Arkansas Business back issues from November 1991:
Recruiting on a shoestring: Chamber of Commerce's $300,000 budget pales in comparison to cities of similar size. (Greater Little Rock Chamber of Commerce)(includes related article on former Mayor J.W. 'Buddy' Benafield and Little Rock Port Authority)
Nov 04, 1991; Webb, Kane ... The senior vice president and director of economic development for the Mobile, Ala., Area Chamber of Commerce recently returned from a three-week business trip to Asia. Mobile can afford such recruiting efforts. Paul Harvel, president of the Greater Little Rock Chamber of ...
Mr. Clean: North Little Rock's Harvey Cobb tries to clean up with his secret stain-removal formula. (all-purpose Harvey Gene's Carpet Cleaner) (Company Profile)
Nov 04, 1991; Waldon, George ... No one realized it at the time, but a nuclear warhead wasn't the only thing that accidentally was launched, during a 1980 explosion at a Titan II missile silo, near Damascus in Van Buren County. The incident grabbed worldwide attention when a warhead ended up in a nearby ditch. It ...
Breakfast and bed: Arkansas' more than 200 bed-and-breakfast inns struggle to be noticed. (Small Business Focus)
Nov 04, 1991; Harper, Kim ... The sun rises on the cool autumn morning. As the beams peak through the antique lace curtains, you yawn and stretch. Gazing out the bedroom window, you are taken by the view. November's vivid colors are ignited by the new day. This is living. If not for ...
Pooling their resources. (Paula Smith Bramlett, Dent Smith, Jr. and Kathy Smith Reese's management of Smitty's Billiards) (Company Profile)
Nov 04, 1991; Harper, Kim ... Siblings' Dream Of Sharing A Business Comes True In West Little Rock The year is 1965. The place is a stucco house at 1617 Pike Ave. in North Little Rock. It's a typical Saturday afternoon at the Smith home. Dent Smith Sr., a small business owner, is at ...
Russellville Fitness Inc. (New Businesses)
Nov 04, 1991; Harper, Kim ... Owners: Jay Briggs, Paul Jackson, Ken Wright Address: 3808 W. Main St., Russellville, 72801, 968-7979 Start-up date: Nov. 4 Jay Briggs says his health club, Russellville Fitness Inc., is the most complete fitness center in the area. The 30,000-SF building houses a ...
Stone Brothers Building Services. (New Businesses)
Nov 04, 1991; Harper, Kim ... Owner: Chuck Stone Address: 11221 Mara Lynn Road, Suite C-15, Little Rock, 72211, 227-0806 or 370-0139 Start-up date: September After five years of operating a home-based residential cleaning service in his spare time, Chuck Stone has organized his business as Stone Brothers ...
A Room With A View. (New Businesses)
Nov 04, 1991; Harper, Kim ... Owners: David Mobley and Mark La Plante Address: 1515 Scott St., Little Rock, 72202, 372-5845 Start-up date: October Artist David Mobley says his Little Rock interior design firm, A Room With A View, has a sizable client base. That's because he has been operating the business ...
Benjac Inc. (New Businesses)
Nov 04, 1991; Harper, Kim ... Owners: Jack Bracy and J.W. Benafield Address: P.O. 251013, Little Rock, 72225, 664-6552 Start-up date: September After seven years in Florida, Jack Bracy says he has returned to Arkansas to "restart my home-building business." For almost two decades, Bracy ...
The paper chase: national newspapers get Little Rock run with Delivery Systems Inc.
Nov 04, 1991; Rengers, Carrie ... What do most couples do on their wedding night? Whatever your answer, you probably wouldn't guess organizing newspaper delivery routes. But that's exactly what Joe Fox, 39, and Lia Fox, 36, did on their wedding night in March 1982. Just before the wedding, Joe Fox ...
The next battleground. (competition among Arkansas' newspapers as a result of the closure of the 'Arkansas Gazette')
Nov 04, 1991; Rengers, Carrie ... The Little Rock Newspaper War Is Over: Will Arkansas Ever See Another? Will the Oct. 18 closure of the almost 172-year-old Arkansas Gazette result in changes in the editorial products of newspapers throughout the state and region? From Pine Bluff to Memphis, Tenn., to ...
