Business After Hours
Mimmo’s Pizza (561 North York Street) will host the Chamber’s Business After Hours on Tuesday, August 19, from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m.
Grand Re-Opening
Leonard’s Fine Men’s Clothing (129 North York Street) and Pfund & Clint Florists (123 North York Street) will co-host a Grand Re-Opening on Thursday, August 7, from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m.
Membership Breakfast
Wide Scope Staffing Services (4415 West Harrison, Suite 202A, Hillside) will host the Chamber’s Membership Breakfast on Wednesday, August 13, from 8:00 to 9:00 a.m. in partnership with GO Promotions (348 Fair Avenue) and Strategic Employee Benefit Services of Illinois, Inc. (303 West Madison Street, Suite 800, Chicago).
New Members
The following business joined the Chamber in the past two weeks:
Common Sense Solutions (310 West Lake Street, Suite 111), IT consulting, Christine Salamanca, 379-0330.
New Teachers Luncheon
The Chamber will sponsor its 13th Annual New Teachers Luncheon at the Diplomat West Banquet Halls (681 West North Avenue) on Wednesday, August 20, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. The cost is $25.00 per person, plus $25.00 to sponsor a teacher.
Newsmakers
GO Promotions (348 Fair) will conduct its annual client show at the Holiday Inn Willowbrook on Tuesday, August 26, from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. RSVP to Chris Ortegon by phone at 530-2898, by fax at 530-8307 or via e-mail at chrisgopro@attbi.com.
A live look of the expansion work on the York Theatre (150 North York Street) can be viewed via web cam at www.classiccinemas.com.
Guy and Phil Maniscalo, Owners of CARSTAR Elmhurst (180 West Lake Street) along with Dean Fisher, received CARSTAR’s 2002 Outstanding Customer Service Award at their Avondale CARSTAR in Chicago.
Frank Catalano Sr., Owner of Frank’s Real Estate (112 South York Street), received the REALTOR Association of West/South Suburban Chicagoland’s award for 35 years of continuous membership.
Luisa Scala Buehler, Owner of Wide Scope Staffing Services, received the 2003 Order of the Arrow Adult Scouter from Woodridge Boy Scout Troop 562, Three Fires Council. The Order of the Arrow is Scouting’s National Honor Society.
The Deicke Center for Nursing Education at Elmhurst College (190 Prospect Avenue) has been chosen to provide college degree-completion course work for nurses at Advocate Lutheran General Hospital.
Special Events
The Elmhurst Family YMCA 5th Annual Golf Classic, presented by the Elmhurst Jaycees, will be held at Maple Meadows Golf Course, 272 Addison Road, Wood Dale, on Thursday, August 14, starting at 11:30 a.m. Cost of $150.00 per person includes golf, lunch, dinner and more. For more info, call Ed Strangeway at 530-1277 or Suzanne Wolf at 834-9200.
The Elmhurst Memorial Hospital Foundation will host “California Dreamin’,” its annual fall fundraiser, at the Carlisle in Lombard on Friday, September 5, to benefit the hospital’s Emergency Department expansion. Music will be provided by the Elmhurst College Jazz Band. Tickets are $50.00 per person. Call 782-7829 for more info.
Subscribers to the Elmhurst Symphony Orchestra’s 2003-2004 series can save $20.00 off the $105.00 four-concert ticket price prior to September 5. Concerts are scheduled for Elmhurst College’s Hammerschmidt Memorial Chapel on October 4, November 16, February 15 and May 15. Call 941-0202 for more info.
Season ticket costs for the 2003-2004 Monday Evening Concert Series at Bethel United Church of Christ (315 East St. Charles Road) are $70.00 for adults, $65.00 for seniors and $40.00 for students. Concerts are scheduled for September 29, December 8 and February 23. Individual concert tickets and group packages are available. Call 279-4040 for more info.