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ABCDE
Monday Messenger
July
30, 2007
ABCDE
– Better Together
Greetings!
This
is the seventy fifth edition of the Monday Messenger. Its
purpose is to bring you current information about the ABCDE project
and area. ABCDE consists of local residents from
Atlanta
, Burden,
Cambridge
, Dexter and
Eastern
Cowley
County
working together for community development. If you have
anything to submit for the newsletter, please send it to shannonthom@hotmail.com.
KDDA
Training
The
Kansas Downtown Development Association is bringing retail
training to our area on August 2nd. The training
“Million Dollar Marketing on a Shoestring Budget” will be
presented by Barbara Wold, an internationally know speaker in the
retail and consumer industries. The session will be
held from 8:30 – 3:30 at the American Legion in Winfield.
Each KDDA organization is eligible to send four participants.
ABCDE is a KDDA organization. If you would like to attend or
for more information, please contact Shannon Martin, (620)
876-3467 or shannonthom@hotmail.com.
Atlanta
Labor Day Celebration
The
annual Labor Day Celebration will be held in Atlanta September 1st
through the 3rd. It features many events
including Lawn Mower Races, BBQ, Youth Rally, Parade, Craft
Show/Farmer’s Market, Carnival, Barnyard Olympics and many more.
Fore more information contact Julie at (620) 394-2794.
Mark
Your Calendars
A
celebration dinner will be held for the end of the ABCDE
Governor’s Pilot Project on Saturday, October 20th.
The dinner will feature products made in Cowley County and will
hold much fun and surprises!! Watch for more information in
the Monday Messenger.
8
Wonders of Kansas
Don’t
forget to vote for the 8 Wonders of Kansas at www.8wonders.org.
Do
you have an idea for a business?
Jack
has assisted 20 businesses in Eastern Cowley County since ABCDE
joined QUAD.
Through
2007, business owners and those with business ideas have access to
a Professional Business Coach. His name is Jack Newcomb and
he is available for free, confidential advice and he will even
come to you. Through the ABCDE program, we have joined the
QUAD EF project and have access to their business coach.
Many local banks, businesses and Cowley First assisted to pay the
QUAD membership fee through December of 2007. For more
information contact Jack at (620) 249-2108.
ABCDE
Website
Don’t
forget to visit www.cowleynet.com
for information about the ABCDE project.
Upcoming
Activities/Events
August
2 KDDA
Training, “Million Dollar marketing on a Shoestring Budget”
Winfield
August
2-7 Cowley County Fair
August
13 Monthly ABCDE
Meeting
September
1-3
Atlanta Labor Day Celebration
To
submit information for the newsletter, send an e-mail to Shannon
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ABCDE
Monday Messenger
July
23, 2007
ABCDE
– Better Together
Greetings!
This
is the seventy fifth edition of the Monday Messenger. Its
purpose is to bring you current information about the ABCDE
project and area. ABCDE consists of local residents from
Atlanta
, Burden,
Cambridge
, Dexter and
Eastern
Cowley
County
working together for community development. If you have
anything to submit for the newsletter, please send it to shannonthom@hotmail.com.
Flint
Hills Tourism Coalition
Please
come to Council Grove for the July 27 meeting of the Flint Hills
Tourism Coalition. The
Coalition will be meeting at the World Famous Hays House
Restaurant -- 150 years old this year and still the " . . .
oldest, continuously operated restaurant west of the
Mississippi River
.” If you plan to attend, please RSVP to C. Kay
Hutchinson,
Executive
Director, Council Grove/Morris County, Chamber of Commerce and
Tourism,
620-767-5413.
Several ABCDE members carpool to this meeting.
Please contact Julie is you are looking for a ride.
KDDA
Training
The Kansas Downtown
Development Association is bringing retail training to our area on
August 2nd. The
training “Million Dollar Marketing on a Shoestring Budget”
will be presented by Barbara Wold, an internationally know speaker
in the retail and consumer industries.
The session will be held from 8:30 – 3:30 at the
American Legion in Winfield. Each
KDDA organization is eligible to send four participants.
ABCDE is a KDDA organization.
If you would like to attend or for more information, please
contact Shannon Martin, (620) 876-3467 or shannonthom@hotmail.com.
Did
You Know??
That the Hewins Park
Pavilion in Cedar Vale was recently nominated for Historic
National Register Listing? The
pavilion was constructed in 1912 and has amazing architecturally
significant construction. Stop
by the next time you visit our ABCDE neighbor.
Mark
Your Calendars
A
celebration dinner will be held for the end of the ABCDE
Governor’s Pilot Project on Saturday, October 20th.
The dinner will feature products made in
Cowley
County
and will hold much fun and surprises!! Watch for more
information in the Monday Messenger.
