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PORT CALLGREATER STOCKTON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

www.stocktonchamber.org NOVEMBER2011

Vol. 57 No. 7

On the cover: Sara Garfield, 2011 ATHENA Award Recipient

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CONTENTS

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ATHENA Awards 13

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From Your President 4

From Your CEO 5

Leadership Stockton 6

Convention & Visitors Bureau 8

Programs and Public 10 Policy Department

New Members 11

Ribbon Cuttings 12

Cover Story 13

News Briefs 15

Calendar 17

6 Leadership Stockton Class Picks Community Project

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GREATER STOCKTON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE445 W. Weber Avenue, Suite 220, Stockton, CA 95203

209.547.2770 fax [email protected]

Official publication of the Greater Stockton Chamber of Commerce. Serving the Greater Stockton area business community since 1901.

CHAMBER OFFICERS

PRESIDENT Debbie Armstrong, Old Republic Title Company

SR. VICE PRESIDENT Gary J. Long, Gary J. Long Jewelers

FINANCIAL VICE PRESIDENTSteven Crabtree, Herum Crabtree

VICE PRESIDENT Blain Bibb, ServiceMaster Building Maintenance

VICE PRESIDENT Judith Buethe, Judith Buethe Communications

IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT Rick Goucher, C B Richard Ellis Commercial Real Estate

CHAMBER DIRECTORSStephen Barney, F&M BankMichael Cera, SMG/Stockton Arena/Bob Hope TheatreDonna DeMartino, San Joaquin Regional Transit DistrictDan Durst, Durst Contract InteriorsPat Filippone, Stockton Ports Baseball ClubClint Harless, Stockton Auto Glass/Quick’s Glass ServiceDan Keyser, Grupe Commercial CompanyKenneth Levy, Wells Fargo Advisors, LLCRich McDonald, Class One SafetySonya Morgan, External Resources, Inc.Ren Nosky, Downey BrandDarryle Oakman, San Joaquin County Rental Property AssociationTina Williams, Pacific Gas & Electric CompanyBob Young, Stockton Golf & Country Club

CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICERDouglass W. Wilhoit, Jr. 209.547.2766

PROGRAM & PUBLIC POLICY DIRECTOR/ BEAFrank Ferral 209.547.2763

SPECIAL EVENTS DIRECTORHeidi Altamirano 209.547.2764

OPERATIONS/FINANCE DIRECTORSandy Dwyer 209.547.2770

MEMBERSHIP SALESMatt Anderson 209.337.2723

SPECIAL EVENTS/ LEADERSHIP STOCKTON COORD.Timm Quinn 209.547.2960

SCAP COORDINATOR/ ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANTMikki Gilbert 209.337.2730

SCAP-SE COORDINATORMichael Morales 209.337.2716

BEA/ SCAP ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANTKarla Gonzalez 209.547.2770

RECEPTIONIST/ CUSTOMER SERVICEAlyssa McConnell 209.547.2770

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From Your President...by: Debbie Armstrong

Happy October to all of my fellow

Stocktonians. Here I am in my 4th month as

Chamber President and I have to tell you what

a great experience it has been. I would like to

thank all of you for the support of our amazing

trade show at the University Plaza Waterfront

Hotel. We had 50 exhibitors and it was a great

success. How about the BEA luncheon? I had

a great meal at Outback Steakhouse, good

fellowship with all who attended, and it was a

great way to raise money for our Graduating

Senior Scholarships. I also had the honor of

taking part in the Ag Hall of Fame; I met so

many great people that night. Looking forward,

we have the ATHENA Awards coming up

with two very special people being honored,

Sara Garfield from TLC School for Homeless

Children receiving the ATHENA Award, and

Angela Rosenquist from Boboli International

LLC receiving the ATHENA Young Professional

Leader Award. We are truly blessed to have such

good people in our community and I hope to see

you all there. Don’t forget to check the calendar

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From Your CEO...by: Doug Wilhoit

