February Mainstreet Newsletter - Mexico Area Chamber of Commerce

FEBRUARY
November 2016
2009
Mexico
Area
Chamber
of Commerce
Mexico
Area
Chamber
of Commerce
Mainstreet of the Midwest
100 West
JacksonStreet
Street
100 West
Jackson
(573)
581-2765
(573) 581-2765
Mainstreet News
Mexico,MO
MO 65265
65265
Mexico,
(800)
581-2765
(800) 581-2765
www.mexico-chamber.org
www.mexico-chamber.org
Fax:
(573) 581-6226
Fax:
(573)
581-6226
Mexico Area Chamber of Commerce awarded Mexico Native, Chris Miller the Col. C. R. Stribling Jr. Community Service
Award at the Chamber’s annual meeting and dinner auction Friday, January 22nd held at the Mexico Elks Lodge. The Stribling Community Service Award was the top presentation of seven awards given during the evening.
Philanthropic Award • Dudley Miller
Educator of the Year • Jennifer Silver
President’s Award • Kevin Freeman, Superintendant, Mexico Public Schools
Excellence In Tourism Award • Jim and Ann Stubblefield
Col. C.R. Stribling Jr. Community Service Award • Chris Miller
2016 Chamber President Connie Cox Presented the Col. C.R.
Stribling Jr. Community Service
Award to Chris Miller
G. Andy Runge Ambassador Award, Missouri Military Academy, received by
Tony McGeorge, President
Civic Award, Laura Miller
George Help Center,
received by Sheryl Louder,
Board President
2015 Chamber President Penny
Daugherty was presented a
plaque with her gavel in appreciation for her service.
Membership Renewals
A & S Printing Service
Abel Oil Company
ACCIS
All Star Self Storage
Audrain Agribusiness
Audrain Ambulance District
Audrain County Cattlemen’s Assoc.
Audrain County Health Dept.
Audrain County Title Company
Audrain Habitat For Humanity
Auffenberg Motor Company
Azdell Hydraulics & Machines Inc.
Best Western, Teal Lake Inn
Brett, Erdel, Owings & Tanzey PC
Brookstone
Central Bank of Audrain County
Century 21 Peak, Dye & Associates
CHV Certified Accountant
Clampitt Law Firm P.C.
Coca-Cola
Commerce Bank
Consolidated Electric
Craft Tech Custom Homes
Teresa Douglass Peck
Edward Jones – Mitchell Rentschler
Erdel & Wood Home Improvement Center
Bob & Helen Fenlon
Finck & Associates Inc.
First Christian Church
First Presbyterian Church
Fulton Sun
Gallaher Insurance
Golden Living Center-Pin Oaks
Bob & Annabel Gooch
Handi-Shop Inc.
Hickman’s Central Office
IMS
Jim Stubblefield Antiques
Kingdom Technology Solutions
LaCrosse Lumber Company
Leonatti & Baker P.C.
Long Branch Tax & Legal Services
M & M Vehicle Corporation
MBT Tax & Accounting
Martinsburg Bank & Trust
Helen Maupin
Melahn Insurance Agency
Mexico Heating Company
MFA Incorporated
Moser’s
Pearl Motor Company
Mary Lou Prater
Premier Home Health Care
Presser Performing Arts Center
Saddlebred Coffee
Scattering Fork Outdoor Center
Septagon Construction
Show-Me Senior Services
SJ Smith Company
Social Solutions by Leslie Meyer
Sonic
Edward Stephens DDS
Charles Stribling III
Sunset Mobil Home RV Park
Sydenstricker Implement
Vapor Locker USA Mexico
Vicki Lierheimer, LLC
Warren County Concrete
Jack Webber
Webber Pharmacy
New Members
Kilgores Respiratory Service Inc.
Merchandise In Motion
Utterback Crop Insurance, LLC
They say you can’t pick your family
but at the January 16 AMP event, they
did just that! The Mexico Country Club
was the location for AMP FAMILY FEUD
Event. Nearly 50 people enjoyed dinner and fierce family competition! The
“Griswald” Family took home the grand
prize! Ascending Mexico Professional
is a program of Progress Mexico.
Area mail includes Audrain County, Paris, Vandalia, Perry, Middletown, Farber, Laddonia, Benton City, Wellsville, Martinsburg, Montgomery City, Bellflower, New Florence, Hatton,
Auxvasse, Thompson and Centralia areas; out of town mail includes Washington, DC; Quincy, IL; Pittsfield, IL; Topeka, KS; St. Charles, MO; Louisiana, MO; Monroe City, MO;
Kansas City, MO; Jefferson City, MO; Columbia, MO; Boonville, MO; Fulton, MO; Moberly, MO. Mainstreet News (USPS # 123-130) is published monthly by Mexico Area Chamber
of Commerce, 100 West Jackson, Mexico, MO 65265. Periodicals postage paid at Mexico, MO. Postmaster: Send address changes to Mainstreet News, 100 West Jackson, Mexico,
MO 65265.
