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Sep 5 Labor Day Holiday - Office Closed

Sep 8 Gateway to Hope Ribbon Cutting 425 N. New Ballas Rd, Ste. 220 4:00 – 6:00 pm Open House 4:30 pm Ribbon Cutting

Sep 9 Coffee Connection - American Legion Post 397 934 Rue De La Banque 8:00 - 9:00 am (registration information enclosed)

Sep 13 Small Business Networking Paragon Building at 12400 Olive Blvd (Behind TGI Fridays Strip Mall) – 5th Floor Conference Room 8:00 – 9:00 am Open to all members (Contact Mike Minkler at 314-222-1364, ext. 101 for more information.)

Sep 15 Membership Luncheon - see info at left

Sep 16 Auto Beauty Specialists Ribbon Cutting 1223 North Price Rd. 3:00-6:00 pm Open House 4:30 pm Ribbon Cutting Ceremony

Sep 22 Total Access Urgent Care Ribbon Cutting 10923 Olive Blvd. Open House 11:30 am - 12:30 pm 11:30 am Ribbon Cutting

Sep 23 Nine-Hole Golf Scramble Creve Coeur Golf Course - 11400 Olde Cabin Rd. 2:30 pm shotgun start (registration information enclosed)

Sep 28 Young Professionals Group For more information Contact Katie O'Dell at 314-991-2602

Oct 3 Boomers & Seniors Health & Wellness Expo 9:00 am-12:00 pm Mercy Hospital's von Gontard Conference Center 621 S. New Ballas Rd.

SEPTEMBER 2016 SEPTEMBER MEMBERSHIP MEETING

MINI-BUSINESS EXPO

Sponsored by:

Thursday, September 15, 2016

Orlando's Event and Conference Center 2050 Dorsett Village, Maryland Heights

10:30 a.m. Booth Set Up

11:00 a.m. Expo Open & Networking Begins Noon Buffet Lunch

$47 for a booth and one lunch Admission with meal, $22

Buy an expo table to share your products and services with our members and guests, or just attend this special meeting to network with vendors and members through lunch.

(See the registration form in this newsletter.)

PRESENTING SPONSOR Monsanto

HOST SITE

Plaza Jaguar

CASHIER SPONSOR Royal Banks of Missouri

See pages 4-5 for race results and event information

Thanks to all the 2016 Mouse Race

Sponsors including:

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2016 Chamber Board of Directors

OFFICERS President David Peterson, Heartland Payment Systems

President Elect, Treasurer Rich Sames, BMO Harris Bank

Vice President, Events Kim Simmons, Massage Envy Spa Olivette

Vice President, Government Steve Bisch, Monsanto

Vice President, Member Services Mike Minkler, CMIT Solutions of Clayton

Assistant Treasurer Terry Herbert, Mercy

Legal Counsel Steve Kling, Jenkins & Kling PC

Immediate Past President Edward Lindner, Kriegshauser Mortuary

DIRECTORS

Ashleigh Brendel, Drury Hotels Jim Elder, Allegra Design Web Print

Dr. Paul Hyland, Committed to Health Chiropractic Center Natalie Mamrenko, Brown Smith Wallace LLC Lisa O'Dell, Debra K. Schuster & Associates

Chris Pickel, AT&T Brandon Reuther, Edward Jones

Brad Tinnon, B.E.S.T. Wealth Management Steve Wolff, Wolff Properties

Director Emeritus – Bill Wyne, Wyne & Merritt PC

Staff Nancy Gray (Executive Vice President) Barb Gerstenkorn (Finance Director)

Ellen Levy (Membership Director) Jennifer Stringer (Media Specialist)

Creve Coeur - Olivette Chamber of Commerce 10950 Olive Blvd., Suite 101

Creve Coeur MO 63141 314-569-3536

314-569-3073 (fax) www.ccochamber.com

Mission: To be a strong advocate for business

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(L to R) Back row: David Peterson, Nancy Gray, Dr. Paul Hyland, Lisa O'Dell, Ed Lindner, Kim Simmons, Terry Herbert and Brad Tinnon. Front row: Mike Minkler, Steve Bisch, Bill Wyne, Mary Barry, Jim Elder and Rich Sames.

