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November / December
2016
IN THIS ISSUE:
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE
President’s Message ………....…2 Page
Member Info
New members……………....… 4 Page
Chamber Events
Business After Hours …….9 & 10 Page
New & Prospective breakfast… 11Page
Photo Gallery…………….....6 & 7Page
Shop Oak Lawn Everyday……...8 Page
Community Events ………........12Page
November/December Calendar..13 Page
The Networker is a publication
of the
Oak Lawn Chamber of Commerce.
5120 Museum Drive
Oak Lawn, IL 60453
(708) 424-8300
Fax (708) 229-2236
www.oaklawnchamber.com
Mission Statement:
“The Oak Lawn Chamber of Commerce works to represent and advance the Oak Lawn business com-
munity, striving with constant integrity, fairness and cooperation to promote and improve the eco-
nomic atmosphere, business climate and image of Oak Lawn.”
During October 2016 the Cook County Board of Commissioners
passed 2 ordinances that will affect many businesses in Cook Coun-
ty. These ordinances are the unfunded paid sick leave mandate and
the minimum wage ordinance.
These ordinances will have the effect of increasing the price of
goods and services for consumers due to the increase operating
costs of Cook County businesses.
With the high labor rate and mandatory unfunded paid sick leave
ordinance Cook County businesses will struggle to compete with
businesses in the collar counties of Will, DuPage, and Lake County.
The initial minimum wage will go from $8.25 an hour to $10.00 per
hour. That’s a 21% labor rate increase that would go into effect on
July, 1, 2017. By July 1, 2020 that rate is $13.00 as proposed by the
ordinance. Or an increase of 57.5%.
Click here to learn more
Fact Sheet
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2016 Officers and Directors
President
Larry Lehman (Southland Accounting & Tax)
1st Vice President
Adam Woodworth (The Children’s Museum in Oak Lawn)
2nd Vice President
Vicki Scanlon (Standard Bank & Trust)
Treasurer
Kevin Mathers (KGM Home Inspection)
Secretary
Dr. Katie Narbone (Complete Vision Care)
Immediate Past President
Jennifer Villafan (Hoff Realtors)
Term Expiring 12/31/16
Mike Abdallah (Style 95 Barber Shop)
George Cachares (Southwest Physical Therapy)
Paul Belsky (St. Xavier University)
Dr. David Finkelstein (Oak Lawn Foot & Ankle)
Erin Foley ( Oak Lawn Library)
Denise Iwinski (Oak Lawn Park District)
Eileen Kerlin-Walsh ( Law Office of Kerlin-Walsh)
Steve Radice (Village of Oak Lawn)
Mike Sutko (World Travel Mart)
Terms Expiring 12/31/17
Carmen Abascal (I Love Blue Pencils)
Peggy Burke (First American Bank)
Joe Cwiklinski (Century 21 Affiliated Joe Cwiklinski)
Kathleen Farrell (Oak Lawn Bank & Trust)
Will Gilliam (Advocate Christ Medical Center)
Jim Makina (Allegra Print & Marketing)
Ginger Morgan (Thompson & Kuenster F.H.)
Arthuro Muro (Hawk Ford)
Don Murphy (American Family Insurance)
Brett Nila (Griswold Home Care)
Charlie Shirk (Hilton Oak Lawn)
Advisors
Brian Anderson (Hilton Oak Lawn)
Jack Baker (Marquette Bank)
Karen Boll (Hawk Ford)
Jim Buschbach (Buschbach Insurance)
Joan Buschbach (Buschbach Insurance)
Anne Marie Casey (Annie’s, Ltd.)
Leo Gutchewsky (“A” Tax Service Co.)
Glen Kato (Cusack Insurance)
Bob Kuenster (Thompson & Kuenster F.H.)
Rita Olsen (Gateway Motel)
Jeff Reichl (Marquette Bank)
Laura Shallow (Standard Bank)
Chamber Staff
Julie Miller - Executive Director
Jennifer Villafan - Admin. Assistant
President’s Message
Members who wish to have
their business information
included in the 2017 Mem-
bership
Directory and Shopping
Guide must have their dues
paid in full by November 15,
2016.
Please contact the Chamber office with any
questions. 708.424.8300 or
Fall is here, although we are still enjoying some
good weather. And the holidays are soon ap-
proaching! Now is an exciting time to be part of
the Oak Lawn Chamber of Commerce. We are
377 members strong and growing each month.
Our organization is dedicated to promoting and
supporting the Oak Lawn business community.
The street light pole banners are up! Development of our new
website is well underway, which will provide each member a sep-
arate customizable page. Committee volunteers are working dili-
gently in preparation of “Shop Oak Lawn” on Small Business Sat-
urday, which is the Saturday after Thanksgiving. This event coin-
cides with the village of Oak Lawn “Santa on the Green”. Free
trolley rides will be provided with stops to various Oak Lawn lo-
cations. There will be Santa Claus and entertainment on the Vil-
lage Green, food and kid’s activities at the Metra Station, a scav-
enger hunt and a vendor fair at the Oak Lawn Library. This event
will provide a fun time for all to shop locally.
