Business After Hours
Suburban Bank & Trust Company (150 East Butterfield Road) will host the Chamber’s Business After Hours on Thursday, April 24, from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m.
New Members
The following 10 businesses joined in the past two weeks:
Bassett Furniture Direct (621 West North Avenue), furniture retailer, Earlene Carlson, 832-2990;
Chicago Bible Students (802 Fairmont Court), church, Mark Kandel, (847) 375-0782;
Fruitful Yield (214 North York Street), vitamins and natural products, Michele Borum, 530-1445;
Judith Coleman (247 Elm Park), associate member, 833-2476;
Property Tax Reduction (6262 Kingery Road, #210, Willowbrook), property tax service, Larry Labus, 325-1825;
Sierra Builders Inc. (202 North York Street), general contractor, Dario Tranter, 832-5300;
The Project Connection (988Bryan Street), executive coaching, Robert Koch, 279-9890;
Tom Cathcart (402 Huntington Lane), 833-6162;
Upfront Valet Inc. (3N450 Crown Road), valet service, Chuck Crudele, 212-9767; and
V&J Tile Co., Inc. (498 Fair), installer of ceramic tile, marble, granite and quarry tile, James and Valerie Size, 833-1637.
In the previous column, BMW Building Inspections Inc. (808 Geneva) was misspelled.
Newsmakers
The Mock Trial Team from Timothy Christian High School (188 West Butterfield Road) defended its State Championship in March, winning for the fourth time in seven years, and will represent Illinois at the National Tournament in New Orleans on Mother’s Day weekend.
The Character Crusades Committee at Kinder Castle Early Care and Education Center (212 West Lake Street) collected supplies to create care packages for the U.S. soldiers in Iraq.
Special Events
The Elmhurst Family YMCA (211 West First Street) is sponsoring a series of seminars on home buying and selling each Wednesday in April and the first Wednesday in May from 7:00 to 8:30 p.m. Chamber participants include the Catalano Mortgage Group of First Home Mortgage (112 South York Street), Coldwell Banker (190 North York Street), L.W. Reedy Real Estate (101 North York Street), Prudential Prairie Path Realtors (500 Spring Road), RE/MAX East-West (191 South Route 83) and Schiller Real Estate (540 South York Street). A one-time donation of $10.00 to the YMCA is requested. Visit www.catalanomortgage.com for complete seminar info.
Milano Model & Toy Museum (116 West Park Avenue) is displaying rare and historic Barbie dolls and playsets from the collection of Sherry Baloun through April. Call 279-4422 for more information.
The Rotary Club of Elmhurst (P.O. Box 147) will sponsor “Bayou Bash,” its annual scholarship benefit dinner/dance, at River Forest Country Club (15W468 Grand Avenue) on Friday, April 25, starting at 7:00 p.m. Ticket cost is $45.00 per person. For more information, call John Zawaski at 530-1734.
Pet Celebrations (1812 Taft Avenue, Berkeley) will host free pet pictures with the Easter Bunny on Friday, April 18, from 12:00 noon to 6:00 p.m. and Saturday, April 19, from 12:00 noon to 3:00 p.m. The bakery also will host a free “Trap, Neuter and Release” Humane Society workshop on Saturday, April 26, from 10:30 am. to 12:00 noon.
York Community High School (355 West St. Charles Road) will conduct a Moving Sale on Saturday, April 26, from 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Call 941-4719 for more information.
Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream (539 Spring Road) will host its annual Free Cone Day on Tuesday, April 29, from 12:00 noon to 9:00 p.m., with donations to benefit the Elmhurst Children’s Assistance Foundation (P.O. Box 291).
The Greek organizations of Elmhurst College (190 Prospect Avenue) will host “Walk for Hope in Memory of Claire Bartels,” their annual philanthropy to benefit the American Cancer Society, on Tuesday, April 29, from 11:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Call Jensine Fitzgibbons at 516-2034 for more information.
The Elmhurst Senior Citizens Commission for the City of Elmhurst (209 North York Street) will conduct its annual Senior Health and Safety Fair at Elmhurst Memorial Center for Health, 1200 South York Street, on Wednesday, April 30, from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. For more information, call Chairman Shirley Myers at 834-2025.
Spring Luncheon
The Chamber will honor car dealerships, body shops, rental and leasing agencies, and repair and service shops at its “Salute to the Automotive Industry” 2003 Spring Luncheon at the Diplomat West Banquet Halls, 681 West North Avenue, on Wednesday, April 23, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.