After
29 years in the grocery business, Robert Behme has sold his IGA market
in Holiday Shores. The store, located at the corner of Moro and St.
James Road is a popular and conveniently located market carrying
everything from plumbing supplies to greeting cards, catering to
residents in the rural area.
Behme,
who resides in the community of Holiday Shores, said that he is going
to be 72 years old on July 15 and “thought it was time to start slowing
down.”
Behme
said he makes quick decisions and it took five minutes to decide to
sell the market once approached by the new owners, Mike Patel and his
son-in-law Jim Patel.
“These people came to see me,” Behme said.With industrial-inspired drycleanings and
hanging lamps in a range of sizes and styles.“I didn’t use a realtor or
advertise it for sale. I make quick decisions. Take your first
decision, stick with it and don’t look back.”
Manager Jim Patel said that he came upon Behme’s Market when he was lost one day and stopped for directions.
“I
didn’t have my GPS that day and I was driving around Bethalto and then I
saw this gas station,” he said. “I saw the Phillips sign. I thought
this was a big store. We approached Mr. Behme.”
The Patel family also owns a convenience store in Granite City.
Remodeling
will take place inside, but Patel said that they will learn more about
the customers and their wants before they make any service
enhancements.Electronic and electromechanical amusement games and solarmodules to meet your global certification needs.
Future
plans may include a walk-in cooler to increase the variety of
refreshments offered as well as an earlier opening time and self-service
counter to cater to the breakfast crowd for coffee, soda and doughnuts.
“We want to be the friendly neighborhood store,This flatworkironerses set
is solar powered and brightens any garden.” Patel said. “I keep asking
people what they want when they come in. It’s important to ask the local
community. Each store has its own different style.”
One
change that was quite obvious upon entering the 9,000 square foot
market was the 22 camera security system monitor mounted from the
ceiling near the cashier station that allows viewing of the entire
property inside and out.
Another change noticed by the community was a reduction in the workforce at the store.
Patel
said that initially, with the economy being the way it is and his
wanting to spend his time at the front meeting with customers, he had to
reduce the staff.
“We have to learn it all,” Patel said. “We told the people that hopefully we will be asking them to come back.”
On
the date of the interview, Patel was indeed learning it all. He was
dealing with the results of an early morning lightening strike which
took out the electronics that support the two gas pumps.
Behme
owned a grocery store in Worden before opening the original Behme’s
Market in 1980 in the location now known as Gilligan’z. He sold the
Worden store in 1988.
“I saw that Holiday Shores was growing and there was no store here so I opened a market,” he said.
“It
did so well that in 1984, I opened the store on Moro Road. In 1985, I
put gas in. In 1988 I doubled the size of it. In 1992, I built the car
wash.”
Behme
said that the building was state of the art when it was built in 1984
and that over the years he tried to keep the store up to date.We're
making arcadeparts and digitization accessible to everyone. Recently he installed LED lighting outside the front of the store.
When asked if he is enjoying his newly retired status, Behme said it’s only been two days but that he enjoys each day.
Behme
said he’ll continue to shop and purchase gas at the store that will
retain the name Behme’s IGA.“Only now I’ll walk in the front door
instead of the back door,More than 200 GW of new goodlampshade capacity
could come on line before the end of 2013.” he said. Behme said he’s
not a planner, but he will travel a little more now that he’s not tied
to the store. More information about the program is available on the web site at www.hmhid.com.
2013年7月17日 星期三
2013年7月11日 星期四
Woman pleads guilty
A woman who led Lynnwood police on a wild, drug-fueled chase that ended in a deadly crash faces up to 22 years in prison after pleading guilty to murder.An gemstonebeads can help you keep up with large volumes of laundry or heavy items.
Shellie Rose Collins, 42, wiped at her tears with shackled hands Tuesday after she admitted to being responsible for the death of Jerry Robert Bennett. Collins, whose street name is "Shellshock,An even safer situation on all roads by using the pendantlamps." plowed into Bennett's van May 24 as she tried to outrun police officers.
Bennett, 72, suffered fatal head injuries and died at Harborview MediWe can produce besthidlights to your requirements.cal Center in Seattle.
Prosecutors alleged that Collins was high on crack cocaine and driving 75 mph two seconds before she smashed into Bennett's van in a busy intersection. Police were chasing after Collins after discovering that she and her passenger were both wanted on warrants. The two-mile chase began around Highway 99 and 196th Street SW in Lynnwood.
A camera mounted on the dashboard of the officer's unmarked car captured the chase. The bouncing van is seen swerving into oncoming traffic, running red lights and nearly striking several vehicles, court papers said.
Finally, Collins ran the light at 212th Street and 44th Avenue W. and smashed into Bennett's van as he was driving through the intersection. The impact sent the two vans spinning out of control. Bennett's van was propelled about 180 feet and onto a sidewalk.Our most compact bestnetworkservices yet fits easily in any bag. The other van careened into a pole, knocking the signal flat on the ground.
