August 2011 new - Vermilion Advantage

THE VERMILION
AUGUST
2011
ADVANTAGE
Thank you to our
Workforce Cluster members
The following business partners have been working
together with us, some for over 10 years now, to assist with
educational enhancement programs, provide first-hand
career awareness, support scholarships and provide job
opportunities for our youth. For more information on each
and to view Career Spotlights, Job Postings and Company
Profiles, go to www.442jobs.com
MANUFACTURING CLUSTER
Alcoa-Danville
Alstom - Gas Turbine Manufacturing
Automation International
Ball Corporation
Bunge Milling
ConAgra
Danville Metal Stamping
Danville NECA-IBEW
Dines Machine
Dyna-Chem
EnvirOx
Fiberteq
KIK Custom Products
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Workforce Clusters scholarship/internship program
Spotlight Career - Product Engineer
New Member Spotlights
Vermilion Advantage golf outing
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Leatherneck Hardware
Mervis Industries
MT Systems
Quaker
ThyssenKrupp Crankshaft
ThyssenKrupp Presta
Towne Machine & Tool
Tridan International
Trigard/Greenwood, Inc.
Viscofan USA
Watchfire Signs
LOGISTICS CLUSTER
AutoZone
Central States Distribution Service
Dawson Logistics
McLane Midwest
NACCO Materials Handling Group
The Sygma Network
TECHNOLOGY/SERVICE
CLUSTER
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois
Cellular One of East Central Illinois
City of Danville
Country Financial Insurance
DND Witzel Enterprises,
d/b/a McDonalds
First Midwest Bank
Genpact
Iroquois Federal
Media One Visual Arts
Neuhoff Communications
NexLAN
Trillium Staffing
Walgreens Accounting/
Technical Help Center
Vicki Haugen
President & CEO
Linda Bolton
Director of Business Development
and Government Relations
Machelle Dykes
Director of Business and
Community Services
Alicia Pettigrew
Part Time - Special Projects Coordinator
Kim Kuchenbrod
Woodards Computing
Worksource Enterprise
HEALTH CARE CLUSTER
Randal Ashton, DDS
Carle Physician Group
Christie Clinic
Danville Care/
New Focus Achievement Center
Danville Polyclinic
Hoopeston Community
Memorial Hospital
Prairie Center Health Systems
Provena United Samaritans
Medical Center
Vermilion County Health Department
Veterans’ Administration VA Illiana Health Care System
THANK YOU FOR YOUR
SUPPORT AND YOUR
COMMITMENT TO BUILDING
OUR AREA’S FUTURE!
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Workforce Clusters scholarship/
internship program
By Linda Bolton
Workforce development is the focus of much
that Vermilion Advantage does, be it re-training displaced workers and those wanting to move into
other work areas, or helping students vision their
future and the many opportunities that lie ahead for
them right here in Vermilion County. Our clusters
(involving companies in manufacturing, logistics,
health care, and technology and service) have been
integral in making this happen through their significant commitment to providing the dollars needed to
ensure programs exist to help us build and maintain
an educated, prepared workforce. Perhaps nothing
shows how invested they are in workforce development than the scholarship/ internship program that
began in Vermilion County during the fall of 2004.
At that time, our clusters made the commitment to
provide funding for scholarships and to create paid
internships for college students at local business and
industry in the related fields of their planned study.
As a return on their investment, once students graduate, they are committed to returning to the community for two years to work locally. For everyone, this
is a win/win program: the students gain knowledge
and hands-on experience, while they breathe a little
easier during their senior year, knowing they have a
job to come home to; the community wins by having students come back to Vermilion County; and
our business community wins by growing their own
future workers who bring new ideas and energy
back into their workplaces. Jason Briski, who oversees Human Resources for ThyssenKrupp’s Forging
Operation, best summarizes the company perspective of this workforce development program:
“This is a great opportunity to identify local talent and bring them into the business. This creates
opportunities for experience and maybe the chance
to have these working relationships continue. This
helps them (students) find work and keeps the talent
local. ThyssenKrupp would like to continue participating and creating those opportunities; this is a
good way to connect with young talent.”
I have been fortunate to get to know some of
these students this past year, and recently sat down
to talk to them about their experiences; two are
graduates, already working at full-time jobs locally,
while the other four are heading back to college in
the fall.
Andrew Puhr is getting ready to head into his
senior year at Bradley University. Raised in
Danville, Andrew is finishing up his summer internship at ThyssenKrupp Machining. This is his third
internship; his first was at KIK, where he did time
studies and process engineering projects; his second
was at Mervis Industries, where he worked under
the main project engineer, allowing him the opportunity to do some cad work and gain a close-up view
of workplace activity from the engineer’s perspective. Also while there, Andrew was able to spend
time learning about the recycling side of Mervis
Industries in central Illinois. During this summer’s
internship at ThyssenKrupp Machining, Andrew is
overseeing the line of operation and doing process
auditing to ensure everything is running smoothly.
He says the internships have allowed him to move to
this point in time, where he is getting a better feel
for his real area of interest. “This year in particular
is allowing me to see a product from start to finish,
like the steel coming in as solid blocks that are
turned into crankshafts; I get to follow the product
from its raw material state to finished product, and
that makes me appreciate the process,” he says.
Andrew recommends students take advantage of the
opportunities this program presents, even if they are
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Andrew Puhr, Brittany Murphy and Brennan Love are interns at ThyssenKrupp. (photo provided)
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certain they know the career path they
will follow. “You can get your feet wet
and become more focused; this is not
just any job; this is an opportunity to
take classroom theory and put it into
practice in a hands-on environment,”
he says. Andrew likes the idea of
coming back home to work after graduation. The best part of all, he says, is
that he is going into his senior year
knowing he has a job ahead, which
will relieve some senior-year stress.
