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2014

The program continued with the introduction of the 2014 Chair, Ron Faulstich who lined out his goals for the coming year and then introduced his Board of Directors. The Executive Board for 2014: Chair Elect, Hoppy Haden, Past Chair Terry Wright, Mis-sie Hagan, Jo Anna Ivey, Martin Ritchey, and Ed Theriot. The Board of Directors: Tommy Barron, Jerry Burgener Linda Brooks, Joyce Buckner, Angela Meitler, and Mary Beth Nickel. Mr. Faulstich also talked about working with the city on the upcoming Texas Grand Prix Go Kart Race on March 1 & 2 and the 42nd Annual Chisholm Trail Roundup, Rodeo & Music fes-tival – Lockhart’s largest tourism event. Awards for 2013 were presented for “Most Ribbon Cuttings” to Wayne Reeder for the third consecutive year, then “Spirit Awards” were presented to individuals that have made signifi-cant contributions to the betterment of the community outside their profession. They were: Tom Alexander, Donita Haden, Martin Ritchey, and Jo Anna Ivey. The winner of the “AgriBusiness of the Year” was given to Ronald Hohertz, pre-sented by Hollis Burklund, and “Business of the Year” was pre-sented to “Seton Family of Hospitals” (Seton Lockhart Facility & Seton Care-a-Van) by Tommy Barron from Johnny & Sons Paint & Body, the 2012 business recipient. The prestigious “Most Worthy Citizen” award is given to a per-son who stands out in the community by going above and be-yond the call of duty. The 2012 recipient, Billy Clark was un-able to attend. On his behalf, Gerry Ohlendorf, the 2010 recipi-ent presented the 2013 “Most Worthy Citizen” to Todd Blomerth. The Chamber Staff and Board of Directors would like to con-gratulate all the award winners and thank them for the hard work, dedication and spirit that they have exhibited throughout the years. The Chamber would like to thank our Table Sponsors: Bluebonnet Electric, Cedar Hall, Central Texas Medical Center, First-Lockhart National Bank, Garage Door Services, Green Group Holdings, LLC, GBRA, Harrison Partners Realty, Johnny & Sons Paint & Body, Randolph-Brooks F.C.U., Seton Family of Hospitals, Sage Capital Bank, Luling Chevrolet, Buick, GMC, and the Insurance Team and all our Advertising Sponsors that advertised with “spots” in our PowerPoint presentation. Another thank you to our Chamber members who donated door prizes to make our Casino Night such a great success. We’ll see you at the 80th Banquet next year!

79th Annual Lockhart Chamber of Commerce Banquet

The 79th Annual Chamber Banquet was again at capacity at the Embassy Suites Hotel, Spa & Conference Center in San Marcos, Texas on Saturday, January 25th. This was the fourth year for the Chamber to hold this annual event in San Marcos because of the attendance and capacity crowd. The program opened with an invocation and Pledge of Allegiance lead by Kenneth Sneed. During the sit down meal with both steak and chicken, the audi-ence viewed advertising “spots” sponsored by Chamber mem-bers until the Award Program started. Becki Womble, the Cham-ber President introduced all the elected officials in attendance. They included: Commissioner Alfredo Munoz and Commis-sioner Joe Roland and County Treasurer Lori Rangel, Mayor Lew White and all 6 of the City Council Members along with City Manager Vance Rodgers, and Temporary Interim Superin-tendent Janie Wright and 3 School Board Trustees. In her speech, Ms. Womble spoke about a year of growth as well as the tradition that took place at the Chamber un-der the leadership of the 2013 Chair, Terry Wright. She then presented him with a plaque for his year of service as Chairman of the Board. Mr. Wright spoke of the accomplish-ments in 2013 at the Lockhart Chamber of Commerce. He then pre-sented plaques to outgoing Board members Jeffery Michelson, the Immediate Past Chair, Dr. Ron Peter-son, Mark Riggin and Charlene Tiner.

