CHAMBER CHATTER. Events coming up. In This Issue

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1 CHAMBER CHATTER Members we are expanding our social media! If you have Instagram or Twitter please follow us. You can find us as GlendiveChamber! Chamber of Commerce & Agriculture Newsletter August 2017 Events coming up Making money is art and working is art and good business is the best art. -Andy Warhol Aug 3rd Wibaux Museum Tea Museum Complex Aug 6th 3rd Annual Gary s Game 3pm 7pm Aug 10th-13th Dawson County Fair Aug 10th Celluar Plus Wireless Device Plus 5pm 7pm Aug 10th Fair Sled 7pm Aug 11th 9pm Aug 12th PRCA 7pm Aug 13th Ranch 1pm Aug 12 Glendive Cancer Support Carney Center 10am Aug 26th Badlands Theatre 10am 10pm Aug 31 Sep 3 DCHS All 70 s Class & Across Glendive Sep 2-3 Gathering of the Moose Sep 4 Soap Box Derby Park Sep Governor s Conference on aging 49th Sep Glendive Gun Sep 17 Bridge Park Sep 23 Eastern Montana Veteran's Stand Sep 30 BBQ in the Badlands Send your events to us for the community calendar: events@glendivechamber.com In This Issue Dawson County Fair Badlands Bash Songfest Gallery in August Chat with Christine To get an event online send your information to events@glendivechamber.com Want to submit a photo of Glendive for the front page? your name & photo to Chamber@midrivers.com

2 Join us for Backpack Blessing Sunday on August 20th at 10 a.m. Students of all ages and teachers of any school are invited to bring their backpacks and school bags for a blessing on this new school year. All are invited to our youth family barbeque following worship. Hamburgers and hotdogs provided, please bring a side dish or dessert to share. For more information contact Cami White at Plenti Speedpass Customers who apply for an ExxonMobil Smart Card from August 1 to September 30 can save: 50 cents per gallon when they apply in the Speedpass+ appsupport local shop and get rewarded with Plenti, Speepass+ and Whistle Stop Exxon. Cal s Carpet would like to announce their newest employee Ben Sportsman, and that he just completed an advanced training course with Showplace Cabinets. Welcome to Cal s team Ben and hope to hear about and see your great work soon!

3 WATCH East would like to extend an open invitation to all who would like a tour of the facility and see the amazing work being done in our community. For those wanting a tour, please call ahead of time and speak to Derek Gibbs, Program Administrator, to schedule a day and time. He can be reached at The Gallery in August Come to the August open house to meet the featured artist Kim Erickson and her photography. Open House August 4th from 5-7pm Refreshments will be served all welcome. The Real Deal on Form I-9 YOURS TODAY! To Patty Winchell for winning the $100 in Chamber Bucks during Crazy Days!! To all the ShopGlendive Retailers and local businesses that participated in this years Crazy Days!! A new version of the Form I-9 will be released mid July 2017 and employers will have to start using it by Sept 17, This hour long discussion, where questions are encouraged, will cover a host of in-depth areas and answer your questions to the forms new blocks; the differences in the fillable version versus the paper copy; and other "in the weeds" areas that will assist you with your Form I-9 processes and compliance. Below is the webinar link and toll free phone number & code to pass for the July 26th (10:00am MST) and Aug 10th (1:00pm MST) sessions along with its description and objectives. The same login and dial-in numbers will be used for each session. To join the meeting: US (Toll Free): Participant Code:

4 Chat with Christine Summer time can go by so quickly and sometimes so slowly or as a whirlwind of both. This summer is some strange mix of the two for sure. It is hard, as I watch the agricultural devastation unfold in all the fires west of us not to be in awe. In awe of Mother Nature, in awe of the resilience of those who form our agricultural communities, and in awe of the generosity given of time and money by so many when others are in times of loss and crisis. I know all of us send our support to those affected by the fires. In Chamber activities, we are really excited to be taking on a major part of the visitor and tourism role offered in our community. As you may have read in the Ranger, the Glendive City Council, approved moving the administration appointment for the Convention Visitors Bureau program to the Glendive Chamber. This program had been housed at DCECD since it began in The Chamber has traditionally housed the Visitor Information Center and in working with the DCECD and the Visit Glendive programs, the time was right to place the CVB under the Glendive Chamber umbrella. There will be some things to learn and explore in the weeks and months ahead, but we are excited to have the opportunity to work locally, regionally with SE Montana and Visit Montana groups to promote the tourism and event opportunities we have in Glendive! Stay tuned for more to come. The other things we are working on include the Dawson County Fair and the BBQ in the Badlands. The Chamber will have some great old fashioned Fair Fun this year on Sunday, August 13 th. with the following events: The Annual Ranch Rodeo starting at 1 pm, a kids watermelon eating contest at noon, and buy a $10 ticket for a chance to win $1,000 in our first annual Cow Pie Raffle! If Chancy does her business on your square you win! Tickets are limited to only 625 and are available now at the Chamber Office and will be sold during the Fair, stop and see us at the Chamber Booth. And, mark your calendars for the 2 nd Annual BBQ in the Badlands, September 30 th. This year it will be a full KCBS Master s event. Yummy! This summer we have continued to welcome in members and new businesses to Glendive. American Legion Blue Devil Baseball, Meissner Field, PO Box 1071, (406) (May) Blondie's Salon, Misty Dorsey, 305 Harmon, (406) (June) Country Girl Clay, Amanda Heimbuch, 211 N. Merrill Ave., (406) (July) Dawson County Fairgrounds, Tacee Desaye, 2200 N Merrill Ave., (406) (June) Eastern Montana CASA, Cherie LeBlanc-Dyba, 2000 Clarke St. Suite II, (406) (July) Glendive Broadcasting, Dorothy & Paul Sturlaugson, 210 S. Douglas, (406) (May) Glendive MOPS, Katherine Thomas, 105 Highland Park Road, (937) (June) Tailgators. Karen Ryan, 501 S. Nowlan, (406) (June) Vint Boutique, Briana Berg, 100 S Merrill Ave. #21 (June) So, stay cool and get out and enjoy our great community. Live, Shop, Stay, Play Glendive! Sincerely, Christine Whitlatch Contact Us For more information give us a call or visit us on Facebook Glendive Chamber of Commerce & Agriculture 808 N. Merrill Ave. Glendive, MT chamber@midrivers.com Visit us on the web at Thank you to BOSS for providing the Chamber with color prints! Glendive Non-Profit Meets the first Wednesday each month at noon. It is hosted at the Glendive Chamber of Commerce, 808 N. Merrill Ave. Glendive, Please bring your lunch. Next Meeting: Wednesday, August 2nd Welcoming New Chair: Daniel Nokler Building Connections that keep the community moving forward.

5 We have a new brand on order which should be in stock by August 1st: Hey Dudes (the Shoe Shack is the only authorized dealer in the area)

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7 We sell Wrangler Tough Enough to Wear Pink shirts for Men, Women and Children. The PRCA Rodeo at these Fairs usually sponsor Tough Enough to Wear Pink events and we have it in stock. It is always nice to see a lot of pink shirts in the grandstand at these events as it represents the fight against Breast Cancer and a portion of the proceeds from the sale of these shirts will go directly towards Breast Cancer Research.

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