Get Into Grinnell
February 26, 2016 - In This Issue:
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Celebrating Women


International Women's Day is coming up on March 8, a day celebrated by millions around the globe to recognize women's achievements and contributions to business and society. 

An inaugural dinner and reception in honor of International Women's Day is planned in Grinnell for March 8 and we would be delighted to have you join us. Julie Gosselink of the Claude W. and Dolly Ahrens Foundation will speak on "The Influence of a Grandmother: Remembering Dolly Ahrens."

The celebration is Tuesday, March 8 with a social at 5:30 at dinner at 6:00 pm at the Joe Rosenfield Center at Grinnell College. Tickets are $20 per person and available for purchase at our office or the Drake Community Library. Tickets must be reserved by March 1, so please let us know if you would like to purchase one. 

Join us for an evening celebrating women - bring a guest and celebrate! 

~ Emily Counts

P.S. We also invite you to the Chamber's Annual Celebration awards presentation and networking event on March 16. Get details and tickets here.

Exhibits & Movies

STRAND THEATRE: Click here for this week's show times.
Employment Opportunities

BROWNELLS: Executive Assistant to CEO, Purchasing Intern, Finance Intern, Application Developer Intern, Housekeeper, Retail Sales Associates, Retail Lead, Retail Cashier, Regional Sales Manager, Picker, Contact Center Representative, Warehouse Material Handler, Warehouse Team Lead

CENTRAL IOWA FAMILY PLANNING: Accountant, Fiscal Manager

COUNTRY INN: Housekeeping 

FOUR OAKS: Safety & Permanency Specialists

GENESIS DEVELOPMENT:Community Support Specialists

GRINNELL AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: Farmers Market Events & Marketing Internship

GRINNELL COLLEGE: Lifeguard, Custodian, Call-In Catering Staff, Information Technology and Audio Visual Support, Web Developer, Assistant Director of Annual Giving - Class Fund Director, Call-In Cashier, Annual Giving and Development Assistant, Associate Director of Student Health & Counseling and Lead Psychologist, Assistant in the Writing Lab and Lecturer, Assistant Softball Coach, Bursar, Call-in Cashier, Call-in Catering Staff, Custodian, Director of Admission, Intercultural Program Advisor, Lifeguard, Pantry, Residence Life Coordinator, Temporary Presentation Cook, Temporary Spencer Grill Supervisor, Assistant Director of Intercultural Affairs, Information Technology and Visual Support Specialist 

GRINNELL POWESHIEK COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: Program Manager 

GRINNELL REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER: Admitting Clerk, Respiratory Therapist, Registered Nurse, Certified Medical Assistant/LPN, Nurse Technician, Medical Technologist/Medical Laboratory Technologist, Patient Care Technician, Unit Secretary, Social Worker, ARNP, Medical/Surgical & OB Nurse Manager, ER/ICU/Cario-Pulmonary/Cardiac-Pulmonary Rehab Nurse Manager, Cook, Central Processing Technician, Group Exercise Instructors

GRINNELL STEAKHOUSE: cook, salad bar attendant, experienced servers 

GRINNELL STATE BANK: Full and Part time Teller-Personal Banker

HEALTHY HOMES FAMILY SERVICES: Behavioral Health Intervention Services
 
IMAGINE GRINNELL: Executive Director

INTEGRITY CLEANING & RESTORATION: Cleaning Technician

LINCOLN SAVINGS BANK: Personal Banker

MAYFLOWER COMMUNITY: Aide and Nurse

MID-IOWA COMMUNITY ACTION:Dental Assistant, Family Development Specialist

MONSANTO: Temporary Workers 
 
PAGLIAI'S PIZZA: Bussers, servers, cashiers, hosts and dishwashers

PREMIER EMPLOYEE SOLUTIONS/1ST CLASS STAFFING: Call Center Representatives, Production, Forklift Operator, General Labor

PROKLEEN: Cleaner

PRO-LINE BUILDING COMPANY:
Construction Crew Members, Payroll Clerk/HR Assistant

QPS EMPLOYMENT: Jeld-Wen Production Workers, temp to hire

RELISH: Bartender

SPARTAN STAFFING: Forklift Drivers / Warehouse Workers

TRINITY STRUCTURAL TOWERS: Assembler, Material Administrative Support, Production Supervisor, Scheduler

OTHER: Forklift Workers

Realtors & Rentals
Check with these real estate agencies for housing for sale and for rent:


 
GRINNELL REALTY  view this week's open house flyer

UPCOMING EVENTS
This list includes events taking place in the next two weeks. 


