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www.valleycitychamber.com November 2014 701-845-1891
Budget Home Furnishings has beautiful and elegant holiday dining displays.
Valley City Barnes County Public Library “The Public Library, not just books anymore.” Join Library
Director Steve Hammel for a demonstration of all the new and exciting free resources available at the Library from 11 am & 12:30 pm. Curves Fitness will be hosting a holiday vendor open house from 1—3 pm. Vendors will include: Norwex, It
Works, Pampered Chef, Mary Kay, Watkins, Young Living Essential Oils, and more! Bong’s Bootery will have new arrivals for this season’s footwear.
Simple Nutrition is hosting a meal replacement shake party from 10 am—1 pm.
Dakota Rose Floral will have their Fall open house 9 am—12 pm.
NuCara Pharmacy will have great holiday gifts and decorations.
Leah Helene’s Massage Therapy will be offering 10 minute massages for $5, also get a great discount when
booking a future appointment. Red Door Guest Inn enjoy holiday goodies while admiring their newly remodeled Inn.
Eagles Nest will have new “Grab ’n Go” gifts with a variety of food samples available.
Urban Couture will be offering 25% off the entire store and 50% of entire Glitz & Glam Package purchase.
Town & Country Club will be hosting Bunco at 7:30 pm.
Central Avenue Health Mart Pharmacy will have an open house featuring It Works and Desana Essential
Oils from 9 am—1 pm. Riverside Gardens will have Christmas Fairies and other garden items on display from 9 am—12 pm.
Wellness at Revelations of Beauty will have facial demonstrations and will be offering a great discount when
booking future services. Roxy’s Frozen Yogurt will be serving soup and hosting two sessions of BINGO at 2 & 4 pm. Winners will
receive a gift certificate. Prairie Frame Shop has great new gift lines and other wonderful holiday items.
Saturday, November 8 Ladies Holiday Glitz & Glam Day
Glitz & Glam Package Deal Get a curling style for $10 or an up-do for $30 at Dancing Wildflower Salon Add a trendy new fall look to your wardrobe at Urban Couture and get 50% off your entire purchase. Then head over to get your glamour shot taken at Dutton’s Valley Gallery!
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August 2014: $211,780
August 2013: $228,230
July 2014: $173,676
July 2013: $165,698
Remember to
SHOP LOCAL!
Greetings From Your President By Dawn Riley, NDWS 2014-2015
Valley City Area Chamber of Commerce
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Dawn Riley, President North Dakota Winter Show
Jon Aus, Treasurer Sheyenne Care Center
Greg Vanney Valley City State University
Tyler Marthaler Dacotah Bank
Michael Strom KLJ
Reed Anderson Valley City Times Record
Lori Froemke
AFLAC Independent Agent
Paul Behle KSJB
Nathan Hillmer First Community Credit Union
James Jensen Lawn Realty
Dr. Margaret Dahlberg, Ex Officio
VCSU
Bob Werkhoven, Ex Officio
Mayor
STAFF
Kay Vinje Executive Vice President
Shanel Finke Event Coordinator
Linda Fenwick Office Assistant/Motor Vehicle Administrator
Greetings!
What a beautiful fall we have had.
I will start with a big Thank you to
those members that were able to attend our
Annual Meeting we certainly hope it was as
beneficial to you as it was to us. It was long
overdue and we greatly appreciate your comments
and suggestions.
I would like to congratulate our button contest
winner Chloe Hatten from Washington
Elementary School. Congrats Chloe! Buttons will
go on sale November 8. Stay tuned for locations
for button sales.
As I walked thru the office today I noticed several
snowmen getting ready for delivery. It is hard to
believe that it is that time again. This is such a
fun time of year. I hope you can make it around
town to see all of the great snowmen and snow
women, the competition is fierce but friendly…
Good luck everyone. We are rapidly approaching
“Holiday Glitz and Glam” (formerly Women’s
Weekend) on November 8 and I would like to say
“Thank You” to all of our sponsors that make this
event possible, the committee, and the Chamber
staff that does such a great job putting it all
together.
