The Bismarck Tribune from Bismarck, North Dakota • 22

Business Page 22-Saturday, October 3, 1981-The BISMARCK TRIBUNE Conveniion Bureau Relocates grown to "3'i staff members" the fraction being sales and marketing representative Gayle Carlson, who recently started as a part-time employee and will go full-time in January. The bureau plans to add a part-time housing representative to confirm reservations for groups, she added. The bureau also employs 18 other part-time people, Kipp said, whose duties include manning information centers' and acting as tour guides. The bureau moved Into space formerly occupied by America Life Style, which moved to larger quarters in the mlnlmall. Meanwhile, according to Barb Bress, assistant executive director at the Bismarck Chamber of Commerce, the space formerly occupied by the bureau is being used temporarily by the chamber.

But the space is being held open, she said, pending a decision by the Greater North Dakota Association on whether it wants to expand (ts Bismarck district office. The GNDA district office also is at the chamber headquarters. The Blsmarck-Mandan Convention and Visitors Bureau has moved at bit closer to Mandan. It has leased office space In a mlnlmall on Bowen Avenue, a coupleblocks west of its former location In the headquarters of the Bismarck Area Chamber of Commerce. The bureau's address now is 402 E.

Bowen Ave. Director Marilyn Kipp said the bureau moved because it Is growing In size and needs more space In which to conduct business. In addition, Kipp said, the move is to "provide better service to both communities." The bureau's board of directors decided It would be easier for the public to look upon the bureau as an independent operation serving two cities if it were to separate from the headquarters of the Bismarck Area Chamber of Commerce, she explained. The new office has 1,750 square feet, with two meeting rooms and more storage space for material, Kipp said. She noted that the bureau has Tribune Photo Th Blsmarck-Mandan Convention and Visitors Bureau now has its own quarters Business Digest Brokerage Settles, Stock Suit Ended MINNEAPOLIS A federal district court and county court in Minnesota have dismissed shareholder class action suits against Piper Jaffray Minneapolis, its brokerage, trust and some officers following approval of settlements totaling $3.5 million.

The courts In Minneapolis made the decisions last week, according to company officials. According to H.C. Piper president, the directors of Piper Jaffray Inc. and its securities Investment brokerage. Piper Jaffray Hopwood decided to settle the case to put the controversy to rest.

The company does not agree with the court decision and had planned to appeal, he said. But Hildebrand Berger The North Dakota Association of Realtors will hold a three-course eduction program Monday through Thursday at the Holiday Inn, Bismarck According to Bob Wilier, education chairman for the Blsmarck-Mandan Board of Realtors, classes will begin at 8 a.m. Interested people may contact him at Bismarck Realty. The Graduate Realtors Institute courses II and III will be open to people planning to enter the real estate field in the near future, as well as licensed agents. Creditors Law Center of Louisville.

will sponsor a day-long seminar "Bankruptcy Strategies for Creditors," Tuesday at the Town House Motor Inn, Bismarck. Featured speaker will be William R. Mapother, a nationally recognized expert on the new federal bankruptcy code. The center is sponsoring the seminar in cooperation with the Credit Bureau of North Dakota. FARGO The North Dakota Automobile Club elected or re-elected five directors at its recent annual meeting.

They are Bismarck Mayor Eugene Leary; Robert J. Caspers, Wahpeton; Gene R. Coon, Fargo; Alvln Kenner, Leeds; and Ernest Miedema, Valley City. They 11 serve three-year terms. Re-elected to the board's executive committee were John B.

Wlmbush, board chairman and chief operating and executive officer; Ralph A. Christensen, Minot; Caspers; Kenner; and Miedema. WAHPETON A former Bismarck resident, Dennis E. Llndemann, has been promoted to vice president and general manager of Wll-Rlch Operations, a Wahpeton farm equipment manufacturer. Lindemann worked at Melroe Division Clark Equipment Co.

in Gwinner and Bismarck before joining Wil-Rich as vice president of operations in 1977. Wil-Rich belongs to the farm equipment division of Lear Siegler Santa Monica, Calif. Jim Hildebrand has become a salesman at Becker's Furniture Carpet Bismarck. A Bismarck native, Becker is an 11-year veteran of the retail furniture business. He formerly worked at Self Service Furniture City, Bismarck.

John Berger has joined El Rancho Mobile Homes, Mandan, as a salesman. Berger formerly was Scottsdale branch manager and loan officer In the mobile home division of a California bank. WILLISTON Scofield Broadcasting Williston, celebrated its 30th anniversary on the air with an open house Friday. According to officials, the' company employs about 40 people at its two radio stations, KEYZ-AM, started in 1951, and KYYZ-FM, started in 1979, and Community Service Television, begun in 1967. They estimate their employees have won more than 300 local, area and national awards.

The company is owned by Charles Scofield, a Powder River County, native, who started the company in 1951. Scofield also owned a radio station in Glasgow, for a time. Favorite Jelly Beans Back in Stock Mike Parsons reports that President Ronald Reagan's favorite jelly beans Jelly Belly are back in stock at Fudge and Fantasy, Gateway Mall, Bismarck, for the first time since the store ran out last spring. This time, the store's co-owner says, the inventory has been expanded to 26 flavors. The Gateway candy store Is one of several area stores that have sold the jelly beans.

According to Parsons, the store's supply ran out In April and orders Change at Mandan Store Owners Collins Department Store of Mandan has undergone a change in ownership. Mike Golden of Bismarck has bought out all but one of the business's stockholders. According to James E. Collins, president and general manager of the independent department store corporation, the move leaves him and Golden as owners of the J.E. Collins Co.

