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May 20, 2009

June Business Chronicle looks at how Zero Error Racing meets the need for speed

Here's what you'll find in the June 2009 issue of the Mercer County Business Chronicle, which appears in the May 26 issue of The Herald and the May 27 issue of Allied News:



COVER STORY
 Derek Fitzgerald got his start as a boy making and selling skateboards and racing Soap Box Derby cars. Decades later, he has built that pastime into a company in Sharon that caters to anyone with a need for speed, from derby cars to motorsports and bobsleds.



MILESTONES
--From its roots as a Depression-era gas station, Watson’s Inc. credits its longevity in agricultural and consumer equipment sales to the quality of relationships it has fostered with its suppliers and customers.

BEHIND THE WHEEL
--The sophisticated, seventh-generation Nissan Maxima clearly pulls ahead of the rest of the Nissan line.

HONOR ROLL
--Noteable achievements and honors in the local business and professional community.

BUSINESS COMMUNITY
--A pair of studies documents the ripple effect on the region’s economy from the multimillion-dollar budgets and employment at institutions such as Penn State Shenango and Sharon Regional Health System.

IT’S YOUR MARKET
--Should Internet social networking sites be part of your marketing strategy?

MONEY GUIDE
--Can the government’s latest bank-rescue plan successfully clean up the troubled-asset mess?

CHAMBER DATES
--Upcoming events hosted or toasted by local chambers of commerce.

Q & A WITH...
--Amy Geisinger, the new librarian at the Community Library of the Shenango Valley. For a woman of letters, surprisingly she always had a thing for math.













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