Straub Brewery in Business Spotlight

On November 13, 2007, SMACC's Business Spotlight series featured Straub Brewery.

From left: SMACC Vice President Mark Jacob, SMACC President Wes
Meyer, SMACC Executive Director Sally Wilson, and Straub Brewery
President Dan Straub sample the brew from the Eternal Tap.



Touring the Brewery

touring the brewery

enjoying a cold one

A New Tree on the Diamond!!

A live tree, a beautiful 14' Fraser Fir, now has a permanent home on the Diamond. We would like to thank the following businesses and individuals for their generous contributions that helped to make this dream a reality.

Arnold Wolfe Trust * Dave’s Pro Shop
Morgan AM&T * Burke’s Home Center * Doris Stackpole *
Northwest Savings Bank * C/G Electrodes
First Commonwealth Bank * OSRAM Sylvania
Coldwell Bank - 1 St. Marys Realty * Joe & Sue Meyer
St. Marys Auto Body * CSB Bank *
Lynch Radkowski Funeral Home * The Red Fern *
Cunningham Trucking * Mark Jacob, Attorney at Law

The picture below show the journey of the Diamond Memorial Tree, from the field where it was grown to the place of honor on the Diamond where it now lives.

Light Up Night 2007

Light Up Night 2007, held on November 16, was a wonderful kick-off for the holiday season in the St. Marys Area!! Our thanks to Allstate Insurance/Biemel & Gerg Agency, Calla's Custom Logo Wear, Morgan AM&T, and St. Marys Pharmacy for sponsoring the Light Up Night activites, and to the City of St. Marys for providing free parking.

New tree with lights

Santa arrives!
Romie Secco & the Dietz Boys provide entertainment

Santa hearing a list of requests!

The hay ride was popular despite the cold!

A great night for a hayride

A long line to see Santa!

Waiting to see Santa

Chamber, Marienstadt & EDC to have new home!

MOVING TO NEW QUARTERS - Front row: Ray Klaiber St. Marys Area EDC Executive Director; Wes Meyer Chamber President; Sally Wilson Chamber and Marienstadt Executive Director; Tom Fledderman & Steve Skok, Marienstadt Board; Kevin Berry & Diane Bressler, Chamber Board Back row: Tom Wagner, Mark Jacob Chamber Vice President; David Greene City Manager; David Larkin, Chamber Board

California Businessman Donates Downtown Building; Groups Will Renovate and Relocate

A luncheon was held on Thursday, October 4th at Gunners to announce the recent acquisition by the Marienstadt Corporation of the former "Choice store" in downtown St. Marys.

Jules Bender, a businessman from Santa Barbara, California, had the property listed with local realtor Kevin Berry of Premier Realty. When he was unable to sell the property at the desired price, he inquired about the
possibility of donating the building to a local non-profit organization.

Kevin referred him to Sally Wilson, Executive Director of the St. Marys Area Chamber of Commerce and Marienstadt Corporation. The Marienstadt Corporation, the downtown revitalization group, completed the necessary paperwork, and the transaction became official on September 28th.

The building, located at 53 S. St. Marys Street, upon renovation, will provide permanent office space for the Marienstadt Corporation, St. Marys Area Chamber of Commerce and the St. Marys Area Economic Development Corporation.

A tour of the building was given after the luncheon.

7th Annual Chamber Golf Outing held at Bavarian Hills

The 7th Annual St. Marys Area Chamber of Commerce Golf Outing, sponsored by WalMart, was held on a picture-perfect fall day on Thursday, September 20 at the Bavarian Hills Golf Course with 72 golfers participating. Taking 1st Place with a low net score of 55 on a match of cards was the Northwest Savings team of Tom Fledderman, Pat Struble, Jeff Shaffer and Rick Emmert. 2nd Place finishers, also with a 55, were the Morgan AM&T team of Brian Guido, Ron Meyer, Bob Easton & Brian Shepard. Coming in 3rd was the Elk Regional Health Center team of Max Brady, Dave Nedzinski, Tom Kerchinski and Joe Gasbarre.

Skill prizes were awarded to: Devin Brock for Closest to the Pin on #6, Mary Meyer for Longest Drive (Ladies) on #11, Tim Smith for Longest Drive (Men) on #5, Scott Dahl for Longest Drive on #14 (Men) and Steve Kronenwetter for the Longest Putt on #17. After an afternoon of great golf 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 Prize was sponsored by Stoltz of St. Marys and National City Bank.

Wing Fling 2007

The 2007 Wing Fling Committee

Front Row: Donna Nelson, Sally Wilson, (rubber chicken),
Greg Stauffer, Jude Lundy, Heather Hanes. Back row: David
Larkin, Mark Jacob, Randy Cole,Chairperson Kevin O'Leary,
Wes Meyer. Not pictured: Diane Bressler, John Salter,
Lori Schreiber, Frank Straub, Aaron Bleggi


The Winning Teams

2007 Peoples' Choice Winner: Dino's Pace
Runner-up: Tailgaters

2007 Judge's Choice Winner: The Hills
Runner-up: CMF

The Wing Eating Contest

Wing Eating Contest Participants:
Rich Schneider, Hootinanny; Chris "Bubba" Lenz, The Hills;
Jason Miller, Dino's Place; Frank Jovenitti, East Branch River Restaurant; Gregg "Beefy" Samick, the CMF



Wing Eating Contest Winners: (from left)
2nd place, Rich Schneider; 1st place, Chris Lenz;
3rd place, Gregg Samick



Wing Eating Contest 1st Place Finisher
Chris "Bubba" Lenz, representing The Hills,
with Mark Jacob Contest Judge



Wing Eating Contest 2nd Place Finisher
Rich Schneider, representing the Hootinanny, with
Mark Jacob Contest Judge



Wing Eating Contest 3rd Place Finisher
Gregg "Beefy" Samick representing the CMF, with
Mark Jacob Contest Judge


The Judges

Judges: Matt Quesenberry, Fr. Eric, and Katie Weidenboerner



Judges: Katie Weidenboerner, Dan Surra,
Bob Grumley & Don Wilhelm

Judges: Steve Skok and Dan Freeburg