June - Vandalia Chamber of Commerce
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June - Vandalia Chamber of Commerce
Area Schedule June 18-20 — Law Dogs National Rally in Vandalia June 24 — Business After Hours at Heart & Home Realty, 5 p.m. June 26 — Family YMCA of Fayette County Golf Scramble, noon June 27 — Celebrating Families event at YMCA, 10 a.m. July 1— Chamber members meeting at Ponderosa, noon July 2-4 — Lions Club Carnival at Vandalia Lake Officers Todd Stapleton, President, WPMB/ WKRV radio John Ashdown, Vice President, Family YMCA of Fayette County Kelly Washburn, Secretary, Fayette County Real Estate Joe Schaal Treasurer, National Bank Board of Directors Jennifer Richards, First Bank Doug Knebel, Midland States Bank Brock Brannon, Investment Centers of America Ali Laack, First National Bank Brian Stout, Stout Adjustment Service Rick Myers, LeFevre, Oldfield, Myers, Apke & Payne Law Group Sally Emerick, Holiday Inn Express Sandy Michel, Heart & Home Realty Bryan Hobbie, Hosick Motors Pat Click, McKellar, Robertson, McCarty & Click Insurance Ricky Gottman, Vandalia Mayor June 2015 June Spotlight Business The staff of National Bank’s Vandalia branch pose for a photo earlier this week. National in Name, Local in Ownership By SETH WHITEHEAD Chamber Director National in name, local in ownership. That is National Bank’s motto, as its goal is to provide customers with a high level of service one would expect from a regional bank with 11 central Illinois locations, while maintaining personal attention to serve all their hometown banking needs. The latter is a particular point of pride at the bank’s Vandalia branch, located at 520 W. Gochenour. “I think our customer service is awesome,” branch manager Tonya Dively said. “We make it personal when they come in. We’re fun but professional.” The Vandalia Chamber of Commerce Spotlight Business of the Month for June, National Bank has all the qualities of a regional bank to go along with a personal touch, whether it be giving customers courtesy calls if their checking account is overdrawn, or making visits to customers after hours in the evening. National Bank-Vandalia is also the official bank of the Fayette County Relay For Life, and the bank helps raise money for the event by hosting an annual Relay For Life Cookout in the spring. National Bank features the lowest overdraft fee, lowest CD and interest rates and longest hours of any bank in town. A full list of National Bank’s products and services can be viewed by visiting www.national-bank.com. Highlights include National Bank’s online mobile app for your smartphone, giving you access to your banking records in the palm of your hand, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Customers can download the mobile app by searching for National Bank in the App Store or Marketplace. The website also features a loan calculator and customers can easily cancel or turn off their debit cards when they’re on vacation or lose their cards. National Bank is also a leader in commercial lending, as it has set the ambitious 12-month goal of lending $40 million to businesses in south-central Illinois and the St. Louis region. National Bank is headquartered in Hillsboro, Illinois, with 11 branches serving South-Central Illinois. Its banking philosophy is simple: reinvest their customers’ dollars back into the communities where they live. Their customers’ deposits allow their neighbors to build their homes, area farmers to buy their seed, and local businesses to sell their products and services. National Bank is locally owned by Country Bancorp, Inc. NB believes its local ownership provides valuable insight into the needs of our communities. They are small enough to know our customers by their names but large enough to provide the service and technology that will accommodate customers’ financial needs. NB’s banking roots go back over 130 years. Over the years they have shortened our name and expanded our footprint, but still retain the same values and commitment that has sustained the bank for over a century. Chamber Meeting Recap Rhodes shares info on Veterans Outreach program Many Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans suffering from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder have been reluctant to seek help. Northside Christian Church minister and Vietnam War veteran Carl Rhodes can understand why. “When I came back from Vietnam, I had the same feeling