Arkansas Business back issues from July 1991:
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Lib's lake. (Lilburn Wayne Carlisle's involvement in dam construction controversy in Saline County, Arkansas)
Jul 01, 1991; Waldon, George ... Lib's Lake Five Men Have Control Of $22-Million Project In Water-Starved Saline County Damming a free-flowing mountain stream in Arkansas ranks high on the list of ways to get a cold drink of water and make a lot of people mad. Such projects inevitably ...
Lafayette returns. (Lafayette Building to be sold by Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.)
Jul 01, 1991 ... Lafayette Returns Is the 66-year-old Lafayette Building about to have a new owner? Skeptics say they'll believe it when they see it. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. has been trying to sell the 127,000-SF office building for what seems like decades. But ...
Kicking tires, my foot. (Downtown Office Supply is bought by Buschart Ofice Products Inc.)
Jul 01, 1991 ... Kicking Tires, My Foot We heard that Downtown Office Supply, the city's largest commercial stationer, was about to be bought by a national concern. Owner Lonnie Patterson said last month that anything was about to happen, even though we knew he was flying his outside ...
Rose Law Firm.
Jul 01, 1991 ... The Rose Law Firm should close a deal soon on the former Gold's House of Fashion building on Main Street in Little Rock, between Third and Fourth streets. "We have it under contract," says lawyer Bill Kennedy, who says his firm will use the ...
Huckabay Munson Rowlett & Tilley. (law firm relocates)
Jul 01, 1991 ... The Huckabay Munson Rowlett & Tilley firm will be heading to the First Commercial Building by the end of August. The firm will expand from 11 to 13 attorneys ...
Migrating lawyers. (Giroir & Gregory relocates)
Jul 01, 1991 ... Migrating Lawyers Summer is here, and the change of seasons heralds the migration of some Little Rock attorneys. The Giroir & Gregory firm soon will be heading over to the 19th floor of the Stephens Building. The nine attorneys and support staff will set up quarters in ...
Bill Elmore Refrigeration. (New Businesses)
Jul 01, 1991; Harper, Kim ... Bill Elmore Refrigeration Owner: Bill Elmore Address: P.O. Box 501, Lonoke, 681-7610 Start-up date: June 17 Bill Elmore provides commercial refrigeration repair service. Elmore, who has no ...
Jo-Jo's Bar-B-Q. (New Businesses)
Jul 01, 1991; Harper, Kim ... Jo-Jo's Bar-B-Q Owner: Price Gillenwater Address: 4008 East Broadway, North Little Rock, 225-0025 Start-up date: July 1 A fourth location of Jo-Jo's Bar-B-Q opens this week on East Broadway in North Little Rock. ...
The Kid's Closet. (New Businesses)
Jul 01, 1991; Harper, Kim ... The Kid's Closet Owner: Beth Greene Address: 1508 Macon Drive, Little Rock, 225-8000 Start-up date: July 1 The Kid's Closet, a children's consignment boutique, opens this week in the Macon Market. Owner Beth Greene says the store will feature an upscale ...
Success Publishing. (New Businesses)
Jul 01, 1991; Harper, Kim ... Success Publishing Owner: Phil Parette Address: 5414 Halifax Drive, Little Rock, 879-1529 Start-up date: May Success Publishing is a home-based business that markets how-to books on a variety of subjects. Phil Parette says he markets only "proven materials." ...
Jewel's Millinery. (New Businesses)
Jul 01, 1991; Harper, Kim ... Jewel's Millinery Owner: Jewel Gayner Address: 715 Main St., North Little Rock, 374-5226 Start-up date: May Jewel Gayner designed and made hats for years before deciding to open her own shop in North Little Rock. ...
Just for the Health of It. (New Businesses)
Jul 01, 1991; Harper, Kim ... Just for the Health of It Owner: Jean Gaither Address: 10110 West Markham St., Little Rock, 221-0143 Start-up date: May 1 Just for the Health of It, Jean Gaither's reflexology clinic, had a shaky beginning. Gaither opened the clinic in April but generated ...
