Kevin Vaughn

Your Chamber represents the collective voice for our vital business community.

It is our responsibility as members to be sure the voice of business is at the table

and is heard when any issue comes before our great community. Thanks to hard

working volunteers within our membership, we are fortunate that this important

work is taking place on an ongoing basis.

One of the ways we celebrate the success of our members is our annual Business

Excellence Awards Banquet. This year the banquet will take place September 18,

2014. With over 100 nominations this year, it’s sure to be a fun and exciting

event.

Categories include Business of the Year, Start-up Business of the Year, Non-Profit

Organization of the Year, Environmental Stewardship Business of the Year,

Member of the Year and Director of the Year. Each category is judged based on

achievement of excellence in the members respective field and their outstanding

achievements and contributions to our community.

It’s always exciting to see entrepreneurial spirit alive and well in our county as

recognized by the Start-Up award. As a Chamber, we strive to continue to be

your voice in support of continuing the excellent business environment we enjoy

in our County. This allows that entrepreneurial spirit to be converted to real live

businesses that contribute to our economy in many ways.

Look forward to seeing you at the Business Excellence Awards Banquet. We hope

you can attend this special event and help us celebrate another successful year

for our members!

Wakul la Chamber and You: Partners For Success September 2014

PROUDLY SUPPORTED BY

OUR

PREMIER MEMBERS

Wakulla County Chamber Preserving the Past…….Planning for the Future

www.wakullacountychamber.com

President’s Message

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On Tuesday October 7, 2014 at 6:00pm the Wakulla Chamber of Commerce and The

Wakulla News will be hosting the biennial Wakulla Chamber Political Forum at the Wakulla

One Stop Community Center located at 318 Shadeville Hwy, Crawfordville (corner of Trice

Lane and Shadeville Hwy).

The forum will present an opportunity for the candidates for Wakulla County

Commissioner Districts 2 and 4 to meet the public and discuss questions submitted by,

YOU, the voter.

Questions for the forum will be accepted here at wakullachamberforum.com or on a

printed form published in The Wakulla News, or your letter to be mailed to:

Wakulla Chamber Political Forum

PO Box 148

Crawfordville, FL 32326.

Deadline for submitting questions is September 30th, 2014

Questions will be screened and approved by the forum committee based on the following

guidelines:

1. The question must be directed to all candidates.

2. The question must be concise and relevant to the current issues.

If you have questions or concerns about this website you can read more about it here or

contact Chuck Robinson, chairman of the Wakulla Chamber Political Forum Committee via

email

Thank you and see you at the Forum!

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Member Spotlight

Name of business: Business Women of Wakulla

which includes:

Paparazzi Accessories by Cynthia Ward (850) 519‐5900

Libby McFalls Photography by Libby McFalls (850) 556‐0747

Thirty-One Gifts by Gena Green (850) 631-1947 & Kim McMillan (850)879-0252 &

Julie Neet (850) 408‐6007

Blue Lamb Photography by Kristin Lambert (850) 766-1943

AdvoCare by Alison Bussey (850) 567‐2526

Taylor Accounting, LLC by Karen Taylor (850) 591‐9131

Legal Shield by Jo Ann Daniels (850) 509‐7630

Beachbody Fitness by Sabrina Hayes (850) 251‐1009

Effortless Travel by Veronica Forns Wold (850) 321‐5477

Annabum’s by Heather Hofmann (850) 508-9856

Monet Handbags by Angelena Turvaville Lang (850) 321‐2862

Melaleuca and Bramazing by Pamela Moss (850) 559-3080

Alterations by Ann by Ann Allshouse (850) 926-7505

Plexus Slim by Rhonda Sapp (850) 544‐2110

BeautiControl by Cyndi McKuhen (850) 447‐1030

Anytime Fitness & Jamberry Nails by Michelle Roberts (850) 519‐0366

Jafra Cosmetics and LKR Translations by Catherine Cameron (850) 926‐7955 The

Little Black Dress by Tina and Victoria Brimner (850) 926‐4222

The Pampered Chef by Lisa Wilson (850) 510‐5561

Name of owner: See above

Tell us about your business (include unique facts and history) The Business

Women of Wakulla is a group of female business owners/operators that utilize the group

to network and serve the community.

What services, products do you offer? A myriad of different services, products and

ideas.

What should the community/customer expect when they visit your business?

