CHAMBERVISION

Keeping You Connected

THE MONTHLY NEWSLETTER OF THE LISLE AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

August 2012

Calendar of Events
Ribbon Cutting Monday, August 6, 2012 5:00 pm Lucanos Pizza & Catering 2950 Ogden Ave., Lisle, IL 60532 Multi-Chamber General Membership Luncheon: SpeedNetworking Wednesday, August 8, 2012 11:30 am1:30 pm DoubleTree Suites by Hilton 2111 Butterfield Rd., Downers Grove, IL 60515 $25.00 members - $35.00 non-members Pre-registration deadline is August 6th Annual Membership Picnic Thursday, August 16, 2012 Lisle Area Chamber Parking Lot 1111 Burlington Avenue, Suite 102, Lisle, IL 60532 Free to members rsvp to info@lislechamber.com or 630-964-0052 BUSINESS AFTER HOURS (BAH) Wednesday, August 22, 2012 5:00 pm 7:00 pm Rosehill Montessori School

Presidents CornerTom Althoff

During this hot dry summer which could turn out to be the warmest on record your Chamber has been keeping cool with new members and another successful event. Although the hot weather and rain seemed to affect the Eyes to the Skies festival, we had more volunteers this year. That converts to higher revenues for our scholarship program. Thanks to all who attended and gave their hours to the Chamber. Many more businesses joined the Chamber in July and we are grateful for the increased numbers. It will give you more people with whom to network and they will benefit by you patronizing their businesses. When you meet some of the new member representative I know you will give them a warm welcome. One of the major events we produce each year is our annual golf outing. We are pleased to report that the number of participants was up, sponsorships were up and overall revenues from the raffle, events on the course, and silent auction were up over last year. We are probably a bit ahead of what is happening in the economy in general. Kudos go to Bruce Povalish of Rapid Funding and chair of the golf outing committee. He had regular meetings and kept everyone on task. We had many raffle prizes and silent auction items thanks in a large part to Carolyn Wheeler of Care-A-Lot Pet Sitting Plus. Paula Gleason of Bensidoun USA coordinated the volunteers for the day. John Morris of TripCaddie set up a separate website for the event which was also a big help. The staff at Seven Bridges Golf Club did a great job especially chef Kevin Peterson who prepared a delicious steak dinner. None of this would have occurred without the assistance of Jill Eidukas, Office and Events Manager who organized the foursomes, program and Amy Vidovic, Office Assistant. Thanks to all of you for a tremendous effort. Thanks to BrightStars Jim Guzdziol and Maureen Wood for a very enjoyable Business After Hours. There certainly were a lot of raffle prizes and they were much appreciated along with the food and beverages. We also enjoyed a ribbon-cutting at NUF Frozen Yogurt in Woodridge. This is a new concept which I predict will continue to be very popular. The business is located on Main Street in the Seven Bridges business district. As we move along to August we look forward to many more activities and we are also announcing two additional events for the fall. First is a renewal of our 9 hole Fall Classic Golf Outing which this year will be held at Springbrook Golf Club in Naperville. If you would like to sponsor a hole and you missed our major outing you can do so for only $150. The event will begin with a box lunch followed by 9 holes of golf and awards ceremony afterward. It will be one of the last outings of the year. Secondly we are holding another 5K on Sunday November 18 th at 9am. We plan to give away turkeys, chickens, and pumpkin pies to the age place winners. We will be giving the participants hooded sweatshirts which are guaranteed to the first 300 to register. It will be one of the last races of the season and a tune-up for the turkey trots which occur on Thanksgiving in many local communities. Finally, we look forward to seeing you on August 16th at the Member Appreciation Picnic. It will be a free lunch and raffle prizes will be given away as well. What better way to enjoy the summer? See you there.

1203 Lisle Place, Lisle, IL 60532

Ribbon Cutting Thursday, August 23, 2012 5:00 pm Hand-N- Paw 4915 S. Main Street, Lisle, IL 60532 Cruise Night

Saturday, August 25, 2012 6:00 pm 9:00 pm

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Lisle Area Chamber of Commerce 1111 Burlington Avenue, Suite 102 Lisle, IL 60532 630-964-0052 630-964-2726 www.lislechamber.com info@lislechamber.com

The mission of the Lisle Area Chamber of Commerce is to facilitate business relationships and opportunities, to advocate on behalf of our members to governmental bodies and the general public, to promote the best interests of our membership in a fiscally sound and professional manner, and to promote ethical business practices and contribute to the betterment of the community.