As I sit in my office preparing to write this November article I

see two things. One is a wonderful waterfront coming from the

waters of the Sierras, leading to the Pacific Ocean via the Port

of Stockton and our 1,000 miles of the Delta. Docked is an old,

but so beautiful, wooden cabin cruiser, The Florencia (whose

homeport is Los Angeles), along with several wooden speedboats

(maybe one is a Stephen’s made here in Stockton). I pan out to the

ballpark, the arena, the reborn University Waterfront Plaza Hotel,

and on to the Weber Event Center to Janet Leigh Plaza. I am also

so happy to see scores people, including my daughter-in-law

Kathy and granddaughter Nicole, strolling along the Joan Darrah

Promenade to enjoy the Haggin Museum plein-art show next to

the Waterfront Warehouse.

The second sight is in no way as nice – the accumulation of

water hyacinth that is there due to the bureaucrats at the Federal

EPA who delayed the permits. They are responsible for taking

away from the beauty and investment of the waterfront, and we

can only hope they will respond better next year (maybe our

congressional delegation should be on top of this from the start)!

I wonder what our residents and visitors think about this?

Welcome to the month of November, in which we should all be

thinking of how thankful we are (actually we should be thinking

that all year long) for all the blessings we have, and showing our

collective thanks by understanding the complexity of life as both

individuals and a community. We also show our thanks by being

taxpaying, honest, law abiding, community minded, giving,

respectful, personally responsible and family orientated business

owners, employees and just plain good citizens!

It is sad that such a small number of irresponsible takers and

violators of others’ rights feel entitled to not be responsible for

themselves or to others garner most of today’s headlines and

news reports.

Some folks have from time to time stated that in my position

as CEO of the 110-year-old Chamber I see Stockton through

rose-colored glasses and I’m not in touch with the reality of the

day. Well, unlike most of them, I worked and walked the streets

of Stockton for 68 years and have seen more first hand than they

could ever imagine. I do know of the problems but I am proud to

be an eternal optimist! It has been said that, “Twixt the optimist

and the pessimist the difference is droll: The optimist sees the

doughnut but the pessimist sees the hole.” Well, I always try to

see the doughnut (and not just because cops–or in my case a

former cop–are eternally connected to doughnuts)!

In the second paragraph of this article I wrote about

being thankful! I am thankful for both long time and newer

Stocktonians who don’t sit back and just moan and groan, but

get up and do something to bring good change and improve the

quality life here in Stockton. One such is Larry Test!

I hope you read Mike Fitzgerald’s recent Record article on how

Larry and others are trying to begin saving the trees of Stockton,

which have fallen on bad times due to budget cuts. Their new

organization, Stockton Trees, along with the long established

“Stockton Beautiful”, are shinning lights in the community and

your help would be greatly appreciated.

I have often written how proud I am to be 5th generation

Stocktonian, and this is a case in point of how many of us who

have been here a long time love this community and many stand

up to be counted. My family and the Test family have known each

other for close to 70 years. My parents and Larry’s mother and

father, Verna and Lloyd, were dear friends. My sisters, Toni and

Jeannie, and I grew up with Larry and his two brothers, Allen and

Roger. Larry and those in his new group are setting the example

of how in these very difficult times it is up to us to stand up and

be counted as citizens. We shouldn’t expect a hand out from

government or just “let government do it”, but a hand up by being

RESPONSIBLE, LAW ABIDING AND THANKFUL CITIZENS

helping our community move forward. I have talked with Larry

and you will be seeing more from him and your Chamber on how

you can and must help in this and other areas in our community.

One final thing I am thankful for is for all of you allowing me

to exercise my freedom of speech and thoughts to share with you

each month! God bless and protect all of you, our city, county,

state and the United States of America!

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Leadership Stocktonby: Timm Quinn

Leadership Stockton Class Picks Community Project During Annual Retreat

Leadership Level Sponsor: Financial Center Credit Union

The Leadership Stockton Class of 2012 chose their class

community project at September’s overnight retreat at Camp

Lodestar in Wilseyville. The beautiful camp welcomed the class for

their retreat with open arms and great weather.

