Staffing ResourcesAugust 1999
September 1999
| Diane Stout, Editor | August 1999 September 1999 |
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Honeywell Foundation announces the following citifies:
Scholarship Pageant Winner Announced Small Business of the Year Banquet SUMMER SLAMBOREE Crimestoppers Publications Available Candidate Forum 1999 Leadership Development Wabash County Graduates Welcome New Members
Staffing Resources
Staffing resources, Inc. first came to Wabash County in 1997. It's training division, Project Out reach, won a contract with the Family and Social Services Administration to assist disadvantaged people find and keep jobs. Later in 1998, Project Outreach was awarded a contract by the Local Planning Council to survey county businesses to determine what in the area of training and job retention services were needed.When Project Outreach's contract ended earlier this year, SRI management felt their experience with Wabash County had sold them on both the people and the potential of the area. SRI decided to open a new employment office here.
Besides temporary and direct-hire services, Staffing Resources offers Payroll Services for those businesses which do not want to deal with the paperwork associated with this labor-intensive task. SRI also offers training programs such as Computer Basics, Secrets of Supervision, Mentoring, and Advanced Sales Presentations.
The staff of the local office is strong in both experience and local connections. Rick Moulton has been with SRI for more than four years. DeAnne Clifton is the Client Services Manager. Beverly Ferry is Area Sales Manager.
Staffing Resources is a unique employment service, with 24 hour access to staff members everyday including weekends and holidays. "Five years ago SRI was three people in a small office on a side street in Kokomo." said Rick Moulton, Wabash Office Manager. "Now SRI is a multi-million dollar corporation with over 30 staff members and three offices. Exceeding the customer's expectation is how we got here today."
Honeywell Foundation announces the following activities:
Saturday, August 7 at 7 p.m.: Mystery Dinner Theater
"Dead Men Don't Change Channels." Ticket price $25 per person.Saturday, August 21: Dino
Shows at 3 p.m. and 8 p.m.
Dino performs show tunes, church hymns, and classical repertoire with unequaled virtuosity.Saturday, September 18, 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.: Kid-O-Rama
Crafts, contests, prizes, pony rides, caterpillar crawl, Kid Zone business booths.
"Smarty Marty" show at 11 a.m.Saturday, September 18 at 3 p.m.: Winnie The Pooh
Beloved characters Winnie The Pooh and Tigger too, along with a cast of their pals, will entertain young and old alike.All events will be held at the Honeywell Center, 275 West Market St., Wabash. For more info or to order tickets, call 563-1102 or 800-626-6345 from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.
WACCY Golf Outing - A Success
The 1999 WACCY Golf Outing is in the books. What a sweltering day it was - both on and off the course. But, what better place to spend the day than on the beautiful Honeywell Golf Course. Over 104 golfers tested their skill with the SOUTH SIDE SUPPLY team of Mike Elward, Joe Devine, Mike Shira, and Steve Witkowski taking legitimate honors. Congratulations! Following closely in 2nd place was the CINERGY/PSI TEAM #1 composed of Jerry Banks, Jack Purvis, Dave Woods, and Destin Banks. 3rd place honors went to the FIRST FEDERAL SAVING BANK team of Nick George, Rex Temple, Larry Conner, and Lindy Unger.
Personal awards were awarded for the following: Longest Drive #12 - Dave Orn, Closest 2nd shot #5 - Greg Nicoles, Longest Putt # 9 - Larry Conner, and Straightest Drive #8 - Karen Halley. A very special thanks goes to our 19 hole sponsors: The Wabash Plain Dealer, Captured Moments Photography, Gilbert, Naragon & Co., Wabash County Hospital, Marcus Media, Wabash MPI, Cinergy/PSI, Staffing Resources, Office Concepts, Inc., Wabash Valley Chrysler, Halderman Farm Management, Swingsets, Inc., South Side Supply, Physicians Health Plan, Denney Motor Sales, Norwest Bank, Wabash Electric, Rea Logan & Co., Inc., CPA's, and Thomas Ford Lincoln Mercury. Some of these brave souls even manned their holes giving out products and sponsoring games. They added to the competition, and provided some fun breaks to the hot day. After the round of golf, participants were treated to an excellent picnic supper.