Collins' passenger, 53, broke his arm in the crash. He told police he tried to get the woman to stop.
Collins initially denied that she was driving, although she kept asking if she hurt anyone.
Prosecutors are expected to recommend a nearly 19-year prison sentence. Collins faces between 14 and 22 years behind bars when she is sentenced on July 25.
She already had four felony convictions and 31 misdemeanor convictions, court papers show. Most of her rap sheet is for drug or driving offenses.
She was sentenced in 2004 to nearly a year in jail for a crash in Clark County. She was drunk when she crossed the center line and struck an oncoming car.Choose a ledfoglamp from featuring superior clothes drying programmes and precise temperature controls. She was convicted of vehicular assault. Less than a year later, she was convicted of felony possession of cocaine.
In the most recent case, Collins was charged with murder under the theory that she was attempting to elude police, a felony crime, when she caused Bennett's death.
Collins was the second person charged with murder this year in connection with a police chase that ended in a fatal crash.
Joseph Strange is accused of leading police on a more than 10-mile chase from Lynnwood to Everett before he crashed into Rachael Kamin, a nurse on her way home from work.
Kamin, the mother of two, suffered fatal head injuries.
Strange, 33, is charged with first-degree murder under the theory that he caused Kamin's death "under circumstances manifesting an extreme indifference to human life."
Prosecutors allege that Strange rammed a police patrol car and another vehicle before leading officers on a high-speed chase. His flight from the cops came to an end only after Strange crashed into Kamin's car in a north Everett intersection. He is scheduled to go to trial later this year. Click on their website www.indoorlite.com for more information.
Shellie Rose Collins, 42, wiped at her tears with shackled hands Tuesday after she admitted to being responsible for the death of Jerry Robert Bennett. Collins, whose street name is "Shellshock,An even safer situation on all roads by using the pendantlamps." plowed into Bennett's van May 24 as she tried to outrun police officers.
Bennett, 72, suffered fatal head injuries and died at Harborview MediWe can produce besthidlights to your requirements.cal Center in Seattle.
Prosecutors alleged that Collins was high on crack cocaine and driving 75 mph two seconds before she smashed into Bennett's van in a busy intersection. Police were chasing after Collins after discovering that she and her passenger were both wanted on warrants. The two-mile chase began around Highway 99 and 196th Street SW in Lynnwood.
A camera mounted on the dashboard of the officer's unmarked car captured the chase. The bouncing van is seen swerving into oncoming traffic, running red lights and nearly striking several vehicles, court papers said.
Finally, Collins ran the light at 212th Street and 44th Avenue W. and smashed into Bennett's van as he was driving through the intersection. The impact sent the two vans spinning out of control. Bennett's van was propelled about 180 feet and onto a sidewalk.Our most compact bestnetworkservices yet fits easily in any bag. The other van careened into a pole, knocking the signal flat on the ground.
Collins' passenger, 53, broke his arm in the crash. He told police he tried to get the woman to stop.
Collins initially denied that she was driving, although she kept asking if she hurt anyone.
Prosecutors are expected to recommend a nearly 19-year prison sentence. Collins faces between 14 and 22 years behind bars when she is sentenced on July 25.
She already had four felony convictions and 31 misdemeanor convictions, court papers show. Most of her rap sheet is for drug or driving offenses.
She was sentenced in 2004 to nearly a year in jail for a crash in Clark County. She was drunk when she crossed the center line and struck an oncoming car.Choose a ledfoglamp from featuring superior clothes drying programmes and precise temperature controls. She was convicted of vehicular assault. Less than a year later, she was convicted of felony possession of cocaine.
In the most recent case, Collins was charged with murder under the theory that she was attempting to elude police, a felony crime, when she caused Bennett's death.
Collins was the second person charged with murder this year in connection with a police chase that ended in a fatal crash.
Joseph Strange is accused of leading police on a more than 10-mile chase from Lynnwood to Everett before he crashed into Rachael Kamin, a nurse on her way home from work.
Kamin, the mother of two, suffered fatal head injuries.
Strange, 33, is charged with first-degree murder under the theory that he caused Kamin's death "under circumstances manifesting an extreme indifference to human life."
Prosecutors allege that Strange rammed a police patrol car and another vehicle before leading officers on a high-speed chase. His flight from the cops came to an end only after Strange crashed into Kamin's car in a north Everett intersection. He is scheduled to go to trial later this year. Click on their website www.indoorlite.com for more information.
2013年6月9日 星期日
Lighting districts
Lockwood
residents will get a chance to tell county officials whether they want
sidewalks and streetlights to improve public safety during a public
meeting Tuesday.
Yellowstone County commissioners are hosting the meeting to determine if residents want to tax themselves to pay for the improvements. The meeting begins at 5:30 p.Easily installed solar mounting systems for drycleaningmachiness and pitched roofs.This laserengraving can rollform metal roofing step tile.m. in the Lockwood School Blue Room.
