 April 2012 "Moving the Past Fast Forward" | |
Free Chamber Mobile App The Spanish Fork Salem Area Chamber of Commerce has a new smartphone app! You can download this app and use it to keep up with the happenings in the Chamber of Commerce. There are several options for using this app, administrative for the director, member functions for chamber members, and public options for the general public. Chamber Nation has teamed up with the Spanish Fork Salem Area Chamber of Commerce to provide member apps for chamber members. These apps are afordable and will enhance your businesses mobile traffic. To find out more go to the Chamber website at www.spanishforkchamber.com or call the Chamber Office at 801-798-8352. We are keeping up with smartphone users and ipad users with this innovative product! Noon Networking Luncheon
April Noon Networking Luncheon was held at South Valley Gym with lunch by Simply Juicy! Thanks Yolanda Moser for having us at your location in Salem at 583 N State Rd 198! It was a great luncheon meeting with Kaylee Liddiard Advisor for the MMHS FFA who spoke to us about the opportunities available to help sponsor the Utah State Jr. Livestock show to be held May 3, 4, & 5th at the Spanish Fork Fairgrounds. Brent Wignall from Wiggy Wash spoke about his involvement with social media and how it has helped his business. Randi Kaufman talked about how easy it is to use twitter and facebook to launch your business! We had 46 members at the luncheon and it was a great opportunity to network and learn more about each others businesses. Thanks again to South Valley Gym, Simply Juicy Cafe, and Spanish Fork 17! Prizes were given for bringing a friend, RSVPing, and just attending the luncheon! Thanks to South Valley Chiropractic, Simply Juicy, Dirty Jo Punsters, Blaine Hone Excavating, and the Sunshine Center for great doorprizes!
Index of Articles
Monthly EventsApril 19, 2012 April 26, 2012 May 2, 2012 - May 5, 2012 May 3, 2012 May 3, 2012 Board Meeting May 4, 2012 - May 5, 2012 New Members
Welcome these new businesses to our Chamber!
Hermes Crossfit
Think Local. Shop Local. Be Local. Hillside Medical Clinic Yogurt Bliss All In One Antique Furniture Restoration Deseret Villages Hidden Valley Insurance Utah County Card Energy Explosion Hopes Outdoor Power Equipment ZZZ Pawn Shop Business Spotlight The Spanish Fork/Salem Area Chamber of Commerce would like to recognize these fine businesses for their committment to our Business Community and to Spanish Fork. Thanks for being a part of our Chamber of Commerce! Hidden Valley Insurance Outer Beauty Salon & Supply Garden Green Landscaping Visit these fine businesses and let them know how much you appreciate their committment to our community! Think Local. Shop Local. Be Local. Chamber YouTube and Social Networking If you haven't check out the Chamber's YouTube Channel, you are missing some of the highlights of our Chamber. We are also on Facebook and we encourage you to use these social networking tools to promote your business! We will also use these medias to promote our shop local campaign! If you haven't signed up for Facebook or YouTube do so today! We can link your website, Facebook and YouTube accounts to the Chamber website to make it easier for customers to find your business! Contact the Office today to learn more about Social Networking and how it can help your business succeed! 801-798-8352 Major Sponsors
Thanks to our Major Sponsors!