The class started the retreat with an expectations exercise,

and then it was right into learning the finer points of voting vs.

consensus and how they as a class will determine how to choose

their community project. Then Chris Stevens (LS Class of 2007)

took over and lead the class through some fun team-building

games. The highlight was one of the greatest plank board race

comebacks of all time!

The afternoon brought a fun game called “Little Known Fact

Bingo” where the class learned fun, random facts about each

other. After that, there was a presentation on accountability

from Kimberley Borgens (LS Class of 2002). Then it was time

for presentations on the four potential community projects the

class was to choose from. After the presentations the class was

free to enjoy the amenities of Camp Lodestar for the evening,

including a night hike and s’mores around the campfire. The

morning light brought a hearty breakfast, followed by a discussion

of the pros and cons of all four projects. After a little discussion

the class chose their project and planned out the leadership,

subcommittees, action plan and timeline for their project.

The Class of 2012 has chosen to help Pixie Woods with some

much needed renovations and to revive their annual wine tasting

event in June. It is going to be a great project!

We would like to thank Ramon Valez, Steve Fisk, Kimberley

Borgens, Chris Stevens, and Sonya Morgan for coming and

working with this year’s class. Also big thanks to Steve, Ramon

and Chris who prepared a great BBQ tri-tip dinner provided by

the Leadership Stockton Alumni Association.

Please look for future updates on this year’s project as we

follow the Class of 2012 on their journey through Community

Leadership or visit www.leadershipstockton.com for all of the

latest. If you would like more info on Leadership Stockton or wish

to sponsor an upcoming session, please contact Timm Quinn at

209.547.2770 or [email protected].

NOVEMBER2011 6www.stocktonchamber.org@ Timm Quinn: [email protected]

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Convention & Visitors Bureauby: Wes Rhea

CVB Produces Sports Facilities Guide

The Stockton Convention &

Visitors Bureau (SCVB) has just

released Stockton’s first Sports

Facilities Guide, a comprehensive

guide to local sporting venues.

The guide, to be used for the

marketing and promotion of

Stockton’s available sporting

venues, will be available both

online and in a printed version.

Sports marketing for Stockton

became the responsibility of the

SCVB beginning July 1, and producing this guide was the first

priority of this new venture. “Having a comprehensive sports

facilities guide available to rights holders, sports organization and

event planners was a must,” noted Wes Rhea, Executive Director

of the SCVB. “We needed this tool to best promote the assets of

Stockton and to have something available 24/7 online. We are

very excited about how this piece came out, and look forward to

sharing it with our partners.”

The guide is available on the web at www.StocktonSports.org

and printed versions are available from the SCVB. Nearly 30

local facilities are represented in the guide. Limited print runs

will be made, allowing the guide to be easily updated and

improved regularly.

For additional information on the Stockton Sports Facilities

Guide, please call Wes at 209.938.1551.

Visitors Bureau Attends National Sports Convention

The Stockton Convention and Visitors Bureau (SCVB) attended

the 2011 TEAMS Conference and Expo in early October at the

Las Vegas Convention Center. The event is the world’s leading

Conference and Expo for the sports-event industry.

The SCVB met one-on-one with dozens of sporting event

planners and rights holders representing a broad variety of

amateur and professional sports from around the country. The

SCVB Executive Director and Sales Manager also participated

in educational sessions focused on trends, logistics and other

sporting event related issues presented by the leading experts in

the sports marketing and events industries.

More information on the conference can be found at

www.teamsconference.com

NOVEMBER2011 8www.visitstockton.org@ Wes Rhea: [email protected]

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Programs and Public Policy Departmentby: Frank Ferral

SCHEDULE A REACON ASSESSMENT TODAY

The REACON Team is the outreach arm of the Green Team San

Joaquin. REACON is a collaboration between the Greater Stockton

Chamber of Commerce, private businesses, municipal and county

solid waste divisions, economic development professionals and the

communities of San Joaquin County. Our purpose is to promote

environmental stewardship solutions, to address environmental and

economic development issues and to create a nexus to

enhance the delivery of Chamber services in Stockton and all of

San Joaquin County.

