| Looming DuPage Co. budget cuts putting programs, museum at risk
The diary of Luther Hiatt has traveled a long and adventurous path, and its journey may not be over. Written in rare leisure moments by a young soldier thrown into the crucible of the Civil War, it now safely rests behind a glass case at the DuPage County Historical Museum in Wheaton. "Our camp is full of rumors of the Rebs asking again for peace and of a great battle at or near Richmond," Hiatt notes on March 31, 1865. "Grant's and Lee's armies … both badly used up." But if funding for the museum falls through as part of program cuts by the DuPage County board, the diary and 45,000 other artifacts will be gone with the wind. Without its county subsidy, the museum will close. The institution is just one of several organizations threatened by the county's budget crisis.
Business Notes
A seminar aimed at giving owners of small and medium-sized businesses a jump-start on the new year takes place Tuesday Sponsored by the accounting and management firm VonLehman & Co., the free breakfast session takes its cue from late night TV and offers "Tonight's Top 10 List of 10 Ways to Make Your Company Better." Firm representatives Andy VonLehman and Thomas Ruberg have prepared their "Top 10" list to help business leaders with strategic planning, provide topics for a management retreat or create a "to-do" list for next year. The session takes place from 7:30-9:15 a.m. at the Queen City Club, 331 E. Fourth Street. Reservations are required. .
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