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November 20, 2013
 

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Exhibits

 

PHOTOGRAPHS BY SARAH SHEETS-MCKEAG is through Nov. 29.

 

A JOURNEY IN TRANSPORTATION at Spaulding Center for Transportation through December 7. 

 

JOURNEYS OF WONDER: FROM CURIOSITY TO INSIGHT at Faulconer Gallery.  

 

FROM WUNDERKAMMER TO THE MODERN MUSEUM at Faulconer Gallery through December 15.

 

STOCKED - Contemporary Art from the Grocery Store Aisles is currently on display in Faulconer Gallery through December 15.  

The Strand Theatre

 

THOR: THE DARK WORLD

Wed: 6:40 / 9:00 (3D)

Fri: 7:00 / 4:009:25 (3D)

Sat-Sun: 1:00, 7:00 / 4:00, 9:25 (3D)

Mon-Tue: 7:00 / 9:25 (3D)

Wed: 1:00, 7:00 / 9:25 (3D)

 

LAS VEGAS

Wed: 6:50, 9:05

 

ENDER'S GAME

Wed: 6:30, 8:50

 

THE HUNGER GAMES: CATCHING FIRE

Thu: 8:009:0012:00

Fri-Sun: 3:303:406:306:459:359:45

Mon: 6:306:459:359:45

Tue: 6:30, 9:35

Wed: 12:303:306:309:35

 

MERCHANT MOVIE

Sat: 12:00, 2:30

Sun: 12:00

 

FROZEN

Tue: 7:00 / 9:10 (3D)

Wed: 1:15, 6:45 / 3:459:00 (3D)

 

Click here for show times.

 

Employment Opportunities
See a full list of jobs at getintogrinnell.com

 

AFLAC: Insurance Sales Representative 

 

ASI SIGNAGE INNOVATIONS: Estimator

 

AVENTURE STAFFING: Production, Monte Manufacturing, Welders, Call Center Rep, General Labor, and Quality Inspector

 

BROWNELLS: Tech II, Call Center Rep, Pick/Pack, E-Commerce Manager 

 **Career Fair on Oct. 29 

 

NEW CENUTRY FS: Human Resources Coordinator, Assistant Controller, and Accounts Payable 

 

CLIENT GROWTH CONSULTANTS: Human Resources Manager, Quality Technician - CMM

 

ENGINEERED PLASTIC COMPONENTS: Press Operator 

 

FAREWAY: Part-time Meat Counter

 

GALAXY YOUTH CENTERS: Executive Director & Part-Time Program Assistant

 

GENESIS DEVELOPMENT: Community Support Staff 

 

GERMAN HEATING & COOLING: HVAC Technician and Plumber 

 

GRINNELL COLLEGE: Staff & Faculty  

 

GRINNELL COMMUNITY DAYCARE & PRESCHOOL: Lead Teacher for toddlers

  

GRINNELL MUTUAL REINSURANCE COMPANY: Assistant Underwriter-Personal Lines 

 

GRINNELL-NEWBURG SCHOOL DISTRICT: Substitute Secretaries and Substitute Para-Educators 

 

GRINNELL REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER: RN, Environmental Services Manager, Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner (ARNP), Marriage and Family Therapist, Shipping/Receiving Tech, Mid-Level Provider, Registered Nurse

 

GRINNELL STEAKHOUSE.   Experienced Servers

 

HARDEE'S: Shift Leaders & Crew Members 

 

JACOBSON STAFFING COMPANY: 

Call Center, Production, Forklift.  Call 641-236-6808.

 

JENSEN OPTOMETRIST: Optometrist Assistant 

 

LISTRA COMPANY: Sales & Marketing 

 

MANATTS: Dump and Pup Driver, Heavy Duty Truck Mechanic, Belly Dump Truck Driver, Truck Driver Utilities/Misc Crew 

 

MARY KAY COSMETICS: Holiday Consultants 

 

MAURICES: Sales Associate 

 

MICA: Food Aide

 

MIDWEST AMBULANCE: Paramedic 

 

OAKLAND ACRES: Golf Pro Shop Attendant.  