Outreach: As an outreach group of the Green Team San Joaquin 1.

program, the REACON Team will proactively visit medium to

large businesses to share and promote cost-saving green practices

at their place of business.

We will provide a REACON assessment. When green practices 2.

and recommended changes are implemented by the company, and

reviewed by the REACON team, we will qualify the company to be

“Green Certified”.

Programs: REACON Team will provide information on the 3.

Recycling Market Development Zone, Commute Connection,

energy conservation programs, waste audits and ways to reduce air

pollution. In addition, information on other Chamber programs

will be offered.

Recognition: “P³ Stewardship” stands for Policies, Practices and 4.

Purchasing Stewardship. A P³ Stewardship Award has been

developed to recognize businesses that engage in green practices

and will be acknowledged during the annual Small Business

Awards each year.

WHY GREEN CERTIFICATION?

It Makes Good Business Sense! A green business:

Can lower the cost of doing business

Improves employee morale and the health of the workplace•

Holds a marketing edge over the competition•

Is recognized as an environmental leader•

Get recognized for being green. The Green Business Program

recognizes businesses that:

Successfully complete the REACON assessment•

Comply with all environmental regulations•

Take steps to conserve natural resources and prevent pollution, •

such as using more efficient lighting, purchasing in bulk,

watering landscapes efficiently, recycling cardboard, using less

toxic products, etc.

Green businesses receive recognition through:

The Green Business Program website: www.•

greenteamsanjoaquin.com

City and agency newsletters•

Press coverage, promotional events and special recognition•

Window plaque•

Green Business logo to use in your advertising•

Just follow these simple steps to become a Certified Green Business

Contact the REACON team at the Greater Stockton Chamber 1.

of Commerce. They will provide you with a packet of materials

(available in electronic format only) including:

• Asimpleone-pageapplicationform

• GreenBusinessProgramchecklist

• AlinktotheChamberdirectoryofGreenBusinesses

in your county

Schedule a visit. If you choose to become certified, we will work 2.

with you and help you go through the necessary steps to meet the

Green Business Standards. It’s completely voluntary. And, there are

no fees involved!

Pledge to stay green. Simply take the Green Business Pledge and 1.

post it in your place of business! We believe a successful business

is dependent on a healthy environment. We are actively working

to show our environmental responsibility to our community by

committing to the following objectives:

• Tocomplywithallapplicableregulationsandstriveto

exceed compliance

• Toconserveenergy,water,materialsandotherresources

• Todevelopandimplementpracticesthatprevent

pollution and waste

• Tobeanenvironmentallyresponsiblebusiness

within our community

NOVEMBER2011 10www.stocktonchamber.orgFor more info, contact Frank Ferral at [email protected]@

New Members For more information on becoming a new member, please call Matt Anderson

at 209.547.2770. Please allow up to 90 days for your listing to show.

Charitable Organizations

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Contractors General

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Hay Handling, Equipment

ACX Pacific Northwest719 Gills Avenue

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Janitorial Supplies

ProClean Supply701 Kearney Avenue

Modesto www.modestojan.com

Marketing Consultants

The Marketing Coach3104 O Street #217

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Fall Business Trade Show and Passport MixerThursday, October 6 at the University Plaza Waterfront Hotel


Ribbon Cuttings For additional information go to www.stocktonchamber.org

Greg AlavazoCostco

Tim AguirreImpact Promotions

Tim AragonTNT Quick Connect

Debbie ArmstrongOld Republic Title

Company

Gloria Blaine Basket Caravan

Geri BlasStockton Post Office

Josh BowerABS Presort

Carlos ChavezBank of the West

Mark ChristensenNY Life

Carol Clemons Angels Caring Hands

Rebecca Deal Rabobank

Shannon DingAssemblymember Bill

Berryhill’s Office

Kristen Dyke Port City Marketing

Solutions

Katherine EdensUniversity of the

Pacific

Patti GulickNew Image Signs

Blair HakeAmeriprise Financial

Services Inc.