The essence of the Arkansas Gazette: former staffers continue to mourn her passing. (part 2)
Nov 04, 1991 ... This is the second of a two-part series of essays by former Arkansas Gazette writers and editors. Since Walter E. Hussman Jr. and the Gannett Co. chose not to allow the Gazette to publish a formal final edition, Arkansas Business wanted to give these journalists a chance to write about what ...
Will Hot Springs heat up? City leaders hope to boost winter tourism numbers with promotions. (Hot Springs, Arkansas)(More than Summer)
Nov 04, 1991; Webb, Kane ... Don Raulie will never forget his first job interview in Hot Springs. "I got there literally as the water from the flood was going down," Raulie says. He interviewed for his current job as executive director of the Hot Springs Advertising & Promotion Commission on June 1, ...
Eureka's year-round appeal. (Eureka Springs, Arkansas)(More than Summer)
Nov 04, 1991; Nelson, Rex ... Carroll County Community Now Finds Visitors Coming For Thanksgiving And Christmas, Too There was a time -- not so very long ago -- when a dog could sleep in the middle of a Eureka Springs street in the winter and not be in danger. Bob Purvis, executive director of the ...
Arkansas first: state proves popular with tourists. (Arkansas Business Rankings)
Nov 04, 1991; Taylor, Tim ... The Natural State is a natural with tourists. According to the 1990 "Arkansas Travel and Tourism Report," released in March by the state Department of Parks and Tourism, almost 16 million visitors spent $2.3 billion last year. That breaks down to 43,000 travelers per day. ...
Arkansas business rankings: tourism. (Tabular data only) (Directory)
Nov 04, 1991; Gibson, Carolyn ... TABULAR DATA OMITTED <Pre> Visitors To Arkansas From Out Of State Ranked By Number Of Vehicles In 1990 State of 1989 1990 Origin Vehicles Vehicles Texas 87,167 87,668 Arkansas 54,710 ...
The "new" PC&E: Richard Mason survives, but the chemistry has changed. (Arkansas' Pollution Control and Ecology Commission)(includes related article)
Nov 04, 1991; Griffee, Carol ... Arkansas business leaders eager to see Richard Mason leave the state Pollution Control and Ecology Commission may be in for a long wait. Mason's six-year term representing conservationists on the commission expired in August. But Gov. Bill Clinton has shown no inclination to replace ...
Backlash: Democrat-Gazette rates increase by up to 300 percent as Arkansas advertisers consider the alternatives. (newpapers Arkansas Democrat and Arkansas Gazette merger; includes related article)
Nov 11, 1991; Rengers, Carrie ... When Arkansas Democrat Publisher Walter E. Hussman Jr. addressed a statewide television and radio audience Oct. 18 about his purchase of the assets of the Arkansas Gazette, he did his best to prevent what he knew could be a public relations and financial nightmare. He told Arkansas ...
Taxing Texaco. (Texaco penalized for sex descrimination case) (Brief Article)
Nov 11, 1991 ... The topic of sex is generating a different type of publicity for another Little Rock woman. Janella Sue Martin is the subject of an article in the Nov. 11 edition of People. Martin, who now makes her home in Los Angeles, recently won a $17.7 million sexual discrimination ...
Can you wash down a moon pie with it? (new private-label soft drink marketed by Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has to pass Southerners' taste) (Brief Article)
Nov 11, 1991 ... Maybe you read about the secrecy surrounding who's bottling a new private-label soft drink for Wal-Mart Stores Inc. of Bentonville. We don't understand what the cloak-and-dagger stuff is all about. After only two phone calls, our sources confirmed that Royal Crown Cola Co ....
Gulped and gone. (Wal-Mart's Sam's Club markets new soft drink Continental Cola after 1988's Ozark Farms) (Brief Article)
Nov 11, 1991 ... You might remember that Wal-Mart experimented with a private-label soft drink in 1988 called Ozark Farms. That lineup featured a variety of flavors from the old Grapette label, but the main ingredient was Mountain Valley spring water. We understand Sam's Clubs also is ...