He is not sure yet when he will be
coming back to step into that job, however, because he still has some work to
do on his Business minor. But he is
coming home eventually to fulfill his
Brennan Love believes the
scholarship/intern program
is better now than in its
early stages, with clear
expectations and guidelines
that make the internships
an even better experience
now than in the beginning.
commitment to the local business
community and the clusters that
helped pay for his education and
opportunities. After that, he says he
may travel a little and see the world,
“But I may not, if the job I get after
school is a good fit, I may stay right
here,” he says.
Brittany Murphy will soon return
to Southern Illinois University at
Carbondale for her senior year.
Brittany is from Tilton and a Danville
High graduate. This summer, she is
interning at ThyssenKrupp Machining,
doing “a little bit of everything”, from
time studies to updating process
sheets. As is the case with all of the
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students, she is very familiar with
internships; she worked at Woodard
Computing,
KIK,
and
now
ThyssenKrupp. “Internships provide
really good networking opportunities
and are more hands on,” Brittany says.
She believes internship experiences in
the workplace can help students figure
out where they really want to be, “In
the internships, I have had to figure
things out by handling daily work
experiences, and each of those has
helped me reach the point that I have
realized I want to work in the field of
electrical engineering.” Brittany says
without the internship experiences, it
might have taken her longer to figure
out her real area of interest, or she
might never have known, without the
exposure she has had to different
workplaces. Brittany says she is grateful to be in this position now, completing her senior year of college with a
full-time job waiting for her the
minute she takes off her cap and gown.
“Most of my friends cannot say that,
and they are struggling to line up a job
after graduation.” She says she wants
high school students to realize that if
they get nothing else out of this
Vermilion Advantage program, internships will look great on their resumes.
But she says there is more to the program than resumes, and she encourages students, saying, “Take the
opportunity to be part of this program;
talk to your teachers, and they will
help you by giving you the guidance
you need.” “Most of all, don’t be
afraid to try, and don’t be afraid to fail;
you can’t pass the test if you don’t try.”
Brennan Love is a senior from
Catlin who will graduate in December
from Southern Illinois University Carbondale in Industrial Technology.
He has had a healthy dose of internship opportunities over the last few
years. His first was at KIK doing time
studies and process engineering projects. Brennan describes the KIK experience as being in an “all hands on
deck” environment. He says KIK is a
big company with lots of product lines
and activity, and he says when major
issues arose that pulled in all workers,
interns were in the middle of the activity, helping with the problem-solving
experience. Brennan’s second internship was with ThyssenKrupp Presta.
He believes the scholarship/intern program is better now than in its early
stages, with clear expectations and
guidelines that make the internships an
even better experience now than in the
beginning. In terms of his career,
Brennan says he is somewhat at a
crossroad, as he evaluates where he
may be going, whether into quality
control or safety, or a mix of them. He
patiently explains that Industrial
Technology is a broad field, offering
opportunities in everything from safety to quality control, to environmental
management, to ergonomics, and
more. What he is certain of is that
someday he wants to be a head engineer, overseeing the control process
and staffing. “This program has
allowed me to gain great confidence,
by applying the recent knowledge I am
gaining in the workplace right in front
of my face.” He adds, “I could sit in
the classroom all day and not be able
to apply things as I am able to here in
the workplace.” To others he says, “If
you are faced with the opportunity to
do this program and gain this knowledge in your field of study, do it,
knowing that this is very beneficial
and worth the time and effort; this program is evidence that there are good
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mitment.” Brennan adds, “There is more to life than
going to school, getting a degree and then a job; this
program helps you better understand where you are
going”.
Emma Feingold is on the long and winding road
to becoming a physical therapist. She started out at
Danville Area Community College, but then moved
over to the University of Indianapolis, and had to
back track on some of her courses, which has slowed
her progress a little. But she will graduate from there
with a degree in athletic training, and then go on for
her doctorate in physical therapy. She says it is
stressful knowing there is yet so much to do, but
with her general classes out of the way, she can take
fewer classes, and spend more time on them. As with
the students over in industry, Emma has had numerous summer and winter internships: she has been at
Provena United Samaritans Medical Center twice, at
Hoopeston Community Memorial Hospital twice, at
Illiana Healthcare/VA Hospital twice, and right now,
she is working at the Polyclinic in Danville. She says
each of her internships have been different, with different patient loads in different settings. It is not
easy to become a physical therapist today, and for
Emma, it is a personal journey. “I had to have two
surgeries on my shoulder when I was younger, and a
lot of physical therapy, which made me want to go
into this profession,” she says. Emma says she is not
into nursing and all the challenges nurses face in
their work days, but she says, “I like the feeling of
helping someone feel better; it stinks to not feel good
or to not feel like yourself.” When she started out,
Emma thought her focus would be athletics, but now
she is not so sure, “Athletic training is good for skillbuilding, and it is good pre-physical therapy training, but now I am interested in so much more.” She
thinks perhaps she may end up doing some part-time
school athletic training, but work full -time in sports
medicine. “In athletic training, especially in high
school sports, you see the injuries in the early stages;
but in sports medicine you can work with the patient
throughout the healing stage and not just in the
school setting.” Emma says every day is a new learning experience in physical therapy, with very intricate work as a therapist evaluates the levels of pain
and how to best help people of all ages and places in
life recover. “We often are able to help people get to
the point they can delay surgeries, at least for a little
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while, even perhaps long enough to get themselves
better prepared for surgery,” she says. It is much
more common now, Emma says, for people to struggle with back issues, “We make a lot of effort now to
focus on how to best help people without a lot of
medications.” Emma says she enjoys athletic training because she is learning about doing evaluations,
which she says are ‘cool’ because you have to learn
to ask the right questions to find the solutions that
will make someone feel better, “And if you don’t ask
one thing you should have, it may impact the entire
therapy process.” She says it is much like putting
together the pieces of a puzzle to discover the whole
picture of a patient and what they need to heal. As for
the internship/scholarship program, Emma says she
feels lucky because , “Nowhere else could I get a
paid internship and help with the cost of school.”
