September 21, 2019 at 5:41 a.m.
Gillespie to succeed Bantz
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Gillespie to succeed Bantz
Donald C. Gillespie will become the new president and CEO of CrossRoads Financial Federal Credit Union upon the retirement of Janet Bantz on Jan. 1.
The CrossRoads board of directors announced Gillespie’s appointment this week.
Gillespie, who holds a degree in finance/economics and political science from the University of Indianapolis, has served as senior loan officer and credit union financial counselor at CrossRoads since 2011. He has 31 years of local bank lending and management experience.
Named Citizen of the Year by Jay County Chamber of Commerce this spring, he has been actively involved in Run for the Fallen, participating in the Indiana run and serving as national coordinator for the 2018 Run Across America.
Gillespie has served as Portland City Court judge for nine years and has also served on Portland Park Board. He served for 19 years on Jay County Fair Board.
He currently serves as an adviser and mentor to the credit union’s youth advisory board.
Plant expands
Tyson Foods Inc., parent company of Tyson Mexican Original of Portland, this week announced plans for a $34.2 million expansion of its existing facility in Camilla, Georgia.
The expansion will create 100 new jobs.
Hosting hunt
A golf cart scavenger hunt hosted by local First Thursday merchants is scheduled for Sunday afternoon in Portland.
The event will begin in the west 100 block of Main Street with registration from 1 to 1:30 p.m. Sunday. There will be an overview of the rules beginning at 1:30 p.m. to be followed by a strategy session and then the hunt.
Teams must have a phone that takes photos and a golf cart to be driven by a licensed driver. The entry fee is $5.
Wages unfair?
The Wall Street Journal reported this week that Walmart “likely discriminated against 178 female workers by paying less or denying promotions because the their gender.”
The accusation was found in Equal Employment Opportunity Commission memos viewed by The Journal.
The EEOC complaint could lead to a settlement and to changes in the retailer’s practices, but if there is no settlement EEOC could file suit.
Since 2001, more than 1,900 women have pursued cases and filed charges with the EEOC against Walmart alleging sex discrimination.
A Walmart spokesman noted that the allegations are more than 15 years old and said they are “not representative of the positive experiences millions of women have had working at Walmart.”
With 1.5 million U.S. employees, Walmart is the country’s largest private employer, The Journal noted.
In the UAE
Motherson Sumi Systems Ltd., parent company of Portland’s MSSL Wiring plant, has broken ground on a new automotive wiring harness facility in the United Arab Emirates. The plant in the Ras Al Khaimah Economic Zone is expected to be operational in the second quarter of 2020.
The economic zone is a business and industrial hub established by the government of Ras Al Khaimah in the United Arab Emirates. It currently hosts over 14,500 companies coming from more than 100 countries operating in more than 50 industries.
Misunderstood
A senior maintenance mechanic is suing Walgreens after he lost his job over what he contends was a misunderstanding.
The San Francisco Chronicle reported that Robert Marvel was working at a Walgreens warehouse in northern California when reportedly relayed another employee’s request for a “wet vac,” a liquid-absorbing vacuum, to clean up a floor spill.
“The coworker who took the request, a Latina, reported instead that Marvel had called her a ‘wetback.’ He said he never got a chance to defend himself before being suspended the next day and fired a week later, from the job he had held for 13 years,” The Chronicle reported.
Walgreens declined to comment.
Joins Yum
Clay Johnson is leaving his post as chief information officer at Walmart to take on a similar role for Yum Brands Inc., parent company of KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell.
Johnson will be Yum’s chief digital and technology officer, a newly created position, the company announced Tuesday.
High marks
IU Health Ball Memorial Hospital of Muncie has been named a Blue Distinction Center-Plus for knee and hip replacement by Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield. Blue Distinction Centers are nationally designated healthcare facilities shown to deliver improved patient safety and better health outcomes, Anthem said.
Profiled
Esther Jetter, 100, whose family has led Fort Recovery Industries for generations, was profiled by The Daily Standard this week in an article that focused the family’s support for the Mercer County Civic Foundation.
She and her late husband George established a substantial fund at the foundation for charitable purposes.
In 1945, George Jetter purchased what was then the Fort Recovery Stirrup Company.
The Jetters transformed the company into a global manufacturer of structural, functional and decorative aluminum and zinc die castings.
It has plants in Fort Recovery and Portland.
Now a resident of Greenville, Ohio, Esther Jetter and her husband were also active as Church of the Nazarene missionaries, doing work in Haiti, Cuba, Kenya, Ecuador, South Africa, the Dominican Republic and South Africa.
“My mother always said, ‘Cast your bread upon the water and it will return to you after many days.’ And I believe that,” Esther told The Standard.
Expanding
Adams Behavioral Health Counseling Connections, a division of Adams Health Network, is expanding its outpatient services to include group-based treatment.