During the supper, while thunder rolled in the distance, door prizes were awarded from: US Cellular, Cinergy/PSI, The Honeywell Foundation, Ad Connection, Denney Motor Sales, Wabash County REMC, Maggart Pontiac - Cadillac, Beauchamp & McSpadden Ins., Hayes Lemmerz International, Arc of Wabash County, Ford Meter Box Co., Coast to Coast, Sports Unlimited, and WJOT/ oldies 106. Everyone made it home before the storm hit. Your Chamber sincerely appreciates everyone who participated in this event. It was a good day and helped your Chamber's financial status.
Wabash Inn
The Wabash Inn held an open house recently to celebrate the major renovation just completed. Manager Judy Patten and her staff along with many member of the Stockman family, who own the Inn, threw out the red carpet for the community to showcase the newly redecorated rooms and remodeled banquet facilities. The banquet area was decked out to show the many different themes available. Not only were the tables set, the food was real and delicious as guest were treated to some of the many catering items available! Wabash Inn can now accommodate groups of up to 250. Stop out and see what Judy can do for your group.
Chamber Member News
MANPOWER OF WABASH recently honored Bondflex Rubber Co., Inc. of Laketon with their first annual Safety Recognition Award. The award, given during National Safety Week, is representative of the commitment of Manpower of providing a safe work environment for all employees. Manpower Branch Supervisor Bev Holmquist states, We have partnered with our customers to implement a variety of safety initiatives in order to reduce, or eliminate accidents in the workplace. Hats off to Manpower for this original way of expressing concern for customers and clients alike.
Tony Pulley, President of PULLEY FINANCIAL SERVICES, has announced that he is part of a new Internet service. The new service developed by Microsoft and DALBAR electronically matches consumers seeking financial advice with the most compatible and qualified financial planner. Called, The Right Advisor, this service virtually expands client potential to anywhere on the net.
Scholarship Pageant Winner Announced
The Electric Light CityFest Scholarship Pageant successfully kicked off the festival by naming Natalie Guenin as queen. Ashley Lester is first runnerup, Nicole Oswalt, second runnerup, Cheryl Kammeyer, third runnerup, and Jill Schafer, fourth runnerup. Nicole also captured the Miss Friendship award. Natalie replaced Wendy Vanderpool who went on to capture the State Festival Pageant Queen last fall and still reigns in that capacity. Over $3200 of scholarship money was awarded to these winners. Hats off to pageant co-chairs Chris Benson and Mary Ridgeway who have a year long job raising the funds and planning the pageant. The Wabash Area Chamber of Commerce serves as the general sponsor.
Small Business of the Year Banquet
June 10, 1999 will always be a special day for Friermood Tire and Alignment Inc. as over 110 people gathered in the Honeywell Room at the Honeywell Center to honor them as 1999 Small Business of the Year. Lynn Yohe representing last years honoree, Yohe Realty, presented the plaque to Guy and Scott Givens, co-owners of the business. Specialists in what they do and more importantly in CUSTOMER SERVICE, lessons could be learned by all from Guy's acceptance remarks. Echoing some of the same philosophies was the keynote speaker, Jeff Carney, a Kokomo businessperson , entrepreneur and developer. Carney took the audience on a trip through his young career emphasizing the entrepreneur spirit and fire that it takes to be a small business in this day and age. Committee members Skip Daughtry, Wayne Rees, Bob Vanlandingham, and Steve VanVoorhis did a great job in their selection process and organizing the awards banquet.
SUMMER SLAMBOREE
Have you heard about it? Is it your thing? Have you told your kids about it? August 29 at 3:00 p.m. at the Honeywell Center Gym. Come and see professional wrestling's return to Wabash. Beverly Ferry, Staffing Resources, is chairing the committee working out all the details. WE ARE LOOKING FOR PEOPLE WHO WOULD LIKE TO HELP THAT DAY! If you would or know of anyone who would please let the Chamber office know. It is going to be a big event. Advance tickets are now on sale at the Honeywell Center Box Office. General admission balcony is $10. General Admission floor seating is $15. There is a limited supply of front row tickets available at the Chamber Office ONLY for $25. The promoter of the event is The Extreme Wrestling Federation, a local group out of Marion with ties into the WWF. The card contains WWF stars mixed in with local EWF talent. It also features local wrestler Jeremy Fishback as Austin Steele. In addition to the admission, the Chamber will be doing programs and refreshments. There are opportunities for business sponsorships to any business who would like to market to this audience. TIME IS SHORT. Call the chamber today.