  

QPS EMPLOYMENT GROUP: Quality Inspector, Welder/Fabricator, Inbound Customer Service, MIG Welder

 

SPORTS PAGE: Customer Service Rep, Full-time Graphic Designer & Web Designer  

 

STATE FARM AGENCY: Opportunity To Manage Existing Agency  

 

TACO JOHN'S: Dependable Workers

 

TEMP ASSOCIATES: Robotic Welder Operators, Stackers (Marengo & Newton), Night Sanitation, Line Attendant, and Production


WELLS FARGO: Customer Sales & Service Representative, Teller

WINDSOR MANOR: Universal Worker
Volunteer 
Opportunities

 

See a full list of volunteer opportunities


 

AHRENS FOUNDATION: Community Support

 

BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS: Mentors

 

FAULCONER GALLERY: Community Outreach

 

GOODFELLOWS: Christmas Share 

 

GRINNELL AREA ARTS COUNCIL. Call-In Gallery Docent, Marketing & Administration Assistant, Teacher's Aid, Performance or Reception Usher, Monthly Volunteer Day, Jack/Jill Of All Trades.  

 

GRINNELL REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER: Clinic Courier, Patient Tray Favors, Patient Activity Projects, Information Desk, Mailings, Auxiliary Gift Shop, Surgery Waiting, Breakfast Services Cashier, and Pediatric Orientation. 

 

IMAGINE GRINNELL Local Foods, Energy & Conservation, Grinnell Area Recreation Trail Expansion

 

MICA: Head Start and Early Head Start Classroom volunteers, EITC Tax Preparer, EITC Translator, and Food Pantry Volunteer.

 

PALS. Dog Walker, Clean/Feed Animals, Play with Animals 

 

POWESHIEK HISTORY PRESERVATION PROJECT: Historical Preservation

 

SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURS OF GRINNELL (SEG): Loan Recipient Partners, SEG Committee

 

TOUR GUIDES AT THE LOUIS SULLIVAN BANK/ GRINNELL VISITOR CENTER:

Docents 

 

Realty
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JIngle Bell Holiday  
 
It's here! Jingle Bell Holiday is THIS Friday night and it is the place to be. More than 40 businesses will have kids games, crafts, treats and live music from 5 to 8pm. Join us to light the town tree in Central Park at 5:15 and then you can explore the businesses, get pictures taken with Santa, and take a carriage ride through downtown. 
 
Amazing Chase teams will be racing through downtown on Friday, so be ready as they may even ask for your help to solve clues or complete challenges. We have a great group of teams signed up already, but there is no limit so the more the merrier! You can enter your team of 2-4 people of any ages at getintogrinnell.com/amazingchase. The event starts at 6pm on Friday. 
 
Grinnell's business owners and employees are very excited to see you Friday night. Thanks to Bill's Jewelry and Pioneer Bookshop for helping us make this event possible! Click here to see the full list of all the businesses and organizations that are participating in Jingle Bell Holiday. 
Events
See the full community calendar at  http://getintogrinnell.com/events.cfm
  

GRINNELL CONNECT SOCIAL is this Wednesday, Nov. 20 from 4 to 6pm at Peppertree at the Depot Crossing. Connect with professionals through of social, professional, and civic activities. 

 

PRESENTATION: A FAMILY OF COPPER PROTEINS by Judith Klinman is this Wednesday, Nov. 20 at 4:15pm in Noyce Science Center, Room 2022. 

 

RESTAURANT NIGHT for Bailey Park and Fairview Schools is this Wednesday, Nov. 20 from 5 to 9:30pm at Casa Margarita. Help support the PTO. 

 

"THE ADDITIONAL SIX" ACOUSTIC FOLK PERFORMANCE is this Wednesday, Nov. 20 from 9 to 11pm in Relish. 

 

GRINNELL COLLEGE ATHLETICS. Sporting events are held in Bear Recreation Center. 

