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Paramount Chamber of Commerce (paramountchamber.com) • Serving the community for 75 years • June 2022
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e’re very grateful to the 83 golfers who came out on May 17 for a beautiful day of golfing, dining, prizewinning and camaraderie at our Paramount Chamber of Commerce Annual Golf Classic, held once again at Los Coyotes Country Club in Buena Park.
This tournament is the Chamber’s biggest fundraiser each year, and money raised will help make Chamber of Commerce memberships more affordable to local businesses and will help the Chamber keep providing so many valuable services—including our Business Resource Center, free business counseling at the Chamber Office by the Small Business Development Center (SBDC), the Pulse Beat, our local Business Directory, access to referrals and all our numerous networking and educational events each year. We especially thank Carlton Forge Works, our returning major event sponsor, and all our other generous sponsors shown on page 4, as well as our invaluable vendors and Chamber volunteers who helped make this event such a success. As always, a portion of our event proceeds will go to Paramount Education Partnership (see page 6) to sponsor scholarships for continuing education for local students.
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With COVID-19 cases rising again, vaccinations, boosters & testing are now even more important
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ith increases in the number of COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations, outbreaks at worksites, and the test positivity rate, the Los Angeles Department of Public Health encourages everyone to layer in additional protections to safeguard those most vulnerable, especially workers and the elderly. In the last week of May alone, the number of cases in the county increased 130% and the number of people hospitalized increased 92%. Those numbers will probably keep rising this summer, because the most infectious variants to date are currently circulating across Los Angeles County. Reducing possible exposures can really make a difference, particularly for those with jobs that put them in close contact with many other workers and customers during the course of a day.
Tournament first-place winners: Team McDonalds (Tulaphorn Inc.) with (above, left to right) Matthew Tulaphorn, Andrew Chang, Aric Jacobs and Peter Lee. Second-place winners: Team Farmers Insurance with (below, left to right) Steve Sanchez, Eric Zepeda, Vinny Salcedo and Sam Kotob.
Please see additional information and tournament photos on page 4.
Mystery Prize winner Matt Hardin came away with an Apple Watch and AirPods. Paramount Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Barbara Crowson (behind Matt) revealed and presented the prize.
Dr. Barbara Ferrer, Director of Public Health, emphasized: “With high rates of transmission across LA County, there is increased risk that our most vulnerable, including essential workers and the elderly, can get infected, seriously ill, or tragically pass away. And with outbreaks increasing across nearly every sector, protecting those most vulnerable becomes everyone’s responsibility. The most important steps we can take are to be up-to-date on vaccinations and boosters, to wear a mask indoors when around others, and to get tested if we feel sick, were exposed, or are gathering with others. When we take these steps, we take care of each other.” As of June 1, LA County residents had experienced nearly 3 million cases of COVID-19 and more than 32,000 deaths related to the virus. The City of Paramount has experienced 19,327 cases and 211 deaths thus far. This is no time to become complacent about COVID-19! If you have not been vaccinated or boosted, now the time to do so. Visit publichealth.lacounty.gov to find out how and where and also to see the latest demographic data.
Brian Tanklage won the major raffle prize (sponsored by Northgate Gonzalez Markets): a full set of TaylorMade clubs with an added Scotty Cameron Putter.
PULSE BEAT Paramount Chamber of Commerce 15357 Paramount Boulevard Paramount, California 90723 Telephone: 562-634-3980 paramountchamber.com
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From the Mayor’s Desk..........................................................................................................................................................................................3 Annual Chamber of Commerce Awards & Installation Luncheon scheduled for June 16.......................................................5 Paramount City Council report..........................................................................................................................................................................6 Public Safety & PEP.................................................................................................................................................................................................7 Chamber of Commerce ribbon-cutting ceremonies.................................................................................................................................8 Women’s Empowerment Tea..............................................................................................................................................................................9 Pat and Ken Winiecki compete in National Senior Games in Florida..............................................................................................9 Business Corner: Five things to know about your balance sheet..........................................................................................................11 Regional Job Fair on July 27..............................................................................................................................................................................14 CityScape: 2022 PEP Scholarship recipients.............................................................................................................................................15