OFFICIAL CHAMBER PHOTOGRAPHER

McCarty Photography 11200 Olive Blvd.

Creve Coeur MO 63141 (314) 432-1221

Publicity ● Portraits ●Weddings

ST. LOUIS WING COMPANY WINS AGAIN AT WING DING CONTEST

From left: Larry Tessler, Dominick Lambkins, Wayne Canoog, Sean Gaither, Bobby Tessler, Suzie Tessler, Caleb Grandberry and Kameron Tessler Congratulations to Bobby Tessler and his crew from St. Louis WING Company for their three trophies won at the 2016 United Cerebral Palsy Heartland Wing Ding held August 11th. They took First Place in Dry Rub (third year in a row), Second Place for Specialty Wing and the People's Choice Award.

Assistance League of St. Louis® Steps to Success Program Kicks Off Fall Season

Assistance League of St. Louis Steps to Success program is on pace to provide approximately 3,500 St. Louis area school children with new athletic shoes and 3 pairs of socks during the 2016-2017 season. Each fitting day, 20 to 25 Assistance League volunteers travel to three elementary schools and fit the children (K through 4th grade) with a pair of the latest styles and colors in athletic shoes. Many of the children are wearing the incorrect shoe size or shoes that allow their feet to get wet. “The comfort and fun of having new socks and shoes is unmistakable when you see the big smiles on the children’s faces,” observes a volunteer. Many of the children remark that it feels like they are walking on clouds. This fall and next spring, Assistance League volunteers will visit 32 schools in eight school districts. Assistance League’s philanthropic partner, Shoe Carnival, provides invaluable help in the form of three employees who work alongside Assistance League volunteers each fitting day. Assistance League of St. Louis is a non-profit, all-volunteer organization whose members identify, develop, implement, and fund ongoing community programs to serve the specific needs of children and adults in the St. Louis community. Assistance League of St. Louis was organized in 1987 and chartered as the 80th chapter of National Assistance League in 1990. All funds raised are returned to the St. Louis community. Assistance League of St. Louis is an accredited charity of the Better Business Bureau and a Guidestar Gold member. For more information, please visit www.alstl.org.

Chamber members are invited to submit names of nominees to serve on the Board of Directors in 2017. Nominees should have current and prior Chamber service, including leadership positions, support of Chamber programs and events and committee participation. Six board members, each serving three-year terms, will be elected. Board members may serve two consecutive three-year elected terms. Up to two additional members may be selected to serve as Directors-at-Large for one-year terms. Please e-mail nominations to ngray@ccochamber.com by September 19.

NOMINATIONS FOR BOARD OF DIRECTORS

SEEGER TOYOTA SCION RIBBON CUTTING CEREMONY

Seeger Toyota Scion held a Grand Re-Opening and Ribbon Cutting celebration on August 17 at its location at 12833 Olive Blvd. Seeger recently remodeled its used and new car showrooms. General Manager Andy Seeger made some opening remarks before introducing Dealer Principal Tom Seeger. Tom Seeger told the story of the dealership's transformation from a farm implement supplier to golf cart dealer to Toyota dealership since its inception in1904. Tom was presented with a Katana Sword by a representative from Toyota Motor Sales. Congratulations to Seeger Toyota for its 112 years of continuous service in the Creve Coeur area!

MEMBERSHIP NEWS

MOUSE RACE EVENT

Thank you to the following businesses for their donations of prize items:

City of Creve Coeur Clover Therapeutic Massage

Cookies By Design Creve Coeur Dentistry

Cutco Cutlery Store Drury Hotels

Hair Saloon For Men Lindsay Dunlap with Coldwell Banker Premier

Massage Envy Spa Olivette Pickleman's Gourmet Cafe

Pieology Pizzeria Staybridge Suites - Westport Stir Crazy Fresh Asian Grill The Post Sports Bar & Grill

Upper Limits Rock Gym

Round and round it goes, where it runs nobody knows! Steve Cook (American Family Insurance), Wendy Tinnan, and Ted Ruzicka (Ruzicka Group Services) win the three 50/50 mouse wheel games.