everyone who came back from there had: I was all by myself, nobody else was ever there,” Rhodes said. “I didn’t want to talk to World War II vets, I didn’t want to talk to Korean War vets. If you weren’t there with me, if you didn’t do what I did when I did it, you had nothing to say about how I spent my time or how to recover from things that I saw and stuff like that.” Veterans in rural areas such as Fayette County have been even more reluctant to reach out for help due to a number of factors. Rhodes’ personal understanding of a veterans’ mindset and the fact that so many area veterans are not seeking help are the two biggest reasons he and fellow veteran Gene Beckman are doing everyCarl Rhodes thing to reverse that trend here in Fayette County via the Veterans Outreach Rural Clergy Program. Rhodes talked about the program at the June Vandalia Chamber of Commerce members meeting on June. 3. Rhodes and Beckman meet with local veterans at Northside Christian Church, located 1845 W. Jackson in Vandalia, from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. The group also has lunch on Wednesday. “It’s where a bunch of veterans can get together and talk,” Rhodes said. “It’s mostly the fellowship. We know what you’re dealing with. Been there done that. OK to feel the way you do.” The program was initiated nearly two years ago when the Veterans Administration recognized that many rural veterans suffering from PTSD don’t have access to large medical centers. The VA put out a call for ministers to volunteer for rural clergy programs to help these vets. Rhodes and Beckman attended training at Jefferson Barracks that focused on recognizing PTSD triggers and how to deal with the condition. Initially, the group met at Our Place Youth Center downtown, but at the suggestion of Rhodes’ son, who has done multiple tours of duty in Afghanistan, the group now meets at Northside, which provides a more private setting. If you are interested in the Veterans Outreach Program, Rhodes is also SEE MEETING ON Page 2 Chamber Chatter Open interviews at Priority Staffing for more information. coming up on Tuesday, June 23 YMCA golf scramble coming up on Priority Staffing Group will be having open interviews Friday, June 26 at St. Elmo GC on Tuesday, June 23, from 3-5 p.m. Interested parties should bring a state issued photo ID and either their social security card or birth certificate. They are currently looking for qualified candidates for DSP work, manufacturing/production workers, welders and fork lift operators. Heart & Home Realty hosting a Business After Hours June 24 Heart & Home Realty, located at 1442 N. Eighth Street, will host a Business After Hours on Wednesday, June 24, from 5-7 p.m. Click here to view their invitation to Chamber members. Heart & Home Realty accepting applications for new agents Heart & Home Realty, located at 1442 N. 8th St. in Vandalia, is looking to hire three new real estate agents for its Vandalia office over the summer. No experience necessary – just a willingness to be client focused and coachable. Call their Vandalia office at 618-283-4436 ADS Electric Co. All Stressed Out Allen’s Furniture Company Ameren IP American Cancer Society America’s Best Value Inn ApexNetwork Physical Therapy ARAB Termite & Pest Control Arthur Young, Inc. Assurance Home Inspection Services Bernhardt & Cain Appraisals, Inc. Bond & Fayette County Shopper Brookstone Estates Brown Produce Burnside, Johnston, Connor & Jensen, P.C. Burtschi Bros. & Co. Cable’s Sewing Machine Service Cain’s Drug Store, Inc. Capitol View Steakhouse & Catering State Rep. John Cavaletto Central Illinois Materials Champion Trophies & T’s City of Vandalia The Copper Penny Bar & Grille Corrective Care Chiropractic Country Cupboards County Market Diekemper Photography Double-D Plumbing & Heating Contact The Chamber Executive Director: Seth Whitehead Phone: 618.283.2728 Email:[email protected] Website: www.vandaliachamber.org Carl Rhodes, Northside Christian Church Gary Manley, Assurance Home Inspection Ricky Gottman, Vandalia Mayor Larry Cable, Cable Sewing Machine Svc. Ty Bates, Shelter Insurance John Ashdown, YMCA Kara Metzger, Priority Staffing Dawn Click The annual Family YMCA of Fayette County Golf Scramble is coming up on Friday, June 26. Click here for a registration form and more details. Fayette County RE hosting open house on Saturday, June 20 Fayette County Real Estate will be hosting an open house at 823 Old