8
Wonders of
Kansas
Don’t
forget to vote for the 8 Wonders of Kansas at www.8wonders.org.
Do
you have an idea for a business?
Jack
has assisted 20 businesses in
Eastern
Cowley
County
since ABCDE joined QUAD.
Through
2007, business owners and those with business ideas have access to
a Professional Business Coach. His name is Jack Newcomb and
he is available for free, confidential advice and he will even
come to you. Through the ABCDE program, we have joined the
QUAD EF project and have access to their business coach.
Many local banks, businesses and Cowley First assisted to pay the
QUAD membership fee through December of 2007. For more
information contact Jack at (620) 249-2108.
ABCDE
Website
Don’t
forget to visit www.cowleynet.com
for information about the ABCDE project.
Upcoming
Activities/Events
July
27
Flint Hills Tourism Coalition, Council Grove
August
2
KDDA Training, “Million Dollar marketing on a Shoestring
Budget” Winfield
August
2-7
Cowley
County
Fair
August
13
Monthly ABCDE Meeting
September
1-3
Atlanta
Labor Day Celebration
To
submit information for the newsletter, send an e-mail to Shannon
Thom Martin at shannonthom@hotmail.com. |
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ABCDE
Monday Messenger
July
16, 2007
ABCDE
– Better Together
Greetings!
This is the seventy fourth edition of the Monday Messenger.
Its purpose is to bring you current information about the ABCDE
project and area. ABCDE consists of local residents from
Atlanta
, Burden,
Cambridge
, Dexter and
Eastern
Cowley
County
working together for community development. If you have
anything to submit for the newsletter, please send it to shannonthom@hotmail.com.
Gathering
Place
Garden
Parties
The
Gathering Place
has postponed their July Garden Parties. Watch for more
details.
Mark
Your Calendars
Several
exciting events will be held in the next few months. Be sure
to mark your calendars.
August
2 – KDDA Marketing Training
October
10-12 – KDDA Annual Conference
October
13 – QUAD Annual Meeting,
Atlanta
October
20/21 – ABCDE Area Countryside Excursion (Fall Farm and Ranch
Tour)
October
20 – ABCDE Celebration Dinner and Country Music Opry
July
Flint Hills Training Workshop
The
July Flint Hills Training workshop on Wednesday, July 18, is
titled: “Web Site Development for Individual Small Businesses
and Attractions” and will feature a panel of web developers.
The panel will include: Jim Zeiner,
Cottonwood
Falls
; Mike Wampler, Winfield, and Allen Walker,
Emporia
. Dr. Bill Smith will be the moderator.
The workshop, which will be held from 1:30-4 p.m. in the Roe Cross
Conference Room of Cremer Hall on the ESU campus, is one of a
series of workshops held in 2007 that focuses on tourism services
in the Flint Hills.
The monthly series of workshops developed by the CBED was done in
partnership with the Flint Hills Tourism Coalition, the Flint
Hills Resource Conservation and Development AgriTourism
Initiative, and the
ESU
School
of
Business
Small
Business
Development
Center
.
Registration information is available at the CBED Workshop website
at http://www.emporia.edu/business/cbedworkshops.php,
by calling (620) 341-5345, or by sending an e-mail to Dr. Smith
at: wsmith@emporia.edu.
There is a $10 fee for participants, payable at the door. All
interested persons are encouraged to attend, with or without
calling ahead.
KDDA
Training
Mark
your calendars!!! The Kansas Downtown Development Association (KDDA)
and the Kansas Mainstreet Program is bringing a training close to
home. The session will be held on August 2 in Winfield.
It will be entitled “Million Dollar Marketing on a Shoestring
Budget”. Watch for more details in the Monday Messenger.
Also,
KDDA will be hosting a conference on October 10-12th in
Hutchinson
. ABCDE is a member of KDDA.
Advertising
Opportunity at
Bluegrass
Flinthills
Aromatherapy is producing a tabloid to be distributed for free at
the Walnut Valley Festival. If you are interested in placing an ad
featuring your
Eastern
Cowley
County
business, please contact Julie at 394-27914 or countrycookin@sktc.net.
A business card sized ad will be $20. They’re expecting 14,000
people at the Festival this year!
Do
you have an idea for a business?
Jack
has assisted 20 businesses in
Eastern
Cowley
County
since ABCDE joined QUAD.
Through
2007, business owners and those with business ideas have access to
a Professional Business Coach. His name is Jack Newcomb and
he is available for free, confidential advice and he will even
come to you. Through the ABCDE program, we have joined the
QUAD EF project and have access to their business coach.
Many local banks, businesses and Cowley First assisted to pay the
QUAD membership fee through December of 2007. For more
information contact Jack at (620) 249-2108.
