Breakfast with Mrs. Claus December 9^th will run 9:30–11a.m. at the Delmonico Room of the Historical Museum building 100 S. Maple St. The kids’ event will include breakfast, stories, crafts, cookie decorating, and games. Space is limited to 60 children. Make Reservations by December 4^th by calling Shenandoah Chamber at 712-246-3455 or email chamber@sciaiowa.com. Volunteers will also be needed. Parents may attend with their children, but no breakfast will be provided for the parents.

Visit Santa Claus December Saturdays at the Everly Brothers Childhood Home, 800 W Sheridan Avenue 2-4 p.m. Santa will have gifts for the kids and photos are welcome. Dates are December 2nd, 9th, 16th, and 23rd. Santa is seeking a few elves from the community to assist him each Saturday. Contact SCIA to volunteer 712-246-3455.

     Sno-dough Sale November 18 9 a.m. at SCIA, 619 W Sheridan Avenue is the next shopping event. Shoppers can buy $100 for $80 to spend at 25 participating Shenandoah Chamber stores. In addition, if customers spend Sno-dough at small businesses they will be able to register for a $300 drawing to be awarded in January. Shopper must purchase Sno-dough with cash. Sno-Dough expires 12/31/23 and can only be spent at participating businesses, no change can be given back to the customer, and it can’t be spent on gift cards. There is a limit of three packets of $100 per household so that many in the community and surrounding area can benefit. This year $37,000 is available to customers with 370 packets of ten $10 bills for purchase.

     2023 participating businesses eligible to receive Sno-dough are Brown’s Shoe Fit, Chamber Gift Certificates, City Fitness Center, Depot Deli, Earl May Garden Center, El Porton Mexican Grill, Eyecare Associates of Southwest Iowa, Fareway Food Store, High Plains Healing & Wellness, Hy-Vee Food Store,  Legacy 3 Theater, LePorte Electric, McDonalds, Midwest Outlaw Garage, Nebel Roofing & Auction, Nishna Valley Café, Paper Trail, RocStop Cenex, Serenity Studio Floral & Spa, Shenandoah Floral, Shenandoah Inn & Suites,  Sheridan Decorating, SWIFT Services, and Wal-Mart. These businesses contribute to help makeup the twenty percent of the customer discount. The amount they contribute is determined by their previous year receipts of Sno-dough.

     The mission of Sno-dough is to keep holiday shopping dollars in town and not spent on the internet. Through local option sales tax collected Sno-dough benefits all of Shenandoah residents. Sno-dough is only possible because of sponsor contributions. Sponsoring Shenandoah business this year are Shenandoah Chamber & Industry Association, Bank Iowa, Tri-Valley Bank, First Heritage Bank, First Interstate Bank, Pella Corporation, KMA Radio, O’Hara Seed, Lashier Bonefas Baldwin PC, Edward Jones Investments, Nebel Roofing & Auction, Wilson Insurance, and Guild Mortgage. Any questions about Sno-dough can be directed to SCIA 712-246-3455. More information is at www.sciaiowa.com. 

Free Kids Movie December 2^nd will be at Legacy 3 Theater at 10 a.m. Kids and parents can see the “Elf” Movie free of charge thanks to Legacy 3 Theaters. The movie will be shown in all three theaters. Doors open at 9:30 a.m. Mrs. Claus will be on hand to greet moviegoers.  SCIA will provide a small popcorn and pop to kids free of charge.

Visit Santa Claus December Saturdays at the Everly Brothers Childhood Home, 800 W Sheridan Avenue 2-4 p.m. Santa will have gifts for the kids and photos are welcome. Dates are December 2nd, 9th, 16th, and 23rd. Santa is seeking a few elves from the community to assist him each Saturday. Contact SCIA to volunteer 712-246-3455.