Special thanks to Plaza Jaguar and Gary Hahn for providing the exciting venue for the event!

Mouse Sponsors Anytime Fitness

BMO Harris Bank Brown Smith Wallace

CMIT Solutions of Clayton Creve Coeur Airport

Drury Hotels Hair Saloon For Men Jenkins & Kling, P.C.

Kriegshauser West Mortuary Massage Envy Spa Olivette

Northwestern Mutual - Saint Louis Parc Provence

Platinum Partners at Coldwell Banker Premier Group Quality Automotive

Roberg Tax Solutions Royal Banks of Missouri

Select Personnel Resources Shea Home Care

St. Louis Arc Tessler Promotions

Volpe Consulting & Accounting Services Welsch Heating & Cooling

Whispering Hills Apartments & Townhomes

Thank you to Creve Coeur Dentistry for blowing up event balloons

with helium!

THANKS TO THE VOLUNTEERS AT THE EVENT Maurice Allen (Royal Banks of Missouri) Mark Baden (Royal Banks of Missouri)

Ashleigh Brendel (Drury Hotels) Monica Crenshaw (Committed to Health Chiropractic Center)

Allison Cruz (Whispering Hills Apartments & Townhomes Lindsay Dunlap (Coldwell Banker Premier)

Judi Greer Lahay (Aflac) Becky Kling (Jenkins & Kling, P.C.)

Natalie Mamrenko (Brown Smith Wallace) David Marks (Quality Automotive)

Kim Simmons (Massage Envy Spa Olivette)

The main event was the mouse races. There were six main races during the evening with six mice in each heat. After the thirty-six mice raced, the six winners competed in the final race. The Select Personnel Resources mouse, named Select 1, won the championship race. The winners of the races are listed below along with their names and sponsor's names. Congratulations to Kathy Franklin and her mouse Select 1! Race Mouse Name Mouse Sponsor Race Sponsor Race 1 Run DM Cheese Royal Banks of Missouri Debra K. Schuster & Associates Race 2 Digger Kriegshauser West Mortuary Commercial Bank Race 3 Select 1 Select Personnel Resources Volpe Consulting & Accounting Services Race 4 Bob Parc Provence Staybridge Suites - Westport Race 5 Whisper Whispering Hills Apts. & Townhomes Holper's Pest & Animal Solutions Race 6 Evil KaCheezL Inkwell Printing Company MB Financial Bank Race 7 (winners of first six races) Select 1 Select Personnel Resources Monsanto

Run DM Cheese takes the win in the first race of the night!

Thanks to the following restaurants that provided food for the event:

Domino's Pizza

Houlihan's Jimmy John's

La Salsa Fresh Mexican Grill Mayuri India Restaurant

Pei Wei Asian Diner Pickleman's Gourmet Cafe St. Louis WING Company

Stir Crazy Fresh Asian Grill

From left - Becky Kling (Jenkins & Kling, P.C.) and Kim Simmons (Massage Envy Spa Olivette) take a moment from volunteering.

From left Stephanie Calhoun and Amy French (Staybridge Suites St. Louis - Westport ) are surprised to win the cooler and alcohol raffle.

Wheeled cooler and alcohol donated by:

Ashleigh Brendel (Drury Hotels) Brandt Ace Hardware

Dr. Paul Hyland (Committed to Health Chiropractic Center)

Becky Kling (Jenkins & Kling, P.C.) Ed Lindner

(Kriegshauser West Mortuary) Russell Mark

(Stir Crazy Fresh Asian Grill) David Peterson

(Heartland Payment Systems) Rich Sames (BMO Harris Bank)

Danetta Wise

Our thanks to the Maryland Heights Chamber of Commerce for co-hosting the event with us.

