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Paramount, Calif., Car Wash Erects Its Own Clock Tower.(Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News)

Nov. 2--PARAMOUNT, CalifA 45-foot clock tower went up in front of Paramount Car Wash Wednesday, the latest phase of a $300,000 renovation subsidized in part by the city's commercial rebate program. Car wash owner Jack Van Haaster said he ordered the $100,000 tower -- complete with four three-foot

Publication: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

When it's your very own car the hands-off approach won't wash

IF YOU open the door of my freezer compartment you will find what amounts to a permafrost, and if you dug into it I wouldn't be at all surprised if you found a perfectly preserved woolly mammoth. The corner of a packet of peas protrudes but I'm sure I can make out the faded remains of a price

Publication: Scotland on Sunday

Noel Goldblatt, 78, car wash entrepreneur Son of department store chain's founder proud of launching his own firms

Noel Goldblatt was born with a name that could have easily opened any door in Chicago's business community. But Mr. Goldblatt, an entrepreneurial spirit with a flair for promotions, chose to do things his way. Mr. Goldblatt, son of Goldblatt's department store chain co- founder Maurice Goldblatt,

Publication: Chicago Sun-Times

The sensual shower: a shower can be as routine as a car wash--or you can make it a silky, fragrant massage (honey or ginger or musk) at your own private spa.(Beauty)(Brief Article)(Product/Service Evaluation)

1. After smoothing your decolletage with Lothantique Exfoliating Scrub in Ginger, $24--a velvety custard sprinkled with fine pumice--and smelling its exotic spices on your skin, you'll feel as savory as a freshly baked cookie. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] 2. Like a slow pour of molasses, thick and

Publication: O, The Oprah Magazine

A cleansing experience; Car wash owner donates use of van to charity

Jeff Bergeron and his wife, Cinnamon, own Brighton Car Wash in Naperville. Bergeron recently started the Mobile Charity Car Wash to lend supplies to local groups that hold cars wash events as part of their fund-raisers. An idea that began with a road trip for a couple of high school graduates in

Publication: Naperville Sun, The (IL)

$1.8 million being invested in state-of-the-art Draper car wash

Mark Saxton's longtime dream of owning a car wash in his home town of Draper is gradually coming to fruition. Saxton, owner of Saxton Management Group, is building Pioneer Car Wash and Detail Center at 1254 Pioneer Road in Draper, which is expected to open in April 2006. "My desire has been to do

Publication: The Enterprise