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FOOD AND FUN AT ANNUAL MIXER
HOLIDAY PARTY ON DECEMBER 6
The Mason Area
Chamber’s biggest
member mixer event,
our annual Holiday
Party, is on Thursday,
December 6
th
and is
again in the Ingham
County Fairgrounds
Community Building
from 5 to 8 PM. As in
past years, it is a great
time to greet all your
friends and neighbors
in the community and
wish them the happiest
of holidays. Admission is just $7 per person for members and $10 per person
for non-members.
Chamber Ambassadors and other volunteers have worked hard again this year
to bring you a December Mixer Holiday Party brimming with good food, live
music, door prizes, auction items, and a whole lot of fun. The event is
presented by Origami Brain Injury Rehabilitation Center. Other sponsors
are GCC Technologies. The mixer committee has been led by Jeff Haueter of
Mason A&W Restaurant with members Robin King, Martha Joy, Kathy
Smith, Jeanie Prince, Karla Spoor, Mary Tressell, Jon Grocki, and Pat Weiler.
Thanks to them, you’ll enjoy a great evening.
You’ll enjoy the delightful live holiday music of harpist Kelly Yoakam.
You’ll enjoy door prize drawings throughout the evening. You’ll enjoy the
50/50 raffle. But you’ll especially enjoy the wonderful food of the “Taste of
Mason.” This year, our event is sponsored and food is provided by these area
restaurants and caterers: Mason A&W Restaurant, Darb’s Tavern & Eatery,
Merindorf Meats, Baja Grille, Mason Big Boy, Gordon Food Service,
Nairda’s Country Catering, Westside Deli, Mason Jar Pub & Grub,
Darrell’s Market, and Bestsellers Books & Coffee Co. Don’t forget to
bring your holiday gift buying money with you. Inside this newsletter you’ll
find a catalogue of the auction items we have received to date. Most items are
available through a silent auction, but some will be auctioned live at the party.
For your convenience, items can be paid for with cash, check, VISA or
MasterCard.
Area businesses and individuals have provided loads of auction items – some
at a “50/50 consignment” where half the proceeds go back to those providing
the item. That helps us offer some of the very best and most desirable items to
you that evening. Please note those who provided auction and door prize items.
Our thanks go to them for their support and we hope you’ll patronize their
businesses throughout the coming year. Come to the party and snap up some
really great gifts. Get a little something for yourself, too.
If you can’t make the Holiday Party, call the Chamber office to bid on the
silent auction items. You don’t need to be present if you’re the highest bidder.
All winners who aren’t at the party when the silent auction closes at 7 PM will
be notified on Friday, December 7.
A publication of the
148 E. Ash Street
Mason, Michigan 48854
Phone: 676-1046 ~ Fax: 676-8504
www.masonchamber.org
WHAT’S IN THIS ISSUE?
Don’t Miss the December Mixer
Holiday Party on December 6
MACC Gift Certificates Make Great
Gifts During This Season
News From Our Chamber Members
New Directors Elected to Board
It’s A Wonderful Chamber!
Business Census Forms Coming
Inserts: Bestsellers 10 Year Ribbon
Cutting is on Saturday, December 1
at 2 PM, LRCC Healthy Business
Forum, December Member Mixer
Holiday Party Auction Catalog
MASON in Motion
December 2007
NEW DIRECTORS ELECTED
The 13-member board of directors of the
Mason Area Chamber of Commerce will have
one brand-new member and one returning
member this coming year. The 2008 board will
also retain two members who were serving out
the unexpired terms of past board members. The
Chamber elected four individuals to three-year
terms that begin on January 1, 2008 and end on
December 31, 2010.
At their November meeting, the Chamber
board certified the election of Ron Tatro of
Mason Orchestral Society and Jeff Haueter of
Mason A&W Restaurant. Also elected to the
2008 MACC board of directors for full terms are
current board members Bob Warnke of Mason
State Bank and Joe Dean of Coventry Players.
Jeff Oesterle of Oesterle Farms and Dan
Schlattman of Freedom Tax Services will be
retiring from the Board at the end of this year.
