In business news the Ministerial Association has elected new officers. Wiggle 100 is preparing its Christmas "Money Tree" promotion.
Oscar's is having a wallpaper event and received a huge shipment of area rugs.
The movie "War Room" played at the Rialto by special request and was well-received. The Thursdays at the Rialto series is continuing. The Sayre and Keystone Theatres will be sites for the "National Theatre Live" series.
It was a "spectacular" Sunday at the Apple & Cheese Festival, with a nice crowd. The vendors were happy and although there was some mud on Saturday, only two vehicles were stuck.
Sweet Tooth has four more weddings and also had an "awesome" Sunday at the Apple & Cheese Festival. The business will have a float in the Halloween parade.
Schoonover's urged folks to have their furnaces serviced for the heating season.
The minutes of the September meeting and the Treasurer's Report were approved.
The Halloween Parade will be held at 5 pm on October 31. The theme is "Movie Land." There has been some sentiment over the years that the theme be chosen well in advance, so the entrants with floats in this year's parade will be asked to submit suggestions for the 2016 parade theme, and the public will be able to make selections on Small Business Saturday.
Small Business Saturday will be November 28 from 8 am to 2 pm. The Chamber will focus this event on promoting our many small businesses through newspapers and radio, posters and special prizes. Chamber members may take part at no additional charge; non-members may enroll in the Small Business Saturday promotion for a fee of $20, which will be waived if they join the Chamber.
Light Night will be held on November 27. Santa Claus will make his first official visit to Canton at that time, and will light Canton's Community Christmas decorations and the Christmas Tree. The movie Jim Carrey's Christmas Carol will have special showings at the Rialto Theatre. There also will be other special happenings that evening.
A new site will be needed for Light Night as the former Burk's Store no longer is available due to insurance reasons.
The Chamber's Christmas Raffle will again be a great way to win wonderful prizes - or cash - in time for the Christmas holiday. Members are encouraged to donate prizes for the raffle, which is the Chamber's largest fundraiser.
Members voted to purchase two concrete flower planters to be used at the Main Street Park. $500 of the cost will be covered through last year's grant from the Canton Foundation and the remainder through Chamber funds.
The Chamber is forming a Communications Committee to work on the Facebook page, website, email, etc. for the Chamber.
Members voted to donate a pitcher and a Chamber gift certificate to the Library's Chinese Auction, which will be October 24.
Robyn Chamberlain, director of the County's Tourist Promotion Agency, reported on recent activities. The grant program application period was extended and any 501 (C) 3 or 6 organizations may apply for grants. The Bradford County Agency will submit information for publication by the Route 6 Alliance, from Warren, PA, which produces promotional materials for the Route 6 Corridor. The Agency also is working with "The Artisan Trail." "We are working on ways to promote our county beyond our county," Ms. Chamberlain said.
The Northern Tier Regional Planning and Development event has been postponed due to the travel moratorium resulting from the state budget impasse.
There will be joint Chamber Mixer on November 14 at First Arena in Elmira.
Present at today's meeting were representatives from these members: Schoonover Plumbing & Heating, Wiggle 100, Landon's Car Wash & Laundry, Oscar's Flooring, Morse & Kleese Funeral Home, Brann, Williams, Caldwell & Sheetz; Rekindle the Spirit, Canton Borough, Bradford County Tourism Agency, Frontier Communications, Rialto Theatre. Bradford County Regional Arts Council, Principle Enterprises, Sweet Tooth Bakery, Endless Mountains Eye Care, First Citizens Community Bank, Canton Auto Supply, Canton Independent-Sentinel. IHS Pizza was unable to attend today's meeting but sent their regards.