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less--not more--time gathering financial
information. The truth is that most information
provided by the media does little more than to
create unrealistic expectations. Keep media
information in proper perspective. Know that
listening to media reports and commentary
doesn’t necessarily result in gaining further
insight, in fact it can have quite the opposite
effect. Be wary of gurus. Probably the biggest
and most obvious misconception promoted by
the media is that someone can actually predict
what will happen next in the financial markets,
and that if you can just find that person, your
financial future will be assured.
You can actually have more control over
your financial life than you probably realize
if you follow two basic guidelines. First, you
must know the actions that will enable you to
be financially functional. Second, you must
stick to them no matter what.
Separate Fact from Fiction and Establish
Realistic Goals
Now that you’ve learned where the control
for your financial life really lies, you’re ready
to start establishing goals, which are the center
point of any financial plan. Take the time to
determine what your goals are, but don’t dream
impossible dreams. Apply the numbers. Goals
without numbers are fantasies. You and your
financial advisor need find out how your goals
translate into numbers. This will help develop
a destination.
2007-2008 | SEASON | CLASSICAL
MOZART CLARINET
CONCERTO
Sharon Kam, Clarinet
Gregory Vajda, Conductor
Bartók: Music For Strings, Percussion & Celeste
Mozart: Clarinet Concerto
Strauss: Suite From Der Rosenkavalier
Tuesday | April 15, 2008 | 8 pm
Bartok sounds vivid and lean. Mozart is warm and gracious,
glowing with quiet depth. Strauss beams with every sound in the
orchestral rainbow. Where else could you hear colors like this?
We invite concert attendees to a post-concert informal chat with
conductor Gregory Vajda and artist Sharon Kim in the gallery at
Smith Auditorium, Willamette University.
CONCERT SPONSOR: Willamette University
Thank you to the Salem
Business Journal for
Supporting the Arts!
Willamette Master Chorus
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Dr. Paul Klemme, Music Director
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Music for anAbby
sponsored by
May 4 at 3:00 p.m.
May 18 at 3:00 p.m.
Mount Angel Abbey
Music by Monteverdi, Telemann,
Vaughan Williams, Widor, Pärt
and Whitacre.
Tickets
Order tickets online at
www.WillametteMasterChorus.org
or purchase tickets at Weathers Music
2825 Commercial Street SE, 503-362-8708.
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“Denny Smith for US Congress” campaign
as his volunteer coordinator. They won and
she continued with Congressman Smith for
10 years right on through his campaign for
governor of Oregon. Then, in 1995, the same
year Mike McLaran became its executive
director, Sharron joined the Salem Area
Chamber of Commerce as special events
manager.
Her first Chamber event was the annual
golf tournament working with Ken Jundt,
a past Chamber president. After that came
ShowBiz, the huge and very successful
annual trade show (May 8 this year) that
started at Willamette University, only to
quickly outgrow that venue and relocate at
the Marion County Fairgrounds.
Another Chamber event Sharron loves to
talk about is one of the newest, “Evening De
Elegance.” The annual Evening De Elegance
was begun with the invaluable assistance of
Ross Carey of US Bank, also a past Chamber
president.
For years, Seideman has been the backbone
of one of the most active Chamber groups,
the extremely successful and fun weekly
Greeters. For those of you who haven’t
been to a Greeters meeting, let me just say
you’re really missing out on something.
With a regular attendance of between 150
and 200 (the record was 277 a few years
back) business people, I dare say it’s the
most successful business networking (and
did I say fun) group in town. Yours truly
had the privilege and honor of chairing
Indulge in:
Decadent Chocolates
Fine Wines
Enticing Silent Auction Items
$30 in advance – $35 at the door
Tickets available at
Roth’s Markets
Proceeds to benefit educational
theatre programs for our
community’s children.
Pre-Event
The Art of Chocolate Tasting
5:30 - 6 :30
$ 50 includes admission
to the Soiree.
LImited Seating Available
Children’s
Theatre
Foundation
153141
annual
Sponsored by:
The Art of Chocolate in Support of
Theatre Arts for Children
Saturday, May 3, 2008 – 7:00 pm
The Grand Ballroom
187 High St. NE
Downtown Salem
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2007-2008 | SEASON | POPS
A SENTIMENTAL
JOURNEY WITH
NORMAN LEYDEN
Norman Leyden: Conductor
Renee Cleland: Vocalist
Susannah Mars: Vocalist
Tuesday | April 22, 2008 | 8 pm
Laureate Associate Conductor Norman Leyden returns to
the stage with his clarinet in hand to conduct a dazzling
program of dearly loved pop standards. Joined by some of
your favorite pops soloists, Norman revisits the unforgettable
songs of Broadway and Hollywood, with the music of Cole
Porter, Irving Berlin, Rodgers & Hammerstein and more.
Concert Sponsor: Morrow Equipment Company
that group for 15 months (my predecessor,
Dave Rogers, left early for work in Portland)
about six years ago. I believe I hold the title
of longest term for a Greeters Chair. It was a
highlight in my professional life.
And speaking of backbone (no pun
intended), Sharron has had some pretty
serious back inssues over the years. Since
1980, when she had her first back surgery,
she’s had four more. Her last one was about
four years ago. She even did her work in
a partial body cast in 1990. Remember
that? That didn’t stop her? Heck no! She
continued to do the myriad Chamber things
that she’s become so well known for. What
a trooper! What an optimist! What energy!
In her words, “pain management is mind
over matter.” Like the old joke, if you don’t
mind, it won’t matter. That’s Sharron.
Sharron loves the Chamber and the people
she works with like you wouldn’t believe.
To her (and to the rest of them) it’s just one
big happy family. One big happy family that
gets a ton of work done. Everything about
the Chamber is win, win, win. She looks
forward to going to there every single day.
So where does Sharron Seideman get all
this courage and resolve? From her semi-pro
baseball playing dad that’s where. He had a
saying she’s never forgotten. She’s applied
it throughout her life. He said, “Take the
bull by the horns and you can do it”! Well, I
guess you could say that’s exactly what she’s
done her whole life. And guess what? It sure
seems to have worked.
Some other organizations and positions
that now take and have taken a little of
Sharron’s time over the years include The
Assistance League board president, Salem
Hospital Auxiliary board president, Boys and
Girls Aid Society board president, Rotarian
Women president, Walton Guest House
board president, Delta Gamma Sorority
Salem alumni group president, advisor
to Delta Gamma Sorority, Willamette
Universities, Salem’s Riverfront Carousel
board, and last but not lease, Miss Marion
Polk Scholarship Program board member.
Whew! Do the words “Take the bull by
the horns and you can do it” apply here?
Understandably and deservedly so, for all
of this work, she received a Distinguished
Service Award from the Salem Chamber of
Commerce around 2000.
Hobbies for Sharron (like when?) include
time with the family, entertaining three
grandchildren (all girls ages 9, 5 and 2),
photography, gardening, Broadway shows
in Portland and reading.
So if you want to be around spirit, courage,
volunteerism, boundless positive energy,
enthusiasm, and a perpetual smile, come to
the Chamber’s weekly Greeters meeting at a
venue, weekly, near you and meet Oregon’s
“Queen of Enthusiasm,” Sharron Seideman.
And if you should ask her advice on a
personal initiative you’ve been entertaining,
don’t be surprised if she tells you, “Take the
bull by the horns and you can do it”! Dad
would be proud.
Bill Isabell is chief meteorologist for KBZY
Radio, 1490am and owns an Allstate Insurance
Agency at 735 Browning Ave SE, Suite 120, in
Salem, Oregon