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2015 Business of the year
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2015 Business of the Year
Ocean Shores Kiwanis
President Mile Longenbaugh
Meetings every Tuesday at noon at the Shilo Inn
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Habitat for Humanity
Please join us in recognizing Habitat for Humanity as our January 2016 Business of the Month! An awards presentation will be held at the last home completed in Ocean Shores, the home of Jennifer Spearman and her family.
Jennifer's new home address is;
278 Captain's Ct.
Ocean Shores
January 7th 2016
11:30 AM
We hope to see you all then.
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Business After Hours
guest speaker
Tuyen Manikhoth
Stay at Work Program
Department of Labor & Industries
The Stay at work program is a financial incentive that encourages employers to bring injured workers quickly and safely back to light-duty or transitional work by reimbursing them for their costs.
January 21
5:30pm
Sponsored by
Playtime Family Fun
748 Point Brown Ave NE
Ocean Shores WA 98569
360-289-0572
and
Ocean Shores North Beach Chamber of Commerce
Join us and network your business!
360-289-2451
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|  We are waiting to schedule your Ribbon Cutting Celebration - New Opening, Re-opening, New Owners, Just for Fun! Call 289-2451, |
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New Members
New Members posted for 4 weeks
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The Event Planner 12/23 oseventplanner.com [email protected] Dianne Hansen 360-940-9150 |
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Renewing Members
Renewing Members posted 4 weeks
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 Comfort Inn & Suite 1/04 |
 Bennett's Fish Shack 12/28 |
 Sipping Serendipity Wine Shop 12/28 |
 Coastal Interpretive Center 12/16 |
| Individual Membership James & Sharon L Caudle 12/16 |
|  Shores Bowl 12/14 |
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President
Don Kajans
Quinault Beach Resort & Casino
Vic President
Mike Doolittle
Playtime Family Fun & Peppermint Parlor
Treasurer
Jessie Ellis
John L Scott Real Estate
Secretary
Darcy Hambrick
The Grey Gull
The Board
Jim Donahoe
Windermere Real Estate
Rod Merrell
Merrell's Gifts & Gallery
Kim Martin
Martin Bruni Liquor
Lorna White
Anchor Bank
Executive Director
Douglas Orr
360-289-2452
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| Lead Ambassador Judi Heacock Mary Kay Cosmetics Ambassadors Lorna Grover Quinault Beach Resort & Casino Peggy Arnold Timberland Bank Ernie Nelson Fresh Water Ways & Greater Grays Harbor Kim Marin Martin Bruni Liquor Special Thanks Judi Heacock was named Ambassador of the Year by the Chamber! Thank you Judi for all that you do for the Chamber and Ocean Shores. We do appreciate you! Arnold Samuels, chamber photographer |
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IGA BULLETIN BOARD ADVERTISING
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NOW Available - Advertise for a whole year for $425
You can have a 11 x 8.5 ad at one of the busiest spots in town, particularly with winter coming to town. One price and you can change the ad once each quarter.
Call 289-2451 and ask for information about the IGA Bulletin Board Advertising.
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Website Sponsorship Opportunities
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The #2 most visited web site in the North Beach with over 4,436 average visits per month and an average of 2.63 pages per visit.
Visitors spent an average of 2 minutes per visit and all sponsor ads are linked to the sponsor web site.
We offer many levels of sponsorship to our members on the web site. Each level of sponsorship offers our members the option to sponsor within their comfort level and still receive maximum exposure to our visitors.
Premium Sponsorship
The
Premium Sponsorships
are found at the top of the "Splash Page" (or Home Page) of the Chamber's website www.oceanshores.org.
The carousel contains five lifestyle pictures and five
Premium Sponsorship
ads are displayed for two seconds each in a random rotation with ads repeating every 20 seconds.
In addition to the ad the
Premium Sponsors
will receive:
One free ad of similar size
posted on our Facebook page & reposted monthly.
Two (2) free tickets
to each Chamber's quarterly Breakfast/Lunch meeting.
Two (2) free tickets
to the Chamber's Annual Dinner & Awards meeting.