Kitchen and Bath Ideas. (New Businesses)
Jul 01, 1991; Harper, Kim ... Kitchen and Bath Ideas Owner: Rodney Turchi Address: 8024 Cantrell Road, Little Rock, 223-2808 Start-up date: June 1 Rodney Turchi remodels kitchens and bathrooms and has no other employees at Kitchen and Bath Ideas. Turchi attempts to meet customer ...
HWR Enterprises Inc. (New Businesses)
Jul 01, 1991; Harper, Kim ... HWR Enterprises Inc. Owners: Neita Roper and Richard Dunn Address: P.O. Box 190272, Little Rock, 562-4582 Start-up date: April HWR Enterprises is a general contractor that builds churches. H.W. Roper has been in the construction business for 25 years. Neita ...
Real Estate Locators Planning & Management Associates. (New Businesses)
Jul 01, 1991; Harper, Kim ... Real Estate Locators Planning & Management Associates Owner: Jim Finch Address: 17 Pleasant Cove, Little Rock, 225-5792 Start-up date: April Jim Finch is utilizing his past experience in two consulting services, Real Estate Locators and Planning & Management Associates. ...
The phoenix in the park; Pavilion in the Park re-emerges with a 75 percent occupancy rate. (Little Rock, Arkansas mixed-use commercial center) (company profile)
Jul 01, 1991; Ford, Kelly ... The Phoenix In The Park Pavilion In The Park Re-Emerges With A 75 Percent Occupancy Rate Before Pavilion in the Park was built in 1985, it was rumored the parcel of land on Cantrell Road in west Little Rock soon would be home to a Japanese restaurant. ...
Scandalous past, prosperous future. (turnaround of Saline Memorial Hospital from scandalous administration to a favorable business future) (company profile)
Jul 01, 1991; Waldon, George ... Scandalous Past, Prosperous Future Business As Usual Shifts From Hanky-Panky To Health Care At Saline Memorial Hospital Saline Memorial Hospital at Benton has turned a profit every year since it opened in 1956 -- save one. And that was a fluke of sorts. ...
From the outhouse to the Statehouse. (from its sad state the Statehouse Convention Center is now improved and making business)(Project 2000, part 5)
Jul 01, 1991; Nelson, Rex ... From The Outhouse To The Statehouse Once More, Little Rock's Leaders Try To Convince Residents Of The Need For Expanded Convention Facilities B Finley Vinson, a longtime Little Rock banker and civic leader, remembers the meeting well. The year was 1970. ...
A riverfront's rebirth; the redevelopment of East Markham Street began in earnest in September 1970. (a renewal of the Little Rock riverfront development is undertaken)(Project 2000, part 5)
Jul 01, 1991; Nelson, Rex ... A Riverfront's Rebirth The Redevelopment Of East Markham Street Began In Earnest In September 1970 It was a Saturday -- Sept. 5, 1970, to be exact -- when officials of the Little Rock Chamber of Commerce and Fifty For The Future gathered to announce an $8-million ...
Drillers look for gas in the West, oil in the South. (Arkansas Business Rankings)
Jul 01, 1991; Gibson, Carolyn ... Drillers Look For Gas In The West, Oil In The South About 130 oil and gas drilling permits were issued in the state during the first six months of 1991, most in a few counties in west and south Arkansas. Although companies are not required to record whether they are ...
Selling the Diamond. (convincing city voters to vote for a sales tax increase to fund construction of the Diamond Center building and other showpieces)(includes other related article)
Jul 08, 1991; Nelson, Rex ... Selling The Diamond Tax-Increase Supporters Try To Convince Voters There's More At Stake In October Than The $42.1-Million Diamond The fate of Project 2000 may be decided this month. That's because Little Rock business and political leaders must decide ...
Dirty legal laundry. (Wallace Dover & Dixon sues principal Larry Wallace for uncollected legal fees)
Jul 08, 1991 ... Dirty Legal Laundry The latest fallout from the collapse of the Wallace Dover & Dixon law firm came when the defunct firm sued principal Larry Wallace on June 10 for $108,348 in uncollected legal fees. The legal fees in question revolve around the Iver Johnson Arms and ...