Ann JohnstonMayor of Stockton

Glenn JoseH.O.P.E

Loretta LeeDept. of Rehabilitation

Jennifer LewisHilton Stockton

Marilyn MasonRHA

John PavalKansas City Life

Ellen PowellCongressman Dennis

Cardoza’s Office

Annie RandazzoAllied Waste

Justin RedmanCentral Valley

Community Bank

Diane ReyesSt Joseph’s EPA

Michelle SherlockOptimal Hospice Care

Michael SmithComcast Cable

Melanie SpeerCostco

Nanette SpitulskiParks Printing

Max VargasSenator Wolk’s Office

Ed WanketSJC Worknet

Cindy WardXango

Sam WardXango

Safe Ship3008 East Hammer Lane Stockton

Hands On Learning5757 Pacific Avenue, Suite 132 Stockton

Vintage Plaza352 Malbec Court Stockton

Budiselich Flashboard Dam Stockton East Water District

Diamond Dental6360 Pacific Avenue, Suite 2 Stockton

Podesto Teen Impact Center725 North El Dorado Street Stockton


Attending Ambassadors

COVER STORY

Every fall for 25 years, the Stockton community eagerly

anticipates the Chamber of Commerce’s selection of two new

ATHENA Award winners. The annual awards honor women in

the community who have demonstrated remarkable qualities of

leadership, community service and served as an inspiration to

other women.

Since 1982, the ATHENA

Award has been presented

in communities across

the country to publicly

acknowledge and celebrate

the strength of female leaders.

The Award was founded by

Martha Mertz in order to help

inspire women in the business

community to reach their full

potential and to create balance

in leadership worldwide.

This award, named for Athena, the Ancient Greek Goddess of

Power and Wisdom, is spearheaded by the nonprofit ATHENA

International. The awards are unique for being a national award

given locally: nearly 500 different communities, including

Stockton, hand out the awards annually to honor notable local

women who have made a real difference at the local or regional

level. More than 6,000 worthy recipients in the U.S. and across the

world have been chosen as recipients of the ATHENA Award since

its inception.

Within Stockton since 1986, dozens of local women have been

honored with the awards. Each annual recipient of the ATHENA

Award has led a long career in which she has embodied the core

values of strong leadership and community service, helped inspire

other women and has made a lasting impact in the Stockton

community. Each ATHENA Young Professional Leadership Award

recipient is recognized as a woman under 40 who is a powerful

and active leader rising in Stockton and has already exemplified

these same ideals.

ATHENA Award

This year, Stockton’s awards committee has chosen lifelong

educator and CSU Stanislaus Professor Emerita Sara Garfield to

receive the ATHENA Award.

Garfield, who hails from Wisconsin,

is the child of two community-minded

parents—her mother this year won

Woman of the Year in Garfield’s

hometown, Superior—who trained

her from an early age to support the

community and take action when

she sees a need. She says she

was raised to believe that

community service is the

responsibility of every citizen

and raised her own daughters to cherish this important lesson,

as well.

During a community-service oriented trip with her daughters

to St. Mary’s Church in 1986, Garfield met David Brewer, Director

of St. Mary’s Dining Room, and first noticed a need in the

community for a specialized program which could provide a stable

education to homeless children who might otherwise have slipped

through the cracks of the educational system. Together, Garfield

and Brewer set about to address this need.

Nine months later, one.TLC School was born. More than 20

years later, this unique credentialed school, operated by the San


ATHENA AwardsHonoring Women who Support, and Inspire, the Stockton CommunityBy Justin Souza

[This is] great motivation to continue to help grow, learn,

motivate, and share within the Stockton community in order to strengthen our next generation

of professionals

Joaquin County Office of Education and staffed by a team of

teachers and volunteers including Garfield, has helped support

and educate more than 7,000 children living in shelters, transient

motels or on the streets of San Joaquin County. In addition

to education, one.TLC School provides essential emotional,

psychological and physical support to children during a

frightening and traumatic time in their lives.