She says she would recommend the program
because otherwise, it is unlikely students can get so
much clinical experience that can be applied in the
classroom, as well as when she goes to do her school
clinical experience. “Seeing things done in the workplace and learning a variety of ways to do them is
invaluable,” Emma says. She also says the internships have helped her learn how to deal with the
workplace environment. “I used to be really shy and
quiet, but being out here in the work setting, I have
learned to have a new confidence and to speak up
and communicate with other workers as well as with
patients.” Emma says she knows now that she will
be able to do what she is asked to do in the clinical
setting, rather than standing back, afraid to speak up
as other students may be, “And that is something you
just cannot get in the classroom.” As to the value of
the program, Emma says simply, “I tell my friends at
school in Indianapolis about this program and the
opportunities it provides, and they cannot believe
anything like this even exists.”
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Emma Feingold is a healthcare intern.
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Joe Lerner walked out of the University of
Illinois in May with an engineering degree, and
walked into a full -time job at MT Systems, here at
home in Danville, in mechanical engineering. He
says he is still pinching himself, finding it hard to
believe that he has a well-paying full-time job. Joe
is still on the learning curve at MT, getting acquainted with everyone and getting a grasp of all they do
(as he explains it, they make the machinery components that manufacturers need to make their parts),
while helping wherever he is needed. Fortunately,
Joe says, some of MT’s bigger projects are winding
down right now, so he has the time to get acclimated and ask questions before new projects kick into
gear. While in school, Joe had six internships and
each was different: he was at ThyssenKrupp Presta
for two internships; at Time-O- Matic (now
Watchfire), KIK , and Alstom-Gas Turbine
Manufacturing. He says some of these were shorter
term than others, “But the longer ones provided me
with a better, broader knowledge base, providing
more exposure to their processes over a longer time
period”. As he sits in his very own cubicle, in his
real-world job at MT, Joe notes that these internships have truly given him perspective as he looks
down the road, and greater awareness about how
things work in the real world. Knowing he had a job
when he graduated was an invaluable stress relief, “I
could concentrate on my classes, without worrying
about getting to every job fair or job recruitment
event held on campus.” Joe agrees with Brittany
that at the very least being in the program looks
good on a resume. But also like her, he believes the
program provides an incalculable amount of opportunity to prepare for the workplace. “There are parts
of being in the workplace you have to experience
and be ready for; you have to know how to communicate, know how to maintain confidentiality, and
understand how to build working relationships;
there are nuances to working, and these internship
opportunities remove the ‘duh’ factor.” Joe’s message to high school students is, “Work at it now, and
you can reap the rewards later”. Joe admits the job
and the money are simply not real to him yet; he figures it will take until fall, when everyone goes back
to school before he realizes this is not an internship;
he has a job. “I feel good about staying here, if the
opportunity is here.” Joe’s even buying a house.
Anthony Hornbeck is happy to tell family in
Hoopeston and others that he is working full time at
Watchfire Signs by Time-O-Matic, Inc. in Danville.
He graduated last May from the University of
Illinois. His area of focus is Industrial-related general engineering. At Watchfire, he is a SIT (Software
Integration Technician), which means he takes the
nearly-completed sign and ensures components are
plugged in, loads the software that will make the
sign’s message light up correctly, and then follows
up with some quality assurance, testing the sign
boards before they are shipped out. Anthony says he
is getting a good view of the process and a chance to
get involved in opportunities to improve the process,
which is an engineer’s delight. He says his internships were great experiences that have well-prepared him to step into this job. His first internship
was with MT Systems, where he had the chance to
do a little bit of everything in a hands-on environment before he started college. Anthony also did two
six-week internships at KIK and at Time-O-Matic
(now Watchfire), where he started learning software
integration. “KIK was a very large industry, with
lots of lines running with automated systems”. It
was during an internship at Automation
International, that Anthony was able to work in the
areas in which he has a great deal of interest: renewable energy and entrepreneurialism. This was when
the first Ford Focus Conversion car was being
worked on under Automation’s roof, and he got to
see some of the development. “Renewable energy
and the entrepreneurial side of a start-up project are
intriguing to me,” he says. And his internship at
ThyssenKrupp Crankshaft during his last semester
of college was his chance to work on one huge line,
creating work instructions (manuals) for line workers. Anthony says he is interested in so many things
in his career field, and the internship program has
allowed him to gain a better understanding of the
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Joe Lerner had six internships and now works full-time in Danville.