Suits from the crypt. (legal question as to how a dead corporation, Wallace Dover & Dixon, can still file a suit)
Jul 08, 1991 ... Suits From The Crypt Some may ask how a functionally dead corporation can sue Wallace in the first place. The corporate entity renegotiated its lease obligations with the TCBY Tower last year after shifting its assets from WD&D to Dover & Dixon. The ...
Return me. (rate of return of assets of Central Bank & Trust)
Jul 08, 1991 ... Return Me The new kid on the banking block, Central Bank & Trust, isn't timid when it comes to return on assets. The Little Rock bank, open only since December, has a stout 3.24 percent annualized ROA so far this year, putting it at the top of the state's earnings ...
Chewing on a bone. (speculation on true acronym of LADS, a real estate limited partnership)
Jul 08, 1991 ... Chewing On A Bone A Tennessee partnership called LADS caused a bout of head scratching when it popped into town recently and bought a couple of pieces of Pulaski County. We don't know much about the players, but we do know what they're up to. The group is ...
Workers' comp woes. (Overnite Transportation Co. finds Arkansas's workers' compensation rates much too high)
Jul 08, 1991 ... Workers' Comp Woes We heard through the grapevine that Arkansas recently lost a major trucking company expansion to Memphis, Tenn. in part because of higher workers' compensation rates. The plant would have had 400 or more employees. One estimate put the number at 900 ....
No bad omen. (construction of AT&T regional distribution facility halted with NCR Corp.'s takeover)
Jul 08, 1991 ... No Bad Omen Have you noticed that construction on the AT&T regional distribution facility off Interstate 30 at Little Rock has stopped 12 weeks short of completion? This shouldn't be viewed as a bad sign in the wake of AT&T's merger with NCR Corp., according to ...
Grand Central Station. (Triple-S Alarm Co.'s new monitor system in new building)
Jul 08, 1991 ... Grand Central Station When Triple-S Alarm Co. finishes moving into its new building behind the Fairfield Communities Inc. building in Little Rock later this month, it will begin using a system that allows it to monitor alarms across the country. "We're contracting with ...
Engineered Solutions Inc. (relocates to Triple-S Alarm Co.'s former location)
Jul 08, 1991 ... Engineered Solutions Inc. will move into Triple-S's ...
Boiler makers. (Babcock & Wilcox, industrial boiler maker)
Jul 08, 1991 ... Boiler Makers Despite rumors to the contrary, Babcock & Wilcox, the industrial boiler maker in the Little Rock Port Industrial Park, is on target for hiring the number of people planned. ...
Turnaround at Treetops. (occupancy rate of condominium complex is up but developer Signey Weniger questions sales)(includes related article on Weniger's opinion)
Jul 08, 1991; Ford, Kelly ... Turnaround At Treetops Condominium Complex's Occupancy Near 100 Percent After Years At 50 Percent, But Developer Sidney Weniger Vows To Bust Recent Sales When Treetops was completed in 1981, developer Sidney Weniger hosted a "topping-off" ceremony for the high-rise Little ...
A brickyard birthday. (100 years of operation of the Acme Brick Co.) (company profile)
Jul 08, 1991; Ford, Kelly ... A Brickyard Birthday $100-Million Acme Brick Co. Survives Changing Markets, Recessions And Fires To Reach Its 100th Birthday Acme Brick Co. might be 100 years old, but it's no feeble centenarian. The 1,400-employee firm, based in Fort Worth, Texas, claims it ...
Top 50 firms expand through mergers, acquisitions. (Top 50 Private Companies in Arkansas)(includes brief corporate profiles of some private companies) (directory)
Jul 08, 1991; Gibson, Carolyn ... Top 50 Firms Expand Through Mergers, Acquisitions Consolidated Revenues Expected To Move Several Companies Higher In Next Year's Rankings Little has changed in the fourth year of the Arkansas Business Top 50, a list of the largest privately held corporations in the ...