There are still plenty of events left this year in which our members
can enjoy and participate, including Business After Hours events
and our regular monthly luncheons. Please review our news blast
emails and check the events calendar on the Chamber website. I
encourage each member to join us at the many opportunities the
Chamber offers. The more you participate, the more you benefit!
Shop Oak Lawn!
Larry Lehman
President
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2016 Bonanza Raffle on Sale!
Each ticket price is $10 and four
winners are picked each month:
one $100 winner, one $50 winner
and two $25 winners.
Buy now! 8 chances to win
with each ticket!
Congratulations to winners for September/October
September
$100 winner Don’s Custom Landscaping
$50 winner Airway Community
$25 winner Tim Clark
$25 winner Oak Lawn Community High School
October
$100 winner R.B. Kuenster
$50 winner Maureen Dempster
$25 winner Susan Lisak
2015 CHAMBER
Ambassador Meetings
Business After Hours
Luncheon
Multi Business After Hours
New & Perspective Breakfast
Please check the calendar on page 12
or the Chamber website for time and
location. All events are posted on our
website: www.oaklawnchamber.com
Your Chamber at a Glance
You can still get your ad into the
2017 membership directory please
contact the chamber office by No-
vember15th. Call 708-424-8300 or
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WELCOME TO OUR NEWEST MEMBERS
Advanced Planning Advisors
Stefanie Moylan / Michael Moylan
10522 S. Cicero Ave., Suite 305
Oak Lawn, IL 60453
(708) 326-1100
(708) 326-1107 FAX
www.apadvisors.net
Always Best Care
Laura Eklund
9654 W 131st St Suite 331
Palos Park, IL 60464
708-320-8222
www.abc-chicagoswsuburbs.com
BATH-EZE INC
Michael F. Gutt
8538 S Central
Burbank, IL 60459
708-636-6458
Brooster’s Chicken
Sam Musa
5128 W. 95th St.
Oak Lawn, IL 60453
(708) 529-3696 www.eatbroosters.com
Chuck E Cheese’s
Tommy Tsakonas
4031 W. 95th St.
Oak Lawn, IL 60453
(708) 425-5819
www.chuckecheeses.com
Check Wholesale
Cal Anweiler
8906 S Harlem Ave
Bridgeview, IL 60455
(708) 215-2373
www.checkswholesale.com
Culver’s
Guy Hollis
10745 S. Cicero Ave.
Oak Lawn, IL 60453
(708) 581-5696
Discount Rugs & Furniture
Ayman Haymed
9659 S. Cicero Ave.
Oak Lawn, IL 60453
(708) 529-3466
www.discountrugsandfurniture.com
Huntington Learning
Linda McConnell 5000 W. 95th St.
Oak Lawn, IL 60453
(708) 288-4306
(708) 422-0599 FAX
www.huntingtonhelps.com
Oak Lawn Respiratory &
Rehabilitation
Kim Myles
9525 Mayfield Ave
Oak Lawn, Il 60453
(708) 845-1787
(708) 801-0181 Fax
www.oaklawnrehab.com
The Velvet Bakery
Anna Kaliszuk
5168 W 95th St
Oak Lawn, IL 60453
(708) 424-2095
U.S. Bank
Charles Liedtke
10270 Central Ave.
Oak Lawn, IL 60453
(708) 459-6294
(708) 857-4200 FAX
www.usbank.com
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NEWS FROM STATE REPRESENTATIVE KELLY BURKE
College Financial Aid Reminder—File your FAFSA Now!
The stating date for filing a FAFSA moved up to October. The ear-
lier you file, the better. Even if you do not know where you’ll attend
school next year, fill out the FAFSA now. Go to FAFSA.gov for
more details.
If you would like to have a Business
After Hours in 2017 please contact
the chamber office for available dates
and to reserve your date. We would
like to have all dates reserved for the
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Business After Hours
Healthcare Solutions
Culver’s Ribbon Cutting
CHAMBER PHOTO GALLERY
Business Showcase
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CHAMBER PHOTO GALLERY
October Luncheon
September Luncheon
New & Prospective Breakfast
Multi-Business Chamber
Business After Hours
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Vendor Form
Shopping Guide Form
If you are unable to be a vendor you still have an opportunity to showcase your
business by bringing 200 fliers, coupons, or giveaways to the Chamber office by
noon on November 16th. Bring a donation of socks for the homeless shelter the
fliers, giveaways Etc will be put in chamber bags and passed out to attendees
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Business After Hours ~ November
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Business After Hours ~ December
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Oak Lawn Chamber of Commerce
Installation Dinner
Saturday, January 21 , 2017
Hilton Oak Lawn
9333 S Cicero Avenue
Formal invitations to be sent out in December
Follow us on
Facebook &
to keep up
with current
Chamber events
and information!
www.oaklawnchamber.com
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Friday, November 4th
Join Park Lawn at Kenwood’s
Grand Tasting.