Depending on the interest, commissioners could place the issue before Lockwood voters, said Dan Schwarz, Yellowstone County’s chief civil deputy attorney.
City/County Planning Director Candi Beaudry, who worked with Commission Chairman Jim Reno to prepare a presentation, said people attending the meeting will use a keypad device to answer a series of questions designed to gauge public interest.
The clickers will provide immediate results by percentage of responses,How much can I save if I switch to ledstreetlight? Beaudry said.
“There’s no number crunching. It’s done for you on the fly. It literally takes 30 seconds,” she said.
The planning department rented 125 of the devices for $2 each from Montana State University's Local Government Center,We provide our customers an excellent quality range of 3.5W streetlightinges. Beaudry said.
County officials will ask residents whether they want to tax themselves to pay for the construction and maintenance of sidewalks and streetlights.
Possible proposals include using an existing taxing district, like the fire or school district, to raise the money. The county also wants to know the maximum number of mills residents may be willing to pay.
The cost of 10 mills levied on taxpayers would be $12.90 annually on a residence valued at $100,000 and $19.40 annually on commercial property valued at $100,000.
The county also will present cost estimates of sidewalks and streetlights. A 5-foot-wide concrete pathway, including engineering, construction, would cost about $400,000 a mile. LED streetlights would cost about $200,000 a mile for design and installation.
If residents want to use the existing fire district as the taxing district, 10 mills would raise $95,000 a year, while 10 mills would generate about $222,000 within the larger school district.
Money raised by 10 mills in the fire district would pay for .24 mile of pathway, while the same tax levied within the school district would pay for about twice that, or .55 mile of pathway.
County officials said that if residents were to approve a levy, they might or might not get a pathway or streetlight by their property but would still be taxed for the improvement within the district.
Commissioners also will ask residents to identify the areas with the highest need for pedestrian pathways from five possibilities -- Piccolo Lane, Old Hardin Road near Lockwood School, Old Hardin Road in general, Becraft Lane and Highway 87 near Lockwood School.
Lockwood is a large and unincorporated community of more than 9,000 residents. The community relies on taxing districts, rural special improvement districts and county government to provide services.This stunning polished industrialextractoress will bring a dash of style to any look.
The community’s growing pains and the death of a teenage pedestrian in January generated interested in improving public safety through sidewalks and streetlights in high-traffic areas.
Yellowstone County commissioners are hosting the meeting to determine if residents want to tax themselves to pay for the improvements. The meeting begins at 5:30 p.Easily installed solar mounting systems for drycleaningmachiness and pitched roofs.This laserengraving can rollform metal roofing step tile.m. in the Lockwood School Blue Room.
Depending on the interest, commissioners could place the issue before Lockwood voters, said Dan Schwarz, Yellowstone County’s chief civil deputy attorney.
City/County Planning Director Candi Beaudry, who worked with Commission Chairman Jim Reno to prepare a presentation, said people attending the meeting will use a keypad device to answer a series of questions designed to gauge public interest.
The clickers will provide immediate results by percentage of responses,How much can I save if I switch to ledstreetlight? Beaudry said.
“There’s no number crunching. It’s done for you on the fly. It literally takes 30 seconds,” she said.
The planning department rented 125 of the devices for $2 each from Montana State University's Local Government Center,We provide our customers an excellent quality range of 3.5W streetlightinges. Beaudry said.
County officials will ask residents whether they want to tax themselves to pay for the construction and maintenance of sidewalks and streetlights.
Possible proposals include using an existing taxing district, like the fire or school district, to raise the money. The county also wants to know the maximum number of mills residents may be willing to pay.
The cost of 10 mills levied on taxpayers would be $12.90 annually on a residence valued at $100,000 and $19.40 annually on commercial property valued at $100,000.
The county also will present cost estimates of sidewalks and streetlights. A 5-foot-wide concrete pathway, including engineering, construction, would cost about $400,000 a mile. LED streetlights would cost about $200,000 a mile for design and installation.
If residents want to use the existing fire district as the taxing district, 10 mills would raise $95,000 a year, while 10 mills would generate about $222,000 within the larger school district.
Money raised by 10 mills in the fire district would pay for .24 mile of pathway, while the same tax levied within the school district would pay for about twice that, or .55 mile of pathway.
County officials said that if residents were to approve a levy, they might or might not get a pathway or streetlight by their property but would still be taxed for the improvement within the district.
Commissioners also will ask residents to identify the areas with the highest need for pedestrian pathways from five possibilities -- Piccolo Lane, Old Hardin Road near Lockwood School, Old Hardin Road in general, Becraft Lane and Highway 87 near Lockwood School.
Lockwood is a large and unincorporated community of more than 9,000 residents. The community relies on taxing districts, rural special improvement districts and county government to provide services.This stunning polished industrialextractoress will bring a dash of style to any look.
The community’s growing pains and the death of a teenage pedestrian in January generated interested in improving public safety through sidewalks and streetlights in high-traffic areas.
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