January 26th - Le Claire Chamber of Commerce Annual Dinner

Steventon's -1399 Eagle Ridge Road, LeClaire.

6:00-6:30 pm - Cocktails (Cash Bar)/Silent Auction

6:30 pm - Awards

7:00 pm - Dinner

8:00 pm - Live Auction

6:00-10:00 pm - Music by Keep Off the Grass

It is time again to join or to renew your membership with the LeClaire Chamber of Commerce! Please see the attached form to complete and return with your payment by January 31, 2013. Thank you for your current and past membership, and certainly let us know if you have any questions in regard to your membership or about the Chamber in general. Let's have a Great 2013!  After all - "It is all there....In LeClaire!"

CALENDAR

January 18th-21st - Be a Tourist in Your Own Backyard Weekend! Welcome visitors to LeClaire's shops, hotels, restaurants and other establishments!

January 19^th - LeClaire Lions Club Annual Blood Drive facilitated by the Mississippi Valley Regional Blood Center - 7:00 to 11:00 AM in the Bridgeview Elementary School Cafeteria. Any first-time or long-time blood donors are welcome. Snacks and beverages will be provided to donors that morning. Please contact Tony Hiatt at 563-332-0215 to sign up for an appointment to donate.

January 19th: Family Night - LeClaire Rec Center - Indoor Recess, Open Gym for the Whole Family, 5:30-8:00 p.m. Board games, card games, sports and more! The 3rd Saturday of each month. All events are $2 per person 4 years old and older (unless otherwise specified), concessions extra. Please check our Facebook page for updates or changes to events. Also from 3-8pm: drop in sign up for Youth soccer, volleyball, and basketball at the LeClaire Rec Center. Details and forms can be found at: www.leclairereccenter.com.

January 28^th - Economic Development Meeting (Rescheduled due to holiday January 21^st) Great River Financial - 8:00 a.m.

February 8^th - Reusable Usables NEW Freezer Meal Workshop 6:30 PM.  Cooking is MUCH more fun with friends!!  Let's get together and make enough meals to fill our freezers!  Bring your bags filled with designated "protein" and other groceries. You go home with 10 meals, each feeding a family of 4-6, ready to freeze (with leftover Wildtree products to make more freezer recipes or use on your own.)  You'll also go home with side dish recipes to either accompany your freezer meals or use with other meals...and the peace of mind of knowing that dinner is already DONE!  Just thaw, cook and enjoy!   $73 (includes all Wildtree products, recipes and shipping) To register, reserve your spot by 1/23/13 and Purchase the "Crockpot Meals" Workshop by 1/23/13. Contact Kate Ramsdell ramsdellgirls@yahoo.com•www.mywildtree.com/katewildtree/ (This is an "Adults Only" event.)

February 9th - Trivia Night - LeClaire Civic Center benefiting the Coe Noack Memorial Scholarship. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. with trivia starting at 7 p.m. Participants may bring beer, wine, snacks and soda. Water and snacks will also be for sale. Up to eight people per table. $10 per person with a $50 table minimum. Everyone will be entered into a drawing for door prizes. Contact Chris at chris@ccx.net or 563-505-6703 for reservations or information. Don't have enough for a full table? Come anyway and we can put you on a table that needs people!

February 24^th - The Buffalo Bill Museum will Celebrate Buffalo Bill's Birthday! 12 noon to 4 p.m. (closing). Refreshments, free admission, and a "Buffalo Bill & Annie Oakley Look-Alike Contest" for children (Judging at 2pm). Hope to see everyone there! www.buffalobillmuseumleclaire.com

FYI

Please note - the Chamber has a new email address - leclairechamber@gmail.com

If you would like to share information about events, promotions, news, etc., with Tourism, please send an email to info@visitleclaire.com. Your information will be shared with Shopkeepers, the Chamber and the Tourism Board and will be promoted on Facebook and in monthly emails.

The folks at Buffalo Bill Museum hope to see you over the winter! It is a great place to take visiting family and friends and "free admission" is a benefit of your membership! The gift shop is also a great place to pick up unique items as well as books about local history, "Buffalo Bill" sweatshirts and t-shirts, and other items you can't find elsewhere!  The museum is open daily 9am to 4pm, and Sundays 12noon to 4pm.

Reusable Usables Planet Green After School Classes for kids Ages 6-12. Tuesday's & Thursday's 4:00-5:30 p.m. Learn creative fun ways to respect our planet with hands on eco-friendly art and educational activities based on the Iowa DNR Planet Patrol Series. Limit 25 per class. Thanks to Iowa DNR SWAP Grant funding.

SERVING THE COMMUNITY AND BEYOND

Meals for Seniors at the First Presbyterian Church, LeClaire every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 12 noon. Good food and a time to visit with others. Please call 563-289-3646 and make a reservation 2 days in advance.