THANKS FOR 2007 MASON
HOLIDAYS CELEBRATION
The Mason Area Chamber of Commerce’s Mason Holidays
Celebration Committee would like to thank all our fine
sponsors, volunteers, parade entries, partners, participants, and
all those involved in making our Mason Holidays Celebration
on Friday, November 23, 2007 a success. Thanks go to
presenting sponsor Dart Container Corporation; decorations
sponsor American Legion Browne/Cavender Post 148; and
our event sponsors Ware's Pharmacy and Mason RailTime
Adventures. Also we thank our partners: Eden United
Brethren Church, Express Tree Service, Doug Dancer, Boy
Scout Troop 763, Creative Rentals, A&W Restaurant,
Mason Optimist Club, Ingham East Habitat for Humanity,
Supreme Rental, Granger Container Service, Ingham
County Facilities, Lear Corporation, City of Mason (police,
fire, public works and administration departments), and the
Mason Area Historical Society. We appreciate the afternoon
entertainment contributions of 4 Women of Note,
Holt/Dimondale Community Players, several Mason
Community Orchestra members, Karen's Dance Place, and
Christine McElhone and the assistance of the Mason High
School Santa Band directed by Beth Bousfield, Mayor Leon
Clark, and Citizen of the Year Don Jacot during the Christmas
tree lighting.
Our thanks also to the seventh annual lighted parade
participants not listed above: B-Dry System of S. Central
Michigan, Benedict Auto Body, Charles Briggs, Ronald
Bullen, CATA, Marine Corps League, David Keller, Michigan
Department of Transportation, Michigan Department of
Environmental Quality, Wynsmoor Manor, Potter Park
Zoological Society, Sparrow Mason Rehabilitation Center,
Ingham County Animal Control, Two Men And A Truck,
John and Wilma Causie, Ingham County Fairgrounds,
Mason Lions Club and the Lions Air Force, ServiceMaster
Clean, Tomco Asphalt, and Young Champions Of Mason.
The 2007 committee was chaired by Debbie Cwiertniewicz
and members were Don Hanson, Bob Raab, Liz Hogg, Tim
McElhone, Jeff Taylor, and Pat Weiler. The committee is
looking for help in planning the 2008 Mason Holidays
Celebration that will be held on Friday, November 28, 2008.
Call the Chamber office at (517) 676-1046 or e-mail
[email protected] to volunteer.
NEWS OF OUR MEMBERS
A spaghetti dinner fundraiser will be held by the Mason Lions Club
for the Mason Leos on Monday, December 3
rd
at the Mason A&W
Restaurant from 11 AM to 9 PM, 628 N. Cedar Street in Mason.
Dinners are $5.99 and may be ordered for take-out.
Join your friends and neighbors at the Mason Library, 145 W. Ash
Street, for their Holiday Open House on Tuesday, December 4, from
4 to 7 PM. Enjoy refreshments, holiday crafts, music by the Mason
Orchestral Society, Friends of the Mason Library holiday book
sale, and live reindeer in the library driveway from 6 to 7 PM.
The Ingham County Fair Board will host a Holiday Winter
Carnival on Friday, December 7 from 5 to 10 PM, on Saturday,
December 8 from 11 AM to 10 PM, and on Sunday, December 9
from noon to 6 PM. This carnival will benefit Angel House, and
will include carnival rides, fair food, games, face painting, craft
show, Santa, and musical performances in the heated Main Arena
Building. Admission is free, but each attraction requires activity
tickets. We have discount coupons for $5 off a book of activity
tickets here in the Chamber office. Call (517) 676-2428 or go to
www.inghamfair.org for more information.
MACC GIFT CERTIFICATES
MAKE GREAT HOLIDAY GIFTS
- Does your spouse, parent, or adult child expect a special gift
and you can never seem to pick the right thing?
- Have a friend that you need to buy something for and you
just don't know what to get?
- Want to purchase a gift certificate for someone, but you
can't decide on just one place to buy it from?
- Are you an employer trying to decide what to buy your
employees?
