Business Briefs

Knabel

DR. ERIC KNABEL has joined DR. CHARLES ROGERS in family practice at Logansport Primary Care Associates, located in Suite LL-30 in Medical Office Building West at Memorial Hospital.

Eric Knabel, DO opened his practice in 2002 at Memorial Hospital, and Charles Rogers, MD began practicing in Logansport in 2005. The phone number for both physicians will be 574-739-0913. Phone calls to Dr. Knabel's former office will transfer to the Logansport Primary Care Associates office. Appointment times will remain as scheduled.

BENNY J. REDDING of Flora has been nominated to run for one of twenty nominating committee positions at Farm Credit Services (FCS) of Mid- America, a $12 billion financial services cooperative serving over 72,500 farmers and rural residents throughout Kentucky, Ohio, Indiana and Tennessee. The elections will take place starting in September with results being posted on the ag lender's website in mid-October.

Redding owns 280 acres and leases an additional 870 acres where he raises corn and soybeans. He is a member of the Kokomo FCS advisory committee; a member of the Judson Baptist Church where he has served as trustee and deacon; and a former board member of the Carroll County WWCD. He has served on past FCS nominating committees.

Rogers

The nominating committee - made up of five representatives from each state the association serves - will meet in June of 2008 to select candidates for next fall's board of director elections.

JENNY ZINN of Flora is one of more than 1,700 Tastefully Simple consultants nationwide who attended the gourmet food company's "Kick It Up" national conference. The event was held July 26-29 in Minneapolis, Minn.

At the conference, Zinn attended recognition celebrations, participated in trainings and learned about the new fall-winter product line.

PATTI DUNBAR AND TERESA SULLIVAN recently earned five-day, four-night paid vacations to Atlantis Resort in the Bahamas from Arbonne International. They are area managers and indep endent consultants for the business that specializes in health products based on natural, herbal and botanical ingredients.

Dunbar

The October vacation is one of several bonuses Dunbar and Sullivan have received since they started the business in June 2006.

"We love this business and Arbonne's products," Dunbar said. "It is great to see both change peoples' lives."

The new area managers are currently teaching and training a team to follow their lead in the company.

"We are always looking for friendly, outgoing and busy people who want to make a difference in their own life and the lives of others," Dunbar explained.

CONNIE CRIPE of Camden and MARY FLYNNof Lafayette also received promotions to district manager positions within the company.

Sullivan