Kunkle closes Hartford City dealership

Car dealer Ken Kunkle closed a dealership in Hartford City as one about 800 GM dealerships closing nationwide.

Kunkle closed the dealership last weekend as it was not selected as one of the 2,400 dealerships continuing as part of the reorganized General Motors. Kunkle will continue to operate the Portland location.

Adding jobs

Fleetwood RV Inc. is hoping to add 300 workers in three months to its manufacturing facilities in Decatur.

The company plans to invest $7.4 million in those facilities and expect to hit 600 employees by the end of the year. Fleetwood expects to start producing luxury-RVs by September.

Fleetwood declared bankruptcy earlier in the year, but the RV lines were purchased by American Industrial Partners and reorganized into Fleetwood RV Inc.

Opening Sunday

A new restaurant - offering hotdogs, sandwiches, steamburgers, tacos and salad- will open on Sunday in Portland.

Sheila's Snack Shack, 124 N. Commerce St., will be open Sunday from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., during the Welcome Home to Portland Festival. The restaurant, which has both drive-up and walk-up service, will officially open Aug. 25.

The business is owned by Bob and Sheila VanSkyock, Winchester, who are former Portland residents. The restaurant will be open Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.; Friday, from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m.; and Saturday, from noon to 11 p.m. It will be closed on Sundays.

Chamber golf

Registration is still open for the Jay County Chamber of Commerce golf outing.

The Chamber Classic Golf Outing at the Portland Golf Club will take place Sept. 12 beginning at noon. Registration for a four person scramble is $240 and includes greens fees, cart rentals, lunch and prizes.

Registration is also open for hole sponsorship at $250 for a gold sponsor and $175 for a silver sponsor.

Return registration forms to the chamber at 118 S. Meridian St., Portland. The outing is in memory of Randy O. Poole and will award a $1,000 purse.

Development series

The next presentation in the Jay County Chamber of Commerce professional development series will be "Time Management" hosted by Mitch Ripley of Ball State.

The seminar will take place on Sept. 23 and will feature the presentation by Ripley, who works in the Department of Educational Studies at Ball State.

The presentation will focus on several ways to better budget time in the workplace.

Registration is $45 for chamber members and $50 for non-members. Registration is due to the chamber by Sept. 18.

Legislator rankings

The Indiana Chamber of Commerce released a rankings report of all Indiana legislators on how those politicians voted on issues important to businesses.

The Legislative Vote Analysis provides scores for all Indiana representatives and senators.

For Jay County, State Rep. Bill Davis (R-Portland, District 33) received an 87 percent pro-business rating and a two-year average of 81 percent.

State Sen. Allen Paul received a pro-business rating of 82 percent this year, with a two-year average of 75 percent.

To view the entirety of the report, visit www.indianachamber.com/lva/2009.

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