Elmhurst Chamber News & Notes
Anniversary Celebration
Crescent Service Garage (111 East Crescent Street), a Chamber member since 2001, will celebrate its 25th Anniversary with free vehicle and child safety seat inspections, and prizes on Saturday, October 1, from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Certified child safety seat inspectors will be available from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Call 941-1777 for more info.
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
Suburban Bank & Trust (150 East Butterfield Road) will host the Chamber’s Business After Hours on Thursday, October 6, from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m.
Membership Breakfast
The Spice Merchant and Tea Room (108 West Park Avenue) and Leonard Family Dental (110 South York Street) will co-host the Chamber’s Membership Breakfast on Thursday, September 29, from 8:00 to 9:00 a.m.
New Members
The following six businesses joined the Chamber in the past two weeks:
Aflac (512 Creighton Lane, Schaumburg 60193), insurance, Chris DeSart, (847) 878-6994;
Bandy & Associates, Inc. (350 Poplar Avenue), business management and outsourcing services, Partner Michael Bandy and President Dee Dee Bandy, 359-4273;
Max Results Plus, Inc. (945 Oaklawn), financial services, Scott Bretl, 834-7880, ext. 119;
MWD Photography (126 North York Street), photography, studio portraiture and weddings, Lukas Oleksak and Martin and Maggie Blaszczyk, 941-0392. MWD was recently purchased from Marie Wilkie-Dobler, who started the business in 1986 and joined the Chamber in 1991;
Quintessential Retirement Services, Inc. (16517 West Lanfear Drive, Lockport 60441), investments and financial services, Kevin T. Clark, (815) 328-1099; and
StuffNearby.com (579 West North Avenue, Suite 205), advertising and internet services, Richard Johnson, 833-6800.
Newsmakers
The United States Postal Service has changed the Elmhurst office hours on weekdays from 8:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., and Saturdays from 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.—one hour later than previously.
Bandy & Associates has been named full-time account manager for the Medical Dental Hospital Business Associates (MDHBA), a healthcare service association comprised of accounts receivable management companies providing educational programs and services.
Enerpace Executive & Personal Coaching (240 North Addison Avenue) will conduct a workshop titled “Slaying Your Public Speaking Gremlins,” with tips to conquer the top five most common public speaking fears at The Sound Center, 4949 Forest Avenue, Downers Grove, on Saturday, October 1, from 9:00 to 11:30 a.m. Call 832-4399 to register.
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) announced the admission of Elmhurst College graduate Judy Gauthier as a Partner of the firm, responsible for Audit and Accounting Quality Control. Also, Sean Hickey passed the Certified Information Systems Auditors examination through the CISA Association, while EC graduate Cindy Todd and Aaron Ball were hired as Staff Accountants.
Special Events
Seattle Sutton, Founder and President of Seattle Sutton’s Healthy Eating, will be the first of five speakers in the Elmhurst College Speaker Series 2005-06, talking on “From Nurse to Entrepreneur” in the Frick Center on Thursday, September 29, at 7:00 p.m.
The Elmhurst Historical Museum (120 East Park Avenue) is exhibiting quilts, titled Patches & Pieces in Place, through December 4. Call 833-1457 for more info.
The Elmhurst Art Museum (150 Cottage Hill Avenue) will exhibit “Gardens of Earth and Water,” a new series of prints and watercolors by Elmhurst native Keith Achepol, from October 1 through January 15, 2006. For more info, call 834-0202 or visit www.elmhurstartmuseum.org.
The Elmhurst Historical Society is seeking Housewalk volunteers on Friday, October 7, for three shifts—9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., 12:00 noon to 3:00 p.m. and 5:45 to 9:00 p.m. To volunteer, call Steve Michals at Prairie Display/Chicago (600 North Michigan Avenue) at 834-773 or e-mail smichals@prairiedisplay.com.
The Elmhurst Symphony Orchestra (P.O. Box 345) will open its 46th season, “Spotlight on Talent,” with “Flights of Fancy” in Hammerschmidt Memorial Chapel at Elmhurst College (190 Prospect Avenue) on Saturday, October 8, at 7:00 p.m. For more info, call 941-3264 or visit www.elmhurstsymphony.org.
Polays’ Home Dйcor (100 North York Street) will be having a grand opening event during Elmhurst City Centre’s Uptown/Downtown Block Party, on Saturday, September 24, from 12:00 noon to 10:00 p.m. Refreshments from CHOW and All Things Elegant will be served.