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CONTACT: Susanne Voeltz For Quarra Stone Phone: 608/284-0848 susi@mailbag.com Taps Nicholas Schultz as Production Engineer and Product Designer Madison, WI–April 27, 2010 –James Durham, the president of Madison, WI-based Quarra Stone, has announced the appointment of Nicholas Schultz as production engineer and product designer. Quarra, founded by Mr. Durham in 1989, supplies and fabricates natural stone for signature architectural projects in North America.Mr....

Contact: Joshua Morby 414.791.9120 Members traveling to Washington to meet with Congressional Delegation MILWAUKEE – On behalf of all of the state’s ethanol plants, the Wisconsin Bio Industry Alliance (WBIA) is urging Congress to pass H.R. 4940 and S. 3231, which will extend ethanol tax credits that will otherwise expire at the end of this year. Joshua Morby, Executive Director of the...

CONTACT: David Thompson, Chief Executive Officer, (262) 544-5500, dave@swimmingpoolservices.com Pewaukee, Wis. – Swimming Pool Services Inc., which has helped area homeowners realize their aquatic dreams for more than four decades, has won three “Awards of Excellence” from the Association of Pool and Spa Professionals. The APSP Midwest Chapter recognized the Pewaukee company in three categories of its 2009 competition: a Gold...

Milwaukee, WI, April 27, 2010 -- Chris Mortenson has been named CEO and has purchased a majority stake in one of the Milwaukee’s oldest marketing agencies, Meyer & Wallis, from founder Bob Meyer who left the agency to retire. Susan Spaight joins the agency’s leadership team as a partner. Mortenson, who started at Meyer & Wallis in 2007 as...

Contact: Rick Pyle 920.748.1670 Rick.pyle@alliancels.com RIPON, WI – April 27, 2010 – Alliance Laundry Systems, a world leader in manufacturing commercial laundry equipment, announced today it has entered into an agreement with Bangalore-based Ramsons Garment Finishing Equipment PVT. Ltd. to provide Alliance products to the fast-growing Indian laundry industry. Ramsons has been a leader in the subcontinent of India in the manufacture...

MEDIA CONTACT: Mary Carbine, BID Executive Director, (608) 512-1340, mcarbine@visitdowntownmadison.com MADISON, Wis. (April 27, 2010)—The Cars on State Classic Car Show returns to State Street in Madison for a fourth year on Saturday, May 8, 2010, from 10 am to 3 pm. Classic cars will be on display on State Street from the State Capitol to the UW...

CONTACT: Julie Stubbs, (608) 890-0370, stubbs@wisc.edu MADISON - University of Wisconsin-Madison juniors Asad L. Asad and Nicholas Lillios have recently been awarded $30,000 each for graduate study. Asad was recently announced as one of only 20 undergraduates in the U.S. to be selected as a 2010 Beinecke Scholar, and Lillios was recently announced as one of only 60 to...

2010.1 release provides expanded visibility into asset organization and capacity MILWAUKEE, Wis. – RedPrairie Corporation, a productivity solutions provider, announced today that the 2010.1 release of its Transportation Management and Fleet Management solution includes enhanced functionality for multi-compartment load planning, allowing users to apply planning characteristics to individual sections of a truck or other equipment. Offering an alternative to...

CONTACT: Jane L. Collins, (608) 890-0348, jcollins@ssc.wisc.edu MADISON - In their new book from the University of Chicago Press titled "Both Hands Tied: Welfare Reform and the Race to the Bottom of the Low-Wage Labor Market," co-authors Jane L. Collins and Victoria Mayer present their analysis of the political and structural forces that shaped the lives of working-poor families...

MILWAUKEE -- More than 150 Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield associates and their friends and families joined forces to participate in the parent company’s national Community Service Day on Saturday, April 24. These efforts helped more than a dozen organizations across the state. “At Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield we work hard everyday to improve the health of...

For further information, please contact: Gary Ebert, President of KW Advertising 262-786-4402, ext. 101 garye@kwadvertising.com BROOKFIELD, WI (April 27, 2010) – The Metropolitan Builders Association (MBA) has assigned 2010 Parade of Homes marketing responsibilities to KW Advertising. “The MBA was the originator of the annual Parade of Homes event and the 2010 MBA Parade of Homes will mark the 65th anniversary of the longest...