SCIA Brings Christmas Spirit to 2023 Holiday Activities

      Sno-dough, reindeer, carriage rides, free movie, and Mr. & Mrs. Claus will bring Christmas Spirit to the holiday activities Shenandoah Chamber & Industry Association has planned for this festive season. Shenandoah Christmas Spirit is the theme for the 2023 holiday season emphasizing family, tradition, giving, peace, friends, celebration, and good cheer.  In the goodwill spirit of the theme SCIA will collect donations of food and kids toys to be passed on to those less fortunate in the community. Donations will be collected in a sleigh in the SCIA window. Earlier this month Shenandoah stores kicked off the Christmas shopping season with a holiday open house event.

Night the Lights Come On November 25th will again feature live reindeer, music, hot chocolate, and horse drawn carriage rides are back, all 3-5 p.m. Parents can take photos with Santa and Mrs. Claus at the Flatiron Plaza location at the corner of Clarinda Avenue and Blossom St. downtown. Holiday lighting count down will be at 5:30 p.m. Soup & Pie Supper fundraiser 5:30– 7 p.m. is hosted by the Veteran’s Memorial Museum at 603 W. Lowell Avenue with donations accepted. Holiday bargain hunters are encouraged to shop Small Business Saturday. Sponsors For the event are Community 1^st Credit Union, Fuller Center for Housing, SCIA, and Shenandoah Medical Center. HyVee will also provide and serve hot chocolate.

Shenandoah Floral

514 W Sheridan Avenue

County Line Design

506 W Sheridan Avenue

Hansen Jewelers

603 W Sheridan Avenue

Brown’s Shoe Fit

611 W Sheridan Avenue

Paper Trail

709 W Sheridan Avenue

Earl May Garden Center

301 S Fremont Street

Serenity Studio Floral & Spa

110 S Elm Street

Sheridan Decorating

1204 W Sheridan Avenue

High Plains Healing & Wellness

600 Fremont St. Suite 3

Hineline Home Furnishings

1215 W Nishna Road

Shenandoah Medical Ctr.

Gift Shop

300 Pershing Avenue

US Cellular-Cellular Advantage

104 S Fremont Street

Shenandoah Garden City Farmers Market, Priest Park 701 7th Avenue Shenandoah, IA open June 7—Oct. 18, Wednesdays 2–5 p.m. and Saturdays 9 a.m. to noon. State Certified Market Accepting WIC, Senior Coupons. Everlything “Homegrown and Handmade”.

FOOD-Fireman’s Pancake Feed Safety Center 7-10am

                     Farmer’s Market Priest Park 9am-noon

                     Shenfest Food Court Flatiron Plaza 10am-3pm

GAMES-SMC Fun Run/Walk 8am Sportsmans Park on Wabash Trace

                         Nature Trace Trail

                         Tennis Tournament Gee Park Tennis Courts Saturday 6pm, Sunday

                         2pm Finals (TBD)

TRACTOR SHOW-Clarinda Avenue City Hall/Flatiron Plaza 9am-2pm

CAR SHOW-9am-1pm Earl May KMA Parking Lot, Elm St., Trophies,

                                        food & music at Veterans Museum

PARADE-Runs west on Sheridan Ave. 2pm, lineup noon Clarinda Avenue

MUSIC-Richie Lee & the Fabulous 50’s Band at the Depot tent on

                          Sheridan  Ave. following the parade 3:30pm w/FREE root beer

                          Marching Band Awards at the Everly Brothers Childhood Home on 

                          Sheridan Ave. following the parade

www.sciaiowa.com

712-246-3455

chamber@sciaiowa.com

619 W. Sheridan Avenue Shenandoah, IA 51601

Wednesday September 20, 10 a.m. American Senior Benefits Southwest Iowa SCIA Grand Opening Ribbon Cutting Coffee at new location downtown, 717 W Sheridan Ave. (Next to Angel Care & Dollar General) Tour the large newly remodeled Office. Open House from 9 a.m. till 3 p.m. Have coffee & donuts in the morning and Sanctuary Cheese & vegie snacks in the afternoon. Visit their new website www.asb-swiowa.com. They will announce plans to be open Saturdays through October for customer convenience.