To be welcome by any of our group members and have a wonderful experience with

anyone in our group.

How long have you been a Chamber member? Since April 2014

Why did you join the Chamber? To help our group show all the amazing things that are

available in the local community.

What Chamber services have you taken advantage of and/or will take advantage

of in the near future? Networking at Chamber luncheons as well as attending the Social

Media Workshop.

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What’s your reason Wakulla residents should Shop Local? Support your local

community

If anyone is interested in your products/services, how do they contact you?

Facebook page Business Women of Wakulla

Additional Comments i.e. Community involvement: We have already had a

Christmas Vendor Event last year that brought a great number of the community out to

see the showcase of products and services our group has to offer. We have also hosted a

Blood Drive in cooperation with the One Stop Community Center just this past June. We

had a wonderful turn out and thru the efforts of our group gathered enough blood

donations to save 60 lives! We are currently gearing up for our next big event on

November 1st at the Wakulla One Stop Community Center for our 2nd Annual Christmas

Shopping Bazaar from 10a-4p. This event will feature vendors from our group as well as

various non-profit organizations within our community. It will be a fun day for the entire

family!

Leslie Linka, one of our newest members and

a new Brand partner with Nerium

International Anti-Aging Skincare, launched

her business on August 15th with a ribbon

cutting at Menagerie and a launch party at

Bay Leaf Market. Leslie, who is better known

around town as "The lady with all the hats,

lives in Crawfordville with her four rescue

dogs: "Sir Alfred", "Miss Rella". "Mr. Mojo",

and "King Kelo". For more information about

Nerium call Leslie at (850) 926-5868.

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Networking Luncheon at Posey’s Steam Room

By

Jo Ann Palmer and Mary Wallace

It was a beautiful day to drive to Panacea for our

August monthly networking luncheon. Posey’s

Steam Room has hosted the Chamber

membership in the past, but this time, Sherrie,

John and Mr. Noah out did themselves. The ban-

quet room was set for 77 members and guests

who had made a reservation, and the buffet

spread was an abundant display of fresh tossed

salad with choice of dressings, cold slaw, cheese

grits, fried chicken tenders, fresh fried shrimp,

hushpuppies and mini desserts.

Mary Wallace was moving around the room gathering the cards for the door prize

drawings and making sure everyone had what they needed. As people began to get their

plates, Mary introduced our new members for July, Titanium Motors, Trinity Lutheran

Church and Leslie Linka of Nerium International. Leslie was present and gave everyone

an invitation to get in touch with her to receive a complimentary one week trial of her anti

-aging products. She has a booth at Mena so stop by and welcome her. There were

introductions of several guest members brought and of course, several of those guests

won door prizes. Gena Green introduced her guests, Heather Hoffman, owner of, Anna

Bums Cloth Diapers and Children and adult clothing all hand made. Heather Green her

sister-in-law whose husband is the new pastor for the Assembly of God Church. They are

very happy to be part of the community. Rachel Penta, introduced Jeanie Booth the new

Chief Development Officer with Big Brother & Big Sisters. Trish Akins guest was Wanda

Schilb who is an independent insurance agent. Wakulla Medical introduced George

Martinez, the interim director and reiterated they are in the process of hiring a full-time

director if anyway had an interest. We are always happy to welcome new guests and

thank or members for bring them.

Our spotlight was on Capital City Bank. Amy

Geiger, Courtney Armitage and Renee

Millender did an outstanding job of

explaining how Capital City bank began and

has evolved. They were a tag team, with

photo props, beautifully displayed by their

very own Vanna White, Renee Millen-

der. Tallahassee’s oldest bank opened its

doors in 1895 with one location, five

directors and three associates. Since then,

Capital City Bank has survived depressions,

natural disasters and world wars to become

one of the largest financial institutions

headquartered in Florida. In recent years,

Capital City Bank has expanded outside of the Tallahassee area, serving a geographic

circle inside Jacksonville, Atlanta, Birmingham and Orlando. After 119 years, with 15

acquisitions, Capital City has grown its client base in 25 communities in FL, GA and

Alabama. Community service and a commitment to clients will continue to be hallmarks

of Capital City Bank for many years to come. It has been a long journey, and Capital City

Bank is proud of its heritage as your hometown bank.

