Chapel Hill Arts Show returns Oct. 1

BERRIEN SPRINGS — One of the area’s most popular craft shows will host 280 exhibitors for its 2016 event at the Berrien County Youth Fair Grounds
Oct. 1.

The event will feature uniquely handcrafted items from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Profits from the show benefit missions at home and around the world.

To date, more than $600,000 has been given to those in need. Last year, more than 7,500 people visited the event.

Organizers say shoppers will find an abundant selection of Halloween, fall, Thanksgiving and Christmas decorations. Other gifts available for purchase include  clothing, jewelry, purses, rugs, ceramics, stained glass, woodcrafts, furniture, soaps, candles, greeting cards, doll clothes, baskets, fine art and more.

The 37th show will be complemented by fall food, including caramel apples, kettle corn, homemade pies, cookies and candies. The Chapel Hill bake sale booth in Building 34 will sell homemade baked pies, bread, cookies and candy.

The Michiana Two-Cylinder Club will also be on the grounds with an antique tractor display.

Admission is $2 and parking is free.

For a full list of exhibitors, visit the Chapel Hill Facebook Page or chapelhillcraftshow.com.

Pizza Transit rocking for a cure

NILES — Pizza Transit is once again hosting a benefit bash for a community member in need, as the 10th annual Rock for the Cure returns Nov. 12.

The event will run from 9 p.m. to midnight, and bands will rock to raise money for Samantha Howell, a woman battling a stage three high grade malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor, which was recently removed. All proceeds will help in paying for Howell’s medical expensive.

All My Sins Remembered, Letters from Earth and Sunsets on Saturn will rock out with the help of Pizza Transit and Center Line Music.

The event features all-you-can-eat pizza and beverages.

This is an all ages event. Admission costs $10 at the door. Those 12 and under will be admitted for $5.

Kemner Iott Benz named 

a 2016 Cool Place to Work 

ADRIAN, MICHIGAN — Kemner Iott Benz recently announced that it was recently selected as one of the 2016 Cool Places to Work in Michigan.

The annual list and rankings of “Cool Places to Work” was created by Crain’s Detroit Business and Best Companies Group in 2013. This year’s list was published by Crain’s Detroit Business on Aug. 29.

The Cool Places to Work in Michigan survey and award program was designed to identify, recognize and honor the best places of employment in Michigan, benefiting the state’s economy, its workforce and businesses.

As part of the Cool Places to Work in Michigan selection process, each nominated company’s workplace policies, practices, philosophy, systems and demographics are reviewed and an employee experience survey is conducted.

The combined scores of these two elements are then used to determine the top organizations and the final rankings. Best Companies Group managed the overall registration, survey and analysis process and determined the final rankings.

“It is an honor for our agency to be recognized as one of the Cool Places to Work in Michigan,” said Dan Iott, CEO of Kemner Iott Benz. “We truly believe that our employees are integral to our success and we value them highly. These are the principles that we strive to reflect in our work environment and company culture. As such, it is very meaningful to be recognized by the Cool Places to Work in Michigan program alongside other great Michigan companies.”

For more information on the Cool Places to Work in Michigan program and its requirements please visit www.CoolPlacestoWorkMI.com.