Crimestoppers
Wabash County Crimestoppers is alive and well. The local group has been quiet for the past year just going about their business. Traditionally, Crimestoppers does a major push for fund raising in July with a golf outing and auction. At this time, the financial condition of the local Crimestoppers chapter appears to be such that the normal drive will not be necessary. Virtually all funds raised by the organization stays right here in Wabash County paying on tips received on local crimes. Recently the activity has been quiet. The local group has appreciated support received from the business community in the past and will need assistance again in the future when additional funds are needed for paying tips.
Publications Available
The Chamber office has a large quantity of the Indiana Chamber of Commerce publication 1999 Legislative Vote Analysis for distribution. Initially we were going to insert these into the newsletters, but the cost is higher than we thought. This is a valuable publication that recaps voting records of legislators during the last session. If anyone would like 1 or more of these booklets, please call the office. We will get them to you.
Also, Trula Frank at the Convention and Visitors Bureau has just received a new shipment of the Indiana Travel Guide, Festival Guide, tour maps, and Play Money Discount Coupon books. They are all available in the lobby of our office. Stop by and pick up any that you are interested in.
Candidate Forum
Your Chamber's Government Affairs Committee has been called into action by chairperson Shelly Neal. Committee members Pat Lynn, Dee Byerly, Jack Porter, Peggy Holderman, Theresa Collins, and Bob Elrod gathered together to discuss plans for the upcoming city election this fall. The committee decided that two separate events need to be held to cover the city elections. Mark your calendars. A candidate forum will be held Thursday October 7 at 7 p.m. in the Wabash Middle School Auditorium. The forum will have 3 parts. Each candidate will be able to make a statement concerning their candidacy. Then each candidate will answer a series of questions prepared in advance. Finally there will be time for question and answer from those in attendance. There will also be some sort of involvement from the media. Oldies 106 has expressed an interest to be involved. The second event will be a mayoral debate to be held Thursday, October 21 at 7:00 p.m. at the Wabash Middle School Auditorium. The format for this event will be a strict debate type format. Plan to attend both of these important events! As of this printing, candidates have responded very favorably to the invitations.
1999 Leadership Development Wabash County Graduates
1999 A New Beginning was truly that for Leadership Development Wabash County! Tom Vanosdol chaired the steering committee that took the valuable program sponsored jointly by the Chamber, WEDCOR and the North Manchester Chamber to a new level. With the help of Jim Pattison and J. Stan Williams Jr. of Lattis Management Consultants, an entirely new course was written and developed combining leadership skills development with local leadership acquaintance. The class began April 21 and 12 dedicated people have met faithfully leading up to their graduation banquet held July 20th. They are now ready to assume positions of leadership in their community and workplace. Contributions to the 1999 class! We hope that we will see them often at work in our county! They are:
Connie Johnson - REMC, Jack Fetrow -Town of North Manchester, Gayle Manby - REMC , Shelly Strobel - Town of North Manchester, Mike Vogel - Wabash County Hospital, Tammy Keffaber - Ford Meter Box Co., Jan Mattern - Ford Meter Box Co., Roxy Stoner - Ford Meter Box Co., Jake Quiring - Ford Meter Box Co., Larry Powell - Ford Meter Box Co., Shanna Frank - MarkHon Inc., Sherman Gray - MarkHon Inc
CONGRATULATIONS 1999 GRADUATES!
Welcome New Members
SAMUEL MANCINO'S ITALIAN EATERY
A new Mancino's has occupied the Wabash Village Shopping Center location of the old business by a similar name. Samuel Mancino's comes to Wabash by way of Logansport where Co-Owners Rita McQuillin and Megan Anderson already have a thriving business. A brother to the old Mancino's the menu of over 22 types of grinder sandwiches, pizza salads, and complete dinners is available Monday - Thursday 10:30 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., and Friday and Saturday 10:30 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. Dine in or carry out by calling 569-9955.
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