Foam and fortune. (foam fabrication business of Crain Industries Inc.)(Top 50 Private Companies in Arkansas) (company profile)
Jul 08, 1991; Mitchell, Ruth ... Foam And Fortune Since its commercial development in the 1950s, flexible polyurethane foam has become the world's most widely used cushioning product. Crain Industries Inc., a Fort Smith-based manufacturer, opened in 1962 as a foam fabricator. The company incorporated ...
Producers moves forward. (rice processing and distribution services of Producers Rice Mill Inc.)(Top 50 Private Companies in Arkansas) (company profile)
Jul 08, 1991; Mitchell, Ruth ... Producers Moves Forward Rice is consumed by more than one-half the world's population as a primary food source, and its popularity is increasing in the United States. That's good news for Producers Rice Mill Inc. of Stuttgart, one of the country's leading rice ...
Branching out. (Twin City Bank's plan to open more branches south of the Arkansas River)
Jul 08, 1991 ... Branching Out North Little Rock's Twin City Bank is looking to open a couple of more branches south of the Arkansas River. There should be an announcement in the coming weeks concerning a southwest Little Rock site. TCB also is looking hard at branch ...
Disciples and dissidents: church bishop, community activist square off over two Little Rock radio stations. (Bishop L.E. Willis; Hafeeza Majeed; KLRG-AM, 1150; KMZX-FM, 106.5) (company profile)
Jul 08, 1991; Rengers, Carrie ... Disciples And Dissidents Church Bishop, Community Activist Square Off Over Two Little Rock Radio Stations Please help keep the Crusade for Christ alive," says the deep, pleading voice over the airwaves of Little Rock radio station KLRG-AM, 1150. "Don't ...
Licensed to jam. (country station KIPR-FM, 92.3) (company profile)
Jul 08, 1991 ... Licensed To Jam Get busy with this: A funky beat kicks in. You can't help but nod your head and rock to it. Then, the singers start jamming. Power 92 is here to make some noise. Girls go tell |em, Dude, tell the ...
All-Tune Organ Repair. (New Businesses) (company profile)
Jul 08, 1991; Harper, Kim ... All-Tune Organ Repair Owners: Jim Welch and Chuck Burns Address: 4932 Haywood St., North Little Rock, 945-3225 Start-up date: January 1992 Jim Welch and Chuck Burns are computer technicians. Why are they starting an organ repair service, All-Tune Organ Repair? ...
ESC Inc. (New Businesses) (company profile)
Jul 08, 1991; Harper, Kim ... ESC Inc. Owner: Stan McDaniel Address: 201 Cherokee Circle, Little Rock, 227-6143 Start-up date: January As a professional horticulturist, Stan McDaniel, owner of Healthy Lawn & Shrubs Inc., saw the need for a safe way to transport external spreaders such as lime. ...
Kirkman Do-It-All. (New Businesses) (company profile)
Jul 08, 1991; Harper, Kim ... Kirkman Do-It-All Owner: Richard Kirkman Address: 314 Nabholz Road, Little Rock, 888-8811 Start-up date: June 26 The name of Richard Kirkman's residential remodeling business, Kirkman ...
Hot Tub Express. (New Businesses) (company profile)
Jul 08, 1991; Harper, Kim ... Hot Tub Express Owners: Keith Jackson and Richard Herrin Address: 2501 Riverfront Drive, Little Rock, 666-2387 Start-up date: Feb. 1 Hot Tub Express sells what it calls the world's most portable hot tub -- Softtub. According to Richard Herrin, co-owner, Hot ...
American Speedy Printing Centers. (New Businesses) (company profile)
Jul 08, 1991; Harper, Kim ... American Speedy Printing Centers Owner: Darwin E. Buehler Address: 200 Bowman Road, Little Rock, 225-6645 Start-up date: Aug. 1 A new franchise of American Speedy Printing Centers, one of the nation's largest quick-print services with more than 700 locations, will open ...
Flowers by Margo. (New Businesses) (company profile)
Jul 08, 1991; Harper, Kim ... Flowers by Margo Owner: Margaret Puckett Address: 5 Roxbury Drive, Little Rock, 562-6954 Start-up date: July 1 After participating in a floral design course last year, Margaret Puckett decided to open a small ...
