November 2017 Cooper Landing Gem Diamond in the Winter Emerald in the Summer Cooper Landing Chamber of Commerce & Visitors Bureau Board Of Directors Stephanie Lesmeister President Jason s Guide Service ferry.steph@gmail.com Angel Bond President Elect Kenai Princess Lodge 598-1001 Shirley Wilmoth Treasurer The Hutch B&B 595-1270 Rose Hetrick Secretary Inn at Tern Lake 288-3667 Cheryle James Member Wildman s 598-1007 Dusty Byrd Member Alaska Troutfitters 595-1212 - Newsletter/Admin Yvette Galbraith 230-3055 yvette@akmarketingconsultants.com Greetings from your Chamber of Commerce! Winter is upon us! We are almost done with our annual Membership drive and Visitor's Guide advertising updates. We are excited to make this Visitor's Guide the best yet! As always, we work very hard to distribute it throughout the state as well as to many prospective visitors who inquire through our website. We ran out of guides at the end of the 2017 season! A great indicator of its success! Thank you to all of the advertisers who participated. If you are interested in advertising this year, please contact us as soon as possible to get information. We still have spots open until November 9th and are always excited to promote our local businesses. If you haven t picked up the hottest ticket in town, be sure to contact the Library for their annual Cooper Landing Library Sweepstakes being held this Saturday, November 4th at 6 pm at Sunrise Inn & Café. It is great fun and a wonderful way to support our local library! Later on in the month is an opportunity to take care of some of your Christmas shopping at the Cooper Landing School Holiday Market on Saturday, November 19th. Scroll thru our newsletter to their flyer listing all the wonderful vendors that will be sharing their wares for you to purchase! Please note our next Cooper Landing Chamber Meeting is Friday, November 10th. Board members meet at 10:30 am to 11:30 am at Sunrise Inn & Cafe. Our general members meeting follows at noon. Lastly, We are actively recruiting new board members, if you are looking to get involved in promoting tourism and commerce to Cooper Landing, please contact any of our board members for more information. We meet monthly throughout the year and take a break for July and August. We would love to have some fresh minds for new ideas! Stephanie Lesmeister, President
Cooper Landing Chamber of Commerce Community Events Happening in the Landing Cooper Landing Community Club Thursday, November 2, 2017 at 6 pm Cooper Landing Community Hall Cooper Landing Library Sweepstakes Saturday, November 4th, 2017 at 6 pm Sunrise Inn & Cafe Cooper Landing Seniors Citizens Corporation Inc. Board Meeting Tuesday, November 7th at 1:30 pm Helen Gwin Commons Cooper Landing Parent Action Committee Meeting Wednesday, November 8th, 2017 at 12:30 pm Cooper Landing School Cooper Landing Advisory Planning Commission Meeting Featuring John Winters from Alaska DNR Stewardship Program presenting on Fire Wise and Fire Mitigation Grants Wednesday, November 8th, 2017 at 6 pm Cooper Landing Community Hall Cooper Landing Chamber of Commerce Board & Membership Meeting Friday, November 10th, 2017 Board Members 10:30 am and General Meeting 12:00 noon Sunrise Inn & Café Cooper Landing Seniors Citizens Corporation Inc. General Meeting & Potluck Featuring a great presentation on Australia by Mona Painter Tuesday, November 14th at 11:00 am Helen Gwin Commons Cooper Landing Holiday Bazaar Saturday, November 18th, 2017 at pm Cooper Landing School Cooper Landing Emergency Services Board Meeting Monday, November 20th, 2017 at 6pm Cooper Landing Emergency Services Building Cooper Landing Historical Museum Society Holiday Open House Saturday, December 2nd, 2017 at 10 am to 4 pm Cooper Landing Historical Society Museum The Cooper Landing Chamber of Commerce Board would like to wish you all a wonderful Thanksgiving Holiday! Stephanie Angel Rose Cheryle Dusty Shirley
2018 Cooper Landing Chamber Memberships Renewals Due No Later than November 9th! Membership renewal packets have been mailed and emailed out to existing members and prospective new members. The final deadline to be included in the 2018 Upper Kenai Visitor Guide is November 9th. Membership renewals and payments received after this date are not guaranteed to be included in the printed directory for next year, so be sure to get your information in! New for this year, we are now accepting credit card payments online thru Paypal. Please visit the Chamber s new website at www.cooperlandingchamber.com to see how it works. This year it is very important to double check your business listing information online AND in print. If you need to make changes, just let the chamber know by emailing us at info@ cooperlandingchamber.com. We ll be happy to make any edits for you! Also, members are now allowed to upload several photos per their business category listings, so be sure to take advantage of this great new PR opportunity! Thanks The Cooper Landing Chamber of Commerce Team Cooper Landing Library Other than trying to sell all the tickets to the Sweepstakes, it s been a quiet month at the library. Bar coding continues and Virginia is making great progress. Our Rasmuson Grant report is due the end of January and we hope to be close to being done with this by then. Ticket sales have been a little slower than in the past but we will have the unsold tickets available at the door November 4. Still $110 for a grand night of food and fun. Oh yes, and prizes!! We are still waiting for a commitment on the part of someone to take on the two months of Summer Reading. This is one hour a week with a volunteer librarian stepping up to cover check in and check out of materials. Library Hours for November: The Library will be closed November 23 and 24 for Thanksgiving. Saturday hours will be reduce to 11-2 beginning November 1. Library Hours: Monday and Tuesday 1-3; Wednesday 1-5:30; Thursday 12:30-3; Friday 11-5; and Saturday 11-2. Library staff meetings are now held on the last Friday of the month. Katie Thomas, Director
Cooper Landing Historical Society Museum Everyone is invited to the annual Christmas Open House at the Cooper Landing Museum on Saturday, Dec. 2, from 10 to 4 pm. The wood stove will be warming the old post office/store and chairs for sitting and visiting will be nearby. We welcome donations of items to sell as well as baked goods for sale or to enjoy right then and there! We know this is an early invitation, but we want you to have time to put it on your Dec. calendar! If you would like to make donations I will be at the museum on Nov. 30 from 1 to 3 pm and will be glad to see you. We had a good summer with many visitors from 42 states and 11 foreign countries. I had to look up Montenegro! Our Dead Bear Walking tee and sweat shirts continue to be big sellers and will be available at the Christmas Open House. Skye High, Mayme Ohnemus and I attended the Kenai Peninsula Historical Association meeting Oct. 7 at the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge in Soldotna. We couldn t miss a chance to hear Al Hershberger and see his slide show about building the Sterling Highway. The paving was finished in the fall of 1958, but as Al says, they re still working on it! Our Oct. 14 general membership meeting went well. Appreciation was expressed for the revenue sharing money received through the CL Community Club a great help in paying our $2700 plus yearly museum insurance. Ron Gravenhorst took care of fire extinguisher maintenance. Ron was also a door prize winner as well as Barb Atkinson, Shirley Wilmoth, and Jacque Greenman. Fall pictures show Sportsman s Lodge 1992 after purchased by the state in Sept., Our Point of View Lodge that burned completely Nov. 19, 1976, and the fall flood near Mile 50 when the Snow River Pothole broke in1993.
Cooper Landing Senior Citizen Corp. Inc. Senior Links There s still room for a couple people in Bruce Brorson s Windows 10 and Internet Security computer class Friday, Nov. 3 from 1 to 4 pm. Call or email the office if you want to attend and plan to bring your computer. If bringing your computer, please come one-half to an hour early to Ravens View commons. All seniors are invited to attend the monthly CLSCCI Board Meeting at 1:30 pm Tuesday, Nov. 7 in Helen Gwin Commons, Eagles View. and to the CLSCCI General Membership meeting the following Tuesday at 11 am, same place. The general meeting begins with a potluck, going into the business meeting, and then the Australian travelogue program. To join CLSCCI, you must be 50 years old and pay $10 for yearly membership or $100 for a lifetime membership. CLSCCI Board President Ken Green attended the Oct. meeting, at the Soldotna Senior Center, of the peninsula senior center directors his first, and sent an article about that meeting to Senior Voice. CLSCCI is now providing free WiFi in Ravens View commons. WiFi has been available in Eagles View commons because the corporate office is located there. The senior bus made a trip to Anchorage last week for a medical appointment and other stops, and the next day to the Sterling Senior Center for a delicious meatloaf lunch. Peninsula senior centers include their monthly lunch menus in their newsletter sent to CLSCCI and available in Helen Gwin Commons. Pictures are from the root beer float party Gretchen Alexander gave recently for friends from Kenai who came via the Kenai Senior Center bus. Gretchen was helped by Mayme, Mary, Norman, Alma, and Don.