One free 10x10 booth space
at The Razor Clam and Seafood Festival and the Five Star Dealership Sand & Sawdust Festival. (Or $175 off the price of a larger booth.)
One Preferred listing location
in the "Member Directory" on the website. Positioning is based on "first commitment, first listed" and so on...
One free $150 Supreme Sponsor ad
on a category ad carousel for a one-year.
Cost:
Premium Sponsorships
are $2,500 for one ad. You can run more than one at a time call Mark for discount information. (289-0490)
(NOTE: Price Change for Premium ads now reflected above)
While our front page carousel (the one below the Premium ad pictures) is now sold out for the year we have several more carousels available that pop up when goes to one of the specialty pages. Remember our visitors stay for nearly two and a half minutes, so they visit a lot of places on the site. For more information call Mark at 289-0490.
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Let Us Know What's Going On
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Submissions
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We would like to share your events and news in our Weekly Newsletter and our website. Please submit your information to:
[email protected]
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We will put your job listing here!
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Ocean Shores Wearable Art Show June 4, 2016
Call for Artists and Models
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
2016 Ocean Shores
Wearable Art
Artists: Pick up your applications to be in the 2016 Wearable Arts Show at the Ocean Shores North Beach Chamber office 873 Point Brown Ave, OS, or at the Ocean Shores Visitors Information Center 120 W Chance a la Mer NW, OS.
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WDFW Approves Razor Clam Digs at Copalis and Long Beach
OLYMPIA - State shellfish managers have approved razor clam digs starting later this week at Long Beach and Copalis Beach.
The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) confirmed the digs after marine toxin tests showed the clams on those two beaches are safe to eat. All other beaches remain closed to recreational razor clam digging.
Digs at both beaches are on evening tides and include a two-day opening (Jan. 8 and 9) at Copalis and an eight-day dig (Jan. 7 to 14) at Long Beach.
"The season opener at Copalis over the Christmas holiday was a huge success with most diggers filling their limits," said Dan Ayres, coastal shellfish manager for WDFW.
"We're excited that we can open Long Beach for the first time this season."
Razor clam digging will remain closed on Washington's other coastal beaches until domoic acid levels drop below the threshold (20 parts per million) set by state public health officials.
Domoic acid posed a problem for shellfish fisheries along Washington's coast for much of 2015.
The natural toxin produced by certain types of marine algae can be harmful or even fatal if consumed in sufficient quantities. Cooking or freezing does not destroy domoic acid in shellfish.
WDFW is continuing to monitor toxin levels on all Washington beaches and will open other areas as soon as clams are safe to eat.
The upcoming dig is scheduled on the following dates, beaches, and low tides:
- Jan. 7, Thursday, 4:57 p.m.; 0.1 feet, Long Beach
- Jan. 8, Friday, 5:37 p.m.; -0.4 feet, Long Beach, Copalis
- Jan. 9, Saturday, 6:16 p.m.; -0.8 feet, Long Beach, Copalis
- Jan. 10, Sunday, 6:55 p.m.; -1.0 feet, Long Beach
- Jan. 11, Monday, 7:34 p.m.; -1.0 feet, Long Beach
- Jan. 12, Tuesday, 8:14 p.m.; -0.8 feet, Long Beach
- Jan. 13, Wednesday, 8:56 p.m.; -0.4 feet, Long Beach
- Jan. 14, Thursday, 9:40 p.m.; 0.2 feet, Long Beach
Ayres noted the best digging usually
occurs
one to two hours prior to low tide.
Under state law, diggers can take 15 razor clams per day and are required to keep the first 15 they dig. Each digger's clams must be kept in a separate container.
All diggers age 15 or older must have an applicable 2015-16 fishing license to harvest razor clams on any beach. Licenses, ranging from a three-day razor clam license to an annual combination fishing license, are available on WDFW's website at https://fishhunt.dfw.wa.gov and from license vendors around the state.
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Become a Habitat Homeowner!
Are you interested in becoming the next Habitat Homeowner?
Applications are now being accepted for the Habitat home to be built at 1606 Coolidge Rd in Aberdeen.
