Chamber to host seminar

Jay County Chamber of Commerce will present a business education seminar from 8 to 10 a.m. Sept. 10 at John Jay Center for Learning.
Angie Rogers-Howell, president and CEO of Farmhouse Creative, will talk about ways to market a brand, use it to compete against the competition and communicate the brand and image to customers.
For more information or to register for the seminar, call (260) 726-4481 or email [email protected].
A seminar on managing social marketing, presented by Matt Howell of Farmhouse Creative, will be held Nov. 14 at John Jay.

OSHA class
Ivy Tech Corporate College in partnership with John Jay Center for Learning will offer OSHA General Industry Outreach Training in September at John Jay.
The 10-hour class will be held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 25, and Friday, Sept. 26, at John Jay Center for Learning, 101 S. Meridian St. in Portland. The cost is $255.
The class is for entry-level workers and will provide training on the recognition, avoidance, abatement and prevention of safety and health hazards in work places.
The registration deadline is Sept. 18. For registration information, call Carolyn Carducci at (260) 729-5525, ext. 223.
To register online, visit www.ivytech.edu/register-now and click “Click here to search for courses and to register.” Enter reference number 20186 in the search field, click on the program, click “Add to cart,” and click “Check out” to complete the transaction and payment.

To be honored
Brian Ison, Jay County Hospital rehabilitation manager, will be featured as one of East Central Indiana’s 20 Under 40 leaders in the fall issue of M Magazine, published by The Star Press in Muncie. Leaders who excel in their profession and community service are chosen.
Ison will be honored at a reception on Tuesday.

Extended time
Tyson Foods Inc. has extended the time limit for its offer to purchase shares of the common stock of Hillshire Brands for $63 a share.
The offer, which was originally made on July 16, has been extended to Tuesday, Aug. 26.
The extension allows for additional time to satisfy the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice that the acquisition is in the public interest.
Tyson is the parent company of Tyson Mexican Original, Portland.

Bank donates
MainSource Financial Group, based in Greensburg, recently donated $14,750 to the National Future Farmers of America Foundation to support its ‘Food for All’ program.
The program allows FFA chapters to apply for up to $2,500 to support service-learning projects that address local hunger needs. MainSource has two locations in Portland.

Royalty attending
Willem-Alexander, king of The Netherlands, will be among those attending the grand opening of POET-DSM’s cellulosic ethanol plant in Emmetsburg, Iowa, on Sept. 3.
The project is a joint venture between POET, parent of POET Biorefining Portland, and DSM, which is based in The Netherlands.
The plant will process 770 tons of corn cobs, leaves, husk, and some stalk annually to produce 20 million gallons of cellulosic ethanol per year, later increasing production to 25 million gallons a year.

Grant received
Mercer Health in Coldwater, Ohio, received a $10,000 grant from the Ohio Hospital Association and Insurance Solutions (OHAIS), a Converys member company.
The grant will be used for the Improving Patient Safety Through Compliance with Standards for Compounding Sterile Preparations project at the hospital.
“The grant is given to organizations improving or implementing new clinical patient safety policies or procedures for reducing occurrences or improving outcomes,” said Sally Buchanan of Converys.