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significance of optimization and efficiencies in
the industry, and that has focused his interest in
this area. He is very proud of his senior project at
U of I in which he created an entire automation
system. The internship experiences have also
helped him to understand where he does not really want to be: in a really large company. “Smaller
companies can offer me some good growth
opportunities that I can be part of and help the
company in its strategic movement forward,”
Anthony says. Having a job in his future after
graduation was good, “But the best part of the
program was all the internships, and being able to
get exposure to so many different workplaces and
to do so many things.” Anthony says he has been
able to work with many different people in different places, and it has been a pretty positive and
varied experience. He admits it can be intimidating, as a college student, to walk into a workplace
and realize he was expected to be able to work on
the same level as people with twenty or more
years work experience. “Growing up in
Hoopeston, I really was not very familiar with all
the industry in Danville; I am impressed with all
that is here, he says”. His advice to high school
students: Keep an open mind; take advantage of
an internship’s opportunity to work with so many
good, experienced people; ask them questions;
get involved. “You can learn a lot from others,”
Anthony says. Right now, he is focused on his
two-year work commitment, however he says, “I
might like to travel some in the future; but I am
ok right here, right now.”
These young people are our future. It is heartening to listen to them talk and vision their
futures. We are grateful to our cluster partners for
their commitment to our community and to our
future, which they exhibit each day by helping
students get through school and into internships.
We can all learn from these students. Remember
what Joe said: “Work at it now and you can reap
the rewards later.” And then there is Brittany’s
comment that should remain with all of us:
“Don’t be afraid to try; don’t be afraid to fail; you
can’t pass the test if you don’t try.”
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SPOTLIGHT
CAREER
Product Engineer
Rigoberto Torres
ThyssenKrupp Crankshaft
Rigoberto’s favorite subject as a student at
Danville High School was math. He couldn’t get
enough of it.
After graduation, Rigo went one semester to
Southern IL University on a baseball scholarship.
The second semester, he came back home and
worked. By fall of the next year, he went to DACC
and began taking classes with no real major in sight.
An instructor at DACC noticed his capabilities and,
since he had not declared a major, suggested he consider engineering.
While at DACC he learned about the Vermilion
Advantage partnership with Bradley University
called Engineers for Tomorrow (EFT). He applied
and was accepted and did his last two years at
Bradley, graduating with a Bachelor’s Degree in
Mechanical Engineering.
As part of the EFT program, graduates are
required to return to Vermilion County and spend
the first two years of their career working for a sponsoring cluster company. Rigo joined ThyssenKrupp
Crankshaft upon his graduation in 2007. His first
position was as a Process Engineer who dealt mostly with the die and tooling designs. In his current
role as a Product Engineer, Rigo works with the customer for the specific part and design they need.
The thing he likes best is the contact with the
customers -- their needs and expectations and finding solutions for them.
The hardest part of the job is balancing multiple
projects and the deadlines that come with each. He
has now been working for ThyssenKrupp for 4
years. “I’m happy here, and I don’t feel the need to
go anywhere else. There is still a lot I can learn and
do and much room for growth. I would like to use
the base knowledge I have about the product and
learn other sectors of the company,” Rigo told me
confidently.
Rigo admits that what is hard to convey to high
school students about this kind of career pathway is
the “excitement and satisfaction you get” when you
see products come out with designs to which you’ve
contributed.
“Since I work closely with sales, I’m thinking
about getting my MBA and eventually moving more
into Sales Account management. I have a lot more
to learn. I need to understand each department and
how it works.”
Rigo is not only confident about the career path
he chose, but also about his decision to return to the
Danville area. “For those that don’t think there are
any good opportunities here, they are not looking
very hard. I initially came back here because this is
where my family is. It just felt natural.”
Rigo’s excitement and passion about his
employer is also evident when he speaks.
“ThyssenKrupp is a high-technology company.
Some of our processes are the most automated in the
world from beginning to end. That’s manufacturing
today. People need to seek out opportunities to see
firsthand what is done and how it is done in today’s
manufacturing.”
Rigo has also gotten a taste of the global world
in which we live. His job has also involved international travel. “I’ve been to Brazil and Germany and
in the future may get to travel to China and India.
When you see what happens in other locations
around the world you can bring it back home and put
it all together for the benefit of the entire group.”
JUST THE FACTS
Bureau of Labor Statistics
• Engineers apply the principles of science and
mathematics to develop economical solutions to
technical problems. There work is the link between
scientific discoveries and the commercial applications that meet societal and consumer needs.
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Rigoberto Torres
(photo provided)
• Employment is projected to grow about as fast as
the average for all occupations, although growth
will vary by specialty; overall job opportunities for
engineers are expected to be good
Related Occupations include:
Engineering Technicians
Industrial Engineers
Mechanical Engineers
Materials Engineers
Process Engineers
Training Available through Danville Area
Community College for industrial support
positions:
Manufacturing Engineering Tech AAS 67 cr
Manufacturing Engineering Tech (CAD) 63 cr
Transfer AES Degree 65 cr (1st 2 years)
OTHER CLUSTER COMPANIES THAT
EMPLOY PROCESS/PRODUCT ENGINEERS
Viscofan USA
ThyssenKrupp Presta
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Welcome new Vermilion Advantage members!
Danville Bar
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Contact: Ami Patel
1824 E. Main Street
Danville, IL 61832
312-371-9673
msami9@gmail.com
Product/Service: Food and beverage full service restaurant
Danville Youth
Hockey
Association
Contact: Doug Ireland
PO Box 1431
Danville, IL 61832
217-474-5866
www.danvilleheat.com
Product/Service: Non-profit organization giving
boys and girls 4-18 years old in the Greater
Vermilion County area an opportunity to play hockey and to compete in a sport that will challenge and
reward them throughout their growing years.
