June 2018
in this issue
:: June Chamber Coffee
:: 2018 Chamber Coffee Schedule
:: Dilly Dally in Cowley County
:: WMS Paint the Town
:: Chamber Dinner & Auction
:: Labor Market Report
:: Chamber Activities
:: Destination BootCamp
:: Legislative Forum
:: Lunch Bites Series
:: Young Professionals of Cowley County
June Chamber Coffee 
 
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2018 has brought the addition of two new team members-David Brodbeck and Raylee Rose. David holds a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science from Southwestern College and is the most recent member of our Technical Services team. Raylee joins the Web Management team and brings with her experience in WordPress and photography.

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Thursday, June 28th
10:00 AM
Winfield Chamber
123 E. 9th Ave.

2018 Chamber Coffee Schedule

Please mark these dates in your calendar and plan to attend to network and hear from other members!

June 28
Custom Internet Services, LLC

July 26
William Newton Hospital

August 23
Southwestern College

September 27
Winfield Chiropractic Relief & Wellness

October 25
RCB Bank

November 15
USD #465

December 20
Union State Bank & Cumbernauld Village


Dilly Dally in Cowley Co.


Winfield Main Street

PAINT THE TOWN




Businesses Get a Face Lift Through Paint the Town Event

Winfield Main Street recently held a "Paint the Town" event, in which ten downtown businesses were spruced up thanks to volunteers from the Rotary Youth Leadership Camp as well as local community members. Two of the bigger projects included scraping and repainting the Cowley CourierTraveler storefront and The Bar & Grill's garage door and wood paneling. Volunteers spent two days working on these projects and finished with clean, polished looking storefronts.

Other smaller projects included repainting door frames, panels, and the garage door on the Winfield Chamber, Hutto Printing, and Neives Mexican Restaurant. Also, a group of Rotary Campers cleaned awnings at Neives, Graves Drug, American Family Insurance, and Finney Heating & Air. The group also removed an old awning from Bair's Glass to make way for new metal sheeting. Masonic Lodge members repainted the frames around the stained glass windows on their storefront at 718 Main Street with the help of paint and equipment from the Winfield Main Street Committee.

Thanks to donations from Mumford Contracting, M.A.C. Services, Aaron's Sales & Lease, and The Rental Station in Arkansas City, the committee was able to complete all projects under budget and is planning to tackle more downtown projects before the year is over. Paint the Town will now be an annual event for community members to get together and help maintain the beauty of Winfield's downtown district.

 


 

 
May 2018 Labor Market Report



 
Resources
  • Visit the chamber's website for all of your business and community needs: 

 www.winfieldchamber.org

 


Chamber Activities this Week

CCTA Committee Meeting
Tuesday, June 26, 11:30 AM, Si Senor Mexican Restaurant, 711 Main St.

Chamber Coffee hosted by Custom Internet Services
Thursday, June 28, 10:00 AM, Chamber office

YP Family Game Night
Friday, June 29, 6:00 PM, Wheat State Wine Co., 23622 Springhill Farm Dr.


Upcoming Chamber Activities

Chamber office CLOSED Wednesday, July 4th in observance of Independence Day

Meet Our New Office Manager!


 
Melesa Defore

Melesa will be starting at the chamber on Wednesday. Be sure to stop by and say hello!

Destination BootCamp Business Workshop

September 11-13
Longmont, CO


Legislative Forum
Tuesday, July 10, Noon, Mid-American Credit Union, 1610 N. Summit St., Arkansas City
 
2018 Lunch Bites Series



Mark the following dates down on your calendar for the annual Lunch Bites Series! Area leaders will give a presentation over a catered lunch.

July 18
State of William Newton Hospital
presented by CEO Ben Quinton
Basement Assembly Room at Physicians Pavilion, 1230 E. 6th Ave.

August 30
State of Cowley County*
presented by a member of the County Commission
Community Center at Baden Square

October 4
State of USD 465
Winfield Area Chamber of Commerce

All presentations are at Noon. 
Lunch is $10.
To RSVP for any of these dates, please email  admin@winfieldchamber.org or call 221-2420.

*Indicates these luncheons are co-hosted by the Arkansas City Area Chamber of Commerce and the Winfield Area Chamber of Commerce.




1025 The River has generously decided to match every dollar new chamber members spend on advertising for the first three months!

