SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT!
All LeClaire Businesses are invited to participate in the 2nd Annual Christmas Decorating Contest sponsored by the LeClaire Chamber of Commerce! All who have decorated will be judged on Saturday, November 26, Small Business Saturday! Prizes will be awarded - First Place $100 in LeClaire Chamber Bucks, 2nd Place $70 in Chamber Bucks, and 3rd Place $30 in Chamber Bucks! Chamber Bucks are redeemable with LeClaire Chamber of Commerce Business Members! Get ready to show your LeClaire Christmas and Holiday Spirit!
WELCOME NEW MEMBER!
Dawn A Temple - Licensed Massage Therapist - 419 N Cody Rd LeClaire – A Licensed Massage Therapist trained in Swedish Massage. Dawn creates a one of a kind massage session for each person’s needs. Phone: 309-314-5578 -www.dawntemple.massagetherapy
CHAMBER NETWORKING EVENTS – EVERYONE WELCOME!
December 13th – noon - Riverview Roadhouse
CALENDAR
November 11th – Enright’s LeClaire Super Wash is offering FREE CARWASHES on Veterans Day, Friday November, 11th, for all Veterans, Active Military, and Active Military Spouses. The hours are 11:00--5:00. (Rain Date will be Sat Nov 12)
November 11th - Annual Soup Supper and Auction at Our Savior Presbyterian Church, Argo 22530 2405h Ave. Delicious homemade soups, sandwiches, desserts, beverage. Serving 5-7 pm. Auction starts at 6:30. All proceeds go to help those in need.
November 12th - LeClaire Community Library - Crafting with Jenn: Winter Altoid Tin. 11a.m. Create a Winter Wonderland inside a repurposed Altoid tin! Class size is limited to 15. Must be 12 years or older. 563-289-4242 ext. 4, 323 Wisconsin St., LeClaire. www.leclairelibrary.org
November 12th - 12th Annual Harvest Feast - Zion Lutheran Church – Princeton Everyone is welcome to join in sharing an evening of food, fun and fellowship 4:30 P.M. to 7:00 P.M. The menu features homemade beef stew, apple sauce, cold slaw and a variety of breads, desserts and drinks. The cost is $8.00 for adults and $4.00 for children. Children under 5 are free. The beef served is the well-known Sawyer Beef raised by Norman and Neal Sawyer on their Princeton Farm. Holly Mangels, co-chairman, states that the evening is a fundraiser for all of Zion’s local, national and international missions. The Sunday School has just completed packing love boxes for 12 of our loved ones’ military members. The boxes contained necessities, treats and prayer books. The live auction starts at 6:00 P.M. There is always a wide variety of new items, party events, boat rides, dinner outings, sporting events and handmade jewelry. There will also be numerous items available for the silent auction. All adults are welcome to enjoy an evening of wine tasting. Zion Lutheran Church has served the local community for 165 years and is looking forward to continue serving for many years in the future.
November 12th - The Lion King - Interactive Movie at Riverside Church 6-8p.m. Your child will enjoy the actions, tasks, and snacks provided! Children 7 and older maybe dropped off but children 6 and under need a guardian to stay with them. Please contact April at 920-287-8851 with any questions.
November 18th – Enright’s LeClaire Super Wash Annual Holiday Promotion Starts! Automatic carwash tokens on sale $4.00 – each token a $7.00 value! Tokens may be purchased with cash, by check or credit card, and they make Great Holiday Gifts! Sign up to win carwashes and the “Blue Super Wash Wagon”. Weekly winners posted on our reader board. Attendants on duty 9-11a.m. Monday-Friday and 9am-3pm on weekends. Attendants’ hours are subject to weather.
November 19th -Trivia Night in LeClaire at the LeClaire Civic Center 127 S. Cody Road 7p.m. Benefits the LeClaire Christmas decoration fund. Tables of 8; $10 per person. Mulligans and refreshments available for purchase. Participants may bring snacks, wine, beer and soft drinks. Doors open at 6:30pm; Trivia starts at 7pm. Door prizes; 50-50 raffle. Call or email in your reservation now to Debbie, 563-349-4403, smith5grand@gmail.com
November 21st - Central DeWitt Performing Arts Center - The Hunts 7:00pm. $15 Adults, $5 Students. Tickets available online atwww.cd-pac.org, DeWitt City Hall, or at the door one hour before showtime. An indie-folk band from the southlands of Chesapeake, Virginia, these seven brothers and sisters ranging from ages 16 to 24, have a passion for creating compelling music. Their songs have landed them on Starbucks playlist and a National Milk-Bone Dog television commercial ad. Central DeWitt Performing Arts Center 519 E. 11th Street DeWitt, IA 563.249.8541
November 24th – Blue Iguana closed for Thanksgiving
November 26th - Small Business Saturday in LeClaire! Please Shop Small in LeClaire on November 26 and tag your photos with #LeClaireShopSmall and #VisitLeClaire outside the participating businesses! Participating businesses are 129, Antique Archaeology, Aunt Hattie's, Bela, First Central State Bank, Green Tree Brewery, Isabel Bloom, LeClaire Olive Oil Co., Rock Elm Design, and Wide River Winery.
