Central Penn Business Journal back issues from October 1997:
Foundation understands business of giving
Oct 03, 1997; ... Chelsea Auto Parts has operated from the same Cameron Street address in Harrisburg since it was opened by Samuel and Lena Lock in 1916. And though the business has expanded and is now run by the founders' three children, it has always drawn the majority of its customers from surrounding ...
Area doctors reach out to Third World
Oct 03, 1997; ... Impoverished residents of Third World countries who are suffering from a lack of adequate health care could benefit from the joint efforts of Central Pennsylvania's health professionals and business leaders. A newly formed nonprofit foundation called The World Mission of Central ...
Contractors love the state's 'cattle chutes'
Oct 03, 1997; ... Some people call those big chunks of cement separating lanes on major state highways "cattle chutes" because they keep traffic moving through construction sites likes bovines on the way to slaughter. Others call them Jersey barriers, after the state where they were first developed. But this ...
Electrical storm: PECO's plan generates sparks
Oct 03, 1997; ... If the current fracas surrounding PECO Energy Co.'s proposed restructuring plan is any indication, local utilities GPU Energy and PP&L Inc. could be in for a rough ride in the coming months. On Sept. 9, a group of competitors calling themselves The Pennsylvania Electric Competition ...
Activists fear law too watered down to help bay
Oct 03, 1997; ... The Nutrient Management Act, a law that promises to keep farm wastes from washing into the state's waterways, took effect Oct. 1. But according to the Chesapeake Bay Foundation, the act has become too watered down to help the state to meet its goal of reducing the levels of nutrients in ...
Goat-milk products grow in popularity
Oct 03, 1997; ... If you're lactose intolerant or prefer items from health-food stores, goat's milk may be on your shopping list. "A lot of health-conscious people look for raw goat's milk rather than cow's milk," explained Deneise Goss. She and husband, Richard Goss, own Red Gate Farm in Palmyra, a farm ...
Soaring costs turn hobby into ballooning business
Oct 03, 1997; ... When Don Dillon, a lieutenant colonel in the Transportation Corps, was assigned to the New Cumberland Army Depot in 1983, he took a hot air balloon ride in Lancaster. At the time, he had no idea his life was about to take off. "The first flight hooked me," said Dillon, now an authorized licensed ...
Journey Telecom brings multi-level zeal to the marketplace
Oct 03, 1997; ... On Sept. 25, Alex Arnold appeared at Eden Resort in Lancaster, preaching the gospel of Journey Telecom International Inc. Arnold, the top seller for the telecommunications company which relies on multi-level marketing, has appeared in 21 cities in 30 days. His company's gospel is ...
Electrical storm: PECO's plan generates sparks
Oct 03, 1997; ... If the current fracas surrounding PECO Energy Co.'s proposed restructuring plan is any indication, local utilities GPU Energy and PP&L Inc. could be in for a rough ride in the coming months. On Sept. 9, a group of competitors calling themselves The Pennsylvania Electric Competition ...
Reasons to visit Lancaster Co. range from practical to quirky
Oct 10, 1997; ... Lancaster County residents accustomed to bucolic countryside, clip-clopping Amish buggies and shoo-fly pie may find it strange that each year an estimated 4.5 million tourists visit the county. It lacks the pizzazz of Broadway, the vistas of the Adirondacks and the monuments of ...
Sure Foundation wants to link charity with business
Oct 10, 1997; ... Seven Smucker, whose philanthropy sparked controversy in Lancaster's southeast side, plans to start a new business to help fund his nonprofit Sure Foundation Inc. Created through a $635,000 private offering, the new company, Royal Harvest Inc., plans to sell a variety of goods via ...
U.S. Healthcare contracts appear to be in jeopardy
Oct 10, 1997; ... Complaints about inflexibility, intensive administrative demands and high-maintenance management are threatening the contracts Aetna U.S. Healthcare holds with some local hospitals. Two area hospitals--in Reading and Lancaster--have not renewed their contracts with the national HMO, and ...
