By Paul Hooper, Chamber of Commerce

Congratulations to the Corsicana Tigers for their playoff win over West Mesquite on Friday night. Go all the way Tigers! Unfortunately, the Kerens Bobcats and the Mildred Eagles season came to an end but not after having a great regular season. Congratulations to all our area teams for making the playoffs and we are very proud of all of you.

I heard from a number of ladies on Friday all about the Healthy Women annual dinner at the Cook Center sponsored by Navarro Regional Hospital. These ladies were raving about Suzie Humphries, the food and looking forward to next year’s events. In their first year the membership grew to 700 and the next event will be in January according to Vicki Arnett the 2009 chairperson for the Healthy Women Advisory Council. WOW, what a great first year!

The Chamber Ambassadors held a ribbon cutting Friday at ArtisticEdge Studio where Rebecca and Tony Tomberlin hosted everyone who showed up to welcome them to our community. This is truly a family affair and something you must visit to see. Apparently their granddaughter who was attending the Cosmetology Program at Navarro College had a project where she had to basically open her own studio and from their ArtisticEdge suddenly became a reality and now a new business in downtown Corsicana. Their studio is located at 214 North Beaton Street and it is more than just a hair salon. Rebecca took us on a tour of their facility that included SPA services, a gift shop, and an area for little Princes Parties for those special little girls in our life. There was something about “Eye Kandy”; I think this is definitely a girly thing, where Sprinkles Glitter represents the very latest breakthrough in brilliant makeup and body shimmer? All Day endurance without flaking! Okay, so it is definitely for girls, but guys this is a wonderful place to send that “special” lady in your life for a day of pampering. Thanks to the Ambassadors, Board of Directors and others from the community who came out to participate in the ribbon cutting.

Please Remember to Buy Local! It is not always possible to buy everything you need from locally-owned businesses, but if everyone purchased one more item locally when they shopped, the effects would be tremendous. The point of this campaign is to encourage people to think local first: choose locally owned businesses when choosing where to buy goods and services. If there is some item or purchase you will be making, I encourage us all to think where we can get this in Corsicana and Navarro County. We as residents owe it to each other, our City and County to do our part as this is one way we can all pull together to make a difference.



What’s Coming Up?



November 16th - STAR (Success Through Active Role Modeling) Information Session

STAR, a Chamber Educational Committee, is actively recruiting role models to work with students in the AVID (Advancement Via Individual Determination) program at Corsicana High School providing guidance for students with understanding career objectives and goal. If you are interested in finding out more information, please contact the Chamber or log onto STAR’s website at WWW.STARNC.ORG or plan to attend the next Information Session scheduled for Monday, November 16th from 5:00 PM to 6:00 PM here at the Chamber. Please call to RSVP if you would like to learn more about STAR and AVID. You do not have to be a Chamber member to attend the Information Session or to be a STAR Role Model. Everyone is welcome!





December 3rd - Holiday Gala and Casino Night &Christmas Tree Auction – 10:00 am at Halbert House at 1250 W. Third Ave.

Camp of the Rising Sun Gala and Casino night benefiting special needs children of Navarro and Freestone counties, Casino fun from 6 - 9 pm and Auction of Christmas Trees 9 pm. Contact Jamie Kitchens at jamie@campoftherisingsun.org.















December 5th - Jingle Bell Jog –YMCA – 9:00 am

Family Event with a 5k/1mile run/walk. Everyone is invited to start the Christmas season off.

Contact (903) 872-2412



December 5th - Camp of the Rising Sun Holiday Tour of Homes

Historic Holiday Tour of Homes including the First United Methodist Church and historic homes on 3rd Ave. Tickets are $10 in advance or $12 at the Tour. Tour is noon - 5 pm. Trolley will be available anyone needed assistance from one home to another. Contact Jamie Kitchens at jamie@campoftherisingsun.org or (903) 875-9729



December 10th - The Palace Food & Wine Club - Holiday Gala & Bazaar – 6:30 pm – Cook Center

Come experience an evening with Chef Kent Rathbun of Abacus, Jaspers and Blue Plate Kitchen & Michael Martini of Louis Martini Winery. Enjoy fine wines, an exquisite dinner and silent auction with holiday decor and holiday gift items. All of the profits from this dinner benefit the programs of the Palace Theatre. Limited seating - $125 per person. Contact (903) 874-7792



February 4th – Chamber Annual Banquet – Corsicana High School

Please mark this date on your calendar as more information will be coming soon.



If you know of any events going on in our community, I invite you to add it to the Chamber’s Events Calendar at www.corsicana.org. The Chamber website averages 40,000 plus visits per month with the Events Calendar being the Number One page viewed every month (approx. 10,000 views). People want to know what is going on and what there is to do here in our community and you can tell from the number of visits to our website that a lot of people look to the Chamber to find information.



If you cannot find an event on the Chamber’s Community Calendar, please take a look at the Corsicana Daily Sun’s Local Beat on their website (www.corsicanadailysun.com) as they have a list of many other events going on throughout our community.

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Paul Hooper is executive director of the Corsicana/Navarro County Chamber of Commerce.

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