Saturday September 16th SCIA Grand Opening Ribbon Cutting at 2 p.m. at Sirens Salon and Spa, 519 W. Sheridan Ave.. Come, see this beautifully renovated building and meet the business owner Bri Evans and her staff. Open House from 2-4pm. Coffee, beverages, and snacks will be served.

· 12th Annual Race, organized by Shenandoah Chamber & Industry Association, Southwest Iowa Nature Trails, City of Imogene and Sons & Daughters of Imogene

· Electronic Chip Timing, USATF Certified, Boston Qualifier

· The Wabash Trace Nature Trail is a mostly flat, tree-lined converted railroad line crossing through scenic Iowa countryside with a crushed limestone surfacing

· Out & back races begin and end in Shenandoah for the Marathon and Marathon Relay. Point-to-point Half Marathon begins in Imogene and finishes in Shenandoah

· Relay team divisions: Co-ed, Female, and Male

· 7:30 am start for Marathon & Relay in downtown Shenandoah

· 8:00 am start for Half at Imogene’s St. Patrick Church

· 6 Hour time limit, finish line closes at 1:30

· New policy for

 hazardous weather to post pone race start when

 possible, 10% discount in place at GetMeRegistered.com

 for runners in the canceled 2022 marathon with

 verification code from 2022

· Unique & fun water stations every 2 miles, first aid &

  emergency service on the trail

· Sign-up available for morning-of bus transportation

 from Shenandoah to Half Marathon start in Imogene.

 Bus will return drop bags to Depot for pick-up at end of

 race.

· Early packet & t-shirt pickup in Shenandoah (100 S.

 Maple St.) Friday, Sept. 8, 4-7 p.m. or at each start the

 morning of races

· Showers near finish line (423 W. Thomas Ave.)

· Medals, snacks & beverages at the finish. Awards presented at Depot Restaurant with free beer!

· Race results & photos at www.onlineraceresults.com

Register online www.GetMeRegistered.com or Print entry form at www.SCIAIowa.com

Everly Brothers Heritage Day features UK Baldy Holly Band & Fundraising for Everly Mural Lighting Aug. 1

      Everly Brothers Childhood Home celebrates Everly Heritage Day in Shenandoah on August 1 with a concert by Baldy Holly Band from the UK. The concert will be held across the street from the Everly Brothers Childhood Home at the Depot Deli 6-9 p.m. Summer concerts are held outdoors under the big yellow stripped tent at 101 Railroad Street.

     Donations will be collected at the concert as a fundraiser for solar lighting at the Everly Brothers Highway 2 Mural east of Shenandoah. Last year the giant mural was painted by California artist John Cerney. The 16-foot-high mural directs visitors to the childhood home museum at 800 W. Sheridan Avenue. Online donations can be made at Shenandoah Chamber & Industry Association website www.SCIAIowa.com.  

     In 1945 the Everly family moved to Shenandoah to accept a job at KMA radio station to perform live. From humble beginnings in Shenandoah the Everly Brothers rose to world fame. Their father Ike instilled in his sons his love for music.  At the ages of 8 and 6, sons Don and Phil began to perform on their parents live radio shows on KMA and KFNF. On weekends the family sang together traveling the area as the Everly Family. They stayed in Shenandoah until early high school. The family moved to Tennessee in 1953 and transitioned into a duo act. After decades of success in 1986 The Everly Brothers were among the first ten artists inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. That same year they returned to their boyhood home Shenandoah and played to a crowd of 8,500 in a homecoming concert with parade, street dedication, and class reunion.

     The Baldy Holly Bank is the most requested oldies band in the UK. They are a gutsy rock n roll group based in northeast England and play a variety of 1950’s classics from Buddy Holly, Evis, Chuck Berry, Eddie Cochran and of course the Everly Brothers. They will also be filming and Everly Brothers documentary film while in Shenandoah and around the U.S.

     For more information contact Shenandoah Chamber & Industry as 712-246-3455, chamber@sciaiowa.com.