Day's Dugout Baseball Cards and Supplies. (New Businesses) (company profile)
Jul 08, 1991; Harper, Kim ... Day's Dugout Baseball Cards and Supplies Owner: Eric Day Address: 5405 Batesville Pike Road, North Little Rock, 835-4486 Start-up date: May Eric Day is turning a hobby into a source of income with the opening of Day's Dugout Baseball Cards and Supplies. Day ...
Hussman's other newspapers. (publisher Walter Hussman Jr.)(includes related article on Clyde Palmer)
Jul 15, 1991; Rengers, Carrie ... Hussman's Other Newspapers Five South Arkansas Dailies Gross $20 Million While Democrat Loses Big Bucks "When you say you work for Walter Hussman, people say, |Oh, you're really a profit-oriented paper,'" says Eddie Telford, vice president and general manager of ...
Hurray for Huggies. (disposable diapers plant of Kimberley-Clark Corp. to be expanded)
Jul 15, 1991 ... Hurray for Huggies Although officials at the company are mum, the word is that Kimberly-Clark Corp. is planning to expand its Maumelle facility by 162,000 SF. Why? Babies must have their Huggie wipes. Apparently, sales of the product are going so ...
Sharing beds. (Fayetteville City Hospital will be part of the Washington Regional Medical Center system)
Jul 15, 1991 ... Sharing Beds It's news to northwest Arkansas, but the money-losing Fayetteville City Hospital is about to become part of the Washington Regional Medical Center system. "Nothing's definite at this time, but they're working on it," says Suzanne Alumbaugh, a FCH ...
Class action: students' lawsuit against steno institute raises questions about private career schools. (Stenograph Institute of Arkansas)
Jul 15, 1991; Ford, Kelly ... Class Action Students' Lawsuit Against Steno Institute Raises Questions About Private Career Schools Little Rock attorney Everett Martindale has made a name for himself bringing lawsuits against privately funded career schools. It's a name he would just ...
Charting the top 50. (Top 50 private companies in Arkansas, part 2)
Jul 15, 1991; Gibson, Carolyn ... Charting The Top 50 39 of 50 Companies Survive Arkansas Business' Four-Year Watch Of course, there are differences. But there also are some similarities between the Arkansas Business Top 50 privately held companies and their larger, publicly traded counterparts. ...
Arkansas' top 50 private companies. (no full text - table only) (directory)
Jul 15, 1991; Gibson, Carolyn ... Arkansas' Top 50 Private Companies <Pre> 1991 Company, 1990 Rank Address Rank 1 ARKANSAS BEST CORP. 1 </Pre> Fort Smith 2 RICELAND FOODS INC. 2 Stuttgart ...
Cutting profits. (Anthony Timberlands Inc.'s profitable cut timber business)(Top 50 Profiles) (company profile)
Jul 15, 1991; Mitchell, Ruth ... Cutting Profits Anthony Timberlands Tower Above Others Despite 1990 Fire Anthony Timberlands Inc.'s staff of 15 graduate foresters manage more than a quarter of a million acres of prime Arkansas timberland. Yet despite their management skills, a major ...
Chicken or the egg? (Peterson Industries leader in world poultry breeding industry) (company profile)
Jul 15, 1991; Mitchell, Ruth ... Chicken Or The Egg? Decatur's Peterson Industries Becomes World Poultry Breeding Leader Decatur in Benton County, with a population of less than 1,000 people, has a $1-million fitness complex with a wave machine thanks to Peterson Industries Inc. The ...
Riceland knows rice. (United States' largest rice miller Riceland Foods Inc.)(Top 50 Profiles) (company profile)
Jul 15, 1991; Webb, Kane ... Riceland Knows Rice Stuttgart-Based Company Is Nation's Largest Rice Miller Bill Reed, assistant vice president for corporate development at Riceland Foods Inc., once tried to visualize the amount of rice his company handles. He came up with this ...
Back on track. (successful Oaklawn Jockey Club's horse racing business)(Top 50 Profiles) (company profile)
Jul 15, 1991; Webb, Kane ... Back On Track Year-Round Racing Returns Oaklawn Park To The Winner's Circle Once it was called the Fifth Season. Oaklawn Park ran from February through April, closed its doors, counted its money and waited for fans to flock back when the season began ...