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Car Corner
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$120 per team
Up up
Up to 8 per team
40th Anniversary
21 and over
“Success” is like a tree with many branches and
roots CarCorner/CornerStorage are my trees…A tree
doesn’t grow quickly! I have been “rooted” in CarCorner
since 1976 and CornerStorage since 1989.
As many of you know, my roots run deep here in
Mexico, Missouri. I have worked consistently and passionately to attain my measure of success. I feel I have
been richly blessed with loyal customers and friends
who continue to support me year after year. “Your satisfaction is the measure of my success.”
As we enter our 40th year of serving our customers
and friends, we at CarCorner and CornerStorage would
like to take this opportunity to “Thank You” for your support, loyalty and friendship over the years.
With appreciation for your business, Ron and Betty
Salmons extend our warmest wishes for good health
and happiness to you and your family in the Year 2016.
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Mexico Area Chamber of Commerce 2016 Board of Directors
Front Row: Grant Toellner-VP Community Betterment & Civic Affairs, Jill Rafferty-Treasurer, Penny Daugherty-Past
President, Connie Maxwell-Cox-President, Shane Cox-VP Business Services and Daniel Norman-VP Operations.
Second Row: Penny Rutherford-Administrative Assistant, Chad Dykes, Kelly Smith, Donna Jacobs, Russell Runge,
Krista Gilbert, Greg Miller, Patrick Ryan and Dana Keller-Executive Director.
Third Row: Charles Duckworth, Kathy Coulson, Bruce Slagle, Sterling Oliver, Mitchell Rentschler, Steve Hobbs, Kevin
Freeman and Caroline Groves.
Not pictured: Robby Miller-President Elect, Larry Webber-President Progress Mexico, Tony McGeorge, Brendan Webber, James Wilson, Brian Haeffner, Parker Smith, Vicki Oligschlaeger and Nick Steinman.
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SSM Health
Names Donna Jacobs as President of
St. Mary’s Hospital – Audrain
Mexico, MO (November 9, 2015) − Following a naexecutive through the American College of Healthcare
tional search, Donna Jacobs has been named PresiExecutives and carries the FACHE credential. Jacobs
dent of SSM Health St. Mary’s Hospital – Audrain. Jais active in several professional, academic and comcobs brings more than 35 years of experience in health
munity organizations.
care, including the last 25 years in leadership roles.
About SSM Health
She will officially begin work for SSM Health on Jan.
SSM Health (www.ssmhc.com) is a Catholic, not-for4, 2016, at the hospital in Mexico, Mo., where Jacobs
profit
health system serving the comprehensive health
will be responsible for establishing, maintaining, and
needs of communities across the Midwest through one
continually improving hospital programs and health serof the largest integrated delivery systems in the nation.
vices throughout the community.
With care delivery sites in Illinois, Missouri, Oklaho“SSM Health is excited to have Donna, who brings
ma,
and Wisconsin, SSM includes 20 hospitals, more
tremendous experience and capabilities, join our team,”
than 60 outpatient care sites, a pharsaid Brent VanConia, President,
macy benefit company, an insurance
SSM Health Mid-Missouri Recompany, two nursing homes, comgion. “Her extensive leadership
prehensive home care and hospice
skills and health care expertise
services, a technology company,
will be an asset to SSM Health
and two Accountable Care Organias we continue to provide exzations. With more than 1,300 emceptional, compassionate care
ployed physicians and more than
to the community in mid-Mis31,000 employees in four states,
souri.”
SSM is one of the largest employBefore joining SSM Health,
ers in every community it serves. An
Jacobs was Medical Center
early adopter of the electronic health
Director/CEO for the Northern
record (EHR), SSM is a national
Arizona Veterans Affairs Health
leader for the depth of its EHR inCare System, where she directtegration. For more information, find
ed all aspects of planning and
us on Facebook and Twitter.
organizing medical and administrative operations for acute,
About SSM Health St. Mary’s
ambulatory and rehabilitative
Hospital – Audrain
care. In that role, Jacobs also
SSM Health St. Mary’s Hospiled multiple capital improvement
tal – Audrain is an 89-bed, regional
projects, including construction
acute-care hospital located on a
Donna Jacobs
of primary care and outpatient
13-acre campus in Mexico, Mo. It
clinics; expansion of clinical video conferencing techprovides a variety of specialty services including comnology; and deployment of mobile clinics across the
prehensive cancer services, interventional cardiology
VA’s 60,000 square-mile northern Arizona service area.
