Local Business Briefs
NCOIL adds Holdman to leaders State Sen. Travis Holdman, R-Markle, has been elected to the National Conference of Insurance Legislator’s executive committee.

Business news briefs for 07/20/10
Also in today’s headlines:

Lansing Cut Stone celebrates 50 years in business
LANSING | For half a century Lansing Cut Stone has beentransforming Indiana limestone into works of art.

Steel pipe distributor seeing stable business through recession
LORAIN — Tucked away on East 21st Street, just west of Lorain’s sprawling steel mill, is a distributor shipping steel pipe to most of the Midwest and eastern United States.

Historic family business Rogers Jewelers sold to Valley attorneys Mike and Kal Ellis
A  longtime downtown Terre Haute business has changed hands after nearly 70 years in the same family.

New business venture
A former LaPorte business owner has found himself in a familiar position as he takes the helm at a gymnastics academy in south suburban Chicago. After a five-year run as an Illinois Gymnastics Institute instructor, Steve Lopacki found the time was right to vault into his previous role. The former high school and college gymnast bought into a program last summer — this time just across the state …

Local business connected to mail fraud case
Federal authorities have charged an Indianapolis man with conspiracy to commit mail fraud in connection with a local business that sold memberships and promised customers discounted merchandise.

Business Q&A: A store powered by batteries
There are more than 1,000 different kinds of batteries at Steve Donnell’s Batteries Plus store in Fairview Heights. The local franchisee of Batteries Plus, at 513 Lincoln Highway, also has access to thousands more and will recycle dead batteries. He talked about his new store with business reporter Will Buss:

From biscotti to granola, woman’s business, ArborShire Enterprises Ltd., is healthy and fun
Encountered across a small table at the Farmers Market at Minnetrista, Sharon Downhour seems as wholesome as the granola she makes and sells.

Business at a glance
DeKalb Memorial Hospital has launched an outreach program called “Medication List Program” and is working with pharmacies and other health care providers to provide free medication information cards to the public and help people fill them out. The cards will help consolidate a person’s prescription list and other health information. For information call 920-2652.