2005 Home & Business Showcase
Saturday, October 15, 2005 will be here before you know it. Applications are being accepted for our 2005 showcase. You can contact the Chamber office or go to www.gascity.com and click on the Home and Business Showcase link. We had a great response to the early bird registration with more than 15 businesses registering. We are anticipating 40 businesses or more this year and with your help we will get there. This event has grown the past 3 years because of your support and commitment to this community.
We are still looking for at least one more banner sponsor. If you or your business does not intend to have a booth, but you want to support the Showcase, consider the banner option. Contact Cheryl Baker at Mississinewa Valley Paving or Penny at the Chamber office for details. In addition, we are still accepting donations for our Silent Auction. This is great opportunity to put your name in front of a captive audience, show off your wares, and/or advertise your company. Keep in mind you are not limited to something that you may sell. For example, you may buy tickets to an event, and then donate them on behalf of your business. The choice is up to you.
As a reminder, our theme is "Building Toward the Future". Put your creative hats on and go for it! Your enthusiasm is appreciated. For more information, contact committee members Cheryl Baker, Dennis Banks, Jenny Jones, Vicki Murphy, Connie Kellogg, or Chairman Mark D. Galenski.
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Ducktail Run
Are you ready for the Ducktail Run Rod & Custom Show? Well Dixie & Mike Salter, along with Denny Shanks and Jerry Caudill, and a team of volunteers work around the clock to see that local folk and visitors alike enjoy the weekend in Gas City. Ducktail Run features 1972 and older vehicles only. Post 1972 entries must be chopped, channeled, sectioned, or tubbed with a custom appearance and must be judged only in the Radical Custom Class. No military vehicles or buses unless prior approval is given by the Ducktail Committee. Entries must include a picture with their registration. No bicycles, motor scooters, or go-carts are permitted. Golf Carts will be allowed to car show participants and proof of insurance must be provided. No unlicensed driver may operate a cart. The fee for a cart is $25 and must be paid for at the registration tent. You will receive a registration sticker to attach to your cart that must be displayed at all times.
Contests will included car name, best neon, idle drags, flame throwing, muffler rapping, license plate name, best duck display and chrome duck award. Awards will be presented at 2:00 p.m. Sunday at the main stage. The "Best of Show" special award will be picked by the "Ducktail" Committee and there is also a "Mayor's Choice" Special Award too.
Registration is from Noon to 6 p.m. on Thursday, 8:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m. on Friday and Saturday and from 8:00 a.m. to Noon on Sunday.
Kount Kennedy and his "flaming hearse" will be on hand and there will be entertainment all weekend. An early cruise-in at Mississinewa High School is scheduled for September 22, 2005, and there will be a large swap meet and craft fair.
Camping is allowed on the north end of the park along the river, north of the walkway. No camping trailers are allowed in the car show side of the park.
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Gas City Golf Outing a Tremendous Success
The Annual Gas City Area Chamber of Commerce Golf Outing was held on Wednesday, July 13, 2005. The Chamber would like to thank the following businesses and individual volunteers for their participation and tremendous effort, making this year's outing a success:
HOST SPONSOR: Walnut Creek/Club Run Golf Courses
TEAM WINNERS:
- 1st Place: Paul Olson, Tom Burke, John Christensen and Bud McCullar, sponsored by Packaging Corporation of America.
- 2nd Place: Tom Drook, Julie Flores, Joe Certain, and Ray Smith, sponsored by Star Financial Bank.
- 3rd Place: Lail Planck, Jim Planck, Jenny Brubaker and Max Brubaker, sponsored by Colonial Oaks Health and Rehabilitation Center
CONTEST WINNERS:
- Longest Drives: Max Brubaker and Julie Flores
- Closest to Pins: John Christensen and Lail Planck
TEAM ENTRIES, HOLE SPONSORS AND CONTRIBUTORS:
Arby's Roast Beef, Best Western-Gas City, Bo's Twin City Auto Service, Bright House Networks, Bryan and Associates, Burger King Restaurants, Cal Coast Advertisers, Catey Denstristry, Central Office Products, Circle K Convenience Stores, Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Crandall Engineering, Dulin Ward & DeWald Inc. (DWD), East of Chicago Pizza-Gas City, Farm Bureau Insurance, Findley's Tall Timber Distribution Center, Flores Mexcian Restaurant, Gas City I-69 Speedway, Gilead Ministries, Harner's Service Center, Tim Harris, Holiday Inn Express-Gas City, HR Simplified, Indiana Wesleyan University, Insurance Management, Irving Materials Inc (IMI), Jackie's Restaurant, Lance's New Market-Gas City, Leap Frog Technology, Marion General Hospital, Marion School Employees Federal Credit Union, McDonald's restaurant-Gas City, Mike Anderson Chevrolet, Mike Anderson Dodge, Mississinewa High School, Mississinewa Valley Paving, Mutual Federal Savings, Needham-Storey-Wampner Funeral Services, Olynger Management Corporation, Packaging Corporation of America, Owen's Hardware, Pizza King-Gas City, Pro Prints, Save-On Liquor, Stanley Steemer, STAR Financial Bank, Super 8 Hotel, Taste of Texas, The Center Group, Thompson Trucking, Twin City Journal-Reporter, Two Brothers Engraving, Visiting Nurse & Hospice Home, and Walter Wood Realtors.
CHAMBER GOLF OUTING COMMITTEE AND VOLUNTEERS:
Deborah Austin (Holiday Inn Express), Cheryl Baker (Mississinewa Valley Paving), Darlene Baker (GC Fire Auxiliary), Mark Galenski (Pre-Paid Legal Services), Penny Garrett (Chamber), Spike Gaskin (American Legion-Jonesboro), Larry Henn (HR Simplified), Jim Hensley (Job Works), Bill Sparks (Gilead Ministries) and Mark Sullivan (IMI).
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