WINONA LAKE - Kosciusko County businesses and caterers will be featured at the Taste & Trade Expo 2007 Friday and Saturday.
The doors of the Orthopaedic Capital Center on the campus of Grace College will open at 11 a.m. Friday, featuring 75 exhibitors. The expo is open until 7 p.m Friday, and from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday. Admission for the event is $3.
Exhibitors at the event will hand out information about their businesses, and caterers will give out food samples. Along with exhibits from local businesses, the expo will feature seminars from Jim Walsh, Dan Surface, Denny Hepler, Chef Jeff and Jim Kessler.Walsh is a business technology improvement field agent who will speak on the topic "An Introduction to Advanced Manufacturing Lean/6 Sigma." Walsh will speak from 11:15 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. Friday in a classroom in the Orthopaedic Capital Center. Although there is no additional charge for Walsh's presentations, those interested are required to pre-register. To pre-register, call 574-267-3111.
Motivational speaker Surface will give two presentations Friday afternoon. "The Customer Is Not Our Enemy" and "How to Attract Prospects and Convert Them to Customers" will be from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. Friday. Then from 3 to 4 p.m., Surface, who also is a business coach, will present "How to Retain Loyal Customers and Leverage Them into More Sales." Pre-registration is required for both session, but there is no additional charge to attend.
Hepler, local Raccoon Run Golf Pro and "Big Break VI" winner, will speak twice Saturday. At 11 a.m. and 1 p.m., Hepler will talk about his "Big Break" experience in the demonstration area of the OCC.
Cooking demonstrations by Bogey's Steak House's Chef Jeff will occur at 12:15 p.m. and 12:45 p.m. Saturday in the demonstration area.
Jim Kessler, Grace College basketball coach, will speak about "Life Without Hoops" Friday evening. From 5:30 to 6:30 p.m., Kessler will speak about his experiences.
Visitors also may register for door prizes at the expo. Prizes include a Ramada Family Pack with four tickets to "Cinderella" at the Wagon Wheel Theatre and a one night stay at the Ramada Plaza Hotel in Warsaw; a Hoosier package that includes an anniversary edition of "Hoosiers" on DVD and a basketball signed by Dr. Steven Hollar of Dental Health P.C.; a gift basket from Bogey's; a Kelvin Sampson-signed Indiana University basketball; a Bill Lynch-signed Indiana University football; and six Grace basketball season tickets.
For more information about Taste and Trade Expo 2007, contact the Warsaw/Kosciusko County Chamber of Commerce at 574-267-6311 or 800-776-6311 or visit www.wkcchamber.com
