Vol. 21 No. 7 Celebrating 55 years of service to our community! July 2012

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2 RHINEBECK AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE BOARD OF DIRECTORS Officers President Vicki Haak, CFP® Ameriprise Financial Services 1st Vice President Sean Kemp McCabe & Mack LLP 2nd Vice President Marybeth Cale Cale Consulting LLC Treasurer Robert Babirad Hudson Valley Federal Credit Union Secretary Josh Burckhard, D.C. Rhinebeck Chiropractic Directors James Chapman The Rhinecliff Charles Derbyshire Old Mill Wine & Spirits Kyle Eighmy NDP EMS Suzanna Hermans Oblong Books & Music Jesse Hewitt Northern Dutchess Hospital Kristin Hutchins Ruge’s Automotive, Inc. Tom Jozefowicz Williams Lumber Tina Keil Bella Fiori Philip Meltzer, CFP® Morgan Stanley Smith Barney Looking Glass B&B Kevin O’Connor The UPS Store Chamber Staff Colleen Cruikshank, Ex. Director Chamber Office Information: 23F East Market Street 876-5904 fax 876-8624 Mailing address: PO Box 42, Rhinebeck, NY 12572 info@rhinebeckchamber.com RhinebeckChamber.com

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Village of Rhinebeck Celebrates New Crosswalks!

Members of the Village of Rhinebeck Board of Trustees and Pedestrian Task

Force celebrate the two new crosswalks in the Village on July 3, 2012.

JUNE BUSINESS BREAKFAST

Kathleen Murphy, Executive Director for the Center for the Prevention of Child

Abuse spoke to the members about how the Center provides, unfortunately, very

necessary services for children and their families and how we as a community,

can help. Thanks to Williams Lumber & Home Centers for sponsoring!

Photo credit: Fred Cartier Video Services

NORTHERN DUTCHESS HOSPITAL FOUNDATION’S

STARLIGHT BALL!

Debbie Breen and her committee put on

another very successful night in the beau-

tifully transformed Horticulture Building

at the DC Fairgrounds!

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Dear Members:

The beginning of June certainly felt like the new April with many cool and rainy days, yet with July’s soaring

temperatures there is no question that we are all in the midst of those “lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer.”

Granted I was only six years old when Nat King Cole’s lyrics peaked at #6 on the Billboard, it is a song that

still defines summer for me. Memories of sitting on the Robert Moses Causeway with the black top sizzling

from the hot summer sun, bobbing in the waves at the Long Island beaches until our lips were purple and

watching our mother frantically search for way too “ripe” sea creatures in the back of the station wagon are

all brought back to life whenever I hear this song.

Whether it is sandy beaches, family reunions or the simple pleasures of catching fireflies, summer is the time

to explore and perhaps lay back a little from the daily routines of everyday life. Long summer days allow for

families and friends to share time around picnic tables and barbeques, cultivating memories. As business

people we might find the four walls of our offices and shops curbing the opportunity for us to have a true

summer experience (whatever that definition might be…) Taking time off, travel expenses, or scheduling the

family’s time together can bottleneck the best made plans.

While the RACoC might not be able to facilitate the ideal summer vacation out on Cape Cod, we can connect

you with a wealth of summertime experiences right in your own back yard. Check out this newsletter for

Chamber sponsored events, our website, as well as our 2012-2013 Visitors’ Guide, and the Dutchess County

Tourism and Rhinebeck Community Forum websites for memory making summertime events.

So have a great summer and remember to...

“Roll out those lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer

Those days of soda and pretzels and beer

Roll out those lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer

You'll wish that summer could always be here”

Vicki Haak, President

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WELCOME NEW MEMBERS!

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Founded in 1963, Daytop Village is one of the oldest not-for-profit substance abuse treatment centers in the U.S.

Over the years, its mission and focus have adjusted to deal with changing patterns in alcohol and drug addiction.

Today, the dramatic rise in prescription drug use is proving to be one of the most alarming trends in the field of

substance abuse.

Prescription “pill mills” and “doctor-shopping” are the buzz words of a new drug era where thousands of people

are turning into junkies addicted to popular opiates like Hydrocodone (sold under the brand name Vicodin) and

Oxycodone (sold under the brand name Oxycontin). Oftentimes, clients report that their addictions began as a re-

sult of being prescribed painkillers to treat ongoing injuries.

