Houck joins Century 21 Advance

Century 21 Advance Realty recently announced Jack Houck will join the firm as a sales associate.
Houck will specialize in residential, farm and commercial property sales in the Jay County area. Houck recently completed training and licensing through Richmond School of Real Estate, which trains associates in becoming fully licensed Realtors for the State of Indiana. Houck also completed the Broker Transitioning course and is a licensed Real Estate Associate Broker in Indiana.
Houck is a life-long resident of Jay County and lives with his wife, Dora, and their four children in rural Portland.

Store opening
Hotheads Pepper Store of Hartford City will be opening a second location in the Muncie Mall.
The store, which will be a standing cart near Things Remembered, is set to open in early May. It will offer a 10 percent discount at the new location to Ball State students.

Joining efforts
Tyson Foods Inc., Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and the League of United Latin American Citizens recently joined efforts to donate about 30,400 pounds of chicken breast filet fritters, rib meat and tenders that will be distributed to non-profit organizations throughout Puerto Rico.
This donation is part of a three-year joint commitment of Tyson Foods and LULAC to donate 1 million pounds of food.
“The LULAC partnership with Tyson Foods is especially significant because it assists our efforts to eradicate hunger by providing access to nutritious food in the communities that need them the most,” LULAC National President Margaret Moran said in a press release.

Luncheon meeting
There will be a luncheon meeting of the Alliance for Strategic Growth Inc. Full Board of Director.
The meeting will be held at the Henry County WorkOne Office, 3011 S. 14th St., New Castle. For more information contact Stephanie Goodman at (765) 282-6400 Ext. 114 or [email protected].

Wells training
Ivy Tech has developed a six-month course that will cover basics in industrial maintenance, including machining, motors, electricity and fluid power for Wells County employers.
Nine employers have enrolled 15 of their employees in the course, which will begin next week at Norwell High School. Tuition for the course, which costs up to $4,500 each, is being paid by WorkOne.
Adams and Noble county officials are also discussing partnering with Ivy Tech for training for manufacturers in their areas, The Journal Gazette reports.

Not a risk
The Andersons wholesale fertilizer terminal in Seymour does not appear to pose a risk for an explosion such as the one that rocked a northeast Texas community Wednesday, leaving at least 15 dead, The Seymour Tribune reported this week. That’s because the facility at 101 Agrico Lane does not use ammonium nitrate, Seymour Fire Chief Brad Lucas said Thursday.
Explosive hazards with fertilizers are more commonly linked to ammonium nitrate, which is widely used both in agriculture and as an explosive in construction and mining.
The Andersons, which operates a grain terminal just outside of Dunkirk,  is bordered at its Seymour location by the CSX Transportation rail line and generally is surrounded by industrial and commercial properties.
If Seymour firefighters responded to a problem at The Andersons, Lucas would immediately contact company officials and determine whether help would be needed from Columbus Fire Department, which is contracted to provide responses to hazardous material problems in Seymour.
That call would not go unanswered, a spokesperson for The Andersons said. “We conduct regular drills with emergency responders, and we tell them what we have on site and what to do in the event of an emergency,” Debbie Crow said.[[In-content Ad]]