If all turns out as planned, the Kimball high school gyms will be swarmed with people this Saturday, March 27. What’s happening? It’s the first Kimball Business & Community Expo put on by the Kimball Area Chamber of Commerce. From 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., people can visit more than 50 community businesses and organizations all in one place. There will be dozens of prize drawings, Kimball Kash give-aways, and lots of freebies. The north gym will hold the Kimball Kids Jamboree with lots of activities for children. Food vendors will be in the cafetorium. Entertainment will be on-going throughout the expo. And both parking and admission are FREE. There has been talk for years of holding a business expo like Annandale and other communities do. This year, the Kimball Chamber put talk into action. All 60 available booths have sold out, and a wide variety of businesses and organizations will be there to show off what they do. Here’s the final list of exhibitors: Alpaca Carriers, Inc. AmericInn Lodge & Suites Arne’s Enterprises, Inc. Arnold’s of Kimball, Inc. Crown Excavating, Inc. Curves Dean’s Farm Seeds Dingmann Funeral Care diversiCOM/Melrose Telephone Co. Doug Young, Inc. Education Minnesota-Kimball Fairhaven Lions Club Fortner Piano Girl Scouts Gohmann’s SuperValu Granite Wright Gusto Graphics Hair-Do’s Family Hair Care Hendricks Sand & Gravel, Inc. Heritage House of Kimball Holy Cross School Home Interiors/Better Homes & Gardens Images by Marguerite J-Craft KDUZ Radio Kim-Built Propane Kimball Area Chamber of Commerce Kimball Area Friends of the Library Kimball Area Historical Society Kimball Area Public Schools Kimball Chiropractic Clinic Kimball Community Ed. Kimball Community Playhouse Kimball Elementary School and P.I.E. Kimball Express-O Kimball Family Advocate Kimball Golf Club Kimball Lions Lakeview Garden Enterprises LeSage Reynolds & Welter of E.V., Ltd. Lundeen Bros. Ford Minnesota Women of Today Orion Industries, Inc. Realty Plus Relay For Life SMR State Bank of Kimball Styme Industries, Inc. Theisen Building Supplies Thomas Ehlinger Agency, Inc. Thomes Insurance Group-Kimball Tri-County News Tupperware Watkins Area Medical Clinic Watkins Veterinary Clinic Wright County Realty Entertainment will include singer Arlene Sands, painter Allen Stelton, and demonstrations by Young American Self-Defense. Come on down and check us out. Get your blood pressure checked. Pick up pens, pencils and doodads. Get valuable coupons. Enter dozens of drawings. Have a chance to win $20 or more in Kimball Kash. See a bit of Kimball history, and witness history in the making. ALL FOR FREE. Lots of activities will be provided for the kids, too. Fun things like jumping pillows, face painting and carnival games. Safety demonstrations will also be given on electricity and escaping a smoke-filled house. These kids’ activities are all part of the Kimball Kids’ Jamboree located in the north (“old”) gym at KAHS. And what would a community gathering be without food? In addition to the goodies being given away throughout the expo hall, you’ll be able to purchase rolls, coffee, pop, sub sandwiches or hot dogs. These food items will be available in the Food Court (cafetorium). Come early and stay late. Bring the whole family! There will be lots to take in at the Kimball Business & Community Expo this Saturday, March 27. Doors open to the public at 9 a.m., and the expo closes at 2 p.m. Again, admission and parking are FREE.