services, advanced orthopedic care, and pulmonology
Prior to her time with the Northern Arizona VA
services, as well as emergency care, medical imaging,
Health Care System, Jacobs worked for the Lexington
and diabetes education. SSM Health St. Mary’s Hospi(Ky.) VA Medical Center, serving as Associate Director/
tal – Audrain has a strong primary care presence with
Chief Operating Officer and then Acting Medical Center
nine Rural Health Clinics located in six surrounding
Director/CEO. She began her career as a critical care
communities. The hospital is recognized as a low-cost
staff nurse and later served as a nurse manager in an
provider in mid-Missouri and its 30-day readmission
emergency department.
rate for heart failure patients is among the lowest in the
Jacobs received bachelor’s and master’s of science
state.
degrees in nursing from the University of Nevada, Las
For more information, visit us at
Vegas, and an MBA from the University of Phoenix. She
www.ssmhealthmidmo.com or find us on
achieved certification at the Fellow level as a healthcare
Facebook and Twitter.
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February 2016 Calendar
Feb 03
Executive Board of Directors Meeting @ Chamber – Noon
Elks Meeting @ Elks Lodge – 6pm
Feb 04
Noon Lions Club @ Jackson Street Diner – Noon
Humane Society Meeting @ Chamber – 6pm
Feb 04-05
Zenith Workshop @ Zenith 581-9000
Feb 06
Kiwanis Pancake Day @ United Methodist Church
A Black History Celebration @ PPAC - 8pm
Feb 08
Ag Appreciation meeting@ Chamber – Noon
Audrain Shelter Resource Coalition Meeting @ United Methodist Church – Noon
Feb 09
Village Square Association Meeting @ Chamber – 8am
League of Women Voters @ Chamber – 6:30pm
Mexico Lions Club Meeting @ Lion’s Den Hwy 22 West – 7pm
Decorate Downtown Committee Meeting @ Commissioners Office – 6pm
Jaycee’s Fat Tuesday Lunch @ First Christian Church - 11am-1pm
Feb 10
Board of Directors Meeting @ Chamber – 11:30am
Feb 11
Global Roundtable @ MHS
Feb 12
Knights of Columbus Fish Fry tickets $10 – 4pm-7pm
Feb 13
Chocolate Crawl @ Downtown Mexico – 10am-4pm
8th Annual Polar Plunge @ Kiwanis Lake
Feb 13-14
Great Backyard Bird Count @ Scattering Fork Outdoor Center
Feb 16
Dream Factory meeting @ Chamber – 7pm
Feb 17
SSM The Basics of Back Pain Free Luncheon @ Jansen Auditorium – 11:30am-1pm
Elks Meeting @ Elks Lodge – 6pm
Feb 18
Ambassador Meeting @ Chamber – 10am
Noon Lions Club @ Jackson Street Diner – Noon
Feb 21 St. John’s Relay for Life Lasagna Dinner @ St. John’s - 11am-1pm
Feb 22
Audrain Shelter Resource Coalition Meeting @ United Methodist Church – Noon
Feb 23
Mexico Lions Club Meeting @ Lion’s Den Hwy 22 West – 7pm
Feb 24
Mexico Jaycees Meeting @ Chamber – Noon
Loaves & Fishes @ First Baptist Church 581-4190
Feb 26
Knights of Columbus Fish Fry – 4pm-7pm
Feb 27
Ducks Unlimited Banquet @ Steinman’s Hall
Feb 29
Blood Drive @ Church of God Holiness 1205 W. Boulevard – 12pm-4:30pm
Every Tuesday Kiwanis Club meets @ Elks Lodge – Noon
Every Friday Rotary Club meets @ Mexico Country Club – Noon
Every Saturday Mexico Optimist Club meets @ Jackson Street Diner – 8am
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March 2016 Calendar
March 02
Executive Board of Directors Meeting @ Chamber – Noon
Elks Meeting @ Elks Lodge – 6pm
March 03
Noon Lions Club @ Jackson Street Diner – Noon
Humane Society Meeting @ Chamber – 6pm
March 03-04
Zenith Workshop @ Zenith 581-9000
March 05 Audrain Humane Society Trivia Night @ 4H Center - 7pm
March 07
Red Cross Open House @ Chamber – 5pm
March 08
Village Square Association Meeting @ Chamber – 8am
League of Women Voters @ Chamber – 6:30pm
Mexico Lions Club Meeting @ Lion’s Den Hwy 22 West – 7pm
Decorate Downtown Committee Meeting @ Commissioners Office – 6pm
March 09
Board of Directors Meeting @ Chamber – 11:30am
March 10 Leadership Mexico
March 11
St. John’s Lutheran Church Fish Fry
