Elmhurst Chamber News & Notes
State Treasurer at Fall Luncheon
Illinois State Treasurer Judy Baar Topinka will be the Keynote Speaker at a five-chamber Fall Luncheon, co-sponsored by SBC, at the Diplomat West Banquet Halls (681 West North Avenue) on Thursday, October 20, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Joining Elmhurst will be chambers from Addison, Lombard, Wood Dale and Villa Park. Cost is $25.00 per person.
Anniversary Celebration
Unique Travel Service (170 North York Street) will celebrate its 35th Anniversary at Angelo’s Ristorante (247 North York Street) on Thursday, October 13, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Call 833-8850 to RSVP.
Chamber Anniversaries
The following 10 businesses are celebrating Chamber Anniversaries in October:
35 Years—Unique Travel Service, Ltd. (170 North York Street);
30 Years—House of Glass (424 North York Street);
25 Years—Richard Lang DDS, MS, Orthodontic, Ltd. (135 Robert Palmer Drive);
20 Years—L.W. Reedy Real Estate (101 North York Street);
15 Years—Bank One (163 North York Street); and
10 Years—Deborah Davis Day Spa (131 North Addison Avenue), which is celebrating its 20th Anniversary in business, and Gibbons Funeral Home (134 South York Street);
5 Years—Doyle Rowe LTD (530 Cheery), Elmhurst Orthopaedics (300 West Butterfield Road) and Visser Heating & Air Conditioning (124 West Park Avenue).
Best Places to Work in Illinois
The Illinois Chamber of Commerce, The Business Ledger (600 Enterprise Drive, Suite 100, Oak Brook) and the Illinois State Council of The Society for Human Resource Management are co-sponsoring Best Places to Work in Illinois—a combination survey, study and award ceremony—to identify the state’s top places of employment. The entry deadline is November 4. For more info, call 1-877-455-21569 or visit www.bestplacestoworkil.com.
Business After Hours
Unique Travel Service will host the Chamber’s Business After Hours on Wednesday, November 2, from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m.
Membership Breakfast
Huntington Learning Center (567 North York Street) will host the Chamber’s Membership Breakfast on Tuesday, October 18, from 8:00 to 9:00 a.m.
New Members
The following eight businesses joined the Chamber in the past two weeks:
All Tent Rental Supply & Services (15W470 Diversey Place), tent rental and supplies, Bruno, Rene and Joe Valente, 333-7866. The Valente’s recently purchased the business from Jim Kveton;
Anytime Baskets (350 Essex Court, Wood Dale 60191) gift baskets, Penny Vickas, 766-2697;
Capital Security Investment Corporation (2021 Midwest Road, Suite 104, Oak Brook 60523), investments and asset management, Sarunas Griganavicius, 303-0190;
CPT Network Solutions, Inc. (101 South Lively Boulevard, Elk Grove Village 60007), telecommunications consultants and managers, Thomas Chesna and Jerry Reuss, (877) 709-6590;
Keller Williams Realty (112 South York Street), real estate, Barbara Williams, (708) 207-6088);
Minuteman Press (2308 South Elmhurst Road, Mt. Prospect 60056), printing, Robert Peikert, (847) 228-6393;
Safe Clean, Inc. (540 Crescent Boulevard, #10, Glen Ellyn 60137), environmental health services, Stephen Schreiber, 333-2508; and
T-Mobile (1137 South York Road, Bensenville 60106), cellular communications, Nancy Ruiz, 694-4919.
Newsmakers
The Center for Speech and Language Disorders (195 West Spangler Avenue, Suite B) will host its 21st Annual Conference on Children with Language Disorders at the Holiday Inn Express (933 South Riverside Drive) on Friday, October 14.
Luisa Buehler, Owner of Wide Scope Staffing Services (4415 West Harrison Street, Suite 232A, Hillside), will sign her third Grace Marsden Mystery, “The Station Master: A Scheduled Death,” at the Lisle Station Park, 921 School Street, Lisle, on Sunday, October 16, from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m.
Wolf & Company LLP (2100 Clearwater Drive, Oak Brook) will present “The ESOPs Are Coming!,” a seminar on the tax advantages of employee stock ownership plans, on Wednesday, October 19, from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. For more info, contact Gail Joyce at 545-4501 or gail.joyce@wolfco-fs.com.
Special Events
The Elmhurst Branch of American Association of University Women (AAUW) will sponsor “Nourishing Traditions: Bringing Health to Your and Your Family,” featuring presenter Julie Thompson, at the Elmhurst Public Library (125 South Prospect Avenue) on Wednesday, October 12, at 7:30 p.m.
Elmhurst Panhellenic Association (442 Elm Park Avenue) is sponsoring “Divas and Darlings, A Fashion Show,” at Drury Lane in Oak Brook on Friday, October 14, starting at 6:00 p.m. with cocktails. Dinner is at 8:00 p.m., followed by the Fashion Show at 9:00 p.m. Cost is $40.00 per person. Fashion retailers include Enzee Boutique (140 North York Street), Boutie Q Boutique (263 North York Street), York Furrier (107 North York Street), Uptown Shop (111 East First Street) and La La Land (112 South York Street). For more info, e-mail elmhurstpanhellenic@hotmail.com or visit www.elmhurstpnahellenic.org.
Elmhurst Newcomers & Neighbors Club (P.O. Box 416) will sponsor “A Faire to Remember,” its annual vendor faire featuring products from more than 20 area women, at Elmhurst Presbyterian Church (367 Spring Road) on Monday, October 17 from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. For more info, contact Linda Trost at 833-1794 or lintrost@comcast.net.
The Center for Speech and Language Disorders (195 West Spangler Avenue, Suite B) will host a Donor Recognition Reception on Monday, October 24, from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. Call Evelyn at 530-8551, ext. 104, to RSVP by October 21.
Immanuel Lutheran Church and School (142 East Third Street) will conduct a Craft and Bake Sale on Saturday, November 5, from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Call Roberta Elliott at 782-0027 for more info.