Staff member Tiffany Block practices her swing at the Crawdaddy Open

EVENTS:
golf tournament at Charbonneau, joint trade show with Wilsonville, Tualatin Industrial Marketplace, winery tour, annual dinner costume contest, Hope for the Holidays breakfast.

POLITICAL:
City puts a $15 million bond on the March ballot to construct a community center in the Commons, as well as a new city hall/police station, expand the library, build an aquatic center and a youth center. Chamber forms a PAC to help pass the measure, which fails by 46 votes.

Susan Baker drives the golf cart at the annual Crawdaddy Open.

UNBELIEVABLE:
A combination of frozen ground, heavy snowfall and quickly rising temperatures caused rivers to rise and downtown Tualatin to flood. Chamber sets up shop first in the Sweetbrier Inn. Later in a utility trailer donated by a member.

IMPORTANT ISSUES:
Industrial Council discusses a potential road skirting Tualatin and traveling from Hwy 99 to I-5. Chamber members nominated for Top Ten Growth Awards, include current members Kadel’s Auto Body, Legacy Meridian Park Hospital, Mortgage Freedom Company, and Tualatin Auto Body.

President Scott Morrill (in powdered wig), and wife Jane dress up at the chamber’s annual dinner. Scott also served as Tualatin’s Judge for several years, Jane is currently trying to get a dog park started in Tualatin.

MISCELLANEOUS:
• From an ad in the May newsletter: “use Lazerquick’s self-serve computers to surf the internet. See for yourself what the World Wide Web is all about without the bother of computer hardware, software and internet providers.”
• Currently have about 300 members including 52 new ones and 214 returning. New benefit gets you a free newsletter insert if you ‘recruit’ 5 new members during the year.