Wednesday, June 2, 2010

7th Annual Wallace Chamber of Commerce Golf Classic





2010 TEAMS

Admiral Outdoor Advertising

Baker & Colby

Centurylink

Charter Business

Duplin Realty/Whitley & Associates

Duplin Wine Family, Inc.

Edwin Bowden Transportation

First Bank #1

First Bank #2

Four County Electric Services

Four Oaks Bank

Friendly Ford

Gordon Vermillion- Candidate for Senate

Hunter &Price, P.A.

JSCC

McDonald’s

Murphy Brown, LLC

Pepsi Bottling Ventures

Ricci/Sears Team

Seegars Fence Company-Wayne County

Subway of Wallace

University Health Systems

Thanks to our Sponsors


AdverMarket Corporation

American Legion-"Don't Forget-Thank a Vet"

360 Forest Products

Bill Carone Chevrolet-GMC-Buick

Billy's Pork & Beef

Charter Business

Cheerwine Bottling

Clear Run Farms

Dixie General Contractors

Duplin General Hospital

Duplin Heart Clinic

Friendly Ford

JSCC Business Center

James Cavender, CPA

Mad Boar Restaurant

McDonalds

Mott Blair for N. C. House

Pepsi Bottling Ventures

R.A. Jeffreys Dist. Co. of Wilm.-Michelob Ultra

Subway of Wallace

The Duplin Times

University Health Systems of Eastern Carolina

University Health Systems Women's Care

Bill Burgess-WECT TV6

The Wallace Enterprise

Special thanks to McDonalds and Subway for providing meals for our teams!

Thanks to our Volunteers!

Thank you to all of the Chamber Board members, volunteers, golfers and sponsors for a great 7th Annual Chamber Golf Classic this past Friday! It was a beautiful day at the River Landing Golf Course and everyone seemed to have a good time. There was plenty of good food, prizes and sunshine. The weather was perfect! We hope to see you again next May 6, 2011.

Kevin Hager, Golf Chair
Wallace Chamber of Commerce

7th Annual Golf Classic Board Members & Volunteers

Kevin Hager - Sheila Young - Frank Brinkley - Hugh Caison - Lou Powell

Missie Wells - Maria Likens - Teyaka Pickett - Davis Carr - Laura Maready

Leo Bracken - Scot Brennan - Bill Cook - Tiffany Young - Joan West

New Member Spotlight: The Salvation Army


In 1865, William Booth was invited to hold a series of evangelistic meetings in the East End of London. He set up a tent in a Quaker graveyard, and his services became an instant success. Thieves, prostitutes, gamblers, and drunkards were among Booth's first converts to Christianity. To congregations who were desperately poor, he preached hope and salvation. His aim was to lead people to Christ and link them to a church for further spiritual guidance.
Many churches, however, did not accept Booth's followers because of their past. So Booth continued giving his new converts spiritual direction, challenging them to save others like themselves. Soon, they too were preaching and singing in the streets as a living testimony to the power of God.
Booth was reading a printer's proof of the 1878 annual report when he noticed the statement "The Christian Mission is a volunteer army." Crossing out the words "volunteer army," he penned in "Salvation Army." From those words came the basis of the foundation deed of The Salvation Army.
From that point, converts became soldiers of Christ and were known then, as now, as Salvationists. They launched an offensive throughout the British Isles, in some cases facing real battles as organized gangs mocked and attacked them. In spite of violence and persecution, some 250,000 people were converted under the ministry of The Salvation Army between 1881 and 1885.
Meanwhile, the Army was gaining a foothold in the United States. Lieutenant Eliza Shirley had left England to join her parents, who had migrated to America earlier in search for work. In 1879, she held the first meeting of The Salvation Army in America, in Philadelphia. The Salvationists were received enthusiastically. Shirley wrote to General Booth, begging for reinforcements. None were available at first. Glowing reports of the work in Philadelphia, however, eventually convinced Booth, in 1880, to send an official group to pioneer the work in America.
The Salvation Army continues its mission today of ministering to the poor and needy, through its Adult Rehab programs, and also provides services for Veterans, youth camps, camps for senior citizens, disaster relief, assists in finding missing persons and has programs to combat human trafficking. The most familiar fund raising campaign of the Salvation Army is its Christmas coin kettle campaign. For more information on the Salvation Army contact Major Robin Starr at 252-523-5175 or email robinstarr@ussalvationarmy.org.

