who are taking on society's biggest challenges. The prize recognizes those with the passion and experience to discover new opportunities, create new programs, and make lasting change. Five awards of $100,000 and five awards of $50,000 will be given to exceptional individuals who are channeling their creativity and talent to address critical social problems at the local, regional, national, or international level. Nominees must be legal residents of the U.S. who have initiated important innovations in an encore career. The nomination deadline is March 5, 2010. Nomination guidelines are available at www.encore.org/prize. |
| Glendale Creek Discussion - starting Thursday, March 4th, 6:30 pm - 8 pm
"Glendale Creek - The Story of a Stream" This is the second in a series of talks and discussions about the history, functioning and future of the stream and needed road repairs. Topics this evening will be "Plants and Animals of the Watershed" and "Beavers & the Stream" these meetings will take place every other Thursday beginning February 18, 6:30-8 pm on alternate Thursdays through April 15th at Clinton Community Hall. Presented by Island County Public Works and others.
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| Old Goats- Fully Informed Voters (a goal) Lunch on Friday, March 5th noon-2 pm
You are invited to attend an Old Goats- Fully Informed Voters (a goal) Lunch on Friday, 5 March 2010, noon-2 pm, @ Useless Bay Golf & Country Club, $13.50/ea. Guest Speakers will be Paul Zaveruha, MD, Roger Meyers, and Robert May. These men are a part of our Emergency Management Service Team operating with Whidbey General Hospital. They are some of the folks that will help us when we really need medical help in a hurry.
Come to this Lunch and learn who does what to whom, when, why, and how. What are our chances depending on what's wrong with us? What can we do to "up" those chances. What do the folks who help us during emergency situations go through in their professional service?
Please call or email us by Tuesday,March 2nd if you will attend and if you will have guests.
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| Paradise Found Fiber Farm - Open Rain or Shine
Paradise Found Fiber Farm will be open the following Saturdays OR just call for another day of the week...we are usually here 10 AM to 4 PM
March 6, 20, 27
A fiber farm producing hand made products from our fiber animals including Alpacas, Llamas & Pygora Goats. The Farm Fiber Shack has Handspun yarn, roving, fleece, felted bags, hand knitted hats, scarves & more; Educational Farm tours; Fresh eggs all year, and seasonal produce.
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| Reclamation of Self - March 4 - 7, 2010
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| 7th Annual Spring Art Studio Tour - March 6 - 7, 2010
A free, self-guided Tour featuring 38 artists at 24 working studios Saturday, March 6th and Sunday, March 7th from 10 AM to 5 PM. Most artists will be demonstrating during the tour, providing rare insight intothe creative process and techniques.
Download a color brochure with map and artist information from
Whidbey Working Artists. Artists represent a variety of media including painting, photography, print, pottery, sculpture, fiber, jewelry, wood and multimedia.
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| Coffee Club Gets Sweeter - March 10, 2010 9 am
Edward Jones' "Second Wednesday" Coffee Club is getting sweeter in March by meeting at Island Angel Chocolates on Second St in Langley. Clinton Financial Advisor Don Rowan will be discussing current events, the economy and investing. The Coffee Club meeting will be Wednesday, March 10 at 9:00am. For more information, call (360) 341-4556.
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| Clinton Water Forum - Saturday, March 13, 2010
The Clinton Progressive Association is presenting a free forum on water issues affecting wells and septic systems in Clinton, the state of South Whidbey's groundwater, and the effects of pollution on personal and environmental health and on Puget Sound. The forum takes place on Saturday, March 13 from 9:00am to 4:00pm at Clinton Community Hall, Hwy 525 and Central Avenue.
Learn practical tips from presentations, workshops, displays and discussions with local and regional water quality practitioners. All participants will be entered in a drawing to participate in an afternoon expedition aboard the Service, Education & Adventure program vessel Indigo to learn more about the shoreline surrounding Clinton. SEA is partnering with the Island County Eco-Net to sponsor this and a series of local expeditions. To learn more about SEA go to their website at www.serviceeducationadventure.org.
