Business After Hours
LaSalle Bank South, 1000 South York Street, will host the Chamber’s St. Patrick’s Day Business After Hours on Thursday, March 14, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.
Membership Breakfast
Alan Brown of Anthony Robbins Associates will discuss “The Psychology Behind the Sales Process” at a special Chamber Membership Breakfast hosted jointly with the Oak Brook Area Association of Commerce & Industry and West Suburban Chamber of Commerce at the Wyndham Drake Hotel, 2301 York Road, Oak Brook, on Wednesday, March 13, from 7:30 to 9:30 a.m. The cost is $15.00 per member and $20.00 per non-member. Reservations are required.
New Members
The following three businesses and not-for-profits joined the Chamber in the past two weeks:
Cantore Construction Company (925 South Route 83), construction firm, Joseph Cantore Sr., 832-8600;
Mary Queen of Heaven Parish (426 North West Avenue), Roman Catholic church and school, Rev. John Barrett, 279-5700; and
Milano Financial Services (873 Hillcrest), investment and tax advisor, Jan Milano, 941-8844.
Newsmakers
The Elmhurst Park District (225 Prospect Avenue) is sponsoring a Corporate Visit Day at Courts Plus, 186 South West Avenue, on Tuesday, March 12, from 9:00 to 11:00 a.m. Call Jodi Wederath at 993-4723 for more information.
Physical Therapists Heather Kattleman and Jodi Quinn of Advanced Rehabilitation Clinics, Inc. (533 West North Avenue, Suite 50) will discuss the prevention and treatment of women’s incontinence during a health seminar at Wild Oats Market in Hinsdale on Monday, March 18, at 7:00 p.m. Call 832-6919 for more information.
Schiller Real Estate, Inc. (540 South York Street), with 75 realtor associates and staff, posted records of $252,890,000 in sales—a 16 percent increase over 2000—and 918 in transactions in 2001.
Special Events
Elmhurst City Centre (2 City Centre), in cooperation with the Elmhurst Public Library (211 Prospect Avenue), is sponsoring the third annual Great TV Turn-Off from Thursday, February 28, through Wednesday, March 6. Call 993-1600 for event information and tickets.
Elmhurst College (190 Prospect Avenue) will celebrate Women’s History Month with a variety of special events, including the first Genevieve Staudt Guestship Lecture by renowned violin teacher Roberta Guaspari (portrayed by Meryl Streep in Music of the Heart) in the Founders Lounge of the Frick Center on Wednesday, March 6, at 4:00 p.m. Starting with a reception on Tuesday, March 5, at 4:30 p.m. in the Founders Lounge, the paintings and drawings of Jacquelyn Ruttinger will be on display through April 18. For the price of a $5.00 ticket, actress/songstress Claudia Hommel will recreate the “Paris Cabaret of the 1950s” at the Mill Theatre, 253 Walter Street, on Thursday, March 7, at 7:00 p.m. Call 617-3033 for more information.
The Elmhurst Symphony Orchestra (P.O. Box 345) will present its annual Free Family Concert, titled “The Composer’s Toolbox,” at Elmhurst College’s Hammerschmidt Memorial Chapel, 190 Prospect Avenue, on Sunday, March 10, at 3:00 p.m. The concert is sponsored by Elmhurst School District 205, Illinois Arts Council, City of Elmhurst Visitor & Tourism Department, ESO Women’s Auxiliary and Luscombe Music.