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Downing & Lahey Mortuary begins 2nd century in business

By Jerry Siebenmark, The Wichita Eagle May 17 at 7:09 a.m.

Downing & Lahey Mortuary joins a select group of companies in 2013 as it marks 100 years in business under continuous family ownership.

Company designs, installs renewable energy systems
By JOE STUMPE, Eagle correspondent | May 15 at 10:33 p.m.
Improved technology and a little help from the Kansas Legislature convinced Jeff St. Clair that the time was right to start a solar energy business.
Bell Mirror & Glass celebrates 50 years in business
By JOE STUMPE, Eagle correspondent | May 8 at 10:32 p.m.
Ruth Bell can’t help tearing up a little when talking about the business she and her husband started 50 years ago this week.
Animal Health Center’s vet prepared ‘for anything’ at walk-in clinic
By JOE STUMPE, Eagle correspondent | May 2 at 7:07 a.m.
As a child, Dina Steineker preferred stuffed animals to dolls.
Great Plains Communications, Eric Fisher Academy win Small Business Awards
By Jerry Siebenmark, The Wichita Eagle | May 2 at 9:44 a.m.
Great Plains Communications and Eric Fisher Academy were named the winners Wednesday of the 2013 Small Business Awards.
Call them before a loss, and you won’t be sorry after
By JOE STUMPE, Eagle correspondent | April 25 at 7:02 a.m.
Glendell Henderson doesn’t want you to be worried, just prepared.
Finalists for Chamber’s Small Business of the Year Award
By JULIE DOLL, The Wichita Eagle | April 18 at 12:08 p.m.
Whether you’re talking about the big ideas of Ben Franklin or the behemoth fortune of Bill Gates, you’re talking about roots first established in small business.
Storage by Design helps organize people’s closets, lives
By JOE STUMPE, Eagle correspondent | April 17 at 10:34 p.m.
Bonnie Holeman has been poking around people’s closets for most of the last 20 years.
US Logo expands its facilities along with its services
By JOE STUMPE, Eagle correspondent | April 10 at 9:13 p.m.
With handymen cutting nails in one corner of the building and a vacuum cleaner whirring in another, it’s not easy to find a quiet spot for a conversation in the new home of US Logo.
Roberts Laundry Service offers pickup, delivery
By JOE STUMPE, Eagle correspondent | April 3 at 9:49 p.m.
Adrian Roberts understands people who don’t like doing laundry. In fact, he used to be one of them.
Owner’s faith the backbone of Sacred Heart Gifts
By JOE STUMPE, Eagle correspondent | March 27 at 4:30 p.m.
Sheri Ramirez believes in omens and prayers.
Brother’s spirit still lingers at Sgt. C’s Leathers
By JOE STUMPE, Eagle correspondent | March 20 at 7:08 p.m.
Irona Cliver can’t tell the story of Sgt. C’s Leathers without talking about her brother, David “Bubba” Cliver.
Speakers in Wichita urge Congress to pass bill on online sales tax
By Kelsey Ryan, The Wichita Eagle | March 19 at 5:53 p.m.
For small retail stores, passage of the Marketplace Fairness Act would close a tax loophole that they say gives an unfair advantage to online retailers.
Golf Etc. matches players’ clubs, swings
By JOE STUMPE, Eagle correspondent | March 13 at 10:13 p.m.
After 28 years with Koch Industries, Chris Hamman might be excused for wanting to spend a little more time on the golf course.
Trove spa owner planning to make some changes
By JOE STUMPE, Eagle correspondent | March 7 at 9:41 a.m.
Janelle Robertson had one business name and two business plans in mind when she sat down with bankers in 2011.
Early remodeling experience pays off for new owner of Interior Trends
By JOE STUMPE, Eagle correspondent | Feb. 27 at 10:50 p.m.
Rodney Holeman wasn’t looking to become a small-business owner after he was laid off from Boeing in 2002.
With Sveta’s, dream becomes reality for Russian immigrant
By JOE STUMPE, Eagle correspondent | Feb. 13 at 11:33 p.m.
At 21, Sveta Yakubovich felt like she hadn’t done anything with her life.
Primrose: A more structured preschool, day care center
By JOE STUMPE, Eagle correspondent | Feb. 7 at 12:39 a.m.
As the mother of infant twins, Anjana Bhakta got excited when she heard that a Primrose School was coming to Wichita. Then she was disappointed when the plans fell through.
Prices for haircuts stay low at Status Quo
By JOE STUMPE, Eagle correspondent | Jan. 30 at 10 p.m.
Another hair salon might not have survived the city’s construction work along Hydraulic, which for months forced Waneta Vickers’ customers to park across the street, then dodge traffic and potholes to get their hair cut.
A&J’s Automotive fits in with other south-side businesses
By JOE STUMPE, Eagle correspondent | Jan. 23 at 9:57 p.m.
The south Wichita neighborhood around 47th and Seneca won’t find many boosters bigger than the owners of A&J’s Automotive.

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