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Chamber Member Spotlight
Kitchen With An Attitude
923 7th Ave NW
Valley City, ND 58072
(701)845-1224 or (701)490-1224
Offers a variety of catering options.
Hello Chamber members,
As we see the gorgeous leaves falling outside, the Chamber of Commerce Committee
thinks of one thing-Christmas in the Valley! On November 8th the festivities begin in
a big way with “Ladies Holiday Glitz & Glam Day.” This is the combination of the
former “Women’s Weekend” and the “Holiday Preview Open House.” This day will be
filled with the glitz of Christmas throughout Valley City businesses. It will be a great
way to get a jump on your Christmas list with so many unique shopping experiences,
and to enjoy seeing, tasting, and experiencing an awesome holiday outing in Valley City. Please see the
front cover of this newsletter and our website (valleycitychamber.com) for more details. The Christmas in the
Valley buttons also go on sale November 8th. Be Sure to get your button early as we begin giving great
daily prizes away on November 14th through December 13th and be watching for the well dressed 25
snowmen throughout town! Thank you to our members who have renewed their membership this month, and
welcome to our new members: Leah Helene’s Massage Therapy, Simple Nutrition, Kitchen With An Attitude,
and Smith Lumber Company. We look forward to working with you throughout this new Chamber year!
Leah Helene’s Massage Therapy
134 3rd St NE Suite #2
Valley City, ND 58072
(701)840-2990
You can enjoy therapeutic, sports, or
deep tissue massages. Cranio sacral
therapy is also offered. Appointments
available Monday through Friday.
Sanford Clinic
AmericInn Hotel
Ag Country Farm Credit Services
KOVC
Leevers Foods
Barnes County Extension Office
Bong’s Bootery
Hi-Line Technology
PetroServe USA
Open Door Center
Valley Plains Equipment
Pine Country Nursery
Catholic Health Initiatives
Smith Lumber Company
309 4th St NE (current location)
1525 Main St E (new location Dec. 2014)
Valley City, ND 58072
(701)845-2135
Their new location will feature a full line
hardware store along with all your
building supplies, and custom cabinets.
Simple Nutrition
341 Central Ave Suite 5
Valley City, ND 58072
(701)318-2622
Simple Nutrition is a place to come for a
healthy meal replacement shake to help
you feel better about yourself, and so
much more!
Bank Forward
Moritz Excavating
Alliance Pipeline
Job Service ND
U.S. Corp. of Engineers
CSI Cable Services
Looysen I Care
Grotberg Electric
Valley Realty Inc.
Dacotah Bank
Northwestern Industries
Ludvigson, Braun & Co.
Henry Bruns
Tri W-G
Lawn Realty
Heritage Insurance Services
Sheyenne Care Center
Dakota Plains Cooperative
Bob’s Excavating
Arc Thrift-E-Shop
KLJ
Times Record
Cass County Electric Cooperative
Thrifty White Pharmacy
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Valley City Area Chamber of Commerce
Christmas in the Valley 2014 Button Winner: Chloe Hatten
Button winner, Chloe Hatten with Chamber President
Dawn Riley and mother Charlin Hatten. Chloe is a 5th grader in Mrs. Lentz class at
Washington School.
Congratulations to Taylor Storhoff for being one of the
Agricultural scholarship recipients for 2014. Taylor is now
studying at the University of Minnesota, Crookston. She
plans to major in Animal Science with an emphasis in
Pre-veterinary Medicine, Taylor is also pursuing an Equine
Science minor.
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As Valley Flooring has new owners and anniversary of Mohawk products, the business owners; Scott and Carmen Waldie welcomed the community and celebrated with a ribbon cutting, open house, special sales, prizes, and business after hours. Besides endless flooring options such as; carpet, tiles, and wood flooring, Valley Flooring also offers cabinets including James Creek Cabinetry, a variety of countertops, tiles, and even blinds. They will come to your home for a consultation and walk you through your entire remodel from start to finish, taking care of the details. This can be your one stop shop.
Pictured L-R: Chamber
Board member, Jon Aus,
Ambassador, Dave
Weshnevski, Chamber
EVP, Kay Vinje,
employees; Jenn
McLachlan and Lori
Trucke, owners; Scott and
Carmen Waldie,
Ambassador, Deb Kohler,
employee Jill Heck,
Ambassadors Nathan
Hillmer and Deb Leitner.
