Special Events

45th Warrenville Chamber Anniversary Bash
August 21, 2007

August 21st was a beautiful evening.  Seventy-four members of the Chamber gathered to celebrate the Chambers 45th Anniversary Bash held at the IBEW Local 701 building on Bella Vista Parkway. 

Thank You to Our Sponsors: 
Event Sponsor --IBEW
Champagne Sponsor-- Amalgamated Bank 
Wine Sponsor -- Captured      
Dessert/Decorations--Edward Jones 
Echiverri Trio--American Chartered Bank 

Thanks, Echiverri Trio for providing us with beautiful music. 

Andrew Carman from Edward Jones, his wife and his parents Phil and Lynn Carmen did a fabulous job of decorating and presenting all of us with a lovely evening. 

We have some very competitive people in our Chamber.  They really wanted to win"Are YOU Smarter than a Chamber Board Member." Andrew had everyone in the room answer 10 questions.  The person at each table who had the most points than came up front to play against the Board Members. 

Board Members participating were:  Past Chair Chris Prestegaard (American Chartered Bank) Chairman Lambert Smith (Stone Cliff Productions), Secretary George Safford (Citizen Member), Summer Daze Co-Chair Jim Salek (Premiums Plus Promotional Products) and Brian Caldwell (Ron Westphal Chevrolet).

Those from the audience who competed against them were:  Luis Coronado (Alchemy Tech), Michael Hoffer (Aubrey Sign Company), Danielle Woods (Danielle Woods Graphic Artist), Mario Bilboa (NorthStar Credit Union), Joe Serpico (Amalgamated Bank), Marylu Fitzgibbon (Building CommunityCharacter), Michael Sailor (Sapphire Travel and Cruises) and Dr. Henry Echiverri (Neuromed Clinic LLC).  The Members were Smarter than the Chamber Board Members!! 

We celebrated not only the 45th Anniversary of the Chamber but the anniversaries of 19 of our members who have been in business in increments of 5 years.  In the picture to the left is Chairman of the Board, Lambert Smith (Stone Cliff Productions) presenting our certificate of achievement to Steve Hyett, A.G. Edwards & Sons for being in business 120 years. The picture below is Lambert and Sherry Dvorak, Amalgamated Bank which is celebrating their 85th year in business.  (They opened a new branch this year in Warrenville. )

Certificates given for:    
5 years
AP Finish Carpentry      
15 years
Marino's Kitchen     
Nelson's Today
20 years
American Chartered Bank  
Country Inn & Suites   
Family Foods   
Kelly Cleaning
25 years
Dr. Russell Tripp, DDS
30 years
Dr. Richard Ryan, DDS  
Ron Westphal Chevrolet
35 years
Jais Printing
40 years
City of Warrenville
45 years
Chase Bank  
Chase Upholstering,Inc. 
Warrenville Chamber of Commerce
64 years
Trinity Lutheran Church
85 years
Amalgamated Bank
Leonard Memorial, Ltd.  
102 years
A.G. Edwards and Sons, Inc.

Door Prizes and Winners were: 

Showalter Roofing Services, Inc.: AMC Theater Gift Card-Laura Foster (Amalgamated Bank) -- Starbucks Gift Card-Steve Paver (Chase Upholstery, Inc.)-- Chili's Gift Card-Tiffany Gloudeman, (Almagamated Bank).   

Premiums Plus Promotional Products, Inc.:  Foster Clock-William Sipczuk, (Showalter Roofing Services, Inc.) -- Steak Knives Set-Lauren Nawrat (Ron Westphal Chevrolet).

Arby's Market Fresh Catering:  2 VIP Meals at Arby's Market Fresh Catering-Andrew Carmen, (Edward Jones) -- 2 VIP Meals at Arby's Market Fresh Catering-Emily Larson (City Clerk City of Warrenville).

Transformation Bodywork:  Gift Certificate for a 1 hour massage-Fran Reimar (Amalgamated Bank).

Yolanda Schwartz Therapeutic and Wellness Massage, LLC:  Therapeutic Facial Massage- Brian Caldwell (Ron Westphal Chevrolet)

Winners of our 50/50 Raffle: 
1st Place:  Jennifer Osipczuk, Showalter Roofing Services, Inc.
2nd Place:  Dr. Richard Ryan, D.D.S
3rd Place:  Paul Salerno, Family Foods

Marino's Kitchen prepared a delicious steak/chicken dinner complete with corn on the cob, potatoes, salad, mostaccioli, rolls and butter.  Andrew and his wife baked us some delicious gourmet chocolate cupcakes. 

Thank you to all that helped make this evening a success.  IBEW, Edward Jones, Captured, Amalgamated Bank, Andrew and his family, Nancy Klasen, Marino's Kitchen, Lambert Smith, Jim Salek, and anyone else from the Chamber for all of your hard work and your willingness to give our Chamber members a wonderful evening celebrating Anniversaries in our Chamber.