Journal Star (Peoria, Illinois) articles from August 2001

Journal Star (Peoria, Illinois) archives from August 2001

Illinois Environmentalists Upset over Secrecy Policy for Agricultural Research.
August 28, 2001... Byline: Steve Tarter Aug. 28--PEORIA, Ill.--Illinois environmentalists are upset over a confidentiality policy adopted last week by a state group that parcels out $15 million a year for agricultural research. By a 21-20 vote, the...

Journal Star, Peoria, Ill., Business Briefs Column.
August 28, 2001... Aug. 28--ARCHITECTS JOIN FORCES: The Peoria-based architectural firm LZT Associates Inc. has merged with Larson & Darby Inc. of Rockford and Glen Ellyn-based LZT/Filliung Partnership to form the Larson & Darby Group. LZT will retain its name...

Journal Star, Peoria, Ill., Business File Column.
August 28, 2001... Byline: Paul Gordon Aug. 28--A partnership that has been successful the last six March Madness tournaments is starting to gel in other downtown events. The Peoria Park District and the Peoria Civic Center have agreed to begin...

Journal Star, Peoria, Ill., Business Meetings Column.
August 28, 2001... Aug. 28--EGGS & ISSUES BREAKFAST: The East Peoria Chamber of Commerce & Tourism's Eggs & Issues breakfast meeting will be at 7:30 a.m. Aug. 31 at the Mark Twain Hotel in East Peoria. East Peoria Mayor Charles Dobbelaire will discuss...

Journal Star, Peoria, Ill., Business People Column.
August 28, 2001... Aug. 28--DENISE GHERE has been named first mortgage origination manager by CEFCU. Suzi Lauterbach was named Visa operations manager for the credit union and Sara Payne will be the company's first mortgage operations manager. PHILLIP B....

East Peoria, Ill., to Host Environmental Conservation Expo.
August 28, 2001... Byline: Steve Tarter Aug. 28--EAST PEORIA, Ill.--Farmers who plant trees, grasses and shrubs alongside a stream can reduce up to 70 percent of sediment runoff into Illinois waterways. That's one of the messages being promoted at...

Employers in Central Illinois Ready to Hire, Survey Says.
August 28, 2001... Byline: Steve Tarter Aug. 28--PEORIA, Ill.--Opportunity may be knocking in central Illinois this fall, according to a recent poll of employers. Forty-three percent of companies in the Peoria area plan to hire additional workers...

Lewistown, Ill., Looks Poised for Business Change.
August 28, 2001... Byline: Steve Tarter Aug. 28--LEWISTOWN, Ill.--The spirit of Edgar Lee Masters is alive and well in this Fulton County town of 2,500. Once reviled by townspeople, Masters is now honored here for his "Spoon River Anthology," the 1915...

Peoria, Ill.-Based Telecommunication Equipment Maker Warns on Profits Again.
August 28, 2001... Aug. 28--PEORIA, Ill.--For the second time in two weeks, ROHN Industries Inc. on Friday warned it may not meet earnings projections for the remainder of the year. This time, the warning was that it may not be able to meet even the lower...

Journal Star, Peoria, Ill., Agriculture Briefs Column.
August 21, 2001... Aug. 21--FIELD DAY: The Golden Harvest Field Day will be from 3 to 6 p.m. Thursday at the Thorp Seed Co. in Clinton. A look at the leading agronomic research will be featured on the program. For more information, call (800) 648-2676. ...

Journal Star, Peoria, Ill., Business File Column.
August 21, 2001... Byline: Paul Gordon Aug. 21--Any chance that Foster & Gallagher Inc. would reopen in Peoria and return to its past scale likely will hinge on what transpires today in Chicago. Walt Deehring, the former Foster & Gallagher executive...

Journal Star, Peoria, Ill., Business People Column.
August 21, 2001... Aug. 21--Gerald L. Shaheen, group president at Caterpillar Inc., was elected to the board of directors of UtiliCorp United. --Dexter Rowe Gruber has joined the law firm of Kavanagh, Scully, Sudow, White & Frederick. Gruber is licensed to...

Corn Yields in Illinois Likely to Decrease from Last Year.
August 21, 2001... Byline: Steve Tarter Aug. 21--PEORIA, Ill.--A recent survey of central Illinois fields shows corn yields are already down 10 percent from last year. That decrease may hit 15 percent before the crop is harvested, said Kim Craig,...

Peoria, Ill., Economy Still Considered 'Good' by Experts.
August 21, 2001... Byline: Paul Gordon Aug. 21--PEORIA, Ill.--On the one hand, the Peoria area economy is still showing signs of slowing, according to the Statistical Composite of the Peoria-Pekin Economy. On the other hand, the local economy is just...

Fish Farming Gains Popularity in Peoria, Ill., Area.
August 21, 2001... Byline: Steve Tarter Aug. 21--PEORIA, Ill.--Grover Webb keeps the usual animals at his Golconda farm: cows, horses and shrimp. Webb turned to raising fresh water shrimp in farm ponds this year after attending an aquaculture class at...

Illinois Opens Offices in Other Countries to Ease Trade.
August 21, 2001... Byline: Steve Tarter Aug. 21--PEORIA, Ill.--With offices around the world, the state of Illinois is looking for business. Bart Smit, who manages the state's European office in Brussels, Belgium, doesn't mind that Illinois recently...

Red Cross Asks Illinois Employers to Provide Traffic Safety Lessons.
August 21, 2001... Byline: Steve Tarter Aug. 21--PEORIA, Ill.--Providing traffic safety programs to employees may help a company increase productivity. More importantly, they may save lives. That's the message the American Red Cross is taking to...