New Member Profiles

The 2017 Directory will include each chamber's member in three listings – by company name, representative name and business category. Members will be given one FREE six-line category listing which consists of company name, primary contact person, address, city/state/zip, phone number and website address. The format is a 5 ½” x 8 ½” buzz-book style directory, and members may purchase enhanced listings, additional listings and ads. Ads and listings due by November 30.

MEMBERSHIP WELCOME NEW MEMBERS!

Alter Trading Corporation – 13 years

Barnes-Jewish West County Hospital – 26 years Blives Consulting, LLC – 20 years

BMO Harris Bank - Creve Coeur East – 12 years Brown Smith Wallace – 21 years

Courtyard by Marriott Creve Coeur – 29 years CPR-N-MORE – 10 years

Hendersons Electric, LLC – 1 year Houlihan's – 2 years

Jimmy John's – 5 years Kindred Hospital - St. Louis at Mercy – 1 year

Mackler Associates – 32 years Midwest Regional Bank – 2 years

Northwestern Mutual - Saint Louis – 1 year Office Depot – 6 years

Orlando's Event and Conference Centers – 4 years Saleeby & Associates, Inc. – 6 years

SLA Services, Inc. – 5 years SpineCare, Inc. – 5 years

St. Louis WING Company – 2 years St. Luke's Urgent Care - 6 years

A&G Auto Spa & Mobile Detailing, Inc. Saul Davidson 2352 Centerline Industrial Dr. St. Louis, MO 63146 314-575-0953 www.agautospa.com Auto Detail & Clean Up Services All-Ways Open Lock & Key Service, Inc. Mark Weaver 417 Claymont Dr. Ballwin, MO 63011 314-713-1081 Locksmith KOHLER Signature Store by Crescent Supply Jessica Krekeler 9929 Clayton Rd. Ladue, MO 63124 314-727-4407 www.KOHLERsignaturestorestlouis.com Kitchen & Bath Design Sewell Law, LC Michael Sewell 9378 Olive Blvd., Ste. 211 Olivette, MO 63132 314-942-3232 www.stlouisllcattorney.com Attorneys

St. Louis Ambush Kevin Fowler 2480 Executive Dr., Ste. 208 St. Charles, MO 63303 636-477-6363 www.stlambush.com Sports & Entertainment – Soccer Team SVN Lord Partners Kurt Lord 11475 Olde Cabin Rd., Ste. 230 Creve Coeur, MO 63141 314-862-5566 www.svnlordpartners.com Commercial Real Estate Brokerage The Sheridan at Creve Coeur – Opening in 2017 Jackie Malloy 450 N. Lindbergh Blvd. Creve Coeur, MO 63141 314-393-4040 www.seniorlifestyle.com/property/sheridan-creve-coeur Assisted Living Center with Memory Support

Capstone Franchise Consulting, LLC Jeremy Hodess P.O. Box 460554 St. Louis, MO 63146 Phone: 314-498-5953 Website: www.capstonefran.com Capstone Franchise Consulting offers professional consultation to those interested in exploring business ownership through franchising. The professionals at Capstone listen carefully to understand your personal and professional goals and then match you with select franchises that can help you achieve those goals. Total Access Urgent Care Kendra Hunt 10923 Olive Blvd. Creve Coeur, MO 63141 Phone: 314-764-2953 Website: www.TAUC.com Total Access Urgent Care specializes in the medical treatment of common injuries and illnesses for all ages. In addition, it provides a full array of occupational medical treatment services. Total Access Urgent Care is open every day of the year from 8:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m., including holidays. No appointment required.

THANKS TO THE FOLLOWING BUSINESSES FOR RENEWING THEIR

MEMBERSHIPS IN AUGUST:

MINI-BUSINESS EXPO & MEMBERSHIP LUNCHEON THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

Orlando’s Event and Conference Center

2050 Dorsett Village Maryland Heights MO 63043

314-453-9000

10:30 a.m. Booth set up 11:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. Expo Open & Networking

Buy an expo table to share your products and services with our

members and guests. Or, just attend this special meeting

to network with vendors and members through lunch.

