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Herald Wednesday, July 27, 1994 Harvard, Woodstock set for sidewalk sales The NORTHWEST HERALD When you walk these walks, you're liable to walk away with bargains. A pair of sidewalk sales set for Friday and Saturday are expected to draw all kinds of shoppers to Harvard and Woodstock. The Greater Harvard Area Chamber of Commerce is sponsoring a citywide sidewalk sale 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday and Saturday along Ayer Street downtown and at the Wal-Mart plaza off Route 14.

The Woodstock Chamber of Commerce-sponsored event will run 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday at about 40 stores on the Woodstock people to the stores. In Woodstock, children can watch a clown juggling, or stop and get their face painted, or even visit small animals in a petting zoo. Entertainment will be offered in the bandstand on the Square and chamber officials will announce special bargains at different stores over the bandshell's public address system.

Radio station STAR 105-FM will broadcast live from the Square between 9 and 1 1 a.m. In Harvard, radio station WMCW 1600-AM will host an auction at 1 1 a.m. Saturday on Ayer Street. Auctioneer Bob Goad will be on hand to auction off new merchandise from businesses in McHenry, Boon and Walworth counties. Items include shoes, clothing, Western wear, plants, gardening and lawn equipment, electronics, appliances, furniture, hardware, building products and gift certificates.

The maximum anyone is allowed to pay at the auction is 80 percent of the item's retail price, Miller said. Woodstock retailer Mike Palmquist, who came up with the idea for clowns and entertainment, said sidewalk sales by themselves simply don't draw a crowd anymore. "We were witnessing a slowdown in sales," he said. "Nowadays a sale can't just live on it's own. It's called total marketing." SHOPPING DAYS: A citywide sidewalk sale takes place 8 a.m.

to 4 p.m. Friday and Saturday in Harvard, while a Woodstock sidewalk sale is set 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday Square and along Routes 47 and 120. The events will continue, rain or shine, officials said.

"It is a fun way to shop," said Debbie Miller, Harvard chamber executive director. "If you're out browsing and looking for a sale, come shop Harvard and look around." But the shopping is not all that will draw iRetafcr targets West Dumdlee Target officials open new store By ERIC PETERSON The Northwest Herald TARGET Schnltzler opens office in McHenry McHENRY Pediatric Neurology Associates' Dr. Eugene R. Schnitzler has opened an office at 1 1 10 Green Suite H. Office hours are 10:30 a.m.

to 4 p.m. on the second and fourth Tuesdays of each month. Schnitzler specializes in the treatment of nervous system disorders in children, including epilepsy, attention deficit disorder, headaches, development delays, cerebral palsy and neuromuscular diseases. For more information, call (708) 735-0300. Morton's Woodstock site receives award WOODSTOCK Morton International Woodstock site has received the National Arborists Association's beauti-fication award.

The honor was awarded by Hendricksen the Care of Trees. The award is given to corporations and businesses demonstrating a commitment to trees and their effects on the environment. Hendricksen is located in Crystal Lake and has nine branch offices serving the northern Illinois and southern Wisconsin areas. First-quarter profits set record at Modine RACINE, Wis. Modine Manufacturing Co.

posted record sales and earnings for the first quarter. For the quarter ended June 30, net earnings were $14.8 million, or 49 cents per share, a 37.6 percent increase compared to the same period in 1993. Without an accounting change last year, earnings would have been 50.2 percent higher. Sales were $208.4 million, up 41.6 percent compared to a year ago. Baxter posts strong results for quarter DEERFIELD Strong sales growth for Baxter International medical specialties business lifted second quarter net income.

Officials for the health-care company said profits jumped 9 percent. Net income was $144 or 52 cents a share, up from $132 million, 48 cents a share, during the same period in 1993. Sales in the quarter ending June 30 were $2.3 billion, up 5 percent from $2.2 billion in the same period last year. "The results are a strong indication of our focused attention on cash flow and improving shareholder value, and we expect the momentum to continue throughout the second half," said Chairman Vernon Loucks. Sales in the first half of 1994 were $4.5 billion, up 6 percent From local and wire reports WEST DUNDEE Discount retailer Target has opened a second area store.