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2012 Chamber Board of Directors Chris Ashe, Chairman, Brian Ashe & Associates, Ltd. Dan Garvy, Past Chairman, Lisle Park District Paula Gleason, Chair Elect, Bensidoun, USA Kitty Murphy, Vice-Chair The Nook, Inc., Sonny Smith, Treasurer, College of DuPage Richard Brink, Hilton Lisle/ Naperville Lisa Fitterer, Navistar, Inc. Bill Kuglich, Molex Julie LaFond, Lisle Community Character Alliance Bob Lampkin, Emergent Meridan Financial Services Tom Reif, Hallberg Commercial & Benefits Insurance Jennifer Schinke, BankFinancial Diane Merna, Adler Associates Joe Straka, PACT, Inc. Mayor Joseph Broda, ex officio, Village of Lisle Jim Harkness, General Counsel, Momkus McCluskey, LLC., ex officio

Chairmans MessageChris Ashe

July was jammed with great events in our community. Though it has cooled since the start of the month, if you made it to the Eyes to the Skies festival you had to brave 100 degree heat and probably lost a few pounds by the time you got back home. If you did make it out though, you were treated to yet another tremendous time. The Chamber was well represented this year. Members of our organization volunteer every year to help staff the event in various fashions. In addition to lending a helping hand, this effort allows us as a Chamber to direct proceeds from Eyes to the Skies to benefit the numerous scholarships we award local students on an annual
basis. Keep that in mind next year if you would like to help out. The better represented we are, the greater opportunity we have to directly effect the deserving students in our community. Our signature summer event, the Annual Golf Outing went off in spectacular fashion. A tremendous amount of work, time, and careful planning goes into putting on an event of this grandeur and we are so lucky to have a cast of dedicated and generous Chamber members who give so much to this event. Thanks to everyone involved from the volunteers, to the 7Bridges golf course staff, all of our sponsors, gift and silent auction donors, the individual golfers, the golf committee, and chamber staff. Id like to pay special thanks to Bruce Povalish for his continuing leadership and effort in making this event better every year. Under Bruces watch, we have seen this event grow every year in participation and maintain a level of excellence that has come to be expected by all those who come to the event. Thanks to all for your participation. Events like these are so important for our Chamber and for our membership to gather, network, and market their business. We look forward to repeating the experience in 2013! In August we have our annual member appreciation event at the Chamber office. The event takes place on August 16th and we hope to see all of you there. Our membership is the reason the Chamber exists and there is no greater opportunity for us to show our appreciation for all that you do than by throwing a little party for you. We strive to keep you connected as a business community, so keep your eyes open for the several opportunities to get involved in the events we sponsor throughout the month of August.

Chamber Raves
Congratulations to the Lisle Library Jobs Club for being recognized on MSNBC news. According to Joy Maguire-Dooley of the Lisle Township, Right now it is a matter of matching the right people with the right jobs. Questions Call: Joy Maguire-Dooley (630) 968-2087, ext. 13 http://www.lisletownship.com/departments/youth-and-family/job-club/

Chamber Staff Tom Althoff, President & CEO Jill Eidukas, Office & Events Manager Amy Vidovic, Office Assistant
Come stop by the Chamber Office to drop off your donations.

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Legislative/Government Affairs UpdateKeith Tice

Illinois Legislative Update Special General Assembly Session August 17. Governor Pat Quinn is calling a special session of the General Assembly to deal with pension reform. According to the Governor its purpose is to consider any legislation, new or pending, which addresses pension reform. Illinois has five pension systems with aggregate unfunded liabilities of over $83 billion, which is the worst unfunded pension system of the fifty states. With pension payments of over $7 billion per year, which is over 23% of the expected state general revenue funds, this has become a very important issue for the states financial stability. Quinn did not specify in his special session proclamation exactly what pension components should be considered. Proposals discussed so far generally require workers to choose between a retirement plan that continues annual 3 percent compounded cost of living adjustments in their pensions or a plan that reduces those COLAs, but contains other benefits. House Speaker Michael Madigan has already scheduled the House to be in regular session August 17 to consider expelling Rep. Derrick Smith, D-Chicago, who is facing federal charges that he accepted a bribe. Madigan spokesman Steve Brown said the House also is considering whether to take up a pension reform bill that would affect only the State Employees Retirement System and the General Assembly Retirement System. That measure, House Bill 1447, narrowly passed the Senate in the closing hours of the spring session. Quinn spokeswoman Brooke Anderson said the governor wants the legislature to take up comprehensive pension reform, meaning the Teachers Retirement System and the State University Retirement System also should be included in legislative action. The General Assembly also should act to gradually shift some teacher pension expense to local school districts, she said in a statement. House Bill 1447. The pension bill that passed the Illinois Senate requires members of the State Employees Retirement System and General Assembly Retirement System to choose between two options. Members can continue receiving a pension cost-of-living adjustment of 3 percent, compounded annually. If they do, however, they have to give up access to state retiree health insurance, and future salary increases will not count toward their pensions. The alternative is a pension COLA that is one-half the urban Consumer Price Index or 3 percent, whichever is less. That COLA would not be compounded. Under this option, however, future salary increases would count toward pension benefits, and workers would still have access to state health insurance at retirement. Since all members of the General Assembly face re-election this year, this might be a good time to pressure legislators to take action over the next two weeks leading up to the special session. This column will keep you informed on further details as they unfold. For any further information that we have available, please e-mail Keith Tice at Envirmark@aol.com Breakfast with Rep. Biggert and Hearing Update on Internet Sales Tax Collection It has become an annual tradition of the Naperville Legislative Committee to welcome Rep. Biggert for an interactive congressional update each August. This year, the event will be held as a stand-alone breakfast from 7:30 - 9 a.m., with the program beginning at 8 a.m., at White Eagle Country Club. The cost to attend is $15 and preregistration is appreciated, but walk-ins are always welcome.