Journal Star, Peoria, Ill., Agriculture Briefs Column.
August 14, 2001... Aug. 14--SPRINGFIELD, Ill.--Grants totalling $750,000 will be awarded this fiscal year by the Illinois Department of Agriculture to promote the development of new, more profitable farming practices that conserve natural resources. ...

Journal Star, Peoria, Ill., Business Briefs Column.
August 14, 2001... Aug. 14--PATIENT SATISFACTION: Children's Hospital of Illinois at OSF Saint Francis Medical Center received the best patient satisfaction scores among 45 pediatric healthcare facilities surveyed by an independent surveyor, including...

Journal Star, Peoria, Ill., Business Meetings Column.
August 14, 2001... Aug. 14--TEAMSTERS MEET: The Teamsters Union Local 627 Retirees Club will meet at 11 a.m. Tuesday at 7101 N. Allen. A potluck lunch will be featured. LEGAL/REGULATORY COMPLIANCE: Employers' Association will offer "Legal and Regulatory...

Illinois Farmers Wonder How Federal Subsidies Will Be Spent.
August 14, 2001... Byline: Steve Tarter Aug. 14--PEORIA, Ill.--While Congress has already agreed to spend between $16 and $18 billion a year on agriculture over the next five years, Illinois farmers have plenty of questions on how that money will be spent....

New Court Papers Reveal Peoria, Ill.-Based Horticulture Firm's Marketing Plan.
August 14, 2001... Byline: Clare Howard Aug. 14--PEORIA, Ill.--Documents filed recently in U.S. District Court in Peoria in the Foster & Gallagher Inc. lawsuit show a company besieged with consumer complaints and legal investigations as it allegedly...

Medical Equipment Supply Business Stays in Peoria, Ill., Family.
August 14, 2001... Byline: STEVE TARTER Aug. 14--PEORIA, Ill.--The medical scene has changed greatly since Edward Monroe became a pharmacist in 1963. Not only has he witnessed the fall of the independent drugstore under the onslaught of national chains...

Peoria, Ill.-Based Telecom Tower Maker Follows Record Quarter with Warning.
August 14, 2001... Byline: Paul Gordon Aug. 14--PEORIA, Ill.--Less than three weeks after it announced record second quarter earnings, ROHN Industries Inc. said Monday it must downgrade its forecast for the rest of the year. The Peoria-based...

Peoria, Ill.-Area Leaders Creating Marketing Plan for Regional Tourism.
August 14, 2001... Byline: Brad Burke Aug. 14--MORTON, Ill.--Imagine workers at Peoria's sparkling new $19.5 million RiverPlex referring patrons to East Peoria's EastSide Centre. Or vendors at Washington's Cherry Festival raving about cherry pie in...

Journal Star, Peoria, Ill., Agriculture Briefs Column.
August 7, 2001... Aug. 7--FULTON COUNTY MEETING: The Fulton County Farm Bureau will have a dinner meeting at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 21, to discuss market information. Terry Griffin from the McDonough County Extension Center will discuss nitrogen...

Journal Star, Peoria, Ill., Business Briefs Column.
August 7, 2001... Aug. 7--UNDERWRITERS BREAKFAST: The Central Illinois Association of Health Underwriters will have its monthly breakfast meeting from 8 to 10 a.m. Thursday at the Par-A-Dice Hotel in East Peoria. Jean Nofsinger, manager of Managed Care...

Journal Star, Peoria, Ill., Business File Column.
August 7, 2001... Byline: Paul Gordon Aug. 7--Election to the National Mining Hall of Fame may not be as big a deal to most of us than, say, election to baseball's shrine in Cooperstown, N.Y. But to one local family, it's major. And a long time coming...

Journal Star, Peoria, Ill., Business People Column.
August 7, 2001... Aug. 7--RICHARD H. PARSONS, a local defense lawyer and the federal public defender for the Central District of Illinois, was appointed chairman of the Amicus Curiac Briefs Committee of the American Bar Association's Criminal Justice Section....

Peoria, Ill., Seasonal Lawn, Sprinkler Products Firm Is Restructuring.
August 7, 2001... Byline: Clare Howard Aug. 7--PEORIA, Ill.--A major restructuring at L.R. Nelson Corp. has resulted in the termination of 14 percent of the professional workforce and reorganization of the company into two independent business units. ...

Peoria, Ill., Firm Finds Pens, Other Goodies Are Big Promotional Items.
August 7, 2001... Byline: Steve Tarter Aug. 7--PEORIA, Ill.--Marc Klass wants proud papas to hand out pens instead of cigars. That's not too surprising since Klass runs Worldwide Pens Direct, 8824 N. Industrial Rd., a firm that supplies businesses...

Peoria, Ill., Realtors to Move to New Headquarters.
August 7, 2001... Byline: Steve Tarter Aug. 7--PEORIA, Ill.--The people who deal with moving more than anybody else now are getting ready to do it themselves. The Peoria Area Association of Realtors, based at 110 E. McClure Ave. the past 27 years,...

Automotive Group Buys Naming Rights to Peoria, Ill., Stadium.
August 7, 2001... Byline: Paul Gordon Aug. 7--PEORIA, Ill.--Peoria's new downtown baseball stadium will be named O'Brien Field. The Peoria Chiefs reached an agreement to sell the stadium naming rights to the O'Brien Automotive Group, which owns and...