<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; ">Dear Chamber members:<DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Here' s the week ahead:</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Saturday-Sunday, April 26-27, 9AM-5PM, Jefferson County Fairgrounds. The 7th Annual Jeffco Expo.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Saturday, April 26, 10AM-4PM, Cape George. The AAUW's 11th Annual Kitchen Tour. </DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Saturday, April 26, 10AM-6PM, Port Townsend's Union Wharf. The Cruise West's vessel "Spirit of Endeavor" will be visiting.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Monday, April 28, Noon-1PM, Fort Worden Commons. The Port Townsend Chamber weekly luncheon. Closing out our month long theme of "the working relationship between festivals and businesses and their financial impacts," we are pleased to present Centrum's managing director Keven Elliff. He will discuss how cultural tourism leverages the unique community assets of this region.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Our thanks to our meeting sponsor for April, the Port Townsend Food Co-op. "From the fields to your table, local roots own what you eat!"</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Wednesday, April 30, 6:30PM, Fort Worden Commons. Fort Worden Long Range Plan Public Meeting. The second in a series of three public meetings, this gathering will include preparation of park-wide use and development plans, site and architectural design guidelines, and a business and operations implementation plan.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>ATTENTION!</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>75 students have registered for SAT testing Saturday, May 3, 7:30AM-1PM, at the Port Townsend High School. We need six volunteers to help proctor the testing. Please contact Tim Caldwell at 385-7869, or email <A href="mailto:tim@ptchamber.org">tim@ptchamber.org</A> if you can help. All proceeds are donated to the Jefferson County Technical Trades Scholarship Fund Endowment managed by the Jefferson County Community Foundation. Thank you in advance for all your help! </DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">May Membership Drive - Bring a friend to Lunch</FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">The Chamber is having a membership drive in May. Bring a friend, new business owner, or colleague to our Monday lunch meeting, If they join the Chamber, your name, and the new member's name will go into a drawing for a fabulous prize - 2 nights at Chevy Chase Beach Cabins & Dinner at T''s.</FONT></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana">The 2008 Port Townsend Wedding Show will take place the weekend of October 11th and 12th. Opportunities abound for local businesses to participate. Applications are available for booths, sponsors, and Open Houses as well as listings and ads in the annual Bridal Resource Directory. The Directory is given out all year long and plans are in place to market the Directory at several wedding shows along the I-5 corridor. Application deadlines are in May and booth space is limited. For more information: <A href="http://www.Ptweddingshow.com">www.Ptweddingshow.com</A> or contact show organizer, Susan Grant: (360)379-0947.</FONT></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV></BODY></HTML>