2008 Holiday House Tour
The 2008 Holiday House Tour, held on Sunday, December 7, highlighted some of St. Marys' loveliest homes and buildings decked out in their holiday best!
8th Annual Chamber Golf Outing held at Bavarian Hills
The 8th Annual St. Marys Area Chamber of Commerce Golf Outing, sponsored by WalMart, was held on a picture-perfect, fall day on Wednesday, September 24th at the Bavarian Hills Golf Course with 60 golfers participating.
Taking 1st Place with a low net score of 54 was the Elk Haven team of Tom Davido, Sonny Eckert, George Saline and Jeff Stenta (pictured below)
2nd Place finishers, with a 55 were Northwest Savings Team #2 consisting of Mary Maloney, Linda Decker, Tom Jesberger and Russ Daniels. (pictured below)
Coming in 3rd, with a 57 on a match of cards, was Northwest Savings Team #1, Larry Schatz, Tim Smith, Scott Dahl and Neil Hoffman. (pictured below)
Skill prizes were awarded to: Tim Smith for Closest to the Pin on #6, Mary Secco for Longest Drive (Ladies) on #11, George Saline for Longest Drive (Men) on #5, Mary Secco for Longest Drive on #14 and Steve Kronenwetter for the Longest Putt on #17 (second year).
After an afternoon of great golf, cold refreshments and near perfect weather, the golfers were treated to a delicious steak dinner by the Bavarian Hills staff and some wonderful prizes compliments of the St. Marys Chamber and numerous business sponsors. The Hole-In-One Prizes were sponsored by Stoltz of St. Marys, CNB Bank and Express Lube and the Bubble Bath. Lunch was provided by BiLo Market.
Taking 1st Place with a low net score of 54 was the Elk Haven team of Tom Davido, Sonny Eckert, George Saline and Jeff Stenta (pictured below)
2nd Place finishers, with a 55 were Northwest Savings Team #2 consisting of Mary Maloney, Linda Decker, Tom Jesberger and Russ Daniels. (pictured below)
Coming in 3rd, with a 57 on a match of cards, was Northwest Savings Team #1, Larry Schatz, Tim Smith, Scott Dahl and Neil Hoffman. (pictured below)
Skill prizes were awarded to: Tim Smith for Closest to the Pin on #6, Mary Secco for Longest Drive (Ladies) on #11, George Saline for Longest Drive (Men) on #5, Mary Secco for Longest Drive on #14 and Steve Kronenwetter for the Longest Putt on #17 (second year).
After an afternoon of great golf, cold refreshments and near perfect weather, the golfers were treated to a delicious steak dinner by the Bavarian Hills staff and some wonderful prizes compliments of the St. Marys Chamber and numerous business sponsors. The Hole-In-One Prizes were sponsored by Stoltz of St. Marys, CNB Bank and Express Lube and the Bubble Bath. Lunch was provided by BiLo Market.
Wing Fling 2008
People's Choice Winner: Dirty Ehrma's
People's Choice Runner-Up: Tailgaters
Judges' Choice Winner: CMF
Judges' Choice Runner-Up: St. Marys Country Club
Wing Eating Contest Winner: Chester Shugarts of Tailgaters
Judges' Choice Runner-Up:St. Marys Country Club &Judges' Choice Winner: CMF
People's Choice Runner-Up: Tailgaters & People's Choice Winner: Dirty Ehrma's
1st Place Wing Eating Contest Winner: Chester Shugarts of Tailgaters
Wing Fling Committee Members
Wing Eating Contest
Wing Eating Contest Finalists
Mark Jacob - Wing Eating Contest Official
David Larkin & Paula Weyant celebrating the Country Club's victory
SixPak Entertaining the crowd at this year's Wing Fling
SixPak Entertaining the crowd at this year's Wing Fling
Ribbon Cutting for New Welcome Center, Chamber Offices
A Ribbon Cutting was held on July 23 at the new St. Marys Welcome Center and offices of the St. Marys Area Chamber of Commerce, Marienstadt Corporation and St. Marys Area Economic Development Corporation located at 53 S. St. Marys Street.
Shown in the photo above cutting the ribbon are Chamber Executive Director Sally Wilson, EDC Executive Director Ray Klaiber, and Marienstadt Treasurer Ray Beimel.
Also shown are members of each organizations' board of directors; Elk County Commissioners Dan Freeburg and Ron Beimel; Mayor Sally Geyer and City Councilmen Tom Farley, Rick Gabler and Steve Skok; representatives from the offices of Congressman John Peterson, Senator Joseph Scarnati and Representative Dan Surra; Howard Brush of the Governor's NW Regional Office; the Elk County Planning Office; Paula Eddy of the Elk County Community Foundation, Don Valone & Neil Hoffman of Northwest Savings Bank; Rob Norlin of PA Construction; Meagan Andrus,Chamber Secretaryand Max Brady of National City Bank.
A luncheon for those attending followed. An open house for the general public was then held from 1:00-3:00 pm. Wes Meyer, Chamber President acknowledged all who helped throughout the past year to bring this project to fruition.
We would like to thank the following businesses, individuals and organizations who helped to make this project a reality:
MAJOR SPONSORS & CONTRIBUTORS
Jules Bender - Grantor of the Building
Elk County Commissioners - Growing Greener II Funding
Senator Joseph Scarnati - Community Revitalization Grant
Representative Dan Surra - Community Revitalization Grant
Dave Jardini & C/G Electrodes
Paula Eddy & the Elk County Community Foundation
Don Valone, Neil Hoffman & Northwest Savings Bank
Mick Armstrong, Kennedy Signs
Kevin Berry & Premier Realty
Aaron Bleggi, National City Bank
Randy Cole, Wal-Mart
Constable's Furniture Store
Tom Coppolo, Coppolo & Coppolo
Jeff Faulk, Faulk Plumbing, Heating & AC
Dave Greene & the City of St. Marys
Joe Haines, Northwest Savings Bank
Heather Hanes
Art Heary & Sons Furniture
Dwight Hoare, Marienstadt President
Mark Jacob, Attorney
David Larkin, American Red Cross
Fritz Lecker, Express Lube
Wes Meyer, Chamber President
Rob Norlin, PA Construction
Mary Petrucci, CNB Bank
Printing Plus
John Salter, The River 98.9
Greg Stauffer, Spectrum Sensors & Controls
Western Home Appliance
Gene Williams & Straub Brewery
Steve Wilson
Bob Yoder, Susquehanna Development
Debbie Young
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Chamber Board Work Party Prepares New Chamber Office
"Many hands make light work", or so the saying goes .... and so it was on June 11, as a special Chamber Board Work Party helped prepare the new SMACC offices at 53 St. Marys Street.
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