Gold Members ARDS Services,Inc. Best, Vanderlaan & Harrington Business Office Interiors Carpenters Local 1889 Four Lakes Recreation Integrated Marketing Communications Jewel/Osco Lisle Savings Bank Mullen's Bar & Grill Navistar, Inc. Neighbors of Lisle North Central College Original Home Improvement, Inc Papa John's Pizza Rosehill Montessori School Schulz-Brundage Insurance Suburban Real Estate Services, Inc. Unilever Food Solutions West Suburban Community Pantry WDCB, 90.9 Public Radio Silver Members AthletiCo Bulls/Sox Training Academy CA CitiBank Chicago Tribune Country Insurance-Van Ham/Tan Agency Daily Herald/Paddock Publications Exterior Designers, Inc. FastSigns Hallberg Commercial and Benefit Solutions Harris N.A. - Lisle Health Source of Lisle Isoprime Corporation Janis Connelly Interiors Jim Dhamer Plumbing and Sewer Lee Ernst, ReMax Action Lisle-Woodridge Fire Fighters Union Local 2986 McCain Foods USA, Inc. Momkus McCluskey, LLC Moon Jump OakBrook Investments Optometry & Eyewear Gallery Padgett Business Services Performance Processing Pulse Financial Services, LLC P. Martin Jewelers Rapid Funding Corporation Robert Kelly Studio Senryo Technologies Weldon Hardware Wheatstack.. A Midwestern Eatery & Tap

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Paula Gleason, Bensidoun, U.S.A., rides with Tom Althoff

Garrett Doran, Wyndham, Nathan Karsten, Hyatt, Jay Allen, LCVB, Diane Homolka, LCVB

Mike Costin and Tom Althoff

Ed Young, Village of Lisle and Randy Russell

4th of July Parade on Main Street

Jim Harkness, Momkus McCluskey, LLC. and John Nisivaco

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Ambassador SPOTLIGHT Lyle Mikolajewski

A proud member of the Lisle Area Chamber of Commerce for the last year, Lyle Mikolajewski has served as an Ambassador for eight months. Being an ambassador has allowed him to better understand the operation and dynamics of this unique community. Lyle is the owner and sole employee of Lyle from Lisle incorporated. He services repairs and maintains heating, air-conditioning and indoor air quality equipment such as furnaces, boilers, humidifiers, and major appliances. When Lyle from Lisle is selected to help in your HVAC needs, its all Lyle, all the time. Outside of work, Lyle resides in Lisle with his wife Jill, since 1982. They have four wonderful children, and four spectacular grandchildren. He is also a Past Grand Knight of the Knights of Colombus. He strongly believes that ethics are as important as education. With Lyle from Lisle, your comfort is my business.

The Lisle Area Chamber of Commerce 2012 Golf Outing Results

Hole #1 Straightest DriveEugene Carreras Hole #3 Closest to the PinMenRuss Heitz Hole #9 Longest DriveWomenNicole Russell Hole #13 Closest to the PinMenChris Thone Hole #15 Closest to PinWomenNicole Russell Hole #16 Longest DriveMenJay Allen Hole #18 Longest PuttJeff Helf A Flight Winners (56) - Won Scorecard PlayoffKrajewski, Racine, Fitzgerald, Tronolone B Flight Winners (63) - Adamson, Thone, Smith, Miner C Flight Winners (73) - Culbertson, Haber, Farrar, Elliot

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Thank You to our sponsors

Brian Ashe and Associates, Ltd. Hyatt Lisle Hotel Arista B. Gunther Company, Inc. Alphagraphics Robert Kelly Studio, Inc. Maaco Fair Oaks Ford The UPS Store WFH Enterprises, Inc. Lisle Savings Bank Culvers NovoPrint USA LookSmart Optical Rapid Funding Corporation Evviva! Neighbors of Lisle Magazine Stage One Chicago, Inc.

