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Tickets still available for Chamber honorary Mayor Gala

By Staff | Feb 4, 2009

By ANDREA GALABINSKI

nfmneighbor@breezenewspapers.com

Tickets are still available for this Friday’s NFM Chamber Honorary Mayor Gala. For the last three years, the Chamber has held this fund raising event to benefit its scholarship fund.

The candidates are:?n Jarrod Cantrell, Lee County Sheriff’s Deputy

n Richard Dunmire, celebrating his 50th year as a teacher

n Ronnie Morgan, Band Master

n Cindy Newmaster, General Manager for BJ’s Wholesale Club??n Jim Wells, Owner – Vertical Point Technologies

$1 per vote monies will be tallied, and the one that raised the most will be named mayor at the event.

Themed a “Caribbean Gala,” the emcee will be Tracey Edwards, Host of Fox 4 Morning Blend, who will be joined by current Honorary Mayor Tom Cronin Sr., Fort Myers Mayor Jim Humphrey and Sheriff Mike Scott.

Chamber Executive Director Dina Porter said it will be a great event, and encourages anyone to call for tickets.

The event will be held at the Shell Factory Dolphin Room beginning at 6:30 p.m. Tickets are $35 and you don’t have to be a chamber member to attend.

The new chamber offices are located at 2787 N. Tamiami Trail Unit 10. They welcome business owners, representatives and the general public to visit the offices.

For information, call the chamber at 997-9111.