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Chuck Daugherty of TCB Marketing was the lucky winner of the $63.00 cash drawing. We

had approximately 26 raffle donation and want to thank everyone who donated. Olympus

Insurance, Cook Insurance, Red hills Broadcasting 103.1 the Wolf, Gena Green,

Yesterday’s, Gospel food ministry’s, Dr. Ed Gardner, Posey’s, Karen’s Bakery, Lionel &

Marianne Dazevedo, Costco’s, Wakulla News, Arte Mexico, Big Bend Hospice, Capital City

Bank and Wakulla Medical.

On behalf of the Chamber, we appreciate you supporting these fun activities and look

forward to seeing you on September 18 for our Business Excellence Awards Banquet.

We had several announcements this week and with the weather hopefully cooling down,

Wakulla County will have an uptick in outdoor activities. Zoe Mansfield invited us all to

the Stone Crab Festival, October 25. The theme of the parade is pirates and she invited

us to dress out and come walk in the short parade. Vendor space and sponsorships are

available. Contact Ethel at 925-6224 for more information.

Charlene Lanier passed out order forms for Gospel Food Ministry and explained that

everyone is invited to participate. Please contact her at Harvest Fellowship Church for

more information. It is not just for those in need. It is an outstanding opportunity for

businesses and individuals to become more aware of services available right here in

Crawfordville. She also announced there will be a food distribution event by Harvest

Fellowship in conjunction with Farm Share and DCF on September 13 from 10:00 a.m. –

2:00 p.m. There will be a variety of community partners providing information and

services.

Jo Ann Palmer reminded everyone of the upcoming Business Excellence Awards Banquet

on September 18 and encouraged everyone to be on the lookout for the invitation from

Petra. The event will be held at the Senior Center and thanks to the numerous

nominations we received, this year will be an outstanding event full of surprises. She also

announced that the annual International Coastal Cleanup hosted by KWCB is coming up

on September 20th from 9:00 – noon. KWCB is looking for sponsorships and door prizes,

if you are interested in more information, go to their website kwcb.org or contact Jo

Ann. They expect between 600 and 700 volunteers and Wal-Mart will be providing a

complimentary hot dog luncheon. Please come out, bring your family, friends and

business associates. Give back to your community.

Further announcements included an open invitation to the opening of the Wakulla

Waterfronts Photo Exhibit on Thursday, September 4 at the Welcome Center in

Panacea. This photo display was most recently exhibited at the Apalachicola Center for

History and Culture. Please come out to the opening. It is an incredible work of historical

arts. Myrtle Hoffman also encouraged anyone who might need a customized gift in the

future; consider the students at the Legacy Café. They do excellent work at a reasonable

price. Mary thanked Bill and Lynda from The Wakulla News for all their support and

Lynda certainly captured a flattering pose of Mary with her special guest, Amy while

passing out the door prizes.

There were upcoming dates announced to mark on your calendars; next month Ms.

Dorothy at Outz’s Too Oyster Bar & Grill in Newport will once again host our networking

luncheon. If you were lucky enough to get a seat last time, she showed you some of her

outstanding dishes and I’m sure we’ll be stuffed again. Then in October, we will go to

Riverside Café in St. Marks. On October 16, the Wakulla Business Women’s Association

will host the quarterly mixer at Hammaknockers.

Our spotlight for September will be the UPS Store by owner Harry Bosman.

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2013

Business

Excellence Winners

Start - Up Business

Bay Leaf Market

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Business

Shepard Accounting &

Tax Service

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Non - Profit

Keep Wakulla County Beautiful

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Environmental Stewardship

Friends of Wakulla Springs State Park Inc.

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Member

John W. Shuff

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Director

Jo Ann Palmer

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Wakulla Area Business

Ouzts Too Oyster Bar & Grill

UPCOMING:

Ribbon cutting for West Plumbing, 11:30 am, Friday,

September 12 at Chamber office, 23 High Drive.

Networking Luncheon, noon Wednesday, September 24 at

Ouzts Too Oyster Bar & Grill

Save the DATE: Business Excellence Awards banquet, 6 pm

at the Senior Citizens Center, 33 Michael Drive in

Crawfordville, Thursday, September 18th.

Anderson & Givens, P.A. - A Florida law firm representing clients

statewide, specializing in foreclosure defense, real property, wills,

and more

91 Doe Run, Wakulla Springs, FL 32327 (850) 544-4653

Welcome Jeremy Anderson

Welcome New Chamber Members