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August
18, 2011
Dear fellow
Chamber member,
On Saturday July 30th, the Swanton Chamber of Commerce hosted
its 2nd annual Car/Motorcycle show on the village green in
Swanton Village. With 161 cars registered, the beautiful weather
made it a huge success. We thank the good Lord for the awesome
weather.
As you
may or may not have heard, this year's show was dedicated
to the memory of our fallen home-town hero, Lance Cpl. Anthony
"Chuckie' Rosa. We would like to extend our heart-felt
thank you to his mom, Darcy Berger, for allowing us to honor
him. We raised over $1500.00 that day that will go to creating
care packages that will go to soldiers overseas in Chuckie's
memory, as Darcy has requested. Thank you Darcy for helping
us make the show a success for the soldiers. We will be sending
all of the care packages out no later than October 28th.
I would
like to start by thanking our committee, who put many hours
into making this event a success: Mark Rocheleau, Joyce Bombardier,
Geoff Domey, Camille Freeman, Bruce Boardman, Pat Paxman,
Rep. Brian Savage (R - Swanton/Sheldon) and Jack Paige. In
addition to the committiee, I thank the behind-the-scene people:
my wife and daughter, Judy and Alexandria, Leslie Rocheleau,
Louie Hershberg, Janie Hilliker, Josh Vanslette, Donna Lafar,
Helen Stimets and Allison Gagne. Thank you for making this
year a success.
I would
like to recognize and thank all of the businesses who sponsored
the trophies, dash plaques and silent raffle items, we could
not have done this without them: Peoples Trust Co., The Parts
Store, Inc., Hudak Farm, Chase Auto Sales, Andy Leduc, Leader
Evaporator, Handy Toyota, Handy Chevrolet, J.G Rubbish, Kidder
Memorial Home, The Tyler Place, Swanton Motel, Shaggy's Snack
Bar, North Country Cycle, Swanton Wayside Furniture, Swanton
VFW Post 778 Men's Auxiliary, Bourne Propane, Tuttle Trucking,
Meadow & Mountail Transmission & 4WD, Raleigh &
Raleigh Insurance, Swanton Hannaford's, Law Office of George
Spear II, Rene J Fournier Farm Equipment, Vt. Precision Tools,
Barrette Ford, North Valley Business Consulting, Camille &
Lance Freeman, Neal Speer Construction, Pam's Place, LG Printing,
Cownty Screen Printing, Cota's Service Station and Auto Parts,
Swanton Lumber Co., Flowers By Debbie, TDI Repair, Swanton
Mobil, Champlain Farms, John Ferland, Swanton House of Pizza,
Cody's Cafe, Ste. Marie's Store, The Damn Furniture Store.
Thank
you to: Swanton VFW Post 778 for the food provided; to Swanton
Cub Scout Pack 832 for the popcorn provided; to Swanton Village
for prepping the park and surrounding are and for the barricades
and traffic cones for the show; Swanton Police Dept; to our
DJ for the day Wayne Groth; to Vt Precision Tools for the
use of the tables and chairs; to Channel 15 for filming the
show; to Suzy Kenyon from the St. Albans Messenger; to LG
Printing for making the dash plaques; to Cownty Screen Printing
for making all of the shirts for the show; to the judges for
the show:Joyce Bombardier, Bruce Boardman, Steve Salls, Town
Clerk Cathy Fournier and Village Manager Reg Beliveau (they
had a probably the toughest job of the all); and last but
not least, to all of the show participants. Without you, there
is no show. Thank you for sharing your vehicle with us. I
sincerely apologize if I missed anyone.
Again,
thank you to everyone who made this show a success. I will
write again once the care packages have been sent out.
Sincerely,
Adam Paxman
President
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