By KURT PRENZLER
Illinois professionals from an array of sectors - banking, insurance, public finance, accounting, trade associations and the
clergy - agree that the summer's heat is being felt in a whole new way when it comes to individuals and boards caught with
their hands in the corporate cookie jar. The accountability crisis continues, they say.
Mark Altadonna is executive vice president of the State Bank of Waterloo, an institution with assets totaling
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Trader Anthony Impellizzeri holds an order in his mouth as he works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange.
Analysts believe investors, growing less worried about earnings and corporate bookkeeping, are ready to buy again.
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Hotels rebound from sluggish economy, lure local tourists
By KERRY L. SMITH
Despite 2001, the worst year on record for the hospitality industry, hotels, motels and convention centers across Illinois
are surviving - and in some cases, even thriving - due to their location and their ability to react quickly to
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Businessman doubles as mayor
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By VICKI BENNINGTON
HIGHLAND -- Rob Bowman was not always as outgoing as he is today. Now serving as mayor of Highland and president of Terra
Properties Inc., Bowman said that as recent as 10 or 15 years ago, he was rather shy.
"I grew up in Chicago and it really wasn't until I moved to Highland that I became more outgoing and involved in
the community," Bowman said. "I took the '7 Habits of Highly Effective People' course and got my master's of business
administration.
Then I got involved with the Jaycees to meet people and was part of a big project, and things just snowballed
from there."
He and his wife, Susan, who is from Highland, bought Terra
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Ferry grants three wishes: time, fuel, and stress
reduction
By KERRY L. SMITH
GRAFTON --
Commuters to St. Charles County will soon have another travel option, in the form of a 15-vehicle ferry, to route
them across two major U.S. rivers and save them nearly an hour of drive time each way.
The Grafton Ferry, set to begin operations in September, is the result of a year of paperwork, permits and
consideration by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the U.S. Coastguard, Jersey and St. Charles counties, the city of Grafton
and numerous economic development players.
A three-man team comprising the Grafton Ferry Boat Co. - a retired engineer, farmer and a marine service operator
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