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Chamber eChats
A weekly online news update
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 | | Hector Perez recruits a new member. |
The Smithfield-Selma Chamber of Commerce has increased its membership by 124 members after a highly successful membership event held December 7-9, 2010. Led by Your Chamber Connection, a firm that plans, manages, and provides training for an intensive two-day, team-oriented communications outreach, the event has increased the Chamber's membership number to 574. Solicited by the Chamber, members were asked to create teams who spent three hours calling friends and colleagues asking them to join them as Chamber members... Read the rest of the story
 | | Joan Dowless, Yoko Siegfried, Bud Andrews, Kathy Mann, Andrew Wagner, Kelly Aycock, Bill Clarke and Chris Howell celebrate at the event. |
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Upcoming events
 Jan 13 - Business After Hours at Aspect Financial, 312 S. Third Street, Smithfield, 5-7 pm.
Jan 20 - Heritage Center Contributing Patrons Dinner, Agricultural Center, 6:30 pm.
Jan 24 - Chamber's 41st Annual Meeting, Agricultural Center, 6 pm.
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Chamber recognizes top teacher
at West Smithfield Elementary
 | | Chad Jewett, Deanna Fairclough and Rick Childrey |
The Chamber has given its December Teacher of the Month Award to Deanna Fairclough, a fourth grade teacher at West Smithfield Elementary School.
According to Principal Chad Jewett, Ms. Fairclough is an outstanding teacher who meets the needs of all her students, regardless of how much time and effort that demands of her. She is the chair of West Smithfield Elementary's School Improvement Team and does a great job. She is part of an exceptional Fourth Grade team and will do whatever is needed to help the other members professionally or personally. Few teachers put as much into educating the whole child as does Ms. Fairclough.
The Chamber presents this award each month to a deserving teacher in the Smithfield-Selma area. The award is sponsored by Triangle Insurance Group and Interstate Glass, Inc.
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The WrapSource announces new retail store
The Chamber of Commerce hosted a grand opening on December 15, for Signs, Monograms and More. The new retail shop in the Red Apple Office Park in Selma sells a variety of signs, games and other hard products (no clothing) with unique monogram and decal options...
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Chris Key starts Aspect Financial
Chris Key, certified investment strategist, announces the opening of Aspect Financial, a full-service financial planning and investment office at 312 S. Third Street in Smithfield. Key, who has more than a decade of experience in the industry, will offer specialized assistance to clients who want personalized financial planning...
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Holt Lake BBQ reopens
On Wednesday December 8, Holt Lake BBQ Owner Terry Barefoot opened a new building that looks much like the one that burned in April, and the menu is the same, with a few additions...
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Artistry in Motion wins display contest
As the winner of downtown Smithfield's window display contest, Brooke Whitfield, the owner of Artistry In Motion, is excited, and "I know that my students will be as well.I told them that if AIM won, an ad in The Herald would run before their recital and would feature their pictures...
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