Shenandoah Chamber & Industry Association’s Annual Meeting & Ag Banquet July 27^th will be held at the Waterfalls Event Center, 907 Hartford Avenue, Farragut, IA with speakers from four major new business projects just completed and under construction in Shenandoah.

The Sanctuary Restaurant will cater the banquet dinner. Doors open at 6pm. Dinner will be served at 6:30pm. Reservations are requested by July 24^th by calling 712-246-3455 or emailing chamber@sciaiowa.com. Choose lemon butter chicken or meat loaf balls with bourbon sauce. Side Dishes to be served are loaded mashed potatoes, crack bacon green beans, salad, rolls, and dessert. Price is $30.00 per person. Pay at the door with check or cash. A cash bar will also be open. Both the Waterfalls Event Center and The Sanctuary are SCIA members.

The mission of Shenandoah Chamber & Industry Association is to improve the economic vitality of Shenandoah, Page and Fremont Counties, to expand high paying employment opportunities, enhance Shenandoah’s retail shopping, and to support major community projects that improve quality of life.

Building Shenandoah’s Bright Future is a theme for the presentations at the annual event. SCIA helped facilitate incentives for each of the Shenandoah business banquet speakers.

Gregg Henshaw, Community 1^st Credit Union President and CEO, represents Shenandoah’s new location which was completed and opened last spring. The banks’ location at 700 S. Fremont St. changed the landscape of Shenandoah’s major business district and offers another banking opportunity to everyone in the region. A not-for-profit financial institution, they are the number one credit union in Iowa for agriculture loans, they offer cash back on debit accounts and higher interest on savings, as well as assistance on down payments for first time home buyers.

Midwest Mental Health has renovated a large two storefront building in downtown Shenandoah that was the former longtime Howard Clothing & Sporting Goods building. The major restoration of the building includes two floors of beautifully designed waiting rooms, offices, break rooms, and large conference room. The private counselling business owned by Kendra & Michael Weston will be their third location and opening soon.

Johnson Brothers Mill is a four-story property at the entrance of Shenandoah’s downtown on Sheridan Avenue that has been empty for decades. Dr. Margaret Brady, owner of SCIA business Healthy Tails Retreat also has a renovation business called MALOJA LLC. She has acquired the building and is rehabilitating the large structure to house her business and others.

Shenandoah Senior Villa Apartments at the corner of Sheridan Avenue and Fremont Street are being built by North Star Housing LLC, represented by Andrew and Mathew Danner. Brothers from the Kansas City area. They can’t attend the SCIA meeting as they continue to develop housing in other locations. But Gregg Connell, SCIA Executive Vice President will present the information about Shenandoah’s apartments under construction. He will also highlight other new businesses and expansions that have been completed in the last year or begun construction.

2022 SCIA Board President John McBride, President of Bank Iowa will pass the gavel to the new 2023 President Matt Sells, Shenandoah Medical Center CEO. Current 2022 SCIA board members are Bill Ditmars KMA is Vice President, Stephanie Osborn of Wilson Ins. is Treasurer, Matt Sells CEO of Shenandoah Medical Center, Cory Scamman Green Plains General Manager, Aaron O’Brien Fareway Manager, John Finn Pella Corp., Amy Zwickel Shenandoah Inn & Suites Hotel, Julie O’Hara Jim Hughes Real Estate, Becky LePorte owner LePorte Electric, Lance Cornelius State Farm Insurance, Chris Clark Fremont County Supervisor, Speck Hendrickson Fremont County Representative, Dr. Kerri Nelson Shenandoah School liaison, City liaisons Mayor Roger McQueen and City Councilman Jon Eric Brantner. Bank liaisons are John McBride Bank Iowa, Adam Wright First National Bank and Kurt Henstorf First Heritage Bank. A new 2023 SCIA board member that will start her three-year term in August is Dr. Margaret Braddy, owner of Healthy Tails Retreat.

SCIA Ag Committee members are Nick Bosley of United Group Insurance, Ian Isaacson of Bank Iowa, Craig Harris retired Farm Credit Services, Rusty Hunter of First Heritage Bank, Rachel Johnson of First National Bank, Steve Lorimor of Lorimor Farms, Jake McGargill of New York Life Insurance, Cale Jones of Tri Tower Farms and Steve Richardson of Tarkio Valley Tractor Club.