"Water is the basis of all life," says forum organizer, Carol Flax. "We are surrounded by it here on Whidbey Island - we drink it, cook with it, keep our gardens and farms alive with it, bathe in it and play in it. We cannot survive without it. Yet so many of us mindlessly pollute it - we don't intend to, we act out of ignorance or just don't pay attention to the consequences of our actions. This not only affects the health of our environment, it affects the health of each of us who lives here. This forum will feature a number of fascinating and informative presentations as well as providing practical, easy actions that we can all take to make a difference."
This is a wonderful opportunity for all South Whidbey residents to learn from local experts and discuss issues about water on Whidbey that affect them directly.
Nancy Snow will be the keynote speaker and her presentation is called "Water: What's in it (for us)?".
Presenters include:
Janet Hall Waste Wise Coordinator, WSU Island County Extension
Aaron J. Henderson Environmental Health Director, Island County Public Health
Maury Hood Clinton Water District Commissioner and Immediate Past President of the Washington Association of Sewer & Water Districts
Doug Kelly Hydrogeologist, Pacific Groundwater Group
Don Lee Co-chair of Island County Water Resources Advisory Committee
Anza Muenchow President of South Whidbey Tilth, co-manager of Maha Farm CSA, organic food growing and nutrition educator
Nancy Snow Research & Communications Specialist, Collaborative on Health and the Environment
Todd Zackey - Coastal Geographer, Tulalip Tribes Natural & Cultural Resources Dept
(educator on the SEA expedition)
There will be displays and information from:
Island County Environmental Health, Orca Network, People for Puget Sound, Service Education and Adventure (SEA), South Whidbey Tilth, Transition Whidbey, Whidbey Island Conservation District, Whidbey Watershed Stewards, and others.
Following the keynote speaker and the water issues panel, workshop-format sessions will be held on rain gardens for safe handling of stormwater, making compost as a fertilizer and herbicide alternative, and making a Clean & Simple cleaning bucket to take home.
Registration opens at 8:30 am at the event, but space is limited, so advance reservations are highly recommended. All presentations are free thanks to a grant from Puget Sound Partnership. The Clean & Simple cleaning bucket workshop is offered at half price, $7.50. Pre-registration for that workshop is necessary so that materials can be purchased ahead of time.
Lunch will be provided by Whidbey Island Nourishes. WIN is a non-profit, volunteer organization committed to providing nutritious meals on non-school days for children in need on South Whidbey. Lunches include a meat and cheese sandwich, string cheese, fresh fruit, veggie sticks, yogurt and home baked treat - plenty for lunch and a snack! Cost is $6.00/ea and all profits go to WIN. For any special dietary needs, contact Mary at 360-579-2329 in advance.
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| Port of South Whidbey Community Discussion - Monday, March 15, 7pm
PORT OF SOUTH WHIDBEY community discussion of a cell phone tower at Possession Point. More info
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| Clinton Library's 10th Anniversary Celebration- Tuesday, March 16, 7pm
Celebrate Clinton Library's 10th anniversary with lively music by "Good Road" songwriter Heidi Muller and multi-instrumentalist Bob Webb. They will perform a mix of original songs, traditional Appalachian tunes, and music with a Celtic flavor.
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| Clinton Progressive Association Community Potluck- Wednesday, March 17, 6:30pm
"My Epic Battle Against the Apple Maggot!" a short talk by orchardist Norm Brocard will be the highlight of Clinton Progressive Association's evening potluck. The Association owns and operates Clinton Community Hall for the benefit of Clinton residents. Open to all who want to support the Hall as Clinton's public space.
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| Children's Song & Dance at Clinton Community Hall - Friday, March 19, 10 am
CHILDREN'S SONG AND DANCE (sponsored by Clinton Public Library)
Join Julie Pigott for a musical celebration of spring for preschoolers and their caregivers.
