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Spotlight June 2016
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After weather forced our annual banquet to be postponed in February, the Chamber was fortunate to enjoy a beautiful day for the 7th Annual Golf Tournament, presented by Eagle Communications.
The Chamber is appreciative to all the businesses, golfers and volunteers who participated in the event May 6 at Smoky Hill Country Club.
Below are the sponsors who contributed toward the success, and we encourage you to share a thank you with them the next time you see or work with them.
Title sponsor: Eagle Communications.Ace sponsor: ITC.Food sponsor: Smoky Hill Country Club.Flight sponsor: Hays Regional Airport.Clubhouse sponsors: Avalon Advanced Health, Dillon’s
and Discovery Drilling.Cart sponsors: Downing Nelson Oil, Golden Belt Bank,
Kansas Natural Gas Operating and Paul-Wertenberger Construction.
Patio Party sponsors: Big Creek Crossing and Federated Insurance-Matt Applegate.
Hazard sponsors: A&A Coors, Gella’s Diner & Lb. Brewing Co. and Walmart.
Swing sponsors: Doerfler’s Harley Davidson, Great Clips, Hays
Trophies & Engraving and Riedel’s Garden Center.
Hole-in-one sponsors: Diamond R Jewelry,
Golden Q, Hays Chevrolet and Insurance Planning.
Hole sponsors: A & A
Coors, Advanced Real Estate-Lyn Klein, APAC, Inc., Astra Bank, Baconrind Appraising Services, Bank of Hays, Bieker Insurance Agency, Inc., Brungardt Hower, C & V Home Improvement, CK Technologies, Crawford Pump & Supply, Dr. Mirta Martin & FHSU Family, Equity Bank, Farmers Insurance- Travis Adams Agency, First Kansas Bank, Great Plains Dermatology, Gutierrez Mexican/Trio Tap House Restaurants, Heartland Dermatology Center, High Plains Farm Credit, Horizon Appliance & Electronics, Jeff Pinkney CPA, Koerner Chiropractic & Physical Therapy, KVC Wheatland Hospital, Lewis Automotive, Lifetime Dental, Midwest Energy, NCK Tech, Nex-Tech, Nex-Tech Wireless, RD Graphics, Roofmasters Roofing, Sicoir Computer Technologies, The Hays Daily News and U-Save Pharmacy.
Annual golf tourney a hole-in-one
Hays Regional Airport First Flight, First-Place Winners: Diamond R Jewelry Team. Pictured, from left, Tammy Wellbrock, Hays Area Chamber; Gary Shorman, Eagle Communication; Tyler Hallagin; Zach Patterson; Matt Berens; Dustin Roths; and Eric Ivey, ITC.
As we leave the cold winter months behind us
and slide into the hot days of summer, I imagine many people will start chatting more with their neighbors over backyard fences, companies will host employee picnics or families will take off on destinations to create some special memories. Warm weather is nature’s way of bringing people together.
Like Mother Nature, the Hays Area Chamber aids in the gathering process, mixing strangers and business acquaintances to create a culture of interaction and friendship. A member’s ribbon cutting is the perfect introduction for a new business or employee, while Chamber Chats serve as the community-wide connector. For employees new to Hays, these events help provide a social network that is often as important for overall success as the benefit package. In turn, younger employees born and raised in Ellis County have an opportunity to be recognized for the professionals they have become.
In the sales world, account executives dread the “cold call,” the emotionally draining aspect of reaching out to a stranger to possibly be hung up on or turned away. However, each week through the Chamber, I see the groundwork of many relationships taking place.
I encourage you to warm up with one of our upcoming events, connect with a former friend or develop a new friendship. We would love to have you join us.
Nothing warms our hearts more.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
CHAIR: Brad Haynes, FHSU Athletic Assoc.CHAIR-ELECT: Tammy McClellan, FHSU FoundationPAST CHAIR: Brian Weimer, IPI Financial ServicesTREASURER: Tom Meis, Midwest EnergyLance Bickle, Sicoir Connie Bollig, Emprise BankElizabeth Jaeger, Eagle Communications
Karen Gutierrez, Gutierrez Restaurant Tami Norris, Advanced Real EstateLeland Olive, Couture for Men & WomenBrian Ruder, American Family InsuranceMark St. Peter, Nex-TechShae Veach, Hays Medical Center
STAFFTammy Wellbrock
Executive DirectorCeleste Sander
Membership CoordinatorKathy Heinrich
Administrative Assistant
Mission: The hays area ChaMber of CoMMerCe works for The business prosperiTy of hays and iTs neighbors.