Express
Employment
Professionals
Contact: Lynn Yoerk
2901 W. Springfield
Champaign, IL 61821
217-355-8500
www.expresspros.com
Product/Service: Locally-owned staffing company
focused on evaluation and direct hire, temporary
and contract staffing, professional search and contract, flexible staffing and onsite services. We specialized in skilled trades, professional and administrative positions.
Michael O’Brien
Individual
Danville, IL 61832
Amy Marchant
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Mediator
37 N. Vermilion Street
Danville, IL 61832
217-260-2820
www.mediate.com
Product/Service: Mediation services
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Members of Vermilion Advantage, July 2011
(Product or service by category)
AUTOMOTIVE:
American Eagle Auto Glass
Carmack Car Capital
Courtesy Ford Lincoln Mercury Dodge
Hoopeston Star Chrysler
Leverenz Automotive
O’Reilly Auto Parts
Toyota of Danville
Vermilion Chevrolet
CONSTRUCTION/CONTRACTORS:
A & R Mechanical Contractors, Inc.
Anderson Electric, Inc.
Berner Plumbing &H20
Borchers Decorating
Creative Construction By Design
Danville Bldg. & Constr. Trades Council
Danville NECA-IBEW Electrical JATC
The Dodds Company
Doggett Heating & Air
ERH Enterprises, Inc.
ERVIN construction
Glesco Electric, Inc.
Illini Drilled Foundations, Inc.
Illinois Chapter of National Electrical Contractors Association, Inc.
Lipa Enterprises, Inc.
McDowell Builders, Inc.
Patten Painting
Risser Electric, Inc.
River Bottom Farms Screened Topsoil
Schomburg & Schomburg Construction, Inc.
Sentry Roofing, Inc.
Rodman Plumbing
Security Door & Hardware Company
Security Venture
Silver Brothers, Inc.
Terminix Co. (for insulation)
Th Snyder Co.
Tile Specialists, Inc./Spectrum Design Group
Venture Mechanical Contractors, Inc.
White Construction, Inc.
DISTRIBUTION:
AutoZone Distribution
Central States Distribution Service
Dawson Logistics
Earl Gaudio & Sons, Inc.
Hawkeye Foodservice Distribution, Inc.
McLane Midwest Company, Inc.
Mueller Division of Southern Wine & Spirits of IL
NACCO Materials Handling Group, Inc.
Orange & Blue Distributing
The Sygma Network
EDUCATION:
CAERT, Inc.
Danville Area Community College
Danville Area Community College/C&CE
Danville Christian Academy
Danville District #118
Danville High School
Danville Lutheran School
Danville Public School Foundation
Lakeview College of Nursing
Regional Office of Education
Schlarman Academy
Vermilion County Elementary Schools Principal's Assn.
ENTERTAINMENT/ RECREATION:
David S. Palmer Arena
Illini Skateland, Inc.
Lincoln Lanes, Inc.
Turtle Run Golf Club
FINANCIAL:
Central Illinois Debt Mgmt. & Credit Education, Inc.
Community Bank of Hoopeston
Country Insurance & Financial Srvcs.
Danville Bell Credit Union
Education Personnel Federal Credit Union
Edward Jones
First Financial Bank – Danville
First Financial Bank – Ridge Farm
First Illinois Credit Union
First Midwest Bank of Danville
First National Bank of Catlin
First National Bank of Georgetown
First Savings Bank of Danville
FLK Wealth Advisors of Raymond James & Assoc.
Illinois National Bank
Iroquois Federal
Landmark Credit Union
McMurray Insurance Agency
MidWest America Federal Credit Union
The Myers Group of Morgan Stanley Smith Barney
Old National Bank
Perry Jaynes Financial Services
Personal Finance Co.
Prudential Financial
Springleaf Financial Services of Illinois, Inc.
United Community Bank
William C. Burnside & Company, Inc.
GOVERNMENT:
City of Danville
City of Hoopeston
Danville Housing Authority
Friends of Tim Johnson
Grant Township
Illinois Dept. of Employment Security
Illinois Division of Rehabilitation Services
Newell Township
Senator Michael Frerichs
Verm. County Conservation District
Vermilion County Airport Authority
Vermilion County Government
Village of Bismarck
Village of Catlin
Village of Oakwood
Village of Rossville
Village of Tilton
HEALTH CARE:
Alpha-Care Health Professionals, LLC
Aunt Martha’s Vermilion Area Community Health Center
Randal Ashton, DDS
Beltone Hearing Aid Service
Carle
Chittick Family Eye Care
Christie Clinic Management Co, Inc.
Danville Care Center/New Focus Achievement Center
Dept. of Vet. Affairs Illiana Health Care System
Dillman Eye Care Associates
Robert Elghammer, M.D.
Michael L. Fuesting, DMD
Gailey Eye Clinic
James M. Hardy, DDS
Health Alliance Medical Plans
Hoopeston Regional Health Center
Medix Emergency Medical Service
North Logan Health Care Center
North Vermilion Family Dental
Prairie Center Health Systems, Inc.
Provena United Sam. Medical Center
Robinson Chiropractic, Ltd.
Vermilion County Health Dept.
Dr. George Zundo General Dentistry
HOME BASED / STUDENT / RETIREE:
Charles Drude
Dr. David L. Fields
Ed Griffin
JoAnne Andrews
John Mason, Jr., M.D. (Ret.)
Nanette Mellen (Ret.)
Michael O’Brien
Judge John P. O’Rourke (Ret.)
Richard & Judy Rowe
Harlan Smith
HOTEL/ MOTEL:
Danville Days Hotel & Conference Center
Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites
Sleep Inn & Suites
HOUSING:
Bowman Estates
Brunswick Apartments
Danville Area Board of REALTORS
Deer Creek Manor
Heartland Properties, Inc.
