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Member listing, if you're a member of the Shakamak Area Chamber of Commerce and are not listed on the members page. Please contact us so we can get your company or name listed.

Chamber Meeting on March 11, 2008 is being held at Good Samaritan Nursing Home. Dinner starts at 6:00PM with chamber meeting beginning shortly after. Sheryl Hartman of the Piankeshaw Trails Ed. Park, Inc. will be the guest speaker.

The Febuary 21st, 2008 chamber meeting had been canceled due to weather.

Shakamak Chamber News

Posted 01.25.2008 Sesquicentennial Anniversary for Jasonville, Indiana will have all the events celebrating this great occasion placed in a easy to read and use calendar. The webmaster "Ivan Marak" also a chamber member will be working on this calendar for us with the help of the president, vice-president and other members of the Shakamak Area Chamber of Commerce. This calendar will available as soon as possible and continuously updated as new information is presented.

Posted 01.08.2008 - Mayor-elect Democrat Roy Terrell took the Oath of office last Tuesday afternoon (January 1, 2008), as new Mayor of Jasonville, Indiana.

Terrell has served as council member for eight years and is also a member of the Shakamak Area Chamber of Commerce. Terrell graduated from Shakamak High School and is married to wife, Nancy.

Democrat Roy Terrell states, "I'm excited and looking forward to being mayor and to the new year". "First of all, I want to recognize Mayor Dorman Clark for the 12 years he served as mayor. He did a good job". Terrell also went on to say. "Hopefully, we can be successful in bringing in some jobs. It is essential to keep pace with the rest of the world…I'm fearful if we don't we will be left behind. There are good people in Jasonville, and I think we can work together for progress."

The new elected council and others of Jasonville as well as many Jasonville residence are very pleased to have Roy Terrell as new mayor. We hope the best for Roy Terrell in his new position as mayor of Jasonville, Indiana.

Other Elected Council:

Charlotte Thomas - Clerk-Treasurer
Brad Duncan - At-Large
Kent May - Ward 1
Stephen E. Lee - Ward 2
Peggy Sluder - Ward 3
Charles D. Hudson - Ward 4

Posted 11.28.2007 - The Christmas Parade is expected to begin from the Good Samaritan Nursing Home at 7:00pm on December 8, 2007. The parade will continue from the Good Samaritan Nursing Home on Ohio through town on Main Street and end at Hanna Field on the intersection of Fry and West Main Street. For more information, please view and download the PDF form at GoJasonville.com - Download

Posted 11.24.2007 - Christmas Festival is being held on Saturday December 01, 2007 at the Shakamak Elementry Gymnasium. Doors open to the public at 8am. All vendors of the Christmas Festival are incouraged to finish their booth set-up by 8am and the doors will be open to the vendors at 6:30am.

Posted 11.15.2007 - Wonderful Holiday kick-off as the chamber members enjoyed Thanksgiving dinner at the Boyscouts building this past Tuesday. Thanks to IGA who catered the dinner.

Congratulations to Andrea Pierce who was elected President of the Shakamak Area Chamber of Commerce this past Tuesday on November 13th, 2007. Andrea Pierce was Vice-President of the Chamber and has dedicated her time vigorously and openly to the chamber's agenda on creating a better place for our community here in Jasonville and surrounding area. We all anticipate great things from her and are looking forward to her achievements in the coming year.

Posted 10.31.2007 - November Thanksgiving Dinner. Time and date will be discussed at the chamber meeting on November 2nd 2007.

Posted: 10.31.2007 - Sesquicentennial Anniversary Meeting! November 27th at the Legion at 7:00pm.

Posted 10.30.2007 - December Christmas Gift Exchange. Chamber members will be exchanging gifts this year at the new Mess Hall at Shakamak State Park. Pitch-ins are welcome to reserve the Hall for this event this year. All members are encouraged to join in on the festivities. The gift exchange is being held on December 11, 2007 at 6pm. If you wish to donate to help reserve this facility at Shakamak State Park, please contact Andrea Pierce.

• Gifts Under $10.00
• Boys to Boys Gifts
• Girls to Girls Gifts

Posted 09.13.2007 - The festivities will kick-off on January 23rd, 2008, the official date of becoming a town, back in 1858. A week long celebration party will later take place on July 14th through July 20th 2008.

For more information or how you can contribute to the 150th Jasonville celebration and information concerning the Christmas Gift Exchange. Please contact the chamber president, Andrea Pierce.