Inc. of North Dakota, which runs the store. There will be no change in operations, he said. Golden now is vice president of the Collins corporation. He also is president and owner of Mike Golden a Bismarck oil brokerage.

(fbsfeSffiiiDQsi graduated from Bismarck High School in 1969, and attended the Universty of North Dakota and Moorhead (Minn.) State University. He got his start in the oil business working as a landman for the Bismarck oil brokerage owned by his father, A.G. Golden. In 1978, he joined an oil brokerage partnership, Spectrum Resources, Bismarck, and founded an independent operation in early 1980. He has eight employees.

Collins is the only original owner left from a group of Mandan businessmen who founded the department store in late 1962. He came directors on the Piper company boards, who were not defendants, decided to avoid the legal expense and uncertainty that would result from drawn-out litigation. A Minnesota district court jury in July ordered the company to pay $1.1 million to certain plaintiff class members, plus $2.4 million for attorney's fees and expenses, to the former shareholders. The shareholders charged that they had suffered losses selling stock of Piper, Jaffray Hopwood Inc. back to the company.

They had sued both Piper companies, the trust, the trustees and some present and former directors. The company has a brokerage office in Bismarck. started backing up at the manufacturer, Goelitz Confectionery Co. of Oakland, and Chicago. At last notice, he says, Goelitz was 56 weeks behind in shipments and he expects his next shipment In February.

"People have been asking about the jelly beans all summer," he says. To meet the demand, his store had to offer another line of jelly beans. Some people even reserved orders of the Jelly Belly brand. In fact Hutton spends an average of $1.2 million each year for the ongoing review of potential and active tax shelter programs. E.F.

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Architects Open Bismarck Office EAPC offers other services, including engineering, professional construction management services, planning, site and interior design, Former Bismarck Man Gets Promotion 1 A'rrJ into the corporation as a shareholder and manager from a J.C. Penney store in St. James, Minn. According to Collins, the store, when it first started, was Skogmo's Department Store a part of the Gambles Stores for a few months before the owners decided to drop the Skogmo affiliation and create an independent department store. Golden bought out the stock of J.P.

Schneider of Missouri Valley Meat Mandan, and George Rogler, lawyer Bruce Bair and Mary A. Walker, all of Mandan. graphic art, programming and property insurance investigations. According to Rosby, he and Hanson are assisted by two employees. lege with a bachelor of science degree in business administration.

He Is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Al Kuntz, Bismarck. The accounting firm also has an office In Bismarck. manager will be Dan Gilbert, former manager of McDowell's Kentucky Fried Chicken near Gateway Mall.

Gilbert's place as manager at the Gateway restaurant has been taken by Tom LeFevre. McDowell's had planned to construct a new restaurant at 219 S. Third St. But Rothenberger said it became more economically feasible to renovate the former service station, which, until recently, was occupied by Lancelot Realty. ager of their new Dickinson service center, and Harvey Michel manager of the new Williston center.

4 Jt (PS 4 Golden Collins A Livingston, native, Golden grew up in Bismarck, Engineers-Architects, Professional a Grand Forks company, has opened an office in Bismarck. The office at 322 E. Main Ave. is being run by two EAPC officers. Arnold L.

Hanson, who formerly lived in Devils Lake and worked for the company in Grand Forks, is partner-in-charge. Gordon Rosby, who worked for EAPC in Minot, is office manager. Both men are registered architects. Besides architectural work, ing business. The partners in the venture are Paul Flnstad, director of program services at the Missouri Valley Family YMCA; Mike Kraft, YMCA youth director; Dan Hovland, an attorney in the state attorney general's office; and Russ Rings, an insurance agent.

According to Finstad, his wife, Deb Finstad, will manage the business, which will be operated out of their home. The partners do the trophy production and engraving work, he said. There is going to be a new Kentucky Fried Chicken near Kirk-wood Mall. Stan Rothenberger of the McDowell Corp. says his company has leased the former Hanson Rosby E.F.

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Hutton talks, people listen. State Bank Moves Student Loan Office FARGO Dale Kuntz, Fargo, as been promoted to audit manager in the Moorhead, office of the accounting firm of Eide, Helmeke, Boelz and Pasch. A Bismarck native, Kuntz joined the firm in 1974 after graduating from Mary Col Texaco station at Third Street and Bowen Avenue and is renovating the building into McDowell's fourth restaurant in Bismarck. He says he hopes to have the new fast-food restaurant open by late October or early November. The interior is being remodeled, he adds, plus a small addition is being construction at the rear for refrigeration equipment.

The new restaurant will employ about 20 workers, he says. The The Bank of North Dakota's student loan department has moved from the main bank building to quarters In the DHR Building at 1833 Bismarck Ave. An open house at the new location will be held in early November, according to M.E. Stenehjem, bank vice president and department manager. Leland Bertsch has sold Magic Lawn Care to Dakota Pest Control and Green Lawns Inc.

Bertsch had been operating Magic Lawn Care since 1979; Paul Grosz and Kevin Stayton started Dakota Pest Control last spring. Recognition Hut, 1150 Keating Drive, is the latest firm to enter the area's trophy, plaque and engrav New Managers at Dickinson, Williston Source: Robert A. Stanger 8, Co. Publisher of the Stanger Report: A Guide to Tax Shelter Inveitlog, Rumwn, N.J. DENVER -Smith Energy Services, a well stimulation company, has named Vernell Stewart man As advertised In The Wall.