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July 17, 2015 - In This Issue:
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Submissions for next week's newsletter may be emailed to chamber@getintogrinnell.com. Submissions are due by 5 p.m. on Tuesdays.
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Let's talk favorites
How did this happen? It's already July 17! Summer is slipping away so quickly. What is your favorite thing to do during the summer months in Grinnell? Head over to our Facebook discussion and tell us about your favorites. Is it swimming at the aquatic center, licking a cold ice cream cone, attending the county fair or a community festival, or biking through town with your kids? Whatever your favorite activity is, let us know. We're compiling a list of summer activities to add to the visitor section of our website, and visitors love hearing recommendations from locals.
>>Tell us your summer favorites on our Facebook page.
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STRAND THEATRE: Click here for this week's show times.
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ARBORS APARTMENTS: Maintenance Supervisor
BOYD'S CELLULAR: Retail Wireless Sales Consultant
BROWNELLS: Sr. Financial Analyst, Wholesale Assistant Buyer, Help Des Superviser, Sr. Systems Analyst, User Experience Manager, E-Commerce Merchandise Manager, Sr. Data Developer, Picker, Fulfillment Supervisor, Executive Assistant to the CEO, Accounts Payable Specialist COUNTRY INN: Front Desk / Night Audit, Housekeeping
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH: Administrative Support Staff
GRINNELL COMMUNITY DAYCARE & PRESCHOOL: Bus Driver, Teachers, Music Teacher
GRINNELL COLLEGE: Administrative Support Assistant, Alumni Relations Assistant, Assistant Athletic Trainer, Assistant Football Coach, Assistant Softball Coach, Call-in Cashier, Catering Staff, Coordinator of Campus Visits & Events, Custodian, Digital Liberal Arts Specialist, Information Technology & Audiovisual Support Specialist, Instructional Technologist, Lead Psychologist, Pantry, Program Assistant, Staff Mental Health Nurse, Technical Assistant, Technology Services Desktop Systems Team Leader, Temporary Presentation Cook
GRINNELL HEALTH CARE CENTER: Clinical Liaison Position
GRINNELL-NEWBURG SCHOOL DISTRICT: Substitute Cooks, 3.5 hour cook, Bus Driver, Administrative Assistant, 7th & 8th Grade Music Teacher, Paraeducators, Special Education Teachers, K-2 Title I Teacher, Elementary Principal, Director of Instruction
GRINNELL REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER: Respiratory Therapist, Health Coach Assistant, Patient Care Coordinator, Secretary, Registered Nurse, Nurse Technician, Staff Counselor, Clinic Nurse, Cook.
JENSEN OPTOMETRISTS: Sales Associate/Optical Technician
MANATTS: Equipment Operator, Mechanic, Foreman, Truck Driver, Laborer, Skilled Technician
NATURAL PRODUCTS: General Labor
PRAIRIE CANARY: Sous Chef, Grill Cook
Construction Crew Members, Payroll Clerk/HR Assistant
SAINTS REST / 1854: Deli Manager
SPARTAN STAFFING: Forklift Drivers / Warehouse Workers
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This list includes events taking place in the next two weeks.
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CLASSIC MOVIE NIGHT is Friday, July 17 from 7-9pm at Van Wijk Winery.
- Bates Flowers by DZyne: Sale items outdoors!
- Brown's Shoe Fit: Select styles starting as low as $14.97! Great specials on Men's and Women's styles, flip flops, kid's shoes and sandals, football cleats, and more!
- Canary Underground @ Prairie Canary - 2 for 1 appetizers.
- Gamers - Ridiculous Birthday Bash with hourly prize drawings from 8am to 8pm. Stop in for many deals and markdowns on video games and accessories including 25% off used PS3s. We'll also have treats!
- Giggles & Bows Children's Boutique - racks and racks of clothing 50% or more off. Tables of $1, $2, $5, and $8
- More sale items inside.
- Gosselink's Gifts & Interiors: 50% off storewide.
- Loralei's: Ridiculous pricing on great items, plus storewide surprises on gifts and décor for your home.
- Maytag Laundry & Tanning: Friday &Saturday-25 tans for $25 int he standard beds, one package per person. Select samples of tanning lotions for only $1
- Memories Maid: serving breakfast burritos and fruit cups, sale on event decorations
- Paul's ACE Hardware: Parking lot sale with lots of closeout items from every department, buy 5-piece patio furniture set and get 25% off full price, mis-tint paint for $5-$20 per gallon.
- Phase 2 Consignments: 50% off all clothing, shoes & purses.
- Pioneer Bookshop
- Stepping Stones Christian Bookstore
- Theisens: 25%-75% sale items in store from 7/16-7/18
- Village Decorating Studio: Great prices on paint, flooring remnants, and some treasures yet to be named!
- Wagon Wheels West: sales Saturday & Sunday, shirts as low as $10, caps and hats on sale, bargain barn items reduced again, Lloyd's specials sunday only, jeans as low as $10, men's & women's boots below cost.
MAKER MONDAYS are each Monday from 10am to Noon and 2 to 4pm at Drake Community Library.
SE*ED PROGRAM is Monday, July 20 at 10am at Drake Community Library.
MUSIC IN THE PARK is every Thursday in Central Park. The July 23 performance is Route 66 at 5:30pm.
SOCRATES CAFE meets every Thursday at 6:30pm at Drake Community Library.
ART & VINO is Friday, July 24 from 6-9pm at Van Wijk Winery.
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IMAGINE GRINNELL is collaborating with Ideal Energy to offer solar energy options and to provide discounts through a solar group buy program until August 28. This partnership allows community members to instal solar at a competitive price point, through a volume discount program. Coupled with time-sensitive federal and state taxes, solar has never been more affordable.
DIVORCECARE SUPPORT GROUP is starting up on July 19th and will meet every other week from 6:30 to 8:30pm. The group meets at First Friends Church in Grinnell.
FREE BREAKFAST & LUNCH FOR CHILDREN. Grinnell-Newburg Community School District will be providing free breakfast and lunch to children ages 1-18 during the summer. The meals will be served at the Grinnell High School cafeteria, Monday through Friday from June 4 to August 7. Breakfast will be from 8:15 to 8:45 am and lunch will be from 11:15 am to 12:15 pm. Free lunch will also be served at Arbor Apartments on Fridays from June 12-August 7 (weather permitting) for their "In Your Neighborhood" program. Drake Community Library will be at Arbors from 11 am to 2 pm and lunch will be from 12-12:30pm. There are no income requirements or registration.
25% off PS3 SYSTEMS this week at Gamers in Grinnell. It's part of our month-long birthday celebration! Also stop by Saturday, July 18 for our Ridiculous Birthday Bash for more great deals and prizes.
CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS. Mid-Iowa Community Action is looking for volunteers to help with the Poweshiek Food Pantry, the Family Development Program, and Head Start program. Volunteers can email lindsay.fujimoto@micaonline.org.
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