[November 30, 2015]      

This past weekend, the Lincoln/Logan County Chamber of Commerce assisted the downtown businesses in Lincoln in promoting the “Shop small / Shop local” theme of Small Business Saturday.

Once again this year, the Chamber offered a scavenger hunt with clues taped to the front doors of participating businesses, a hidden ceramic watermelon, and a second clue given by the merchant once the watermelon was found. Throughout the day, the various businesses in Lincoln had folks searching and happily finding the little watermelon tucked away somewhere inside their store. Once the melon was found, the stores rewarded the finder with a gift of Chamber Bucks that could be spent at any participating Chamber member retailer.

For shoppers who visited all the participating stores, there was an opportunity to enter into a drawing for additional gifts. At 2 p.m., several of the shoppers of the day gathered at By the Bean on the west side of the square, to see if they might be the winner of one of four gift bags given out.

Pictures by Nila Smith

Cox commented that it had been a fun day, and she felt like there had been a good turnout. She noted that at least 30 people did visit all the participating stores, and returned to the coffee house to enter for the gift bags.

 

Nicole Cox and Connor Browne of the Chamber drew out the names one at a time, while Chamber office assistant Jaimie Bishop read aloud the contents of each bag.
 

 

 

The first gift bag was won by Hannah Michalsen and was valued at $180.

The bag contained a $15 gift certificate and Christmas ornament from Flossie and Delzena’s, a $20 gift certificate from Mama’s Arcade, $25 certificate from Mary Todd’s Hallmark, a Cookies for Santa plate valued at $40 from MKS Jewelers, $30 in Chamber Bucks from the Chamber, a $20 certificate from Simply Homespun, $20 certificate from ReNew Consignment and Thrift Shop, and a History of Lincoln.

 

The second bag was awarded to Tracey Bergin and was valued at $105. The bag contained gift certificates from Serendipity Stitches and Make it Sew, $10 in Chamber Bucks, a Nativity Scene Music Box from Beans and Such, and a History of Lincoln.
 

 

Roger Michalsen won the third gift bag valued at $90.

The bag contained a Baggalini Purse from Prairie years, and Pink T-Shirt from the Blue Dog Inn, an assortment of books from the Lincoln Public Library, $10 in Chamber Bucks and a History of Lincoln.