Holly Commercial Club – Nov. and Dec. Town Contest Dates

Holly Commercial Club Minutes
November 2, 2011 – 12 noon
Holly Methodist Church

   Prayer was said and a delicious lunch was served by the Methodist Church.

 Call to order at 12:30 pm by President Ralph Plummer. Attendance roll sign-in sheet was passed around, 17 people were present.

Minutes; copies were offered and distributed to those who wanted one. A motion for the October minutes to be approved was made by Randy Holmen and seconded by Cynthia Simon, approved unanimously.       

Treasurer’s report was distributed by Meadow Rider with income/expense spreadsheets for those present to view, a motion for the treasurer’s report to be approved was made by Lisa Sexson and seconded by Jim Faull, approved unanimously.

• The Shopper Report was distributed by John Golden with a loss of $29.66 for the month and a gain of $581.28 year to date.
  Old Business:
• The Commercial Club Thanksgiving drawing tickets were available with window display posters for participating Commercial Club member businesses. The drawing will be held at the Christmas Tree Lighting event in front of the Holly Medical Clinic on November 19th. Twelve turkeys will be awarded and one Thanksgiving dinner, must be present to win.
• The Christmas lighting contest will be sponsored by the Holly Commercial Club with three categories of Religious, Original, and Novelty for a prize of $100 each, to be judged on December 12, 2012, the same evening as the school Christmas concert. No one has come forward with interest in the Taste of Holly Craft Show, this will be cancelled.
  New Business:
• Pearl Reyman announced that the Holly Christmas cards for 2011 season will honor the Anna Bryce building, artwork by Peggy Kalma and history by Nola Mae Ice. These should be available next week.
• The Putting on the Christmas Ritz will not be held this year.
• Nola Mae Ice reported on behalf of the Library Club the free Christmas children’s movie. The movie will be “Mr. Popper’s Penguins” and be held on December 8th at 4:30 pm at the Holly Theater with free popcorn and water. Parents are responsible to get their children to the theater and home from the theater.
• The Holly Historical Society will sponsor the “Holiday Shoppe” again this year at the museum, offering baked goods, exhibits of 1950’s cooking utensils, nativity scene collections, and angels. They will be open November 19th, December 3, and December 17th from 9:30 am to 3:30 pm.
• Lisa Sexson from KVAY announced that the Holly Commercial Club still has 84 radio ads available for the remainder of this year. After some open discussion the group elected to split the ads up between the Turkey drawings to promote business in local shops, the children’s movie, and all of the Christmas Shopping available here in Holly. Businesses can call KVAY to co-sponsor an ad. Lisa will write up some ads and review them with President Plummer.
• President Ralph Plummer passed around the 2012 activity sign up sheet and reminded us that nominations are now being accepted for Commercial Club officers for the 2012 year; please let Ralph Plummer know of interested persons.
• Marsha Willhite from the Town of Holly mentioned that they are thinking of starting an e-mail group notification for town issues such as planned power outages, prairie fires, or frozen water line problems or any other town issues. If you want your e-mail added to this list please notify the TOH. Marsha also announced that the re-powering project will not enact an increase in the 2012 wholesale rate. The plant is currently running at 70% capacity during the permit testing phase.
• Gene Millbrand, Prowers County Commissioner, answered questions in regard to a recent newspaper article regarding food licensing for vendors. Anyone selling food to the public technically must have a license. There will be an open forum meeting, date to be determined, sponsored by the Colorado Department of Health and Jackie Brown, director of Prowers County Public Health. A state issued license can be obtained after attending free classes on food safety and handling and a licensure fee of $175 annually. This may or may not affect up-coming events.
• Gene Millbrand also spoke of some changes being made to the East Prowers Cemetery Park District; they currently have two openings on the board. These positions are appointed. Currently the bi-laws and job descriptions are being revised and created. Interested persons should contact the commissioner’s office at the courthouse.

Pearl Reyman made a motion to adjourn the meeting at 1:15 pm and Cynthia Simon seconded the motion. Thanks were given for a delicious meal.

Respectfully submitted by
Amy Pierce