-Nov. 20 :: Men's basketball vs. Wartburg College, 5:30pm 

-Nov. 20 :: Women's basketball vs. Wartburg College, 7:30pm

-Nov. 23 :: Swimming vs. Loras College, 10am

-Nov. 24 :: Wellness Volleyball, 4pm

 

YOGA IN THE GALLERY. Every Monday and Thursday at 12:15pm in Faulconer Gallery. 
 
IOWA NOUVEAU WINE RELEASE PARTY is this Thursday, Nov. 21 from 3 to 6pm at Tassel Ridge Winery. 

 

PANEL: WONDER & SCIENTIFIC METHOD is this Thursday, Nov. 21 at 4:15pm in Faulconer Gallery.
 
EXILED IN THE AMERICAN CENTURY: Revisiting the Hollywood Anti-Nazi Film is this Thursday, Nov. 21 at 4:15pm in Bucksbaum Center. 
 
WINE DOWN SOCIAL is this Thursday, Nov. 21 from 5 to 8pm at Van Wijk Winery.
 
PANEL DISCUSSION: LAND AND CONFLICT. Part one of the discussion on rurality is this Thursday, Nov. 21 at 7:00pm in the Rosenfield Center. Part 2 on Nov. 22 at 7:30pm.
 
FRESH FLUTES CONCERT is this Thursday, Nov. 21 at 7:30pm at Faulconer Gallery.

JINGLE BELL HOLIDAY, Grinnell's annual holiday shopping event, is this Friday, Nov. 22, from 5 to 8pm. 

 

KIDTASTIC HOLIDAY FUN PREVIEW is this Friday, Nov. 22 from 5 to 8pm in the Iowa Transportation Museum. 

 

THE AMAZING CHASE: HOLIDAY EDITION is this Friday, Nov. 22 from 6 to 8pm in Grinnell.
 
GRINNELL SINGERS CONCERT is this Friday, Nov. 22 at 7:30pm in Bucksbaum Center. 
 
MAIN STAGE PRODUCTION OF HAMLET is Nov. 22, 23 at 7:30pm and Nov. 24 at 2pm in Bucksbaum Center. 

 

WINTER MERCHANT MOVIES. Family movies sponsored by local businesses will be screened at The Strand beginning this Saturday, Nov. 23. 
 
IOWA NOUVEAU CELEBRATION DINNER is this Saturday, Nov. 23 at 6pm in Tassel Ridge Winery. 
 
GRINNELL JAZZ SEPTET CONCERT is this Saturday, Nov. 23 at 7:30pm in Bucksbaum. 
 
COLLEGIUM MUSICUM CONCERT is this Sunday, Nov. 24 at 2pm in Bucksbaum. 

 

GRMC WREATH RAFFLE is Nov. 25 to Dec. 13 at The Glass Gift Box. Drawing for wreaths on Dec. 13 at 1pm. 
 
PRESENTATION: DATA SOVEREIGNTY is this Monday, Nov. 25 at 4:15pm in the Rosenfield Center. 
 
PRESENTATION: ALASKA'S COLONIAL EDUCATION is this Monday, Nov. 25 at 4:15pm in Steiner Hall. 

 

TURKEY TROT FUN RUN/WALK is Nov. 28 at 8:30am in Merrill Park.

 

ANNUAL COMMUNITY THANKSGIVING DINNER is Nov. 28 beginning at Noon in St. John's Lutheran Church. 

 

SMALL BUSINESS SATURDAY is Nov. 30. Support small businesses and shop Grinnell that day!
 
CHAMBER FORUM. Learn more about Chamber initiatives and ask questions at the Chamber Forum on Dec. 3 at 9:30 am. The public is invited. 

 

GALLERY TALK: EVOLVING THE MODERN MUSUEM is Dec. 3 at 4:15pm at Faulconer Gallery. 
 
IOWA VALLEY FREE BUSINESS CONSULTATIONS is Dec. 5 from 9am to 1pm at Iowa Valley Community College. 
 
CHRISTMAS CELEBRATION is Dec. 5 from 4 to 7pm in Grinnell Veterinary Clinic.
 