Spread the word about this great opportunity! Applications for Chamber Membership can be found online at WinfieldChamber.org or at the Chamber office at 123 E. 9th.

Young Professionals of Cowley County



Upcoming Events


YP Lunch N Learn: CrimeStoppers
Thursday, July 12, Noon, $5/YP Members, $10/Non-Members, Winfield Chamber, 123 E. 9th Ave.



YP Meet-up: Masonic Lodge Tour
Wednesday, July 18, 9:00 AM, 106 E. 8th Ave.



YP Industry Tour: Sunflower Shrimp
Friday, July 27, 5:30 PM, 360 S. Oxford Rd., Oxford



YP Modest Mouse Concert Trip
Sunday, October 21, 7:00 PM, Cotillion, Wichita

The Young Professionals of Cowley County will be taking a shuttle to the Modest Mouse concert at the Cotillion on Sunday, October 21st! Those interested in going can purchase their tickets from us and we will provide the transportation to and from the concert. We would like to know who would be interested in going so we know how many tickets to buy. Tickets will be around $40 plus cost of transportation. More details TBA.


Materials for Newcomer Packets

Don't forget! As a free member benefit, you can bring promotional materials to the chamber for packets that we put together for people moving into town! Please bring us about 50 of your brochures, rack cards, pens, or other promo items at a time. This is a great way to make newcomers aware of your business or organization!

 

The Winfield Area Chamber of Commerce is a local chamber without ties to either the Kansas or the U.S. Chambers of Commerce.  We believe that being independent allows us the best opportunity to serve our members with an unbiased approach to issues that are important to the local communities where we serve.  

 

 

Community Events


SC Summer Theatre presents "Rock of Ages"
Friday & Saturday, June 29 & 30 @ 7:30 PM, Sunday, July 1 @ 2:00 PM, $12/adults, $10/seniors, $6/students, Richardson Performing Arts Center, Southwestern College, 100 College St.

Walnut Valley Farmers Market
Saturday, June 30, 7:30 AM, Island Park Entrance, 200 Main St.


Outdoor Kansas Kids Day
Saturday, June 30, 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM, Island Park, 200 N. Main St.


UNCORK the MUSIC CONCERT SERIES: The Steel Woods
Saturday, June 30, Door open @ 7:00 PM, Show @ 8:00 PM, $20 per car, Wheat State Wine Co., 23622 Springhill Farm Dr.



News from Chamber Members
  
Please help us promote your business by sending us information to include in this section! Email information to admin@winfieldchamber.org and we will add it to this email blast. Information will need to be received each Friday by noon in order to be included in the following week's news. 
 

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Kansas Leadership Center to stop in Winfield during state tour
 
WHAT:                       
The Kansas Leadership Center (KLC), headquartered in Wichita, is embarking on a state tour next week and will stop in Winfield to host a free, one-hour event to meet with Kansans who want to be a part of creating a different kind of leadership culture in this state.
 
WHY:
KLC is working to transform the civic culture of Kansas so that it's a culture that solves problems faster, more effectively and more efficiently. It does that by working with and through individuals and organizations across the state. And they offer a number of ways for Kansans to get involved - attend a program, send employees for training or apply for a Leadership Transformation Grant.
 
WHO:                         
Ed O'Malley, president and CEO, Kansas Leadership Center
 
WHEN:                       
4 to 5 p.m., Monday, June 25, 2018
RSVP to yazmin.legacy@yahoo.com by June 23.
 
WHERE:                     
Deets Library at Southwestern College, 100 College St., Winfield, KS
 
HOW MUCH:
Admission is free and open to the public.  
 
CONTACT:                
Carrie Lindeman, 316-393-1076 or carrie@lindemancollective.com


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Work to Begin on Cowley County Community Health Needs Assessment
 
Over the next three months, William Newton Hospital will be partnering with the City-Cowley County Health Department and Community Health Center in Cowley County to update the Community Health Needs Assessment (CHNA). 
 
These organizations share a goal to understand progress in addressing community health needs cited in the 2015 CHNA and to collect up-to-date community health perceptions in Cowley County.
 
"Hospital leaders use the CHNA as a tool to respond to healthcare needs," says William Newton Hospital Chief Executive Officer, Ben Quinton. "The assessment not only informs hospital strategy, but is key to maintaining our tax-exempt status."
 
