11189 Shook Road

Su i te 200

Romu lus , MI 48174

Your Greater Romulus

Chamber of Commerce is Celebrating

June 15th

Inside this issue:

Person of the Year

Banquet Pictures

2

Golf Clinic at Links at

Gateway Romulus

2

May Business Luncheon

with Robert Ficano

3

Chamber Members

Free Golf Clinic

3

June Business Lunch-

eon with Cathy Garrett

4

June Calendar of

Events

5

Comerica Park and

Wine Tasting Events

5

What an event! The Marriott Hotel ban-

quet room was filled to capacity for the

29th Person of the Year Award Dinner,

held on Friday, May 2, 2014 in honor of

Judge Brian Oakley.

Bill Kren, Executive

Director of the Rom-

ulus Chamber of

Commerce, served

as emcee for this

gala event.

After a warm wel-

come, he shared a

few words on the

significance of the

award. “You know, some people start out

their careers with the dreams of winning

their professions top honor, like an Acad-

emy Award for movies or a Noble Peace

Prize in literature or entering a Hall of

Fame … in the community of Romulus

we believe the most prestigious honor is

the Romulus Chamber of Person of the

Year award!

Kren shared the history of the honor,

mentioning the very first inductee, Bill

Simons (who was represented by his

daughter, Lynn Conway). A number of

previous Persons of the Year honoree’s

were also in attendance. Standing as

their names were called, Dan Bales, Bill

Crane, Harlan Whichello, Ron Hopson,

Maria Lambert, Linda McNeil, Mark

Lewkowicz, Julie Allison, Rick Perry and

Pat and Lynn Ostrowski were recognized

with a warm applause.

Judge Oakley was invited to the podium

and was presented with a number of

awards and proclamations. First up was a

framed proclamation and congratulations

from Governor Rick

Snyder, State Senator

Hoon-Young Hop-

good, and State Rep.

Doug Geiss.

Romulus Mayor LeRoy

Burcroff declared May

2nd as Brian A. Oak-

ley Day. Mayor Pro-

Tem John Barden pre-

sented the Judge with a City Council Res-

olution that congratulated and praised

Oakley on his many accomplishments.

The last award, a beautiful wood plague

engraved with words of appreciation, was

presented to Judge Oakley by Mark

Lewkowicz, Vice-President of the Romu-

lus Chamber and Chairman of the Person

of the Year Committee.

The evening ended

with remarks from Bri-

an’s daughter, Chey-

enne Oakley (pictured

right), his sister Sheila

Stasak and his wife,

Suzanne.

It was a “two hour ex-

travaganza” as one

attendee aptly de-

Brian Oakley 2014 Person of the Year

Greater Romulus Chamber of Commerce

June 2014

Judge Oakley, State Rep. Geiss, Sen. Hopgood

Cheyenne Oakley

Judge Brian A. Oakley

Greater Romulus Chamber of Commerce Page 2

2014 Person of the Year Awards Banquet

Tuning Up For Summer Fun at Links at Gateway Golf Course

On May 15th the Romulus Cham-

ber of Commerce and Links at

Gateway Golf Course teamed up

for a free golf clinic with course

pro Craig Piscopink. Craig soon

had Chamber members looking

like pro’s (almost). It was an en-

joyable afternoon at the driving

range!

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The May 20th Romulus Chamber of

Commerce Business Luncheon was

held at the Hilton Garden Inn—

Detroit Metro Airport, in Romulus.

Wayne County Executive Robert

Ficano was the guest speaker -

bringing an update on the County

and answering questions.

Following his presentation, the 2014

-2015 Romulus Chamber Board of

Directors were sworn in by Mr. Fica-

no. They are: Julie Allison, Pete

Bergeron, Terry Bridges, Bill Crane,

Harley Fisher, Dave Goodwin, Tim

Keyes, Mark Lewkowicz, Jakleen

Ochalek, Oscar Rhoton, Jim Napior-

kowski, Cecile Taylor, Larry Wil-

liams, Susan Wyputa and Chuck

Zuerner.

Public Service Credit Union is pos-ing a challenge to community mem-bers this year: save $500,000 in loan interest and help local chari-ties.

To help raise awareness of the local charities involved, PSCU hosted an open house event at their main branch in Romulus on Friday, May 2

nd from 11AM-3PM. Lunch was

provided as well as a Shred It Truck available to shred any important

documents, pets from the Romu-lus/Brownstown Animal Shelter were ready for adoption, fun inflat-able’s, giveaways, games and a ton of information was readily available on these charities! Spe-cial guest Mrs. Michigan 2013- Jennifer McMahan- was available for autographs and pictures on behalf of Champions against Bul-lying. Mayor Burcroff presented the key to the city to each repre-sentative of the charities. Pictured

left to right:

Judge Tina Green, PSCU President Dean Tru-deau and Mrs. Michi-gan 2013, Jennifer McMahan.

For information on the Community Chal-lenge, visit www.PSCUSaves.com

May Business Luncheon with Wayne County Executive Ficano

Public Service Credit Union Supporting Charities

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11189 Shook Road

Suite 200

Romulus, MI 48174

Grea te r Ro mu lu s Ch amb e r o f Co mme rce

The mission of the Greater Romulus Chamber of Commerce is to

promote and meet business needs.

The Chamber is dedicated to creating an environment wherein the Romulus business, non-profit institutions, government and citizens work together for the purpose of enhancing the quality of life within

the community.

2014 Romulus Chamber of Commerce Officers and Directors

A VOICE FOR THE COLLECTIVE CONCERNS AND DESIRES OF THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY.

June 2014

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 2 3 4 Romulus

Community

Summit—RAC

5 6 Romulus Rotary

Golf Outing

7

8 9 10 Romulus

Chamber Board

Meeting

11 12 13 14

Flag Day

15

Father’s Day

16 17 Chamber

Business

Luncheon—

Holiday Inn

18 19 Chamber

Wine Tasting

Event at Romulus

Library

20 21

22 23 24 25 26 27 City of

Romulus Fire

Works!

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Phone: 734-893-0694

www.romuluschamber.com

President

Terry Bridges

The Spiratex Co.

Vice-President

Jakleen Ochalek

Wayne County Executive Office

Secretary

Julie Allison

US Park/Qwik Park

Treasurer

Susan Wyputa

Public Service Credit Union

Directors

Pete Bergeron

Bergeron Financial

William Crane

Crane Funeral Home

Harley Fisher

Jack Demmer Ford

David G Goodwin

Goodwin, Lademan & Associates

Tim Keyes

Vantage Port

Mark Lewkowicz

Landis Machine Shop

Jim Napiorkowski

Woodshop Creations

Oscar (J. R.) Rhoton

Metro Realty Group

Cecile Taylor

Wayne County Community

College—Western Campus

Larry Williams

LWA Properties

Chuck Zuerner

EQ—Environmental Quality

Executive Director

William Kren

11189 Shook Road, Suite 200

Romulus, MI 48174

734-893-0694

info@romuluschamber.com

A fun Chamber Business Mingle on

Thursday, June 19th at the Romulus Library

All proceeds support the Library!

5:30PM — 7:30PM

Admission $25.00.

RSVP—734.893.0694

11121 Wayne Rd., Romulus, MI 48174