Holiday schedule for CR

The Commercial Review will be published on a holiday schedule because of Christmas and New Year’s.
The Tuesday, Dec. 24, issue will be a morning edition, distributed on the same schedule as the newspaper is distributed on Saturdays.
There will be no paper published on Christmas Day. Afternoon publication will resume on Thursday, Dec. 26.
The newspaper’s offices will be closed on Dec. 24 and 25.
On Tuesday, Dec. 31, the newspaper will again be produced as a morning edition and distributed on the normal Saturday schedule.
There will be no paper published on New Year’s Day. Afternoon publication will resume on Thursday, Jan. 2.
The newspaper’s offices will be closed on Dec. 31 and Jan. 1.

Tyson charged
The Indiana Civil Rights Commission announced this week that it has probable cause to believe Tyson Foods, Inc., in Logansport, violated Indiana’s civil rights law.
The group stated the company allegedly fired a Hispanic supervisor for violation of a policy, but did not fire an American supervisor who violated the same policy.
A statement from the civil rights group stated on or about Feb. 8, 2013, an employee injured himself while using a machine at the Logansport location. The employee notified three supervisors about the incident and requested to go home instead of being examined by Tyson Foods medical personnel.
Tyson Foods policy and procedures state all employees involved in compensable injury are required to immediately submit to an alcohol/drug screening. The Hispanic supervisor and American supervisor allegedly agreed to allow the employee to go home without submitting to the screening.
Tyson Foods only fired the Hispanic supervisor following the incident, the commission stated, which shows probable cause of violating the civil rights law.
The state has concluded its preliminary investigation and determined there is sufficient evidence to support reasonable suspicion that the law has been violated.

New agent
John Vormohr, a Portland resident, has joined Indiana Farm Bureau Insurance as an agent in its Portland office.
He completed the company’s professional insurance training program.
Vormohr is a graduate of the University of Indianapolis, where he majored in business, marketing and finance.

Broadband available
Frontier Communications announced recently that $3.6 million will be available from the Federal Communications Commission’s Connect America Fund to continue the build-out of its broadband network in Indiana.
The investment will make broadband available to Jay and 17  other counties in Indiana in the next three years.

Information incorrect
Adams Memorial Hospital officials announced this week that information provided to hundreds of area senior citizens from United Healtcare concerning physicians covered in their Medicare Advantage Plan was partially incorrect.
A statement said United Healthcare members were notified by mail that Adams County physicians were not considered providers for their plans and they would have to seek new physicians if they wanted to be covered.
Physicians covered are the ones considered Adams Memorial Hospital employees and they include family practitioners, general surgeons, orthpaedic surgeon David Coats, hospitalists Yu Liu and Abdalagani A. Abaker Bahner and anesthesiologists Scott Colclasure and Charles Lindzy.
New CFO named
A new chief financial officer has been named at Allegheny Technologies Inc., parent company of Portland Forge.
Patrick J. DeCourcy had been serving as senior vice president for finance and as CFO on an interim basis.
He began his career with ATI in 1988.

Declares dividend
Allegheny Technologies Inc. has declared a quarterly cash dividend of 18 cents per share of common stock. The dividend is payable on Dec. 27 to shareholders of record on Friday.

POET hire
POET, parent company of POET Biorefining-Portland, has hired Eric Ebenstein as director of state affairs. He’ll oversee state legislative and regulatory efforts relate to biofuels. Based in Washington, he’ll focus on state lawmakers.

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