INDIANAPOLIS – The Indiana Bankers Association has named 20 people to its board of directors. Officers are David M. Geis of Jackson County Bank, Seymour, chairman; Patrick J. Glotzbach of New Washington State Bank in Charlestown, first vice chairman; James C. Marcuccilli of STAR Financial Bank, Fort Wayne, second vice chairman; Michael K. […]
WEST LAFAYETTE – A conference on global opportunities in supply chain management will be held at Purdue University’s Krannert School of Management on Feb. 11. “Unleashing the Global Supply Chain” is sponsored by the Global Supply Chain Management Initiative and the Dauch Center for the Management of Manufacturing Enterprises. The conference includes
GARY – William Staehle, former executive director of the Gary/Chicago International Airport in the 1990s, died Sunday, Jan. 3. Mr. Staehle has a long record of public service to Gary and Northwest Indiana. He was the first city planner in Gary, headed the Model Cities program and taught at Indiana University Northwest.
MICHIGAN CITY – Horizon Bank has received the Northwest Indiana Small Business Lender of the Year honor from the Regional Development Co. At the same time, Kent Mishler, vice president and commercial lender, received the Top Lender Award for small business lending in the region. “Both of these awards are a positive reflection
MERRILLVILLE – Former Hammond Mayor Duane Dedelow Jr. has taken over as executive director of Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Gary. Dedelow, who also served two terms as chairman of the Northwestern Indiana Regional Planning Commission, is expected to be ordained as a deacon in June. He takes over for Sister Jean
MERRILLVILLE – Five employees with Regional Mental Health (formerly Southlake Center for Mental Health) were honored recently for their years of service. Mary Havens, Stan Ladowicz, Gary Ronjak and Tom Zygmunt were honored for 31 years of service, and Marguerite Viteri was recognized for 25 years. Havens is a unit activity/recreation specialist
SCHERERVILLE – AthletiCo Physical and Occupational Therapy has opened a center at 1505 U.S. 42 in Scherevillville. It is the first center in Indiana. AthletiCo operates 50 centers in Illinois and Wisconsin. Services include physical therapy, sports medicine, work rehabilitation, functional capacity evaluations, work conditioning, golf rehabilitation and video throwing analysis. Facility
GRIFFITH – Since the launch of the Lake Area United Way/FamilyWize Prescription Drug Discount Card in April 2010, Lake County residents have saved more than $102,000. Lake Area United Way said the average savings is 34 percent, or $18.82 per prescription. The card has been used 3,500 times, an average of 388 times
PORTAGE – Scrap Metal Services LLC of Burnham, Ill., has completed the acquisition of Behr Iron and Steel Inc. at the Port of Indiana. Jeffry Gertler, CEO of Scrap Metal Services, declined to discuss terms of the acquisition. Scrap Metal Services said Behr’s location was a good fit for its operation in
INDIANAPOLIS – The Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization and Job Creation Act of 2010, which was recently signed into law by President Barack Obama, includes a tax incentive program for private sector food donations to charities for 2011. Emily Weikert Bryant, executive director of Feeding Indiana’s Hungry, said the effort could provide 78
