Durband Named Central Telephone Area Manager for Dixon Savanna
Tom Durband, a 24 year veteran, is promoted to area manager overseeing Dixon and Savanna branches, succeeding Barb Oliphant who retired in March. He will manage administration, service centers, installations, repair, storeroom, and outside plant construction across Grand Detour Nelson Harmon Thompson Mount Carroll, and supervise related operations. Durband praised team support and plans no changes to Oliphant’s methods.
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Central Telephone of
Illinois
Centel
Tom Durband
Dixon and Savanna
Barb Oliphant
Durband
Dixon
Savanna
Grand Detour
Nelson
Harmon, Thompson
Mount Carroll
Oliphant
Center
The Cat and the Fiddle opens in Rochelle gifts galore
The Cat and the Fiddle debuts in Bauer Plaza Rochelle offering rare non edible gifts and gourmet items from English chocolates to Swiss chocolates and Brazilian coffee. Owner Stella Bauer a Hayling Island native and her husband Elwood plan liquor sales and shipped gifts across the United States.
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Rochelle
Stella Bauer
Hayling Island
England
Elwood
Amoco Oil Company
Bauer
O'Neil
Sixth Avenue
Bauer Plaza
Switzerland
The
Orice
United States
Regal Crown honors top Rock River sales team talents
Regal Crown Corporation of Monticello Illinois recognized its top salespeople at a March 22 banquet. Gary Boyd, a six year veteran from Oregon serving North Central Illinois and Fox River Valley, was named highest producer in the nation among 50 representatives in 30 states. Steve Scoggan of Chebanse and Gene Gardner of Davenport also earned top producer honors. Boyd, formerly an Oregon Public Schools band director six years earlier, credited trust and reliable service as keys to success.
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Regal Crown Corporation
Monticello
Ill
Gary Boyd
Boyd
Oregon
Illinois
Fox River Valley
Steve Scoggan
Chebanse
Gene Gardner
Davenport
Iowa
Walgreens Plans $40 Million Springfield Distribution Center
The Walgreen Co will build a $40 million 362000 square foot distribution facility in Mount Vernon start next month to serve 170 stores in the Midwest and Southeast, expanding to 400 at capacity. The project includes $1.5 million in incentives from the state, a $600,000 Community Development Assistance Program grant, a $600,000 infrastructure loan for an access road and utilities, and up to $300,000 in job training funds for 300 workers. Located in an enterprise zone, the site will receive state and local tax breaks with completion set for summer 1990.
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Springfield, Ill
UPI
Walgreen Co
Mount Vernon
Midwest
Two chemicals cited as ozone killers blamed for depletion
EPA warns methyl chloroform and carbon tetrachloride, unregulated cleaners, likely major contributors to ozone loss. Federal Register notice signals possible future controls and a Montreal Protocol alignment with 37 nations aiming to halve CFC production by 1998.
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Washington
UPI
EPA
Environmental Protection Agency
John Hoffman
Hoffman
Federal Register
Montreal
World
Helsinki
Bush
Durable orders rise in March boosted by aircraft demand
UPI reports March durable goods orders up 0.8 percent to $124.9 billion led by a 10.4 percent jump in transportation orders and a strong aircraft showing, offsetting declines in defense and motor vehicles. Excluding transportation, orders fell 2.8 percent.
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Durable
Washington
UPI
Commerce Department
Defense Department
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Lori Fagan
Fern
Dixon, Chambers of Commerce
Dixon, Industrial Development Association
Kreider Center
Cefitel
Pekin
Downstate
Tom Durb
Rock River Wall Valley
Walgreens
Farley
U.S
Farley's
Depot Ave
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