Verallia targets craft brewers

Verallia North America, a leading producer of glass container for food and beverage industries, will now sell bottles via an online store.
Verallia’s Dunkirk plant produces 3 million longneck beer bottles for Budweiser each day, but the new marketing move is aimed at craft brewers who are interested in much smaller quantities.
BuyOurBottles.com is the first web site to offer smaller quantities directly from the manufacturer online.
Customers can now order stock pry-off amber beer bottles by the pallet instead of large truck loads.

Farm Credit scholarship
A student from Bryant is the recipient of a $1,000 academic scholarship awarded by Farm Credit Mid-America.
Jennifer Dirksen is one of more than 40 recipients of the scholarship, which was created to increase the association’s investment in education and youth activities.
Dirksen is a family and consumer science education major at Ball State University.
George Stebbins, chair of Farm Credit’s board of directors, said the recipients represent good academic record, leadership qualities, community and school involvement and a passion for agriculture.
 
Networking luncheon
Jay County Chamber of Commerce will hold a networking luncheon on Tuesday.
Representatives from WorkOne and O J T Training Program will be among those in attendance.
The luncheon will begin at noon at Jay County Hospital.

Bank of Berne
a top performer
First Bank of Berne was ranked as a top performer by the Independent Community Bankers of America’s magazine, ICBA Independent.
The bank was named as an outstanding ICBA 400 community bank performer in the magazine’s June issue.
The magazine’s year-end rankings of ICBA members are based on return on average assets and return on average equity as reported in final 2011 FDIC call report data.

Tyson Foods’ partnership
Tyson Foods is partnering with the National Urban League to fight hunger in Mississippi.
According to Feeding America, Mississippi has the highest percentage of food insecurity in the United States.
The project will assist 19,000 people in the Adams and Warren counties and build hunger awareness.

Compression session
Jan Forthofer, Certified Pharmacist Technician at Kaup Pharmacy, Fort Recover, Ohio, is holding an event to educate the public on benefits of compression socks.  The event takes place July 11 at 6:30 p.m. This is open to the public at no cost and reservations must be made by July 10.

Summer hours
The Arthur & Gloria Muselman Wellness Pavilion at Swiss Village in Berne has announced summer hours for the months of July and August. Hours of operation are as follows: Monday – Thursday 5:00 a.m. – 9:00 p.m., Friday 5:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m., and Saturday 7:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
The community is invited to attend an Open House at the Arthur & Gloria Muselman Wellness Pavilion during Swiss Days. The open house is scheduled for Friday, July 27, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.  Refreshments will be served throughout the day.
For registration materials and membership fees visit www.swiss-village.org/WellnessCenter.html or contact Sarah Conrad, Wellness Pavilion Director at 260-589-4496 to receive an information brochure.

Fall prevention
Bluffton Regional Medical Center has announced that a free educational program on preventing falls – the driver for some of the most common household injuries – will be offered Thursday, June 28, at 7 p.m. in the 4th floor conference rooms of the hospital.
The program is open to the public, but seating is limited.  

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