Just four months after opening in McHenry, officials for the Minneapolis chain have opened a store near the intersection of Routes 31 and 72, across from Spring Hill Mall. Greg West, store team leader, said the location is ideal for attracting mall shoppers and contributing to the growth of the area. "There is a high degree of traffic there and a high projected growth," West said. "I've heard the area referred to as the 'Golden Corridor' because of its proximity to (Interstate 90)." Store managers and employees christened the new store with a laser light show last weekend before officially opening for business. Shoppers are not the only ones benefitting from the new Target store.

The Dundee Township Historical Society, Dundee Township Park District and Tom Thumb Community Child Care Center in Carpentersville all received grant money from the store. West said the grants tie in with Target's philosophy of contributing to the social service and arts of its stores' communities. Target donated $2,000 to the child care center and $1,000 each to both the park district and historical society. West said Target stores have contributed 5 percent of their pretax profits to their local communities since 1963. Nationally, Target stores donated more than $17 million to their communities in 1993.

Target is owned by Dayton Hudson which owns the Marshall Field's department store chain. Dayton Hudson, itself based in Minneapolis, also operates the Dayton's, Hudson's and Mervyn's department store chains. The first Target store opened in Roseville, Minn, in 1963. West said growth is picking up rapidly, particularly in the Chicago area and along the East Coast, he said. Target started out in the Chicago area last year with 1 1 stores, West said.

That number has now more than doubled. "We will have between 30 and 50 stores around Chicago in 1995," West said. Target currently operates 584 stores in 32 states. California is its largest market, West said. Future growth plans are now concentrating on New York and other states on the East Coast.

Target stores compete nationally with Wal-Mart Stores and Kmart Corp. stores. Margaret Brandt The Northwest Herald Shoppers leave the newly opened Target store in West Dundee. The Minneapolis-based retailer has opened its second area store across from Spring Hill Mall and near the intersection of Routes 72 and 31. Woodstock '94 sparks suit Consumers slightly pessimistic in June -it 1 Iml I '4 $20 million in punitive damages for each use of the trademark, because it is creating "substantial confusion in the marketplace and (is) severely jeopardizing the plaintiffs' rights, plans and investments." According to court papers, the Woodstock '94 organizers and investors have spent more than $20 million for a festival featuring, among others, Alice in Chains, Metallica and Santana.

Its producers expect attendance of as many as 250,000 and have, sold worldwide television rights designed to reach 100 million others. By contrast, the Bethel '94 event can accommodate about 50,000 concertgoers, but its organizers have landed nine of the original Woodstock acts. The original producers hold copyrights to the "Woodstock" name and logo tuning pegs of a guitar topped by a dove. But a lawyer for one of the Bethel '94 organizers said he hoped to resolve the dispute with the Woodstock '94 producers. HERALD WIRE SERVICE NEW YORK Next month's Woodstock revival is starting to look more like a legal rout jthan a love-in.

The original producers of the legendary 1969 Woodstock Music and Art Fair, who are planning Ji massive commemorative concert Aug. 12-14, have sued promoters of a smaller, competing concert to block them from using the trademarked Woodstock name. In a suit filed in U.S. District Court in Manhattan the original producers who are planning "Woodstock '94" in Saugerties, N.Y., about 60 miles from the original site want their competition to refrain from making references to the '69 festival in their promotional material. The second group is sponsoring "Bethel '94" at the Max Yasgur farm, site of the original festival.

Woodstock '94 promoters also are seeking 1 That compares to a 92.5 figure in June. The index is considered a useful measure of consumers' willingness to borrow and spend. Consumer spending accounts for two-thirds of the nation's economic activity. The latest survey results showed about 17 percent of respondents expect business conditions to improve in the next six months, down slightly from the month before. Nearly 10 percent said conditions would worsen, up from 8 percent the month before.

More respondents feared fewer jobs would be available in the next six months. The ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK Americans turned slightly more pessimistic in July about future business conditions and job opportunities. Still, a research group said consumer confidence in the economy remains close to the highest levels in four years and reflects a continuation of the steady, moderate growth that has characterized the U.S. economy in recent months, the Conference Board reported. Its index of consumer confidence, derived from responses to a questionnaire sent to 5,000 households nationwide, eased to 91.6 this month.

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