ABCDE
Website
Don’t
forget to visit www.cowleynet.com
for information about the ABCDE project.
Upcoming
Activities/Events
July
27
Flint Hills Tourism Coalition, Council Grove
T
o
submit information for the newsletter, send an e-mail to Shannon
Thom Martin at shannonthom@hotmail.com. |
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ABCDE
Monday Messenger
July
9, 2007
ABCDE
– Better Together
Greetings!
This is the seventy third edition of the Monday Messenger.
Its purpose is to bring you current information about the ABCDE
project and area. ABCDE consists of local residents from
Atlanta
, Burden,
Cambridge
, Dexter and
Eastern
Cowley
County
working together for community development. If you have
anything to submit for the newsletter, please send it to shannonthom@hotmail.com.
Dexter
BBQ
The
annual Dexter BBQ will be held on July 14. Events include:
Parade
– Noon
Kid’s
and Adult games, Volleyball, Car Show – Afternoon
DEDA
Sponsored Pie Tasting – 1:00 – 5:00,
Community
Building
BBQ
Meal – 5:00
Watermelon
Feed - 6:00
Dance
– 8:30
Attention
ABCDE Members!
We
are looking into starting a Marketing Co-op through ABCDE and our
members have the opportunity to have the first run at it!
We
will be placing an ad through the Winfield Courier in two
fair-related issues. The first will be the Events Schedule and
will come out July 26th, the second will be the Results Tab and
will come out mid-August. The same ad will run both times (We get
a price break for the second run.) and will be approx 2 column
widths by 7 inches in height.
The
cost is $20 for each business listed. I
will need all your information by this Thursday, July 12th.
If
you have any questions, please give me a call at 620-394-2794 or
email at countrycookin@sktc.net.
Julie
Headrick
Flint
Hills Tourism Coalition Workshop
The
Flint Hills Tourism Coalition is sponsoring a workshop in Winfield
on July 12th (New Date). Entitled
“Marketing and Networking”, the workshop will be held from
1:30 – 4:00 at
Baden Square
and there is a $10 fee. Gary and Wanda Headrick will be
speaking at the training. For
more information contact, Bill Smith at (620) 341-5729 or wsmith@emporia.edu.
Mark
Your Calendars
A
celebration dinner will be held for the end of the ABCDE
Governor’s Pilot Project on Saturday, October 20th.
The dinner will feature products made in
Cowley
County
and will hold much fun and surprises!! Watch for more
information in the Monday Messenger.
July
Garden
Parties
Based
on the book Miss Twiggley’s Garden Party, the
Gathering Place
in Dexter is hosting a children’s garden party for ages 5-10.
The $12.00 charge includes lunch, take home gift, goodie bag and a
visit by Miss Twiggley. The event will be held on July 17th,
from 10:30 – 12:30. Parents are encouraged to accompany
their children.
On
July 24, area Junior and High School girls are invited to attend a
Diva Garden Party. The $20.00 charge will include lunch,
makeup demonstrations, fashion show, and goodie bag. The
event will be held from 10:30-12:30.
To
register for either event, call (620) 876-3188 or (620) 876-3525.
KDDA
Training
Mark
your calendars!!! The Kansas Downtown Development Association (KDDA)
and the Kansas Mainstreet Program is bringing a training close to
home. The session will be held on August 2 in Winfield.
It will be entitled “Million Dollar Marketing on a Shoestring
Budget”. Watch for more details in the Monday Messenger.
Also,
KDDA will be hosting a conference on October 10-12th in
Hutchinson
. ABCDE is a member of KDDA.
QUAD
Update
Mark
your calendars for the QUAD Annual meeting to be hosted by
Eastern
Cowley
County
on October 13th. The meeting will be held in
Atlanta
at the
Community
Building
. We will need auction items for the event.
Eastern
Cowley
County
is hosting this event, so everyone in ABCDE is welcome and
encouraged to be a part of the Annual Dinner.
Watch the Monday Messenger for more information.
Do
you have an idea for a business?
Jack
has assisted 20 businesses in
Eastern
Cowley
County
since ABCDE joined QUAD.
Through
2007, business owners and those with business ideas have access to
a Professional Business Coach. His name is Jack Newcomb and
he is available for free, confidential advice and he will even
come to you. Through the ABCDE program, we have joined the
QUAD EF project and have access to their business coach.
Many local banks, businesses and Cowley First assisted to pay the
QUAD membership fee through December of 2007. For more
information contact Jack at (620) 249-2108.
ABCDE
Website
Don’t
forget to visit www.cowleynet.com
for information about the ABCDE project.
