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NEW SECTION
LOCAL BUSINESS NEWS
To have news from your business included in this newsletter, email Sheila.
Deadline Friday afternoon.
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Next Board Meeting
Tuesday, March 9, at 8am.
Chamber Conference Room
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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
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Chamber Board
Cory Baggen, President, Samson Tug & Barge
Craig Shoemaker - V-P, Seafood Producers Coop
Gerry Hope, Sec/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
Olga Borland - Russian American Co.
Allen Turner - Wells Fargo
Linda Mudry - White's
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SITKA NOMINATED AS 'COOL' SMALL TOWN
Sitka has been nominated as one of "America's Coolest Small Towns" by Budget Travel Magazine. If you add your nomination online, Sitka could win the Readers Choice Award. |
Sitka Lullaby
To hear the beautiful Sitka Lullaby, composed by David Ackerman, visit our website.
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From the DirectorThank's for reading our weekly newsletter. Please call or email with questions or comments.
Sheila Finkenbinder
Executive Director
907-747-8604
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WEEKLY LUNCHEONS
March 10, 2010 - Anders Gustafson & Bob Gillam, Renewable Resources Coalition, Bristol Bay.
March 17, 2010 - Leslie Slater, US Fish & Wildlife
March 24, 2010 - James Diffin, Big Brothers Big Sisters
March 31, 2010 - Dave Reid, Sitka Job Center
Please call or email Sheila for the opportunity to promote your business at a Chamber lunch, by being the door prize donor. |
ANNUAL BANQUET ~ THIS SATURDAY Banquet tickets are selling fast. Find them at the Chamber office, Chamber lunches, Aurora Business Supply, Seasons, Wells Fargo & from board members. Silent Auction items are still needed. New sponsors include:
Odom Corporation, for the complimentary table wines, Ben Franklin and Hames Corporation. Thank you! If you'd like to purchase tickets and/or donate to the banquet, please call or email the office. We'll announce the winners of the Business of the Year & Cossack Cap. There's a great prize for the Networking Bingo game winner.  Comedian, Michael Jenkins will entertain after dinner, with his unique style of music, improvisation and (clean, adult) stand up comedy. He is a veteran of 19 years of performing all over the country. Michael's goal is simply to make people laugh. And the message is to laugh every day. No matter what you're doing - have fun with it.
As he puts it, "stay on the funny side" and don't take yourself so
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GREAT 2010 RAFFLE PRIZES
Thanks to our generous sponsors, winners of this year's raffle will walk away with some prizes they can really use: 1st Prize: $1,000 Gift Card from Spenard Builders Supply2nd Prize: $500 Gift Card from AC/Lakeside
3rd Prize: Mustang Work Suit, donated by Seafood Producers Coop, Silver Bay Seafoods & Sitka Sound Seafoods.
Get your tickets at the Chamber office, Chamber luncheons, Aurora Business Supply, Seasons, Wells Fargo or Chamber board members. Only 300 will be sold. |
BUSINESS AFTER HOURS
 Friday's After Hours in the Harbor Heights Penthouse, was great. We enjoyed meeting our hosts, Dick & Sandra Troutte, the owners of the Troutte Center. The fully furnished four bedroom penthouse is now available as a vacation rental. It would be fabulous as a site for weddings, retreats or other events, as well as for visitors from out of Sitka. The penthouse can easily sleep 10.
The property is managed by Davis Realty. For more information, visit the Harbor Heights Penthouse website. More photos from the event, will be on the Chamber's site soon. |
STAND UP & BE COUNTED!
 Census surveys are beginning to arrive at our homes. As part of the Complete Count Committee, I can't emphasize enough how important it is to get everyone in Sitka counted.
Sitka did well in 2000, but we want to have an even better count this year. Please talk with everyone you know, especially any young people who may not be living with family.
Its EASY, IMPORTANT, and SAFE, and everyone's
participation is vital. We move forward when you send it back. To learn more, visit the 2010 Census.
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NEW SILVER SAVER CARDS PLANNED
The new cards will be out in early April. To get your business on the card, attracting customers year round, email or call Sheila at 747-8604.
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SITKA'S ARTIGRAS Sitka's Music & Arts FestivalMarch 5-14For more information, visit Sitka Artigras or contact Vern Culp at the Fishermen's Eye. |
HERITAGE & CULTURAL TOURISM CONFERENCE Registration is now open for the 4th annual Heritage & Cultural Tourism Conference (HCTC), a three day event, featuring workshops and field activities designed to provide working tools to thrive in today's economy. March 30-April 1. For more information, or to register, see the Heritage & Cultural Tourism Conference site.
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BBB REPORT ON CREDIT CARD ACCOUNTABILITY
DuPont, Wash. - Feb. 24, 2010 - Nine months after
it was enacted, the Credit Card Accountability Responsibility and
Disclosure Act of 2009 went into effect on Feb. 22, 2010, granting
credit card holders new consumer protection rights. Meanwhile, a survey
by CreditCards.com indicates that almost 75 percent of cardholders
admit to not reading the terms and conditions of their credit cards.
"Credit card debt, fees and penalties can put American families in
financial trouble," said Robert W.G. Andrew, CEO of Better Business
Bureau serving Alaska, Oregon and Western Washington. "Consumers need
to take the time to understand the fine print of their credit card
agreements and learn about the consumer protection initiatives within
the new CARD Act."
BBB recommends that all consumers review the new provisions set forth by the Credit CARD Act of 2009.Included are:
More Notice for New Interest Rate Changes.
Cardholder Opt-Out.
Older Age Restrictions Added.
New Rules for Monthly Statements.
Overpayments Go Toward Highest Interest Balances.
Over the Limit Opt-In.
Increased Disclosure on Minimum Payments.
Say Goodbye to Double-Billing Cycles.
For a comprehensive summary of new consumer protections through the Credit CARD Act of 2009, click here."
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