Fire trucks are a red hot item
Oct 10, 1997; ... A driver passing the grounds of Northeast Fire Apparatus on Marshall Avenue in Lancaster might think the company deals in fire engines, but company President Glenn Usdin has a different outlook on his business. "What we do is not fire apparatus. We work with people." Most of the people ...
Loans: It's a borrower's market
Oct 10, 1997; ... With one industry report showing small-business loans up 12.6 percent nationwide, local lenders say it's a borrower's market. Ronald J. Acri would agree. The Steelton businessman recently got a $290,000 loan from PNC Bank to revamp his carwash on Second Street in Highspire. He ...
Contractors love the state's 'cattle chutes'
Oct 03, 1997; ... Some people call those big chunks of cement separating lanes on major state highways "cattle chutes" because they keep traffic moving through construction sites likes bovines on the way to slaughter. Others call them Jersey barriers, after the state where they were first developed. But this ...
Goat-milk products grow in popularity
Oct 03, 1997; ... If you're lactose intolerant or prefer items from health-food stores, goat's milk may be on your shopping list. "A lot of health-conscious people look for raw goat's milk rather than cow's milk," explained Deneise Goss. She and husband, Richard Goss, own Red Gate Farm in Palmyra, a farm ...
Activists fear law too watered down to help bay
Oct 03, 1997; ... The Nutrient Management Act, a law that promises to keep farm wastes from washing into the state's waterways, took effect Oct. 1. But according to the Chesapeake Bay Foundation, the act has become too watered down to help the state to meet its goal of reducing the levels of nutrients in ...
Journey Telecom brings multi-level zeal to the marketplace
Oct 03, 1997; ... On Sept. 25, Alex Arnold appeared at Eden Resort in Lancaster, preaching the gospel of Journey Telecom International Inc. Arnold, the top seller for the telecommunications company which relies on multi-level marketing, has appeared in 21 cities in 30 days. His company's gospel is ...
Soaring costs turn hobby into ballooning business
Oct 03, 1997; ... When Don Dillon, a lieutenant colonel in the Transportation Corps, was assigned to the New Cumberland Army Depot in 1983, he took a hot air balloon ride in Lancaster. At the time, he had no idea his life was about to take off. "The first flight hooked me," said Dillon, now an authorized licensed ...
Area doctors reach out to Third World
Oct 03, 1997; ... Impoverished residents of Third World countries who are suffering from a lack of adequate health care could benefit from the joint efforts of Central Pennsylvania's health professionals and business leaders. A newly formed nonprofit foundation called The World Mission of Central ...
Foundation understands business of giving
Oct 03, 1997; ... Chelsea Auto Parts has operated from the same Cameron Street address in Harrisburg since it was opened by Samuel and Lena Lock in 1916. And though the business has expanded and is now run by the founders' three children, it has always drawn the majority of its customers from surrounding ...
Online banking popular with younger customers
Oct 10, 1997; ... Jim Gibson, president and CEO of Commerce Bank in Harrisburgs says he doesn't balance his checkbook anymore. It's an unlikely confession for a banker, but he thinks it's one that more people will make as online banking catches on. Already, 11 percent of Commerce's depositors use ...
Brown has seen harness racing's heyday
Oct 10, 1997; ... Bowman Brown Jr. has made a career out of horses--one that spans 50 years. At 75, he still keeps active as a sort of unofficial adviser in the Standardbred Horse Sales Co. auction at Harrisburg's Farm Show, the largest auction of Standardbred horses in the United States. You could say ...
'Introvert' is challenged by starting his business
Oct 10, 1997; ... Randy L. Groft has discovered that he's his own toughest client. In August, the former creative director at Agnew & Corrigan Advertising in Lancaster put out his own shingle, Groft Design. He had been in advertising since 1976, but suddenly found himself taking on the hardest ...
Cellular One plans to lease large facility
Oct 10, 1997; ... Cellular One is planning to lease a new 82,000-square-foot office building on 10.5 acres in Commerce Park near I-83 in Susquehanna Township, pending conclusion of final legal details, according to a company source who did not wish to be identified. Cellular One's regional office is ...