February 2014

Luncheon The monthly Chamber luncheon will be held on Thurs-day, February 13th at 12 noon at First Lockhart Baptist Church Connection Center, 200 S. Blanco. This month’s luncheon is sponsored by First Lockhart National Bank. The catering will be provided by the Central Texas Tolbert Chili Group for $7 per person for Chamber mem-bers, $10 per person for future members. The “Member Only” cash drawing is $50 (You must be present and a member in good standing to win).

CALENDAR OF EVENTS February 4: City Council Meeting February 6: Heel Power Breakfast at 7:15am at Mr. Taco February 12: Executive Board Meeting February 13: Chamber Luncheon at noon at Connection Center, 200 S. Blanco February 19: Board of Directors Meeting at Sirloin Stockade February 20: Ribbon Cutting for Rachel Jessen, Nerium Independent Brand Partner, 1001 S. Guadalupe St. February 17: President’s Day February 18: City Council Meeting February 20: Business after Hours from 5:30-7pm February 24: LISD Board of Trustees Meeting March 1 & 2: 2nd Annual Lone Star Grand Prix

TRC Clear Creek, Inc.

Centerpoint at Lockhart Liberty Tax Service

Community Health Coalition Philip A. and Elizabeth Wales

Joe K. and Peggy Smith Smith Supply Company

Zea Chiropractic Fogle Store & Lock

Harvest Community Church Pat and Patsy Kirksey

Alan C. Fielder, Attorney at Law Hays-Caldwell Council on Alcohol & Drug Abuse

Lockhart Independent School District Gateway Business Products Benny and Linda Hilburn

Warm Springs Rehab Center Buckner Builders, Inc. Low Cost Insurance

Dorothy Buckner Cedar Hall

From l to r - Dariela Herrera-2013 CTR Queen, Apryl Haynes-VP/COO/Administrator for Seton Family of Hospitals and our 2013 “Business of the Year”, Tommy Barron-Johnny & Sons Paint & Body, and US Representative Blake Farenthold.

From l to r - Dariela Herrera-2013 CTR Queen, Gerry Ohlen-dorf, Todd Blomerth our 2013 “Most Worthy Citizen”, and US Representative Blake Farenthold.

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to the following businesses and/or individuals for investing

in the Chamber of Commerce by renewing their membership.

For a full calendar visit our website at www.lockhartchamber.com

From the pen of the

President

As the President of the Chamber, nothing is more exciting than an Annual Banquet where our membership can come together and celebrate the success of our organization and the citizens who have gone above and beyond to make Lockhart the wonderful community it is. The Board of Di-rectors and Staff would like to thank each of our Table Sponsors and Advertising Sponsors and everyone who at-tended. We have had tons of compliments on the band, JumpStart and you seemed to like the new format for the program. If you have suggestions for next year, our 80th Annual Banquet, please let us know. We are now focusing on the advertising for the 2nd Annual Texas Lone Star Grand Prix on March 1 & 2 around the downtown streets of Lockhart. The Lockhart Chamber is looking for volunteers to help with the Beverage Booth and as Crossing Guards. If you are interested in helping, all you need is a great attitude and smiling face that will welcome tourists to our community. Giving a great impression means more retail dollars and economic activity in our community. This benefits us all! Speaking of economic activity, I have been saying for months that Lockhart is the last frontier for the growth in the Central Texas. In the coming months many great things will happen. D.R. Horton will begin building new homes and we know of at least two new industries coming to town. This means new neighbors and new jobs. It has been a great start to 2014 and incredible time to be a citizen of Lockhart! Becki Womble President/CEO