New Chamber Member: Mary Susan Phillips, Attorney at Law

Please welcome new Wallace Chamber of Commerce member, Mary Susan Phillips, Attorney at Law. Mary Susan practices Criminal Law, and also provides representation for DUI/DWI cases. Her office is at 224 E. Main Street in Wallace. And she can be reached by phone at 910-285-6161 or by email at msphillips@embarqmail.com.

American Red Cross Cape Fear Chapter Annual Meeting & Awards


The 2010 Annual Meeting & Awards Ceremony of Wallace Chamber of Commerce Member Cape Fear Chapter of the American Red Cross will be held June 17, 2010 from 4-6 p.m. The event will be held at the Minnie Evans Center, next to Ashley High School at 555 Halyburton Memorial Parkway in Wilmington. New board members will be sworn in and volunteer and staff awards will be presented. Light hors d’oeurves will be served and attire is corporate casual. Please RSVP to publicsupport@capefear.org or 910-762-2683. Learn more about the Cape Fear Red Cross at our June meeting when Darryl Steinbraker will be our guest speaker.

Jones praises Chamber of Commerce political forum


Dear Wallace Chamber,

I just wanted to follow up on the Wallace Chamber of Commerce Candidate forum you held at the American Legion Post on Thursday, April 22, 2010. If you'll recall, my wife, Lenora, and I attended the event and I spoke as the only one in attendance who was running for U.S. Senate in the Republican Primary.
As I recall, you announced it was the first event of its kind you had conducted in Wallace. Now that the primary election cycle is complete, I want you to know that yours was by far the best of its kind that I attended throughout North Carolina this election cycle. This was the first time I (a non-politician) had routinely attended and spoke at such events, but I can assure you that the conduct of your event was stellar compared to all the others I attended!
I wish all of the events I have attended over the past few months could have been planned and conducted as well as yours. Sure, you had a few miscues and I'm confident you knew what they were and how to handle them in the future. Overall, though, you in Wallace should be proud of the fair hearing you gave to one and all during this election cycle.
The best benefit of your forum is that my wife and I now have a number of newfound Duplin County citizens as friends with whom we now communicate and plan to do so indefinitely. You, like we, are in a rural environment and we felt totally at home the moment we arrived and no one did anything that changed our favorable opinion.
Finally, as you may be aware I came in 2nd (to the incumbent) in the 4 candidate field. My overall state vote total was about 38,000 votes which was about 10% of the total. The 3rd and 4th place finishers were, unlike me, both politicians who had campaigned and held state offices in the past. Their COMBINED vote totals were about 1,000 votes FEWER than my total. In Duplin County I received 15% of the vote and the 3rd and 4th place candidates each received 3% (6% total). In Duplin and other counties where I received a fair hearing such as you provided, I see that my vote totals are routinely half again to double the statewide average. I know that my improved vote count is most often thanks to the established, community organizations such as yours who are providing ALL of the candidates access to the rank and file voters and I encourage you to continue your efforts. it can make a difference.
Based on my experiences during this primary election cycle, I believe that you established, local Chamber of Commerce groups provide a legitimate, long-term forum for candidates versus the "populist" groups such as the "Tea Party" and others like them. They may get the media attention, but you established folks truly have the power to make an impact. In short, you were in place long before the "Tea Party" came to be and you'll be there long after they're gone. Of course, I believe all of this to be true so long as the forums are conducted as you folks in Wallace did last April.
Thanks for giving me such a fair opportunity in 2010! It DID help my effort to bring change to Washington.

Sincerely,
Brad Jones