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FEATUREDBUSINESS
Zimmerman Plumbing,
Heating & A/C Inc. 714 e. seVentH | Hays, Ks 67601
pHone: (785) 628-8533Zimmerman Plumbing, Heating & A/C Inc. is
celebrating 33 years of business in the city of Hays and surrounding areas. Established in Hays in 1983 by Ron Zimmerman, they began providing residential service for the first 25 years of business. Since then, they have extended services to residential, commercial and new construction.
The business has 12 employees, including Ron’s son Eric Zimmerman, who has been with the business for 15 years and will carry on the business in the future. Some of the jobs the business has completed are IHOP, Best Western, Hampton Inn and Holiday Inn Express, to name a few.
Ron and staff want to thank all of their loyal customers for the 33 years of service to them. Zimmerman Plumbing, Heating & A/C Inc. will continue to provide great service for all your plumbing, heating and air-conditioning needs now and in the years to come.
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“A business that makes nothing but money is a poor business.”
Henry Ford
The FHSU Management Development Center offers a 15-percent discount for the June workshop, Supervising with Confidence, to all Hays Area Chamber of Commerce members. The workshop, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. June 16, will provide participants with a working knowledge and understanding of the five fundamental supervisory skills: guiding the work, organizing the work, developing your staff, managing performance and managing relations. Participants will have the opportunity to develop supervisory skills. To register, visit www.fhsu.edu/mdc/workshops. When registering online, use code 6298ztk to obtain the Chamber discount.
Workshop Discounts
Medical and Dental Care The region�’s premiere medical home,
dedicated to providing access to compassionate, quality care for all.
105 W. 13th 785.621.4990
www.rstcareclinic.com
Visit us online at discoverhays.com
cHamBer news
• June 24: Monthly Membership Lunch, noon, Rose Garden Banquet Hall, 2350 E. Eighth; Program: Ellis County Clerk Donna Maskus. Sponsor: EnerSys.
New MembersThe business listed below recently
made an important investment by joining the Chamber. Please consider them for your needs, and let them know you learned about their business through the Chamber. Greetings to:
Kansans for Marshall(620) 793-2560
www.kansansformarshall.com
Member ReferralHelp us spread the positive
benefits of membership. Receive a $10 Chamber Cheque for each new business you recruit to join the Chamber.
Announcements
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The Hays Welcome Center is now operating on summer hours.The building will be open from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through
Friday, and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday. On Sunday, the building is open from 1 to 5 p.m.
Please stop by the Welcome Center to find out more about what Hays and the surrounding area has to offer.
Welcome Center Summer Hours
We want to help showcase your business’ Chamber membership.
If you haven’t received a 2016 window cling to stick on your windows and entry doors, please contact the Chamber at (785) 628-8201.
Not only does the window cling signify you’re a member, it’s the image that indicates Chamber Cheques are accepted inside.
Help us help you attract more customers and community support.
Got a New Community Guide?Distribution of the new Community Guide includes the following:• Conferences, conventions, reunions and tournaments.• City relocation packets and welcome buckets to new residents.• Chamber membership packets.• All guests who enter Hays Welcome Center.• Visitor centers throughout Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska and Oklahoma.• Hotel lobbies throughout Ellis County.
Membership Decals
• Convenient e-Billing and bank payment options• Affordable Leased Security Lighting
1-800-222-3121www.mwenergy.com
To submit member news or sign up for Chamber event alerts, email [email protected].
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Ameriprise Financial is sponsoring the Larks game June 7 against Dodge City. All chamber members and clients are invited to join them at the game and fill the stands. HAYP members will be volunteering in the concession stand.
Sunflower Bank is offering $50 to new customers who open a Spend & Sign & Save checking account through June 30. In the spirit of spring, they also are reminding people who are considering buying a home, a car, or doing a home renovation, they offer loans and lines of credit featuring great rates and personal attention. To learn more, visit your local branch or www.SunflowerBank.com.
The Fort Hays State University Foundation welcomed Teresa Hammerschmidt as its new gift and payroll processor. She is a Fort Hays graduate who resides in Victoria. To learn more about the FHSU Foundation, visit foundation.fhsu.edu, call (785) 628-5620 or email at [email protected].
