Sun Shines Brightly on the 2014 Washington State Fair Annual Cattle Drive and Wrangler Pancake Breakfast

Today's Wrangler Pancake Breakfast at the Pioneer Park Pavilion kicked off a bright sunny day for the 2014 annual Washington State Fair Cattle Drive at ten o'clock this morning.  Cowboy hats, Wranglers, Daffodil royalty and local communities turned out in abundance to celebrate opening day of the Fair and watch the ever famous cattle mosey on down Meridian to the fairgrounds.

The Fair runs through Sunday, September 21st.  Be sure to stop in and see us at our Chamber booth at the Pavilion.  There's a great photo op for folks to post on Facebook and enter for a prize drawing.

See you at the fairgrounds!

Chamber Board Members Charla Neuman and Patty Denny enjoy
breakfast with Jerry Yoder and Rod Schrengohst

Pre-Cattle Drive Strategies discussed

Puyallup PD's Chief Jeter, Scott Engle and Ryan Portman
are ready for the Fair to open.

Congressman Heck in serious cowboy discussion with Wranglers
Jamie Gregory and Robert Corliss.

Denny and Paula Heck attend their first Puyallup Cattle Drive

Queen Marissa meets with Congressman Heck
and his wife, Paula 

Puyallup's Mayor John Knutsen and his wife ride through the
parade in style.

Tom Utterback, Development Services Director for City
of Puyallup and Congressman Heck at the breakfast

Tim Wadham, Puyallup Library Director, joins in the parade fun.

Sumner High School Marching Band performs in downtown
Puyallup for Cattle Drive parade.  Our two city Chamber loves this!

Chamber Board Past Chair, Rod Stephens talks busines
with Congressman Heck and his wife, Paula.

Rep. Dawn Morrell stops to say hi with our Chamber board members.

Fair Board member, Carl Hogan, ready for the first day of the Fair

Cowboy hats were everywhere at this morning's pancake breakfast

Washington State Fair Board starts the day out right
with a hearty breakfast and coffee.

Daffodil royalty get a carriage ride through the parade.

Daffodil Festival Executive Director, Steve James,
joins in with the cattle drive parade.

See you all at the Fair!

Congratulations Red Canoe!

Congratulations to Red Canoe for another successful school supply drive and a big thank you to our members who participated and supported Red Canoe's community efforts.

Wranglers Visit Puyallup Council

It seems Puyallup City Manager, Bill McDonald, is a true cowboy at heart.  Seen here in his Puyallup Rodeo cowboy hat at Tuesday night's council meeting, he was all smiles as three Washington State Fair Wranglers promoted this year's Rodeo events.  Mayor Knutsen and the Council listened to updates about this year's scheduled events and the bull riders who have traveled from all over the country to attend the event in Puyallup and compete for a purse of approximately $350,000.  

The Wranglers invited everyone to attend their Pancake Breakfast at Pioneer Pavilion this Friday morning, Sept. 5th, from 7:30 to 10:00am.  They'll be serving pancakes off the griddle, scrambled eggs, sausage and beverages for just $2 per person.  After breakfast, the annual Cattle Drive will start at 10:00am at the intersection of Meridian and East Main and travel down Meridian to the Gold Gate at the Fairgrounds.  Rodeo shows will take place Friday, Saturday and Sunday with shows at 1:00pm and 6:30pm.  Remember, there's free fair admission Friday morning until noon with a non-perishable food donation to the Puyallup Food Bank.

So mark your calendars for the Sept. 5th Wrangler pancake breakfast, cattle drive, and the first day of the Rodeo as the 2014 Washington State Fair kicks off in downtown Puyallup.

Wake Up at Dillano's on the 4th

Join our Ambassadors tomorrow morning at Dillanos Coffee Roasters in the Sumner Industrial Park as we mingle and remind members of upcoming events.  Meet local community leaders, find out about candidate forums, volunteer for our Fair Booth, there's lots to talk about and business to be done over a great cup of Dillanos Coffee.   Be sure and say hi to Melissa, our favorite Sumner Thursday morning coffee barista.

See you there!

Dickey's Tasting at the Chamber

A big thank you to Laura Vitale, the new Catering and Marketing Coordinator at Dickey's Barbecue Pit for bringing in a menu sampling for our staff to taste.   Dickey's is a new member of the Chamber so Laura brought in a variety of Barbecue entrees, plus a potato casserole that received a five star rating from staff, and topped it off with five or six different slices of pie to sample, and finally paired the meal with  some refreshing sweet tea in their signature yellow cups.  What a great way to meet our staff and talk about business marketing goals.  If you haven't met Laura already, be sure to attend our October 10th luncheon as she'll definitely be there.

Thanks again, Laura.  We all enjoyed meeting you and talking about ways you can leverage our Chamber activities and programs to grow your business.