Enzyme product could help reduce farm pollution
Oct 10, 1997; ... Anyone who's driven past a large pig or poultry farm on a sultry afternoon probably has their own description of what Rae Andring calls the "odor ... during the fermentative decomposition of manure." Andring is president of the Pennsylvania International Trade Corp., a Harrisburg-based ...
Cameron Corridor site slated as flex/warehouse project
Oct 10, 1997; ... When the Harrisburg Enterprise Development Corp. started four years ago, it was incorporated to assist in the development of the community and economy of Harrisburg's enterprise zone, according to the development agreement filed with the Mayor's Office of Economic Development. Now, four ...
Health programs stretch companies' dollars
Oct 10, 1997; ... Many Pennsylvania companies have adopted proactive, preventive health measures for their employees, helping keep lost work days and on-the-job injuries down and often improving employee productivity and morale. Hershey Foods was one of the first companies in the area to begin a wellness ...
New office/flex building breaks ground in Rossmoyne
Oct 10, 1997; ... Anchor Commercial Realty broke ground on a 77,000-square-foot office-flex project in the Rossmoyne Office Park on Sept. 30. The projected completion date on the project is April 1998. According to Chet Snavely, owner and president of Anchor, the building will sit on 10 acres. "This ...
Businesses resist mental-health parity
Oct 10, 1997; ... Small-business groups and mental health advocates are lining up on opposite sides of a controversial state bill that would require health insurers to provide mental-health benefits that are equal to benefits for physical illnesses. The fight boils down to a classic cost-benefit analysis ....
Cable group buys into "green" for its headquarters
Oct 10, 1997; ... In September, the Pennsylvania Cable & Telecommunications Association moved its headquarters to 127 State St., Harrisburg, after turning the historic 19th century building into an environmentally sound and economically efficient "green" building. Originally built as a private home in ...
York YMCA to expand two branches and renovate a third
Oct 10, 1997; ... The York County YMCA is expanding its operations at two of its three locations and is renovating the third site. According to Larry Richardson, president and CEO of the YMCA, the expansion is a strategic move to meet the changing needs of the community. The YMCA previously had ...
Apathy may doom doctors' medical network
Oct 10, 1997; ... The future of an independent organization designed to help local physicians take back control of medicine from insurance companies appears bleak, doomed by doctor apathy and complacency, organizers said. Dr. Guillermo Garcia, an independent pediatrician with offices in Camp Hill and ...
Loans: It's a borrower's market
Oct 10, 1997; ... With one industry report showing small-business loans up 12.6 percent nationwide, local lenders say it's a borrower's market. Ronald J. Acri would agree. The Steelton businessman recently got a $290,000 loan from PNC Bank to revamp his carwash on Second Street in Highspire. He ...
U.S. Healthcare contracts appear to be in jeopardy
Oct 10, 1997; ... Complaints about inflexibility, intensive administrative demands and high-maintenance management are threatening the contracts Aetna U.S. Healthcare holds with some local hospitals. Two area hospitals--in Reading and Lancaster--have not renewed their contracts with the national HMO, and ...
Cellular One plans to lease large facility
Oct 10, 1997; ... Cellular One is planning to lease a new 82,000-square-foot office building on 10.5 acres in Commerce Park near I-83 in Susquehanna Township, pending conclusion of final legal details, according to a company source who did not wish to be identified. Cellular One's regional office is ...
Brown has seen harness racing's heyday
Oct 10, 1997; ... Bowman Brown Jr. has made a career out of horses--one that spans 50 years. At 75, he still keeps active as a sort of unofficial adviser in the Standardbred Horse Sales Co. auction at Harrisburg's Farm Show, the largest auction of Standardbred horses in the United States. You could say ...
New office/flex building breaks ground in Rossmoyne
Oct 10, 1997; ... Anchor Commercial Realty broke ground on a 77,000-square-foot office-flex project in the Rossmoyne Office Park on Sept. 30. The projected completion date on the project is April 1998. According to Chet Snavely, owner and president of Anchor, the building will sit on 10 acres. "This ...
Cameron Corridor site slated as flex/warehouse project
Oct 10, 1997; ... When the Harrisburg Enterprise Development Corp. started four years ago, it was incorporated to assist in the development of the community and economy of Harrisburg's enterprise zone, according to the development agreement filed with the Mayor's Office of Economic Development. Now, four ...