Global manufacturer and distributor of agricultural equipment AGCO announced its best performing dealers for 2015, naming Hays-based Lang Diesel Inc. top-five in overall
sales out of all North American dealerships. The Lang family founded LDI in 1988 and since has led the company to top-ten rankings for the last 16 years, and is now in the fifth-place spot. Brian Lang and his son, Brent, general manager, accepted the award at AGCO’s annual dealer meeting last month.
Sunflower Bank awarded $8,750 in college scholarships to 12 high school students through its 2016 Community Ambassador’s Program intended to teach teens leadership skills and instill hometown pride. Scholarships were granted in $500, $1,000 and $1,500 increments to students in McPherson, Hays, Victoria and Junction City; Monte Vista and Pueblo, Colo.; and Leeton, Mo. Scholarships going to students in Hays and Victoria totaled $2,750. Scholarship winners from Hays & Victoria were, from left, Morgan Klaus, Melissa Pfeifer, Taylor Dinkel and Joe Dortland.
The most popular option for Internet-accessed movies and TV shows is the streaming service Netflix. The exponential growth in customers has created network challenges for
streaming services such as Netflix, and Internet services providers like Nex-Tech. To minimize network traffic issues and improve the user experience, Nex-Tech is partnering with Netflix in its Open Connect program. Instead of accessing video content from servers thousands of miles away, Netflix subscribers with Nex-Tech Internet service are viewing content from servers virtually in their backyard.
Astra Bank announced the addition of Cody Palen to their lending team. Palen and his wife, Megan, are graduates of Kansas State University and lifetime residents of western Kansas. He previously was employed with a regional bank in western Kansas.
Dallas Haselhorst, a partner with Sicoir Computer Technologies, has been invited to speak at the 2016 Nagios World Conference. Nagios is a highly customizable platform often recognized as the leader in IT infrastructure monitoring for networks and servers. While Nagios is standardly used for stability and performance monitoring, Haselhorst was able to develop a new, security-focused usage by automating many of the recommendations found in the National Security Agency whitepaper titled “Spotting the Adversary.”
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nex-tech.com • 877-625-7872
“At Nex-Tech, I sincerely feel that our employees care about the customer
and what they have to say.”
Elizabeth• Customer Sales, Hays
Nex-Tech’s Advertising Solutions Team recently received two TeleChoice Awards from NTCA — the Rural Broadband Association. The annual awards program honors excellence in member telco public relations and marketing. Entries in seven categories — annual reports, complete branding campaign, complete marketing campaigns, customer newsletters, single-target print publications, websites and local video content — were judged on innovative strategies, design, writing, creativity and other elements specific to each category. In each category, a winner was selected from three divisions based on the number of access lines served by the entrant and two production divisions: “in-house” and “outsourced.” Nex-Tech was awarded first in the “in-house” division for the website and complete marketing campaign categories. Of the 33 NTCA member companies that received TeleChoice Awards, Nex-Tech was one of only three companies that received awards in two categories.
Developmental Services of Northwest Kansas is looking for a candidate for the Volunteer in Service to America program. If you know of someone who might want a new start or might be interested in joining the volunteer force serving America,
then AmeriCorps VISTA might be the program. Serve here in Hays and learn the skills of a fundraiser, grant writer and social-media expert. VISTA is about service to those less fortunate, but there also is a modest monthly monetary stipend along with a yearly education award. For more information, call Allen at (785) 621-5327 or email [email protected].
Soroptimist International of Hays had its annual awards ceremony April 19. The club recognized three women and made a donation to Options Domestic and Sexual Violence Services, totaling $5,250 in awards for the evening. Cathleen Kroeger, Hays, received the Ruby Award. The Ruby Award honors ordinary women, who make extraordinary efforts on behalf of women and girls. Soroptimist makes a cash donation to the charity of her choice. Kroeger chose to donate her cash award to the Ellis County Breastfeeding Coalition. Stacy Denning, Great Bend, and Rebecca Bange, Hays, both received the Live Your Dream Award. The Live Your Dream Award program provides women, who serve as the primary wage earner for their families, with the financial resources to offset costs associated with their efforts to attain
higher education.
Golden Belt Bank presented the 2016 recipients of the Golden Belt Bank Scholarships to Rylee Torline, Ellis High School; Braydon Delzeit, Hays High; Lauren Moeder, TMP; and Jayden Newbold, Victoria.
