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Small Business Saturday is this coming Saturday. In Dodgeville, at the
Dodge Theatre at 10:30 a.m., there will be a FREE Christmas movie.The
movie will be "Santa Buddies!" Actually, admission is asked to be a canned
good for the food pantry. Youngsters will be greeted by Mr. and Mrs. Santa
Claus at the theatre and then can grab a bite to eat and have photos taken
with them at Cobblestone Coffee House from 1:00-2:30 p.m. for $1. There
will be "Random Acts of Kindness" going on that day, a Vendor's Fair at
Dodger Bowl, the start of a "Jingle Bells BINGO Shopping Game," Christmas
music, Santa's Elves and more! Then, there's even more going on leading
up to Christmas! Santa and Mrs. Claus will be making a return trip to Cobblestone
on Sunday, December 11th from 1-2:30 p.m.
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The Jingle Bells BINGO (no cash prizes) is at participating businesses and
prizes include sports tickets, gift certificates to local businesses, and more!
BINGO cards are available at the Chamber office and Dodger Bowl.
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The Dodgeville Area Chamber of Commerce, with help from the
Dodgeville Chronicle, spearheads "Small Business Saturday." It's with a hope
that a lot of business stays right here in Dodgeville, but just as important,
stays in the nearby small cities, towns and villages too! Money spent in these
areas stay in these areas and gets spent over and over again by the business
owners and employees!
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Our Saturday breakfast stop took us to Karla's Kitchen in Lancaster. It's a
very good place to eat and the people are really friendly. We had a young
waitress who (as usual) we gave a rough time to. She could dish it right back
and did! That's what makes going to different places a lot of fun. The "unfortunate"
thing was that former Dodgeville grad Paul Thuli met up with us
as he and wife Myrna live in Lancaster. I am really kiddding about the "unfortunate"
part!
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What a change in the weather from Friday (67 degrees, to Saturday - a 40
degree drop in temperature and winds that felt like 40 MPH!) Sunday stayed
about the same temperature, but the winds went away and the sun came out.
I don't mind the colder weather, but those huge drops in temperature take a
longer time to get used to! But, we didn't have more than a few flakes of
snow when up in northern Minnesota they had about a foot. Former Iowa
County Administrator Curt Kepart is a Minnesotaian - he can have and deserves
that snow!
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This Thursday is Thanksgiving. It's a time to give THANKS for all we have
in this great country! Myself, I'm just happy to be an American and live in
Wisconsin! I have (what I feel is) a pretty good life and family (including
Pat's) that I'm very proud of!
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There will be a lot of Christmas events going on in the area communities.
Stay in touch with a lot of them by reading the Dodgeville Chronicle each
week!
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Congratulations to the River Valley football team for finishing with the
"Silver Ball" at the WIAA State Football Championships in Division 4. They
represented the SWC and area well! Check out the above photo showing
some of the River Valley school spirit at Camp Randall Stadium in Madison
Thursday night!