Children have one more chance to visit Santa Claus at Rotary Park

Santa will be in his workshop at the Linton Rotary Park in downtown Linton on Saturday from 1-4 p.m. If you haven't stopped in to tell Santa what's on your Christmas wish list, please do so.

This will be Santa's last day in the workshop before he heads back to the North Pole.

When you stop to visit Santa, be sure to get your surprise from Linton Pizza Hut as well as candy canes from Marvin Abshire Attorney at Law and Francis Jewel Box.

* A Pleasant Grove Christmas Musical is under way now at Pleasant Grove Farms south of Linton. This annual holiday event is Christmas Music choreographed to lights.

The choreographed light show will run from Dec. 12 through 27 from 6-10 p.m. each night. A Patriotic show is planned for Dec. 27 through Jan. 1. It is recommended that you use one of the four parking lots, tune your radio to FM 90.1 and sit and enjoy the shows.

For more information check out www.pleasantgrovechristmas.com .

* If you haven't had an opportunity to drive through Humphreys Park in Linton and see the holiday light display there, please do so. Pride in the Park is sponsoring this year's event.

Tune to 88.1 and enjoy the variety of music while taking in the lights.

* The Linton-Stockton Chamber of Commerce's annual dinner and awards banquet is scheduled for Thursday, Jan. 21 at the Linton Elks Lodge. Our speaker this year will be Captain Charles LaSota from NSWC Crane.

Doors open at 6 p.m. and dinner begins at 6:30 p.m.. This is open to the public. Cost per person is $22. A table for eight can be reserved for $150.

The Chamber will be recognizing our Business of the Year and our Citizen of the Year.

* The New Year is just around the corner, which means the Chamber's activities will be picking up for 2010. Our Chamber will again have a booth at the Indianapolis Boat, Sport and Travel Show at the State Fair Grounds. Our booth is located in the Pepsi Coliseum.

This year's Boat Show is scheduled from Feb. 19 - 28. The Chamber will be promoting outdoor recreation in the Linton area.

If you plan to make a trip to the Boat Show, please be sure to stop and say hello to our volunteers working the booth.

* March 6 will be our annual Spring Expo at the Linton Armory. We will have a variety of vendors available to help you with a number of projects around the house.

Watch for details as this date approaches.

* March 13 will be the first of our 2010 Freedom Festival activities. Our Freedom Festival Scholarship Pageant is this evening at the Linton-Stockton High School Auditeria. We will crown the 2010 Freedom Festival Queen and her Court.

This is open to any senior girl at Linton-Stockton High School or any senior girl living in the Linton-Stockton School Corporation.

Additional details will be available in January.

* And speaking of the Freedom Festival, we are receiving several inquiries here in the office regarding the 2010 Freedom Festival parade.

The parade is scheduled for Monday, July 5 at 10 a.m. With July 4 falling on a Sunday, the parade has been moved to Monday.

The James Gang Amusements will be returning from June 28 through July 5 offering a variety of rides for the young and young at heart.

Cheryl is the executive director of the Linton-Stockton Chamber of Commerce. She can be reached by telephone at 848-4846.