Affordable Care Act legislation requires all tax-exempt hospitals to submit a CHNA to the IRS every three years. As a Federally Qualified Health Center, the Community Health Center in Cowley County is also required to conduct a CHNA to fulfill funding requirements set forth by Health Resources and Services Administration.
 
To accomplish this work, a short online survey has been developed.
 
 
The CHNA feedback link can also be found on William Newton Hospital's, City-Cowley Health Department's and Community Health Center in Cowley County's website and/or Facebook pages.
 
"We hope that the community and health professionals will take advantage of this opportunity to provide input into the future of healthcare delivery in our county," comments City-Cowley County Health Department Administrator Tom Langer.
 
All community residents are encouraged to complete the CHNA online survey by Wednesday, August 1, 2018 and to attend the upcoming scheduled Town Hall on Tuesday August 21 from 11:30-1:00pm at Winfield Public Library.
 
Vince Vandehaar, MBA (VVV Consultants LLC, an independent research firm from Olathe, KS) has been retained to conduct this community wide research. If you have any questions about CHNA activities, please call 620-221-2300 extension 1113.




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Helmer to Enter Kansas Sports Hall of Fame
 
Jim Helmer, who coached the Southwestern College cross country team to 84 Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference championships during his 35-year career as head cross country coach, will be inducted into the Kansas Sports Hall of Fame. The announcement of the 2018 induction class, which includes University of Kansas legend Paul Pierce and former Kansas City Royals owner Ewing Kauffman, was announced last week by Kansas Sports Hall of Fame officials.

Helmer coached the Moundbuilder cross country and track and field programs to 84 Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference championships in his 35-year career. Under his guidance, the Southwestern men's cross country team won 32 KCAC championships, including 31 straight championships from 1980-2011. He also coached Southwestern to 29 KCAC outdoor track and field championships, and a KCAC indoor track and field championship. Helmer was a 31-time KCAC men's cross country coach of the year, and was named the KCAC men's track and field coach of the year 32 times.

The induction will mark Helmer's third hall of fame induction. He was inducted into the Southwestern College Athletics Hall of Fame in 1991, and was inducted into the NAIA Cross Country Hall of Fame in 2001.
The annual induction ceremony will take place on Sunday, Oct. 7, in Wichita. For more information, visit www.kshof.org.

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Shannon Vargas New CFO at Southwestern College
 
Southwestern College President Brad Andrews has announced Shannon Vargas as the college's new vice president for finance and chief financial officer. Vargas, a Southwestern College graduate, began her career locally. She worked for the City of Winfield and at an accounting firm in Arkansas City.  She has spent the past 13 years at GE Aviation in positions of increasing responsibility including senior finance leader.

At GE, Vargas had significant success aggressively managing financial strategies and goals as a senior leader at the Strother Field and Winfield plants. In this role, she worked with over 1,000 employees, and annual sales of over $1 billion from this site.

"Shannon has not only demonstrated an ability to manage budgets, but also an ability to play a key role in driving a complex organization towards increased profitability," Andrews says.  "She brings experience from industry that will be particularly valuable as we work to set and meet financial targets and goals in a manner that optimizes our ability to be successful in our mission as a college. Her years working in an organization that faces significant financial, regulatory, and operational challenges, as well as her proven management experience, will be of great benefit. We are excited for the new dimension of leadership experience Shannon brings to the college."


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Looking for a great way to support our mothers and infants here in Cowley County? We have a great opportunity for you! The Breast Feeding Advocates of Cowley County are looking for sponsors! We have changed the structure of our sponsorships this year in order to give our sponsors more advertising opportunity as well as to help more of our county moms.
 
Many of you received the attached letter around the beginning of June. This is just a reminder that the deadline for the T-shirt and Banner sponsorship is coming up on July 2nd! We want to make sure everyone who would like to sponsor has the opportunity to do so. If you have any questions regarding the sponsorship or our coalition please don't hesitate to contact me!
 
If you are planning to sponsor please let me know and we will get an invoice to you for the requested amount. We look forward to hearing from you soon!

Taylor Schwartz
Outreach Coordinator
Communtiy Health Center in Cowley County
221 West 8th Avenue Winfield, KS
620.221.3350

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Gottlob Lawn & Landscape Coupon Program

Join our 2018 Coupon Program for $25 and receive great deals and save big each month through the entire year! You'll also receive a free pot and a set of gardening gloves (pictured below)! Get started this season! Stop by our Nursery & Garden Center today and start saving.


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