Welcome New Board Members

First I would like to say Thank you to Rhonda Ellis, Angie Finn, Andy Knott and Dawn Thompson for serving on the Chamber

Board of Directors. Your support & service to the Minden Chamber of Commerce has been appreciated.

Congratulations & Welcome to our four new members of the Board of Directors,

Dena Beck, Janene Hill, Jeanne Jons & Carol Loschen.

I look forward to working with you.

MINDEN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE 2014 December Newsletter

Christmas City 5K Fun Run

& Little Elves 1 Mile Run

Saturday, December 6th

Westminster United Presbyterian Church

1 mile at 8:30am—5K run 9:00am

**Free will pancake & sausage breakfast will be **Free will pancake & sausage breakfast will be **Free will pancake & sausage breakfast will be

served by the Minden Rotary Club**served by the Minden Rotary Club**served by the Minden Rotary Club**

$20.00 registration fee$20.00 registration fee$20.00 registration fee

$25.00 race day registration $25.00 race day registration $25.00 race day registration

Call Chamber Office, 832-1811

or download the registration form at

mindenne.org

2014 Board of Directors

President Angie Finn

First Bank & Trust

Vice President Kevin Krull

Krull Agency

Marcy Brandt Minden Opera House

Carolyn Bunger Windmill

Rhonda Ellis Big John’s Ford

Amy Fuqua Big John’s Ford

Jordan Patterson Patterson Chiropractic

Sally Jurgensmier Sculptures by Sally

Andy Knott Landmark

Don Phillips Joy’s Floral

Riley Space Mason’s Market

Dawn Thompson Rhynalds Auction & Realty,

LLC

Administrator: Marcia Davis 308-832-1811

mindenne@gtmc.net www.mindenne.org

Get Caught Shopping in Minden Nov. 28– Dec. 24

Participating Businesses:

Anderson Jewelry First Bank & Trust Minden Exchange Bank

Big John’s Ford Jeanne Jons Minden Hardware

Breakaway Joy’s Floral & Gifts Minden Opera House Gift Shop

5th Street IGA Mason’s Market Pedley Drug

You could win $20.00 in Minden Chamber Bucks just for shopping in Minden this Holiday season.

Minden Community Players present

A Christmas

Revue IV Friday, Dec. 5, 7:30pm

Sunday, Dec. 7, 2:30pm

Minden Opera House

Adults $7.50 Students $5.00

Burchell’s White Hill Farmhouse Inn

Open house & Tour

Dec. 20

2:00-4:00pm

Refreshments will be served

1578 30th Road

2014 Platinum Partner

Ladies Night at Anderson Jewelry

Dec. 4

4:00-8:00pm

Make out your wish list Beverages & Snacks available

Snow Date: Saturday, Dec. 6, 1-5pm

Christmas Gift Idea????

How about Minden Chamber

Bucks they make great

stocking stuffers, last minute

gifts or Employee gifts.

Chamber bucks are available

for purchase at the

Chamber Office, 325 N. Colorado or

call 832-1811.

Need a Santa Suit?

The Chamber has a

Santa Suit for rent.

Suit includes coat, pants,

shoe flips, belt and hat.

Beards are also available

for purchase.

For more information call 832-1811

Light of the

World Pageant

7:00pm

On the square

Dec. 7

Dec. 14

Bring your Family, Friends

& blanket/chairs and enjoy

the last two performances

of the 2014 season.

GOOCH & His Las Vegas Big Band

308.832.0588 MindenOperaHouse.com

February 26, 6:00pm, Holiday Inn Conference Center

Minden Optimist Club Youth Basketball Tournament January 24 & 25 5th –8th Grade Boys’ & Girls’ teams

For more information contact Becky Rehtus, 832-1273 or 830-0164 or trehtus@gtmc.net

Calendar of Events

Dec. 5 A Christmas Revue, Minden Opera House, 7:30pm

Dec. 4 Ladies Night at Anderson Jewelry, 4:00-8:00pm

Dec. 6 Rotary Pancake Feed, Westminster United Presbyterian Church, 8:00am-12:00pm

Dec. 6 Christmas City 5K & Little Elf Run, Westminster United Presbyterian Church

