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Daily Journal, Johnson County, Monday, August 15, im IF If mm j- -C iK? Kir A the master bakers, and is turned Into'aH sorts of baked goods, which are distributed to almost 100 stores in central Though it supplies all me baked items for Preston- Safeway and Lowell's grocery stores its largest accounts and is looking to expand even more, Fresh World still does most of its baking by hand. Since expanding Its operation last World E' lac. has been getting its share of the baker' pi. Fresh World, a division of Allied Grocers, is on County Line Road in the old Preston-Safeway store across from tl.e Cre cnwocvd Park MalL The bakery, which employees 52, bs more than tripled its sales, floor space and em; since Allied closed the grocery last October to sa enlarged bakery, said Paul Boner, vice That's what makes as kind of unique," said Boner. imiiajciii6.fci.vfc and eeneral manager of the bakery, FRESH OUT OF THE OVEN, cherry pie, one ef nuay From midnight through morning each day, 8,700 "We don't have a tot of machinery.

The machinery we do have speeds up the process, but doesnt affect the quality." items baked at Fresh World, cools romdi of dough passes throisgn the flour-covered hands of I Gown peiore cuvery. I II Ti Vs 1 vvy Oo ox 4x3 I OX A m. ft uuuus fuTUKis TUKNOVE2U AND SXKUDEL, Uc on the table as Kick White, Greenwood, quickly folds the fresh dough ever the blobs el cherry. ft jv MASTER BAKER Paul Petty, above, works batter fate a ef dough that he wGl fold again and agaia to create as csny as 11 layers. When baked, the layers wCl give the dough its flaky quality for delicate Danish.

At right, Mike Gramuut checks trays ef fema-bnrger bans to see if they are done before remevicg them frem large rotating evens. -f Small business seminars offer train Johnson County small businesses having the seminars overwhelm the participants with information they Steve Key Business V. Editor will have the opportunity to receive training in customer service, sales management, advertising, promotion and market study. Using a $10,000 grant from the Circle Seven Training Council, the Greater Greenwood Chamber of Commerce will offer four small business seminars this year. Karen Duncan, owner of Research and Education Services, developed the seminars for the chamber.

She said the first step was a mail survey of $50 Johnson County businesses with 25 or fewer employees to collect a list of potential topics. The Greenwood resident said 15 percent of the businesses responded. "Rather than say we know what they wanted, we decided to ask and find out," Duncan said. The first seminar will be from 1:30 jn. to 4:30 pjn.

Sept 16 at VaOe Vista Club Bouse. Duncan said the Valle Vista and Dec. 16 at Quality Inn South. Cost of all the seminars ranges from $50 to $85. The second seminar on advertising and promotions will feature Theodore Austin, vice president of Shuel Advertising.

The third seminar will be on sales management and Duncan will lead the fourth seminar on market study. For more information, call 888-4856. State to offer capital assistance Indiana will offer small businesses financing for expansion projects through the Capital Assistance for Small Enterprises Program, said Lt Gov. John Mutz. "Through this pilot program, the state offers financial assistance to small businesses for expansion projects which cannot be fully financed by the private sector," Mutz said.

"We help businesses grow and prosper, thus creating more jobs for Hoosier workers and strengthening Indiana's economic base." To be eligible, a business must have a net worth of (3 milion or less, and an average after-tax profit of $1 million or less over the last two years. Grants will be made to communities that will lend the money to the eligible businesses. The state Department of Commerce will consider the following factors when selecting businesses for the grants: the number of permanent jobs affected, the amount of private investment funds involved in the project the significance of the grant to the business 's ability to secure funding, the importance of the expansion to Indiana's economic development goals and need and impact of the expansion on the community. Merchants to acquire bank Merchants National Corp. will ab sorb Fayette Bancorp, holding com-' pany for Fayette Bank and Trust Co.

in Connersville, Merchants announced last week. Fayette Bank and Trust has total assets of about S77 million. It is the largest bank in Fayette County. Merchants National Corp. is a multi-bank holding company with Merchants National Bank Trust as its lead bank and the state's third largest Merchants announced Feb.

13 the acquisition of NBG Financial the holding company for the National Bank of Greenwood. NBG is Johnson County's second largest bank with about $143 million in total assets and 120 employees. With the acquisition of Fayette Bank, NBG and nine other banks. Merchants National assets have increased by $1.4 billion to $3.6 billion. ahop talk can i use.

"What I'm shooting for is to make them working seminars, so that they'll be able to apply the information to their businesses," she said. Duncan said the Greenwood Chamber of Commerce has been working with the Greenwood Economic Development Commission, Franklin Chamber of Commerce and White River Chamber of Commerce to ensure the entire county benefits from the seminars. "I'm really excited about the project" she said. "Not only because I'm a Greenwood resident and the chamber is one of my first customers, but I've found that there's a lot of resources in the community and it's a great community." After the customer service seminar, all-day seminars will be held Oct 9 at Quality Inn South, Nov. 12 at session on customer service will feature Janice T.

Anderson of Effective Training Development The goal of the session is understanding customer needs, developing a service attitude, increasing customer satisfaction and building a customer service program. Duncan said she wants to avoid 1.