If you answered "yes" to any of these questions, the Mason
Area Chamber of Commerce has the perfect solution for your
gift giving needs! Mason Area Chamber of Commerce gift
certificates offer the gift recipient the option to choose what
they want, instead of settling for a gift they don't really like or
receiving a gift certificate only redeemable at a single place.
From restaurants to entertainment; from office supplies to
specialty shops; from automobile repair to retail items – a
MACC gift certificate offers you a truly unique gift that is
right for everybody.
Mason Area Chamber of Commerce gift certificates are a
great way to promote “Mason Values” and the importance of
buying locally. Give the gift of choice – MACC gift
certificates may be accepted at any Mason area business.
Give the gift of variety – choose any denomination, it is a gift
that fits any budget! Give the gift of convenience –
certificates can be purchased at the Chamber office, they
never expire or lose value, and may be redeemed by any
Mason area business at the Chamber. For more details, please
contact the Chamber office at (517) 676-1046 or
[email protected] by e-mail.
2 MASON in Motion DECEMBER 2007
MASON COMMUNITY
ORCHESTRA & YOUTH
SYMPHONY PERFORM
HOLIDAY CONCERT
The Mason Orchestral Society announces their annual
Holiday Concert. The Mason Community Orchestra and
Mason Youth Symphony will perform on Friday, December
14
th
, 7:30 PM at the Mason High School Auditorium, 1001
South Barnes St.
Come join them for “Sounds of the Season.” The Mason
Youth Symphony will perform selections from the
“Nutcracker”, “Ukranian Bell
Carol” and more under the
direction of Interim
Conductor, David Schultz. The
Mason Community Orchestra
will follow with Pollonaise
from “Christmas Eve Suite”, “Variations on a Christmas
Carol”, “Sleigh Ride” plus much more with Music
Director/Conductor, Beau Benson. Both orchestras will
combine for excerpts from “How the Grinch Stole
Christmas” as well as some audience sing-a-long. There will
also be special performances by chamber groups from within
the MCO.
Following the concert, refreshments will be provided by
members of the Society. Admission is free, but donations are
greatly appreciated. See more at: masonorchestras.org
WELCOME OUR NEW MACC MEMBER
Please welcome the following new Chamber member:
Century 21 Looking Glass
3490 Belle Chase Way
Lansing, MI 48911
Phone: (517) 887-0800
www.c21lookingglass.com
Century 21 Looking Glass is the number one Century 21
company in mid-Michigan. Local agents delivering
professionalism, honesty, integrity, and enthusiasm. Century
21 is the "Gold Standard."
...and a welcome to the community goes to Angela LaRue,
P.T., D.P.T. She is the new Clinic Director at
Physiotherapy Associates in Mason. Their offices are at
1103 S. Cedar Street. Phone (517) 244-7787 and Fax (517)
244-0578.
ECONOMIC CENSUS DATA
YOU CAN USE AT
BUSINESS.CENSUS.GOV
In December, businesses in the Mason area
will receive 2007 Economic Census forms
from the U.S. Census Bureau. Federal Reserve
Board Chairman Ben Bernanke has called this
census "indispensable to understanding
America's economy." Forms go to all but the
very smallest businesses in this tally done
once every five years.
The forms ask for basic
information like your location,
employment, payroll, and sales
by type of product or service.
Businesses that receive a form are
required by law (Title 13, U.S.
Code) to respond. The Economic
Census "assures the accuracy of the statistics we rely on for
sound economic policy and for successful business
planning," said Bernanke.
There are a lot of interesting facts from the last Economic
Census, available about our area at business.census.gov.
Examples there illustrate how the data are used by local
businesses for marketing and planning, as well as by
government agencies and researchers. Businesses,
communities, and governments use Economic Census data
for planning and market development. Statistics are
published for more than a thousand industries as well as for
states, counties, cities and metropolitan areas at
business.census.gov.
IT’S A WONDERFUL CHAMBER!
Remember the movie “It’s a Wonderful Life?’ This time of year,
it is always popular. While Mason isn’t Bedford Falls (although
comparisons have been made), did you ever wonder what it would
be like with no Mason Area Chamber of Commerce?