Trivia Nights in LeClaire at the LeClaire Civic Center

2013 Trivia Nights:

February 9th - Coe Noack Memorial Scholarship

March 9^th - Hosted by First Presbyterian Church - Hurricane Sandy Victims

April 6th - LeClaire Little League

May 4^th - LeClaire Lions

June 8th - Buffalo Bill Museum

LeClaire Trivia Nights have raised over $95,000 for local non-profit organizations! Thank you for your continued support!

LeClaire Park Board Special Events Calendar

Spring 2013 - Spring Fling Easter Egg Hunt ( Hollyhock Park )

Spring 2013 - Cinco de Mayo

May 18, 2013 -French Market Days - Plant exchange, sale benefiting Parks Dept.

Summer 2013 - City-Wide Water Explosion ( Hollyhock Park )

Summer 2013 - Bike Parade & Decorating

August 9-11, 2013 - Tug Fest

October 13, 2013 - Apple Fest

www.LeClaireChamber.com and visit the Chamber on FaceBook!

Ballet Quad Cities professional dancers will be visiting area elementary schools in February, bringing the Olweus bullying prevention message to thousands of school children.  This in-school outreach initiative reached more than 8,500 students last year.

Following the in-school presentations, the students attend a live ballet performance of The Ugly Duckling at North High School's Holzworth Auditorium.

As part of CARE - QC, Ballet Quad Cities will present a free public performance of The Ugly Duckling on Friday, February 22nd at 7:00 pm.

For more information CLICK HERE

Anna and Andy Hummingbird are back for more fun adventures in author Linda P. Young's latest tale

LAS VEGAS - (Release Date TBD) - Young readers, especially fans of a lovable pair of hummingbirds, have something to look forward to as author Linda P. Young brings Anna and Andy Hummingbird back in the fourth installment of her engaging series of picture books. The Adventures of Anna and Andy Hummingbird: Book 4 Stories 14,15,16,17 and 18 lets readers in the birds' fun new escapades.

In this book, The Nice Lady teaches Anna and Andy about bees and what they do. The hummingbirds also experience fear when they witness men cutting off the branches of their trees with a saw. They wonder if they are going to lose their home. The next adventures take Anna and Andy a little farther away from home and introduce them to new friends. They also get to experience for the first time, how frightening and dangerous it is to be in a storm.

Featuring vibrantly colored illustrations and a delightful plot, The Adventures of Anna and Andy Hummingbird: Book 4 Stories 14,15,16,17 and 18 will make a wonderful addition to any child's personal library. Parents can bond with their young ones as they follow the exciting adventures of Anna and Andy Hummingbird.

For more information on this book, interested parties may log on to www.Xlibris.com.

About the Author

Linda P. Young was born in Iowa City, Iowa and spent most of her life in the Midwest. She moved to Las Vegas, Nevada, twenty years ago, where she met her husband, Jerry. She owns a sign business and stays very busy with it. Her husband has worked in the woodworking industry most of his life. She wrote these books out of the enjoyment they would get watching the Hummingbirds on their back patio.

The Adventures of Anna and Andy Hummingbird * by Linda P. Young

Anna and Andy meet the Grandchildren Book 4 Stories 14,15,16,17 and 18

Publication Date: 10/24/2012

Picture Book; $21.99; 38 pages; 978-1-4797-2211-2

Picture Book Hardcover; $31.99; 38 pages; 978-1-4797-2212-9

There have been rumors circulating through social media and chain e-mails claiming that our troops overseas are no longer receiving hot meals for breakfast or midnight 4th meal. Some claim it's due to budget cuts, others say it's logistics, but the rumors are flying that troops are only getting lunch and dinner provided.

January 15, 2013
Posted by Steve Weigand

"An Internet rumor that American troops in Afghanistan no longer get breakfast has prompted a response from the Pentagon via Twitter.

A chain email says the last-minute deal Congress passed to avoid the so-called "fiscal cliff" also denies breakfast to troops in Afghanistan.

The email garnered enough attention that rumor-debunking site Snopes.com picked up on it and rated the email "partly true" since some bases stopped serving hot breakfasts as they get ready for the drawdown."

The DoD has tried to fight the rumors by reassuring people through their twitter feed, that troops are getting 4 meals a day, but even according to the DoD's best spin, they're saying two of those meals are MRE rations.

Our troops deserve better.

If you think our troops deserve better, how about sending a care package filled with GOOD tasting food that's also portable, like powdered Gatorade or hot cocoa that can easily be mixed in minutes, or cookies and beef jerky that stay safe and delicious for weeks.

https://www.thecampaignstore.com/supportourtroops.asp?id=291&rname=eml_20130117&utm_source=MailSquadron.com&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=MREs+Campaign