The Duncan Banner

Features

Related Photos

March 13, 2010

Chamber creates Ambassador program to honor its own

Billie Price chosen as first honoree

Toni Hopper

The Duncan Chamber of Commerce has introduced a new program, Ambassador Honoree, in its own organization and to kick it off, they chose Billie Price as its first honoree.

Price, who owns Price Insurance Agency, happens to be the chairman for the Ambassador program.

Some may ask, what does an Ambassador do?

For Price it means connecting with other business owners, networking in the community, and helping new business owners become comfortable in the Chamber.

Price joined the Chamber right after she opened her business five years ago and that’s when she met other Ambassadors.

“At my ribbon cutting, I was surprised at everyone coming up to support me and telling me they wanted me to be successful.

“It made me want to be an ambassador,” she said.

Before Price began a career in insurance, she was a catering manager. Then in 2000, she went to work as an office manager for an insurance agency and through the Farmer’s Insurance company, she found the encouragement and help to start out on her own.

“I just felt like I could do it,” Price said.

She said the networking has provided many opportunities.

“We go to ribbon cuttings and are basically there to support Chamber business.”

It’s also helped her venture into other civic involvement. She’s a member of the 3D Drug Task Force Coalition and 3D Youth program.

Much of that is because she has two children, Stephens, who is in eighth-grade, and Kaylee, a senior. Both are active in sports and school.

“3D teenagers take a stand against drugs and alcohol, and try to be positive role models as peers. It’s something good for the community, a really good program,” she said. As a mother and resident, she’s proud to be associated with these programs.

Price stays busy in her spare time reading, scrapbooking, when she has time, she said, and is a dedicated runner.

“I run every morning,” she said. The family is active in Fair Baptist Church.



— Toni Hopper is a reporter for The Duncan Banner. She can be reached at 580-255-5354, Ext. 132 or by e-mail at: toni.hopper@duncanbanner.com.

Text Only
Features
  • Heartbeat dancers seniors And the beat goes on ...

    For 27 years, Heartbeat Dance studio has been providing young girls the opportunity to follow their dance aspirations — whatever they may be — thanks to owner Stephanie Gregston.

    February 6, 2012 2 Photos

  • Billy York is the instructor for the Choctaw language class located in Marlow. He instructs anyone including young children such as his grandson, Kagen. Marlow man shares love of Choctaw language alive

    Learning a new language is sometimes a requirement loathed by high school or college students, or a necessary task for relocation.
    However, sometimes becoming versed in more than one language is a goal for which people strive.

    January 9, 2012 2 Photos

  • 4-H youth share holiday recipes

    Recipes are from Stephens County 4-H youth’s annual food cookoff held in October.

    December 27, 2011

  • Eastern Star chapter prepares for installation Eastern Star represents good deeds

    As Enid Pickering began writing about the Order of the Eastern Star in 1979, the former Worthy Grand Matron realized she was forever capturing Oklahoma’s history of what was considered the largest women’s organization in the world.

    December 27, 2011 1 Photo

  • Montie and Reba Boerstler 70 years — through love and war

    Although we don’t like them for to, plans can change in the blink of an eye and we must adapt. That is exactly what Montie and Reba Boerstler had to do 70 years ago.

    December 27, 2011 1 Photo

  • Over the years, James Harley Ivy Jr. and his dog Poochie were well known figures in the city of Waurika and southern Oklahoma. The longtime attorney and civic leader died at age 93 on Saturday. Humor, knowledge marked J.H. Ivy’s life

    Kind, humorous and intelligent — those were the most common adjectives used to describe James Harley Ivy Jr.

    November 23, 2011 1 Photo

  • Artful hooby Trio finds hobby is a snap

    A few years back, Karen Slagle was involved in a retirement-charged conversation. While she still isn’t ready to go to pasture, the person leading the conversation told Slagle that when retirement time arrives, she should have something to do.
     

    October 9, 2011 1 Photo

  • Mission to help others On mission to share Gospel in West Africa

    Alicia Pharoah’s first 48 hours in Diouloulou, a village in West Africa, were the most emotionally-charged and draining she’s ever experienced.
    Pharoah, now 33, was on a mission trip in November 2008, to connect with the Jola-Fonyi people, who mainly believe in witchcraft or Islam.

    October 4, 2011 1 Photo

  • Civic leader Ken Jones acts up Civic leader with character

    What shapes the character of a community are the people in it, along with how they contribute to make it better.
    There is no shortage of active community members in Duncan, however, some seem to go above and beyond. That would include Ken Jones, director of supportive services division at the Association of South Central Oklahoma Governments (ASCOG).

    October 4, 2011 3 Photos

  • Duncan Public Library spotlights international selections

    In conjunction with Cameron’s 2011-12 Academic Festival, “Afghanistan: Its Complexities and Relevance, Duncan Public Library is spotlighting books with International appeal.

    October 4, 2011