NCAA REGION 2 SWIMMING & DIVING is February 26-28 at Grinnell College. 

ALL YOU CAN EAT FISH, FRIES, & COLE SLAW is February 26 from 5 pm to 7 pm at St. Francis Manor. 

WINE & PASTA NIGHT is Friday, February 26 at 6 pm at Tassel Ridge Winery.

JUST BEFORE THE BATTLE, MOTHER: A VISIT FROM A CIVIL WAR SOLDIER is Friday, February 26 at 6:30 pm at Drake Community Library.

TIGER PAWS SHOWCASE is Friday, February 26 at 7 pm at Grinnell High School.

ELKS HOOP SHOOT STATE CONTEST is Saturday, February 27 at 8 pm at Grinnell College. 

ART AND VINO: LOVE BIRDS is Saturday, February 27 from 11 am to 2 pm at Van Wijk Winery.

WINE & WOOD FIRED PIZZA is Saturday, February 27 from 11 am to 4 pm and 6 pm to 8 pm at Tassel Ridge Winery.

WINE & CHOCOLATE PAIRING is February 27-28 at Tassel Ridge Winery.

CRAFTERNOON is Saturday, February 27 from 1 to 3 pm at Memories Maid.

PUBLIC ART KICKOFF PARTY is Saturday, February 27 at 8 pm at Lonnski's Pub and Deli.

LOOSE NEUTRAL BAND is Saturday, February 27 at 8 pm at Oakland Acres Golf Club.

WELLNESS VOLLEYBALL is Sunday, February 28 at at 4 pm at Grinnell College. 

YOGA IN THE GALLERY  is Monday, February 29 at 12:15 pm at Grinnell College. 

COMMUNITY ACUPUNCTURE SESSION is Monday, February 29 from 4 to 7 pm at Grinnell Acupuncture, LLC. 

ZUMBA is Monday, February 29 at 5 pm at Grinnell College. 

EDUCATION CAREER LECTURE: "WES MOORE: CREATING A LIFE THAT MATTERS"  is Monday, February 29 at 7 pm at Grinnell College. 

BAD FEMINISTS/BAD CRITICS: A SEX WAR DEBATE is Tuesday, March 1 from 4 to 5 pm at Grinnell College. 

AKIDO is Tuesday, March 1 at 5:30 pm at Grinnell College. 

THE GREEN YARD MAKEOVER WORKSHOP is Tuesday, March 1 at 6:30 pm at Ahrens Foundation. 

"JUSTICE ALMOST DENIED" TALK is Tuesday, March 1 at 7:30 pm at Grinnell College.

BUCKET COURSE ON SOUTH AFRICA is Wednesday, March 2 at 10 am at Drake Community Library.
 
"THE LITERARY PRE HISTORY OF VIRTUAL REALITY" is Wednesday, March 2 at 7:30 pm. 

COMMUNITY ACUPUNCTURE SESSION is Thursday, March 3 from 4 to 7 pm at Grinnell Acupuncture, LLC.

VICTORIAN PAPER  QUILLING & HIGH TEA WORKSHOP is Thursday, March 3 from 6 to 7:30 pm at Grinnell Arts Center. 

WINE & ST. PATRICK'S DAY ART is Thursday, March 3 from 6 to 9 pm at Tassel Ridge Winery.

GRINNELL HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL: "ONCE UPON A MATTRESS" is March 3-5 at 7 pm at Grinnell High School.

WINE & FONDUE is Friday, March 4 at 6 pm at Tassel Ridge Winery.

WINE & FRISIAN FARMS CHEESE PAIRING is March 5-6 at Tassel Ridge Winery.

LEGISLATIVE COFFEE is Saturday, March 5 at 9 am at First Presbyterian Church.

WINE & WOOD FIRED PIZZA DAY is Saturday, March 5 from 11 am to 8 pm at Tassel Ridge Winery.

PUCCINI'S 'MANON LESCAUT' BROADCAST is Saturday, March 5 at 11:30 at Grinnell College. 

