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Weekly Happenings January 18, 2010
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Board Retreat
The Chamber board will hold their annual Retreat on Friday, February 19, 2010.
8am - Noon.
Super  Supporters
$3,000-5,000 Donations
Alaska Cruise Association
Sponsoring the Season's End Celebration
ACS
Sponsoring the Sitka Golf Tournament

Primary Benefactors
$1,000 Memberships
Chamber Board
Cory Baggen, President, Samson Tug & Barge
Vacant, V-P, 
Gerry Hope Secretary /Treas., Sitka Tribe of Alaska
Caprice Pratt, Member-at-Large, First National Bank Alaska
Keith Perkins - USDA Rural Development
Lowell Frank - Spenard Builders Supply
Larry Crews - Aurora Business Supplies
Seth Bone - KingFisher Charters
Craig Shoemaker - Seafood Producers Coop Olga Borland - Russian American Co.
Allen Turner - Wells Fargo
Linda Mudry - White's
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From the Director
Thank's for reading our weekly newsletter. Call us at 747-8604 or email with questions or comments.
The ladies at The Cellar
Sheila Finkenbinder
Executive Director
907-747-8604
WEEKLY LUNCHEONS

January 20 2010 - Hugh Hallgren, Sitka Community Hospital CEO, will report on the results of their recent Strategic Planning.
Thank you to Sitka Tribe of Alaska for donating last week's door prize, won by Jeff Johnston.
January 27, 2010 - Andrew Thoms, Sitka Conservation Society executive director, will give an update on SCS activities in support of Sitka's economy and quality of life.
February 3, 2010 - Jan & Terry Lovett, Sitka Jazz Festival directors. The Sitka Jazz Festival runs February 4-6.
February 10, 2010 - Jeremy Mathias, UAF School of Fisheries & Ocean Sciences Assistant Professor, will discuss the effects of ocean acidification on our fisheries.

Please call or email Sheila for the opportunity to talk about your business at a Chamber lunch, by being the door prize donor.
This week's donor - Wells Fargo Bank
NEW CHAMBER MEMBERS

Steven Samuelson
Candidate for District 2 Representative.
Petersburg, AK 907-723-3664

Welcome to the Chamber!
CHOCOLATE SATURDAY IN SITKA!
At the suggestion of one of Sitka's merchants, we're starting what may become a new Sitka tradition.
Saturday, February 13, 2010 - All day!
Participating merchants will offer some sort of chocolate treats to customers - chocolate kisses, brownies, hot chocolate, fudge, cookies, M&M's, etc. - along with their own mid-winter sales.

Watch for posters in store windows of participating merchants.
MEMBER RENEWALS

Cheryl Westover
Sitka assembly woman
747-8787 or pakkasma@hotmail.com

Pioneer Station Postal Unit
Send it or receive it - right downtown!
Ed Conway, Owner, 747-8491

Thanks for helping the Chamber keep Sitka's economy healthy.
ANNUAL AWARD NOMINATIONS

Nominations are now open for Business of the Year and the
Cossack Cap awards. Nomination forms are available at the Chamber office, at weekly luncheons and soon, on our website.
The ladies at The Cellar
The Chamber of Commerce will announce the winners at the Annual Banquet on Saturday, March 13.

Please send us your nominations!
LINCOLN DAY DINNER
Abraham Lincoln
The 2010 Lincoln Day Dinner will be hosted by the Sitka Republican Women on Wednesday, February 17, at the Channel Club.

The invited speaker is Governor Sean Parnell.

Tickets, at $40, will be on sale soon. Reservations may be made by calling Lureen Stedman at 747-8905.
MARINE INDUSTRY DIRECTORY
Sitka Marine logoThe Sitka Economic Development Association (SEDA) is updating its directory of local Marine Industry businesses. Sitka is the largest boating community in Alaska. The businesses that provide supplies and services to boat owners are an important support industry for our economy.
This is a free service to support local businesses that provide marine related merchandise or services. The directory is on-line at www.sitkamarine.com, and is distributed through the Harbormaster's office. Please phone Linda Wilson at 747-2660 or contact her via email if you have a qualifying business that you would like to promote in the updated directory.
BUSINESS AFTER HOURS AT THE BAYVIEW
Garry White & Martha Robertson
Garry White and Martha Robertson enjoyed the drinks and hors d'oeuvres offered at the Bayview Wine Bar last Thursday evening.

Thanks to owners, Chris & Tam Fondell and manager, Blair Seward for the hospitality and the door prizes. There will also be an 'End of the Year Drawing' for attendees of all 2010 Business After Hours.
More photos are on our new event web page, After Hours