If there were no Chamber of Commerce, made up of 260
members willing to invest in the future of our community, who
would host a comprehensive regional website covering
everything from tourism and relocation information, to a local
business directory, to shopping, to demographics, and to
community event information?
If there were no Chamber of Commerce, who would answer the
thousands of questions about our community coming in from
tourists, prospective residents and new businesses?
If there were no Chamber of Commerce, who would pursue
opportunities to make our area a better place to both live and
make a living, by promoting Mason Values and buying locally?
If there were no Chamber of Commerce, who would put on
major community events giving businesses an opportunity to
sponsor and support the things that make Mason, Michigan
Hometown U.S.A.?
Rest easy though, because the Chamber has been here since 1972
doing those very things. By the way, we now have a Bailey Park
neighborhood right here in Mason, so maybe we really do have a
pretty wonderful life around here!
DECEMBER 2007 MASON in Motion 3
Doug Klein ….. Executive Director
Bonnie Root ….. Administrative Assistant
2007 Board of Directors
Mark Howe .................................................................................................... President
Dart Bank
Joe Dean................................................................................................ Vice-President
Coventry Players
Robin King.....................................................................................................Treasurer
Independent Bank
Dan Schlattman ..................................................................................... Past President
Freedom Tax Services
Tom Botsford................................................................................EAA Chapter 55
Lance Delbridge .................................................................Mason Public Schools
Kim Gorrell ................................................ B-Dry System of S. Central Michigan
Neil Kentner ..............................................................................Wynsmoor Manor
Jeff Oesterle...................................................................................Oesterle Farms
Phil Preston ...................................................................... Gestamp US HardTech
Jamie Robinson ................................................................. Darrell’s Supermarket
Kathy Smith.......................................................................... ServiceMaster Clean
Bob Warnke...............................................................................Mason State Bank
148 E. Ash Street
Mason, Michigan 48854
4 MASON in Motion DECEMBER 2007
PRESORTED
STANDARD
US POSTAGE
PAID
MASON, MI
48854
PERMIT NO. 42
GOOD MORNING, MASON!
Thursday, December 13, 2007 ~ Sponsored by Dart Bank
and Co-Sponsored by Bestsellers Books & Coffee Company
This coupon entitles the bearer to one free admisson to the December 13, 2007 Good Morning,
Mason! at the Ingham County Fairgrounds Community Building , 700 E. Ash St. at 7:30 AM --
provided the bearer hasn’t attended any GMM! in the past year.
Don’t Miss This!
Tenth Anniversary
Ribbon Cutting
You and your colleagues are invited to help Bestsellers Books &
Coffee Co. mark their ten-year anniversary with a ribbon
cutting provided by the Mason Area Chamber of Commerce
Ambassadors on Saturday, December 1
st
at 2 PM sharp.
Their shop is located at 360 S. Jefferson Street in beautiful
downtown Mason.
Please come and help
Bestsellers celebrate!
Member of the Mason Area Chamber of Commerce
Live Auctions
begin at 7:00 PM
with Auctioneer Jim Hyde
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Silent Auctions
from 5 to 7 PM
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Music by
Harpist Kelly Yoakam
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Sound by
GCC Technologies
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50/50 Drawing
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Bring a guest and celebrate
the Holiday Season!
A Taste of Mason
A & W Restaurant
Baja Grille
Bestsellers Books & Coffee Company
City Limits Sports Grill
Darb’s Tavern & Eatery
Darrell’s Market
Gordon’s Food Service
Lawrence’s Westside Deli
Mason Big Boy
Mason Jar Pub & Grub
Merindorf Meats
Nairda’s Pantry
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...thanks to all for your sponsorship!
