Marty Mullins, of TexasAbility, will serve as the 2013 chair of the Cedar Creek Lake Area Chamber of Commerce. Mullins, who is a registered accessibility specialist,and 11 other business people accepted leadership of the organization at the group's Christmas luncheon at the Cedar Creek Lake Country Club Dec. 13. Jo Ann Hanstrom, president of the chamber, introduced the new board members to the cheerful audience of about 100. The other new officers and directors are vice chair Ralph Fortner, Southside Bank; treasurer Robbye Grissom, BNR Pit Grill #1; secretary Derrick Hoelscher, Northeast Texas Insurance Group; C. Tate Cramm, Prosperity Bank; Elicia Sanders, City of Eustance; Scott Confer, Mabank Economic Development Corp.; Mendy Davis, Purtis Creek State Bank; Bill Gallagher, PrimaData, Inc.; Rick Brown, Cornerstone Business Solutions; Jim Thompson, Solar Screens and Evelyn Heinrich, an independent member who lives in Eustace. Dr. Glen Haywood of the Haywood Chiropractic Clinic entertained at the luncheon, singing Christmas songs and a couple of Golden Oldies. The country club banquet room is decorated with an enormous Christmas tree for the holidays, and several members of the audience wanted their pictures taken in front of it.