Spanish Fork City Spanish Fork 17 Triple T Heating & Cooling America First Credit Union South Valley Gym Jimmy Johns Gourmet Sandwiches Macey's Fresh Market Mountain View Hospital Rick Ainge CPA Salem City Daily Herald mTech Payments Jeffrey Tax & Accounting Patriot Phone Books Heideman, McKay, Heugly, & Olsen Law
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Spanish Fork Salem Area Chamber of Commerce 40 South Main Street 801-798-8352
Office Open Cary Hanks Chamber Director Jolyn Adams Office Assistant 2011 Board Members Executive Board Cary Robarge - President Brad Tanner - Vice President Mike Mendenhall - Past President Cary Hanks - Chamber Director Board Members Representatives | Esplin Eye Center April Business of the Month
April Business of the Month 2012 - Esplin Eye Center, Dr. David Esplin Esplin Eye Center at 24 N 100 East, Spanish Fork is April Business of the Month. Dr. Dave is active in local community events and sponsors many school athletics programs. He is a proud member of the Chamber of Commerce and gives generously to community activities. Dr. Esplin believes in our youth and supports the Rotary Chamber Scholarship Fund with donations each year. Thanks to the great staff at Esplin Eye Center for their great customer service and to Dr. Dave for his support of the community and the Chamber. David J. Esplin is the son of Reed and Paula Esplin of Spanish Fork. He is a 1994 graduate of Spanish Fork High School. He attended Snow College and the University of Utah for his undergraduate studies in biology before entering the optometry program at Pacific University in Forrest Grove, Oregon. After receiving a Doctoral Degree of Optometry, he then completed a medically based Optometric residency through Southern California College of Optometry at the Salt Lake City Veterans Administration Hospital. Dr. Esplin served a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the Spain, Las Palmas mission. He comes from a family of ten and has lived in Spanish Fork for most of his life. He married Katherine Frampton, daughter of Dr. Robert and Nancy Frampton of Salem.
Congratulations to Dr. David Esplin and Esplin Eye Center April Business of the Month! Shopping Local at the Good Life Expo Thanks to Ron and Karen Payne for a great event! The Good Life Expo has deep roots in Spanish Fork. Thanks to the Payne family for bringing the Expo back to Spanish Fork. The event was held at the indoor tennis courts at the Spanish Fork Fairground. There were many business represented and 17 Chamber Member booths were present. The Spanish Fork Salem Area Chamber of Commerce was there to handout shopping bags to visitors for holding all their great coupons, and information from the vendors! The Chamber handed out coupons and flyers for many member businesses and had fun visiting with potential members. Tresa Ahlin of Dirty Jo Punsters and Matt Taylor from Hidden Valley Insurance helped keep the bags and information flowing Friday and Saturday as thousands attended the Expo! Some of the Chamber Members who participated were Tim Shanto American Family Insurance, Matt Taylor Hidden Valley Insurance, Canyon View Medical Group, Armour Plumbing and Soft Water, Abeez Honey, Photo Guru, IFA, Spanish Fork 17, Wiggy Wash, Chillon Reception Center, Maple Creek Hospice, Carter's Glass, Confetti Antiques & Books and Sprinkler World.
Rotary Chamber Golf Tournament Signup Today! The signups for the Rotary Chamber Pro-Am Golf Tournament is going on now! Sign up to play or to sponsor the tournament. The Rotary Chamber Scholarship Fund golf pro-am tournament raises funds for local high school students to attend college. Many scholarships are given out to students who might not be eligible for traditional scholarship funds. Local businesses donate prizes, cash, and time to help the Rotary and Chamber with this event! Contact Lana Dahl at Triple T Heating 801-798-7711 or the Chamber Office at 801-798-8352 for more information and details! Come out and have a great day with the Rotary of Spanish Fork and the Spanish Fork Salem Area Chamber of Commerce!
Congratulations to the New Miss Spanish Fork - Makyla Theurer Congratulations to Miss Spanish Fork 2012 Makyla Theurer! Makyla is a student at Spanish Fork High School. Her platform is "Elderly Awareness: Nurture those who Nurtured Us". She believes it is easy to overlook the needs of the elderly, so Makyla wants to promote community involvement with the elderly to give back to those who created our future and stabilized the freedom we have in this country.