Upcoming
Activities/Events
July
12
QUAD Monthly Meeting,
Sedan
Country Club, 5:00
July
14
Dexter BBQ
July
27
Flint Hills Tourism Coalition, Council Grove
To
submit information for the newsletter, send an e-mail to Shannon
Thom Martin at shannonthom@hotmail.com. |
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ABCDE
Monday Messenger
July
2, 2007
ABCDE
– Better Together
Greetings!
This is the seventy second edition of the Monday Messenger.
Its purpose is to bring you current information about the ABCDE
project and area. ABCDE consists of local residents from
Atlanta
, Burden,
Cambridge
, Dexter and
Eastern
Cowley
County
working together for community development. If you have
anything to submit for the newsletter, please send it to shannonthom@hotmail.com.
USDA
Community Leadership Training
A
USDA Community Leadership Training will be held in
Newton
during July facilitated by Department of Commerce, USDA, Federal
home Loan bank and KSU Extension.
The theme is Empowering Community Leadership.
Each session will be held from 8:00 – 5:00 on July 11,
18, 25. Members of
ABCDE are encouraged to attend.
There is a cost of $65 per person, which will be covered by
SKT. Please contact
Lonnie if you are interested in attending.
Flint
Hills Tourism Coalition Workshop
The
Flint Hills Tourism Coalition is sponsoring a workshop in Winfield
on July 12th (New
Date). Entitled
“Marketing and Networking”, the workshop will be held from
1:30 – 4:00 and there is a $10 fee.
For more information contact, Bill Smith at (620) 341-5729
or wsmith@emporia.edu.
Mark
Your Calendars
A
celebration dinner will be held for the end of the ABCDE
Governor’s Pilot Project on Saturday, October 20th.
The dinner will feature products made in
Cowley
County
and will hold much fun and surprises!!
Watch for more information in the Monday Messenger.
July
Garden
Parties
Based
on the book Miss Twiggley’s Garden Party, the
Gathering Place
in Dexter is hosting a children’s garden party for ages 5-10.
The $12.00 charge includes lunch, take home gift, goodie
bag and a visit by Miss Twiggley.
The event will be held on July 17th, from 10:30
– 12:30. Parents
are encouraged to accompany their children.
On
July 24, area Junior and High School girls are invited to attend a
Diva Garden Party. The
$20.00 charge will include lunch, makeup demonstrations, fashion
show, and goodie bag. The
event will be held from 10:30-12:30.
To
register for either event, call (620) 876-3188 or (620) 876-3525.
KDDA
Training
Mark
your calendars!!! The Kansas Downtown Development Association (KDDA)
and the Kansas Mainstreet Program is bringing a training close to
home. The session will be held on August 2 in Winfield.
It will be entitled “Million Dollar Marketing on a Shoestring
Budget”. Watch for more details in the Monday Messenger.
Also,
KDDA will be hosting a conference on October 10-12th in
Hutchinson
. ABCDE is a member of KDDA.
Dexter
BBQ
The
annual Dexter BBQ will be held on July 14.
Events include:
Parade
– Noon
Kid’s
and Adult games, Volleyball, Car Show – Afternoon
DEDA
Sponsored Pie Tasting – 1:00 – 5:00,
Community
Building
BBQ
Meal – 5:00
Watermelon
Feed - 6:00
Dance
– 8:30
QUAD
Update
Mark
your calendars for the QUAD Annual meeting to be hosted by
Eastern
Cowley
County
on October 13th. The
meeting will be held in
Atlanta
at the
Community
Building
. Watch the Monday
Messenger for more information.
We will need auction items for the event.
There will be an Annual Meeting planning session over
supper at 6:15 prior to the ABCDE meeting Monday night.
Everyone’s welcome to come.
Eastern
Cowley
County
is hosting this event, so everyone in ABCDE is welcome and
encouraged to be a part of the Annual Dinner.
Do
you have an idea for a business?
Jack
has assisted 20 businesses in
Eastern
Cowley
County
since ABCDE joined QUAD.
Through
2007, business owners and those with business ideas have access to
a Professional Business Coach. His name is Jack Newcomb and
he is available for free, confidential advice and he will even
come to you. Through the ABCDE program, we have joined the
Quad EF project and have access to their business coach.
Many local banks, businesses and Cowley First assisted to pay the
Quad membership fee through December of 2007. For more
information contact Jack at (620) 249-2108.
ABCDE
Website
Don’t
forget to visit www.cowleynet.com
for information about the ABCDE project.
Upcoming
Activities/Events
July
12
QUAD Monthly Meeting,
Sedan
Country Club, 5:00
July
14
Dexter BBQ
July
27
Flint Hills Tourism Coalition, Council Grove
To
submit information for the newsletter, send an e-mail to Shannon
Thom Martin at shannonthom@hotmail.com. |
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