July 23, 2014 at 2:10 p.m.
Mercer, Auglaize face lake mess
Business Roundup
A new organization to oversee the clean-up of Grand Lake may be ready to meet in January.
Mercer and Auglaize counties’ commissioners signed resolutions to establish the Grand Lake St. Marys Restoration Community Improvement Corporation to be known as the CIC.
The non-profit organization will receive and administer funds and oversee projects to clean up and maintain the health of Grand Lake, which developed a toxic algae bloom during the summer.
The application must be filed with the Ohio Secretary of State’s office and then approved by the Attorney General. If everything moves forward on schedule, the CIC could meet for its first meeting in early January.
The CIC will elect officers at its first meeting, including equal representation of commissioners from both counties.
The creation of the single organization was pushed by local politicians Sen. Keith Faber (R-Celina) and Rep. Jim Zehringer (R-Fort Recovery), who has been named as the state’s next director of the Department of Agriculture.
Graduated
Bank of Geneva business development officer Keith R. Muhlenkamp recently graduated from a 25-month advanced bank management program from the Graduate School of Banking at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Muhlenkamp began at Bank of Geneva in 1997 and is a 2000 graduate of Indiana University with a degree in business.
Finalist
TLS by Design, Portland, was one of three finalists in the Sage Awards presented by the American Home Furnishings Alliance and Cargill’s BiOH polyols business.
The award recognizes environmental innovators in the home furnishing industry. The winner was Zenda Leather, Hickory, N.C..
TLS by Design, owned by Elizabeth Updike and Jeff Day, has repurposed an old brush and broom factory to house the growing furniture business and has equipped the factory with old materials and machinery purchased at auctions.
The company is looking to move toward producing eco-friendly products in the future.
Jet landed
The Randolph County Airport had its first jet landing this week after the completion of a runway extension project.
The extension project increased the runway length by about 300 feet and increased width by 25 feet to accommodate jet travel. The first phase of the $4.3 million expansion project was completed in November.
Honored
POET CEO Jeff Broin was awarded the 2010 Paul Dana Excellence in Bioenergy Leadership Award from the Indiana State Department of Agriculture.
POET’s presence in Indiana, including a plant in Portland, was the attributing factor toward Broin’s win. POET operates 26 plants in the nation and produces 1.6 billion gallons of ethanol annually.
Agronomy lab
Monsanto is teaming up with Jay County FFA to allow the group to operate an outdoor agronomy lab.
Students will have the opportunity to compare data from different brands and seed varieties. Harvest Land Co-op also is aiding FFA with soil testing.
Health program
Universal American insurance company has teamed up with Family and Occupational Medicine offices in Lynn and Ridgeville to bring health information programming to patients waiting for their appointments.
The company provided two free large-screen televisions and the health information programming, which provides patients information on current health issues.
Compromised
Walgreen Co. and McDonald’s reported Web site security breaches on Monday.
Hackers gained access to both companies’ Web servers and accessed customer information such as e-mail addresses and other personal information.
Dividend
Allegheny Technologies Incorporated declared a quarterly cash dividend of 18 cents per share of common stock. The dividend is payable Dec. 30 for stockholders of record on Dec. 21.
Fifty jobs
A new $6 million investment will be coming to the Decatur Industrial Park III bringing 50 jobs.
New Prime Inc., a division of Prime Inc., Springfield, Mo., will establish an operation on 14 acres and is expected to hire around 50 workers by June.
New Prime will received more than $400,000 in tax credits and job training funds from WorkOne Northeast.
Joining staff
Troxel Equipment Company has announced that Jim Connelley will join the sales staff of its Bluffton office.
Connelley has 37 years experience in agricultural sales.[[In-content Ad]]
Mercer and Auglaize counties’ commissioners signed resolutions to establish the Grand Lake St. Marys Restoration Community Improvement Corporation to be known as the CIC.
The non-profit organization will receive and administer funds and oversee projects to clean up and maintain the health of Grand Lake, which developed a toxic algae bloom during the summer.
The application must be filed with the Ohio Secretary of State’s office and then approved by the Attorney General. If everything moves forward on schedule, the CIC could meet for its first meeting in early January.
The CIC will elect officers at its first meeting, including equal representation of commissioners from both counties.
The creation of the single organization was pushed by local politicians Sen. Keith Faber (R-Celina) and Rep. Jim Zehringer (R-Fort Recovery), who has been named as the state’s next director of the Department of Agriculture.
Graduated
Bank of Geneva business development officer Keith R. Muhlenkamp recently graduated from a 25-month advanced bank management program from the Graduate School of Banking at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Muhlenkamp began at Bank of Geneva in 1997 and is a 2000 graduate of Indiana University with a degree in business.
Finalist
TLS by Design, Portland, was one of three finalists in the Sage Awards presented by the American Home Furnishings Alliance and Cargill’s BiOH polyols business.
The award recognizes environmental innovators in the home furnishing industry. The winner was Zenda Leather, Hickory, N.C..
TLS by Design, owned by Elizabeth Updike and Jeff Day, has repurposed an old brush and broom factory to house the growing furniture business and has equipped the factory with old materials and machinery purchased at auctions.
The company is looking to move toward producing eco-friendly products in the future.
Jet landed
The Randolph County Airport had its first jet landing this week after the completion of a runway extension project.
The extension project increased the runway length by about 300 feet and increased width by 25 feet to accommodate jet travel. The first phase of the $4.3 million expansion project was completed in November.
Honored
POET CEO Jeff Broin was awarded the 2010 Paul Dana Excellence in Bioenergy Leadership Award from the Indiana State Department of Agriculture.
POET’s presence in Indiana, including a plant in Portland, was the attributing factor toward Broin’s win. POET operates 26 plants in the nation and produces 1.6 billion gallons of ethanol annually.
Agronomy lab
Monsanto is teaming up with Jay County FFA to allow the group to operate an outdoor agronomy lab.
Students will have the opportunity to compare data from different brands and seed varieties. Harvest Land Co-op also is aiding FFA with soil testing.
Health program
Universal American insurance company has teamed up with Family and Occupational Medicine offices in Lynn and Ridgeville to bring health information programming to patients waiting for their appointments.
The company provided two free large-screen televisions and the health information programming, which provides patients information on current health issues.
Compromised
Walgreen Co. and McDonald’s reported Web site security breaches on Monday.
Hackers gained access to both companies’ Web servers and accessed customer information such as e-mail addresses and other personal information.
Dividend
Allegheny Technologies Incorporated declared a quarterly cash dividend of 18 cents per share of common stock. The dividend is payable Dec. 30 for stockholders of record on Dec. 21.
Fifty jobs
A new $6 million investment will be coming to the Decatur Industrial Park III bringing 50 jobs.
New Prime Inc., a division of Prime Inc., Springfield, Mo., will establish an operation on 14 acres and is expected to hire around 50 workers by June.
New Prime will received more than $400,000 in tax credits and job training funds from WorkOne Northeast.
Joining staff
Troxel Equipment Company has announced that Jim Connelley will join the sales staff of its Bluffton office.
Connelley has 37 years experience in agricultural sales.[[In-content Ad]]
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