Mason Area Chamber of Commerce
~~~~~~~~~~ December Member Mixer ~~~~~~~~~~
Annual Holiday Party
December 6, 2007 ~ 5:00 - 8:00 PM
Community Building ~ Ingham County Fairgrounds
presented by
Admission ~ Members $7 and Non-Members $10
Live Auction received by 11/28/07
you’ll be cutting up and making mulch galore with this 20” White lawnmower valued at $210 from Ace Hardware
go up, up and away in a beautiful balloon with a hot air balloon ride for two at a time mutually convenient for you and
your pilot Tom Bergeon valued at $400
golf a lot more next year with a one-year membership valued at $1,100 from Eldorado Golf Course
enjoy two rounds of golf with eighteen holes and cart at Eagle Eye Golf Course with this gift basket and certificate valued
at $200 from Hawk Hollow
she’ll just love this “Destination” dainty white gold three-diamond necklace valued at $975 from Becky Beauchine Kulka
Diamonds and Fine Jewelry
a beautiful floral photograph professionally matted and framed valued at $150 from Mark Wolgamott
(over)
Live Auction continued
go fish - with this charter salmon fishing package out of Frankfort valued at $500 at a time mutually convenient for you
and your host Tom Hunt
you’ll be blown away by this Stihl leaf blower from Superior Saw valued at $140
get carried away at Steven L. Marvin Salon and Spa $250 certificate from Manning Equipment
autographed Mark Dantonio football, autographed Suzie Merchant basketball, autographed Tom Izzo basketball, each
valued at $75
great for that special night... overnight in the Chelsea Room at The English Inn Bed and Breakfast valued at $115
MSU T-shirt autographed by Tom Izzo, MSU T-shirt autographed by Mark Dantonio valued at $50 each
she’ll always treasure this stunning piece of jewelry valued at $225 from William Fink Jewelers
and more!
Silent Auction received by 11/28/07
one personal training session with Kelly Beach valued at more than $75 from the Trainer’s Studio
a spot cleaning kit and carpet care basket valued at $150 from ServiceMaster Clean
a Wendy May hair care package valued at $35 from stylist Wendy May
a nice basket of assorted A&W mugs, certificates and gift items valued at $125 from the Mason A&W Restaurant
a gas card valued at $25 from Avery Oil – Dandy Randy
a holiday greenery arrangement valued at $55 from Aldrich Floral
a 4’ blossoming poinsettia tree valued at $75 from Dart Container Corporation
a 10” poinsettia with about 20 blossoms valued at $50 from Dart Container Corporation
a very pretty turquoise art necklace valued at $65 from Dianne’s Dazzling Designs Custom Jewelry
Men’s U of M wristwatch valued at over $50
I-pod station and candle holder, each valued over $25 from Ware’s Pharmacy
a $50 United States savings bond certificate from Independent Bank
a massage therapy package valued at $50 from Caring Touch Therapeutic Massage
a complete V.I.P. “EX Detail” car care certificate valued at $169 from Mason Auto Body
a $100.00 gift card that may be used at any Meijer store of choice from the Mason Meijer store
a decorative seasonal wall hanging valued at $50 from Yards of Fabric
a black, travel luggage set with rolling and carry-on bag valued at $30 from CRAA Mason Jewett Field
four tickets to a Lugnuts baseball game with executive seating valued at $30 from LAFCU
a Dickens Village series house from Mason Dental Group valued at $90
a bluetooth headset and cordless optical mouse valued at over $50 each from Fiedler Insurance
two red stadium chairs valued at $30 from Linda Haueter
a customized neon wall clock valued at $79 from JP Signs & Graphics
a $50 U.S. Savings Bond from Dart Bank
a gift basket from Child & Family Services - Angel House valued at $50
two VISA gift cards valued at $50 each from LAFCU
one night’s stay at Fairfield Inn in a whirlpool suite valued at $125
and more!
Door Prizes received by 11/28/07
a silver-plated clock and frame combination from Star Associates
a seasonal screen print of jingle bells in nice bold colors from
MacKellar Screenworks
a pair of matching coffee mugs from LAFCU
a pair of matching coffee mugs from JP Signs & Graphics
a regular coffee mug and a travel mug too from Independent Bank
a projection alarm clock with AM/FM radio from Sav-A Lot
beige folding umbrella from Independent Bank
AM/FM radio flashlight from Independent Bank
1/24 scale stock car from Independent Bank
roadside emergency kit from Independent Bank
soft-sided briefcase and calendar attaché from Star Associates
folding stadium seat from Linda Haueter
Dakota outdoor knife from Dart Development
quartz digital clock from ServiceMaster Clean
and more!