Cooper Landing Community School Update Chess Club: most Mondays (no chess on November 20 & 27), when school is in session, Cooper Landing School, 3:15pm. Available to school-aged children, who are interested in playing chess and sharpening their skills. Adults are welcome to attend and play a match against a learning student. For questions, call Gary at 595-3055. Lap Walking & Independent Workout: Monday through Friday, when school is in session, Cooper Landing School, 7:30am-8:45am. Utilize the gym for walking laps or using the school's workout equipment. Please wipe down equipment/mats after use with provided supplies. Adults only, please. Tot Time: Tuesdays, when school is in session, at Cooper Landing School, NEW TIME: 11am-12 pm. Bring the toddlers out to run in the gym and work off some energy. Volleyball: Thursdays, 6pm, Cooper Landing School. Please wear clean, non-markable shoes. Adults only. A completed registration/liability form is required for participation in all events above. Printed copies are available at the school. Interested in teaching/hosting a class or event in the community, or have a recommendation? Contact Deb at carlsons@arctic.net with your ideas.
2017 Cooper Landing Chamber of Commerce & CVB Please support our local businesses! 5 Dogs Fishing 907/598-3525 Alaska Heavenly Lodge 907/599-0022 Alaska Horsemen Lodge 907/595-1806 Alaska Kenai Fishing for Fun 888/495-2194 Alaska Marketing Consultants 907/230-3055 Alaska Outdoor Woodstoves 907/598-1633 Alaska River Adventures 907/595-2000 Alaska Rivers Company 907/595-1226 Alaska Streamers 907/205-0000 Alaska Troutfitters 907/595-1212 Alaskan Angling Adventures LLC 907/595-3336 Alpine Inn Motel 907/595-1557 Angle 45 Adventures (Hope) 907/782-3175 Bean Creek Gallery 907/595-3488 Best Route Productions 303/570-2081 Blue Yeti Food Truck 907/231-6089 Boatman s 907/202-1004 Camp K on Kenai Lake 907/279-3551 Conoco Phillips Alaska, Inc.(Anch) 907/276-1215 Cooper Landing Community Club 907/595-2169 Cooper Landing Community Library 907/595-1241 Cooper Landing Community School 907/595-1244 Cooper Landing Emergency Services 907/595-1800 Cooper Landing Fish Camp 907/595-3474 Cooper Landing Gun Club 907/599-0004 Cooper Landing Historical Society 907/598-1042 Cooper Landing Senior Citizens Corp. 907/595-3000 Eagle Landing Resort 907/595-1213 First National Bank Alaska (Sold.) 907/260-6000 Fish & Sons Kenai Charters 907/598-1065 Gwin s Lodge 907/595-1266 Hotel Seward/A Cabin on the Cliff 907/224-8001 Inn at Tern Lake (MP) 907/288-3667 Jason s Guide Service 907/351-3036 Kahtnu Spirit Lodging 907/299-2855 Kenai Cache 907/595-1401 Kenai Fjords Tours (Seward) 888/478-3346 Kenai Kayak Company 907/521-0244 KPB Mayor Mike Navarre (Sold.) 800/478-4441 KPBSD Superintendent Sean Dusek 907/714-8836 Kenai Peninsula Econ. Dev. Dist. 907/283-3335 Kenai Princess Wilderness Lodge 907/595-1425 Kenai River Drifters Lodge 907/595-5555 Kenai River Float-n-Fish, Llc 907/595-3505 Kenai River Fly Fishing 907/598-1400 Kenai River Day Trips & Kenai Riverside Lodge 800/334-8730 Kenai River Trout Anglers 907/599-0085 Kenai Riverside Campgrnd/RV Park/B&B 907/595-1406 Kim s Essential Oils & Gifts 815/751-7959 Major Marine Tours (Seward) 907/274-7300 Natalia with Century 21 Realty Solutions @ Freedom Realty 907/830-1069 Professional Testing-Carrie Williams 907/598-1633 Prospector John s Pan for Gold 907/598-1808 Seramur Home Services 907/599-0019 Spruce Moose Chalets 907/677-7543 Stevenson Retreat 907/595-3489 Sunrise Inn & Café 907/595-1222 Talon Air Service, Inc. (Sold.) 907/262-8899 The Hutch Bed & Breakfast 907/595-1270 Wells Fargo (Sold.) 907/262-4435 Wildman TR Inc. 907/595-1456 Wildman s Hours Open 7 Days a Week 7:00 am to 10:00 pm Come in and eat lunch with us or take it to go! Enjoy Wildman s awesome chicken fingers, fries and ice cream!