Out of the Barn. (Carpet Barn carpet company eyes new outlets) (Brief Article)
Nov 11, 1991 ... A neighboring player in the carpet wars intends to set up shop in Maumelle during the coming months. The Carpet Barn of Pine Bluff, one of the largest carpet companies in Arkansas, is eyeing locations along Maumelle Boulevard. "At this point, we haven't nailed anything down ...
Errand Boy's Consumer Referral Service. (New Businesses) (Brief Article)
Nov 11, 1991; Harper, Kim ... Owner: James R. Ashberry Address: 6929 John F. Kennedy Blvd., Suite 20118, North Little Rock, 72116-0118, 988-5368 Start-up date: September After retiring from Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. in January, James Ashberry began Errand Boy, an errand and shopping ...
Just Your Type. (homebased typesetting and desktop publishing services)(New Businesses) (Brief Article)
Nov 11, 1991; Harper, Kim ... Owners: Jackie Bradford and Gary Dumont Address: 1100 N. University Ave., Suite 130, Little Rock, 72207, 666-4600 Start-up date: March Since March, Just Your Type, a typesetting and desktop publishing service, has operated as a home-based business. ...
Ron Pack Carpet Center. (New Businesses) (Brief Article)
Nov 11, 1991; Harper, Kim ... Owners: Jim Owens and Bob Fewell Address: 6915 Geyer Springs Road, Little Rock, 72207, 565-4447 Start-up date: October After 15 years in business, Ron Pack Carpet Center has expanded. Owners Jim Owens and Bob Fewell have opened a second location along ...
Interior Motive. (New Businesses) (Brief Article)
Nov 11, 1991; Harper, Kim ... Owner: Timothy A. Carr Address: 3225 Kavanaugh Blvd., Little Rock, 72205, 666-5454 Start-up date: May "A common myth in the interior design business is that a customer must have a lot of money to hire an interior designer," says Tim Carr, owner of Interior Motive ...
Welch/Harris Inc. (New Businesses) (Brief Article)
Nov 11, 1991; Harper, Kim ... Owners: Wendy Welch and John L. Harris Address: 12301 Pleasant Forest Drive, Little Rock, 72212, 223-3867 Start-up date: October John L. Harris is offering his expertise to construction companies and other builders. With a doctorate in zoology and a ...
Avoiding capital gains: tax-deferred exchanges allow savings in real estate deals. (Industry Overview)
Nov 11, 1991; Waldon, George ... Planned properly and used effectively, real estate swaps can shelter the total cash value of a transaction. They also can help build a larger investment portfolio. Tax-deferred exchanges have been used for decades. But they now have added importance in negating the impact ...
The forecast is clear: Arkansas not hit as hard by recession as many other states.
Nov 11, 1991; Taylor, Tim ... The reason the current recession hasn't hit Arkansas as hard as some states is simple. Arkansas had a head start. This, according to John Shelnutt, a senior research specialist at the Arkansas Institute for Economic Advancement, has made a difference in the state's ...
Selling Arkansas: Cranford Johnson Robinson Woods maps out its plan to attract tourists. (Little Rock advertising agency)
Nov 11, 1991; Taylor, Tim ... Selling Arkansas. The Little Rock advertising agency Cranford Johnson Robinson Woods sees it as a partnership -- a partnership between the agency, the state Department of Parks and Tourism and every resident of Arkansas. CJRW has developed a five-year plan for the Parks and ...
Turning East: state tries to attract Japanese tourists. (Industry Overview)
Nov 11, 1991; Taylor, Tim ... "Arkansas e yokoso irashaimashita." It means "welcome to Arkansas" in Japanese. If Judy Stough has her way, more and more people will be hearing the phrase soon. Specifically, Japanese tourists. Stough works for the tourism division of the state ...
Booking it. (World Wide Travel Service Inc. is ranked largest in Arkansas and 28th nationwide) (Company Profile)
Nov 11, 1991 ... Little Rock's World Wide Travel Service Inc. Is Largest In State, 28th Largest In Nation World Wide Travel Service Inc. of Little Rock, with 200 employees and more than $90 million in 1990 revenues, is the largest travel agency in Arkansas. World Wide also has made its ...