PLACEMAKING OPEN HOUSE is Dec. 5 at 7pm in the Community Room at Drake Community Library. RDG Planning & Design will share their findings from focus groups they led in October. 
 
CHALLENGING HEIGHTS BOOK SALE is Dec. 6 from 10:30am to 6:30pm in the Pioneer Bookstore. 

 

FESTIVAL OF TREES is Dec. 6 from 5 to 8pm in Drake Library.
 
VAN WIJK CLASSIC THEATER presents holiday films at the winery; $10/person. 
-National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation :: Dec. 6 & 21, 7pm
-It's A Wonderful Life :: Dec. 7, 7:45pm
-A Good Year :: Dec. 28, 7pm
 
CHRISTMAS KARAOKE CAROLING is Dec. 7 from 3 to 5pm at Van Wijk Winery. 

 

WINTER WONDERLAND PRINCESS BALL is Dec. 7 from 6:30 to 9pm in Steppin Out Dance Studio.
 
AFFORDABLE CARE ACT INFO SESSION is Dec. 12 from 11:30am to 1:30pm at Grinnell Steakhouse sponsored by POW I-80.
 
JEWEL BOX QUILT GUILD MEETING is Dec. 12 from 7 to 9pm in St. Mary's Education Building. 

 

Announcements

Have you had an awesome experience with a Grinnell business recently? We'd love to hear about it! We are looking for people to share their stores on our facebook page and as guest blog posts. Whatever your story, no matter how short or long, send it our way! Just hit reply to this email and tell us your stories.  

 

DJ COUNTRY TOURS. Great 2014 tours! Call 641-990-1925.

-March 7-17 :: Miami to Key West, Florida

-May 1-4 :: Springtime in Branson

-June 15-22 :: Nashville/Memphis/Lorette Lynn Ranch

-Sept. 18-28 :: Island of Coudres, Canada

-Oct. 16-21 :: Washington, D.C.

-Nov. 13-16 :: Christmas in Branson

 

Sun-Thur 10am-10pm, Fri-Sat 10am-12am. Restaurant will be open soon. Thanksgiving Eve drink special all night with door prizes, open Thanksgiving Day at 3pm. Come watch the games!

 

"GRINNELLON-THE-GO" is an exciting and fun scratch & save mobile savings opportunity for shoppers in the greater Grinnell area. Just scan a QR code that will be available at all participating merchants and bingo, your savings reward is right in front of you. You may also access the scratch & save savings through the Scratch & Save mobile website. This opportunity is in the final stages of development and will launch officially on Tuesday Nov. 26. Watch for the announcement on ourgrinnell.com and   Facebook.com/ourgrinnell. 

 

EVENING SHOPPING. Midtown businesses are all open in the evenings so you can get some shopping in after work. Check out mauricesWireless Zone-Verizon Sports Page Sporting GoodsCost CuttersPizza Ranch, and Walmart . 

 

GRMC AUXILIARY WREATH RAFFLE. Ticket sales begin Nov. 25 for nearly 40 holiday and winter wreaths. 

 

SECOND MILE SPECIALS through Nov. 23 include $0.25 orange-tagged clothes, $0.50 shoes and boots, and half-off throw pillows and bedding.

 

MICHELLE'S DANCE ACADEMY. Dot-tacular sale going on at Michelle's Dance Academy for a limited time! Green dots=$6 Blue dots=$9 and Red dots=$12!! Find an item without a dot? Don't worry everything else in the store is 20%off!! Hurry in for this Pre-Thanksgiving Sale! 

 

GPCF GRANTS. Poweshiek County 2014 grant applications are available. 

 

STUDIO Z YOGA. Yoga Mix on Nov. 19, Hot Yoga on Nov. 27, all classes on Nov. 28 are cancelled. 

 

GRMC ANNUAL FUND APPEAL. The Ahrens Foundation will match any every gift to the annual fund, dollar for dollar from now through the end of the year up to $10,000. 