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| Clinton Community Hall Book Sale- Saturday, March 20, 9 am - 3 pm
A Book Sale will be held as a fund raiser by the Friends of the Clinton Library to benefit the library.
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| Clinton Community Hall Annual Rummage Sale - Saturday, March 27, 9 am - 3 pm
The Clinton Progressive Association will be holding it's annual Rummage Sale Fund Raiser at the Clinton Community Hall. Proceeds go to maintenance and improvements of Clinton Community Hall. Check in early for best selection.
Donations to the sale prior to the event are welcome. Dates and times when donations will be accepted will be published at a later date.
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| Content Strategy for Social Media Success - April 29
On April 29, one of the leading experts in social media and content marketing, Joe Pulizzi, founder of Junta42.com, is coming to Langley to co-facilitate with Russell Sparkman of Fusionspark Media a workshop called "Content Strategy for Social Media Success."
Joe is the author of Get Content, Get Customers: Turn Prospects into Buyers with Content Marketing, and is a featured speaker at the top conferences related to New Media marketing. His book ranks #15 in its category of marketing books on Amazon, out of a total of 100 books.
This workshop is an intensive one-day workshop, limited to only 12 participants. As of this writing, there are 9 seats available, and we just started promoting this online and by word-of-mouth one week ago.
Each participant will walk away with an actionable content strategy, providing them with specific editorial direction and content tactics for "thinking and acting like a publisher" as a critical component of their social media strategy. Joe and Russell will lead the group's discussion, focusing one-at-a-time on each member's business to come up with their content strategy. Each participant will be asked to prepare ahead by filling out a special survey about their business, in the weeks prior to the event.
Included in the tuition is a copy of Joe's book, Get Content, Get Customers, a catered lunch, a post-workshop wine and cheese social hour and a one-hour, post-workshop follow up phone consultation.
Tuition is $650 for Early Bird Registration; $750 for registration after March 31.
Comparatively, a business would pay thousands of dollars, and take weeks, to get the same level of tailored content strategy that we will provide in a day.
The Workshop is the first official scheduled event of the Langley Center for New Media, which opens in Langley in March.
For a full description of the Workshop, videos of Joe Pulizzi, etc., follow this link:
To Register for the Workshop, follow this link:
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| Reiki Body Work by Andrea Binder
REIKI BODY WORK by ANDREA BINDER
New Chamber member Andrea Binder of Reiki Body Work is making a special offer to Clinton Chamber of Commerce Members. She is offering an
introductory session for $40 for first Reiki session. This is for people to come and see what this very relaxing, stress-releasing session is about. Wearing comfortable clothes and resting on a massage table, the client receives gentle adjustments to body. The session feels a lot like a soothing meditation or as if you've just finished a yoga class.
We can all use less stress in our lives and his sounds like a great opportunity to relax and rejuvenate.
Andrea Binder
Ken's Korner Suite 207B
206-388-9830
www.reikibodywork.com
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| Bayview Pet Resort
BAYVIEW PET RESORT
Now Offering Doggy Day Care - Includes pick up and delivery!
We pick up your dog, take 'em to the Resort, let 'em play for the day, then drop 'em off at home. Your dog gets out of the house, enjoys great exercise and a wonderful social experience. You have a healthy, happy, mellow dog when you get home from your day.
Most medium to large fixed, non-aggressive dogs, from puppy to old timer can join in on the fun! Come check it out - 2 visits are on us!
Call for more information
360.321.4533
6621 Sills Rd. Clinton
bayviewpetresort@whidbey.com
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| Island Girl Nails - Winter Special
Island Girl Nails is offering a wonderful deal this winter! November through February, our pedicures will be $30 (regular price $40) and manicures will be $20 (regular price $25). This includes either polish OR a moisturizing paraffin treatment. Add another $5 if you would both. Call for you pre-holiday or pre-vacation appointment today! 360-341-1020 or email me at vicki@islandgirlnails.com.
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Spring is nature's way of saying, "Let's party!"
~Robin Williams
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