Keeping the school running for two decades has been a heroic

effort for Garfield and for its many other supporters in the

community. Garfield has remained a constant advocate, even

going as far as a hearing before the Congressional Education

Committee to secure a specific exception for the school in the No

Child Left Behind legislation. Through thick and thin, Garfield has

continued to work for the school on a purely volunteer basis, as

she has done for over 20 years.

Garfield is quick to point out that she has never supported one.

TLC School alone. “I never could have gotten the school running,

or kept it running without the help of David Brewer and Helen

Crane as well as a lot of community members, organizations

and groups that have supported us over the years.” When the

school had to be reorganized a few years ago, Garfield says that

San Joaquin County Superintendent of Schools Mick Founts was

essential to its continuation. “If it wasn’t for his support, along

with that of Stockton Unified and our foundation board we

wouldn’t have been able to keep operating.”

Garfield’s work with one.TLC School has garnered her

numerous national awards over the years, including the President’s

Service Award, which was awarded to her in 1995 by President

Bill Clinton. On receiving the ATHENA Award, Garfield says she

is “humbled and honored to be recognized in our community by

a group of such incredible women.” The award is another well-

deserved recognition for an important woman for Stockton and

for San Joaquin County.

ATHENA Young Professional Leadership Award

Angela Rosenquist has been chosen

to receive this year’s ATHENA Young

Professional Leadership Award. Rosenquist,

a Stockton native and alum of the University

of Pacific, is part owner and Vice President

of Sales and Marketing with Stockton-

based Boboli International, LLC. She is also part owner of Mezzo

Enoteca located in Stockton.

Rosenquist is a diligent community servant who serves on the

board of directors of Financial Center Credit Union, Saint Mary’s

Interfaith Community Services and Pacific Alumni Association,

among others. She is also a Top Ten Fund Drive Worker with

Pacific Tigers Athletic Association. She is currently pursuing a

Doctorate in Business Administration, Entrepreneurship, and

Leadership at California Southern University, Irvine with an

estimated graduation date of May 2012.

Rosenquist said that she is honored and humbled to have been

chosen to receive the award. “This not only reflects my feelings

for Stockton and the growth of young professional women in the

area, but also is great motivation to continue to help grow, learn,

motivate, and share within the Stockton community in order to

strengthen our next generation of professionals.”

Garfield and Rosenquist will be presented with their awards at

the annual ATHENA Luncheon on November 17, 11:30 a.m., at

the Stockton Golf and Country Club.


Photography by: Arturo Vera, Arturo Vera Photography

Photo: FCCU

ATHENA AwardsHonoring Women who Support, and Inspire, the Stockton CommunityBy Justin Souza

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The Greater Stockton

Chamber of Commerce is

hosting the Diversity Mixer

at the Haggin Museum on

December 1 from

5:15-7:15 p.m. The Mixer

has been in existence

for more than 27 years

with each local Chamber

featuring food tastings.

The Stockton Chamber

coordinates the event in partnership with the Hispanic Chamber,

the African-American Chamber and the Asian American

Chamber with the Haggin Museum graciously hosting. Please join

us for a amazing evening of networking. Call 209.547.2770 for

more information.

City of Stockton Offers Loans to Businesses and Commercial

Property Owners Federal funding is available through the city’s

Facade Improvement Forgivable and Small Business Micro

Loan programs. The Facade program assists property owners in

making exterior improvements to commercial buildings. The

Micro Loan program provides loans of up to $30,000 to Stockton

businesses at favorable interest rates. For more information, call

the Economic Development Department at 209.937.8530 or visit

www.stocktongov.com.