March 12
Ag Dinner @ Knights of Columbus – 5:30pm
Red Cross Dinner Auction @ 4H Center
March 14
Audrain Shelter Resource Coalition Meeting @ United Methodist Church – Noon
March 15
Business After Hours @ Golden Living Center-Pin Oaks – 5pm-7pm
Dream Factory meeting @ Chamber – 7pm
March 16
Elks Meeting @ Elks Lodge – 6pm
March 17
Ambassador Meeting @ Chamber – 10am
Noon Lions Club @ Jackson Street Diner – Noon
March 18
Knights of Columbus Fish Fry – 4pm-7pm
St. John’s Relay for Life Luck of the Irish Trivia Night @ St. John’s - 7pm
March 22
Mexico Lions Club Meeting @ Lion’s Den Hwy 22 West – 7pm
March 23
Mexico Jaycees Meeting @ Chamber – Noon
March 28
Blood Drive @ Church of God Holiness 1205 W. Boulevard – 12pm-4:30pm
Audrain Shelter Resource Coalition Meeting @ United Methodist Church – Noon
March 30
Loaves & Fishes @ First Baptist Church 581-4190
Every Tuesday Kiwanis Club meets @ Elks Lodge – Noon
Every Friday Rotary Club meets @ Mexico Country Club – Noon
Every Saturday Mexico Optimist Club meets @ Jackson Street Diner – 8am
www.modot.com
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SSM Health St. Mary’s Hospital – Audrain
begins renovations for new senior behavioral health unit to open this spring
Mexico, MO (Jan. 15, 2016) — SSM Health St.
Mary’s Hospital – Audrain recently began renovations
for a 20-bed inpatient Behavioral Health Services Senior Care Unit which will open this spring.
The unit, located on the third floor of the hospital,
will provide patients access to staff who are specially
trained to handle seniors in acute psychiatric crisis with
specialty training in caring for individuals diagnosed
with cognitive disorders.
Construction began early this year and is currently
on schedule.
“We are doing extensive renovations to our third
floor,” said David Schulte, facilities manager for SSM
Health St. Mary’s Hospital – Audrain. “Everything is going smoothly and we expect to complete the project on
time.”
Not only will the unit provide seniors 24-hour monitoring for crisis stabilization of psychiatric symptoms, it
will bring additional employment opportunities for the
community. The hospital will hire more than 30 positions including a psychiatrist, recreational therapist, social workers, case managers and nursing staff.
The hospital will host an open house for the community prior to opening the unit.
About SSM Health
SSM Health (www.ssmhc.com) is a Catholic, notfor-profit health system serving the comprehensive
health needs of communities across the Midwest
through one of the largest integrated delivery systems
in the nation.
With care delivery sites in Illinois, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Wisconsin, SSM includes 20 hospitals,
more than 60 outpatient care sites, a pharmacy benefit
company, an insurance company, two nursing homes,
comprehensive home care and hospice services, a
technology company, and two Accountable Care Organizations. With more than 1,300 employed physicians
and more than 31,000 employees in four states, SSM
is one of the largest employers in every community it
serves. An early adopter of the electronic health record
(EHR), SSM is a national leader for the depth of its
EHR integration.
For life’s little surprises –
SSM Health Urgent Care is
no w open in Mexico!
We bridge the gap
When your injury or illness is not life-threatening, but you can’t wait
for an appointment with your doctor, turn to SSM Health Urgent Care.
We are staffed by licensed providers, provide X-rays, and treat minor to moderately
severe illness and trauma for non-life-threatening conditions such as:
• Flu and colds
• Allergies
• Insect bites/stings
• Minor burns
• Sprains/strains/broken bones
• Ear infections
• Cuts/lacerations
• Rashes
NOTICE: If you or a loved one experience chest pain or other life-threatening illness
or injury, call
911 for emergency assistance.
