CHAMBER LUNCHEON

Join us for our weekly luncheon on Wednesday, March 14th from noon to 1:00pm at the DSC Gardner Center. Merritt Frey of the Utah River Council will be our guest speaker. Members $12/person Non-member $16/person.

Downtown Thursday Night is our luncheon sponsor this week. It is the objective of Downtown Thursday Night to create a fun wholesome atmosphere for family oriented entertainment for both the residents and visitors in Washington County. Participants of the event can count on a different themes each month, keeping the event fresh and exciting. Make your plans for family and friends starting April 12th when they open for the season with a Mardi Gras in April. While creating this environment, they hope to also assist their non-profit community based organizations by providing them with a venue to create an awareness of their organization and ultimately raise the funds necessary to provide the services they are offering in our community. Downtown Thursday Night and its key benefactors, Today in Dixie and Alliance Business Partners, have unanimously chosen United Way Dixie as the non-profit organization to partner with for 2007. They would like to encourage all businesses and residents to start a company employee payroll deduction, give a corporate gift, plan a fundraising event, volunteer, or give a one time tax deductible contribution to United Way Dixie (435-674-5939), Downtown Thursday Night, P.O. Box 573, St. George, UT 84771-0573, (435) 635-5720, info@downtownthursdaynight.com  or http://www.downtownthursdaynight.com

CHAMBER BRIEFS

Register today for the upcoming Business Professional's Day Luncheon scheduled for Wednesday, April 25th. Click Here

Reserve your booth space today for the St. George Area Chamber of Commerce 14th Annual Business EXPO. Dates are Wednesday and Thursday, June 27th and 28th. This year promises to be the best ever with a new and exciting floor layout. For more information, contact Glenda at 435-628-1650 ext. 2 and when reserving your booth, remember to make reservations for the Kick-Off luncheon, Wednesday, June 27th. Are you participating in the balloon drop and/or planning hourly give-a-ways? Let Glenda know. Click Here

The Southern Utah Networkers is a business-to-business referral/networking group sponsored by the St. George Chamber. Their next meeting will be March 16th at 7:30 am at the Courtyard by Marriott.

RETURN ON INVESTMENT – A four-year degree is well worth the investment. “By the age of about 33, the typical college graduate has earned enough to compensate for both paying full tuition and fee charges at the average public four-year college and forgoing earnings for four years. From that point on, each year increases the lifetime earnings benefit of a college degree.” -- Sandra Baum, Economist with the College Board, New York – Submitted by DSC

BUSINESS BRIEFS

Offices Made…/OFUSA invites you to view their new website Click Here

NAI Southern Utah Southern Region announces Wasatch West Distribution’s plans in St. George. The Jason Griffith Team, at NAI Utah Southern Region, assisted in the transaction in which R&R Industrial Park welcomed Wasatch West Distribution to their building. This will be their 8th location. Wasatch West has over 25 years experience in their industry, providing outdoor building supplies to contractors. This is their first St. George location....more

NAI Southern Utah Southern Region helps local advertising printing company to find a new home. Valpak, a 19 year old company finds a new and larger home. They are locating to 163 W. 1600 South, suite 2. In addition to being an advertising printing company, they also produce the coupons that you receive in the mail. The Jason Griffith Team, at NAI Utah Southern Region, represented Valpak in their move....more

Attention InfoWest users… InfoWest has a number of upgrades, improvements and newsworthy articles to share with you this month. Click Here

ERA Brokers teams up with Cabela’s. ERA Brokers Consolidated has joined forces with Cabela’s, the World’s Foremost Outdoor Outfitter, to enhance the marketing potential of ranch, equestrian, waterfront, and recreational hunting properties, thru Cabela’s Trophy Property program....more

Sassy Wigs 4U celebrated their ribbon cutting on Thursday, March 1st at 705 North Bluff Street #3, St. George. The Dixie Sunshiners were on hand to assist Genevieve Auston.

Ground Breaking for Santa Clara City Hall Santa Clara City held a groundbreaking ceremony Wednesday, March 7, 2007, at 2603 Santa Clara Drive, where the new Santa Clara City Hall will be built. The design of this three-level building will be fashioned after the old two-story schoolhouse that was removed in the late 1970s, and will provide opportunity for community use as well as government business.

Sponsorship opportunities for the Washington County Fair are now being accepted for the following events: Laser Light Show, Demolition Derby, Rock Crawls, Fireworks, and Bull Ride. There are many different ways a sponsor can participate and receive attention from the 50,000 people that come to the fair. To receive a sponsorship packet, call Wendy Sandberg, Fair Director, 619-9522 or go to the Fair Website, washcofair.net and go to the Sponsorship page. The fair dates are August 8-11th, 2007.

