November Business Journal
Decatur Coffee Connection
Thift stores offer bargains
Herald & Review/Jim Bowling Employee Shelly Keller sets up kettles for sale at the Master's Touch Thrift Shop in Decatur.
Agencies see changing of the guard
Herald & Review/Lisa Morrison Walt Smith will be missed when he retires from the Boys & Girls Club of Decatur.
Walt Smith at Boys & Girls Club of Decatur
Herald & Review/Lisa Morrison Walt Smith is surrounded by his kids and co-workers at the Boys & Girls Club of Decatur.
Mystery food
Boys & Girls Club of Decatur
Herald & Review/Lisa Morrison Walt Smith watches some of his kids play games while at the Boys & Girls Club of Decatur.
Meet Tanya Denise Haubner
Herald & Review/Mark Roberts Jaycee president Tanya Haubner, of Decatur, has been with the organization since 1993 and is in charge of activities such as the upcoming haunted house and Christmas parade. Photo taken Thursday October 20, 2011 in Decatur, IL.
Julie Stalets
Scott Perry/Business Journal Julie Stalets poses with Rusty, a regular feature outside the Coffee Connection at 2505 N. Main St. Stalets takes great pride in the appearance of the business, which includes a mix of seasonal flowers and other items to make the small shop more inviting to customers. Her efforts resulted in the business being the first-place recipient of the Let's Keep Decatur Bee-utiful award.
Lower water levels in Lake Decatur
Herald & Review/Mark Roberts Low water levels on Lake Decatur expose the base of foundation columns Thursday October 13, 2011 under Lost Bridge Road in Decatur, IL.
Beached boat
Herald & Review/Lisa Morrison This boat is out of commission until the lake level is back up on this basin on East Grove Road.
Country Club Boat Ramps
Herald & Review/Jim Bowling City of Decatur equipment operator Terry Rhodes, foreground, unloads a shoring wall panel to be installed at the Country Club Boat Ramps with crew chief Craig Adams, left, and equipment operator Dave Trimble Thursday morning.
Lake Decatur drying
Herald & Review/Lisa Morrison The lack of summer rain has exposed the bottom of the south end of Lake Decatur.
DECATUR - Coffee Connection has a simple, earth-toned outdoor patio with plants, rocks, pottery and fountains, and now it has a special sticke…
Q: Can you suggest a nice way to interrupt during a business conversation? For the past week, I have been meeting with vendors who hope to sel…
Q: I have an office job that keeps me at my desk in cube-land for hours at a stretch. Sometimes it's hard to stay focused and find that I run …
Sure, you put a huge effort into your website all those years ago. But websites, like people, start to look old over time. Is it time for a fa…
Creative employees are nothing but trouble. Don't hire them, I tell you. Let the intelligent people go back to college or start their own busi…
DECATUR - With each passing day, the surface of Lake Decatur gets a bit lower, the sandbars grow larger, and the prospects for easily removing…
At first glance, it was difficult to tell what it was.
When Ray Batman retires Dec. 30 from Dove Inc., it won't be the last time a longtime executive director of a local social service agency relin…
Q: What can I do to energize my business?
Hometown: Warrensburg/Decatur
If local governments and school administrators knew for sure when the state was going to pay them, they could plan for it.
As shoppers continually look for bargains at Decatur area thrift stores, charities are in some cases supported by the sales.
Dining out with clients can be different than dining out with your family or by yourself.
