July 2010 Baker Bulletin
Renewing Members Akel Logan & Shafer, P.A. Baker County Council on Aging Baker County Health Dept. Baker Vision Econo Lodge FSI Mortgage Geiger's Crane Service GFWC Woman's Club Glen St. Mary Nurseries greatwide dedicated transport Konnie's Klear Pools LaBeuna Farms Larry Payne Lyons and Lyons, CPA MRC of Jax Macclenny Motor Parts Miracle Automotive & Truck Ser. Mitch Canaday Construction New River Solid Waste Association Nurse Source Pappas Metcalf Sanderson Pipe Taco Bell Welcome New Members A Bushel & A Peck Emmanuel Baptist Church Erin West Bookkeeping & Tax Service Goodie 2 Shoes Identity Theft Training Main Street Market Qivana Calendar Events Introduction to 2007 MicroSoft EXCEL - 12 Hour Class 07/12/2010- 07/29/2010 The next class will begin July 12th. For early registration, call Judy Johannes at Advantage Tax & Business Services (904) 259-8322. Farmers Market 07/17/2010 Safety Day - Fire Trucks & Rescue Units on Hand; Free Blood Pressure Checks by EMT's; Child Car Seats Safety Checks by Health Dept; Blood Drive for Layla Williams, infant daughter of Joey and Anna Williams. Lunch and Learn 07/22/2010 Growing Old is Not for Sissies! New Members Luncheon 08/03/2010 2010 Sales Tax Holiday The 2010 sales tax holiday will be August 13-15. The items you can purchase that will be exempt from sales tax are: books, clothing, footwear and certain accessories selling for $50 or less, and certain school supplies selling for $10 or less. There are certain exclusion on all of the above items. You can pickup a list of tax exempt items at the Chamber office or log on to www.myflorida.com/dor.	The "Peoples" College July 1st, Lake City Community College officially became Florida Gateway College. A ribbon cutting ceremony was held in front of the Timberwolves statute and Dr. Charles Hall, President of the college, Debbie Boyd, State Representative District 11 and Chuck Brannen, chairman of the Board of Directors, briefly spoke to the folks gathered for the occasion. LCCC, for 30 years, has been a "tradition" for graduates of Baker, Columbia, Dixie, Gilchrist and Union Counties. Many students of these counties felt comfortable with LCCC because it was a small, community college and close to home, and LCCC had alot of different occupational programs to meet the needs of these students. The strong, comprehensive health fields have graduated many qualifed nurses, therapist and other emergency and health care workers from Baker County. Their law enforcement and cosmotology programs have been large sources of education for this county. Several Baker County residents have also been members of the faculty, staff and administration at the college. The college originally was a forest ranger school, utilizing buildings that remained from a WWII air base. 1961, the state created Lake City Junior College and then in 1970 their title changed to Lake City Community College. The college offers excellent programs in liberal arts and sciences. A large number of students begin their college careers in these programs, earn their AS degrees, transfer to larger institutions and benefit from their time at the community college. Edward Jones Open House Saturday, June 12th, Edward Jones Investments held an open house and ribbon cutting at their office on South Sixth Street. Their local financial advisor, Michael Gregory, was on hand to meet and greet, as well as their branch office administrator, Priscella McCarty. Michael is originally from Virginia, but has lived in the sunshine state for 24 years. He is a graduate of the University of Florida with a bachelor's degree in Business Administration. Michael is married and has 2 little girls. Drop by the office and let Michael talk with you about your investments. Your Member-to-Member Discounts If you have never checked out the member-to-member discounts on our website, take a few minutes and look at them. These discounts are only for Chamber members! Just to mention a few: >15% discount on all purchases at Walgreens, excluding dairy, prescriptions and cigarettes; >Grace Technologies - 20% off any service; >Free appetizer at Pier 6; >A Touch of Spring will give 10% off flower arrangements, no wire orders. These are just a few of the examples of your member-to-member discounts. Just click on the member-to-member discount tab on the home page. Takes you right to the discounts!! Also, if you aren't giving your fellow Chamber members a discount, you might want to consider joining in on that. It's a great tool to get people into your business. Just e-mail me and I'll send you a member-to-member discount application to fill out. You can do it all online. 2010 Baker County Fair Sponsorships The Fair Association is looking for sponsors for their 2010 Fair Book. Every year the fair association publishes a book with all the information an exhibitor will need to know regarding the business booths, food sales, steer and swine sales, etc. Those books are being printed early this year so the exhibitors will have plenty of time to prepare. The sponsorships will help with publishing costs and the rising cost of the livestocks shows and sales. The sponsorship is $300 and the sponsor will receive their logo in color on the front cover along with special acknowledgment inside the book. In addition, there will be a banner with the sponsor's name and logo hanging at the fair ground. If you are not interested in a sponsorship, but would like to participate, you may purchase an ad in the book. Ad sizes are full page, 1/2 page, 1/4 page and business card size. If interested, contact Jessica Prevatt at 904-588-3628 or 259-2400 (BC Press).
Chamber Newsletter - July 2010