WHO:   Mayor Patti York will present the 2009 Employers of the Year awards to the following
St. Charles area businesses:

  Service:
  Dave Strautz, President and CEO
  First State Bank of St. Charles, 206 North Fifth Street
(636-940-5555)

Manufacturing/Industrial:
  Ed Van Vooren, President
  ELTEK Labs, 248 Hughes Lane
(636-949-5835)

Retail:
  Ronald “Pete” Barteau, President
  St. Charles Office Furniture, 701 Fountain Lakes Blvd.
(636-947-3172)

Energy Efficiency: (new award category for 2009)
  Dan Fuller, President
  EPC, Inc., 3941 Harry S. Truman Blvd.
(636-443-1999)

WHAT:   The annual awards presentation will take place as a part of the St. Charles Chamber of Commerce luncheon meeting in conjunction with the chamber’s Small Business Person of the Year award.

WHERE &   Saint Charles Convention Center, 1 Convention Center Plaza
WHEN:       Wed., May 20 -- 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. – presentations to immediately follow lunch during the general membership meeting.