Polar Bear Express tickets go on sale Saturday morning

Get ready to buy your tickets for the Polar Bear Express.

Tickets will go on sale at 9 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 4 online. They cost only $2 for all ages.

For those who don’t go online, a limited number of tickets will be held back for sale from 4 to 7 p.m. Monday, Nov. 6, at the Mining Days Community Building in King Jack Park.

Streetcar No. 60 will become the Polar Bear Express on three nights (Thursday, Friday and Saturday) for three weeks after Thanksgiving. That means ticket purchasers have rides on nine nights to choose from.

• Nov. 30 – Dec. 2
• Dec. 7 – Dec. 9
• Dec. 14 – Dec. 16

A Hollywood Holiday is the theme this year.

There is one change for the city’s holiday schedule. Instead of turning on the lights in King Jack Park on Thanksgiving night, there will be a Mayor’s Park Lighting Extravaganza at 6 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 25.

Chamber Awards Banquet honorees

As usual, there were a lot of awards handed out Thursday, Oct. 26, during the Webb City Area Chamber of Commerce Annual Banquet.

Receiving chamber awards were:

• Just A Taste – Business Leader of the Year

• Saltea Sloth – Entrepreneur of the Year

• Crazy Llama Coffee – Best Customer Service

• Lisa Robinson – Robert J. Baker Champion Booster

• Jordan Bolinger – Past Board President

• Cade Higginbotham is the new board president.

Webb City Cardinal Teachers

• Amy Stevens, Madge T. James Kindergarten Center

• Ashley Ebbs, Mark Twain Elementary

• Tamra Baer, Webb City Middle School

• Kristen Huff, Webb City Junior High School

• Kim Spink, Webb City High School

Webb City R-7 Hall of Fame inductee

• John Roderique

City Employee of the Year

• If you call City Hall, you’re likely to hear the pleasant voice of Patti Etherton. She received the Webb City Employee of the Year Award.