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Special Thanks to the Golf Outing Committee and Volunteers!

Bruce Povalish, Rapid Funding, Chair Mark Acquaviva, Performance Processing Christopher Ashe, Brian Ashe & Associates Mark Boyle, Village of Lisle Richard Brink, Hilton Lisle/Naperville Cathy Caweizel, Village of Lisle Geoff Clam, Seven Bridges Nadine Filipiak, IMC Paula Gleason, Bensidoun, USA Maha Halawa, BankFinancial Barbara Kelly, Robert Kelly Studio Bob Kelly, Robert Kelly Studio Kim Kovacevich, Contempo Dance Academy Kitty Murphy, The Nook John Morse, Trip Caddie Lee Lafond, Village of Lisle Julie LaFond, Lisle Community Character Counts Donald Ortale, DuPage County Hounds Opie Oslakovich, FruitFlowers Tim Oslakovich, FruitFlowers Liz OToole, WFH Home Design Josh Parise, AFLAC Tom Reinert, Esser Hayes Insurance Barbara Schmith, West Suburban Community Pantry Roger Schmith, West Suburban Community Pantry Sonny Smith, College of DuPage Dennis Webb, Lisle Education Foundation Denise West, Benedictine University Carolyn Wheeler, Care-A-Lot Pet Sitting Plus

5K Turkey Run/Walk

Lisle Chamber Turkey Run/Walk Sunday, November 18, 2012 9:00 am Lisle Community Park, 1825 Short Street, Lisle IL 60532 Sponsorships Available Sweatshirts for the first 300 registrants $35.00 Pre-Registration$40.00 Race Day

NUF Yogurt Ribbon Cutting

Justin Prince, NUF Yogurt and Mayor Broda, Village of Lisle cut the ribbon at NUF Yogurt on Main Street in Woodridge.

Tom Althoff, Lisle Area Chamber gives Buck for Luck to Justin Prince, NUF Yogurt.

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Business After Hours Business After Hours was hosted in July by BrightStar Healthcare in Naperville. Jim Guzdziol, President welcomed the Lisle Area Chamber members to their new offices. Maureen Wood gave away many raffle prizes to the chamber members in attendance.

Fall Classic 9 Hole Golf Outing October 5, 2012 12:00 Lunch, 1:00 tee times start $45.00 - Sponsor a Hole $150.00 Springbrook Golf Course 2220 83rd Street Naperville, IL 60564

2012 MIDWEST COLLEGIATE PLAY-OFF GAME

2012 Midwest Collegiate Play-off Game Wednesday August 1st @ 7pm Village of Lisle-Benedictine University Sports Complex

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Dan Fitzgerald , Fitzgerald Law Firm and Rich Tronolone

Julie LaFond , Lisle Community, Judy Torres, Shaklee at Nuf ribbon cutting

Volunteers discuss the putting hole.

Jon Morse, Trip Caddie

Bob Lagro, Unilever, Jeff Lagro, Tom Ebervein, Andy Ebervein

Jerry Neville, ITR and Mayor Joe Broda, Village of Lisle

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Renewals
Craigs Auto Service Center Flowers of Lisle Gladson, LLC Indian Boundary YMCA Lisle VFW Post#5696 MC Property Management Corp. Molly Maid Old Second National Bank - Lisle Optometry & Eyewear Gallery Past Presence Custom Framing Ray Graham Association Robert Kelly Studio Robert Morris University Seven Bridges Golf Club The Sign Authority Vidtech Audio Visual, Inc. Wal-Mart WFH Enterprises, Inc. Wyndam Lisle

New Members
Nuf Yogurt Michael Prince 6430 Main Street, Woodridge, IL 60517 State Farm Insurance - Gregory Pec Gregory Pec 1213 Maple Ave., Unit 1, Lisle, IL 60532 TripCaddie, LLC Jon Morse 27 N. Wacker Dr. Suite 127, Chicago, IL 60606 Pop-A-Harrys Gourmet Popcorn Steve Harry 0N100 Beverly Street, Wheaton, IL 60187 Stage-One Chicago Inc. Bob Bornack 177 S. Barron Street, Bensenville, IL 60106 Lucano's Pizza & Catering Alex Dreznes 2950 Ogden Ave., Lisle, IL 60532 Torch Cookery Jennifer O'Leary 4914 Main Street Lisle, IL 60532 Chicago Computers Rob Plank 639 S. Washington, Naperville, IL 60540 Kwak Brothers Painting Inc. Carl Kwak 6579 Deerpath Court, Lisle, IL 60532

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Lisle Area Chamber of Commerce 1111 Burlington Avenue, Suite 102 Lisle, IL 60532 630-964-0052 630-964-2726 www.lislechamber.com info@lislechamber.com