8:30am Little Elf Run & 9:00am 5K Run/Walk

Dec. 7 A Christmas Revue, Minden Opera House, 2:30pm

Dec. 7 Light of the World Christmas Pageant, 7:00pm, on the Square

Dec. 13 Gooch and His Las Vegas Big Band, 7:00pm, Minden Opera House

Dec. 14 Light of the World Christmas Pageant, 7:00pm, on the Square

Dec. 19 Nebraska Brass, Minden Opera House, 7:30pm

Dec. 20 Burchell’s White Hill Farmhouse Inn Open House, 2:00-4:00pm

Dec. 21 Polar Express Storytelling & Movie, Minden Opera House, 6:00pm

Dec. 25 Merry Christmas

Dec. 31 New Year’s Eve

Silver

2014 PREMIUM Partners

Gold

Bethany Home Invites You to ……

Dec. 14 Annual Christmas Tree Walk, 2:00pm

Dec. 24 Christmas Candlelight Service, 2:00pm

Dec. 31 New Year’s Party, 2:00pm

Bronze Partners

Anderson Jewelry Mason’s Market

Aurora Cooperative Minden Opera House

C-Tech Pioneer Aerial Applicators

5th Street IGA Rhynalds Auction & Realty

First Bank & Trust Royal Engineered Composites

Krull Agency Stadler Implements

Landmark Implement

Chamber of Commerce meeting, November 5, 2014

Present: Kevin Krull, Marcy Brandt, Jordan Patterson, Sally Jurgensmier, Marcia Davis, Don Phillips, Rhonda Ellis, Andy Knott, Riley Space Absent: Dawn Thompson, Amy Fuqua, Carolyn Bunger, Angie Finn Meeting was called to order at 12:10 pm by Vice President Kevin Krull. Don moved to approve the minutes. Jordan seconded. All voted in favor. Treasurer’s Report was presented. Marcia reported that all of the excess food from the auction was sold either at Bandfest or to members. The auction food stand ended up losing $624.85, but Bandfest looks to clear about $4,000. All in all the events ended up ok and were good exposure for the Chamber. The last deposit of $5,286.80 included the annual $5,000 from the City. New members include Dena Beck and Au-to Way Bowl. Riley moved to accept the report. Sally seconded. All voted in favor. Old Business:

July 4th

Celebration (2015): Kevin talked to Brian at Wayne. Contracts were to be sent at the end of Oc-tober, but ours was overlooked. We should be receiving it soon. Deposit of $10,000 needs to be made by the 15

th of November. The City will pay their $5k, but as it has to be voted on by the City

Council and that likely won’t happen before the 15th

. If we can only pay $5k they will still give us free product, since the contract wasn’t sent to us on time.

2015 Budget: Marcia shared that Angie commented that since the Century of Lights committee has already used $1,000 of their budget, the numbers under that category could be adjusted to $4,000 instead of $5,000. No other changes were recommended at this time. The final budget will be ap-proved in December.

2015 Board Nominations/Elections: Five people have been nominated: Dena Beck, Janene Hill, Jeremi-ah Holmes, Jeanne Jons & Carol Loschen. Marcia will send out an email next week, requesting votes. There are four open positions. Deadline for votes will be the 21

st.

New Business:

Chamber Bucks: There has been discussion at the Promotions meeting about how there are non-Chamber members who redeem Chamber Bucks. Some people at the meeting felt that non-Chamber members should not be allowed to redeem them – that it should be a perk of member-ship. Others felt that as long as they are still being redeemed in Minden, it still keeps the money lo-cal. Buffalo County allows their “Buffalo Bucks” to be spent in any business, but people are encour-aged to shop at Chamber members. It was decided that the board needed to decide what the poli-cy is about who can redeem them. Don moved that all local businesses be allowed to redeem Chamber bucks even if they aren’t members. Riley seconded. All voted in favor.

Other: Cash Mobs encourage people to shop at local businesses. The general feel is that the logistics may be more than what we care to take on. Marcy mentioned the possibility of doing Business Spotlights every week to highlight ALL member businesses, not just retail. It was decided that Mar-cia will start hitting businesses up to provide information and we will start running them weekly via email blast and Facebook.

Kevin also got information from Hastings about how they handle Farmer & Rancher appreciation with a barbeque and entertainment. They also give out awards and hold a raffle. Sponsorships are $200. The Ag BBQ at the fair could be renamed the Community BBQ, then plan an additional Ag Appre-ciation event. Some ideas were discussed, but it was decided that it will be pursued. Kevin will con-tinue to research then will bring it back to the board.

Committees:

Ambassadors: Next meeting is December 10th

at noon. Promotions: Next mtg. Nov. 6

th at noon.

Century of Lights: Next mtg. Nov. 13th

at 6:30 pm. Next regular meeting: December 3

rd at Cozy Café.

Christmas Traditions 2014

Busy day with Soup, Pie, Gift wrapping,

Cookie Walk, Girl Scout Bake Sale,

Antique/Craft Show, Photos with

Mr. & Mrs. Claus, Kids Carnival,

Crowning of Miss Christmas City ending

with the turning on the Courthouse

lights and the parade.

Miss Christmas City 2014

Emma Jons Little Miss Snowflake

Sophie Birkestrand

Thank you to everyone who helped

with Christmas Traditions 2014

Anderson Jewelry

Big John’s Ford

Breakaway

CHS Agri. Services

5th Street IGA

First Bank & Trust

Holy Family Catholic Church

Joy’s Floral & Gifts

Mason’s Market

McBride

Minden Exchange Bank

Minden Opera House

Pedley Drug

Rhynalds Auction & Realty

St Paul Lutheran Church Sunday School

Windmill

and all the Volunteers