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CHAMBER MEMBERSHIP RENEWAL TIME
Now's the time to catch up with your annual dues if you have not already done so.
If you're not yet a Chamber member, please join us by downloading the application from our website.
We're located in Suite 212 on the 2nd floor of the Troutte Center
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LOCAL BUSINESS NEWS
To have news from your business included in this newsletter, email Sheila.
Deadline Friday AM.
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ADVERTISING
To have an ad for your business included in this newsletter, email Sheila.
Deadline Friday AM.
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Super Supporters
$3,000-5,000
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
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
John Sherrod - Retired
Ptarmica McConnell - Controller, SheeAtika
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From the Director
 Many thanks to all those who have renewed their memberships. You're the fuel that keeps us running.
Thank you for reading. Please call or email with questions or comments, or to suggest topics for inclusion in this newsletter.
Sheila Finkenbinder, Executive Director
chamber@ptialaska.net
747-8604 office or 738-3098 cell
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WEEKLY LUNCHEONS
October 27, 2010 - Peggy Wilson & Reber Stein - House District 2 candidate forum.
Rep. Wilson has held the District 2 House seat since 2001, serving on a number of committees, and currently chair of the Transportation committee. She has sponsored and co-sponsored a broad range of bills on issues from education to fisheries; many of which have been passed into law.
Reber Stein is the grandson of a pulp mill general manager and the son of an Alaska mayor. He was raised in Sitka and has been shaped by its families, businesses, industries and institutions. He has served on the Sitka Assembly and the Sitka Long Range Planning and Economic Development Commission.
November 3, 2010 - Sitka Trail Works - Recreation & Tourism Planning - Engaging the Business Community.
Call us at 747-8604 to schedule a 5 minute Business Highlight - your chance to promote your business and give away a door prize.
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HALLOWEEN FESTIVITIES
Moonlight Madness - Thursday, October 28, 6-9pmPrepare for some fun and some good deals, all over town.
Trick
or Treating
- Saturday, October 30, 4-6pm
Thanks to Sitka's merchants who provide this fun and safe way for our kids to show off their great outfits.
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WINE & BEER TASTING
Friday, November 5 ~ 5:30-7:30pm
Westmark Sitka Banquet Room
Live music, fabulous hors d'oeuvres, door prizes!
Tickets, at $35, can be purchased at House of Liquor, Westmark Sitka Hotel, Chamber office, or from Chamber board members.
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RENEWING MEMBERS
Thanks for supporting the Chamber for another year.
Sitka Job Center
Find a job, find a worker. Workshops, skills testing, veterans services, apprenticeships, etc.
David Reid, Manager, 747-3423
West Marine Sitka
Our Mission is to be the best supplier of boating-related products and services that provide outstanding value to every Customer. 415 Alice Loop Road, Lillian Feldpausch, Manager, 747-2997 Fortress of the Bear
A non-profit education and rescue center, now home to five orphaned Brown Bear cubs.Les & Evy Kinnear, 747-3032
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Sitka Sustainable
OUTDOOR RECREATION ACTION PLAN
PUBLIC WORKSHOPS
Wednesday, Oct. 27, 6:00-8:30pm
Thursday, Oct. 28, 6:00-8:30pm
The US Forest Service is supporting a collaborative effort with the greater Sitka community to create an Outdoor Recreation Action Plan for the Sitka Area. The plan is intended to guide and coordinate efforts by the USFS and other Sitka-based organizations, agencies and individuals to develop an integrated system of:
Facilities, Programs & Informational Services.
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SPECIAL OPERA AND SHOW TUNES EVENT
Friday, October 29, 7:00-8:30pm
$10/$8/$5 tickets at Old Harbor Books
Performing Arts Center
A selection of crowd pleasing opera and show tunes performed by the Juneau Lyric Opera's Kathleen and Dan Wayne, accompanied by pianist/composer/arranger Linda Dowdell, who recently moved to the Northwest from NYC. (Linda was formerly the music director for Mikhail Baryshnikov's dance company, among other things). |
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BUSINESS NEWS - SHELTER COVE PUBLISHING
Mim McConnell, at Shelter Cove Publishing, has done an upgrade to her website. Her company provides web design, graphic design, office services and stock photography.
Shelter Cove is the publisher of the Sitka Through Four Seasons booklet that comes out each spring. Mim is also the webmaster for the Sitka Chamber of Commerce website.
Shelter Cove's mission: "I make your life easier by creating your visions in your website and all your collatoral business materials, with the look that expresses your business."
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ARTISANS MARKET VENDORS SOUGHT
A FEW SPACES AVAILABLE STILL
10th annual Sitka Artisans Market - December 3, 4 & 5.Open to all local artists and craftsmen to sell their wares in a 3-day, professionally run, high-quality venue. Only hand-crafted items are accepted into the Market. For more information, contact Coordinator, Kealoha Harmon at 738-0046 or Sitka Artisans Market.
Applications may be downloaded from the Chamber's site. GINGERBREAD HOUSE CONTEST This year's Market will include a gingerbread house contest, open to everyone, kids to professionals. Contact Kealoha, 738-0046, for more information.
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DON'T FORGET TO VOTE
 We certainly learned, with our recent local election, that every vote counts. Our votes next Tuesday will have a big impact on the future of the state and the country. Please don't forget to go to the polls!
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