Member News

This week’s Spotlight is on B-N-B Monuments! This company, located in Mill Creek, Oklahoma, was started by Chase and Garrett (Bud) Beratto, who happen to be first cousins. They opened in February of this year and look forward to many more in Johnston County. Chase also operates Beratto’s Dozer Service. This business can do anything…

Tishomingo, Okla. (Sept. 27, 2019) – Murray State College (MSC) President Joy McDaniel has appointed Johnston County Chamber of Commerce (JCCC) Executive Director Jordyn Frazier to serve as the representative for Murray State College to the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education Economic Development Council (EDC). Murray State has also agreed to make a financial…

This week’s Member Spotlight is on Russell Millwork & Truss in Coleman! Jon and Amanda Russell were working at Wyrick Lumber in Atoka and Jon was working nights building a millwork business. They bought Harrison Truss in February 2014 thinking that the businesses would go well together, so they quit their jobs at Wyrick Lumber…

This week’s Member Spotlight is on Keeling Laser Imaging, owned and operated by Ronnie and Brandon Keeling. The business was established in 2013 to provide rural Oklahoma with access to professional, computerized, laser imaging services. Keeling Laser can engrave on powder-coat stainless steel, guns, crystal, glass, wood, acrylic, plastics, and plexiglass. In addition to the…

This week’s Member Spotlight is on Cedar & Stone Bed and Breakfast, owned by Luther and Vicki Harbert! Luther has lived on Harbert Ranch since he was three years old, and now he and his bride of 46 years enjoy entertaining and bringing new people to see the beauty that they have admired all these…

This week’s Member Spotlight is on Buckhorn Road Cabin Rentals! Mike and Janie Hardoin moved to Sulphur 17 years ago. Their home sits next to a creek and the couple decided to develop vacation cabins on the other side of it as something fun for them to do and as a retirement investment. The Hardoins,…

This week I would like to elaborate a bit on what I learned at the Governor’s Economic Development & Workforce Summit last week. I told you a bit about Day 1 and Day 2 was just a fascinating. I attended sessions on Community & Economic Development Finance; Opportunity Zones in Tribal Nation Areas; Attracting a…

Hello everyone! I hope that you are having a great week and are staying as cool as possible. This week I want to talk to you about economic development. A couple of weeks back I attended the Rural Economic Development Conference in Durant, and today (Monday) was the first of a two-day conference known as…

This the time to have your student apply for the Johnston County Junior Chamber Program. The Chamber is excited to launch the second year of the program which involves Johnston County youth in community events, volunteer opportunities, networking, teambuilding, and leadership development. Junior Chamber is for Johnston County high school sophomores, juniors, and seniors. There…

This week’s Member Spotlight is on the Tishomingo Lions Club! Lions Club International is the world’s largest and most active service club in the world and began in 1917. Their motto, ‘We Serve’ was adopted in 1954 and there are now 47,000 clubs around the world with over 1.4 million members. The Tishomingo chapter began…