Herald-Times (Bloomington, IN) articles from December 2002

Herald-Times (Bloomington, IN) archives from December 2002

Herald-Times, Bloomington, Ind., On the Menu Column.
December 2, 2002... Byline: Brian Werth Dec. 2--The Bloomington Country Club will be the site for a fine wine dinner Dec. 3 at 6:30 p.m. The menu will feature assorted canapes; scallop with white wine butter sauce; wilted arugula and roasted walnut...

Herald-Times, Bloomington, Ind., Business People Column.
December 3, 2002... Dec. 3--WHITE BECOMES ACCOUNT MANAGER: Lori White has joined the Hylant Group Insurance Agency in Bloomington as account manager in the Employee Benefit Department. White has extensive experience in the benefits area. AGRAMONTE NAMED...

Officials Blame Job Cuts, Easy Loans for Foreclosures.
December 3, 2002... Byline: Bethany Swaby Dec. 3--If you're having trouble making your mortgage payments, don't be afraid to seek help and don't wait until it's too late. And if it makes you feel better, remember you're not alone. Indiana has the...

Indiana's Mortgage Foreclosures Lead Nation.
December 3, 2002... Byline: Bethany Swaby Dec. 3--Indiana is leading the nation in mortgage foreclosure rates, and Monroe County is not exempt from the statewide problem. Slightly more than 200 foreclosures have been filed in Monroe County's court systems...

New Wave of Cell Phones Sport Fancy Features.
December 3, 2002... Byline: Brian Werth Dec. 3--As cell phones get smaller, have longer battery life and add color viewing screens, their use in the United States may someday approach that of Japan or some of the Scandinavian countries. Cell phone...

Herald-Times, Bloomington, Ind., Technology Today Column.
December 3, 2002... Byline: Lisa Gill Dec. 3--It is a pottery birdhouse. A pair of life-sized, steel dancers. A picture of the sunset at the Tate museum. Penny postcards, independently produced CDs, a painting of orchids. While this assortment of art may...

Herald-Times, Bloomington, Ind., Brian Werth Column.
December 3, 2002... Byline: Brian Werth Dec. 3--Sometimes when we think about what the business world is all about, the image of the multinational corporation gets in the way. In fact, in the United States, while there are about 21 million businesses,...

Bloomington, Ind., Merchants Object to Parking Costs.
December 6, 2002... Byline: Sarah Morin Dec. 6--Higher parking fees may be too costly for Bloomington merchants. Some attended Wednesday's Bloomington City Council meeting to express how the proposed increases are bad timing for Bloomington businesses....

Monroe County, Ind., Jobless Rate among Lowest in State.
December 6, 2002

Indiana Governor Promotes Spending Boost for Education, Technology.
December 16, 2002... Byline: Brian Werth Dec. 16--Indiana Gov. Frank O'Bannon on Thursday promoted his Energize Indiana plan for the state in a speech before the Indiana Economic Development Association and to reporters in a statewide conference call. The...

Herald-Times, Bloomington, Ind., Brian Werth Column.
December 16, 2002... Byline: Brian Werth Dec. 16--Werth Diane Swonk, the bullish chief economist for Bank One, is again predicting a recovering economy for 2003. Swonk, in her outlook for next year, said the nation's economy is on much stronger footing...

Herald-Times, Bloomington, Ind., Business People Column.
December 17, 2002... Dec. 17--SEPANSKI ELECTED TREASURER: Members of the Indiana Credit Union League have elected Roger Sepanski, president of the Indiana University Employees Federal Credit Union, as treasurer of the board of directors. This is his second...

Toy Sales to Top $30 Billion in Holiday Season That Lacks a Must-Have Item.
December 17, 2002... Byline: Brian Werth Dec. 17--Though there isn't a true blockbuster toy this holiday season to compare with Tickle Me Elmo of 1996 or Cabbage Patch dolls a decade before that, toys and games are expected to hold their own this holiday...

