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Wednesday, June 9, 2010 – Daily News – 5A Commerce business Good news In challenging times, it is always good to hear a good report. Well, I have one for you today from my perspective at the chamber. There is a lot of activity on the part of many people here in Red Bluff and Tehama County, and it’s producing great results. The Job Training Center, Paint Mart, North Valley Services and Dale’s Carpet teamed up to renovate the interior of the Chamber office. Work outside of the building will follow. We will have a barbe- cue open house celebration later in the month. We will have more details on that at a later date. Volunteers are assisting in the office and at the Farmer’s Markets. Both of our markets, Saturday and Wednesday, are almost to capacity with vendors. This makes for a great time and wonderful selection of fruits, vegetables and items for our local folks and visitors. Our progressive officers and directors are active out in the com- munity to make the chamber the greatest promoter of business and events in the region. President Kristin Behrens wrote recently in this column about the four areas our board and chamber will be actively focusing on in the near future, to improve the cham- ber’s service to its membership and its mis- sions — branding, com- munication, mem- bership and cohe- sion of groups. Chambers of com- merce are member-based organiza- tions. The good news is our mem- bership is on the increase. Are you a member? If so, thank you. If you are not yet, we have many new rea- sons for you to join. Membership would be a benefit to you, your business or organiza- tion. In a future column I will let you know more about our new online chamber software that will have the capability to promote your business as well as community events. Before the end of June, our members will displayed on our & enterprise website and beyond; a greater value – without requiring members to even lift a finger. More members have recently accessed our adver- tising opportunities to inform the population more about their ser- vices. Through the efforts of our Red Bluff Rebound meetings over the last few months, led by Bill Moule, you will soon see a new local pro- motional campaign called Shop Red Bluff First. To many of us, summer is a time for fun in the sun. We have great events on the horizon; Crawdad Festival, Field to Fork, 4th of July Celebration and many activities at the Sacramento River Discovery Center. There’s plenty to do in our area this summer. If you would like to be more involved, contact us or check out our website, Facebook page or fol- low us on Twitter. Most important- ly be safe and have a great sum- mer. Dave Gowan is executive vice president of the Red Bluff-Tehama County Chamber of Commerce. Health Services welcomes new doctor Anita Blosser, MD, a board certified family practice physician, joins the team of Jon Malan, DO and Max Hemping, PA as the newest member of the Tehama County Health Services Agency Clinic. Blosser pursued her undergraduate degree at Purdue University and the University of Kentucky. Her medical degree and residency training were done at University of Kentucky College of Medicine. Blosser had been a partner at Henderson Family Medicine Clinic in Henderson, NC, part of the Duke University Pri- mary Care Network, since 1994 before joining the clinic in Red Bluff in Jan- uary. “I enjoy small town life, and Red Bluff is a delightful community,” Blosser said. “It’s also great to practice where I can use all the skills in which I trained. Variety is what makes Family Medi- cine so stimulating. Even greater satisfaction comes from the relationships we develop with our patients over time. My colleagues here are solid practition- ers and wonderful collab- orators. I look forward to going to work each day.” The agency is excited to welcome Blosser as a Blosser member of its integrated delivery of health services to the community. “Dr. Blosser will be a great addition to the clinic and the community,” said Yolanda Mordue, clinic director. “She is another step in our continued goal of providing quality med- ical care to all members of our community, espe- cially those facing barri- ers to accessing care.” Blosser enjoys being closer to her daughter, son-in-law and two grand daughters, Paloma and Carmen, who reside in California. She enjoys traveling, playing with her dogs, music, needle- work and painting in oils. Blosser is now accept- ing new patients. To make an appointment, call 527- 0350. Her office is at 1850 Walnut St. in Red Bluff. 5 questions can help you pursue your goals How do I get there? As you strive to achieve your long-term goals, such as a com- fortable retire- ment, you may, at times, feel frus- trated over events you can’t influ- ence, such as the up-and-down movements of the financial markets. Yet there is much you can control — once you determine the answers to just five key questions. help pay for your children’s or grandchildren’s college educa- tion? Will you need to support any other family members? Write down all your goals and put a price tag on each one. Tyler Smail Where am I today? Take stock of all your assets — your IRA, 401(k) and other savings and investment accounts. Then, do the same for your debts. Where would I like to be? How much will you need to pay for the retire- ment lifestyle you’ve envi- sioned? 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It’s eas- ier to reach your financial goals if you put time on your side. Tyler Smail is a a financial advisor for Edward Jones, his office is located at 733 Washington St. in Red Bluff. He can be reached at 529-3627 or tyler.smail@edwardjones.c om. Puppies in the evening • New Member – The Corning Chamber of Com- merce welcomes new member Chuck Bartok, 3835 Gar- diner Ferry Rd. in Corning. Phone 798-0245. • Corning in the Evening – Come join us for the monthly get together tomorrow evening at 5:30 p.m. at Second Chance Pet Rescue, 4312 Rawson Road. Take Corning Road over the freeway and go south, (left) at Rawson Road. Come and find out what they do and how they contribute to this community. Bring your business card for the drawing. Refreshments will be served. • Corning Junior Rodeo – Friday June 11, at 7 p.m. and Saturday, June 12 at 5 p.m. the largest junior rodeo in northern California will be taking place at Estil Clark Park on Fig Lane (off Marguerite Ave). There will also be a hospitality mixer Thursday, June 10 at 6 p.m. where the crowning of the Senior Queen and Little Miss Rodeo Pageant will take place as well as the stick horse races. There will be a barbecue and the famous cow-chip bingo. Some of the rodeo events include mutton busting, steer riding, barrel racing, pole bending, goat tying, team roping, steer stopping, dummy steer roping, bull riding, bareback riding, calf roping and breakaway roping. For more information call 824-4295 or 824-3777. • Olive Festival - The Chamber is now looking toward the Olive Festival the last weekend of August. We are looking forward to an exciting event that will bring hun- dreds, if not thousands to Corning. We hope that you plan to be a part of it. Mark your calendar for August 21 for the Miss Corning Program that will select who will reign as Miss Corning for 2010-2011. The next weekend will be the Olive Festival Mixer Thursday August 26, Friday will be the Olive Festival Parade and Saturday, August 28, the festival will be all day at Woodson City Park that includes a pancake breakfast, fun run, craft and food booths, children’s activities, talent show, olive and Dutch oven cook-offs and the olive drop. The chamber directors can use some volunteers so if you are interested in helping out with any of the events please call the chamber and let us know at 824-5550. • Free Business Workshop – noon to 1:30 p.m., June 15, at the Willows Library Eubank Room 201 N. Lassen St. The free workshop will be presented by SCORE Chico. Sponsored by Score, West Company, Glenn County Microenterprise Assistance Program and Coun- ty of Glenn Human Resource Agency. The title is Out- standing Customer Service. Whether you are a service business or a retail store, this workshop is designed for you. Providing outstanding customer service will set you apart from your competition. Come prepared to learn what customers want and how you can take your busi- ness from "OK" to Outstanding. This workshop is designed to help you think through what your customers want from your business and then how you can make sure that you and you employees "give 'em what they want", and then some. To Register, email scorechico@sbcglobal.net Presenters, Jack & Clydette owned a retail gift and home accessory store for 20 years before retiring. Prior to that Jack worked in high technology companies in Sil- icon Valley. They have been Score counselors for five years and have counseled many retail and service busi- nesses. Customer "Horror Stories" that we've all experienced. Setting the "Tone" for your business Hiring and Training the right employees for your business What do your customers expect? What would delight your customers?