November 27th - Wine Tasting at the Faithful Pilot. 3-5p.m. Wines and Snacks. $15. 563.289.4156
November 28th - Cyber Monday is also Margarita Monday at Blue Iguana! $3/Small & $5/Large.
November 28th – Blue Iguana - Cyber Monday is also Margarita Monday! $3/Small & $5/Large
November 29th - 129 for "Tuesday Tasting" 7-9p.m. $15 for 10 wines. Call 563-729-1035 to reserve your glass!
SAVE THE DATE!
December 2nd-4th – Christmas in LeClaire - Looking for Strolling Santas and Other Characters for Christmas in LeClaire! Volunteers for Friday evening after 4 p.m. Sat. from 11 until 7pm and Sunday from 12 noon until 3pm. Great Costumes and goodies to pass out provided! Just bring your Holiday Spirit and Smile to show everyone our community’s spirit and zest for fun! Call Kim and leave message - 563-289-5699. 4 to 6 women and 8 to 12 men needed for short shifts and longer periods to stroll and be on the trolley!
December 2nd-4th - Christmas in LeClaire - Friday & Saturday 10am-8pm and Sunday 10am-4pm.
Friday, December 2nd:
10am-8pm – Crafts, Silent Auction & Bake Sale – Civic Center
10am-5pm – Cookie Walk, Lunch & Vendors – Masonic Lodge
10am-8pm – Bake Sale & Family Activities – Riverside Foursquare Church
5:30-8pm – First Friday – Mississippi River Distilling Company
Saturday, December 3rd:
8-10am – Breakfast with Santa – Happy Joe’s
10am-8pm – Crafts, Silent Auction & Bake Sale – Civic Center
10am-5pm – Cookie Walk, Lunch & Vendors – Masonic Lodge
10am – Ugly Christmas Sweater Run – 323 S. 2nd Street
10am-2pm – A Night in Bethlehem (Activities for Kids) – Masonic Lodge, 2nd Floor
10am-12pm – Strolling Santas
12-3pm – WQAD Selfie Set – Mississippi River Distilling Company
2-4pm – Strolling Santas
10am-4pm – Chains Saw Carver & Wooden Shoe Maker – Civic Center Parking Lot
11am-7pm – Free Trolley Rides
5:30-8pm – First Saturday – Mississippi River Distilling Company
Sunday, December 4th:
10am-4pm – Crafts, Silent Auction & Bake Sale – Civic (Bidding ends at 2pm)
10am-4pm – Charcoal Artist Danielle Clark – Civic Center
11am-4pm – Free Trolley Rides
11am-4pm – Santa’s Gift Shop – Civic Center Parking Lot
Great Shopping and Dining at our Unique Shops and Restaurants all Weekend!
December 2nd - 5:30-8pm: First Friday in downtown LeClaire, IA. Enjoy fun, food, live music, and shopping in downtown LeClaire!
Mississippi River Distilling Co. is open until 8pm.
Enjoy live music at Faithful Pilot.
Sip on a micro-brew with a great river view at Green Tree Brewery.
Shops open late and food and drink specials at bars and restaurants.
December 3rd - NEW - Christmas in LeClaire Ugly Christmas Sweater 5K Run/Walk. 10a.m. Starting line is at Blackhawk Bank & Trust (2nd St. & Davenport St.) 3.1 Mile family-friendly run or walk; pets on a leash and strollers are welcome. Packet Pick-Up is Friday, December 2 from 5pm-8pm at Snap Fitness in LeClaire. After-Race Party will immediately follow the race. Registration is $30 at Get Me Registered: https://secure.getmeregistered
December 3rd - First Saturday in downtown LeClaire. Enjoy fun, food, live music, and shopping in downtown LeClaire! 5:30-8p.m.
Mississippi River Distilling Co. is open until 8pm.
Enjoy live music at Faithful Pilot.
Sip on a micro-brew with a great river view at Green Tree Brewery.
