January and February were busy months at the Back Mountain Chamber. The January BMC Luncheon was held Jan. 12 at the Irem Country Club. Our speaker was Royal Sutton, who gave his presentation of photographic portraits of Native Americans and talked about his book on the subject, “On the Edge of Extinction.”
Our Chamber Ski Club was a big hit on four successive nights in January and February. We hope to be able to offer this popular reduced price benefit to our members and their employees again next year.
On Feb. 7, we held a ribbon-cutting ceremony at Crabby’s Seafood Grill at the intersection of Upper and Lower Demunds Roads in Dallas. Best of luck to Crabby’s for continued success.
The February BMC Luncheon was held Feb. 9 at Fire & Ice. The speaker was Mike Atchie from Williams, who braved the snow to be with us and gave an informative overview of the pipeline project.
The Back Mountain Chamber is in the midst of its Gertrude Hawk Easter Candy Sale. Members wishing to order Easter candy at a discount have until March 10 to contact either Bill Leandri, executive director, at wleandri@aol.com or Dawn Wiringer, business development, at dawnwiringer@gmail.com.
Welcome to our new members:
AMP Global Strategies, Dallas Area Fall Fair, Matthew Cavanaugh, New York Life; Garden’s at Lakeside, Crabby’s Seafood Grill, Meadows Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, J&J Deli Draft and Bottle Shop, Times Leader, City Market & Cafe, John Dawe, The Dawe Group; FA Electric, LLC, Odak Water
The BMC Mardi Gras Awards Dinner was held Feb. 28 at the Apple Tree Terrace with over 90 people in attendance. Congratulations to all of the award winners.
Don’t forget to mark your calendars for the BMC Expo to be held April 26 at Misericordia University. Immediately following the expo, there will be a history presentation on “The Titanic and its Wyoming Valley Passengers – 105 years after the great disaster.” The main speaker will be Dr. William V. Lewis, commissioner of the Pennsylvania Historical Museum Commission, past president of the Luzerne County Historical Society and author of the book. “Stories of the Wilkes-Barre Titanic Passengers.”
As promised last month, the Cultural Event Committee has announced its honoree for the Back to Country Event Sept. 9 at the Irem Pavilion. The committee selected the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins organization as the honoree for 2017 for all it has done for the people of the Back Mountain and Northeastern Pennsylvania. With Jake’s Rockin’ Country Band as the musical entertainment, we expect this to be another great event.
If you wish to have your community event placed on the “BMC Events Calendar” on our website, email details to wleandri@aol.com or dawnwiringer@gmail.com and we will include your event.
