DEADLINE to buy Cyclones Tickets 2/11

Keys to Buying Real Estate Class 2/12

Chatfield Night @ Cyclones 2/15

FEBRUARY MONTHLY MEETING 2/21

Chamber Benefits Open House 2/27

DEADLINE: Essay Contest 3/1

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Seth Blevins Spaghetti Dinner 3/2

DEADLINE Mocktail Entries 3/8

DEADLINE Oktoberfest Contest 3/15

Mocktail Event 3/15

MARCH MONTHLY MEETING 3/21

Family Fun Day 3/30

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Brown County Chamber Teams with Leadership Adams

On May 10, 2013 Leadership Adams will be hosting the Chick-fil-A Leadercast at Southern State Commu-

nity College. We are currently seeking help in sponsoring this program for the local tri-county area. Please

take a look at the levels of sponsorship below and let us know if you would like to be a part of this great

event. Time is of the essence and since marketing will begin April 15, 2013, as far as a deadline to receive

the most for investment we ask that you act as soon as possible. For more info, please contact:

deana@adamscountychamber.org

Sponsorship Levels

PLATINUM SPONSOR $1,500

Company Logo listed in the program

4 tickets to Leadercast event

Banner opportunity at inside venue

Promotion in pre-event broadcast spots, press releases,

advertising, and e-mail blasts

Emcee mentions during the Leadercast program from stage

Insert, promotional materials in all attendee bags

Promotion in post event e-mails to attendees

GOLD SPONSOR $1,000

4 tickets to Leadercast event

Company Logo listed in the program

Emcee mentions during the Leadercast program from stage

Insert, promotional materials in all attendee bags

Promotion in post event e-mails to attendees

SILVER SPONSOR $500

2 tickets to Leadercast event

Name listed in the program

Insert promotional material in all attendee bags

BRONZE SPONSOR $250

Name listed in the program

Insert promotional material in all attendee bags

BAG SPONSOR

Insert in all attendee bags (provided by sponsor)

One Marketing Piece Examples: Coupon, Flyer (no larger than 5x7), Brochure.

One Promotional Gift Item

Kentucky Gateway Museum

Center will hold its third an-

nual Oktoberfest, August 9th

and 10th in historic down-

town Maysville. The Ok-

toberfest committee needs a

design for this year’s logo

and souvenir pin. The public

is invited and encouraged to

submit their ideas for consideration. The color im-

age can be any size, but the actual pin size will be

no more than an inch.

The prize-winning designer will be awarded

$100. Deadline for submissions is March 15,

2013. Design concepts can be dropped off at the

front desk of the museum or emailed to pau-

la@kygmc.org on or before March 15th. Sorry, late

entries cannot be considered.

New Efforts Aim To Convince You: Texting “Can Wait” As more and more Ohioans take steps to avoid and discourage distracted driving, communications leader AT&T has announced

that their no-texting-while-driving campaign, It Can Wait, is being expanded in 2013. This news comes just as Ohio’s statewide

ban on texting while driving moves from its education and warning phase into the fully-active citation phase on March 1.

AT&T’s It Can Wait campaign began in 2009 but was re-invigorated in 2012 with a fresh commitment of tens of millions of dol-

lars for the cause, and a dedicated ItCanWait.com website encouraging drivers to pledge that they would not text while behind the

wheel. The website was launched in August 2012, and AT&T says more than 1.2 million pledges have already been made.

A key component of the 2012 It Can Wait campaign was AT&T’s unique distracted driving sim-

ulator, which was pressed into use around the country. Utilizing a real automobile, the partici-

pant’s own phone, and specialized goggles and screens to project a virtual roadway, the AT&T

simulator allowed thousands of people to see first-hand how vulnerable they were to deadly dan-

ger when they tried to text while driving. AT&T brought the It Can Wait simulator to high

schools in the Cleveland, Columbus, Toledo and Youngstown areas in 2012 and the company is

finalizing plans to bring this experience to more Ohioans, beginning this month.

Other plans for It Can Wait in 2013 include working with smartphone manufacturers to pre-load

no-texting-while-driving technologies into handsets. The first of these is already available: the

Pantech Discover, an affordable new smartphone model that just came out last month, comes

with the free AT&T DriveMode app already installed. Available for Android and BlackBerry

devices, DriveMode functions similarly to an e-mail out-of-office alert, telling those who send a text to a driver that the recipient

will respond as soon as they’re no longer behind the wheel.

“Our goal is simple – we want to change behavior and save lives,” said AT&T Senior Executive Vice President and Global Mar-

keting Officer Cathy Coughlin. “That’s why we’re putting additional resources behind this effort and why we’re inviting everyone

to join us in this cause. Working together, we can make a difference.”

Ohio’s statewide ban on texting while driving went into effect in August 2012, and included the six-month education period dur-

ing which warnings would be issued instead of citations.

Brown County Farm Bureau Hosting Family Fun Day The Brown County Farm Bureau is conducting a family fun day at the Brown County Fair-

grounds on March 30th. The event will target elementary students and their parents. There will be a petting zoo, egg hunt, free pancake and sausage breakfast, pedal tractor course and other fun events. We would like to invite any businesses to set up who might be interested. Business would setup in Rhonemus Hall, one 8ft table would be provided. Set up 3 to 7 March 29th or by 8:00 a.m. March 30th. (limited electric is available) and limited space. Please contact Becky Cropper at cropperbecky@hotmail.com, with ques-tions, or contact her by Feb. 15th if your business is interested in setting up. No set up

fee, just an excellent opportunity to show case what Brown County has to offer to parents and families with younger children. Theevent will also showcase the importance of agri-

culture in our country.

Limited number of tables available as the room will also be used to serve the pancake and sausage breakfast.