SCIA Ag Committee will present the AFA scholarship and the Friend of Ag award. AFA Scholarships are awarded to high school seniors pursuing agriculture related four-year degrees from Shenandoah, Essex and now Sidney school districts. The $4,600 scholarships are funded by local businesses and Ag Future of America.

Local AFA Scholarship contributors are Bank Iowa, First Heritage Bank, KMA Radio, Farm Credit Services of America, Green Plains Shenandoah, Jim Hughes Real Estate, Shenandoah Medical Center, Wilson Insurance, Ed and Star Ann Kloberdanz, Steve and Kathy Lorimor, Bill and Pam Ditmars, O’Hara Seed, United Group Ins., Jones Family Tri Tower Farms, T & K Nielson Farms, Drew Nielson, Duane and Marylou Rexroth, Vetter Equipment, Nishna Vally Funeral & Cremation, Mondo’s Restaurant, and Jay Memorial Trust .

Banquet sponsors are Eyecare Associates of Southwest Iowa, KMA Radio, Miller Building, Sapp Brothers, Wilson Insurance, Rawson Stevens Law, Shenandoah Medical Center, United Group Ins., Nishna Valley Funeral & Cremation, and Community 1^st CU.

For more information visit Shenandoah Chamber & Industry Association new website www.sciaiowa.com.

May 6^th Shenandoah Disability Awareness Walk “A Bridge to Understanding” Seeks Sponsors, Walkers, & Volunteers

      Shenandoah Chamber & Industry Association (SCIA) along with Nishna Productions, Inc. (NPI) and the Depot Restaurant are restarting the Shenandoah Disability Awareness Walk “A Bridge to Understanding” May 6 on the Wabash Trace Nature Trail. Participants are encouraged to register with a signed waiver. Entry forms are available at SCIA, NPI, and the Depot Restaurant.

      The walk, which will start at 1 p.m., is for all ages and all abilities. This free regional event begins at the Sportsman’s Park Wabash Depot next to the Wabash Trace Nature Trail.  Walkers will travel approximately a mile to the big bridge over the Nishnabotna River and back. Gatorade and water will be available at the bridge. The trail can accommodate wheelchairs and a few golf carts will be available for assistance.

     The first 150 participants to finish the 2-mile walk/ride will receive a Bridge to Understanding medallion. Participants are also encouraged to wear their “Bridge to Understanding” t-shirts from previous years.

     The after-party will be at the Depot Restaurant,101 Railroad St., beginning at approximately 2 p.m. and features hot dogs, chips, cookies, and Depot brewed root beer floats, as well as live music under the big tent. Door prizes will be drawn from participant entry forms. Union County Strings band will perform a free concert.    

     There are many opportunities for volunteers to participate in this event. Ideally, volunteers may be partnered one-on-one with an individual with disabilities to walk on the trail. “This is an excellent opportunity for members of the community to interact and engage in a fun way with individuals with disabilities. The hope is to build foundations for friendships and to truly create ‘a bridge to understanding,” said NPI Development Specialist Emily Martin.

     Volunteers are needed to pass out beverages at the half-way point and medallions at the finishing line and to assist with setup/cleanup. At the after-party, volunteers may assist with the food line and root beer floats. Golf carts and drivers are also needed. Contact SCIA to sign-up to volunteer 712-246-3455, chamber@sciaiowa.com.

     Sponsors are needed to help with costs. Door prizes or monetary donations would be appreciated. So far contributors are SCIA, NPI, Depot Deli, Fareway, and HyVee. Contact SCIA at 712-246-3455 or chamber@sciaiowa.com if your organization or business can help.

     “Everyone from the surrounding area is welcome to participate in this special event,” said SCIA Marketing Director Shelly Warner. “It’s a fun, rewarding afternoon of interaction, music, and exercise on the Wabash Trace Nature Trail.”