New board members, officers to be announced at Chamber banquet

Posted 10/14/21

The board members elected in the recent election for board of directors and the new officers for the coming year will be introduced at the annual Kalona Area Chamber of Commerce banquet at Kalona …

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New board members, officers to be announced at Chamber banquet

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The board members elected in the recent election for board of directors and the new officers for the coming year will be introduced at the annual Kalona Area Chamber of Commerce banquet at Kalona Brewing Company (KBC) from 6 to 9 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 19, Chamber Director Tonia Poole announced.

A special KBC brew, an English ESB, will be on tap that evening. Current Board President Lyndon Hershberger and Director Tonia Poole will introduce new three-year board members and the officers for the upcoming Chamber year.

The Chamber will recognize Daniel Nisly for his 25 years of service as a tour guide. Tour guides John Hershberger, Tom Waters, Vernon Ropp, Joel Brokaw and Bob Miller will also be recognized.

This year’s winner of the Chamber Quilt raffle will also be drawn.

Special guest speaker Johnathon Choate from Storyline Multi-media will be sharing his story with members.

“Current members and businesses considering joining the Kalona Area Chamber of Commerce are invited to attend this event,” Poole said.

Tickets are available at the Chamber office, 514 B Avenue, for $35 or reserve a table for $275 by contacting the Chamber office at 319-656-2660 or email director@kalonachamber.com.

Board members, elected to a three-year term, are Katie Karnes of Woodin Wheel, Mikayla Fisher of Pleasantview, Hannah Hagen of Sinclair Tractor, Shawn Powell of Southeast Iowa Insurance and Lyndon Hershberger of Kalona Chocolates.

Carryover board members are Grace Schumann (secretary) of Stitch ‘N Sew Cottage, Kris Burns (treasurer) of Hills Bank & Trust, Pam Thomas (filling out the term of Jody Drozd) of CBI Bank & Trust, Olivia Kahler of the Kalona Public Library, Karma Brokaw of JK Creative Wood and Jeremy Hassman of Kalona Brewing Company.

Ex Officio members of the board are Nancy Roth of the Kalona Historical Village, Phil Ropp of Kalona Economic Development Board, Ryan Schlabaugh, City Administrator of Kalona and Jake Winter of the Riverside Casino & Golf Resort.

Going off the board are Josh Miller of Reliable Tire, Joe Schmidt of Pleasantview and Ron Slechta of The News.

Tonia Poole is director and Krista Hershberger is assistant director of the Chamber.