Congratulations to the winners of the
Wheaton Chamber of Commerce’s Gamon Awards!

Edwin Deicke Not-for-Profit/Service Organization Award
People’s Resource Center

Wheaton Chamber Member Restaurant of the Year
Egg’lectic Cafe

Henry C. Childs Community Development & Improvement Award
Village Green Properties for the renovation & improvements at Briarbrook Apartment Homes

Grant & Vernon Citizen of the Year Award
Ruth Carlson

Anton & Lydia Carlson Small Business Member of the Year Award
Kitchen Tune-Up

Franklin E. Wheaton Large Business Member of the Year Award
Whole Foods Market

Civil Servant Recognition
Kathy Sommerfield

The Wheaton Chamber of Commerce would like to thank our generous Gamon Awards sponsors.

Entertainment Sponsor

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Awards Sponsors

The Advantage @ Realty Executives

Paoletti’s Cleaners

Wheaton Park District

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Supporting Sponsors

Carlson’s Paint, Glass and Art Stores

Illinois Institute of Technology

Langan, Haeger, Vincent and Born Inc.

Ultra Foods

The Robert R. McCormick Museum at Cantigny Park continues its celebration of the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial by presenting the following two lectures in partnership with Wheaton College:

• Thursday, April 9, 7:30 pm

Abraham Lincoln and the Fourth Estate: The White House and the Press during the American Civil War

Presented by Dr. Richard J. Carwardine, Rhodes Professor of American History at Oxford University and author of Lincoln: A Life of Purpose and Power and an Organization of American Historians Distinguished Lecturer

• Friday, May 15, 7:30 pm
  Labor’s Rebellion: Albert Parsons, Joseph Medill and the Legacy of the

Civil War in the Strike of 1877 in Chicago

Presented by Dr. John P. Lloyd, Department of History, California State Polytechnic University Pomona

Wheaton College will host the lectures in Barrows Auditorium at the Billy Graham Center on College Avenue.  Admission is free and a reception will follow each lecture. For more information, please call 630 260 8162.

The McCormick Museum is a historic house museum interpreting the life and legacy of Robert R. McCormick, former editor and publisher of the Chicago Tribune.  Hours are 10 am to 4 pm, Tuesday-Sunday, with free tours available.  Visit Cantigny.org for more information and a complete schedule of Cantigny Park events.

Celebrate Wheaton’s Sesquicentennial by joining JB Winterberry and the Center for History for a trip down the fashion timeline. View models as they visit the three shops of JB Winterberry in their vintage attire. Sample foods from various eras and test your knowledge as to when certain foods and fashions made it on the scene.

Bring your entire family for a first hand look into the past.

Happy Birthday Wheaton!

Saturday, March 21, 2009
11am-2pm
JB Winterberry
124 N. Main St, Wheaton
630.653.9667

(co-sponsored by the Center for History) 

Want to know what’s coming up for the Wheaton Chamber of Commerce and other community and business information? Click on the link below and check out the March/April 2009 Advantage Newsletter.

Make sure to mark your calendar for the Gamon Awards, the Totally Responsible Person seminar and other exciting events.

2009 March/April Advantage Newsletter