The excitement of Stockton Thunder hockey continues for the

2011-12 season, featuring exciting, fast paced action hockey and

captivating entertainment for the whole the family. All Chamber

members receive up to $5 off on tickets for the first four Thunder

home games, which include Opening Night and Pink Weekend on

November 4 & 5. To order tickets, contact the Thunder at

(209) 373-1500 or visit www.stocktonthunder.com.

November’s Effective Strategies Group will be presented by Joel

Carigan on the topic of “Taking a Greater Market Share in a Down

Economy”. It will focus on how to aggressively add customers and

profits in the toughest economy we’ve ever seen! What businesses

need to do is deliver a superior experience and better service. Join

us November 15 at 8 a.m. in the Chamber Conference Room.

RSVP to Matt Anderson at 209.547.2770 or email

[email protected].

Dr. David G. Styles, an aero/auto historian who has published 20

books to date, will speak at The Haggin Museum on Thursday,

November 3, at 7 p.m. His latest book, “Two Flights to Victory”,

details the series of encounters connecting Lieutenant Colonel

Jimmy Dolittle and Colonel Paul Tibbets, the pilot of the Enola

Gay. This event is part of the museum’s 1st & 3rd Thursdays series,

featuring complimentary wine and snacks beginning at 6:30 p.m.

Call 209.940.6315 or visit www.hagginmuseum.org.

Stockton Women’s Network November 2 luncheon features

its Annual Silent Auction for Scholars. Proceeds benefit

SWN’s annual scholarship fund. The luncheon is held at the

Stockton Golf & Country Club from 11 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. Visit

our website at www.StocktonWomensNetwork.org or call

209.472.0359 for more information.


Trusted Advisor to Successful Business Owners and Families Since 1976.

35th Anniversary in business!Thanking my clients and associates for their business and support over these past years; and welcome many more years of service. -Dennis J. Goldstrand, CLU, ChFC, AEP

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CalendarNovember 2011

Highlights11/3 - Networking Mixer – 5:15-7:15 p.m.

@ Midtown Optometry

1101 E. March Lane, #0, 95210

also don’t miss...12/1 - Diversity Mixer with all 4 Chambers participating

– 5:15-7:15 p.m.

@ The Haggin Museum

1201 N. Pershing, Stockton, 95203

3 Networking Mixer – 5:15-7:15 p.m. @ Midtown Optometry 1101 E. March Lane, #0, 95210

4 Leadership Stockton History, Arts & Culture Session 8 a.m.-5 p.m. @ Haggin Museum

9 Green Team San Joaquin – 9 a.m. @ Chamber Conference Room

10 Manufacturers Industrial Distribution Roundtable 7:30 a.m. @ TBA

11 Chamber office closed, Veterans Day

16 Chamber Executive Committee Meeting – 7 a.m. @ Stockton Golf & Country Club

15 Effective Strategies Group – 8 a.m. @ Chamber Conference Room

14 Liaison Committee Meeting – 12 p.m. @ Chamber Conference Room

17 ATHENA Award Luncheon – 11:30 a.m. @ Stockton Golf & Country Club

23 Business Education Alliance – 3:30 p.m. @ Chamber Conference Room

24 & 25 Chamber office closed, Thanksgiving Holiday

PORT CALL Greater Stockton Chamber of Commerce17 Contact the Chamber at 209.547.2770 for more info*

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• All insurance companies welcome

• We also specialize in RV repair

• Free estimates

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We understand that repairing your

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Lunch at the Land�ll

Date: December 8Time: 11:30 am

Tours immediately after.

Date: December 14thTime: 11:30 am

Forward Land�ll9999 S. Austin Road, Stockton, CA(Arch Road East to Austin Rd., turn right)

Sponsored by the partners of the Green Team San Joaquin and Allied Waste

• Lunch served under the tent

• Tours available

• Bring a new unwrapped toy for the Child Abuse Prevention Council of San Joaquin County, and lunch is on us!

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A program of the Greater Stockton Chamber of Commerce

Fifth Annual “Lunch at the Landfill”Reduce • Reuse • Recycle

this Holiday Season

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