The 50-year anniversary celebration for Garrard’s Bait and Tackle is on Saturday, Dec. 17, from 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. Mark your calendars and let’s help them celebrate an amazing 50 years of service to our community. They’re celebrating all their loyal customers, too, with a customer-appreciation and 20%-off storewide. There will be vendor displays and a BBQ lunch from noon until it’s gone. Be sure and congratulate them on this milestone anniversary.

In case you haven’t heard, the chamber has been given an elf this year and we named him Jolly. He has been given the responsibility of visiting many of our chamber businesses to see what they have to offer as a reminder for us to “Shop Local” this season. Be sure to keep up with all the businesses that Jolly finds time to visit and let’s SHOP LOCAL really big this year. You’ll be able to keep track daily on our Facebook page as well as we will send out a weekly update to our members of his many visits. You can even stop by the chamber and get your picture taken with Jolly, he loves having visitors.