SALINA —Dayton Moore, Senior Vice President-Baseball Operations/General Manager of the Kansas City Royals, will be the featured speaker at the Salina Area Chamber of Commerce Annual Banquet and Membership Meeting, Tuesday, January 30, 2018. The banquet will be held in the Arena of the Tony’s Pizza Events Center beginning at 6:30 p.m. A membership networking reception will be held from 5-6:15 p.m. in Heritage Hall of the Events Center.

A silent auction featuring Kansas City Royals Memorabilia will be held during the Membership Reception. Also, autographed copies of Dayton’s recent book, “More than a Season,” will be sold in the Events Center lobby. All proceeds from Mr. Moore’s speaking engagement, book sales, and auction will go to his “C” You in the Major Leagues Foundation. The Foundation was created to support youth baseball, education, families in crisis and faith-based programs and organizations.

“We are extremely excited to have Dayton Moore as the featured speaker for our Annual Banquet,” stated Guy Walker, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Chamber. He is a tremendous speaker with a great message. We are looking forward to fun and entertaining evening.”

The banquet will be held in the arena of the Events Center. (tables of eight which includes dinner). Tickets for Chamber members are $60 per person for the banquet. Tickets for non-members are $85 per person for the banquet. Reservations can be made by Chamber members now through November 30 by calling the Chamber office ticket hotline at 1-785-827-9310, ext. 123, stopping by the Chamber office, 120 W. Ash, or email Sandy Cole at  HYPERLINK “mailto:[email protected]” [email protected]. Tickets will go on sale to the general public beginning December 1. Tickets will be reserved on a first-come, first-serve basis.

A limited number of sponsorships are available. For details regarding the cost and amenities of the sponsorships, persons can contact the Chamber office.

The evening will consist of remarks by outgoing Chairman Guy Walker and incoming Chairman Mark Ritter, a brief review of the Chamber’s accomplishments in 2017, and the address by Dayton Moore.

For more information on the banquet and Dayton Moore visit the Salina Chamber web site.