ssmhealthmidmo.com
SSM Health Urgent Care | 3626 S. Clark, Suite C | Mexico, MO
Open weekdays | 9 am – 6 pm | 573-582-0850 | Walk-ins welcome
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Mexico Area Chamber of Commerce Leadership Mexico 2016 Mexico has established a reputation as a highly community-­‐minded city. Its businesses and individuals continually demonstrate a willingness to work for the continued growth of the area. Leadership has many facets and requires a plan of action while striving to achieve a common goal. Leadership Mexico is “Taking Aim at the Future” of Mexico. This will provide an opportunity for personal development and an avenue for participation in the affairs of the community. You will learn about Mexico’s past and how to be more involved in its future. their employer should be prepared to meet the time commitment required. APPLICANT INFORMATION Applications for Leadership Mexico will be available at the Chamber office. Completed application for enrollment in Leadership Mexico must be submitted with a check made payable to the Mexico Area Chamber of Commerce no later than March 1, 2016. Applicants will be notified after the deadline of their status. Due to limited seating space, send your application immediately. Participants are selected on a first-­‐come, first-­‐served basis. WHO PARTICIPATES? PROGRAMS Individuals should have a genuine interest in community leadership and a desire to increase his or her own level of community involvement. Applicants must desire to broaden their scope of knowledge beyond a particular field of expertise and must demonstrate the ability and interest to assume greater leadership responsibility. Applicants for Leadership Mexico are sought from all segments of the community. He or she must have the support and commitment of his/her employer and should possess the personal commitment to attend all of the program sessions. The sessions have been expanded to once a month, half-­‐day meetings to offer more information on different components of the community. Leadership Mexico will be held over a sixth month period of time. Classes will be held the second Thursday of each month from March through August 2016. The sessions will begin at 11:30 a.m. with lunch and will conclude at approximately 4:00 p.m. Participants are expected to attend each of the six sessions to complete graduation requirements. Following the final session there will be a Business After Hours from 5-­‐7 p.m. for family, friends and chamber members to recognize and honor the graduates. “Leadership Mexico: Graduation” Thursday, August 11, 2016 5:00-­‐7:00 p.m. Business After Hours at Chamber Building LEADERSHIP MEXICO COMMITTEE Registration: Leadership Mexico 2016 Name:______________________________ Employer:___________________________ Cell Phone:__________________________ Email:______________________________ ___Chamber Member ($125) ___Non-­‐Member ($175) Return this form with your check by March 1st to Mexico Chamber, 100 W. Jackson St. Leadership Mexico is governed by the Leadership Mexico Committee, Mexico Area Chamber of Commerce. The committee is composed of graduates of previous Leadership Mexico classes. The Leadership committee for 2016 is Kate Becker, Shane Cox, Josh Frantz, Cara Miller, Bernie Phipps and Sally Roth. TUITION Tuition for Leadership Mexico is $125 per person for employees of Chamber members. Non-­‐members Tuition is $175. This includes programming, meals, and a plaque certifying graduation from the course and all other costs incidental to operating the program. Those individuals not able to participate in the 2016 program year will be refunded his/her tuition and placed on a waiting list for the next available class date, if so desired. Applicants and – 8 –
CAN YOU SPARE A FEW HOURS OR DAYS IN A
MONTH TO ASSIST WITH THE ONLY SERVICE OF
THIS TYPE IN THE COUNTY?
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VOLUNTEERS ARE NEEDED FOR THE FEBRUARY
WINTER OVERNIGHT SHELTER
Happy Birthday
to our Chamber
Ambassador Bill
Hase. It isn’t
likely that we
have ever had
an active chamber ambassador
celebrate his 90th
birthday!
Audrain County Shelter Resource Coalition will hold planning meetings
February 8th and 22nd at noon at the Shelter location.
Shelter Location: 117 West Promenade, Mexico
@ Audrain County Shelter Resource Coalition
THANK YOU Mid MO Evangelistic Center for
Sharing Your Space And Welcoming Us In
FOR VOLUNTEER INFORMATION CONTACT:
[email protected]
(573) 582-7864
TO ACCESS SIGN UP INFORMATION GO TO
http://tinyurl.com/RATI2016
Great Backyard Bird
Count at Scattering
Fork Outdoor Center
Join us at Scattering Fork Outdoor Center
to count and record species of birds wintering
and feeding at our feeding station. The Cornell
School of Ornithology and the Audubon Society conduct the bird counts every February to
determine the numbers and conditions of birds
existing both nationally in United States and
worldwide. They encourage all citizens to help
them complete the census. Scattering Fork has
“counted” and “recorded” in the Great Backyard Bird Count for years and invites anyone
interested in helping to come out at 9:00 a.m.
February 13th and 14th. You don’t need to be
an “expert birder” we have those who can help
us identify ones we aren’t sure of. It is quite an
experience to see every kind from red hailed
hawks to little chickadees and this year we have
a bald eagle making his home in our area. Call
573-581-3003 to get directions.
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Mexico Area Chamber of Commerce
Mainstreet News
FEBRUARY 2016
Mexico Area Chamber of Commerce
100 West Jackson Street
Mexico, MO 65265
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