While celebrating its 100th anniversary on Saturday, January 19th with more than 500 business members, leaders, and guests, the Greater Owensboro Chamber of Commerce recognized C. Waitman Taylor as the Member of the Cen-tury and Kirk Kirkpatrick, as the Joe Lowe Communicator of the Year.

Taylor, Chamber Board Chairman in 1968, was chosen as the Chamber Member of the Century – the top award of the night sponsored by First Security Bank. Taylor was selected based on his long-standing history of Chamber and com-munity leadership. Taylor, who served as Owensboro Mayor and City Commissioner, among many other community and

business leadership roles, is well-known as “Mr. Owens-boro” and remains actively engaged in the community while serving as the Executive Director of the Foundation for Health with Owensboro Health.

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Ribbon Cuttings 4

Anniversaries 4

Renewals 6

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February 7, 2013Owensboro Christian Church 7:30 a.m.

SPEAKER: Kevin McClearn, Kentucky Transportation Cabinet

Register online at www.Owensboro.com/chamber or call (270) 926-1860

Rooster Booster Breakfast

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5 Agriculture Committee Meeting Commerce Center 4 pm

7 February Rooster Booster Owensboro Christian Church 7:30 am

7 Ribbon Cutting – Fifth Third Bank 500 Frederica Street 12:15 pm

8 Ribbon Cutting – Legal Shield, Independent Consultant Collin Allen Commerce Center 12:15 pm

19 Advocacy Committee Meeting Commerce Center 11:30 am

21 Make a Business Connection Tumbleweed Restaurant 7:30 am

21 Small Business Committee Commerce Center 11:30 am

21 CYLO Ribbon Cutting Chamber Office 5 pm

23 Legislative Forum WKU – Owensboro 7:30 am

28 Athena Award Luncheon Owensboro Christian Church 11:30 am

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AMY JACKSON, PRESIDENT & CEO

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MISSY GANT, MEMBERSHIP MANAGERmgant@owensboro.com

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Chamber Matters is published monthly in the Messenger-

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Kevin McClearn is a licensed Professional Engineer and has been the Chief District Engineer at the Kentucky Trans-portation Cabinet’s District Two Office in Madisonville since 2009. His staff of up to 370 employees man-ages and maintains roughly 3,300 miles of roadways in eleven Counties. He has twenty years of experience with the Trans-

portation Cabinet including posi-tions as the District Design Engi-neer, and Branch Manager for Plan-

ning. He received a B.S. Degree in Civil Engineering from Tennessee Technological University and is a Certified Public Manager. Prior to coming to the Cabinet he served

as a mining engineer for four years. He currently resides in Hanson

with his wife and two children.McClearn will discuss ongoing

projects in the Owensboro/Daviess County area including the US 60 Bypass Extension, Southtown Blvd. widening, and the roundabout on the west side. He will also discuss some future projects in the area including planned projects to KY 54 in Owensboro, the painting of the Blue Bridge and improvements to a section of KY 144. Lastly he will discuss where the state is with the I-69 corridor and the potential of I-67 for the Owensboro region.

Kevin McClearn, Kentucky Transportation Cabinet, will speak at February Rooster Booster

The 2013 Kentucky General Assembly resumed in January for its odd-year short session. The Cham-ber will host two legislative forums with Daviess County legislators on Saturday, Febrauary 23rd and March 9th at 7:30 a.m. at Western Kentucky University – Owensboro – 4821 New Hartford Road. The forums will begin at 7:30 am with a light breakfast, sponsored by Kentucky Farm Bureau Insurance, Gavin Roberts agent. At 8 am, the legislators will begin their open question and answer forum, and will end at 9 am. The forums are free and open to the public.

McClearn will discuss ongoing projects in the Owensboro/Daviess County area including the US 60 Bypass Extension, Southtown Blvd. widening, and the roundabout on the west side.

Chamber holding two legislative forums in 2013

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The Joe Lowe Communicator of the Year award, sponsored by WaxWorks, was created by the Chamber to honor the long-time radio personality who support-ed the Chamber and community through his voice and passion for Owensboro. Kirkpatrick was chosen as the first recipi-ent of the award, and received it while serving the role he regularly plays for the Chamber – the emcee of events.