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October Customer Service Award: Alise Koller
“Alise is always very pleasant, treats customers with respect and
knows where items are to assist customers, she greets you by name
and makes you feel special. Good old home town service. She is
very deserving of this award.”
Congratulations
to Alise Koller of the Arc
Thrift-E-Shop on being
selected as the October
Customer Service Award
Winner! Alise was
nominated by a customer
who has had many
wonderful and positive
interactions with her.
The Ambassadors are always looking for businesses to visit! Have a new employee?
Moved or remodeled? Have something you’d like to share? Why not invite the
Ambassadors for a visit? Contact the Chamber at 845-1891 for more information!
Pictured L-R: Jackie Brown, Arc Thrift-E-Shop Board member,
Audrey Poukka, manager, Ambassadors; Dave Weshnevski, Mark McDonald,
Lori Jury, Jonelle Langemo, Alise Koller, Tyler VanBruggen, Sandy Knudsen,
Deb Kohler, Deb Koepplin, Ken Merkes, Tami Kratz.
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Valley City Area Chamber of Commerce October Ambassador Visits
Valley City State University Community School of the
Arts New curriculum programs
O’Reilly Auto Parts
New Business/Ribbon Cutting
1411 W. Main St.
701-490-3045
The music programs offered at the Valley
City State University Community School of
the Arts are: Chamber Music Festival,
Valley Voices Women's Choir, Civic
Orchestra, and Valley Youth Choir. In
addition to those many options private
music lessons are also offered for nearly
any instrument you want to learn.
Outside the music programs there is also
a Half-Notes early childhood program
which is a kindergarten readiness program
with a musically based curriculum. The
Community School of the Arts also offers
visual art classes including a seven week
ceramics class each semester as well as
youth workshops in painting, film, and
ceramics. Further, the school plans to add
more art classes in other disciplines this
spring. The VCSU Community School of
the Arts is proud to say it has made the
arts more visible and integral part of the
Valley City landscape.
O'Reilly's offers FREE wiper installation, alternator, starter, and battery testing. If you are looking for a place to bring your used oil,
O'Reilly's collects used oil! Also earn O'Rewards, for every $150 spent you earn $5 coupon.
Pictured L-R: Youth choir director, Courtney Pederson, youth ceramics student teacher, Hayden Swanson, program Director, Connie Reiten, Half-Notes program student assistant, Samantha Hintz pictured with
Ambassadors Deb Koepplin, Tami Kratz, Sue Kapaun, Tyler VanBruggen, Sandy Knudsen, Scott Wilmes, Kay Vinje, Mark
McDonald, and Dave Weshnevski.
Pictured L-R: Lori Jury, Kay Vinje, Dave Weshnevski, Scott Wilmes, Ross Nelson, Michelle Wobbema, Deb Kohler, Josh
Liebersbach, Sandy Knudsen, Jeff Kipp, Dave Broadwell (District Manager), John Rowh, Mark Oberlander, Jonelle
Langemo, Dawn Riley, and Tyler Jacobson
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Chamber Committee Meeting Dates (dates subject to change)
Tuesday, November 4 - 11 am
CVB Meeting
Thursday, November 13 - 7:30 am
Ag Committee Meeting
Wednesday, November 12 - 10:00 am
Ambassador Committee Visit
Thursday, November 20 - 7:00 am
Commerce Committee Meeting
Friday, November 21 - 7:00 am
Chamber Board Meeting
If you are
interested in
serving on a
Chamber
committee, please
contact the
Chamber at
845-1891.
We appreciate your
ideas and efforts!
Valley City Area Chamber of Commerce
250 West Main St PO Box 724
Valley City, ND 58072
(701) 845-1891
www.valleycitychamber.com
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Valley City, ND 58072
Be sure to stop into our DMV for all
your registration renewals and title
transfer needs!
Located at 250 Main St. W. (across from City Park)
Thank you to Drug Plastics & Glass Co. for sponsoring the
Ambassador meeting luncheon on October 8, 2014.
We appreciate your generous support.