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The Oregon City Chamber Business Update for October 4, 2016

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State Representative Candidates
Districts 39 & 40

Tuesday, October 4 @ 5:30 pm

Three Rivers VFW Post #1324

This is event is free to the entire public and will be moderated by a non-Oregon City resident who has extensive experience in providing unbiased management of a forum.

Confirmations include:

District 39—Bill Kennemer, R (i);

Charles Gallia, D

District 40—Mark Meek, D; Evon Tekorius, R; Christine VanOrder

Ribbon Cutting

Windermere Community Realty

1209 7th Street

Oregon City

October 6, 4:30 pm

Oregon City's City Commissioner Candidates

and

Oregon City Measure 3-514
Limiting Urban Renewal

Thursday October 6 @ 5:30 pm

Three Rivers VFW Post #1324

This is event is free to the entire public and will be moderated by a non-Oregon City resident who has extensive experience in providing unbiased management of a forum.

Confirmations include:

Position 2—Nancy Ide, unopposed

Position 3—Paul Espe, Frank O'Donnell

Position 4—Renate Mengelberg, unopposed

2017-19 Board of Directors Election
Oregon City Chamber of Commerce

This week each primary representative of every member in good standing* will receive a ballot to vote for the six people whom you believe will best represent the needs of the Oregon City Chamber of Commerce and business community as a whole. Ballots will be electronic this year, via a Constant Contact survey tool. A Voter’s Guide has been created to provide information about each board nominee and will be provided as a pdf to the primary representatives and to the broader membership at www.oregoncity.org.

It is an honor to serve one’s fellow members in our organization. Those elected to a Board of Directors must also be willing to accept responsibility, demonstrate ethics, communicate vision and possess skills in teambuilding, financial strategies, etc. This year’s nominees are: PAM BLOOM, B&B Leasing Co/Oregon City Garbage; JOHN GRAF, OC SignGrafx; CAMERON McCREDIE, Realty Trust Group, Inc; SHELDON PENNER, Chris Cakes NW/Amicus Digital Sign Solutions; GRAHAM PETERSON, Windermere Commercial Real Estate; MELISSA WEST, LAc, First City Wellness/Beautypuncture; and DOUG WHITELEY, Clackamas Fire District #1.

The following individuals are deserving of acknowledgement for their outstanding service to the Oregon City Chamber Board of Directors: TIM AYE, Honorary Member; PAMELA BLOOM, B&B Leasing Co/Oregon City Garbage; DR. KAREN HENSON, The Cat’s Meow Cat Clinic; SHELDON PENNER, Amicus Digital Sign Solutions/Chris Cakes; VICKI SMITH, Clackamas Community College Foundation; and ANDREW STEIN, Logotek, Inc.

*Membership dues must be considered current.

First 25 kids (ages 3-12) in line at 4:00 pm will receive a free menchies color in t-shirt.
Free Balloons and craft during the event period
Like and Share this event on our facebook @menchieshilltop post and you will be eligible to win a free cake during the event to take home. You need to be the first two people that show us on a mobile device that you did this and you will win a smile cake to take home. Must be during the event perod.

Intelligent Wellness

Taking it to the next level with PEMF

Saturday, October 8, at 1:00 pm at Marylhurst University Willow Room

17600 PAcific Hwy. Marylhurst, Oregon

(on Route 43 between west Linn and Lake Oswego)

1:00 - 3:00 pm - Presentation

3:00 - 4:00 pm - Optional Breakout Sessions, Demo Sessions and "Meet the Experts"

Opportunity@Work is a financial wellness program NEDCO is providing at local employers. The program aims to help reduce employee financial stress by providing a set of financial literacy classes coupled with one-on-one financial coaching with one of our Asset Building Specialists. The financial literacy classes cover a wide range of material, from savings and debt to credit and retirement/investment planning. Over 81% of adults have identified money as a significant source of stress in their life and, on average, employees facing financial stress spend about 13% of their workday dealing with personal finances while working— that’s 20 hours a month!

Saturday, October 15, at Portland Meadows, 1001 N Schmeer Rd, Portland, from 10:00 am - 2:00 pm

Secure your ID Day provides free, reliable on-site document shredding, electronic recycling and identity theft awareness services.

go.bbb.org/nw-syid

Last Milwaukie First Friday Festival!

Friday, October 7 at 5:00 pm Downtown Milwaukie. Angel Ink Tattoo will be doing Henna, temporary tattoos, as well as answering all of your tattoo questions! They will also being selling paintings from Angel Art Creations.

It is with a great deal of pleasure that we invite you to attend the Grand Opening of the long-awaited and newly built and renovated Oregon City Public Library! Construction of the new library addition is complete and work is almost finished in our historic Carnegie. The grounds are looking vastly improved and we even have new streets. Oregon City has waited a long time for this moment and it is almost upon us. Please help us celebrate and acknowledge the work of the many people who made this possible, including Oregon City Rotary!

Please note: seating in the Community Room is limited to 75. However, we will broadcast the program to other monitors in other parts of the building.

Activities will include music, balloons, magic show, cupcakes, ‘life-sized’ games, ‘I Spy’ quiz, giveaways, etc.

Contact the Chamber if you are interested in Advertising Opportunities for your Business!

Downtown Redevelopment

Made Possible by Urban Development

Clackamas Community College is hosting a Harvest a Job Fair, on Wednesday, October 5, 2016 , in partnership with WorkSource Clackamas. The job fair will be held from 10:00 am – 1:00 pm in the Gregory Forum at the Oregon City Campus. If you r company or organization has job or internship openings, take advantage of this opportunity to connect hundreds of students, alumni and local job seekers!

Registration & Event Details

Earthquake Preparedness Drill, 10/20

At 10:20 a.m. on Thursday, Oct. 20, millions of people will participate in the Great ShakeOut, the world’s most popular earthquake drill. Our Disaster Management Department wants you to take advantage of this excellent opportunity to practice Drop, Cover and Hold On, the recommended personal protective action to take during an earthquake! Watch the video above for detailed instructions.

You are more likely to react quickly and properly when shaking begins if you practice how to protect yourself on a regular basis. We want you to stay safe. When the shaking starts, you don’t want to think about what to do, you want to know what to do. It could save your life.

Great ShakeOut!
Oct. 20, 2016 at 10:20 a.m.
Place: Right where you are!
Register with the state of Oregon!

Be sure to check out our ShakeOut page, where you can get more tips from Disaster Management on what and what not to do during an earthquake, along with steps to take both before and after an earthquake.

Mark your calendars for National Teen Driver Safety Week October 16-22

Motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death for 15- to 19- year olds in the United States. In fact, in 2014 there were 2,679 teen (15 to 19) passenger vehicle drivers involved in fatal crashes and an estimated 123,000 teens were injured. Parents need to take the time to talk with their kids about the many dangers of driving. Those dangers include alcohol, lack of seat belt use, distracted driving, speeding, and extra passengers.

The Clackamas County Sheriff's Office is providing free driving training for local teens during National Teen Driver Safety week in October. Registration is now open for the second annual, "Drive with a Cop" scheduled for Oct. 22 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Grace Chapel (9600 SW Boeckman Rd.) in Wilsonville. The free driver training is open to teens with a driver license or permit. Register at www.drivewithacop.com

The Pioneer Pantry Board Members would like to extend a "big thank you" to all the businesses and individuals that came out to the golf tournament at Stone Creek Golf Course and brought food items and helped raise money for the pantry. We greatly appreciate your investment in the students.