Welcome our New Members

Ybarra’s Construction 7576 N. Hwy 183, Lockhart TX 78644

512-995-1548 Marty Ybarra

Lockhart Driving School

400 N. Main St., Lockhart TX 78644 512-665-3259 Douglas Alfier

John and Wanda Griffin

706 Campbell St., Lockhart, TX 78644 903-82-8012

Ranch & Steel Supply

2954 FM 20 East, Lockhart TX 78644 512-398-3455 Gabe Medina

Longhorn Hearing, PLLC

216 Bufkin Lane, Lockhart TX 78644 512-757-2106

Sandy Schick, AUD

Judy Fenley 2414 FM 713, Lockhart, TX 78644

512-496-6910

Rachel M. Jessen, Nerium Independent Brand Partner

1001 S. Guadalupe # 216, Lockhart TX 78644 404-234-4962

Rachel M. Jessen

InnoTech Security, LLC 146 Carriage Way, Kyle TX 78640

512-571-8684 John Hendrick

Referred by Tommy Barron with Johnny & Son Paint & Body

Mrs. Betty Pope 760 S. Guadalupe St., Lockhart, TX 78644

512-376-2581

Bella Sera Italian Restaurant 2001 S. Colorado St., Lockhart TX 78644

512-995-9048 Flori and Becky Fetai

We want to introduce a new women’s group called Heel Power. Heel Power members work col-laboratively to support, encourage and empower women to realize their full potential as individuals and in their professional careers. Mark you calendar now for Thursday, February 6th at 7:15am at Mr. Taco for breakfast and our speaker, Renu Mohandas, M.D., who will speak on Women’s Health. The theme for February is “GO RED” for Heart Disease Awareness Month. More information to come via email, Facebook and our website.

The “Business after Hours” is offering something unique this quarter. Mark your calendars for Thursday, February 20 from 5:30-7pm. The Sponsor is Lew White, DDS, our Mayor. The location for food and beverages is 205 S. Main Street, the office of the Green Group Holdings, LLC. From

there, you are encouraged to take tours of the newly renovated Dr. Eugene Clark Library at 217 S. Main St. (corner of Prairie Lea and Main Streets). This is an opportunity to meet & network with other business people and see our beautiful new library opening to the public soon.

PRINTING SOLUTIONS202 E. Market Street

H a p p y V a l e n t i n e s D a y !

The Mission of the Lockhart Chamber of Commerce as stated in our by-laws is:“To improve and strengthen the business environment of Lockhart in order to promote the economic well being of all citizens, to provide services to

membership, to communicate views of the business community; to enhance the quality of life for the entire community; to support constructive initiatives on major issues of public policy.”

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BOARD OF DIRECTORS

RON FAULSTICH, Chairman TERRY WRIGHT, Past Chair HOPPY HADEN, Chair Elect

TOMMY BARRON - LINDA BROOKS

JERRY BURGENER - JOYCE BUCKNER MISSIE HAGAN - JOANNA IVEY

ANGELA MEITLER - MARY BETH NICKEL MARTIN RITCHEY - ED THERIOT

JANIE WRIGHT - VANCE RODGERS - TOM BONN

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BECKI WOMBLE, President / CEO ANGELA RAWLINSON, Member Service Manager

The Lockhart Chamber Board of Directors and Chamber Ambassadors celebrated the relocation of Kevin Mills, CPA with a Rib-bon Cutting. Their new office at 1015A W. San Antonio Street offers better parking for their clients and more office space for their staff. We encourage you to go and check out their new location and meet their friendly staff. Kevin Mills can be contacted at 512-376-4212. We are proud to have them as members of the Lockhart Chamber and ap-preciate their continued help with our own Chamber QuickBooks needs and quarterly reports at our Chamber!

February 12 Executive Board Meeting

Noon Garage Door Services

February 13 Chamber Luncheon at Noon

First Lockhart Baptist Church Connection Center, 200 S. Blanco

The $50 “Members Only” Cash Drawing

February 19 Board of Director Meeting

Noon Sirloin Stockade (Lion’s Den)

Office of Kevin Mills, CPA, 1015-A W. San Antonio Street