Chamber considering director slots (12/17/05)

The Nominating Committee of the Portland Area Chamber of Commerce is considering five people to be elected as directors of the chamber.

The nominees are Susan Kohler, Patriot Sportswear; Steve Zielinski, The Glass Bonsai; June Domingo, Curves for Women; Carla Strong, Bearcreek Farms; and Jim Kennedy, Alphabet Inc.-Portland Division.

The three-year terms would begin on Jan. 1 and end on Dec. 31, 2008.

Additional nominations are still being accepted. Nominations may be made in writing through a petition signed by at least 10 chamber members. If no other nominations are received by Thursday, Dec. 22, the list of candidates will be considered elected.

For more information, contact Cindy Denney at (260) 726-8121 or (260) 726-4481.

New space

State of the Heart Home Health and Hospice of Portland has acquired additional office space adjacent to its current Portland location.

A new building next to the current office at 410 W. Votaw St. has been acquired. Staff will soon move into the new space.

“The additional building which is so convenient to our current office will enable us to free up more space in the current building for our nurses, and we will be able to hire more nurses and home health aides to meet the needs of new patients,” Tammy Fox, executive director of the program, said in a press release.

State of the Heart also has offices in Greenville and Coldwater, Ohio. Counties served include Jay and Randolph counties, and Darke, Mercer, Auglaize and Preble counties in Ohio.

Industrial park planned

Members of the Geneva Town Council recently learned about an idea to build an industrial park somewhere in Adams County.

At the Dec. 6 meeting, town clerk-treasurer Doug Milligan gave council members a memo stating he has been asked to serve on a committee being formed to discuss the possibility of building an industrial park.

Other members of the committee include the mayors of Berne and Decatur, a member of the Adams County Council, the Adams Central Schools superintendent and the executive director of the Adams County Economic Development Corporation.

Party held

Meshberger Bros. Stone Corp. and LICA Construction Corp. held a Christmas party for employees and guests on Dec. 7.

Those who attended viewed a video of the history of the company and were given gifts.

Dividends jump

Old National Bancorp recently declared a 10.5 percent increase in its quarterly cash dividend for the first quarter of 2006.

This increases the cash dividend by 21 cents per share. The dividend is payable March 15 to shareholders of record March 1.

The company’s board of directors decided to increase the cash dividend.

There is an Old National Bank in Portland.

Participating in program

Bluffton Regional Medical Center is participating in the American Stroke Association’s “Get with the Guidelines” stroke initiative.

The goal of the program is to improve the overall quality of care for stroke patients by improving treatment and preventing future strokes.

Accepting donations

Vectren Energy Delivery, Inc. is accepting donations for heating assistance for the less fortunate.

The company offers a Share the Warmth program which provides additional Low Income Heating Assistance Program funds that directly benefit Vectren customers.

Vectren will match up to $200,000 in individual contributions to the program during the heating season.

So far, Vectren has committed more than $4.2 million through assistance programs this heating season.

Individual tax deductible contributions may be sent to Share the Warmth, P.O. Box 931, Evansville, IN, 47706-0931.[[In-content Ad]]