Looking for Santas

The Jay County Chamber of Commerce is looking for potential Santas to help staff the Santa House on Friday and Saturday evenings.
Contact the chamber at (260) 726-4481 or e-mail [email protected] for more information.

New officers
The Jay County Hospital medical staff recently elected new officers for coming year.
Dr. Mark Haggenjos was retained as president for 2011. Other officers elected include: Dr. Herman Burgermeister, vice president; Dr. David Brown, treasurer; Dr. Robert Robinson, secretary; and Dr. Frank Vormohr, performance improvement physician.

To speak
Allegheny Technologies chairman and CEO Pat Hassey will speak at the Credit Suisse 2010 Aerospace and Defense Conference in New York City Dec. 2.
Hassey’s remarks and presentation slides will be available at 11 a.m. Dec. 2 at www.atimetals.com under the “Investors” tab.

Brazil plant
Saint-Gobain Glass and NSG Group, Brazil, will form a joint venture to build a new float glass plant in Bahia State in northeastern Brazil.
The plant will be able to produce 600 tonnes of flat glass and will come online in 2013. The plant, owned under the joint-venture-named Cebrace Cristal Plano Ltda, will be the sixth float glass line owned by the company.

Unemployment up
Unemployment in Mercer County increased .2 percentage points to 7.1 percent in October.
Despite the increase, Mercer County holds the fourth lowest jobless rate in Ohio, well below the state’s 9.9 percent rate.

Solar plant
Celina city officials are planning to purchase 50 acres of land west of the town for a proposed solar energy plant and wastewater facility.
The land, located on Meyer Road south of Ohio 29, was annexed into the city limits 10 years ago. The city has until April 1 to purchase the 50 acres for $600,000.
Solar Vision LLC, Westerville, Ohio, is planning to lease the northern 25 acres of the land to construct an $18 million solar plant and would pay a one-time payment of $600,000 for a 20-year lease.
The other 25 acres will be used for sludge ponds for the city’s wastewater facility.
The city would be responsible for $12,800 in closing costs in the deal and would also have to fund about $150,000 to install pipe to pump sludge from the wastewater plant to the new retention ponds at the site.

Tyson profit
Tyson Foods Inc. posted a 57 cent per share profit in the fourth quarter of 2010 compared to a loss the year before.
The company posted the profit increase on $213 million income compared to a $457 million and $1.23 per share loss in 2009.
The company posted operating incomes of $141 million, $121 million and $125 million in its chicken, beef and pork operations, respectively.

Networking luncheon
Doug Tipton, Jay County High School program director, will present information about the Work Ethic Certification Program at the next Jay County Chamber of Commerce networking luncheon.
The luncheon will be held at noon Tuesday at Jay County Hospital. Cost for lunch is $8 and reservations may be e-mailed to [email protected].

Discount program
The Jay County Chamber of Commerce is offering a Member-2-Member discount program for chamber members.
Interested businesses should submit the offer to the chamber by Dec. 1. The discount may either be offered to another company or to all employees of the company.
For more information, contact the chamber at (260) 726-4481.[[In-content Ad]]