Mental health and substance abuse services provided through the group program are targeted towards adults, ages 18 and above.
Group programming consists of therapy, case management, and medication management.
The CrossRoads board of directors announced Gillespie’s appointment this week.
Gillespie, who holds a degree in finance/economics and political science from the University of Indianapolis, has served as senior loan officer and credit union financial counselor at CrossRoads since 2011. He has 31 years of local bank lending and management experience.
Named Citizen of the Year by Jay County Chamber of Commerce this spring, he has been actively involved in Run for the Fallen, participating in the Indiana run and serving as national coordinator for the 2018 Run Across America.
Gillespie has served as Portland City Court judge for nine years and has also served on Portland Park Board. He served for 19 years on Jay County Fair Board.
He currently serves as an adviser and mentor to the credit union’s youth advisory board.
Plant expands
Tyson Foods Inc., parent company of Tyson Mexican Original of Portland, this week announced plans for a $34.2 million expansion of its existing facility in Camilla, Georgia.
The expansion will create 100 new jobs.
Hosting hunt
A golf cart scavenger hunt hosted by local First Thursday merchants is scheduled for Sunday afternoon in Portland.
The event will begin in the west 100 block of Main Street with registration from 1 to 1:30 p.m. Sunday. There will be an overview of the rules beginning at 1:30 p.m. to be followed by a strategy session and then the hunt.
Teams must have a phone that takes photos and a golf cart to be driven by a licensed driver. The entry fee is $5.
Wages unfair?
The Wall Street Journal reported this week that Walmart “likely discriminated against 178 female workers by paying less or denying promotions because the their gender.”
The accusation was found in Equal Employment Opportunity Commission memos viewed by The Journal.
The EEOC complaint could lead to a settlement and to changes in the retailer’s practices, but if there is no settlement EEOC could file suit.
Since 2001, more than 1,900 women have pursued cases and filed charges with the EEOC against Walmart alleging sex discrimination.
A Walmart spokesman noted that the allegations are more than 15 years old and said they are “not representative of the positive experiences millions of women have had working at Walmart.”
With 1.5 million U.S. employees, Walmart is the country’s largest private employer, The Journal noted.
In the UAE
Motherson Sumi Systems Ltd., parent company of Portland’s MSSL Wiring plant, has broken ground on a new automotive wiring harness facility in the United Arab Emirates. The plant in the Ras Al Khaimah Economic Zone is expected to be operational in the second quarter of 2020.
The economic zone is a business and industrial hub established by the government of Ras Al Khaimah in the United Arab Emirates. It currently hosts over 14,500 companies coming from more than 100 countries operating in more than 50 industries.
Misunderstood
A senior maintenance mechanic is suing Walgreens after he lost his job over what he contends was a misunderstanding.
The San Francisco Chronicle reported that Robert Marvel was working at a Walgreens warehouse in northern California when reportedly relayed another employee’s request for a “wet vac,” a liquid-absorbing vacuum, to clean up a floor spill.
“The coworker who took the request, a Latina, reported instead that Marvel had called her a ‘wetback.’ He said he never got a chance to defend himself before being suspended the next day and fired a week later, from the job he had held for 13 years,” The Chronicle reported.
Walgreens declined to comment.
Joins Yum
Clay Johnson is leaving his post as chief information officer at Walmart to take on a similar role for Yum Brands Inc., parent company of KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell.
Johnson will be Yum’s chief digital and technology officer, a newly created position, the company announced Tuesday.
High marks
IU Health Ball Memorial Hospital of Muncie has been named a Blue Distinction Center-Plus for knee and hip replacement by Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield. Blue Distinction Centers are nationally designated healthcare facilities shown to deliver improved patient safety and better health outcomes, Anthem said.
Profiled
Esther Jetter, 100, whose family has led Fort Recovery Industries for generations, was profiled by The Daily Standard this week in an article that focused the family’s support for the Mercer County Civic Foundation.
She and her late husband George established a substantial fund at the foundation for charitable purposes.
In 1945, George Jetter purchased what was then the Fort Recovery Stirrup Company.
The Jetters transformed the company into a global manufacturer of structural, functional and decorative aluminum and zinc die castings.
It has plants in Fort Recovery and Portland.
Now a resident of Greenville, Ohio, Esther Jetter and her husband were also active as Church of the Nazarene missionaries, doing work in Haiti, Cuba, Kenya, Ecuador, South Africa, the Dominican Republic and South Africa.
“My mother always said, ‘Cast your bread upon the water and it will return to you after many days.’ And I believe that,” Esther told The Standard.
Expanding
Adams Behavioral Health Counseling Connections, a division of Adams Health Network, is expanding its outpatient services to include group-based treatment.
Mental health and substance abuse services provided through the group program are targeted towards adults, ages 18 and above.
Group programming consists of therapy, case management, and medication management.
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