Page 2 shop online at www.broadcasteronline.com June 14, 2011 CHAMBER CHAT Vermillion Area Chamber of Commerce & Development Company 116 Market Street, Suite 103 Vermillion, SD 57069 605-624-5571 vcdc@vermillionchamber.com www.vermillionchamber.com Compiled By Nancy Nelson Chamber Business: Announcement: For several years the VCDC and the City of Vermillion, along with a few contributing businesses, have been able to fully fund the community’s annual 4th of July festivities in Barstow Park. With rising costs and fewer donations over the past two years we need to seek additional funding sources in order to offer this event to the community. Our goal is to raise an additional $4,000 so we really need your assistance. Volunteers have been approaching businesses with canisters to place at the register to help raise the necessary funding. If you have not yet been approached by volunteers and are willing to have a canister placed in your business, please contact the VCDC of?ce (624-5571) and we will deliver one. Also, if your business is willing to make a separate contribution to the celebration it would be greatly appreciated. Flood Volunteers Needed: --to help with meals for the National Guard troops (call 677-5889 to volunteer) --to help with sandbag efforts in Vermillion (stop by parking lot at Courthouse to see if there is a need for volunteers or if you need to pick up sandbags to protect your property) --to help with sandbag efforts at Dakota Dunes (located at old Gateway Building off North Sioux City exit) Feel free to contact the VCDC at 624-5571 for additional information. “Business After Hours” hosted by Heartland Smiles, 117 E. Cherry St., is Tues., June 21st from 5:00 to 7:00 pm. Hors d’oeuvres and refreshments will be served. Please join us to meet Dr. Jenna Renshaw and welcome her to Vermillion, tour the facilities, make new contacts and socialize! VCDC Annual Golf Social June 28! The 4- Person Best Ball Scramble Golf Tournament will begin with team sign-in at The Bluffs Golf Course followed by pictures at 11:45 a.m. and the open format shot gun start at 1 p.m. The buffet dinner will be served at 6 p.m. followed by the golf awards and door prizes. Please call the VCDC of?ce at 6245571 or email annb@vermillionchamber.com to register your team, be a hole sponsor, or donate a pin or door prize. Please register soon! Announcement: In preparation for our annual July 4th Celebration we are seeking food vendors, merchandise vendors, arts & craft vendors, and children’s activities. We are also seeking volunteers to help with the event. As in previous years, the celebration will be at Barstow Park from 6 p.m. to dark, followed by ?reworks. Entertainment options will include music, an activity area for kids, Hy-Vee’s 5th Annual Hot Dog Championship, the Eagles Beer Garden, and more. “Fun in the Sun” will be at Prentis Park Pool from 9 to 11 a.m. If you would like to participate or have any questions please contact Ann at the VCDC of?ce 6245571 or email annb@vermillionchamber.com. Business After Hours: Are you looking for an opportunity to showcase your business and network with your peers? Sign up to host a Business After Hours Ann Breitag event! These events generally run from 5 to 7 p.m. on a weeknight and the hosting business provides hors d’oeuvres and refresments. If interested, please contact Ann at: annb@vermillionchamber.com or at 624-5571. This Weeks Happenings: Pancake Sunday Fundraiser, Sunday, June 12 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Vermillion Senior Center, 320 W. Main St. Sponsored by the senior center men & friends of the center. Al-anon meeting, Monday, June 13 at 7:30 p.m. at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, corner of Main & Linden. For more information, call 624-9764. Vermillion Rotary Club Meeting, Tuesday, June 14 from 12 to 1 p.m. in the Freedom Forum Conference Room of the Al Neuharth Media Center. American Legion Auxiliary Wallace Unit #1 meeting, Tuesday, June 14 at 7 p.m. at Senior Citizen Center. Summer Film Festival: “My Big Fat Greek Wedding” is featured in James Heating & Cooling “Quality Service with Reasonable Prices.” “Serving the Vermillion Area Since 1993” Vermillion, SD 57069 • 605-624-9140 Our Services Include: • Furnace and A/C Replacement/Repair • Hot Water Boiler Replace and Repair • Air Duct Cleaning • Window Replacements • In Floor Heating Systems Licensed & Insured • Call for a FREE Estimate PARTICIPANTS NEEDED FOR HEARING/AUDITORY PROCESSING STUDY The USD Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders is seeking children ages 5-7 years who have been diagnosed with Specific Language Impairment (SLI) by a Speech-Language Pathologist or have no history of language, learning, or hearing problems to participate in a research study regarding the brainstem timing to speech stimuli. Participation will require one listening test session at the USD Speech-Language-Hearing Clinic in Vermillion. The session will take approximately two hours and can be scheduled at your convenience (including evenings and weekends). All participants will receive a free hearing test. Participants also will be compensated for their participation. To participate you must: •Have a diagnosis of Specific Language Impairment OR •Have no history of language, learning, or hearing problems. •Have normal hearing •Be between 5-7 years of age For more information, contact: Sarah Aguilar Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders The University of South Dakota (505) 235-3387 Sarah.Aguilar@usd.edu the Cultural Clips series, Wednesday, June 15 at 6:30 p.m. in the Community Room of the Vermillion Public Library. Free & open to the public. Vermillion Area Farmers Market, Thursday, June 16 from 3 to 7 p.m. at the Clay County Fairgrounds. Event includes education session for customers on “Backyard Farmer: Keepin’ Chickens!” from 4 to 5 p.m. with Christine Ahmed. Brown Bag Lunch Program, “Omaha Sings! Omaha Academy Choir” – organized under umbrella of the University of Nebraska at Omaha, Friday, June 17 at 12:05 p.m. at the National Music Museum located on USD campus on the corner of Clark & Yale St. Free & open to the public. Vermillion Area Farmers Market, Saturday, June 18 from 9 a.m. to noon, downtown Vermillion at Ratingen Platz, Market & Main St. An educational session will follow on “Backyard Farmer: Soil Building!” from 1 to 2 p.m. at the 4-H Building with Dean Spader. Gayville Hall: “Bob & Sheila Everhart,” starring The Everharts with John & Susan McNeill, Saturday, June 18 at 8 p.m. in Gayville. For reservations, call 605-267-2859. Upcoming Events – Mark Your Calendars! Summer Film Festival: “A Walk in the Clouds” is featured in the Cultural Clips series, Wednesday, June 22 at 6:30 p.m. in the Community Room of the Vermillion Public Library. In this ?lm, an unwed, pregnant woman on her way to CA to help her family harvest grapes meets a young man who agrees to pose as her husband to face her domineering Mexican dad. Free & open to the public. Annual Ice Cream Social sponsored by Clay County Historical Society, Thursday, June 23 from 5 to 7 p.m. at the W.H. Over Museum. Taverns, chips, homemade pies, cake, ice cream, coffee & lemonade will be served. Carry outs will be available. The McNeills from Spring?eld will provide music. Transportation will be provided from the parking areas to the front door of the museum. Freewill donation will be accepted. 2011 Vermillion Annual Citywide Rummage Sale is June 23 – 25. Watch your Plain Talk and Broadcaster Press for more details! Rummage Daze on June 23, 24, 25. Watch for more information in the Equalizer, call 6248486, or stop at PrintSource, 121 E Cherry St. 4-H Fundraiser. 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