Pick up an application packet at the Habitat for Humanity Store, 3005 Simpson Avenue in Hoquiam Tuesday - Friday 9-5 or Saturday 9-3.
Deadline for application submission is January 10th, 2016 at 5:00 PM.
(Editor: Pass this on to someone you know or organizations that may know someone who could benefit from this process.)
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Water Color Class
Tuesday January 12th
10:00 am to 1:00 pm
Class fee $20.00.
Roy Lowry is instructor using the Wet on Wet Technique.
Studio 6 Pottery Class
Every Friday
10:00 am to 2 pm
Class Fee is $15.00 which doesn't include clay fee. There are weekly and monthly class fees which include clay fee and kiln firing.
Saturday Open Studio welcomes artists of all mediums. We offer a great studio to work on your art with other artists.
Workshop fee is $10.00 without a facilitator and $15.00 with a facilitator. We invite artists to come and facilitate the class and share their experiences.
Please call 360 640 2754 to schedule facilitating a class.
If you wish to join North Beach Artist Guild, please come to our meeting every second Monday of the month at 10:00 am. Next meeting is January 12th at the gallery.
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4-H Horse Council - Hairy Horse Show
Come on by the Fairgrounds, Saturday and Sunday, January 16th-17th from 9am-6pm for the Hairy Horse Show. Don't miss out! For more information contact the Grays Harbor County Fairgrounds at 360-482-2651.
For more information, call the fair office at 360-482-2651 or check out our website at www.ghcfairgrounds.com.
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Monthly Calendars and Recurring Events -
(Click the title to see the calendar or poster.)
Ocean Shores Chamber Calendar
Ocean Shores Library -
Ocean Shores Toastmasters - (Even Douglas Orr is attending!)
North Beach Artist Guild/Gallery of Ocean Shores - Schedule
Ocean Shores Convention Center Calendar
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Movies in Ocean Shores
Click below to see their schedule!
EDITOR'S NOTE: I did NOT put the trailer links in the graphic. Click on the film strip to go where you can view the trailers. (mp_
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Galway Bay ABC3 Festival!
February 5 -6 -7
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Chocolate on the Beach Festival 2016
Link
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Westport Winery Toasts New Year With Unique Wedding Inclusion
Westport Winery Garden Resort is offering a unique inclusion f  or 2016 reservations in their new outdoor event center. Bookings of their Victorian Wedding Garden and Pavilion have a $1000 rental fee that includes $1000 in wine, so basically use of the facility is free.
Creator of this concept, and winery co-owner Kim Roberts said, "It seems like the price of getting married has become almost cost prohibitive in some situations." This is verified in the trend of many couples eloping to avoid the drama of escalating competition in creating the most over-the-top ceremony or simply indefinitely postponing the ceremony to save money for their first home.
Westport's goal is to make it affordable and fun to simply tie the knot without breaking the budget.
"The notion that a wedding needs to be an extravaganza puts a lot of extra pressure on everyone involved," Roberts cautioned. With that in mind, the winery allows couples to potluck or hire their favorite caterers when enjoying the resort's garden wedding venue.
In addition to the wine, the $1000 fee includes use of the Victorian Wedding Garden, a high-top pavilion tent, the wedding ready room, and a separate parking area for wedding guests.
There is a sign in the wedding ready room-which used to be a chicken house-that says it best: "Find soulmate, Pick a date, Invite friends, Dress special, Say 'I do', Live happily ever after.'" The resort's goal is to allow couples to focus on their future together, building a home and having a family without not being saddled with debt or worry on the day of the wedding.
Even though the word winery is in the name, all ages-and dogs-are welcome at celebrations in this garden resort. "In our family, the dogs are sometimes the most important consideration as we make decisions on where we want to spend our leisure time." This is why the resort boasts an off-leash dog park in addition to welcoming dogs throughout the gardens while on-leash.
Dates are limited, so those considering a 2016 wedding should contact the winery's event coordinator Dawn Jones. Her direct email is [email protected].
Westport Winery Garden Resort is located on the corner of Highway 105 and South Arbor Road halfway between Aberdeen and Westport. For more information call 360-648-2224 or visit the website at www.westportwinery.com.
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