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Elections

Elections were held at the Annual Meeting and three new directors were elected to serve on the Gas City Area Chamber Board. Directors will serve a term of three years. Please allow us to introduce you to our newest board members:

Larry Terwilligar (Masonic Lodge #645)

• Married to Melody (Leach)
• Six children and 11 grandchildren
• Mother Eileen, father Bill (deceased), and brother Terry
• Retired from Sears after 26 years.
• Ward 1 City Councilman
• Handyman for Swan Realty
• Owner of L&L COIN
• Member of Gas City Masonic Lodge; currently Secretary
• Member of Fort Wayne Scottish Rite; 32nd Degree Mason
• Member of Mizpah Shriners; currently Hospital Van Driver
• Member of Gas City Kiwanis; currently on Board of Directors
• Hobbies: Coin collecting, gardening

Denny Smith (2 B Personalized)

• Married to Shellie (Bayless)
• 2 children: Garrison, 7, and Gannon, 4 months
• Lived in Gas City "my entire life: all 35 years of it!"
• Went to Ball State

Denny opened his business, Two Brothers Engraving, in a friend's garage in Gas City in 1994. He moved to Marion in 1995 and to his current location in 1997. Denny said "we just celebrated our 10th anniversary in business last year" and he has recently changed the business name to 2 B Personalized to better tell the story of what they do. Denny says "We no longer just engrave. Everything we sell can be personalized; shirts, plaques, gifts, signs, etc."

Scott Nicholson (Mutual Federal Savings Bank)

• Graduated from Mississinewa in 1988
• Graduated from Indiana University in 1992
• Married to Kathy (Brown) for 9 years
• Has a 6 year old son named Tyce and 4 year old daughter named Rani
• Black Lab dog named Justice