558 N. Main St., Prineville, OR 97754 | (541) 447-6205
Teresa Tooley business@centraloregonian.com
What’s Brewing? Wednesday, March 13, 7-8 a.m. at Meadow Lakes Restaurant. This week’s speaker will be Casey Jackson and Keith Eager with Contact Industries. Breakfast is available
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Prineville Perk will be held on Friday, March 15 from 8:00-8:30 a.m. at Shasta Leatherworks, 247 N. Main St., don’t forget your business cards! For more information or to see how you can host an upcoming Prineville Perk contact the Prineville Crook County Chamber of Commerce and Visitor’s Center at 541-447-6304.
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Norm’s Xtreme Fitness, located at 120 N.W. 3rd St., would like to announce that they are now a Silver and Fit participating fitness facility. Silver and Fit is designed specifically to help older adults achieve better health through regular exercise and health education. It provides eligible members with a no-cost fitness membership through arrangements with certain health plans and is provided by American Specialty Health Fitness, Inc. For more information contact Norm or Alicia at 541-416-0455.
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U.S. Bank and American Red Cross have announced a new partnership that will provide disaster preparedness funding, opportunities for customer contributions, and increased employee volunteer opportunities.
U.S. Bank has made a commitment of $250,000 to the Red Cross to help prepare for vital disaster services. In addition, local customers can contribute at designated U.S. Bank ATMs when disaster strikes their community or region. They will also work closely with the Red Cross throughout the year to provide opportunities for employees to donate blood and volunteer time to the charity.
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The Rotary Club of Crook County and Horizon Broadcasting will be hosting their annual Dollars for Scholars Radiothon on Monday, April 1. This is the annual fundraiser to benefit local Crook County High School graduates in their pursuit of a higher education. You can tune in at 690 AM and 96.9 FM KRCO, who contributes the airtime for the Radiothon. Jim Schoebel, Dave Clemens, local Rotary Club of Crook County members, and a few surprise guests will the your on-air personalities for the day.
The event runs from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. and broadcast live from the Bowman Museum Building where they will be playing song requests and reading local businesses advertisements who have contributed to the Rotary Scholarship Fund.
To purchase a business ad or request a song (remember its April Fools, so have fun!), contact your favorite Crook County Rotary member. Website: http://www.crookcountyrotary.com, Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/Crook.County.Rotary
Rotary President: Craig Hunt, Bank of the Cascades Branch Manager 541-447-6242
•This column was written by the Central Oregonian’s general manager Teresa Tooley. If you have something that you would like to have included in the Central Oregonian’s business briefs, e-mail it to business@centraloregonian.com