Mad at city hall. (Little Rock's city manager's office and city board under scrutiny and attack)
Nov 11, 1991; Waldon, George ... Are Little Rock's Growing Pains The Real Cause Of The Anger Directed At Politicians And Bureaucrats? In 1987, Little Rock city officials waged a successful campaign for a $39.1 million bond program. Four years later, voters are angry. They believe the promises of ...
Service Temporaries Inc. (New Businesses) (Brief Article)
Nov 11, 1991; Harper, Kim ... Owner: Rebecca Wahl Address: 415 N. McKinley Drive, Little Rock, 72205, 666-6894 Start-up date: August The demand for temporary services is growing, according to Deidre Haralson, manager of Service ...
Jordan's Collection Agency. (New Businesses) (Brief Article)
Nov 11, 1991; Harper, Kim ... Owner: Brian Cain Address: P.O. Box 192693, Little Rock, 72219 Start-up date: October Businesses often resort to hiring expensive collection agencies to collect outstanding debts. Brian Cain says he can offer an alternative. His new business, ...
Ramey Photo Center. (New Businesses) (Brief Article)
Nov 11, 1991; Harper, Kim ... Owners: Harry and Janet Ramey Address: 6320-B Baseline Road, Little Rock, 72209 Start-up date: Nov. 11 After 12 years in the photo-processing business, Janet Ramey opened her own shop, Ramey Photo Center. The one-hour service uses Fuji laboratory ...
A new prescription: UAMS improves image, begins $63.5 million fund-raising campaign. (University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences' University Hospital)(includes related article on marketing activities for the University Hospital) (Company Profile)
Nov 18, 1991; Webb, Kane ... There was a time when University Hospital at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences resembled a MASH unit. In the middle of the Little Rock hospital was an area dubbed the bullpen, where patients would wait to see a doctor. Branching from the bullpen were hallways ...
Shell shock: Charles Basham has dodged the bullet, but his $10 million real estate portfolio hasn't. (real estate developer facing various criminal lawsuits)
Nov 18, 1991; Waldon, George ... Basham Brawl Update So far, Little Rock commercial real estate developer Charles Basham has survived lawsuits alleging commingling of funds, fraud and more. But the punishment dished out by a former business partner, John Grillo, has cost Basham plenty. Basham ...
The punking of Park Plaza: Little Rock youths choose upscale mall for playground; are they scaring off customers? (Industry Overview)
Nov 18, 1991; Rengers, Carrie ... It's an average night at the mall. Early Christmas shoppers wind their way through groups of pre-teens and teen-agers. The kids hang out at the escalator and shout at members of the opposite sex. Guys strut toward the arcade and look at the girls, who giggle ...
A crafty move: Danny Thomas turns to arts, crafts and more to salvage a troubled $500,000 Southwest Little Rock retail project. (commercial real estate agent and real estate developer)
Nov 18, 1991; Waldon, George ... This summer, commercial real estate agent Danny Thomas of Little Rock was in a financial jam. In 1990, National Home Centers pulled out of his family's retail project at the southeast corner of Baseline and Geyer Springs roads in southwest Little Rock. The move left the ...
Changing the diaper industry: Little Rock company offers parents an alternative to disposable diapers. (Company Profile)
Nov 18, 1991; Harper, Kim ... Cloth diapers. The mere mention of those words conjures up unpleasant images in most parents' minds. Before disposables took the diaper world by storm in the early 1970s, this was a common scenario: A baby crying from the discomfort of wearing a wet diaper barely ...
Battling the board: Little Rock firm fighting state agency over issue of licensing. (computer training COM-CEP Learning Center Inc. will sue Arkansas Board of Private Career Education over laws on learning centers)
Nov 18, 1991; Taylor, Tim ... The state Board of Private Career Education isn't one of Arkansas' better-known agencies. It isn't one of the largest, either. It has seven members. Its staff consists of a director, two full-time staffers and a student intern. The board, however, has a large ...
Charting health care. (Arkansas Business Rankings) (Industry Overview)
Nov 18, 1991; Gibson, Carolyn ... In its July 29 issue, Arkansas Business reported 1990 financial information for almost 100 Arkansas hospitals. About half of those hospitals operate on a fiscal year that ends in June, making an update necessary. A column showing total assets has been added to the Arkansas ...
