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The city’s annual Owill be held on Friday, September 18 with the Cardinals playing the Chicago Cubs at 7:15 p.m.

 

Approximately 375 tickets are available in Section 272/271/270 at a cost of $25 each (face value of $44).  Tickets may be purchased at City Hall and will be offered to O’Fallon residents first.  Seats will be reserved in the order in which they are received.

 

Red Bird Express roundtrip tickets will also be available at City Hall at a cost of $5 for adults and $2 for children between the ages of five and 12.  In addition, any senior citizen purchasing advance tickets to the game will be able to ride the Red Bird Express for free.  The Red Bird Express will board at the O’Fallon Depot on First Street.

 

Tickets usually sell quickly for O’Fallon Night  so if you are interested in purchasing single or group tickets, or if you need additional information,  contact Rebecca Karras at O’Fallon City Hall, at 624-4500, ext. 9-1109.  Payment for tickets should be in checks only please, and should be made payable to the City of O’Fallon.

 

 

 

 

 

 

From the Illinois Retail Merchants Association . . .

On September 1, 2009 there will be changes to the Illinois sales tax laws to account for the recent definitional changes to the definitions of "Grooming and Hygiene Products" and "Soft Drinks" as well as the addition of a "Candy" definition. Currently "Soft Drinks" are taxed at the non-food (high) rate, "Candy" is taxed at the food (low) rate and "Grooming and Hygiene Products" may be either depending on the "medicinal claims" on the label.

Effective, September 1, 2009 each of these product categories will be taxed at the non-food or non-medicine high rate.

The definitions in the new Statute are taken directly from the Streamlined Sales Tax Project glossary of terms, so if you operate in any other State which uses these definitions and applies the sales tax rate to these products you already know how Illinois will treat specific items.

If you have questions regarding any of the above please contact either David Vite at dvite@irma.org or Rob Karr at rkarr@irma.org.

 

 

 

 

 

 

The MidAmerica St. Louis Airport and Tri-City Regional Port District is sponsoring a Multimodal Freight Issues and Opportunities Forum  on  Friday, August 7 from  9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the Doubletree Hotel  at 1000 Eastport Plaza Dr., Collinsville.  The forum will cover multimodal freight assets and opportunities currently in this region as well as projections regarding the transportation/freight business outlook for 2020.
  
Presentations will be made by leaders in the transportation industry.  U.S. Congressman Jerry Costello has been invited to be the keynote speaker.  The cost to attend is $25 per person (price includes lunch). Deadline to register is Monday, August 3rd.  For more information, or to register early, please contact Robbie Williams at (618) 452-8440 or via e-mail at rwilliams@tricityport.com.

 

 

 

 

 

Would you like to hire someone for a semester or longer who is creative, energetic, possesses many skills, and adds value to your company/organization?  Consider hiring a McKendree University senior level intern.  These students are eager to put their classroom knowledge to use in a real world setting, and could assist you and your staff with a wide variety of projects. 

 

 Please contact Jennifer Pickerell, Director of Career Services, at jkpickerell@mckendree.edu or (618) 537-6806 if you are interested in learning more about this program that can benefit both you and a McKendree student.  You can  view a complete list of McKendree  majors by going to http://www.mckendree.edu/ocs/majors_and_degrees.aspx.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Terry W. Beach, Director, St. Clair County Economic Development Department sends us the latest Area Development newsletter . . .

 

 

 

 

 

 

Scott Air Force Base is hosting a Fall Festival on October 17 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.  at Scott Lake .  Over 3,000 families attend this event.

They are seeking support in the form of funding, food products, beverages, giveaways, pumpkins and other event enhancements.  Sponsors will receive recognition in return for support such as logo recognition on publicity, booth space on site, verbal acknowledgement at the event, lead card opportunity and much more.  Benefits are based on value of support.  If you would like to be a sponsor or know more about the program, please contact Tracy Tinsley at (618)256-3766 or via email at tracy.tinsley@scott.af.mil no later than August   15.  Not your type of event? Other opportunities are available upon request.

 

 

 

 

 

Parents often want or need to elect dependent coverage for their young adult dependent children.  Effective beginning June 1, 2009, all individual and group health insurance and HMO contracts must  abide by the provisions of Public Act 95-0958, a new Illinois law (215 ILCS 356z.12) that gives parents with insurance policies that cover dependents the right to elect coverage for qualifying dependents up to age 26 and up to age 30 for military veteran dependents.

 

 Basic facts about the new law are here.  

 

 

 

 

 

If you plan to have any flyers, handouts, coupons or giveaways for this month’s Happy Landings spouse orientation at Scott Air Force Base, please get them to the Chamber office by Wednesday,  July 29.   If you have anything to go in McKendree’s New Student Packets, please contact Michelle Erschen  no later than the same date.

 

 

 

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Forum explores freight issues

McKendree interns bring energy, skills & creativity

Area Development Newsletter

Change in Illinois sales tax laws

Scott AFB hosts Fall Festival

Insurance for dependents

McKendree new student packets