As you may have noticed, we are working to improve our method of communication. One of the new features provides a way to “Register” for the various Chamber events online. Click the “Read More” and the form for registering for next week’s Luncheon will be visible.

We are working on an email client to send out updates for Chamber members. The RSVP link is not working at this time. Here is a link where you may RSVP so we will know how many to plan for the luncheon. Thank you for working with us during our current transition.

RSVP – February Chamber Luncheon

The Tuttle Area Chamber of Commerce is in the midst of a transition. You may have observed their office has closed. However, this is only temporary. You will notice many changes over the next several months that will result in a stronger Chamber that champions the Tuttle area’s business community. City Hall will be fielding calls for the Chamber of Commerce in the interim.

A meeting of the entire Chamber’s membership will be held from Noon to 1:00 pm, Wednesday, February 22, 2012 at the Tuttle Community Building (102 Suzan Rd). Lunch will be provided for $5.00 per person. At this meeting an update will be given regarding the current state of the Chamber, where the vision is for its future, the selection of new Board Members, and voting to amend the bylaws.

The Tuttle Area Chamber of Commerce offers a great big “Thank You” to all volunteers who made the 20th Annual Ice Cream Festival a success. Nearly six inches of rain on Wednesday and Thursday made for a few soggy areas. An early Friday morning water main break threatened the event. Quick and diligent work by the City of Tuttle ensured there would be water and the “show would go on.”

We will most certainly miss a few who contributed but we would like to “call out” the following:

Jo Bazhaw – Coordinated the Festival Parade

Debi Huff – Coordinated volunteers for the Ice Cream tent

Evelyn Shook – Coordinated the Festival entertainment

Brad Traxler – Coordinated volunteers for the inflatables

Marty Willians – MC at the 3rd Street Stage

Mandy Base – Coordinated the Ice Cream Princess Pageant

Bruna Claypool – Coordinated the Citizen of the Year Award

Justin Kock – Use of the Edward Jones Offices for Entertainer Hospitality Area

The Tuttle Times – Produced the Ice Cream Festival Program

Tim Young and the City of Tuttle – provided the logistical coordination for the ICF

Lions Club – Staffed the Hospitality Tent

Misty Paxton – Coordinated Children’s Activites

Lara Hughs (Chamber Manager) – Coordinated Vendors, T-Shirt Distribution, and more than we can post here.

The Tuttle Times produced this year’s Ice Cream Festival Guide. There are several ways you may view the Guide. First, you may click over to the new Tuttle Times website. Second, you may click to a direct link to the Guide here. Or, click the “Read More” button below this post and you will find the Guide embedded here on the Chamber website. Great job and “Thanks” to the Staff of the Tuttle Times.

Among the variety of musical entertainers and vendors, young people will enjoy the Fun Zone. Located adjacent to the 2nd Street Stage, young people attending the Festival will be able to take the challenge of the Adrenaline Rush Obstacle Course.  For a $10 wristband enjoy the Phaser Zone, Adrenaline Rush Obstacle Course, Extreme Rock Wall, Goliath the Mechanical Bull.

Oklahoma Army National Guard Helicopter to land at Tuttle High School Football Field at 11:15 am and stay till 1:50 pm.

The helicopter will have 2 enlisted crew chiefs and 2 warrant officer pilots. It is a medevac helicopter, not assult unit. It is not equipped with weapons mounted to the aircraft. Personnel are only allowed personal protection weapons and, according to Geneva convention, cannot fire from the aircraft. The weapons are for protection while on the ground loading wounded or after an aircraft crash (where soldiers escape and evade). The normal crew consists of 2 pilots, one crew chief, and one flight medic.

Medevac helicopters have crews that are on call for 24 hours at a time. After the receipt of the 9-line (call for medevac support) one pilot and crew chief run to the helicopter and begin the start-up process. The Pilot in Command and flight medic get information on the patient, location, and any necessary intel. When the PC and Medic arrive at the aircraft they start the engines and take off.

This helicopter is stationed at the Army Aviation Support Facility in Lexington OK. It belongs to Detachment 1 C Company 2/149 General Support Aviation Battalion: more commonly written Det 1 co C 2/149 GSAB. The unit deployed to Afghanistan 2003-04 and Iraq in 2008-09.

The UH-60 Black Hawk is a four-bladed, twin-engine, medium-lift utility helicopter manufactured by Sikorsky Aircraft. The UH-60 features four-blade main and tail rotors and is powered by two General Electric T700 turboshaft engines.

Model UH-60A , 53 feet long, 17 feet tall, max speed 126 kph, carries 12 troops, as medevac carries upto 6 litter patients (on back boards), most commonly set up for 2 litter and up to 5 ambulatory (walking wounded).

The 20th Annual Tuttle Ice Cream Festival T-Shirt is now available. You can get your T-shirt for $10 at the following locations:

Cedar Springs Pharmacy, Movie Central, First National Bank and Trust, N2 Style, Williams, and Farm Bureau.

Help us create the buzz for local businesses in the Tuttle Area. Go to our new independent Facebook page and “Like” us. We hope to tie in our website to our Facebook page and offer information and promotions from our area members.

We have added a “tab” for the Annual Tuttle Ice Cream Festival slated for May 21, 2011 from 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.. There you will find a schedule of events, a map indicating the location of our two entertainment stages and vendor locations, information about those performing at our two stages, and current vendor information.