River Road Construction Update. River Road will be closed one last time at the Riverside Drive intersection to finish the milling and pavement of the West side of the intersection starting at 7:30 PM on Monday, March 12. It will reopen the following morning, Tuesday, March 13 at approximately 11:00 AM. ...more

The Governor's Office of Economic Development is a major sponsor of the Governor's Economic Summit *07, produced by the Newspaper Agency Corporation, at the Grand America Hotel on March 22, 2007. This day long event will include an address by the Governor, breakfast, lunch and an opportunity to select from 20 hours of economic development training. We have attached an electronic postcard and the NAC advertisement outlining the 20 sessions available, for your convenience....more

The Cell Phone Guy is an Alltel Authorized Agent with the ability to do customer service, upgrades, and activations for all Alltel customers. But we are also incredibly knowledgeable in the cellular industry and are happy to answer any questions about any carrier and will do our best to give great customer service to everyone. We also carry a large selection of accessories that will work with all major carries different phone models. All of accessory prices are hard to beat and if you find it somewhere cheaper we will beat it. As an added customer bonus we also take bill payments for many different companies.

SPECIAL EVENTS

The Southern Utah Trucking Association will host its first annual SUTA Golf Tournament March 30th at Sunbrook Golf Course. Funds from the tournament will be used for the SUTA Scholarship program. For registration information contact George Whitehead at 435-652-7536, or whiteheg@dixie.edu

SEMINARS, EDUCATION, & WORKSHOPS

SUHBA has partnered with LearnKey to offer their members an exclusive benefit: significantly reduced prices for online courses. Choose from a wide variety of subjects to increase your skills, knowledge and abilities and save 60% off the regular price....more

March 30, 2007, 10:00 am Let Us Help GROW YOUR BUSINESS with Roadshow 2007 and National City Mortgage. Realtors & Builders: Join us for the "National City Mortgage- 2007 RoadShow" and hear answers to affordability issues, learn about demographic shifts, and hear the latest product changes to help you find homes for your clients. Sierk Braam, V. P. Specialty Lending/Emerging MarketsWestern Division Manager of National City Mortgage will be presenting materials to help GROW YOUR BUSINESS. Continental Breakfast will be served . Location: Washington County Board of Realtors, 1070 W 1600 S, Suite A101, St. George, UT Please RSVP by 3/27/2007-call 634-2101 or email priscilla.teague@ncmc.com ...more

Summit Athletic Club – Women’s Self-Defense Rape Awareness & Prevention. A rape is reported every 5 minutes in the US. Your safety is the most important priority. Know how to fight back. Train with one of America’s leading self-defense experts on Saturday, March 31st at 10:15 am at the Summit Athletic Club. It all starts at the Summit! For more information contact: (435) 628-5000.

Longtime Dixie State College professor Dr. Ron Garner will be the featured speaker at the Elaine and Douglas D. Alder Faculty Honor Lecture Tuesday, March 20, at 7:30 p.m., in the Eccles Fine Arts Center Concert Hall. Dr. Garner will present "Dixie State College 1933-64: The Years of Trial, Transition and Expansion". The lecture is free and open to the public.

Massage Therapy Academy Expands Hours - Popular Student Massages Now Available Evenings and Saturdays. The Massage Therapy Academy, the massage school conveniently located on St. George Boulevard, has announced expansion of its hours to nights and Saturdays. “We’ve had a lot of requests, from both students and clients, to offer our services beyond just the normal ‘9 to 5’ times,” states school owner Pamela Shelline. “We are excited to be now offering evening classes for those students who need them.” ...more Click Here

Do you feel it? Springtime is for growing. And what better time to plant some seeds for your new business idea or expansion. This could be your opportunity to get that business idea out of the ground or improve the one you're already working. Why not celebrate spring by improving your entrepreneurship skills? Possibly you've been thinking about the direction of your business model or idea. But you're busy at your job or business all day, and you can't commit to a regular structure. So... they have the class for you! The next session of BizSMART, the online/live class that will put you in the driver's seat for learning, is starting a new session on March 17th....more Click Here

The Ad Clinic Workshop - How To Write Ads That Sell Finally... A workshop created specifically to help small business owners get more results from their advertising. You are invited to attend the biggest breakthrough in advertising since the Television. This special 4 hour workshop is ‘bar-none’ the best of its kind - teaching business owners how to get greater results and money from your advertising and marketing. The Ad Clinic will be taught by Business Growth Strategist, Jon Bingham, from 3iCorporation (advertising and marketing agency) and host of The Ad Rebel Radio Show - KDXU 890AM....more

Create unique salads using greens and edible flowers with Green Valley Spa Chefs, Saturday, March 24th from 1:30pm to 3:30pm. The class with Sous Chefs Bobbie Mack and Jules Johnson will feature an education in flower preparation for cooking. ...more

Do you still need one or more Continuing Education Credit hours to renew your General Contractors License? If you do we can help. The Southern Utah Associated General Contractors will be offering, a DOPL Training Seminar on Thursday, March 15th at the Holliday Inn in St. George. Come and complete one or all of your DOPL training requirements in one single day. We will be offering 3 hours of Core Credit Classes and 3 hours of Professional Credit classes. For more information please contact Owen Olsen, District Manager AGC at 435-628-1346 and oolsen@infowest.com  . Space is limited so register ASAP.

