POET plants reduce water use

POET Biorefining has eliminated wastewater discharge at some of its plants after developing a water recovery system earlier this year.

The ethanol producer is using a new water filtering and recycling system and has saved one plant and the tower more than 108,000 gallons per day.

The new method has reduced the amount of water needed to produce a gallon of ethanol from 3 gallons to 2 gallons.

The system should allow POET to cut water consumption by 22 percent, saving about 1 billion gallons of water over the next five years.

POET has an ethanol plant southwest of Portland.

AeroCat events

Portland performance bicycle producer AeroCat will have a team competing at the 67th Vuelta Ciclista del Uruguay race.

Several riders will compete in the race from March 26 to April 4 in Montevideo, Uruguay.

Helicopter service

LifeLine Critical Care Transport, which is operated by Clarian Health, will base a helicopter at Ball Memorial Hospital in Muncie. The company announced it will station helicopters at Ball Memorial and Clarian Arnett in Lafayette to make them critical care hospitals for the central part of the state.

LifeLine will add chopper service to the hospital after air ambulance company Life Air stopped provided service 2009 after about six months.

New director

Diana Elton has been appointed the new executive director of nursing and rehabilitation facility, The Woodlands, in Muncie.

Elton comes to The Woodlands after serving as interim admin-istrator/consultant at Magnolia Health Systems in Indiana. She has 34 years experience in long-term care and is a licensed practical nurse.

Retiring

Lue Tubbs is retiring from Bank of Geneva at the end of this month after 21 years of service.

She began as a teller at the Monroe office before transferring to Berne where she worked in the proof and deposit area. She was promoted to senior customer service representative in 2000.She has a total of 34 years of banking experience.

An open house to celebrate her retirement will be held March 25 at the Berne office, 719 North U.S. 27 from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m.

Magazine released

Energize-ECI recently released its "Regional Report" news magazine featuring economic development news.

The 16-page issue features highlights from economic development in Blackford, Delaware, Fayette, Grant, Henry, Jay, Madison, Randolph and Rush counties.

An online copy can be viewed at www.energize-eci.org or those interested can contact a local economic development department to receive a printed copy.

Marsh fundraising

Marsh Supermarkets donated $100,000 to the Greater Indianapolis Red Cross Office that if collected through the end of February.

All March located offered customers the opportunity to donate $1, $3 or $5 to the American Red Cross Haiti Relief Fund. The company added money to the donations collected to reach the $100,000 mark.

Marsh operates 97 Marsh supermarkets and 5 O'Malia's Food Markets in Indiana and Ohio, including one store in Portland.

Adviser added

Edward Jones has added a second financial adviser to its Jay County office.

Scott Benter will work out of adviser Mike Engels' office for several months, then will continue to serve investors throughout the area.[[In-content Ad]]