Hispanic Housing Development Corp.
Immanuel Senior Residences
Liberty Village
Vermilion House
Wolford Apartments
INDIVIDUAL PROFESSIONAL /NOT FOR PROFIT / CLUBS
AMBUCS
American Cancer Society
American Legion Post 210
Amy S. Marchant, Mediator
Better Business Bureau - Central Illinois
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Vermilion County
Boys & Girls Clubs of Danville
Center for Children’s Services
Community Living Options, Inc.
CRIS Senior Services, Inc.
DACC Foundation, Inc.
Danville Area Convention & Visitors’ Bureau
Danville Area Labor Mngmnt. Council
Danville Area Landlords Association
Danville Boat Club
Danville Family YMCA
Danville Foundation for Industrial Growth
Danville Knights of Columbus
Danville Lutheran School
Danville Public Library
Danville Public School Foundation
Danville Symphony Orchestra
Danville Youth Hockey Association
Downtown Danville, Inc.
E. Central IL Community Action Agency
First Presbyterian Church
Girl Scouts of Central Illinois
Julius W. Hegeler II Foundation
March of Dimes Foundation
Marketplace Chaplains
Vickie J. Miller
The Salvation Army
Turtle Run Golf & Banquet Center/Snapper’s
Bar & Grill
United Way of Danville Area
Univ. of IL Extension, Vermilion County
Vermilion County Farm Bureau
Vermilion County Museum Society
Vermilion County Soil & Water Conservation District
Vermilion Healthcare Foundation
Vermilion House
Web Innovations & Technology Services, Inc. (WITS)
Workforce Investment Board
WorkSource enterprises
INSURANCE OR REAL ESTATE:
Allied Title Services, Inc.
Behnke & Co., Inc.
Bob McMurray Real Estate
Cannon Cochran Management Services, Inc.
C.H. Smith Insurance Agency
Coldwell Banker Commercial Devonshire Realty
Coldwell Banker Devonshire Realty
Country Financial
Crose Insurance
Cunningham Rentals
Danville Area Board of REALTORS
Danville Town Centre, LLC
Dougherty Group
Edward Jones
ERA Renaissance Realty
Gary C. Erickson Agency
Health Alliance Medical Plans
Heartland Insurance Agency
Heartland Properties, Inc.
Heritage Development Services Co.
KBA Limited
Lipa Enterprises, Inc.
McMurray Insurance Agency
Old National Insurance
Perry Jaynes Financial Services
Prudential Financial
RE/MAX 2000
Robert W. Randall, Inc.
Security Venture, Inc.
State Farm Insurance - Jeanie Hayes & Toni Stone
Swires Land & Management Co., Inc.
Trans-Continental Insurance Brokers, Inc.
Vermilion County Title, Inc.
Vermilion Development, Inc.
Village Mall Shopping Center
W & T Enterprises
MANUFACTURING:
ALCOA, Inc. - Danville
ALSTOM - Gas Turbine Mfg. - Danville
American Pavilion
Automation International, Inc.
Ball Corporation
Bose
Bryant Industries, Inc.
Bunge Milling, Inc.
ConAgra Foods Inc.-Rossville
Cronkhite Industries, Inc.
Danville Metal Stamping Co., Inc.
Del Storm Products, Inc.
Dines Machine & Mfg.
DynaChem, Inc.
Envelope Product Group, LLC A Division of Cenveo Corporation
EnvirOx, LLC
Fiberteq, LLC
Flex-N-Gate Plastics
Freight Car Services, Inc.
Full-Fill Industries, LLC
Furry, Inc.
Georgetown Wood & Pallet Co., Inc.
Greenwood Plastics Industries
Honeywell International, Inc.
Hoopeston Foods, Inc.
Illini Castings, LLC
Jameson Steel Fabrication, Inc.
KIK Custom Products
Kurland Steel Company
Leatherneck Hardware, Inc.
Lebanon Seaboard Corporation
Mervis Industries, Inc.
MT Systems, Inc.
NCT, Inc.
Norton Machine Co.
Quaker Oats Co.
REG Danville, LLC
Smurfit-Stone Container Corporation
Steel Grip
Thermo Techniques, Inc.
ThyssenKrupp Crankshaft Company
ThyssenKrupp Presta Danville, LLC
Towne Machine Tool Co., Inc.
Tridan International, Inc.
Troxel Industries, Inc.
Viscofan USA, Inc. (formerly Teepak)
Watchfire Signs by Time-O-Matic, Inc.
MEDIA:
Commercial-News
Neuhoff Broadcasting, Inc.
The News-Gazette
WCIA-Nexstar Broadcasting
WICD-TV News Channel 15
OFFICE:
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Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois
Cannon Cochran Management Services, Inc.
Genpact
PRG-Schultz
Walgreens-Danville Accounting Center
OTHER:
Sand Rats, Inc.
OUTDOOR ADVERTISING:
Lamar Outdoor Advertising
PUBLISHERS & PRINTERS:
Commercial-News
Enlightening Fashion
Faulstich Printing Company
Marster’s Sign Co.
The News-Gazette
Yellowbook
RESTAURANTS/ BARS/ VENDING/ CATERING:
Applewood Foods
B & K Investments, Inc. (Wendy's)
The Beef House
Buffalo Wild Wings
Charlotte’s
The Cooks’ Workshop, LLC
Dairy Queen
Danville Bar & Grill
Danville Boat Club
Danville Country Club
Deluxe Restaurant
DND Witzel Enterpr. Inc. dba McDonald's
Java Hut/Vermilion Place
Jocko’s Depot
Mustard’s Last Stand
Nelson’s Catering, Inc.
