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January 2019
What’s Inside . . .
ACCESS semifinalists
OutLook Student Job Shadow-
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New Members.. page 5
Member Renewals &

Anniversaries ... page 6

A LARGE CROWD of Chamber members gathered at The Hormel Institute to help kick off Paint the Town Pink
during Business After Hours, January 8. Paint the Town Pink events are held through February.

Chamber Annual Meeting &

Awards Banquet, February 28

Awards program to have an entertaining • D & G Ace Hardware, Jessica Groth, Manager
take on the popular board game “CLUE” • First Farmers & Merchants Bank, Doug Nuckolls, President
Registration is now open for the Chamber’s largest gathering • Gerard Academy, Karen Wolf, Executive Director
of the year, our annual Winter Banquet and Awards Program, • Great Clips, Kenna Zvorak, Manager
Thursday, February 28, at the Holiday Inn and Austin Confer- • Huffman Flooring Design Center, Joe Huffman, Owner
ence Center. • Mower County Historical Society, Randy Forster, Executive
The event is designed to showcase our members and recog- Director
nize several for their contributions to the organization and com- • Not Your Mama’s Photography, Lora Skelton, Owner/
munity. Fourteen businesses have been nominated for this year’s Photographer
Business Awards, while others will receive recognition as • Potach & Mitchell Dental Clinic, Drs. Kurt Potach &
Chamber Volunteer of the Year, Ambassador of the Year and Richard Mitchell, Owners
Team of the Year. • Real Deals of Austin, Kim Stiernagle & Kim Underdahl,
Based on the popular board game CLUE, you will have an Owners
opportunity to check out what the Chamber has been up to,
experience some magic, and uncover clues to reveal the Small • Sellers Lock & Key, Inc., Jeffrey Sellers, President
Business of the Year, Large Business of the Year, Project of the • The Style Lounge Salon, Lindsey Haney, President
Year, Ambassador of the Year, and more.
This year’s nominees include: Events will begin with a social hour at 5 p.m. Dinner begins
• All Fur Dogs, Andrew Gray, Owner at 6:00 p.m., followed by the program. Cost is $35 per person or
$350 for a table/banquet sponsorship (includes 8 tickets and spe-
• Asa Auto Plaza of Austin, Todd & Tanner Asa, Owner, cial recognition). To register, simply call the Chamber at
General Manager 437-4561 or fill out and fax the registration form, inserted in this
• CLA, LLP, Gregg Draeger, Principal edition of The Outlook.