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2006 Membership
Campaign will kick off at the Power Lunch March 9
 The
Greater Columbus Georgia Chamber of Commerce 2006
Membership Campaign will begin at the Chamber Power Lunch
in the South Hall of the Columbus Convention and Trade
Center March 9 at noon. More than 350 people are expected
to attend. If you were at last year's campaign kick-off,
you probably remember all of the enthusiasm that was
created.
You will not want to miss this year's
kick-off event! Instead of a stage, a boxing ring will be
set up. The challenger, Chamber Chair-Elect Stella Shulman,
will attempt to "counterpunch" the $101,000
record set last year by Chamber Chair Phil Tomlinson's
campaign team.
There are more than 130 volunteers lined
up to challenge the record during this campaign which will
run through May 11.
The Power Lunch is sponsored by
Enterprise Rent-A-Car and the media sponsor is Magic 98.3.
So get your reservations in now by
emailing Crystal Limbaugh at climbaugh@columbusgachamber.com
or calling 706-327-1566. The cost is $9 members and $15
non-members.
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| "Ready-2-Rumble"
at board meeting |
 Chair-Elect
Stella Shulman,
executive vice president, The Jordan Company,
challenges Greater Columbus Georgia Chamber
of Commerce Chair Phil Tomlinson,
CEO and chairman of the Board, TSYS, at the
Feb. 23 board meeting. The “match” continues
during the March 9 kick-off of the
“Ready-2-Rumble” 2006 Membership Campaign. |
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Jail & Bail set
for Peachtree Mall March 14, 15
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Crime Stoppers' inception: |
| 22, |
001 |
calls
to the hotline |
| 1, |
372 |
persons
arrested |
| 3, |
313 |
felony
charges |
| 1, |
397 |
misdemeanor
charges |
| $1,223, |
949 |
in
stolen property recovered |
| $1,679, |
574 |
in
drugs seized |
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961 |
callers
paid |
| $208, |
660 |
in
total rewards paid out |
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Jail & Bail is a great time to have a
little fun with your friends by having them arrested for a
bad joke, for the time they called in sick to work and you
caught them at the mall, a missed date or didn't RSVP to
your party and showed up anyway. Well, here's your chance to
have them properly punished! Each person arrested raises
money to pay their "bail." All the money raised
from the event goes to Crime Stoppers which pays rewards to
put criminals behind bars.
In 2005, Crime Stoppers callers provided
Columbus, Fort Benning and Phenix City police departments
with information that led to 37 arrests with a total of 144
felony and misdemeanor charges. Since Crime Stoppers'
inception, there have been 21,944 calls resulting in 1,369
arrests, 3,307 felony charges, 1,397 misdemeanor charges and
$207,760 paid out in reward money, also resulting in over
$2.8 million in recovered property and seized drugs.
Crime Stoppers is a non-profit (501C-3)
program that impacts our community by offering rewards to
anonymous informants for information leading to arrests or
convictions for business and community crimes.
We are now accepting the names of
fugitives that are "on the loose," so have a
friend or co-worker arrested. Sponsorships are also
available. To set-up an arrest click here
for the arrest form or contact Jennifer Majors at jmajors@columbusgachamber.com
or 706-327-1566, ext 44.
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