Legal consultants do life care plans

Legal nurse consultants Cherie Teismann and Lisa Boggs have added life care planning to their repertoire of services. The two have completed the required training for this specialty.

"We prepare life care plans on behalf of attorneys or insurance carriers in order to provide detailed information about future complex services, needs and costs resulting from catastrophic injury and/or illness," Teismann said.

Legal Nurse Consultants of Greater Cincinnati is located at 73 Cavalier Blvd., Suite 122 in Florence. Information: (859) 647-0146.

Technical engineers help businesses

A new company in Lebanon offers businesses technical engineering services.

Inventive Technical Solutions LLC provides equipment and process troubleshooting as well as design and prototype machine manufacturing. It can address difficulties with equipment, excess scrap and problematic product changeovers.

Said founder Paul Wilson: "Our customers are manufacturers in the Tristate area who don't have the luxury of a full engineering staff to solve problems for them. To me, figuring out what is wrong with a machine and coming up with an elegant, which means clever and cheap, solution is the fun stuff."

Wilson's background includes a 30-year stint at Procter & Gamble Manufacturing and Engineering.

Information: 313-8599 or www.its-engineering.com.

Company offers management help

Three management veterans with complementary expertise have joined to form ESCC Associates. Their services are aimed at companies that need to improve cash flow, control overhead, streamline business processes or better recruit and retain employees.

"We help our clients meet their short- and long-term goals for reasonable cost and rapid return on investment," partner Ken Bush said.

Bush's experience is in marketing and sales management, computer application design and development, IT management and project design.

Partner Dan Amann brings human resources development and management skills, while partner B.H. Kroger is a CPA with experience as a corporate controller, cost accountant and tax/financial analyst.

Information: 919-0277.

Chiropractor giving away new books

A Madeira chiropractor will give copies of the new book Chicken Soup for the Chiropractic Soul to those who attend health talks at his practice during this month and next.

Dr. Matt Finke of Finke Family Chiropractic hosts free health talks at 6:30 p.m. on the second and fourth Tuesdays of each month. The sessions are at his office at 7809 Laurel Ave., Suite 10, in Madeira.

"The popularity of Chicken Soup for the Chiropractic Soul speaks to the lasting strength of the wellness movement and how millions of Americans are demanding health care choices that will provide natural and preventative approaches to maintaining their health and lifestyle," Finke said.

Information: 272-9200.

Shannon's adds outdoor dining

Shannon's Grill and Bar has added space and a smokehouse.

The East End eatery now boasts an outdoor beer garden and also offers Southern-style smoked meats on its menu.

Tim "Sarge" Turner, formerly of East End Cafe, has joined Shannon's staff and prepares slow-cooked baby back ribs, beer can chicken, pulled pork and other barbecue favorites.

Shannon's continues to serve "pub grub" and fish sandwiches. Carryout is available. It is at 4343 Kellogg Ave. Information: 321-0636.

Closeout bookstore opens in Colerain

The Book Market has opened a new store in Colerain Town Centre in the former Fashion Bug space between Thriftway and Wal-Mart.

The new plaza tenant is a Tennessee-based closeout bookseller that stocks hardcover and paperback books at discounts of 30 to 80 percent.

In addition to its inventory of print materials, the store carries stationery, audio books and calendars.

It also has a large selection of educational materials and gives teachers, librarians and school administrators an additional 15 percent discount.

The location opened June 5. Hours are 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday-Saturday and noon to 6 p.m. Sunday.

E-mail jcallison@zoomtown.com or fax 564-6991 about openings, expansions and other news about neighborhood businesses.