Limited to 23 vendors on first come

(paid) / first served basis. $47 for a booth and one lunch. Admission with meal $22 for members, non-members and

guests with reservations. No shows are billed $22.

_____________________________________________________________________________________________________ REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Registration deadline – Noon on September 12, 2016 Name_______________________________________ Company ________________________________________ Phone ________________________________ Email _______________________________________________________

$47 for a booth and one lunch (must be a member to purchase a booth) Preferred booth number _________

Lunch cost $22 per person ________Total amount due ________Charge to: Visa / MC / Discover / AE Card # ______________________ code on front or back of card __________ Exp. Date ______________ Card holder signature___________________________________ Address and zipcode to which credit card bills are mailed: ______________________________________________________ Please mail with check to the Creve Coeur - Olivette Chamber of Commerce, 10950 Olive Blvd., Suite 101, Creve Coeur MO 63141 or e-mail to ngray@ccochamber.com or fax to 314-569-3073.

For more information call the Chamber office at 314-569-3536.

Please note: if faxing or emailing this form, call the Chamber office with credit card information rather than filling it in here!

Sponsored by:

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Friday, September 23, 2016 Creve Coeur Golf Course

(Address 11400 Olde Cabin Road – Phone 314-432-1806)

2:00 p.m. Check-in 2:30 p.m. Shotgun Start

Drinks & Snacks on Course; Dinner after play; Contests include: Straightest Drive, Closest to Pin, Longest Drive

$60 Individual Player: Includes golf and dinner after play $240 Foursome: Team of four golfers including carts and dinner after play $300 Par Sponsor: Same as above PLUS hole sponsor and name listed in chamber newsletter $350 Birdie Sponsor: Same as above PLUS recognition in golf program and flyers; mulligans and skins game. $400 Eagle Sponsor: Same as above PLUS business card ad in October newsletter; one minute at podium at event

and signage placed at dinner. Additional Sponsorships:

Networking and dinner after play for non-golfers $10 (begins at 5:00 p.m.)

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Registration deadline – September 16, 2016

Name_______________________________________ Company ________________________________________________ Address ________________________________ City ______________________ State ___________ Zip _______________ Phone ________________________________ Email _______________________________________________________ My foursome includes: Cart 1 __________________________________________ __________________________________________ Cart 2 __________________________________________ __________________________________________

$10 - I am not playing in the tournament but plan to come for awards dinner

_______Total amount due

_______Charge to: Visa / MC / Discover / AE Card # ________________________________ code on front or back of card _______ Exp. Date ______________ Card holder signature___________________________________ Address and zipcode to which credit card bills are mailed: __________________________________________________________ Please mail with check to the Creve Coeur - Olivette Chamber of Commerce, 10950 Olive Blvd., Suite 101, Creve Coeur MO 63141 or e-mail to ngray@ccochamber.com or fax to 314-569-3073.

For more information call the Chamber office at 314-569-3536.

$60 Hole Sponsor $200 Hole-In-One Sponsor $100 Longest Drive Sponsor $100 Closest to the Pin Sponsor $100 Straightest Drive Sponsor $100 Beverage Cart

Please note: if faxing or emailing this form, call the Chamber office with credit card information rather than filling it in here!

Photo courtesy of McCarty Photography

CCO Coffee Connection

This free event gives you a chance to connect with others in an informal networking setting!

Bring lots of business cards and be prepared

to share your business story!

Friday, September 9, 2016

8:00-9:00 a.m. Light Breakfast Items & Networking

American Legion Post 397

934 Rue De La Banque Creve Coeur, MO 63141

314-872-3186 Phone at American Legion Post

NO CHARGE but kindly RSVP for food count

Phone: 314.569.3536 Fax: 314.569.3073 10950 Olive Blvd., Suite 101

Creve Coeur, MO 63141 www.ccochamber.com

Please RSVP by noon on September 7, 2016 REGISTER ONLINE: www.ccochamber.com or FAX: 314-569-3073

OR E-MAIL: ngray@ccochamber.com

Name of attendees __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ Business ______________________________________ Daytime phone ____________________________________