Wellsville Area Chamber of Commerce

The Wellsville Area Chamber of Commerce held their annual Christmas Dinner and installation of officers Thursday. The event was held at the Riverside Roadhouse with Chamber President Randy Allmon presiding. About 30 members and guests attended. Byron Carter offered the blessing.

Wellsville Mayor Joe Surace had the honor of swearing in the officers and the Board of Directors. The officers installed were Randy Allmon, President, Diana Spencer, President-elect, James Saracco, VP, Connie Bauer, Treasurer, Sheryl Gibson, Asst. Treasurer, Erin Roberts-Orr, Recording Secretary, Tracee Murphy, Corresponding Secretary and Marge Dysert, Historian. The officers will serve four year terms beginning with the new year.

Board of Director members sworn in were Dolly Brophey, Vickie McCombs. Mayor Joe Surace, Brian Wallace, Byron Carter and Linda Surace. Paul Blevins, Don Crane and Butch Taylor are also members of the Board but were not present at Thursday's swearing in ceremony. Board members will serve three year terms.

Erin Roberts-Orr was honored with the new “Rising Star Award” for members under the age of 40. It's the first time for the award and Allmon remarked it's “for a rising star on the river that gives back to the community”. Orr is a 2005 graduate of Wellsville High School, the Pittsburgh Institute of Mortuary Science and Point Park College. She is a registered Funeral Director and licensed embalmer with the Roberts Funeral Home. In addition to her Recording Secretary duties with the Chamber, she is the current President of Wellsville's Lion's Club, a sometime actress with the Potter Players Community Theatre group and a substitute teacher in the Wellsville School District. Orr is the wife of Jason Orr and the daughter of Vicki & Bill Roberts.

In his remarks to those attending the dinner, Allmon reported that the Wellsville Area Chamber of Commerce had another outstanding year. Membership is at an all time high and the treasury is “the best ever”. Allmon announced the Chamber will be sponsoring a trade show in the coming months. Details are incomplete at this time but he and the President-elect have been traveling around to different shows getting educated on them.

For his efforts and dedication in the past year to the Chamber's mission in the Wellsville area, Allmon was presented with an Appreciation Award. The award was presented to Allmon by member Bill Roberts on behalf of the Chamber membership. In accepting the award Allmon remarked that “we have a great team going and we want to keep it positive”.

The Wellsville Area Chamber holds regular monthly luncheons on the last Thursday of the month and it is open to the public. The next scheduled luncheon will be held Thursday, January 27 at a location to be announced.

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