CASA of the High Plains will begin summer volunteer training at 6 p.m. June 13 at 107 W. 13th. It is a five-week (30 hours) training course to become a certified CASA volunteer who advocates for abused and neglected children in the 23rd Judicial District. For more information, visit www.kansascasa.org/district23.
Smoky Hill Education Service Center is seeking qualified candidates for the following positions: education consultants, math teachers, science teachers, ELA teachers, social studies teachers, special education/inter-related teachers, industrial arts teachers (welding and carpentry), teacher assistants and school psychologists. For more information, contact Diane Mann, CFO/HR director, 605 E. Crawford, Salina, KS 67401 or email [email protected].
First Call for Help of Ellis County is preparing backpacks for the upcoming school year. Low-income families with children in grades Pre-K thru seniors can register a child for a backpack by contacting First Call For Help at (785) 623-2800, completing the form online at firstcallelliscounty.com/BackpacksforKids or stopping by the office at 205 E. Seventh Ste. 204 before July 22.
To submit member news or sign up for Chamber event alerts, email [email protected].
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6To submit member news or sign up for Chamber event alerts, email [email protected].
Stay in touch with what is going on in HAYP by liking them on Facebook at HAYP Hays Area Young Professionals.
Stay Informed
New HAYP MembersWelcome and congratulations to our newest HAYP
members:• Erin Baize, Coldwell Banker Executive Realty.• Leighton Werth, Troy D. Hallagin DDS, PA.
• Ann Pfeifer, Ellis County treasurer.• Allison Lint, private musician.• Kristin Hafliger, American Family-Mary Jo Hafliger
Agency Inc.
cHamBer programs
The Hays Area Young Professionals hosted their annual adult prom May 7.
Sixty adult prom-goers were entertained by the DJ services of Cameron Shoemaker. The VFW was decked out in red, white and blue in honor of the theme inspired by the political elections that will take place in November.
Attendees voted on the prom king and queen. Hays natives Errol and Emmie Wuertz were crowned king and queen. Guests enjoyed the cash bar, snacks and the once again popular photo booth.
HAYP hosted the first prom in September 2015. HAYP will continue the event that now has become a tradition in only its second year.
Hays Area Young Professionals Prom — America a Success
riBBon cuttings
Business after Hours
Refine Boutique, 115 W. 10th(785) 621-4909
Peter Mandy’s, 3402 Vine St. (785) 621-2977
cHamBer cHats
Maurices, 2918 Vine St.(785) 625-3212
Early Childhood Connections, 305 Main St.(785) 623-2430
FHSU Rodeo, 1679 230th Ave.50th Anniversary
C&V Home Improvement, 2004 Vine St.(800) 848-2086
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Sears HOMETOWN Store Hays, 2706 Vine St.(785) 625-5641 Sears.com
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Smoky Hill Country Club, 3303 HallProgram: City of Hays updates
Sponsor: Insurance Planning Inc.
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June calendar of eVents
31 2 4/5CC, 9 a.m. USD 489 bond election, Hays High School (2300 E. 13th)
HAYP Advisory Council, noon, Welcome Center
Konza Cocktails and Concepts, 6 p.m., Trio Tap Haus (1106 E 27th St. Ste. 4)
HAYP Connection Lunch, noon, Smoky Hill Country Club (3303 Hall)Chamber Board of Directors Meeting, 4 p.m., Welcome Center
Konza “It’s Not Rocket Science Theater,” noon, Hays Public LibraryHAYP Happy Hour, 5 p.m., Golden Q (809 Ash)
RC, 10 a.m., Eagle Communications Customer Care Center (1007 W. 28th)
CC, 9 a.m., North Branch Sunflower Bank
CC, 9 a.m., Hays Phone Doctor (218 W. Eighth) RC/GO, 11:30 a.m., Cintas Corp. (1390 E Eighth)
CC, Wild West Fest, 9 a.m., Hays Municipal Park Shelter House ML, noon, Rose Garden Banquet Hall (2350 E. Eighth)
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Abbreviation Legend:AMB = Ambassador LH = Leadership HaysBAH = Business After Hours RC = Ribbon CuttingCC = Chamber Chat ML = Membership LunchHAYP = Hays Area Young Professionals WC = Hays Welcome CenterGO = Grand Opening
For details, see your weekly emails.
Executive Circle Chamber Members
“Thanks to these businesses for making the ultimate investment!”
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