Vermilion Advantage Tabloid

July 2008

• Vermilion Advantage Membership - an investment in today and the future
• Flying Frankfurters! Marshmallow bridges! Alka-Seltzer rockets!
• 17th Annual Golf Outing Fundraiser
• Reminder - Leadership Tomorrow applications due August 1st
• Summer engineering interns show off projects
• Upcoming Vermilion Advantage activities
• Vermilion Advantage Members in Good Standing July 2008

June 2008

• Mid-year review reveals much activity and impact
• Business Spotlight: Profile of an entrepreneur - Dena Gaudio
• Leadership Tomorrow Class 20 final projects
• New Member Profiles: Hometown Phone Book (Eagle Publications); This Is It Furniture
• Young Professionals Network
• Vermilion Advantage's Personnel Council & Safety Council
• What are the issues facing Vermilion County... who will lead the community... tomorrow?

May 2008

• The next generation
• Downtown Danville welcomes new director
• County health department plans for emergencies
• New Member Profile: Glass Doctor of Vermilion County
• CHOICES makes an impact on local youth
• Leadership Tomorrow graduation
• Technology and Provena United Samaritans Medical Center
• Young Professionals offers fun activities

April 2008

• Communities and people should all be more like dandelions…
• Leadership Tomorrow: Government Day Review
• Danville educational partner selected as the Illinois Association of Educational Office Professionals’2008 Administrator of the Year
• Warehouse distribution certification program accepting applications for fall classes
• New Member Profiles: Patten painting; Ruth’s Secretarial Services; Office Max
• The history of occupational medicine
• Distribution Center Trivia......Now you know!
• Members in Good Standing

March 2008

• Vermilion Advantage staff perspective
• Engineering class places first
• How much do you know about workforce development in Vermilion County?
• Member profile: Clifton Gunderson LLP
• Vermilion Advantage member benefit - partnership with APPI
• Criminal justice day review

February 2008

• "What are you doing about it?"
• Character Counts!
• Avoiding the winter blues
• Member Profile - Cool Moms & Trendy Babies
• Vermilion Advantage membership benefits working for you
• The future of advanced manufacturing careers
• Leadership Tomorrow - Review of two community days
• Members in Good Standing

 January 2008

• Education key to quality job growth
• Vermilion Advantage Membership
• Occupations with largest job growth
• CSI Scholarships
• Wal-Mart tops corporate list

December 2007

• Success comes in many forms
• Leadership Tomorrow - Business & Industry Day
• OSHA On-line Certification - Training now available through Vermilion Advantage
• How to decide between a convenient care clinic and the emergency room
• National Mentoring Month
• Vermilion Advantage receives Wal-Mart & Cadle Foundation Grants
• Tis the season to give

 November 2007

• The value and honor of work
• Leadership Tomorrow - A community leadership program, 2007-08
• Six things you should know about electricity deregulation
• Member Profile - Woodard's Computing Services
• What is a graphic designer?
• Young Professionals get a taste of fall
• Vermilion Advantage Members in Goodstanding

October 2007

• The 'New Realities' can be our opportunities

• Character Counts! event treats students to play

• Walgreens growss its Danville operations

• Workforce Cluster system brings businesses together

• Chamber's Home Advantage campaign to begin

• Member Profiles: Faulstich Printing Company; Danville Community Consolidated School District #118

September 2007

• Veterans' facility traces roots deep into county's past

• The Dialogue - A conversation for better health care in Vermilion County

• The Young Professionals Network - Is it for you?

• Vermilion Advantage announces Leadership Tomorrow Class 20

• The history of electricity deregulation and the opportunity for Illinois businesses

July 2007

• Recognizing excellence!

• Time to head back to the classrooms

• Member Profile: Aqua Illinois, Inc. - Vermilion Division

• Let's explore manufacturing concepts

• Leadership Tomorrow: What's in it for you, for your employer and for your community

• Young Professionals - Having summer fun!

June 2007

• Vermilion Advantage helps local businesses grow

• Vermilion Advantage Clusters award nine new scholarships

• Agriculture key ingredient in area's economy

• Vermilion Advantage helps keep local teens "into" school

• Vermilion Advantage Members in Good Standing

May 2007

• Program recognizes students' hard work

• Salute to our volunteers

• Chemical engineers develop local products

• Member Profile - Bodine Electric, Inc.

