Commerce

U.S. Rep. Brett Guthrie is a relative newcomer to these parts, so the Bowling Green Republican had a fresh audience Thursday at the Danville Country Club for his “Why I ran for Congress” story. He credited wild child actress Lindsay Lohan. Guthrie said he was in China on a business trip in 2007 as the country was preparing for the upcoming Summer Olympics. He counted 30 cranes at work in Shanghai as his host told him of China's plans to claim its destiny as the center of the world's trade and culture.

The Danville-Boyle County Chamber of Commerce supports the decision of the Danville City Commission to include residents on the committee for the city manager selection process. We encourage the commission to select qualified individuals to serve as active participants on the search committee. This should include people with appropriate knowledge of our city manager/commission form of government who are informed on the issues facing our city.   People with experience in human resources and professional searches would be a definite plus, as well.

Winchester native Cindy Banks has been chosen as the president of the Winchester-Clark County Chamber of Commerce, replacing interim president Todd Denham. “I love Winchester. I'm finally back here. I graduated college and was gone for 11 years. ... It's got a lot to offer,” Banks said. For the past two years, Banks has worked as a substitute teacher at George Rogers Clark High School. Her background also includes work in hospital administration, organ and tissue donation, and assisted living administration.

Winchester-Clark County Chamber of Commerce recently hosted a ribbon cutting at Factory Connections. Pictured are John Stocker, left, Tim Smith, Kathy Newkirk, Malaya Harris, Steven Sutherland, Teresa Shimfessel, Danny Neely, Frank Doyle, Mollye Raney and Todd Denham. Photo submitted

Photo submitted Jim and Donna Crim celebrated a ribbon-cutting ceremony with friends, officials and members of the Winchester-Clark County Chamber of Commerce recently after their business, DJ’s Bar and Grill, opened at 836 Bypass Road. The restaurant is open Monday through Saturday from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. For more information, call 737-9513.

March 26, 1961 Washington (AP) — Holders of Series E and H savings bonds bought in the 1940s can keep them 10 years longer at a higher interest rate. The Treasury Saturday night announced the second 10-year extension of maturity for these bonds. About 10 million Americans hold them. The first of the bonds will be 20-years-old May 1, and thereafter will earn 3-3/4 percent interest if held for another 10 years. A team from the Community Development Division of the Kentucky Department of Economic Development headed by Neil S. McFarren, Frankfort, will be in Winchester Wednesday and Thursday.

In a speech on the United States Senate floor, Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., joked that the definition of the Constitution’s Commerce Clause had expanded so much during the past 70 years that “you can drive a truck through it now, it’s so big.” The Commerce Clause enables Congress “to regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, and with the Indian tribes.” Congress often sidesteps the 10th Amendment — states’ rights — by using the Commerce Clause to justify interfering in the activities of states and their citizens.

Mrs. Gary Powe, the former Nancy Griffith, was honored as “Woman of the Year” by the Chamber of Commerce in Fairfield, Texas. The award was given for achievement and volunteer work in the Fairfield community during the past year. Mrs. Powe, who has one daughter, Amy, is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Berlin Griffith and the daughter-in-law of Marie Powe, all of Winchester. The engagement of Miss Mary Elizabeth Prichard, Bedford, Va., to John MItchell Laverty is announced by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. B.G. Prichard, Wayne, W.Va.

Editor’s note: The following was taken from a speech delivered by Danville-Boyle County Chamber of Commerce President Mike Perros at the organization’s annual awards ceremony. The retrospective is published here for those who were not present. This past year, your Chamber has taken a critical look from within, reviewing our activities as to their effectiveness in furthering the mission of the Chamber. The previous Chamber banquets were clearly losing their steam, and so we decided it was time to do something different.

Pearse Lyons, Ph.D., president and founder of Alltech, and Jim Host received the first-ever Kentucky Chamber of Commerce’s Commonwealth Legacy Award Thursday night. Host and Lyons were honored particularly for their pivotal roles in large economic projects in the state of Kentucky in 2010: the building of the KFC Yum! Center in Louisville and the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games in Lexington, respectively. “The Alltech World Equestrian Games and the KFC Yum! Center have left a profound impact – and a lasting legacy — on Kentucky, which is why we are here tonight to honor Dr. Pearse Lyons and Jim Host,” Kentucky Chamber of Commerce chairwoman Deb Moessner said.