Her court is Jessica Cable is a Spanish Fork High School student. She is promoting the idea of "Let's Move: Eating Healthy & Fighting Childhood Obesity". She wants to promote fitness and healthy eating habits to help our community face obesity head on. She wants to be a role model by teaching children to "stand taller, be physically active, eat healthier, and run faster through all of life's challenges." Mariah Dawe is a Spanish Fork High School student whose platform is "Foster with Care". She is working to help fostered teenagers feel like they fit in. Mariah would "hope that I can help to make a difference in our neighborhoods." Kaitlynn Blood is a student at Maple Mountain High School. Her platform, entitled "Oh The Places You'll Go", is to help young children learn how to, and develop a love for reading. She believes the love of reading needs to be established while they are young because it is much harder to develop as kids get older. Katina Burt is an American Leadership Academy student. Her platform is Feeling Comfortable in Your Own Skin. She wants to show young people that their attractiveness comes in all different forms, not simply what other people decide is considered acceptable or preferred. Katina wants "the people of Spanish Fork to remember me as the pageant contestant who helped them realize that beauty is not only in the eye of the beholder, but is more importantly in the confidence of the wearer." Thanks to these awesome young ladies who are going to do a great job representing Spanish Fork this year! Thanks to the sponsors of the Easter Egg Hunt!
Thanks to the Easter Egg Hunt Committee and to the sponsors who gave so generously this year! Susan Taylor, Brenda Liddiard, and Heather Hone worked hard to provide over 10,000 eggs filled with candy and coupons for great gifts. Bikes, toys, and grab bags were given those who redeemed their coupons at the event. It was cold and snowy but that didn't dampen the excitement of the kids! One child wrote to the sponsor of his bike... "Hi my name is Lane Money and I won a bike at an Easter egg party and it was you guys who gave it to me I will take really good care of it I'm just thanking you for donating the bike I love it so much I have all ready ridden it all over and it is so much fun I just could not believe that I won it and I was just so excited and that. But how I won is I seen one egg standing straight up on a baseball base and then I told all my cousins not to get it and they didn't so I ran across all the eggs and got that one egg and then I seen one more egg and it was a free birthday party at a karate place witch is going to be so fun and I am just so proud of my self and when I opened my egg it said you have won a free bike and then when I got home I opened my other egg and it said that I have won a free birthday party and that is when my whole family started to laugh because I only got two eggs and won some good prizes I thought that it was just plain awesome and luck but any way. Thank You!!!!!!!!!! Lane Money Thanks again to all who helped in any way with the Easter Egg Hunt! You are truly amazing and awesome! Sponsors were many and we thank you all! Super Saver Card on Sale Now! The Super Saver Cards are on Sale now! Contact the Chamber Office to find out how you can obtain this great card that has over $3000 in local deals! 801-798-8352
MIss Salem hosts a Disney Princess Party April 28th Disney’s Princesses are coming to Utah on April 28th at the Clarion Gardens in Payson! Comemeet Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, Pocahontas, Snow White, Belle, Ariel and Jasmine to support Primary Children’s Medical Center with Miss Salem’s and Miss Rocky Mountain’s Disney Princess Meet & Greet. Admission is $10.00 for children ages 4-13, and $5.00 for accompany mothers. This price includes a Cinderella carriage ride, an opportunity to meet and take pictures with your favorite Disney Princesses, crafts, painted nails, and a light lunch. Complete princess kits will also be sold for $8.00 including a crown, wand, wings, and ring pop. The first session will be held from 11:30 a.m.—1:00 p.m. and the second session is from 1:30—3:00 p.m. You don’t want to miss this magic filled Disney day! We have only 150 spots available for each session, so reserve your spot today by purchasing tickets at the Salem City Office, 30 W. 100 S. Big O Tires of Spanish Fork goes Platinum!