Theater Drive in Vandalia from 1-3 p.m. on Saturday, June 20. Shopper’s ‘Best of Fayette County’ Poll voting underway Click here to vote in the Bond & Fayette County Shopper’s Best of Fayette County Poll. Voting deadline is June 28. Dee Dee Hartz Memorial Run The Fourth Annual DeeDee Hartz Memorial Run will be held on July 25. Sign-up by July 1st to be sure you receive a shirt. Click here for more info. 2015 Chamber Members Durbin Seamless Edward Jones Investments Evans Public Library Expert Service Auto Repair Eye Care of Vandalia Family YMCA of Fayette County Farina Farms FAYCO Enterprises, Inc. Fayette County Farm Bureau Fayette County Habitat For Humanity Fayette County Hospital Fayette County Real Estate First Bank First National Bank Friends of the Statehouse Fulton & Dunn Dental, P.C. Gallatin Street Grille Gloria’s Christian Supply Heart & Home Realty – Matt Hirtzel Heart & Home Realty – Sandy Michel H&H Computer Services Holiday Inn Express & Suites Hometown Phone Book – Eagle Publications Hosick Motors Illinois Real Estate Services John H. Crawford & Associates Kaskaskia College Kaskaskia Supply & Rental MEETING continued from Page 1 available at any time by calling 618-376-1759 or 283-1970. In other business at the meeting: • Chamber President Todd Stapleton recognized 2015 Chamber Scholarship winners Susan LaMonica and Madison Click. • Chamber Director Seth Whitehead welcomed new members Capital View Steakhouse and Catering and Sixth Street Pub. • Whitehead also recapped the 2015 Chamber Golf Scramble. Top placers in A Flight were: 1. Laack Flooring Innovations, 2. Country Financial, 3. Vandalia Fire Department. B Flight top finishers were: 1. Luallen, Cearlock, Barth & Burnam, 2. Midland States Bank, 3. ApexNetwork Physical Therapy. Contest winners were: Tom DePaolo (chipping contest, longest putt), Chris Matthews (putting contest), Dallas Gray (longest men’s drive), Maria Miller (longest women’s drive) and Phil Rebbe (closest to the pin). • Stapleton announced that a ribbon cutting and open house will be held at Shelter Insurance agent Ty Bates’ office on July 10. Hot dogs and beverages will be served, and those who attend will be able to sign up for a drawing for free Cardinals tickets (with hotel room included). • Tourism secretary June Mahon announced that the tourism center had 115 visitors in May, representing 14 states and two foreign countries, Canada and France. Laack Flooring Innovations Land of Lincoln Credit Union Lash Construction The Leader-Union Lefevre, Oldfield, Myers, Apke & Payne Law Group, Ltd. Liberty Utilities Lighthouse Pregnancy Center Little Blue Eyes Little Caesar’s Luallen, Cearlock, Barth & Burnam, Ltd. Sen. Kyle McCarter McKellar, Robertson, McCarty & Click Midland States Bank NAPA National Bank Octochem Pine Ridge Homes Pisces Pools & Spas Ponderosa Priority Staffing Group Prowire The Red Door The Red Door Cafe Roger Sanders/Emerick Farms Rotary Club of Vandalia R.P. Lumber The Schaufelberger Law Offices, Ltd. Security Finance and Tax Service June Chamber Member Meeting Attendees Madison Click Beth Cox, Priority Staffing Lucas Blumhorst, Priority Staffing Rick Myers, local attorney Joe Schaal, National Bank Mark Burnam, LCB&B Beth Hawk, LCB&B Amy Jachino, LCB&B Ali Laack, FNB Kim Taylor, FAYCO Roger Sanders, Emerick Farms Paula Barenfanger, Kaskaskia Supply Walt Barenfanger, Kaskaskia Supply Kelly Washburn, Fayette Co. Real Estate Kelly Roberts, Fayette Co. Real Estate Troy Poe, Expert Service Shelter Insurance – T.J. Bates Slack Glass Co. Something Special Florist & Gift Shop South Central FS Southwestern Electric Cooperative, Inc. Spin 2 Win Stombaugh Heating & Air Conditioning Stout Adjustment Service Subway Summer Breeze Winehouse Sweetbriar Retirement Home Timmermann & Co., Ltd. Tomlinson Electric The Tourism Bureau of Illinois South Vandalia Country Club Vandalia CUSD #203 Vandalia Field of Dreams Vandalia Fire Department Vandalia Mutual Insurance Vandalia Sports Boosters VFW Post 9770 Wait Land Trust Who Says a Man Can’t Be a Creative Print Shop Who Says a Man Can’t Clean Who Says a Man Can’t Clean Ducts WPMB/WKRV World Finance Corporation Bold denotes new member Rhonda Mitchell, Expert Service Megan McCarty, FNB Amber Miller, FNB June Mahon, tourism secretary Seth Whitehead, Chamber Director Todd Stapleton, WPMB/WKRV Next meeting: July 1 Speaker: Craig Roper, KC Nursing Program
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