Conveying success. (Hytrol Conveyor Co.'s successful operation)(Top 50 Profiles) (company profile)
Jul 15, 1991; Mitchell, Ruth ... Conveying Success Jonesboro's Hytrol Conveyor Co. Offers High-Speed Equipment The next time you're standing in the grocery store checkout line watching the lettuce and milk pass by, consider the Hytrol conveyor. Hytrol conveyors seem to be everywhere. ...
Milking the market. (Coleman Dairy Inc.'s rating and market share in the milk industy)(Top 50 Profiles) (company profile)
Jul 15, 1991; Webb, Kane ... Milking The Market Cows Are Gone, But Coleman Still Going Strong More than 50 years ago, Coleman Dairy Inc. consisted of a 200-acre farm in southwest Little Rock and 200 cows. Milk still came in bottles, and door-to-door milkmen were a thing of the future, not the ...
Truckin' on. (Arkansas Best Corp. is number 1 on the Arkansas Business Top 50 ranking due to its subsidiary Arkansas Best Freight trucking business) (company profile)
Jul 15, 1991; Harper, Kim ... Truckin' On Arkansas Best Corp. Tops Arkansas Business Top 50 Since 1978, Arkansas Best Freight has grown from the country's 22nd-largest to its fifth-largest motor carrier of general commodities. That's the major reason why Arkansas Best Corp. of Fort ...
Professional Carpet Systems Inc. (New Businesses)
Jul 15, 1991; Harper, Kim ... Professional Carpet Systems Inc. Owner: Keith Bailey Address: 1801 Reservoir Road, Little Rock, 225-6056 Start-up date: June Keith Bailey recently purchased a franchise from Professional Carpet Systems Inc., a cleaning service based in Atlanta. According to ...
LaserTone. (New Businesses)
Jul 15, 1991; Harper, Kim ... LaserTone Owners: Guy Hooper and John Young Address: #8 Fairfield Drive, North Little Rock, 834-6557 or 834-9875 Start-up date: June 24 Guy Hooper and John Young think two factors will ensure the success of their toner cartridge recycling business, LaserTone. ...
The Country Bumpkin. (New Businesses)
Jul 15, 1991; Harper, Kim ... The Country Bumpkin Owners: Linda Anderson and Debbie McCaghren Address: 5001 E. Broadway Ave., North Little Rock, 758-7775 Start-up date: Aug. 1 The Country Bumpkin will be a handmade crafts shop specializing in rabbits -- not real ones, though. Linda ...
Everything's A Dollar. (New Businesses)
Jul 15, 1991; Harper, Kim ... Everything's A Dollar Owner: Value Mart Inc. Address: 3929 McCain Blvd., North Little Rock, 758-2776 Start-up date: July 3 Everything's A Dollar is the 1990s answer to five-and-dime stores. With 150 locations nationwide, the 5-year-old chain is now opening an ...
Green Rock Recycling Co. (New Businesses)
Jul 15, 1991; Harper, Kim ... Green Rock Recycling Co. Owners: Kevin Jacob, Kirk Babb, Michael McKinney, Steve Stone Address: P.O. Box 24713, Little Rock, 664-7213 Start-up date: Aug. 1 Four college students are doing their part to save the environment. Steve Stone, one of the partners in ...
Interior Accents. (New Businesses)
Jul 15, 1991; Harper, Kim ... Interior Accents Owner: Katherine Ramm Address: 202 East B Ave., North Little Rock, 791-0551 Start-up date: June Katherine Ramm's 10 years in interior design sparked her interest in a historic craft, sisal rugs. Her business, Interior Accents, supplies ...
Kay's Kreations. (New Businesses)
Jul 15, 1991; Harper, Kim ... Kay's Kreations Owner: Kay Pogue Address: 215 N. Laurel St., North Little Rock, 945-7887 Start-up date: Aug. 1 When Mississippi Chemical Corp. sold some of its plants, Kay Pogue, a secretary for the company for 14 years, had to find a new career. ...