Arkansas business hospital index. (Tabular data only) (Directory)
Nov 18, 1991 ... TABULAR DATA OMITTED <Pre> Occupancy Rates Highest Fayetteville City 86.17% St. Michael 84.87% St. Vincent Infirmary 83.85% St. Bernard's 78.81% Lawrence Memorial ...
Quality Surface of Little Rock. (counter-top and appliance resurfacing)(New Businesses) (Brief Article)
Nov 18, 1991; Harper, Kim ... Owner: Mike Creswell Address: 6608 Pecan Lane, Little Rock, 72206, 490-4127 Start-up date: October Mike Creswell's family has a home-based business concept -- counter-top and appliance resurfacing. Creswell, 35, says his family began Quality Surface about five years ago in ...
Senor Pots. (importation and distribution of Mexican pots)(New Businesses) (Brief Article)
Nov 18, 1991; Harper, Kim ... Owner: Jeff Hubbard Address: P.O. Box 864, Bryant, 72022, 847-6274 Start-up date: November What does a professional polo player do when he is injured and can no longer compete? Jeff Hubbard, who played polo in California for eight years, is importing ...
Arkansas Bait Farms. (New Businesses) (Brief Article)
Nov 18, 1991; Harper, Kim ... Owner: Jim Gibbs and Don Hope Address: 1317 N. Hills Blvd., Suite 405, North Little Rock, 72114, 753-1118 Start-up date: October It's your day off, and you're going fishing. On the way to the lake, you stop by the bait shop and pick up some red wigglers. Ever ...
CJ Publications. (New Businesses) (Brief Article)
Nov 18, 1991; Harper, Kim ... Owners: Kent Jolliff and Joseph Childers Address: 425 W. Capitol Ave., Suite 3826, Little Rock, 72201, 375-1630 or 1-800-851-HOOP Start-up date: November If you are a basketball fan in Arkansas, there is a new magazine for you. Three former college basketball players have ...
Cloth and More. (New Businesses) (Brief Article)
Nov 18, 1991; Harper, Kim ... Owners: Pat and John Rushing Address: 2631 Pike Ave., North Little Rock, 72114, 835-5734 Start-up date: January Pat Rushing is opening a discount fabric shop in the Pike Plaza Shopping Center in North Little Rock. Cloth and More will sell upholstery, quilting, batting and ...
Powers Productions. (New Businesses) (Brief Article)
Nov 18, 1991; Harper, Kim ... Owners: Bruce Powers and Beth Zauner Address: 5223 I St., Little Rock, 72205, 666-2617 Start-up date: October Bruce Powers of Little Rock says he has been a songwriter and musician for as long as he can remember. He decided to market his talents last year. Powers began ...
Trees Plus. (New Businesses) (Brief Article)
Nov 18, 1991; Harper, Kim ... Owners: Jay Jones and Larry Lester Address: 5200-A Mabelvale Pike, Little Rock, 72209, 565-8686 Start-up date: Nov. 29 Evergreen trees, wreaths and hand-made figurines are a part of Christmas. Jay Jones and Larry Lester are selling such items through their new Little Rock ...
Through the Brambles patch: Bell moves out as Brambles moves in on unstable Ensco. (Brambles USA Inc. to acquire Environmental Systems Co. as founder Melvyn Bell resigns)
Nov 25, 1991; Webb, Kane ... Jack Forrest returned a reporter's telephone call shortly after finishing a round of golf last week. His mind these days is far from Environmental Systems Co., the often-controversial, Little Rock-based hazardous waste transportation and disposal company. Forrest was ...
A technical success: scientific, technical writing fuel 32-employee North Little Rock firm. (Biotechnical Services Inc.) (Company Profile)
Nov 25, 1991; Harper, Kim ... Women in suits are discussing business. It's lunchtime in downtown Little Rock. Management and financial strategies learned at morning workshops are the meat of the conversations. There are only a handful of businessmen in the Excelsior Hotel conference room. The ...
