By L. Parsons The Winslow Chamber of Commerce continued its Good Morning Winslow series last week with host, Northland Pioneer College. NPC President Dr. Chato Hazlebaker added to that and said, “I am pleased to see how much NPC does for small businesses and I hope our business community takes advantage of the knowledge in that office, especially because it is free.” He then talked about the plans he has for improving NPC and the student experience at the community college. “Really, what we are about is the community, even though we are so spread out in the area that NPC services. I think Winslow is in a unique position to support the NPC growth that is bound to happen. Right now, we are working on increased enrollment, improved student success and improved sustainability.” He spoke about expanding existing programs and degrees at the college, and it becoming more integrated into the community. He said, “What we are most excited about right now is that we have funded and are ready to bring a Head Start facility to the Winslow campus. That will not be open until next fall, but it will be the first step in what we want to accomplish. First, more parents will be able to attend our college with childcare on campus. It will also allow us to have some hands-on training for our early childhood development students. This will help improve our student experience.” Dr. Hazlebaker also mentioned plans to bring clinical nursing classes to outlying areas such as Kayenta. “We have a center in Kayenta, but they have to come all the way to Winslow to take their classes. So we are really looking to help improve that to encourage more people to take advantage of our nursing program.” Craig Boston of the Small Business Development Center at NPC was also on hand and noted that the center provides no cost business consulting to for profit small businesses in Navajo and Apache counties. “We help small businesses from start up to selling and everything in between.” Other upcoming endeavors in Winslow mentioned during Good Morning Winslow include the Annual Friends of the Library book sale. The event will take place beginning at 5 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 21, at the Winslow Elks Lodge, located at 315 W. Third St. for a members-only sale, with membership available to purchase at the door. The following day, the public sale begins at 12 noon until 6 p.m. (Friday) and from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 23. Prices for books will be below yard sale prices and on Saturday. Everyone is welcomed to fill a box with books for $3. Available will be books from all genres, games, music, VHS tapes, puzzles and magazines. The City of Winslow will host a Trick or Treat Parade in the Park at 5 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 29. The line will begin at the Girl Scout House, located at 500 E. Cherry St. The Winslow Festival of Trees will return beginning next month. This annual fundraiser will display holiday items for bid to help fund the Winslow Chamber of Commerce for the coming year. Those interested in participating should contact Bob Hall at the Chamber at (928) 289-2434. Finally, applications for the annual Christmas Parade are available at the Winslow Chamber of Commerce, located at 523 W. Second St. The entry is free and the theme this year is “Songs of Christmas.” Grand marshals will be Bill and Susan Lawler and the event will take place at 1 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 20. Good Morning Winslow is held at 7 a.m. on the first Wednesday of each month at the Winslow Chamber of Commerce. The next meeting will be Nov. 3 and breakfast will be served.
