FROM THE 1-1-08 e-Newsletter: HERE‘S WHATS HAPPENING WITH BUSINESSES IN JOHNSON CITY:

HERE IS WHAT’S HAPPENING IN JOHNSON CITY:

Fri, Jan 11, Blanco County Economic Development Group TownScape Task Force Meeting: @ 1p @ Johnson City First United Methodist Church, Activities Building, Conference Rm. Open meeting. Info: Larry Milner

Sun, Jan 13, 2008 Johnson City Fitness Boot Camp: Tired of your boring old routine at the gym? Still struggling to fit into your favorite jeans? Looking for a new, exciting way to get in shape for bikini and bathing suit season – while gaining confidence, strength and self-esteem? If you answered yes to any of those questions, get ready to enlist with the All In Sports Fitness Boot Camp. Whether you’re an avid athlete or a fitness first-timer, the amp provides exactly the push you need to reach your ultimate health and fitness goals. Our unique programs combine co-ed outdoor workouts, a nutrition regimen and constant accountability in order to challenge – and surpass -- the boundaries of every boot camper’s comfort zone. The results are life-changing: a fit, toned body, increased self-confidence, and improved strength and endurance, not to mention new friendships made along the way. 2008 New Year CAMP STARTING DATE: January 13th Sunday 6:30pm-7:30 (PM class only this session). STARTING TIME: 6:30pm-7:30pm. The session lasts for one hour and you must pick two days a week. SEASON: Class is held three times a week – Sunday, Monday, and Wednesday for four weeks. LOCATION: JC Pool/Tennis Courts. CLASS FEES: $60. Visit www.preferredpicks.net for more information. Contact Tony 830-385-2616.

Thu, Jan, 17, All In One Golf Scramble: @ Vaaler Creek Golf Course In Blanco on the third Thursday of each month. Entry Fee $75 Includes green fee, range, dinner, cash prizes. Contact: Tony @ 830-385-2616. www.preferredpicks.net

Jan 24, General Membership Meeting, Johnson City Chamber of Commerce: This will be held at 5:30p at our new Visitors Center at 100 East Main, Johnson City. Everyone is welcome.

Let’s Talk About BEEF – HCCW Seeking Candidates for the Texas Beef Ambassador Speech Competition: The chance to compete for $3,000 and the title of Texas Beef Ambassador is in store for the 2008 Texas Beef Ambassador Competition, March 15, 2008, in Corpus Christi. Hill Country CattleWomen is seeking candidates to represent our area in the state competition. Open to all youth between the ages of 17 to 20, but not over 20 as of Jan. 1, 2009, contestants are asked to deliver a five to eight minute speech pertaining to the positive aspects of beef consumption and the beef industry to promote the nutritional, economic, environmental and versatile uses of beef. Resource materials for the speech are available. Top winners will receive prize money, while the first place winner will also represent the state at various speaking engagements during the year and at the National Contest held in the fall of 2008. Hill Country contestants will represent our area at various Hill Country events throughout the year. The deadline to enter is February 1, 2008. For more information about the Texas Beef Ambassador Program, visit the Texas CattleWomen Web site at www.texascattlewomen.org or contact Hill Country CattleWomen, Erin Worrell at 830.864.5161or eworrell@theranchersresource.com.

Sun, Feb 10, Father/Daughter Valentine's Dance: @ the Pedernales Electric Cooperative's Headquarter Auditorium in Johnson City from 5:30 till 8:30. The evening will be an alcohol-free, tobacco-free evening with activities and dancing for fifth grade and younger girls and their fathers. The admission cost is $10 per father. All profits will benefit the American Cancer Society. This event is sponsored by Blanco County Relay For Life team "Night Pray-ers". Contact: Wendy Smith, wendy78606@earthlink.net, 501 Trainer Wuest Road, Blanco, TX 78606. 830-833-5584 home, 210-842-1555 cell.
U.S. Bureau of the Census: More than 4 million American businesses, including 130 businesses in Blanco County, will receive 2007 Economic Census forms. Businesses that do not receive a form (typically very small) are not required to do anything, but those businesses that receive a form are required by law (Title 13, U.S. Code) to complete and return it. The due date is February 12, 2008.

Mon, Feb 18, President's Day, NPS Dedication of Withers and Spaulding Visitor Contact Station & Chamber Visitors Center

Johnson City Wildflower Festival: Chamber plans are underway for this annual event to be held the weekend of April 19 & 20. Jan Clemons is the Chamber’s Chairperson for this event and she and her committee will produce this event. Volunteers and sponsors are needed, so please call Jan at 830-868-2600; jfaithclem@aol.com

Johnson City Lavender Evenings With Art & Music: Chamber plans are also underway for this annual event to be held the weekend of June 13-15. The Chamber will produce this event this year and Chairperson is Leandy Pletcher, 868-0984, leandy@pletchernet.com; Volunteers and sponsors are needed.

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Chamber Visitor Center: We still need volunteers to help staff the office and assist visitors. We also need volunteers to assist the Chamber Directors with a variety of projects. Office: 830-868-7684, located at 100 East Main, Johnson City. Meet MJ Love, our Visitor Center Coordinator, and some of our volunteer guides.

Local woodworker spotlighted: "WORKING WONDERS IN WOOD", by John Hallowell, appearing in the Winter 2007 Edition of Hill Country Magazine, page 116. www.hillcountrymagazine.com. This article focuses on Chamber member Lewis De Leon’s work at De Leon’s Outpost on Hwy 281. www.DeLeonsOutpost.com. You might recall that Lewis was the generous person who donated all the cedar wood for the Chamber Visitors Center’s shelving and card racks. Congratulations Lewis!

WELCOME TO THE FOLLOWING NEW CHAMBER MEMBER:

CASA FOR THE HIGHLAND LAKES AREA: 325-388-3440; Fax 325-388-0323; 1719 Ridgeland, Kingsland, TX 78639. Recruits and trains community volunteers to advocate for abused and neglected children who are removed from their home by the Texas Department of Families & Protective Services. Hours: Mon-Fri, 8a-5p. Penny McCullough, Executive Director. casa@tstar.net; www.highlandlakescasa.org

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Your Chamber is about to release a new and exciting Advertising Program for members and non-members to take advantage of the great exposure available on the Chamber web site at www.JohnsonCityTexasChamber.com. Stay tuned.

Remember to check our web site for a free listing of your business. If we don’t have one showing for you, please send in your information using the form on the Chamber web site in the “Chamber Info” section. If you want to correct or improve your existing listing, use the same form.

Remember to put a link on your web site to our Chamber web site: www.JohnsonCityTexasChamber.com. The more we cross-link, the better the search results will be for people trying find us.

Keep sending in your news, events and updates and remember to check the detailed event calendars on the web sites for all that is happening in JC.

Remember to shop locally and check out the Chamber (www.JohnsonCityTexasChamber.com) and Portal (www.HillCountryPortal.com) web site tools.

Happy New Year to all.

George Cofran
Director, Communications
Johnson City Chamber of Commerce
Chamber Office: 830-868-7684, Web: www.JohnsonCityTexasChamber.com, Email: info@JohnsonCityTexasChamber.com
Please note our new Chamber web site and email addresses above. The old ones are still active but we are promoting the new addresses.
Come by and see us at our new Visitors Center at the intersection of Nugent and Main in the restored, historic Withers-Spalding Building.

My Cell Phone: 281-300-7177

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