“Joe was such a friend of the Chamber – our smiling face at every Rooster Boost-er, a recruiter of members, and we wanted to make sure to not only recognize him, but recognize the man synonymous with the Chamber – Kirk Kirkpatrick, with this award,” said Amy Jackson, President and CEO of the Chamber. “Kirk has such

a passion for Owensboro and telling the story of all the great things hap-pening here…it made great sense to honor him with this.”

Other award winners of the night included:

2012 Chamber Director of the Year – Shirley Cecil, Republic Bank

2012 Chamber Ambassador of the Year – Minga Trogdlen, Inde-pendence Bank

2012 Chamber Young Professional of the Year, sponsored by BB&T – Laura Alexander, Owensboro Convention Cen-ter

Two Chamber members were rec-ognized as 100-year members – having

been a part of the founding group of the Owensboro Businessmen’s Association in 1913 – the Mes-senger-Inquirer and Glenmore Distilleries.

Individuals who served as the Chair of the Board of Directors of the Chamber were also recog-nized at the Centennial Celebra-tion, presented by Owensboro Health. Those in attendance and their year of service included:

• C. Waitman Taylor 1968• Edward C. Wathen 1979• David York 1987• Bob Carper 1988• Alan Braden 1989• Cheryl King 1990

• Frank Stainback 1994• Jeffrey Ebelhar 1996• Deborah Nunley 1998• Larry Maglinger 1999• Tom Watson 2000• Sim Davenport 2002• John Ray 2003• Mike Sullivan 2004• Nick Cambron 2007• Tish Correa Osborne 2008• Suzanne Blazar 2010• Shirley Cecil 2011• Michael F. Beckwith 2012

The Greater Owensboro Chamber of Commerce would like to thank all the sponsors of the Centennial Celebration, who made the event possible.

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The Chamber would like to recognize those businesses celebrating anniversaries with us this month. Thank you for being a loyal member and supporting local commerce!

30 Years:Hausner Hard-Chrome of

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25 Years:Domtar Paper Company,

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15 Years:Autry’s Septic Tank

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5 Years:Horn & France Insurance

Industrial Contractors

Terry Ward, D.M.D.

AnIT Consultant, LLC(270) 883-1540 

Capone’s222 Allen Street(270) 684-7777 

Century 21 Partners, Matthew Schell3317 Frederica Street(270) 302-8384

Corporate Design Inc.2831 Summer Valley Lane(812) 457-1024 

David York & Associates101 East Second Street (270) 684-4111 

Ghost Images Photography2324 Heritage Park Drive(270) 685-6795

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Mirko Pasta611 Emory Drive(270) 683-1100

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Member RenewalsA Quality InnAmerican Service Group, IncBallard Construction Custom Homes Inc.Beckman Tire & Auto CenterBoulware Mission, Inc.Braden Financial ServicesBruce Whitmer InsuranceCentury 21 Partners, Deborah NunleyChick-fil-AComputer Guys, LLCCRS OneSourceDahl & GroezingerDaviess County Extension OfficeEl TucanERB Equipment Company

Gene’s Health Food, Inc.Greenwell-ChisholmHabitat for Humanity of Owensboro-Daviess Co.Hillcrest Health Care CenterHolland General ContractingHometown IGAImpact 100 Owensboro Inc.James H. Davis Funeral Home & CrematoryKamuf, Pace & KamufKB’s Kid ZoneKenway Distributors IncorporatedKing Drug and Home CareKurtz Auction & Realty CompanyL. Steve Castlen Realtors, L.

Steve CastlenLang CompanyLanham Electric, Inc.Leonard’s Steam Way Carpet CleaningLimos By KnightMarvelous Medallion Manufacturing - A Division of Big River Rubber & Gasket Co, Inc.McEwen EngineeringMid-Continent University - ADVANTAGENighthawk Security CompanyOasis Tanning SalonOffice Equipment CompanyOhio Valley Surgical SpecialistsOwensboro Catholic Schools

Pedia-Research, LLCPediatric Dentistry of OwensboroREMAX Professional Realty Group, Gary Maglinger, ABR, GRI, AHSRNA Rental, LLCSchwartz Heating & Cooling Inc.Studio SlantSullivan, Mountjoy, Stainback & Miller P.S.C.SummitWal-Mart - Frederica StreetWelborn Floral CompanyWireless Paradise/SprintYeiser Excavating Inc.

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