On the Street

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SBJ is interested in photos of area business events for its weekly On the Street photo feature. We're looking for candid shots of people working or interacting with each other. We'll pass, however, on the group, podium and hand-shake photos. Photos can be submitted by snail-mail to PO Box 1365, Springfield, MO 65801 or via e-mail to Managing Editor Clarissa French at cfrench@sbj.net. Photos submitted by e-mail should be in jpeg format, and must have a resolution of at least 300 dpi.

WOMEN IN BUSINESS

Judges have selected SBJ's 2002 Influential Women in Business. The honorees, and their companies, are: Shareen A. Beal, Commerce Brokerage Services Inc.; Mary Chalendar, OnMedia; Dr. Phyllis Chase, Springfield Public Schools; Virginia Fry, Blackwell Sanders Peper Martin; Vera Gibbons, Tritel Communications; Susan Hoescht, Priority Management; Kathy Lang, American Family Insurance; Yolanda Lorge, Grupo Latinoamericano; Verna "Betty" Lorton, University Outreach and Extension, University of Missouri; Morey Mechlin, Springfield Public Schools Foundation; Patrice Ann Moore; Roberts, McKenzie, Mangan and Cummings PC; Gail Noggle, Gail Noggle Investment Firm; Mary Beth O'Reilly, Breast Cancer Foundation of the Ozarks; Leslie Peck, Peck's Insurance & Financial Services Inc.; Judi Phillips, Signature Bank; Trudy L. Pischer, Boys & Girls Town of Missouri; Raeanne E. Presley, Presley's Country Jubilee; Nancy Ann Southworth, Associated Electric Cooperative Inc.; Renee Steele-Paulsell, American Diabetes Association; and Karla Woods, State Farm Insurance Co. For tickets and event information, contact Debra Fickbohm at 417-831-3238 or dfickbohm@sbj.net.

SISTER CITIES

The Springfield Sister Cities Association, in partnership with the Springfield-Greene County Parks Department, will hold its sixth annual Japanese Fall Festival 5-10 p.m. Sept. 6, and 1-10 p.m. Sept. 7-8 in the Japanese Stroll Garden at Nathanael Greene Park, 2400 S. Scenic Ave. The event will feature 11 members of the Yagi-bushi group from Springfield's sister city, Isesaki, Japan. Yagi-bushi is the traditional Japanese folk music and dance. Festival admission, which includes admission to the stroll garden, is $4 for adults and $2 for children.

SLICE OF NICE

The National Multiple Sclerosis Society's annual MS 150 Bike Tour will be held Sept. 14-15. The Ozark Branch, Mid-America Chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society will unite more than 900 bicyclists and 500 volunteers in southwest Missouri and southeast Kansas in the fight against MS, an unpredictable neurological disease. Parties interested in riding or volunteering at the event can contact the MS Society via telephone or online at www.msmidamerica.org.