METROPOLITAN OPERA LIVE IN HD is Saturday, March 5 at noon at Grinnell College.

"USING AERIAL DRONES IN AGRICULTURE AND ARCHITECTURE: A NEW TOOL FOR SUSTAINABILITY" TALK is Saturday, March 5 at 1 pm at Ahrens Park Foundation Building. 

SLAVIC COFFEEHOUSE & MASLENITSA CELEBRATION is Saturday, March 5 at 5:30 pm at Grinnell College.

COMMUNITY ACUPUNCTURE SESSION is Monday, March 7 from 4 to 7 pm at Grinnell Acupuncture, LLC.

CAREGIVER SUPPORT GROUP is Tuesday, March 8 at 10 am at First Presbyterian Church.

GALLERY TALK: BEVERLY SEMMES is Tuesday, March 8 at 4 pm at Faulconer Gallery.

CELEBRATING WOMEN OF GRINNELL DINNER is Tuesday, March 8 at 5:30 pm at Grinnell College.

GRIEF SUPPORT GROUP meets Wednesday, March 9 at 10 am at Drake Community Library.

"LESSONS LEARNED: WHAT 25+ YEARS OF BABOON OBSERVATIONS HAVE TAUGHT ME" COURSE is Wednesday, March 9 from 10 to 11:30 am at Drake Library. 

COMMUNITY ACUPUNCTURE SESSION is Thursday, March 10 from 4 to 7 pm at Grinnell Acupuncture, LLC.

WINE & SMALL PLATES is Thursday, March 10 from 5:30 to 7:30 pm at Tassel Ridge Winery.

VICTORIAN PAPER  QUILLING & HIGH TEA WORKSHOP is Thursday, March 10 from 6 to 7:30 pm at Grinnell Arts Center. 

BOOKIN' IT AT THE DRAKE is Thursday, March 10 at 7 pm at Drake Community Library.

NCAA DIVISION III INDOOR TRACK & FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS are March 11-12 at Grinnell College.

WINE & WOOD FIRED OVEN PIZZA NIGHT is Friday, March 11 from 5:30 to 7:30 pm at Tassel Ridge Winery.

ANNOUNCEMENTS
HOT BOOK SALES AT STEPPING STONES! Get some of the hottest books like I am N, Touching Heaven, Grace Revolution, and Beauty and the Beet on sale now at Stepping Stones.

BABIES ROOM EXPANDS. Grinnell Regional Medical Center will begin offering the Grinnell Regional Babies Room parenting classes in Montezuma and Brooklyn. 

HARDEE'S SMOKED SAUSAGE BISCUITS ARE BACK. Hardee's has brought back by the Hillshire Farm Smoked Sausage Biscuit. 

KIDS AGAINST HUNGER EVENT SURPASSES 10-YEAR MILESTONE.
The mission of KAH is to reduce hunger around the world by packaging highly nutritious, life-saving meals for malnourished children and their families in developing countries and the United States.

NEED NEW FLOORING? Look no further than Luther Floor Covering in downtown Grinnell for all of your flooring needs. Free estimates and affordable products. Learn more at lutherfloorcovering.com

APPLY FOR CITIZEN'S POLICE ACADEMY! Grinnell Police Department is accepting applications fro the spring 2016 Citizens Police Academy. Stop by the Grinnell Police Department to pick up an application packet or contact Grinnell Officers Michael Dickenson or Bryce Doane with any questions at 641-236-2670.

TECH TIME COMPUTER HELP? Call Drake Community Library at 236-2661 to schedule a free 30-minute one-on-one help session, and we will work to answer your questions.  Bring your laptop, tablet or other electronic device and get support for your various technology challenges.

VENDORS WANTED for the Grinnell Area Wedding Expo taking place March 20. More information here.

CRISIS INTERVENTION SERVICES is always looking for good people to help support victim services. Want to know how to volunteer or donate?  Visit www. 




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 continued interest in the city of Grinnell!

Grinnell Area Chamber of Commerce
Grinnell Convention & Visitors Bureau
833 4th Avenue | PO Box 538
Grinnell, IA 50112
641.236.6555

Rachael Kinnick, Chamber Director: rachael@getintogrinnell.com
Emily Counts, Tourism Director: emily@getintogrinnell.com



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