No. 1 Hibachi and Grill Buffet
Oakwood Travel Plaza
O’Leary’s Pub
Papa Murphy’s Pizza
Red Lobster - #0556
Royal Donut
Turtle Run Golf & Banquet Center/Snapper’s Bar & Grill
RETAIL:
Arnold’s Office Supply, Inc.
Big R Stores
Bratland's Prescription Shop, Inc.
Bud's Car Stereo & Cellular
Cooke Business Products, Inc.
Covington Foods/Danville County Markets
Danville Bacon & Van Buskirk Glass Co.
Danville Gardens, Inc.
Danville Towne Centre, LLC
Dwight Alan Salon
Enlightening Fashion
Escape An Aveda Hair & Body Spa, LLC
Fancy That Bridal
Glass Doctor of Vermilion County
Gulick’s Illiana Medical Equipment & Supply Co.
Hoopeston Star Chrysler
Lowe’s Home Improvement Warehouse
MACH 21
Marster’s Sign Co.
Oakwood Travel Plaza
Olympic Hardware
O’Reilly Auto Parts
Pet Supplies Plus
River Bottom Farms Screened Topsoil
Shick School & Office Supply
Shoe Sensation
Sleepy Creek Vineyards
Smokehouse Discount Tobacco
Sully Schultz Nursery, Inc.
This Is It Furniture
Timothy-Dann’s Salon
Turk Furniture
Unger’s Jewelry
Village Mall Shopping Center
Walgreens – Fairchild Street
Walgreens – Main Street
Walmart Supercenter
SERVICES – ACCOUNTING:
Clifton Gunderson LLP
Crowder CPA's, Ltd.
Genpact
IL Agriculture Auditing Association
SERVICES – AUDITING:
PRG-Schultz
SERVICES – COMPUTER/ NETWORK/ WEB SUPPORT:
Beamsco
Clifton Gunderson LLP
Digital Communications MCG
Marketech
NexLAN
Woodard's Computing Services
SERVICES – CONSULTING/TRAINING:
Amy S. Marchant, Mediator
Bigg Success
Danville Area Community College/C&CE
Illinois Small Business Development Center
Marketech
Marketplace Chaplains
SERVICES – DAYCARE, CHILD/ ADULT:
McCall Adult Day Care
SERVICES – ENGINEERING/ ARCHITECTS:
Berns, Clancy & Associates, P. C.
Midwest Engineering and Testing, Inc.
NCT, Inc.
Sodemann & Associates
SERVICES – EQUIPMENT/ EQUIPMENT REPAIR:
Berner Plumbing & H20
Bodine Electric
Doggett Heating & Air
SERVICES – FUNERAL:
Sunset Funeral Home, Memorial Park & Cremation Center
SERVICES – GARBAGE/ DOCUMENT DISPOSAL:
Republic Services (formerly Allied Waste)
SERVICES – INTERNET:
Cellular One of East Central Illinois
Marketech
NexLAN
SERVICES – LAUNDRY/ CLEANING:
Newton's Cleaning Specialists, Inc.
ServPro of Vermilion County
SERVICES – LANDSCAPING/LAWN CARE/PEST CONTROL:
River Bottom Farms Screened Topsoil
Terminix Company
Sully Schultz Nursery, Inc.
SERVICES – LEGAL:
Acton & Snyder
Davis and Delanois, PC
Dukes, Ryan, Meyer, Freed, Goodwin & McMasters, Ltd.
Kesler, Laury, Garman, Brougher, Lietz & Townsley, PC
Terrance R. Miles, Attorney at Law
SERVICES – MARKETING:
Marketech
Media One Visual Arts
WhiteSmith Marketing Group, Inc.
SERVICES – OFFICE EQUIPMENT/ COPIER SUPPLIES:
DTI Office Solutions
SERVICES – OTHER:
Always Open Storage
Amy S. Marchant, Mediator
Borchers Decorating
Bryant Industries, Inc.
CAERT, Inc.
D.I. Fire & Safety, Inc.
Danville Bacon & Van Buskirk Glass Co.
Doggett Heating & Air
Danville Industrial Painting
Glass Doctor of Vermilion County
Goodwine Agricultural Services
Illinois Small Business Development Center
Kurland Steel Company
River Bottom Farms Screened Topsoil
Tile Specialists, Inc./Spectrum Design Group
SERVICES – PHOTOGRAPHY:
Chuck Cannady Photography
SERVICES – SECURITY:
F.E. Moran Alarm and Monitoring
SERVICES – SPA/ BEAUTY:
Dwight Alan Salon
Escape An Aveda Hair & Body Spa, LLC
Timothy-Dann’s Salon
SERVICES – TELECOMMUNICATIONS/ CABLE/ COMMUNICATIONS:
BARBECK Communications
Cellular One of East Central Illinois
Comcast Spotlight
Digital Communications MCG
Neuhoff Broadcasting, Inc.
WCIA-Nexstar Broadcasting
WICD-TV News Channel 15
SERVICES – TEMPORARY EMPLOYMENT CONTRACTORS:
Express Employment Professionals
Kelly Services
Manpower Temporary Services
Select Remedy
Trillium Staffing
SERVICES – VETERINARY:
Cooper East Lake Animal Hospital
Fairchild Animal Hospital
SERVICES – VIDEO & AUDIO PRODUCTION:
Design Studio
SUPPLIERS:
Bodine Electric
Danville Paper & Supply
Depke Gases & Welding Supplies
ERH Enterprises, Inc.
