Dear Chamber Members,

Yesterday (Sunday) we had a lot of fun at the Battle of the Businesses Bowling Event with twenty teams participating this year.  The new Team Championship goes to Good Samaritan-Lakeview Team #1 and last years champion came in second (Tom’s/Cenex) with a 6 pin difference between the teams.  Good Samaritan – Lakeview will move on to the Championship between the Glenwood Area and Alexandria Area businesses.  The Alexandria Champion has yet to be named, but the Championship game will be at the Garden Center on Sunday, November 30th at 4 PM.  Congratulations to Alice Bolen, Jan Danielson, Nancy Ward and Shirley Zemke for their Championship!!!

A reminder to all Chamber members that we are finishing the 2009 Community Calendar for the Minnewaska Guide this week.  If you have not already submitted your event, please do so in the next few days.  We include major community events in the calendar in the Minnewaska Guide.  We do not include events which are primarily Pope County (such as Church Dinner or an Open House).  Those events may also be submitted and they will be listed on our Calendar on our website at www.GlenwoodLakesArea.Info. We encourage you to submit those event listings as well by choosing the “submit an event” tab on the Glenwood Chamber calendar page and filling in the short form with the information.

Finally, we have received some nominations for Board of Directors for Board terms beginning January 1, 2009 through December 31, 2011.  (Terms are three years.)  We will have four openings this year and if you or someone you know would like to serve on the Board, please email, call, or let us or one of our current Board members know.  Board members may be anyone who is a Chamber member including staff members for any of our Chamber businesses.  Please let us know in the next few days so we may get the ballots out to Chamber Members!

Please get back to us this week about Calendar events and Board Nominees for 2009.  Once again, Congratulations to Good Samaritan-Lakeview on their Championship!!

Have a great week!

Scott Formo & Cody Rogahn

Glenwood Lakes Area Chamber