Tyson donates food for troops

Tyson Foods has announced a donation of 87,500 pounds or 350,000 meals to U.S. Army soldiers and their families stationed at Fort Bragg, North Carolina.

Soldiers from Fort Bragg were recently deployed overseas, and the protein donation is an effort by the company to recognize the sacrifice by service members and their families.

Tyson Foods is the parent of Tyson Mexican Original of Portland.

Since 2015, the company has donated more than 50 million pounds of protein to food banks, community pantries and disaster relief efforts.

Not on board
CVS Health is trimming its board of directors, and the former chief executive officer of Aetna did not make the cut.

Mark Bertolini, joined the CVS board after CVS acquired the insurance company for $70 billion in 2018.

According to The Wall Street Journal, he’s being pushed off the board despite being willing to stay.
Bertolini told the Journal that integration between CVS and Aetna isn't nearly complete, but CVS disagrees. In a press release the company said “the bulk of the integration” is done and it’s time for Bertolini to move on.

In addition to Bertolini, CVS is cutting two other seats as it reduces its board from 16 to 13.

New bottles
Ardagh Group, parent of glass container manufacturing plants in Dunkirk and Winchester, this week announced six new glass wine bottle designs.

The new designs include three new texture options.

“Innovative bottle designs and single-serve packaging formats provide wineries with opportunities for differentiation in today’s market,” John T Shaddox, chief commercial officer for Ardagh’s North American Glass business unit, said in a prepared statement. “Ardagh’s new glass wine bottle options leverage a modern, premium look and feel that respond to consumer interest.”

The company showcased the six new designs at this week’s Unified Wine & Grape Symposium at Cal Expo in Sacramento, California.

Chamber awards
Fort Recovery Chamber of Commerce will hold its annual awards banquet March 8 at Fort Recovery Elementary/Middle School.

The chamber will honor its citizen of the year and business of the year. It will also induct new members into the Hall of Fame and present beautification awards at that time.

Those attending should contact the chamber by Feb. 26 by calling (419) 375-4041 or via email at [email protected].

New VP
Kellie Pearson-Carroll has been named vice president of human resources at Meridian Health Services, a regional health care provider based in Muncie.

Most recently she was chief human resources officer for American Academic Health System and St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children in Philadelphia.

She received her undergraduate and graduate degrees from Temple University and received her certification in human resources from Villanova University.

Credentialed
First Bank of Berne security officer Kyle Raugh has been credentialed as a certified fraud examiner (CFE) by the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners.

Raugh met the organization’s education, experience and character requirements.

Big settlement
A phony pharmacist will cost Walgreens $7.5 million, The New York Times reported this week.

The company is settling lawsuits related to employee Kim Thien Le, who handled more than 745,000 prescriptions, including thousands for drugs like oxycodone, fentanyl, morphine and codeine, from 2006 to 2017. She was never licensed by the state pharmacy board as required by law, authorities told The Times.

Le falsely impersonated Walgreens pharmacists and used a license of someone who had the same first name.

Dividend declared
First Merchants Corporation this week declared a cash dividend of 26 cents per share. The dividend is payable March 20 to shareholders of record as of March 6.
Meanwhile, the company announced plans to close its Harrison Plaza branch in Bluffton on April 28.

First Merchants will continue to have a downtown Bluffton branch office.

Cooper project
Shinn Brothers Inc. of Celina, Ohio, has been awarded a $267,000 contract to extend water and sewer lines to a proposed Cooper Farms biosecurity facility in Fort Recovery.

The company plans to relocate its turkey service building showers and trailer wash bays on a 26-acre piece of land near J&M Manufacturing.

The facility will be used to clean and disinfect all livestock handling equipment.

Leaves bank
Gregg Sprunger has retired as assistant vice president of First Bank of Berne so he can focus on his new role: Mayor of Berne.

Sprunger had been with the bank for more than 42 years.

A longtime member of the Berne City Council, he was elected mayor in November.