Industrial Supply Company
International Greenhouse Company
Kirby Risk Supply
Mettam Safety Supply, Inc.
Ray O'Herron Co., Inc.
River Bottom Farms Screened Topsoil
Springfield Electric Supply Co.
Tilton Energy, LLC
Vermilion Valley Produce Co., Inc.
TRANSPORTATION:
Kankakee, Beaverville & Southern (KBS) Railroad
UTILITIES:
AmerenIP
Aqua Illinois, Inc.
AT&T Illinois
Danville Sanitary District
Tilton Energy, LLC
August 2011
V E R M I L I O N
A D V A N T A G E
Vermilion Advantage golf outing
Vermilion Advantage would like
to thank the business sponsors, prize
contributors, golfers and volunteers
for helping to make the 20th Annual
Vermilion Advantage golf outing at the
Danville Country Club on July 15 such
a big success!!
Thank you to our sponsors:
Hole-in-One Car sponsor Courtesy
Ford-Lincoln-Mercury-Dodge; Holein-One Sponsor Cellular One; Quaker
Oats, Plumbers & Steamfitters Local
157, Depke Glass & Welding
Supplies, Theraldson Lodging, Central
States
Distribution
Service,
ThyssenKrupp Crankshaft Company,
Mervis Advantage Recycling &
Advantage Towing, Provena United
Samaritans Medical Center, Illini
Castings, Covington Foods, Sentry
Roofing, Bunge Milling, Venture
Mechanical, Full-Fill Industries,
Viscofan, Danville Metal Stamping,
Mervis Industries, Country Financial,
Illinois Small Business Development
Center, Pletch Trucking, Old National
Bank, NACCO Materials Handling
Group, Anderson Electric, Vermilion
County Title, Inc.
Thank you to our prize/goodie
bag contributors: Sleepy Creek
Vineyards, Papa Murphy’s, NexLAN,
Harrison Park Golf Course/City of
Danville, Covington Foods, Kelly
Printing, Back Pain Clinic, Aqua
Illinois,
Vermilion
County
McDonalds, Quaker Oats, Provena
United Samaritan Medical Center,
Cellular One, Pletch Trucking,
Trillium Staffing, Central States
Distribution Center, Health Alliance,
Millikin Dry Cleaners, O’Learys,
Buffalo Wild Wings, Garfields, Red
Lobster, Monicals, Quicklube, Gaudio
and Sons, Steak ‘n’ Shake, The
Commercial-News, Dairy Queen/Bob
Jones, Danville Family YMCA
Thank you to the Danville
Country Club: Pro Shop, Neil Moore
and staff; Denise Ingalls and staff for
the excellent meal and accommodations.
Thank you to the volunteers:
Lynn Mollica, Lisa Fudge, Cindy
Nygren, Dana Burress, Betsy Strader,
Amy Hoose and Shelly Larson.
Results: Overall Winners Net –
Jeanie Hayes prize winner from golf outing.
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American Eagle Auto Glass Team of
Wade Adams, Jeanie Hays, Curt Ellis
and Dave Elston; Overall Winners
Gross – Fiberteq team of Larry Wells,
Skip Thompson, Earl Fuller and Matt
Wells; Longest Drive Men – Colby
Rennick; Longest Drive Women –
Jeanie Hays; Longest Putt Men – Dave
Pettigrew; Longest Putt Women –
Jeanie Hays; Closest to the Pin Men –
Mark Gawronski; Closest to the Pin
Women – Janet Ragle; Skins –
American Eagle Auto Glass team of
Wade Adams, Jeanie Hays, Curt Ellis
and Dave Elston; 50/50 – Steve Wood.
Thank you again to everyone who
helped to make this event a huge success! We look forward to seeing you
again next year!
(photo provided)
V E R M I L I O N
A D V A N T A G E
August 2011
STOP!!!
DID YOU KNOW THAT:
• Central States Distribution Service’s warehouse is the biggest and best food-grade facility
in Vermilion County? (American Institute of Baking Certification rated SUPERIOR)
• Central States Distribution Service is both ISO 9001:2008 Certified and a U.S. EPA
“Smart-Way Transportation Partner”? (Certification issued February, 2009)
Central States is “Lean, Clean and Green.”
• Central States warehouse is 300,000 square feet, UNDER ONE ROOF, with 25 dock doors,
CSXT rail served, and accommodates containers, vans and flatbeds?
We have the know-how to handle high volumes and sudden demand.
• On-time arrival of your in-bound commodities will NEVER result in costly detention
or demurrage charges to you?
• Central States Warehouse is computer driven using radio frequency data collection and
provides each customer with real-time, internet inventory access, unequalled in the industry?
Our seasoned employees guarantee safe, fast and accurate handling of your product.
Every time!
• You can use our superior services on a month-to-month, as needed basis?
DON’T get caught up in a long, costly lease agreement just to get far less service!
NOW THAT YOU KNOW, GO!
Call or email us today for a no-obligation, no high-pressure
discussion of your distribution needs. Better yet, schedule a
visit and see for yourself why YOU need to be HERE and why
Central States is the place that gets it DONE! RIGHT! NOW!
3401 Lynch Creek Drive • Danville, Illinois 61834
Call Joe Mollica at 1-866-678-0887 or email Joe@cs-dist.com
to discuss your needs and tailor a logistics plan for YOU!
Visit our website: www.cs-dist.com
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Joe Mollica
Director Business Development