 

JINGLE BELL HOLIDAY TUPPERWARE SHOP. Stop in and check out cash and carry items, stocking stuffers, sales specials, catalog items, and fundraising offers. Located in the storefront next to Frontier Cafe!

 

MICA FOOD DONATIONS. Help MICA receive local food donations when you turn in used ink and toner at any Monkeytown Inc.  

 

STRAND THEATRE GIFT CARD SALE is Nov. 22-Dec. 1. 10% off all gift card purchases. 

  

GRINNELL REALTY TOY DRIVE. Bring a new unwrapped toy to our office at 1001 Broad and help make a child's Christmas merry. 
 
PIONEER BOOKSHOP FOOD DRIVE. Customers will be asked to add $1 to their purchases to donate to the Grinnell MICA Food Pantry. Each dollar donated in November will be matched by Grinnell College.

 

DR. BRANDON DAVIS. Have you started on your annual Hallo-Thanks-Mas holiday season weight gain? Dr. Davis is a Certified Bariatric Counselor who has working in the field of obesity since 2006. His clients have lost up to 41 lbs. in three months with a common sense approach. Call 236-0632 for an initial consultation.

 

CORY HALL PHOTOGRAPHY. Bring a toy or unwrapped gift item to our studio (value $15 or more) and your portrait session is free! Now thru Dec. 10 for children, family, couples, buddies, or pets sessions. Gifts collected will be shared with a community organization that will provide them to families in our area. Call 641-236-3741 soon!

 

GRINNELL HEAD START PROGRAM. Our half-day classroom has officially been switched over to a PM classroom for the 13-14 school year. Our new hours are 12-3:30pm four days a week. As always, we are always looking for 3-4 year-olds for both our classes. We currently have opening in our half-day classroom

 

MAURICES' CLOTHING DRIVE. For every 3 items you donate, receive a coupon for 20% off one regular priced item. 

 

GRMC AUXILIARY ANGEL TREE. Support the hospital's Moving at the Speed of Life comprehensive campaign by purchasing an angel through Dec. 16 in GRMC Auxiliary.

 

LOTS FOR SALE. Check out the lot sale initiative at Prairie Pointe --5 lots reduced by $10,000 and 4 have sold! Call or text Sue at 641-891-1249 for a map and price sheet or drive through and pick one up from our flyer boxes.

 

WATKINS ALL-NATURAL PRODUCTS are available at the Main Street Consignments, 914 Main St., Grinnell. Shop Local. 

 

GPCF ACCEPTING GRANT APPLICATIONS for the first round of grants from the Community Fund for Poweshiek County.

 

CENTRAL IOWA FAMILY PLANNING: FOOD COLLECTION. Collecting non-perishable food items for the food pantry through Nov. at Central Iowa Family Planning in Grinnell. 

  

HOLIDAY GIFT IDEAS FROM MARY KAY. Click here to download the holiday gift guide. For advice, information and ordering, contact Angie Taylor, Mary Kay Sr. Consultant at 803-315-6976 or angiebtaylor@marykay.com.   

 

THE NEW YORK TIMES is now available at McNally's on Saturdays and Sundays. 

 

MAYFLOWER COMMUNITY is senior living continuing care retirement community with a rich heritage. More than 800 people have made their home here since our opening in 1950.

 

THE DOOR DOCTOR. Have your garage fixed before the weather gets cold! 

 

VAN WIJK WINERY TASTING TIMES are Tuesdays - Fridays, 11am-5pm and Saturdays 8am-6pm.

 

THE COMEBACK CAFE IS FOR SALE. Interested parties may stop by in-person at the restaurant, 9am-3pm Monday-Saturday. Serious inquiries only, please.

 

  

About Grinnell Area Chamber of Commerce & Visitors Bureau 

Whether you are stopping by for an hour, a weekend or the rest of your life, Grinnell is truly the "Jewel of the Prairie." We thank you for your support and continued interest in the town of Grinnell!

Grinnell Area Chamber of Commerce & Visitors Bureau
833 Fourth Avenue
Grinnell, Iowa 50112
641-236-6555