The Southern Utah Home Builders Association presents "The Low-Down on Lien Laws" presented by Robert Jensen of Jenkins, Jensen & Bayles. Wednesday, March 14th, 9:00am to Noon at the Dixie Ste College, Udvar-Hazy Bldg, 300 South 1000 East, St. George....more

WHATS HAPPENING

Summit Athletic Club - American Red Cross Swim Lessons. Join their newest program. Learn-to-Swim lessons start in May and run all summer. Offering levels 1-6, starting for ages 6 months and up including parent / infant classes. Registration begins March 12th. It all starts at the Summit! Call (435) 628-5000.

The Vic Braden Tennis College will host the annual Tennis Marathon USTA Tournament on April 12-15. Players can sign up by going to our local website @ www.saintgeorgetennis.com.

Sportsman's Warehouse will be bringing in Live Bear Cubs from the Yellow Stone Bear World, March 30, 2007 thru April 1, 2007. Bring the family and have the kids pictures taken with the Bear Cubs.

Every Thursday Night beginning April 12th through November 15th (excluding July and August) from 6:00pm to 9:00m, on Main Street there will be a Community Celebration of Arts & Entertainment at the Downtown Thursday Night Street Fair. Watch for the Mardi Gras in April. If you are interested in being a Sponsor or Vendor call 635-5720 or info@downtownthursdaynight.com.

RIBBON CUTTINGS AND OPEN HOUSES

Please join us for Olive Garden’s ribbon cutting ceremony on Thursday, March 15th at 10:00am. Address: 1340 East 170 South, St. George.

C. Blake Homes invites you to their Whisper Ridge subdivision ribbon cutting on Tuesday, March 20th at 12:00 p.m. Address: 1121 West Indian Trail Rd. The ribbon cutting will also showcase their new model home. Whisper Ridge is the location for C. Blake Homes 2006 & 2007 Parade of Homes entries. Tours of the model and parade home will be available as well as a light lunch. Directions: North on Bluff Street – Left on Sunset – Left on Valley View Drive – go 2 miles to Indian Hills Drive and turn left – then approximately 1 ½ miles turn left into Whisper Ridge subdivision. For more information regarding C. Blake Homes go to: www.cblakehomes.com

CALL TO ACTION

The Dixie State College Student Association is looking for donations for its upcoming DSC Campus to Community “Dixie TreeTs” tree planting service project. The project, which will have students plant at least 100 trees to beautify the campus along the campus' Fountain, Diagonal Walkway and North Instructional Building, will be held Wednesday, March 28, 2007, at 2:00 p.m....more

The Dixie State College Nursing program will hold a fundraising Walk-a-thon for Rachael Reeves, the 6-year-old daughter of Johnny and Melissa Reeves, who was diagnosed with a brain tumor known as Glioblastoma multiforme. The Walk-a-thon will be held Saturday, March 31, at 1:30 p.m., with a walk around the DSC campus beginning at the Browning Library parking lot. Contact the Dixie State College Nursing Department Offices at 652-7652.

Red Cliffs Regional in conjunction with the Dixie Care and Share is holding its 2nd Annual Easter Basket Drive Fundraiser. The Easter Basket Drive is a service project for seniors in our community to provide 500 Easter Baskets to the children of less fortunate families. Volunteers at Red Cliffs Regional will stuff 500 Easter Baskets which will be delivered through the Dixie Care and Share to families just before Easter.

COMMUNITY INTEREST

The Vic Braden Tennis College is the proud host of the Dixie State College Women’s Tennis Team. The team will play the University of Utah on March 20th @ 1:00 pm. Come out and support Dixie State on our stadium seated courts!

CNN Visits Dixie State College Campus to Film Story on Early Retirement. Worldwide cable news outlet CNN visited the Dixie State College campus Tuesday afternoon as part of a feature story on early retirement, which will debut on the network¹s website next week. The subjects of the network¹s feature story are Larry and Kris Ferstenou, a retired couple who moved to St. George in 1993, and are currently enrolled in the College¹s Institute for Continued Learning (ICL). The couple is attending a ballroom dancing course this semester and registered for a line-dancing class last semester, along with attending numerous lectures and activities sponsored by ICL. ...more

It is the objective of Downtown Thursday Night to create a fun wholesome atmosphere for family oriented entertainment for both the residents and visitors in Washington County. Participants of the event can count on a different theme each month keeping the event fresh and exciting. Residents within the community will find themselves sitting around the kitchen table planning family time on Thursday nights. Make your plans for family and friends starting April 12th when we open for the season with a Mardi Gras in April. ...more

SouthWest Federal Credit Union Hires France as Business Services Officer.

 

DSC Business Student Finishes in Top-5 in International Simulation Competition.
 

UNITED FIRST FINANCIAL, Kent R. Nelson, 4735 North Tumbleweed Drive, Cedar City, Utah 84720, (435) 668-6660

 

PROHEALTH CHIROPRACTIC, Dr. Mark Bentley, Dr. Justin Poppe, 523 East Sunland Drive, Suite C, St. George, Utah 84790, (435) 628-7040

 

Plan Room Supervisor and Receptionist