Herald-Times, Bloomington, Ind., On the Menu Column.
December 17, 2002... Byline: Brian Werth Dec. 17--BLOOMINGTON RANKED 15TH IN RESTAURANT GROWTH INDEX: It might be hard to believe for those who think the Bloomington area has plenty of restaurants, but a recent national market study found Bloomington to be one...

Indiana Public Employees Retirement Fund Officer Found Competent for Trial.
December 17, 2002... Byline: Brian Werth Dec. 17--INDIANAPOLIS--Walter Kevin Scott, the former chief benefits officer for the Indiana Public Employees Retirement Fund who was indicted in October on 24 counts of bank fraud, money laundering and identity theft,...

Herald-Times, Bloomington, Ind., Brian Werth Column.
December 17, 2002... Byline: Brian Werth Dec. 17--GREETING CARD FIRM PLEASED WITH RESULTS: InterArt, the Bloomington-based greeting card publisher that is a division of Hallmark, expects overall sales this year to exceed 2001's 11th percent net sales growth....

Best Buy May Build New Bloomington, Ind., Store.
December 17, 2002

Price of Case Goes Up $1 on Four Leading Beer Varieties.
December 18, 2002... Byline: Brian Werth Dec. 18--Whether you blame the breweries or the "beer baron" distributors, name-brand beer prices at the retail store level have gone up in price. In the past few weeks, the cost of a case of the leading sellers --...

Herald-Times, Bloomington, Ind., Business People Column.
December 18, 2002... Dec. 18--HOSKINS JOINS MAY AGENCY: Milka Hoskins is a new commercial lines agent with May Agency in Bloomington. She has been in the insurance industry for the last 15 years and carries the Accredited Customer Service Representative...

Medical Instrument Maker Relocates to Bloomington, Ind., Improves Efficiency.
December 18, 2002... Byline: Brian Werth Dec. 18--Biomedix Inc., a 10-year-old medical instrument manufacturer, quietly moved to Bloomington in August from Spencer. The company, which produces 600,000 top-of-the-line emergency-use intravenous sets annually...

Herald-Times, Bloomington, Ind., On the Menu Column.
December 18, 2002... Byline: Brian Werth Dec. 18--An art show featuring the latest oil and graphite pastel abstract and impressionist paintings from Bloomington's Spiro Athanas is set for tonight at the City Grille, 216 S. College Ave. Athanas' work will...

Herald-Times, Bloomington, Ind., Technology Today Column.
December 18, 2002... Byline: Lisa Gill Dec. 18--Residents of Bloomington can now forego stamps, a trip to City Hall or meeting up with the lock boxes when paying their parking tickets. Instead, parking tickets can be paid online, as the city of...

Herald-Times, Bloomington, Ind., On the Menu Column.
December 19, 2002... Byline: Brian Werth Dec. 19--After trying to sell her Flora Ristorante at 620 W. Kirkwood Ave. in Bloomington for most of the past year, Josie DeLuca finally found the right buyers. The cozy, two-story frame building has been a...

Collector Opens Small Toy Store in Bloomington, Ind.
December 19, 2002... Byline: Brian Werth Dec. 19--Ricky Randolph's years of collecting stuff has turned into a small business venture. Randolph recently opened a tiny toy store called the Classic Toy Gallery in a hole-in-the-wall space down a narrow hall on...

Bloomington, Ind., Boys, Girls Club to Receive Technology Grant.
December 19, 2002

Herald-Times, Bloomington, Ind., Business People Column.
December 29, 2002... Dec. 29--BOTTORFF JOINS HYLANT GROUP: Michelle Bottorff has joined the Hylant Group insurance agency in Bloomington as a commercial insurance assistant. She is a licensed property and casualty agent who will assist in servicing the agency's...

Herald-Times, Bloomington, Ind., Brian Werth Column.
December 31, 2002... Byline: Brian Werth Dec. 31--For Bloomington and most of central and southern Indiana, 2002 was a strange year for business. On one hand, policy makers, developers and business leaders came out with more far- reaching plans,...