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Join us at the Huntingdon County Home & Outdoor Show May 3-5 at the Huntingdon County Fairgrounds. The Show is Friday from 4:00 to 9:00 pm, Saturday from 11:00 am to 7:00 pm and Sunday noon to 6:00 pm. The Show will feature more than 40 exhibitors. A hundred dollars in Show Bucks will be given away hourly with a grand prize of $500 in Show Bucks given away at the end of the show. Show Bucks can be used until December 31 at the location of any of the exhibitors.   

New this year: Friday night will feature the band, AC Express from 7:00 to 9:00 pm. On Saturday from noon to 7:00 pm the Shenecoy Sportsman Club will have a skeet shoot.  

Lego and Lincoln Log contests will take place on Saturday afternoon with registration starting at 12:30 p.m. The Lego Building Contest has a contest for children ages 6-8 and another for children 9-13. There are several heats to compete in with 20 participants per heat. The Lincoln Log Building Contest is for children ages 4-6. Pre-registration is suggested. Visit  www.huntingdonshow.com for the registration forms.

The Huntingdon Interact Club will do face painting Saturday and Sunday from 1:00 to 5:00 pm. Sunday at 1:00 pm the PA Striper Club will do a casting demonstration. From 3:00 to 5:00 pm Sunday, the Bald Eagle Power Squadron will be offering life jacket demonstrations.

Plan to join us for good food from the Huntingdon Loins Club and Carper's Concessions. Food available will include pizza, hot dogs, hamburgers, sausage sandwiches, fries, ice cream and a show favorite -cheesecake on a stick.  

Show sponsors:

Show Underwriter 

Stanley Wensel General Contractor  

General Sponsor  

Northwest Savings Bank  

Exhibitor Refreshment Area Sponsors
Hickes Associates, Inc.

Community State Bank of Orbisionia

Lego Sponsor

Northwest Savings Bank  

Lincoln Log Sponsor

Metzler Forest Products

Demonstrations Sponsor

Swartz Fire & Safety Equipment, Inc.  

A special thanks to all our sponsors. If you are interested in becoming a sponsor please contact the Chamber at 814-643-1110 or mbalchin@huntingdonchamber.com for details.  

We hope to see you at the Show. 

If you'd like to volunteer to help at the show, please email ymartin@huntingdonchamber.com.   

The Huntingdon County Chamber of Commerce and Kish Travel are pleased to present a Blue Danube Adventure starting at $2,999. This nine day, seven night river cruise is from October 27 to November 4, 2013 and includes meals, airfare from Philadelphia, and round-trip transportation to the airport from Central PA.

The luxurious cruise ship will take you into the heart of some of the most breathtaking scenery in Europe, visiting four countries: Hungary, Slovakia, Austria and Germany. Spectacular views of gorgeous scenery, sunrises and sunsets from the Danube River are rivaled only by wonderful stops in Nuremberg, Regensburg, Passau, Linz, Melk, Durnstein, Vienna and Budapest.   

A Prague extension is also being offered, as well as two side excursions including Saltzburg and a Mozart dinner/concert

Visit Zepplin Field where Hitler once held his Nazi rallies, the Benedictine Abbey, which is one of Europe's largest baroque monasteries, tour St. Stephen's Cathedral, visit the historic Buda Castle, and much more.  

Click here for additional details.Space is limited and cabin choice is available on a first come first served basis. To avoid delay in choosing your room, reservations should be made directly with Jet Vacations.   

We recommend that you pay by credit card and that you purchase your travel insurance through Kish Travel, Route 22, PO Box 595, Huntingdon PA. Contact Mike Whalen at 814-643-5240 for details.   

For the first time in two years, healthcare reform tops economic uncertainty as small business owners' biggest concern, according to a US Chamber of Commerce survey. Healthcare reform now tops economic uncertainty as the biggest concern for small businesses, according to the quarterly survey. More than 75% "of the 1,332 small business owners/executives surveyed by Harris Interactive said healthcare reform will make insurance coverage for their employees more expensive," and more than 70% "said the law makes it harder for them to hire more employees." U.S.Chamber chief economist Martin Regalia said, "In today's economy, we need policies that will breed confidence and encourage small businesses to expand, not cut back staff and employees' hours."
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The U.S. Chamber released the results of the Small Business Outlook survey for the first quarter of 2013, and small businesses had a lot to say about taxes and our economy.

Small business overwhelmingly support fundamental tax reform, specifically making the code simpler to navigate, and 76% of small businesses surveyed are organized as pass-through entities, which pay taxes on business income at the individual tax rate. Here's what else they had to say:

• 79% of small businesses support comprehensive tax reform
• 52% believe the tax code needs to be less complex
• 84% say regulations, restrictions, and taxes negative impact their ability to do business

America's ability to compete economically with the rest of the world is directly tied to the tax and regulatory climate here at home. When businesses are over-burdened with taxes and tied up in red tape, the real cost is in the jobs that aren't created, and the hires that are never made. That's why 20 million Americans are looking for jobs now, and another 2.5 million have given up entirely.

As the U. S. Chamber's Chief Economist Dr. Martin Regalia said:

"Though the general trends of the economy seem to be improving, a closer look shows full time employment dropping, and Washington needs to enact policies that will breed confidence and encourage small businesses to expand, instead of cutting back staff and employees' hours."

If you would like extra copies of the Community Profile & Membership Directory to share with employees, co-workers or customers, please stop by our office at 500 Allegheny Street, Huntingdon to pick up copies. You may also contact Dave Baer at dbaer@huntingdonchamber.com or 814-643-1110 if you would like copies delivered to you. We thank all our advertisers for making the publication possible.