York YMCA to expand two branches and renovate a third
Oct 10, 1997; ... The York County YMCA is expanding its operations at two of its three locations and is renovating the third site. According to Larry Richardson, president and CEO of the YMCA, the expansion is a strategic move to meet the changing needs of the community. The YMCA previously had ...
Cable group buys into "green" for its headquarters
Oct 10, 1997; ... In September, the Pennsylvania Cable & Telecommunications Association moved its headquarters to 127 State St., Harrisburg, after turning the historic 19th century building into an environmentally sound and economically efficient "green" building. Originally built as a private home in ...
Sure Foundation wants to link charity with business
Oct 10, 1997; ... Seven Smucker, whose philanthropy sparked controversy in Lancaster's southeast side, plans to start a new business to help fund his nonprofit Sure Foundation Inc. Created through a $635,000 private offering, the new company, Royal Harvest Inc., plans to sell a variety of goods via ...
Reasons to visit Lancaster Co. range from practical to quirky
Oct 10, 1997; ... Lancaster County residents accustomed to bucolic countryside, clip-clopping Amish buggies and shoo-fly pie may find it strange that each year an estimated 4.5 million tourists visit the county. It lacks the pizzazz of Broadway, the vistas of the Adirondacks and the monuments of ...
Online banking popular with younger customers
Oct 10, 1997; ... Jim Gibson, president and CEO of Commerce Bank in Harrisburgs says he doesn't balance his checkbook anymore. It's an unlikely confession for a banker, but he thinks it's one that more people will make as online banking catches on. Already, 11 percent of Commerce's depositors use ...
Fire trucks are a red hot item
Oct 10, 1997; ... A driver passing the grounds of Northeast Fire Apparatus on Marshall Avenue in Lancaster might think the company deals in fire engines, but company President Glenn Usdin has a different outlook on his business. "What we do is not fire apparatus. We work with people." Most of the people ...
Penn National on track and it's still growing
Oct 17, 1997; ... Twenty-five years ago, live thoroughbred racing debuted in Central Pennsylvania at Penn National Race Course. Its fans were small in numbers, as was average daily wagering. In fact, the take those first few months couldn't even cover regular daily operational expenses and the purse ...
CoreStates rejects one suitor; others in wings
Oct 17, 1997; ... At first blush, CoreStates Financial Corp. of Philadelphia seems an unlikely takeover candidate. It has "fantastic" financial results, according to one analyst. And just last year it acquired Meridian Bank, hardly the behavior of a bank on the selling block. So it may ...
Stock car racing outpacing other sports
Oct 17, 1997; ... To the untrained eye, it's little more than flashy cars circling monotonously around a race track. But to millions of NASCAR fans, it is the fastest owing sport in the United States. NASCAR -- National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing -- continues to inhale sweet fumes of success ...
York HealthSouth focuses on women, children
Oct 17, 1997; ... HealthSouth Rehabilitation Hospital of York's new outpatient center has a special focus: the health needs of women and children. The HealthSouth Rehabilitation Center-Queen Street opened in South York on Oct. 13, with an open house scheduled for the week of Nov. 3. While this center ...
Cellular One plans 2nd building in major expansion
Oct 17, 1997; ... Cellular One not only plans an 82,000-square-foot facility in Commerce Park, Susquehanna Township, the company also intends to build another large building on the same site some time in the next five years, according to Todd E. Snyder, public-relations manager. The first building is ...
New-business tax break sails through the House
Oct 17, 1997; ... One of the most onerous and frustrating state taxes for start-up businesses could soon be repealed, paving the way for more business tax breaks next year, say a small-business lobbyist. On Sept. 30, the House passed 199-0 an amendment introduced by Rep. Karl Boyes, R-Erie, which promises ...
Hockey is hot item with local sports enthusiasts
Oct 17, 1997; ... Hockey has traditionally been a sport popular in New England and other regions where temperatures sink well below zero, but players have been going at it in warmer climates over the past two years, according to a floor salesman at Play It Again Sports, which has stores at Harrisburg's Paxton ...
