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THE TIMES-PRESS. STREATOR, ILL. Thursday. April 6, 1996 Times-Press wins three awards for advertising The Times-Press won three awards in the Illinois Press Association annual advertising and marketing convention in Decatur. The Iowa Newspaper Association judged the 1,492 entries.

Illinois papers were judged in 14 categories, and separated by four circulation divisions. The Marion Daily Republican won the James S. Copley Memorial Trophy for advertising achievement by a daily newspaper. The Woodstock Independent won the Arnie Nielsen Memorial Trophy for advertising achievement by a weekly newspaper. The Times-Press placed first in Best Circulation Promotion Ideas in a campaign that featured "A gift that goes home for the holidays." The newspaper also earned two third place awards, including "A Day in the Life of Streator" for Best Regularly Scheduled Special Sections category, and for "D-Day 50th Anniversary souvenir Edition in Best One-Time Special Section category.

Amtrak cuts service in Dwight Staff mmd wire report Amtrak plans further service1 cuts in Illinois, with the latest round affecting Chicago service to Quincy, Springfield and St. Louis. Routes through Dwight and Pon-tiac will be trimmed but no cut- backs are planned for Streator on' its Southwest Chief that travels between Chicago and Los Angeles. The new cuts, scheduled to be announced by Amtrak today, are ef-J fective June 10. The expected Illinois changes are: trains No.

300, No. 302 and No. 305, the Statehouse, from Chicago to St. Louis, which run seven days a week, would be cut, at an annual savings of $2.9 million. Those trains stop in Dwight, Pontiac.

Normal and Springfield. trains No. 311 and No. 312, on" "the Loop" run, from Chicago to Springfield, which run six days a week, would be eliminated, at an annual savings of $1.6 million." Those trains stop in Joliet, Dwight, Pontiac and Normal. trains No.

347 and No. 348, the II- linois Zephyr, from Chicago to Quincy, which run seven days a week, would be cut to four days a' week, at an annual savings of $1.2 1 million. No other cities are" affected. AP Photo markets that is intensifying competition. CUSTOMERS SHOP in the produce department of the Meijer superstore, one of a crop of new Stevens joins Dale's Dodge sales staff John Stevens has been hired as a new salesman for Dale's Dodge, 407 N.

Bloomington St. company to obtain in-plant training. Ron Unzicker will teach the class at IVCC and Jan Peterson will be the instructor at LCN, 121 W. Railroad Ave. Princeton.

Both classes will meet from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuition and fees for the first course, Mechanical Drafting (DFT 120), is $146.75 plus $26.50 for the class workbook. For information call. 224-2720, ext.

409. New superstores shaking up economy around Champaign Stevens, 22, is a graduate of oncaiui 111511 I School who has attended Illinois vh Iab Valley Community College. He is active ed away from plans for a combined grocerydiscount store because competitors had the jump, local officials said. mfm in the streator tffl Jaycees and BANKRUPTCY Facts You Should Know Save Your Home, Car Furniture Your Wages Cannot Be Garnished Law Suits Must Be Stopped Your Job Will Not Be Affected Fee $295 No Charge For Consultation CHAMPAIGN (AP) The giants have discovered the north side of town and are setting up shop, much to the chagrin of neighboring communities. An unusual corridor of superstores, accessible by three in-terstates, is springing up on what once was a parcel of farm land.

"If you're a mom-and-pop grocery store, you may be looking at your options," said Rick Kubetz of the Champaign County Chamber of Commerce. Meijer a combination grocery-discount store that opened Tuesday employs nearly 800 workers. With starting pay at $6 an hour, it and other recently completed or soon-to-open megastores have touched off recruiting battles for retail workers. More serious is the competition for customers, both from in town and outlying areas. Champaign County economic development officials applaud the growth, but it is cause for concern in surrounding communities.

Danville Comptroller Ron Neufield has the jitters. The city's 2-cent sales tax accounts for almost half its $14 million budget. "A lot of people I know do thetr shopping in Champaign," he said "I tell them every dollar they spend somewhere else is depriving the city." Last month Tom Harmon of Voohree Lumber Mart drove 45 minutes from Danville when Lowes opened a home improvement warehouse employing about 150 people. 4 He returned satisfied that his accessible, knowledgeable workers would keep his store afloat. "Lowes was just shelving all the way to the ceiling.

How do you get to that stuff?" he said. "You have to load it yourself, find it yourself and you have to know how to use it. We're just more into the customer service end of it." But Travis Smith, loading Meijer shopping bags into his pickup in a crowded parking lot Wednesday, said just one thing drew him from Gibson City 40 miles away. "The prices," he said. "And I'll be back." On the same business corridor with supercontenders Meijer and Lowes, a new Super Kmart (180,000 square feet400 employees) is under construction.

A Circuit City electronics superstore (40,000 square feet80 employees) opened a few days early to take advantage of the bumper-to-bumper traffic heading to Meijer this week. And just up the road, a new Target (130,000 square feet, 175 employees) is expected to open in July. In this case, developers back Tuscarora promotes Voytko, Downey Tuscarora Incorporated of Streator recently promoted two Streator natives, Robert L. Voytko Jr. and Karen Downey.

Voytko was promoted to Manufacturing Manager of the Western Region effective January 15. He will have direct responsibilities for plants in Las Cruces, New Mexico, Juarez, Mexico, and Colorado Springs, Colo. He started his career with Tuscarora in 1976 as a supervisor at Streator. He transferred to Cederville, N.J., as general foreman in 1979. In 1981 he was instrumental in relocating the plant to Baltimore, Md.

In 1983 he returned to Streator and was promoted to plant manager in 1985. Robert and his wife Betty Jo will be relocating to Colorado Springs. They are the parents of Kim Donnell, Deana Voytko, and Maggie and Matthew Shonk. In his ten years serving as plant manager, Voytko worked with Karen Downey, who has been promoted to the position of plant manager at Tuscarora, Streator. Downey started working for Tuscarora full time in 1977 as a secretary.

In 1989 she was promoted to quality assurance supervisor and developed the quality control manual first used by the Streator plant. A lot of the procedures developed by Downey and the quality team of Streator have been implemented in the corporate Tuscarora Quality Assurance Manual. In recent years she served as acting plant manager when Voytko was involved in other issues for Tuscarora. Karen holds the distinct honor of being Tuscarora 's first woman plant manager. Karen is married to Rob Downey of Streator.

They are the parents of Christopher 11, and Amber, 6. 1 Elks Stevens Stevens is single and lives at home with his parents John and Barbara Stevens. He has a sister, Cari. Women's health program for nurses April 13 is the deadline to register for a day-long women's health program to be presented by Tri-County Community Health Nurses May 11 at Pitstick Pavilion north of Ottawa. The program will feature Barb Bancroft, R.N., who is calling her presentation "A Program on Women's Health Issues Relating to Estrogen and Its Many Functions and Sexually Transmitted Diseases Including HIV Advance registration is required for the program which will run from 8:30 a.m.

until 4 p.m. by contacting the La Salle County Health Department at 433-3366. A $30 registration fee includes a continental breakfast and lunch. Tri-County Community Health Nurses is a professional organization of nurses from Putnam, La Salle, and Bureau counties. Proceeds from the April 13 program will be used to fund scholarships for nursing students in the tri-county area IVCC launches tool and die program Illtnois Valley Community College will launch its Tool and Die and Machinist Apprenticeship program Saturday, April 8, on campus and at Princeton's LCN Closers.

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