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Community Calendar November 19th

Upcoming Events

St.Mary's School host Bingo at St. Joseph's Church

November 20, 21 & 22
"Ice Age" at the Soo Theatre

November 20 & 21
Laker Hockey vs Alaska Fairbanks
7pm

November 21
Stop & Shop at St. Mary's School
10-3pm

November 21
Craft Show at Sault Area High School
10-3pm

November 21
Nutcracker Tea Party at the STARS Annex
1, 3 & 7pm

Sault Area Chamber of Commerce will be closed for Thanksgiving on November 26th & 27th.

November 26th
Happy Thanksgiving

November 27th
Christmas Parade Downtown Sault Ste. Marie
7pm

November 28th
Sault Blue Devil Hockey vs
Petoskey
3:30pm

November 28 & 29
"Miracle of 34th Street" at the Soo Theatre

December 1
Bayliss Book Club
"The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri
7pm

December 2
Sault Blue Devil Hockey vs
Cheboygan
7pm

December 4, 5 & 6
Madrigal Dinner sponsored by Hospice of the EUP
at Kewadin Casino

December 4 & 5
Soo Eagles vs.
Sudbury & Abitibi
7:30 & 7 pm

December 9 & 11
Soo Eagles vs.
Soo T-Birds & Manitoulin
7:30pm

December 11 & 12
LSSU Laker Hockery vs. Northern Michigan Wildcats
7:05pm

December 11 & 12
Sault Blue Devil Hockey
D3 Challenge vs Gaylord
7pm

December 13
12th Annual American Red Cross Christmas Tour of Homes
1pm

December 15
Brenda Lee Christmas show at Kewadin Casino
7pm

December 20
Soo Eagles vs.
Soo T-Birds
7pm

December 25
Merry Christmas

For more details on the events listed above visit our calendar at www.saultstemarie.org

Chamber Buck$
available for sale starting
November 23, 2009!

WHAT ARE CHAMBER BUCK$: Chamber Buck$ is a new gift certificate program offered by the Chamber of Commerce. Valid at all participating member businesses, Chamber Bucks reinforce the importance of shopping local and help to promote our great local businesses.

HOW IT WORKS: Sault Area Chamber Buck$ are in the form of a check. Anyone can purchase the checks at the Chamber office. When the Chamber Bucks check is presented at your business, you accept it as you would any check and deposit as usual.

FEES: There is NO fee for your business to participate. The Chamber administers this program as a valuable service to its members.

HOW TO BECOME A PARTICIPATING MEMBER: To add your business to the list of local businesses accepting Chamber Buck$, simply click here for a form to sign and return. All chamber member businesses are eligible to participate.

Looking for an idea for employee Christmas Bonus? Chamber Buck$ are a great option.

Be sure your business is on the list of participating members. Click here!

Parade of Lights and
Christmas Open House

Santa

The Downtown Business Association will be hosting the Annual Parade of Lights on Friday, November 27th at 7:00 p.m. The Parade will start at Parker's Hardware and go north on Ashmun to Maple, then turn and finish in front of the City/County building the Lighting of the City Christmas Tree. The local Kiwanis Club will have warm cider for sale at the tree lighting.

On Friday, November 27th and Saturday, November 28th from 11 - 5 both days, the Downtown Business Association will be hosting their Annual Christmas Open House. The Christmas Open House is Downtown Sault Ste. Marie's way to kick off the Christmas shopping season. Join participating businesses for hot and cold refreshments. Stop in the participating businesses and register to win a gift basket filled with gift certificates and items from the local merchants.

If there are any questions, or to register for the parade, please call Lee Brown at 635-6973.

PUBLIC OPEN HOUSE
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
4:00pm - 7:00pm
Crow's Nest, Cisler Center, LSSU

The International Bridge Administration (IBA) is holding a public open house to present design plans for the potential toll plaza redevelopment project to customers and stakeholder groups.

The goal of the project is to improve traffic safety and operational efficiency by addressing current traffic flow concerns due to the close proximity of the U.S. Customs booths to the IBA toll booths. The project would also improve traffic processing in the toll plaza with an increase in the number of toll booths available to our customers.

Proposed plans being developed as part of the design phase will be displayed at the open house and IBA staff will be available to answer questions. The construction phase of this project will require Sault Ste. Marie Bridge Authority Board approval to proceed based on the availability of sufficient toll revenue as projected in the Five Year Business Plan.