Shops open late and food and drink specials at bars and restaurants
January 28th, 2017 – LeClaire Chamber of Commerce Annual Awards Dinner – Steventon’s
FYI
Special Holiday Hours
Divine Dezigns by Laura Lee's holiday hours start on Friday, November 25 and are Monday-Wednesday 10am-5pm; Thursday 12-5pm; Friday-Saturday 10am-6pm (and open later during Christmas in LeClaire on December 2 & 3); Sunday 12-5pm.
Letty's Designs & Home Décor will have extended hours on Friday, Saturday and Sunday thru the holidays (10:30am-6pm Friday and Saturday; 10:30am-5pm Sunday) and will be transforming the store the week of November 1 to all Christmas!
Mississippi River Distilling Co. will be open until 6pm on Friday and Saturday starting on November 25 until December 23.
Go Fish Winter Hours and Dinner Features have started! Check out new menu online or LIKE us on Facebook for more info!
Bierstube has the NFL Ticket. Stop in for all the games and enjoy drink and food specials!
Football Season is here and Blue Iguana will have $2.50 Miller Lite & Coors Light cans during all NFL & College football games.
The Buffalo Bill Museum is open year round! Winter Hours start Sunday, November 6. Monday - Saturday 9am-4pm; Sunday 12-4pm.
Visit Libations Lane at Green Tree Brewery, Mississippi River Distilling Co., and Wide River Winery Tasting Room - all on Cody Road in downtown LeClaire. Visit each shop and be sure to pick up a punch card. Purchase a growler of beer, a bottle of spirits and a bottle of wine and get your card marked at each store. Then turn the card in at the last store for a free LeClaire Libations Lane pint glass! Glasses can be picked up at any of the three locations.http://www.mrdistill
Steventon’s – Prime Rib the first Saturday of every month!
Visit the LeClaire Chamber of Commerce website www.leclairec
If you would like to attend a Chamber Board Meeting in order to present a topic, please contact the Board in advance at LeClaireChamber@gmail.com i
Pick up the LeClaire information guide at the LeClaire Information Center. It has many photos and great information for everyone including residents, potential residents, visitors, realtors, relocation personnel, schools, and more! Summer hours have started: Monday-Saturday 10am-4pm; Sunday 1-4pm. 122 N. Cody Road. LIC Volunteers Needed! Contact Cindy Bruhn at info@visitleclaire.com or 5
SERVING THE COMMUNITY AND BEYOND
Chamber member, Kathy Anderson, thanks the LeClaire community for their donations to the "LeClaire Basket" for Habitat for Humanity's annual fundraiser held last month. Over 300 people attended the event and raised over $40,000 to help future homeowners gain strength, stability and self-reliance through their purchase of an affordable home. Thank you, LeClaire!
Ten Scholarships Now Available. Ascentra Scholarship Competition offers $10,000 in Scholarships. Ascentra Credit Union is dedicated to creating opportunities for members to pay for higher education in the form of the Ascentra Credit Union Scholarship Competition. The competition is now underway with a total of $10,000 in scholarships available to Ascentra members planning to further their education starting the 2017 – 2018 school year. The ten scholarships are awarded to students as follows: Five $1,000 scholarships for high school students planning to enter college. Five $1,000 scholarships for members age 19 or over, considered non-traditional or continuing education students. The scholarship entrants will be judged on a 500-word essay on the topic, “How do credit unions distinguish themselves from other financial institutions?” All entries are judged on their essay, resume, awards, extracurricular activities, volunteer services and work experience. Deadline for the Ascentra Scholarship Competition is March 1, 2017. Applications and official rules may be picked up at any of our branches or found online at www.ascentra.org/scholarships. There members can find information on other scholarships.
Milestones Cafe, at the First Presbyterian Church, LeClaire, is looking for people to join them for lunch on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Eating at church, at the “Milestones Café” provides a social opportunity, a nutritious meal at an affordable price, a good reason to get out of the house and a break from cooking! Cost: for 60+ years of age, suggested donation is $3.50. For those under 60, cost is $8.50. If you are interested, call 855-410-6222, to RSVP for one or more meals. Additionally Milestones delivers meals to homebound seniors. Call the same number for that service.
PROPERTY LISTINGS
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Do you have Residential or Commercial property available? Please contact the LeClaire Chamber of Commerce, leclairechamber@gmai
LECLAIRE EVENTS COMING UP!
November 26 – Small Business Saturday
December 2 – First Friday
December 3 – First Saturday
December 2-4 – Christmas in LeClaire
December 3 – Ugly Christmas Sweater 5kRun/Walk