Lowe's plans warehouse store in Hanover Township
Oct 17, 1997; ... Lowe's Companies Inc., a giant in hardware and home improvements, is building a new 150,000-square-foot warehouse store in Hanover. The 18-acre site is located across the street from the existing Lowe's store. Lowe's has been in the Hanover market since 1975. The current store is ...
Harrisburg-area Class-A office space still in short supply
Oct 17, 1997; ... More than 33,000 square feet of Class-A office space in the Penn National Insurance building became available in downtown Harrisburg during the last quarter -- and all of it was occupied as soon as it opened. So, downtown Class-A office space remains at 99 percent occupancy. That's the ...
Banks use bilingual ATMs to draw Hispanic clients
Oct 17, 1997; ... "Entre su numero de identificacion personal y luego oprimo este boton," reads CoreStates Financial Corp.'s new automated-teller machine in downtown York. That translates into English as, "Enter your personal identification number and then press this button." For banks, it ...
Doctors and hospitals search for CAT Fund cure
Oct 17, 1997; ... In the face of certain rejection by the state's organizations representing hospitals and insurers, the Pennsylvania Medical Society appears ready to pull the plug on its proposed temporary tax on HMO premiums. Revenues from the tax would have helped cover $2 billion in unfunded malpractice ...
Local indoor soccer team scores with sports fans
Oct 17, 1997; ... Want to see some "rock 'n' roll soccer?" Look no farther than Harrisburg's Farm Show Arena. That's where the Harrisburg Heat, Central Pennsylvania's indoor soccer team, will be tearing up the AstroTurf starting Nov. 1. The Heat, which began playing as a team in 1991, is one of 13 teams ...
Norfolk Southern plans major local expansion
Oct 17, 1997; ... Norfolk Southern plans to make the Harrisburg area a major crossroads for its entire rail system by spending up to $40 million locally and opening everything from new offices to freight yards. Norfolk Southern will take over most of Pennsylvania's freight-rail service following the ...
Wedding Web untangles planning for brides-to-be
Oct 17, 1997; ... "Practically everything a bride-to-be needs to plan a wedding is here," says Karen Leakway, owner of The Wedding Web, a Lancaster-based network of wedding resources. Hoping to eliminate some of the stress that comes along with planning a wedding, Leakway compiled a research library full ...
Enzyme product could help reduce farm pollution
Oct 10, 1997; ... Anyone who's driven past a large pig or poultry farm on a sultry afternoon probably has their own description of what Rae Andring calls the "odor ... during the fermentative decomposition of manure." Andring is president of the Pennsylvania International Trade Corp., a Harrisburg-based ...
'Introvert' is challenged by starting his business
Oct 10, 1997; ... Randy L. Groft has discovered that he's his own toughest client. In August, the former creative director at Agnew & Corrigan Advertising in Lancaster put out his own shingle, Groft Design. He had been in advertising since 1976, but suddenly found himself taking on the hardest ...
Businesses resist mental-health parity
Oct 10, 1997; ... Small-business groups and mental health advocates are lining up on opposite sides of a controversial state bill that would require health insurers to provide mental-health benefits that are equal to benefits for physical illnesses. The fight boils down to a classic cost-benefit analysis ....
Health programs stretch companies' dollars
Oct 10, 1997; ... Many Pennsylvania companies have adopted proactive, preventive health measures for their employees, helping keep lost work days and on-the-job injuries down and often improving employee productivity and morale. Hershey Foods was one of the first companies in the area to begin a wellness ...
Apathy may doom doctors' medical network
Oct 10, 1997; ... The future of an independent organization designed to help local physicians take back control of medicine from insurance companies appears bleak, doomed by doctor apathy and complacency, organizers said. Dr. Guillermo Garcia, an independent pediatrician with offices in Camp Hill and ...
Norfolk Southern plans major local expansion
Oct 17, 1997; ... Norfolk Southern plans to make the Harrisburg area a major crossroads for its entire rail system by spending up to $40 million locally and opening everything from new offices to freight yards. Norfolk Southern will take over most of Pennsylvania's freight-rail service following the ...