• Hoopeston Health Center helps students

• Accounting a key element in local businesses

• 16th Annual Golf Outing fundraiser

April 2007

• Careers, job recruitment & change... Where is it all leading?

• 22nd Annual Vermilion County Honor Student Banquet

• Chemical engineers know formula for success

• YPN Walks for the Cure

• Occupational medicine improves workplace safety

• State's attorney's office depends on hard-working staff

• Let's shake on it

March 2007

• Economic development a fragile, competitive enterprise

• Ace that interview!

• Entrepreneurs give tips on successful small businesses

• Leadership Tomorrow class open for registration

• Job opportunities abound in social service field

• YPN members put their taste buds to the test

• Civil engineers vital to well-designed communities

February 2007

• “Speed and Clarity” keys to site selection process

• Think Vermilion County First – Produced with pride in Vermilion County

• Temporary service firms create good matches

• Provena Health reaches out to patients at home

• Local businesses look for engineers

• Dept. of VA offers home-based care to veterans

• Women in engineering – What’s in your daughter’s future?

January 2007

• Deregulation is here.  Where is it taking us?

• Project Lead the Way advances skill sets

• Law enforcement jobs different than portrayed on TV

• Hoopeston Regional Health Center offers range of services

• Time-O-Matic provides experience for interns

• Career Lab provides new opportunities

• Personnel Council changes format

• Young Professionals get involved

December 2006

• Anything "BIG" going on?

• Curiosity, ability to listen, key skills for journalists

• A career in banking makes good cents

• Top managers work to improve their skills

• Local businesses can spread the news

• Young Professionals Network looks for members

• Caring a key element during December

• VA offers the latest in dental technology

November 2006

• CNN segment merits a complaint

• Tech support workers keep customers happy

• Prairie Center helps prevent substance abuse

• Three local entrepreneurs see success

• How the consumer stole Christmas

• Lab jobs require special skills

• YPN offers a variety of activities

October 2006

• Economic development & farming often deal with chance

• Character Counts! In Vermilion County

• Featured Chamber Dollar Participant: Danville Paper & Supply

• Robotics play role in businesses' future

• Chamber Dollars and the holiday season

• Claims processing keeps money flowing

• Physician concentrates on women's health

• Gynecologists offer women sound information

September 2006

• The power of perception

• Is YPN for you?

• Local shopping patterns; How you can help by purchasing Chamber Dollars

• GIS organizes local information

• Ten reasons to shop locally

• Natural health clinic provides alternate perspective

• DACC offers warehouse management program

August 2006

• 25 years of change - forging new ground together

• Calling all young professionals!

• Thanks to all... 15th annual Golf Outing fundraiser

• 2005-2006 Vermilion Advantage award winners

• What's the 'real' scoop?

• Character Counts! In Vermilion County

June 2006

• Economic development marks 25 years of change

• Mind your manners, even on the Internet

• Vermilion Advantage fun and fundraiser Golf Outing

• Program helps students study engineering

• Breakfast briefing, lunch & learn... Business after hours

• Academy of Manufacturing, Engineering, Robotics, Industry & Technology (MERIT)

• Area emergency departments

May 2006

• Best of class 2006

• Leadership Tomorrow graduation - Class 19 comes to AN end

• Nursing series - part two

• Firefighters use many skills

• Home Comings: Profiles of college graduates and former residents who have returned to the area

• Look for labels in Hoopeston

April 2006

• Local media embrace technology

• Character Counts word for April - Responsibility

• Nursing series - part one

• Wireless technology continues to change industry

March 2006

• Industries focus on plant safety

• Character Counts word for March - Fairness

• A day in the life of licensed environmental health practitioners at the Vermilion County Health Department

• Home Comings: Profiles of college graduates and former residents who have returned to the area

February 2006

• Local industries work to keep quality high

• Online options make banking simple

• Occupational medicine - a profile

• Home Comings: Profiles of college graduates and former residents who have returned to the area

• Character Counts word for February - Trustworthiness

January 2006

• Sheriff's deputies work hard to protect public

• Member profile: Middlefork Canoe Outfitters honored for environmental efforts

• Radically different, unbelievably successful

• Healthcare in Vermilion County

• Billboards help spread the word

• Character Counts word for January - Respect

• Speaking of women's health