The surprise environmental strike: Arkansas Wildlife Federation uses costly citizens' lawsuits to get industry's attention. (includes related article)
Nov 25, 1991; Griffee, Carol ... The Arkansas Wildlife Federation made a surprise July strike on the state's business community. The federation notified six industries and a city that lawsuits would be filed unless they stopped polluting rivers and creeks. In consort with the non-profit Trial Lawyers for ...
An epitaph for the Old Lady: a Pulitzer Prize winner remembers the newspaper he loved. (Harry S. Ashmore's reminiscences of the Arkansas Gazette)
Nov 25, 1991; Ashmore, Harry S. ... In its Oct. 28 and Nov. 4 editions, Arkansas Business allowed former Arkansas Gazette writers and editors the opportunity to comment on what was the state's oldest business prior to its Oct. 18 closure. In the final part of the series, Harry Ashmore, the newspaper's one-time executive ...
Selling health care: Arkansas hospitals realizing marketing is more than just advertising.
Nov 25, 1991; Rengers, Carrie ... Hospital marketing is growing up in Arkansas. "There was a big swing toward advertising in the beginning because so many people |associated~ the marketing function with advertising," says Nelda Bromberg. Bromberg has an advertising agency in Little Rock. She once served as ...
The baby business. (maternal services offered in Little Rock's hospitals)
Nov 25, 1991; Rengers, Carrie ... Women, Babies Equal Big Business For Doctors Hospital As Others Try To Catch Up Pink wallpaper. Plush chairs. Pretty pictures. "You really don't feel like you're in a hospital," says Judy Williams, assistant director of marketing and public relations at ...
Special delivery: HMO Arkansas develops program to identify and monitor state's high-risk pregnancies.
Nov 25, 1991; Taylor, Tim ... HMO Arkansas Inc. has come up with a plan to make sure the state's babies arrive "special delivery." The Little Rock-based health maintenance organization introduced a program last month known as Special Delivery. It is designed to identify, educate and monitor mothers with what are ...
Banking billions: two Little Rock banks break $1 billion barrier. (First Commercial Bank N.A.; Worthen National Bank of Arkansas )
Nov 25, 1991; Gibson, Carolyn ... Two Arkansas banks now have assets of more than $1 billion. The $1 billion barrier was broken during the third quarter of 1991 by a pair of Little Rock financial institutions, First Commercial Bank and Worthen National Bank of Arkansas. First Commercial and Worthen are ...
Change of planners: Little Rock Planning Commission has five new faces and a sixth on the way.
Nov 25, 1991; Waldon, George ... The maintenance staff at Little Rock City Hall may need to install a revolving door for the Little Rock Planning Commission. Five new faces have appeared on the 11-member panel during the past eight months. Four commissioners resigned for various reasons. Another ...
Oktibbee Ridge Corp. (New Businesses) (Brief Article)
Nov 25, 1991; Harper, Kim ... Owners: David and Brad Carter Address: 1500 Riverfront Drive, Little Rock, 72202, 664-2627 Start-up date: November Oktibbee Ridge Corp., a Mississippi-based company, has expanded into Little Rock. David Carter, co-owner in the 19-year-old business, says he and his brother, ...
Baby Basics. (New Businesses) (Brief Article)
Nov 25, 1991; Harper, Kim ... Owner: Bonnie and Nelson Cherry Address: 300 S. University Ave., Little Rock, 72205, 663-5252 Start-up date: September Less than a year ago, Baby Basics was born. With 15 locations already in operation, the business is growing fast. The store specializes in baby ...
Wonder State Travel. (New Businesses) (Brief Article)
Nov 25, 1991; Harper, Kim ... Owner: Tommie Dansby Address: 1211 W. 34th St., Little Rock, 72206, 372-3701 Start-up date: January Tommie Dansby, a retired kindergarten teacher, is trying her hand at a new career. She is opening a travel agency, which specializes in Arkansas vacation packages. ...
Jamell's Personnel Agency Inc. (New Businesses) (Brief Article)
Nov 25, 1991; Harper, Kim ... Owner: Linda Jamell Address: 9101 N. Rodney Parham Road, Little Rock, Arkansas 72205, 224-JOBS Start-up date: August Linda Jamell recently opened a new employment agency. Manager Debbie Moore says the service specializes in temporary and ...
