Business After Hours
Oak Brook Dental Center (340 West Butterfield Road) will host the monthly Business After Hours on Thursday, September 12, from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m.
Membership Breakfast
The Chamber (113 Adell Place) will host the monthly Membership Breakfast on Thursday, September 19, from 8:00 to 9:00 a.m. to start an all-day Open House as a celebration kickoff for Chamber of Commerce Week (September 22-28).
New Members
The following five businesses and organizations joined the Chamber in the past two weeks:
Bits N Pieces (108 West Second Street), retail/studio, Duane Foster, 516-3430;
League of Women Voters of Elmhurst (585 Prospect Avenue), civic/service club, Jan Dorner (President), 832-8089;
M&M Roofing, Inc. (760 Holbrook Road, Glenwood), roofing, siding and windows, Ryan Bruinsma, 758-0088, ext. 21;
Midwest Jewelry & Diamond Co. (675 West St. Charles Road), retail jewelry, Kurt Hill, 782-1200; and
Quest Publishing (640 Fern Court), publishing and newspapers, Debbie Hamilton, 624-1162.
Newsmakers
Luisa Scala purchased Wide Scope Staffing Services, Inc. (4415 West Harrison Street, Suite 202A, Hillside) on April 12, only five days after celebrating her 25th year as General Manager. The 36-year-old employment agency joined the Chamber in May of 1993, and Scala serves as a Chamber Ambassador.
Mike Maddock, 37, President and Chief Financial Officer of Maddock Douglas (111 Adell Place) and Michael Illingworth, 33, President of All Chicagoland Moving & Storage Co. (730 North York Street) will be recognized among Today’s Young Executives by The Business Ledger during a reception in the Founders Lounge of the Frick Center at Elmhurst College (190 Prospect Avenue) on Thursday, September 5, starting at 5:30 p.m. Cosponsors include SBC Ameritech (2 Westbrook Corporate, Suite 600, Westchester), The Private Bank and Trust Company (1603 16th Street, Oak Brook) and the College’s Center for Professional Excellence. RSVP by August 29 by calling Julie Nosal at 617-3440.
Ginger James, lunchtime waitress at Riley’s Gathering Place (590 South York Street), will appear on “Wheel of Fortune” on Friday, September 6, at 6:30 p.m.
Chamber President John Quigley will receive the Elmhurst College Bluejay Backers’ 2002 Community Service Award during halftime of the College’s Community Day football season opener versus Benedictine University at renovated Langhorst Field on Saturday, September 7, at 1:00 p.m. A 1977 EC graduate, Quigley served his Alma Mater as Associate Director of Public Relations from 1991-99 and is an 11-year member of the Bluejay Backers Executive Committee. Langhorst’s $1 million renovation features a state-of-the-art artificial turf for football and soccer.
Special Events
District 205 Foundation (130 West Madison Street) will host a black tie-optional “Passport to the Future” Grand Opening of York High School’s (335 West St. Charles Road) new Academic Building on Saturday, August 31, at 7:30 p.m. Entertainment will feature the Elmhurst College Jazz Band. Cost is $65.00 per person. Call 617-2328 for more information.
Chicago watercolorist Tom Lynch will do a print signing at Wallscapes (108 North York Street) on Saturday, August 31, from 12:00 noon to 4:00 p.m.
The Larry Roesch Family Auto Group (200 West Grand Avenue) will host the 11th Annual Northeast DuPage Special Recreation Association (NEDSRA) Golf Classic at White Pines Golf Club, 500 West Jefferson Street, Bensenville, on Friday, September 6. Cost is $160.00 per person.
Elmhurst Memorial Hospital Foundation (200 Berteau Avenue) will host its annual theme party, titled “Those Were the Days,” at The Carlisle in Lombard on Friday, September 13, at 7:00 p.m. Cost is $50.00 per person. Call Sally at 782-7829 for more information.
Immanuel Lutheran School (148 East Third Street) is seeking $50,000.00 in donations from “Technology Angels” to purchase $80,000 in new computer equipment. Students and parents have contributed $30,000.00. Call 832-9302 for more information.