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106th ANNUAL DINNER MEETING
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 9, 2011
DAVID’S AT THE CLUB
BLUEFIELD ELKS LODGE
5:30PM RECEPTION
6:30PM DINNER
THE HONORABLE JOE MANCHIN
UNITED STATES SENATOR
U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) was sworn into the United States Senate on November 15, 2010 to fill the seat left vacant by the late Senator Robert C. Byrd. For Senator Manchin, serving as West Virginia’s Senator is truly an honor and a privilege.
Born and raised in the small coal mining town of Farmington, W.Va., Senator Manchin grew up learning the values that all West Virginians share – family, commonsense, fairness and hard work. As a small businessman, he learned firsthand from his grandfather, Papa Joe, who was an Italian immigrant and the town grocer, the importance of serving the public. As a young man, his beloved grandmother, Mama Kay, inspired Senator Manchin’s belief in public service through her unflagging compassion and desire to help those less fortunate. More than anything, it is his family and the values he learned growing up among the hardworking men and women of West Virginia that define who Senator Manchin is and the public servant he strives to be.
Throughout his public life, he has never let politics or ideology stand in the way of commonsense solutions. Instead, he believes that only by putting politics aside and working hard to bring people together can we do what is right for West Virginia and the nation. He began his tenure as West Virginia’s 34th governor in January 2005. During his term as Governor, he worked closely with Republicans and Democrats to cut taxes, reduce regulations, attract record investments, create new jobs and expand vital social services for seniors and the poor, all while leaving the state with budget surpluses every year.
As a Senator, Joe Manchin is committed to bringing this same spirit of bipartisanship to Washington. As he has done throughout his entire life, he remains committed to working with Republicans and Democrats to find commonsense solutions to the problems our country faces and is working hard to usher in a new bipartisan spirit in the Senate and Congress.
Senator Manchin is an avid pilot, outdoorsman, hunter, angler and motorcyclist. He has been married for more than four decades to the former Gayle Conelly of Beckley. They have three children: Heather, Joseph IV and Brooke, and are the proud grandparents of Joseph V, Sophie, Kelsey, Madeline, Chloe, Jack and Carly.
During the evening, The Robert Francis Hamilton Award will be presented and there will be a brief report on the activities of the Chamber of Commerce by Chairman of the Board, Frank Brady. Tickets for the meeting, which include the Chairman’s Reception and the Dinner, are available from the Chamber office. If you or your company would like to purchase tickets for this meeting, please call or fax your reservations to the Chamber as soon as possible. We want the Chamber membership to have the opportunity to purchase tickets before they are offered to the general public. The price of the ticket is $45.00 per person for chamber members and $55.00 for non-chamber members.
Tickets are available through the Chamber office by phone: 304-327-7184, fax: 304-325-3085 or email: info@bluefieldchamber.com.
Click here for the reservation form. (PDF Document)
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