Daytop, like many other agencies, is increasingly treating clients whose primary addiction is to prescription medi-

cation. Daytop is seeing this trend across the board at its various locations, including in Dutchess County, where

Daytop operates three residential centers – Fox Run, Meadow Run and Manor House on its bucolic campus in

Rhinebeck.

Daytop also runs centers in Sullivan, Rockland and Westchester counties, as well as in Long Island and in all five

boroughs of New York City.

Operating one of the largest network of outpatient services in the state, Daytop is in a unique position to help raise

awareness about the prescription pill epidemic. That issue will take center stage at Daytop's annual Strawberry

Festival, held this year on Sunday, Aug. 19 along Madison Avenue in Manhattan. The high-profile festival, featur-

ing bands, entertainment, food and merchants runs from 11 am to 6 pm.

Now in its 18th year, festival organizers called it the Strawberry festival after a state politician once remarked in a

committee meeting, “the day addicts are cured is the day strawberries grow on Madison Avenue.”

Since its founding, Daytop has helped turn around the lives of 200,000 individuals and their families. It has

enjoyed broad support and over the years, counting Nancy Reagan, Mary Tyler Moore and Shirley MacLaine

as former spokeswomen.

Internationally, Daytop has established treatment centers in over 60 countries worldwide and serves as the exclu-

sive representative of the U.S. State Department in helping to train substance abuse counselors and establish the

"Therapeutic Community Treatment Model" in Asia, South America and Europe. For over 30 years, Daytop has

led the Worldwide Federation of Drug Treatment Centers.

Locally, Daytop takes an active role with staff members and clients performing community service for the Town of

Rhinebeck, Chamber of Commerce, The Center for Performing Arts, the Winnakee Foundation, Wildenstein’s

Trust, and Mills Mansion. Daytop also provides shuttle service between Ulster and Dutchess counties.

If you would like to donate, please make checks payable to Daytop Village Foundation, Inc., and mail to Daytop

Village, 104 W. 40th St., New York, NY 10018, attention: business development. For more information, or to be-

come a sponsor of Daytop's Strawberry Festival, contact Kim Baker at 845-516-448-5717 or Olivier Gibbons at

212-354-6000, ext. 241.

Daytop Village celebrates its 18th Annual

Strawberry Festival in Manhattan on

Sunday, August 19th!

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UPCOMING CHAMBER EVENTS Monthly Business Breakfasts

There will not be a July Business Breakfast.

Wednesday, August 22, 7:30 - 9:00 a.m. at the Dutchess County Fair. Details to follow.

Wednesday, September 26, 7:30 - 9:00 a.m. at Northern Dutchess Hospital. Sponsored by

The UPS Store.

Wednesday, October 24, 7:30 - 9:00 a.m. at Astor Services For Children & Families.

Sponsored by McCabe & Mack LLP.

Wednesday, November 28, 7:30 - 9:00 a.m. at Upstate Films.

Business After Hours

Thursdsay, August 9, 5:30 - 7:30 p.m. at Wilderstein.

Sponsored by Paul Hallenbeck Real Estate and Rikert’s Auto Body.

Thursday, September 13, 5:30 - 7:30 p.m. at Linwood Retreat & Spiritual Center.

Thursday, October 18, 6:00 - 9:00 p.m. Cocktails at Sunset at Belvedere Mansion.

Other Events

Summer Sidewalk Sale Days, August 17, 18, 19 in the Village of Rhinebeck

Thursday, September 13, 1:00 - 5:00 p.m. Frank DeRaffele Seminar followed by the Business

After Hours at Linwood. Sponsored by Vicki Haak, CFP®

PLEASE CHECK THE CALENDAR OF EVENTS ON

WWW.RHINEBECKCHAMBER.COM FOR ALL THE GREAT MEMBER EVENTS

THAT ARE TAKING PLACE!!

VILLAGE TREE LIGHTING CEREMONY, PARADE & FESTIVITIES

Planning is underway for this year’s Village Tree Lighting and all that goes with

it. If you or your organization would like to be involved, please contact the

Chamber office as soon as possible,845-876-5904 or info@rhinebeckchamber.com.

COCKTAILS AT SUNSET RETURNS

Mark your calendars and invite your friends to this wonderful evening. This is our major event

used to help fund the extraordinary holiday lights in our Village. Thursday, October 18th at

The Belvedere. If you’d like to help, please contact the Chamber office.

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PO Box 42

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