Corporate Cleveland articles from June 1991

Corporate Cleveland archives from June 1991

So you want to be amused. (theme parks Geauga Lake, Cedar Point and Sea World add attractions to add customers)
June 1, 1991... So you want to be amused Paris, St. Croix, or Cedar Point? It's your choice for vacation, but area theme parks are rolling out the carpet to get your business in 1991. Betting that they can "amuse" you, Geauga Lake, Cedar Point, and Sea...

Hartville True Value sweeps up. (leader in selling Hoover vacuum cleaners and products)
June 1, 1991... Hartville True Value sweeps up Who leads the country's True Value stores in selling Hoover vacuum cleaners? It's none other than the Hartville True Value hardware store in Hartville, Ohio (population 1,800), located just down the road from...

Pay your taxes or we unplug Ms. Pac-Man. (Cleveland City Council's $50 licenses on amusement devices causes problem in amusement industry)
June 1, 1991... Pay your taxes or we unplug Ms. Pac-Man Is Cleveland's new amusement license a source of cash for the troubled general fund or a crackdown on the sinister impact of video games on society? Only Big Brother knows for sure, and he's not...

Rhymes arrive as a sign of old times. (Cleveland's Simon Sign Co. advertises by its editorial comments on its own sign)
June 1, 1991... Rhymes arrive as a sign of old times Simon "rhymed" you for decades with poems cool and hot, but if you don't buy our signs soon this will be a parking lot. With that strained, dunning poem, Donna Nowak reopened an era....

Shaping an industry. (Jon E. Jenson, president and secretary of the Precision Metalforming Association)
June 1, 1991... Shaping an industry Jon E. Jenson likes a good challenge, whether it's hunting a bull moose in Canada or fishing for trout in Wisconsin, or battling overseas competition to bring the North American metalforming industry to the global...

Seeing above the horizon. (Dr. Lynn Bondurant Jr., chief of the Office of Educational Programs at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Lewis Research Center, Cleveland, Ohio)
June 1, 1991... Seeing above the horizon Although he spends his life tending to daily tasks on earth, Dr. Lynn Bondurant Jr. anchors his mind in space. "I love space," says Bondurant, chief of the Office of Educational Programs at the National...

Turning a blooming headache into a bed of roses. (Patte Streb pulls together United Floral Supply Inc. after husband's death)
June 1, 1991... Turning a blooming headache into a bed of roses In 1979, when Patte Streb was mourning the death of her husband, the flowers that kept coming in were just a thorn in her side. Her husband, Raymond Bellrose, owned Canton-based United...

Choosing up sides for the contribution game. House Democrats say Governor George Voinovich's "playing field" is not exactly level. (Ohio's dilemma regarding legislation on union and corporation political contributions)
June 1, 1991... Choosing up sides for the contribution game House Democrats say Governor George Voinovich's "playing field" is not exactly level. Around the statehouse, campaign finance reform is kind of like safe sex: Everyone says they're for it,...

Northeast Ohio's top 30 financial institutions. (includes credit unions, thrifts, and banks; no full text - table only) (directory)
June 1, 1991... NORTHEAST OHIO'S TOP 30 FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS Solid and traditional are words that describe the banking, thrift, and credit union institutions that make up Corporate Cleveland Magazine's Top 30 Financial list. With only a few exceptions...

The money machine: banks do want to make business loans. But your dash for the cash may leave you spinning. (methods for getting a bank loan; includes related articles)
June 1, 1991... THE MONEY MACHINE Banks do want to make business loans. But your dash for the cash may leave you spinning. Hugh Schein of Buckeye Forge Inc. in Cleveland knows what it is like to be turned down for a loan. As president of an industrial...

Nothing ventured ... nothing gained. (financing a new business is hard but possible)
June 1, 1991... NOTHING VENTURED . . . NOTHING GAINED There's plenty of money around to start a business. But the key is convincing investors to loosen their purse strings. In 1986, the founders of STERIS Corp. had a dream: To produce sterilizer systems...

Arches are golden for Jim Larsen. (James K. Larsen, president of Larsen Architects, carves out special niche in retail and restaurant business)
June 1, 1991... Arches are golden for Jim Larsen Lakewood-based Larsen Architects designs everything from monkey houses to McDonald's restaurants. James K. Larsen, president of Larsen Architects, represents a classic fast starter. Less than ten years...

Space secrets: why has NASA's Lewis Research Center received so little credit in its home town? (includes related article)
June 1, 1991... SPACE SECRETS Why has NASA's Lewis Research Center received so little credit in its home town? On January 23, 1941, a cloudy, freezing day, Dr. George W. Lewis, director of research for the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics...

Living well is the best investment: banks may offer better returns, but there's no place like home. (people are buying homes for the pleasure of restoration instead of as a quick investment)
June 1, 1991... Living well is the best investment Banks may offer better returns, but there's no place like home. The previous owner of Tom and Anne Merriman's Cleveland Heights home paid $42,000 in May 1988 for their five-bedroom bungalow. He...

A low-profile, high-volume exchange: NASDAQ market-makers short, butcher, and order stocks. (National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation system)
June 1, 1991... A low-profile, high-volume exchange NASDAQ market-makers short, butcher, and order stocks. For Robert Knezevic, taking a puff on a cigar in between trades helps alleviate some of the stress...even at 9:30 a.m. That's when the...

The power of a moving message: for 35 cents you can be part of this radio promotion. (radio station WPHR-FM uses red custom-RV for promotion campaign)
June 1, 1991... The power of a moving message For 35 cents you can be part of this radio promotion. If you've wondered about those two bright red RTA buses that have been circling downtown Cleveland for the past two years, Mark S. Heiden, vice...

Star Bank. (Position reports)
June 1, 1991... Star Bank, Cleveland, has elected Joseph A. Campanella chairman and chief executive officer.

Star Bank. (Position reports)
June 1, 1991... TransOhio Savings Bank has promoted Steven Pollack to vice president, investment manager.

Falls Savings Bank. (Position reports)
June 1, 1991... Falls Savings Bank has named Gene Stalnaker president.