McHenry County Business Journal

The following information was provided by Record Information Services (www.public-record.com) of Kaneville, Ill., a company that compiles public record information form Cook, DuPage, Kane, Kendall, Lake, McHenry and Will counties. This list contains business-to-business filings and does not represent the entire public record. The Business Journal and Record Information Services are not responsible for business-to-business decisions that are made from reading this list, as the complete public record must be obtained and understood to make well-informed choices.

As of June 2, Illinois received $8.1 billion in federal stimulus funds, $57,382,290 of that for McHenry County. It includes awards to school districts, energy efficiency tax credits, and other expenditures unrelated to transportation.

CRYSTAL LAKE – They don’t work on making the sockets. They help put those sockets to work.

CRYSTAL LAKE – As physicians around the country begin the slow migration from paper to electronic records, Centegra Health System is hoping that a new initiative will bring the future within reach today.

McHENRY – The McHenry County College Shah Center offers instructor led, hands-on computer training at the Shah Center, 4100 W. Shamrock Lane, McHenry. To register, call 815-455-8588. For more information and course outlines 815-455-8593. Other locations are indicated.

CHICAGO – Midwest Business Group on Health, a coalition of more than 100 private and public employers, conducted a national survey of physician views on employers’ health-management programs. The online survey was sent to more than 1,000 physicians nationwide by cooperating medical associations, health plans and medical centers. More than 200 physicians participated in the survey.

If you get injured on the job, state law dictates that you be compensated accordingly and reassigned to light-duty work for as long as required.

According to the state, 91 percent of Illinois employees are covered by the Illinois Workers’ Compensation and Occupational Diseases Act. And most of the time, the act does what it is designed to do: Provide a no-fault system of benefits to workers hurt on the job.

CARPENTERSVILLE – Alan Gilbertson has seen a lot during his 20 years working for Classic Cinemas.

The following information was provided by Record Information Services (www.public-record.com) of Kaneville, Ill., a company that compiles public record information form Cook, DuPage, Kane, Kendall, Lake, McHenry and Will counties. This list contains business-to-business filings and does not represent the entire public record. The Business Journal and Record Information Services are not responsible for business-to-business decisions that are made from reading this list, as the complete public record must be obtained and understood to make well-informed choices.

HUNTLEY – To say Ron Giordano is busy understates the obvious.

Chicago-based Mintel Comperemedia, which provides direct marketing analysis, predicts five major changes for banks this year.

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Kriss Knowles, director of the Illinois Small Business Development Center at Elgin Community College, said what many small-business owners are thinking: Getting financing in this economic climate – assuming you even want it – is next to impossible.

Financial help for small businesses could be on the way, and these initiatives have nothing to do with fishing captains affected by oil spills in the Gulf of Mexico.

McHENRY – The McHenry County College Shah Center offers instructor led, hands-on computer training at the Shah Center, 4100 W. Shamrock Lane, McHenry. To register, call 815-455-8588. For more information and course outlines 815-455-8593. Other locations are indicated.

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