02 Broadcaster Press November 13, 2012 www.broadcasteronline.com CHAMBER CHAT Vermillion Area Chamber of Commerce & Development Company 116 Market Street,Suite 103 Vermillion,SD 57069 605-624-5571 vcdc@vermillionchamber.com www.vermillionchamber.com Chamber Business: The VCDC office will be closed Monday, Nov. 12 in remembrance of Veterans Day Please join Vermillion Ace Hardware for a Grand Opening Celebration and Ribbon Cutting Ceremony to celebrate the completion of their expansion and renovation on Thursday, Nov. 15, at 812 Cottage Ave. The celebration with live jazz music, treats and beverages, and a special appearance by Santa Claus will be from 4-7 p.m. and the Ribbon Cutting Ceremony will be at 5 p.m. The Special Events Committee for the Vermillion Area Chamber and Development Company (VCDC) is sponsoring the 4th Annual “Parade of Lights” in Downtown Vermillion on Friday, Dec. 7 at 6:30 p.m. Vermillion area merchants, businesses, schools and organizations are encouraged to put together a float for the parade. The theme is “The Spirit of Christmas”, so get your creativity flowing and enter! Entry forms can be found on the VCDC Web site, www.vermillionchamber.co m, or at the Chamber office at 116 Market St. A trophy and $25 in Vermillion Bucks will be awarded to the winner. Deadline to enter is Dec. 3. At the end of the parade, Santa and Mrs. Claus will light the community Christmas Tree at Ratingen Platz on Market and Main streets. After the tree lighting, children and parents are invited to the Clay County Courthouse basement for “Stockings for Soldiers”, an opportunity to make a free ornament to take home, and to decorate a stocking for a soldier serving overseas, sponsored by the Vermillion Public Library. (Due to the library renovation, the craft will be held in the courthouse basement.) Children up to the age of 12 are encouraged to enter a coloring contest for a chance to have “Lunch with Santa” on Saturday, Dec. 8 at 11:30 a.m. at HyVee and meet him ANN BREITAG before Christmas. Coloring pages will be available at the public schools, HyVee and the VCDC office at 116 Market St. The coloring entries must be received by Nov. 20. Also on Saturday, Dec. 8, from 12:30-2:30 p.m., free pictures with Santa will be available at HyVee. The Vermillion Area Community Foundation is accepting proposals for projects to improve our community. Forms for submitting proposals by groups or organizations are available at the Chamber of Commerce office. While funds available are limited we can fully fund small one time requests or partially fund larger projects. Your annual donations to our foundation will provide us with increasing funds each year for worthwhile projects. Business After Hours: Are you looking for an opportunity to showcase your business and network with your peers? Sign up to host a Business After Hours event! These events generally run from 5-7 p.m. on a weeknight and the hosting business provides hors d’oeuvres and refreshments. If interested, please contact Ann at: annb@vermillionchamber .com or at 624-5571. Announcements: Travel to Cirque Du Soleil: Quidam at the Tyson Events Center, Tuesday, Dec. 18. The Main Street Center and W.H. Over Museum are joining together to attend this event if a minimum of 20 tickets are sold. The bus will pick up in Vermillion and return to Vermillion after the event. Tickets are $45 or $56.25 depending on choice of seats. The seats reserved are in section 110 and will be held for our group until Nov. 2. Tickets should be reserved as soon as possible. There are more expensive seats ($71 or $104) if preferred, but they need to be ordered separately. Please sign up at the Main Street Center, 320 W Main with a deposit of $25 and the remainder due by Thursday, Nov. 29 or you may pay in full when reserving your ticket. Make checks payable to Tyson Events Center. Any questions, call Crystal at 624-8072. State Football Playoff at DakotaDome, Nov. 8-10. COMMUNITY CALENDAR • MONDAY, NOV. 12 • Al-anon meeting at 7:30 p.m. at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, corner of Main and Linden. For more information, call 624-9764. • Wrestling Practice starts. • Academic recess at USD: Veterans Day Holiday. TUESDAY, NOV. 13 • Vermillion Rotary Club Meeting from noon1 p.m. in the Freedom Forum Conference Room of the Al Neuharth Media Center. • American Legion Wallace Post and Auxiliary meeting at 7 p.m. at the Main Street Center, 320 W. Main St. • Diabetes Prevention and Lifestyle Management seminar from 7-8 p.m. at Sanford Vermillion Board Room (use administration entrance) 20 S. Plum St. For more information, call (605) 638-08411. Sponsored by Sanford Vermillion. THURSDAY, NOV. 15 • Vermillion Lions meeting at the W. H. Over Museum in Sletwold Hall at 6 p.m. PLANNING AHEAD: • NOV. 7-17 – Heartland Humane Society’s (HHS) Nine Dollars for Nine Lives— help a cat find a home this holiday season by adopting a kitten or cat Patricia Curry: 605-661-2860 Andy Curry: 605-261-1202 Archie Dunham: 605-366-4625 Also see us at Siouxlandhomes.com www.dunhamcompany.com from Nov. 7-17 for $9 at HHS, 601 ½ Burleigh Street in Yankton. View available animals at www.heartlandhumaneso ciety.net. • NOV. 16 – Brown Bag lunch program, “The Ambassador of Bluegrass” featuring Dick Kimmel from New Ulm, MN, at 12:05 p.m. at the National Music Museum located on USD campus, corner of Clark and Yale streets. Free and open to the public. Support for November’s “Free Fridays” admission to the museum is made possible by Bank of the West. • NOV. 17 – Overeaters Anonymous at 9 a.m. Location: Sanford Vermillion Medical Center, 20 S. Plum St., administration entrance just south of the hospital entrance in the board room. • NOV. 18 – Valiant Vineyards presents “Soup Sunday”, Sundays from 11 a.m.-3 p.m. • NOV. 20 – Silver Threads Health and Product Fair from 4:307:30 p.m. Area businesses and organizations display and share information with individuals on health, eye and hearing care, physical therapy, home care, senior living, insurances, outreach services, and other topics related to senior aging, planning and retirement. There will be several mini-programs scheduled as well as vendor tables of crafts and other items. Business and vendor space still available. Soups, sandwiches and desserts will be served plus bake sale items. Sponsored by the Main Street Center; 320 W Main St. • NOV. 26-29 – Christmas shopping with the Shepherd Roegiers at USD’s Muenster University Center (The “MUC”) from 9:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Sheepskins, slippers, gloves and more. • NOV. 28 – The Department of Labor and Regulation will be holding a Job Search Assistance Program (JSAP) at 1024 W. Cherry St., Wednesday, Nov. 28 from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. The JSAP is designed to assist and train job seekers on how to find and secure employment. Some of the topics included are job search and retention skills, networking, the hidden job market, resumes, applications, and proper interview techniques. It is provided at no charge and open to the public. Parties interested in attending should register by calling (605) 6776900, by Monday, Nov. 26, before 5 p.m. For more information, visit www.sdjobs.org. • DEC. 2 – Christmas Festival at W.H. Over Museum in Vermillion. 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