The Big O Tires story begins back in 1962, just as America's new love affair with the automobile was hitting high gear. The market for replacement tires was exploding, and independent tire dealers found themselves struggling to compete in the face of low prices offered by major tire manufacturers' own company stores. Big O's founding fathers were a handful of progressive independent tire dealers who decided to band together to form a tire-buying cooperative so that they could secure volume pricing and keep their customers happy. Their concept worked. In the years that followed, The Big O Tires co-op evolved into a full-fledged franchise as it continued to find innovative ways to harness the power of the collective to benefit independent dealerships and their customers. Big O Tires of Spanish Fork are proud members of the Chamber of Commerce and our business community! They provide awesome customer service and great deals on tires, repairs, and more! Come in and check out our local Big O Tire location at 570 N Main Spanish Fork 801-798-9827 Big O Tires of Spanish Fork is our newest Platinum Member! Congratulations Kevin Dunn and Big O! Clegg's Auto goes Platinum! Clegg's Auto Sales and Service has gone Platinum with the Spanish Fork Salem Area Chamber of Commerce! Owner Steve Clegg's focus is on quality and honesty, and excellent customer service. “Once people come in and get to know us, they learn they can trust us, and they come back again. We have a lot of repeat customers, and much of our new business comes from referrals,” he said.Clegg Auto Service has been around for 12 years. Clegg himself has been in the business of fixing cars since he was 17 years old, when he went to work for his uncle in the north end of the valley. He worked there for 10 years, even becoming a business partner with his cousin when his uncle retired. But Clegg lived in Spanish Fork, and saw a need for an auto repair shop here. He sold his end of the family business, and started Clegg Auto Service at 1447 North Main in Spanish Fork. From there it has continued to grow and expand. Clegg continues to keep top-of-the-line equipment and the latest technology to ensure that he can provide the best quality of service to his customers. At Clegg Auto Service, they do everything but body work, and recently have even brought in a few vehicles for sale. “People will tell me exactly what they want in a car, and we’ll go to the auctions and find what they need,” Clegg said. The quality of his staff, customer service, and attention to detail makes Clegg Auto the place to go with your auto repair or purchase needs. Congratulations to Steve Clegg and Clegg Auto Sales and Service! Salem City just went Platinum! Salem City Corporation just went Platinum with the Spanish Fork Salem Area Chamber of Commerce! The Mayor and City Council of Salem are proud members of the Chamber and work with the Chamber to promote business in Salem City! Contact the Chamber of Commerce if your business would like to go Platinum with the Spanish Fork Salem Area Chamber of Commerce!
Mayor Brailsford said recently in a letter to Salem residents, "The City Council and I have implemented our mission statement and goal for all of the citizens of Salem and that is “Making Life Better.” This goal will be kicked off this month and you should be seeing it all around Salem. This will let you know what we are doing and remind us what we should be doing as your leaders. The Salem Economic and Promotion Board is still very active and learning new ideas from instructors from the State and other groups. They like the goal of “Making Life Better” and will be incorporating it into their slogan which is “Making Life Better Shop Salem.” This will be kicked off mid April by encouraging all of us to shop in Salem and make life better." Ribbon Cutting for Complete Office Repair and Shipping
Congratulations to Rick Petersen of Complete Office Repair and Shipping 543 N State Rd. 198 in Salem! Sales & service of Ricoh Savin and gestetner copiers, Authorized Service of Brother & Hp printers Fedex Authorized Shipping center Promotion till may 30th $5.00 Off shipping Full copy & fax center Color & Black& White. We specialize in data recovery on all hard drives as long as it can spin up, No drive letter no problem. Sales and service of MAC Ipod ipad & laptops Pc Desktops & laptop All makes and models "If We can't fix it you don't pay" Service is our biggest product. For all your office repair and shipping needs, Complete Office Repair and Shipping! 801-822-2898
Ribbon Cutting for All In One Upholestry and Furniture Restoration
Welcome Candido Escobedo and his family to our business community and our Chamber of Commerce! Candido has over twenty years experience in upholsetry and furniture restoration, so when you need that favorite piece of furniture repaired, call Candido at 801-310-5100 or stop by at 1825 North Main Street #2 Spanish Fork.
Ribbon Cutting for Top Shelf Quality Computers
Congratulations to Joel Christie on his new business located on Main Street at 457 North Main Spanish Fork, |
| Chamber News - April 2012 | |
The Newsletter for April will be out April 15 and 16th, so watch for it in the Sunday Daily Herald and your mail!