November 2017 SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT Community Activities Sew & Sew Quilters Mondays 10 am Community Hall Tot Time Tuesdays 11am - 12pm CL School Soldotna Shuttle Bus Wednesdays 8:30 am After School Group Wed 3:30-5:30 pm CL Comm. Hall Volleyball Thursdays 6 pm CL School Game Night Fridays 7pm Helen Gwin Commons Trap at Gun Club Sat at 12pm 5 6 7 CLSCCI Board Mtg. 1:30 pm @ Helen Gwin Commons 12 13 14 CLSCCI General Mtg. & Potluck 11:00 am @ Helen Gwiin Commons 19 20 CLES Board Meeting 6 pm @ CLFH 1 CL Fire Training 6 pm @ CLFH 8 CL PAC Meeting 12:30 @ CLS CLAPC Meeting 6 pm @ CLCH 15 CL Fire Training 6 pm @ CLFH 2 CL Community Club Meeting 6 pm @ CLCH 21 22 23 Thanksgiving 3 Computer Training 1-4 pm @ Ravens Hall 9 10 Chamber Meeting Board at 10:30 am General at 12:00 noon @ Sunrise 4 Library Sweepstakes 6 pm @ Sunrise Inn 11 16 17 18 Cooper Landing Holiday Market 10 am 3 pm @ CLS 24 25 Church Services KL Baptist 11:00 am Catholic 12:30 pm CL Community Lutheran 9 am Dec Gem Submissions Due Nov 29th 26 27 28 29 Newsletter Submissions Due 3 4 5 6 CL Fire Training 6 pm @ CLFH CLAPC Meeting 6 pm @ CLCH 30 1 2 CLHSM Open House 10 4 pm @ CL Museum 7 8 9 CLCAD (Cooper Landing Calendar Acronym Definitions!) CLAPC Cooper Landing Advisory Planning Commission CLC Cooper Landing Chamber CLCC Cooper Landing Community Club CLCH Cooper Landing Community Hall CLCS Cooper Landing Community School CLES Cooper Landing Emergency Services CLFH Cooper Landing Fire Hall CLGC Cooper Landing Gun Club CLHSM Cooper Landing Historical Society Museum CLL Cooper Landing Library CLNSC Cooper Landing Nordic Ski Club CLPAC Cooper Landing Parent Action Committee CLS Cooper Landing School CLSCCI Cooper Landing Senior Citizens Corporation Inc. CLWCP Cooper Landing Walkable Community Project Cooper Landing Library November Hours Monday & Tuesday 1-3 pm Wednesday 12:30-5:30 pm Thursday 12:30-3 pm Friday 11 am - 5 pm Saturday 11 am - 2 pm
Cooper Landing Chamber of Commerce And Visitors Bureau, Inc. Chamber Newsletter Member Meetings Referral Service Brochure Display Web Listings Visitor Center Displays Events Management Visitor Inquiry Mailing List Membership Directory Bulk Mail Stamp Joint Advertising Networking Teamwork A Voice In The Community Insert in Chamber Newsletter & Much, much more!! For more information on becoming a member, contact: Cooper Landing Chamber and Visitor s Bureau, Inc. PO Box 809 Cooper Landing, AK 99572 Phone at (907)595-8888 Email at info@cooperlandingchamber.com Cooper Landing Chamber of Commerce And Visitor s Bureau, Inc. PO Box 809 Cooper Landing, AK 99572