Fall into the Holidays with Kenwood Liquors Grand
Tasting Event!
5:00 Pm—9:00 PM Hilton Oak Lawn
Tickets $50.
Monday, November 7th - Orders Due
Attached is the November Menu for Top Box
Foods. Order online at: topboxfoods.com
This month's special is a Thanksgiving Box for only $26
that includes: 8-10 lb. Turkey 1 lb. Mashed Pota-
toes 1 lb. Garlic Bread 6 oz. Herb Stuffing 1 lb.
Corn 1 lb. Green Beans 2 packs Brown Gravy Mix pick up on Saturday, Nov. 12 from 11:30-12:30.
First United Methodist Church 100th & Central
Remember that the OL Community Partnership gets a
5% rebate on orders.
Thursday, November 10th
Annual Veteran's Entrepreneurial
Boot Camp-Where Boot Camp
Meets Business
8:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Governors State University
1 University Parkway
Thursday, November 10th
Happy Anniversary
Nothing Bundt Cakes is turning 1
7:00-9:00PM Bubbles & Bundts
10912 S Cicero Ave
Friday, November 11th
10% of sales at Nothing Bundt Cake in Oak Lawn will
be donated to the American Foundation for Suicide
Prevention
Saturday November 12th
9– Free Bundlets for a year
First 50 guest with a purchase at Nothing Bundt Cakes
in Oak Lawn (one bundlet per month for 12 months
Friday, November 11th Oak Lawn Lions-Mystery Auction
Garden Chalet
11000 S. Ridgeland Ave
6:30 PM Cocktails- 7:00 PM Dinner
Cost $25
R.S.V.P by November 7th
Lion Frank Kirar 708-636-2165
Lion Joe Palazzolo 708-278-6328
Saturday, November 12th
Christkindlemart-Craft Fair
Trinity Lutheran Church
97th & Brandt Ave
(2 blks west of cicero)
9:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m.
Featuring a variety of crafters/vendors
Tuesday, November 29th
#Giving Tuesday
Park Lawn
The Children’s Museum in Oak Lawn
Saturday, December 3rd
Children's Museum Princess Ball
10:30a.m.-1:00p.m.
Double Tree by Hilton Hotel
5000 W 127th St
Alsip, IL 60803
$100 per couple until 11/12/16
$120 per couple after 11/13/16
$50 Each addt'l until 11/12/16
$60 each addt'l 11/13/16
Click here to register
Friday, December 16
Deck’N the Halls Holiday Party
Doubletree by Hilton Chicago Alsip
5000 W. 127th St.
Celebrate the Holiday with Co-worker, Family and
Friends. For more information call the Holiday Hot-
line 708.272.4249
COMMUNITY EVENTS
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Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
1 2 3 4 5
6 7
8 November
Luncheon
9 Ambassador
Meeting
10 11 12
13 14 15 16 New
Members
Prospective
Breakfast Multi Chamber
Family
BAH
17 18 19
20 21 22 23 24
25 26
Shop Oak
Lawn
27 28 29 30
2016
2016
Business After Hours Wednesday, December 7th Fannie May 6351 W. 95th St 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM December Luncheon & Board Officers Meeting Tuesday, December 13th Hilton Oak Lawn 9333 S. Cicero Ave 11:00 AM Board Meeting 11:30 AM Registration 12:00 PM Networking & Luncheon Chamber Office Closed for the Holidays December 19th –January 3rd
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
1 2 3
4 5
6 7
BAH
Fannie
May
8
9 10
11 12 13
December
Luncheon
14 15 16 17
18 19 20 21 22 23 24
25 26 27 28 29 30 31
November Luncheon & Board Officers Meeting Tuesday, November 8th Hilton Oak Lawn 9333 S Cicero Ave. 11:00 AM Board Meeting 11:30 AM Registration & Networking 12:00 PM Luncheon Ambassador Meeting Wednesday, November 9th 8:30Am New Members Prospective Breakfast Wednesday, November, 16th 8:00AM -9:30AM Les Brothers Restaurant 8705 S Ridgeland Oak Lawn, IL 60453 Business After Hours – Children’s Museum Wednesday, November 16th Multi Family Business After Hours at the Oak Lawn Children Museum 5100 Museum Dr. 5:00 PM – 8:00PM Thursday November 24th Thanksgiving Chamber Closed Saturday, November 26th Shop Oak Lawn / Santa on the Green 12:00-3:00 PM Metra Station / Oak Lawn Library / Village Green
