IN BRIEF
EVANS CITY — NexTier Bank last week announced two promotions in its marketing department.
Lauren Wonderly Way is now an assistant vice president and Susan J. Kushnereit is the creative services manager.
Way has worked at NexTier for three years and oversees public relations, special events and electronic media communications.
She has 25 years of experience in marketing communications. Way has a bachelor's degree in journalism from Indiana (Pa.) University and a master's degree from Point Park University in applied corporate communications/public relations.
She is a Sarver resident.
Kushnereit has worked at NexTier Bank for 30 years and oversees advertising and design in her expanded function. She has an associate's degree in graphic arts from Butler County Community College.
She and her family are residents of Evans City.
GIBSONIA — The St. Barnabas Communities' board of trustees was recently re-elected.The communities governed by the board are The Village at St. Barnabas, The Washington Place at St. Barnabas and The Woodlands at St. Barnabas, which provides independent living for more than 500 retirees.The board members are: chairman Joseph Scaletta of Pine Township; president/secretary Douglas Day of Richland Township; treasurer, state Sen. Jane Orie, R-40th; and member Gary Bogart of Adams Township.
WARRENDALE — MEDRAD has signed a research agreement with the University of Zurich in Switzerland to study PET imaging with the company's new infusion system.Positron emission tomography is a nuclear medicine procedure that can make 3D images of the human body through the use of radioactive dyes.MEDRAD's infusion system delivers these dyes during PETscans.
<B>Dr. Jessica M. Dembowski</B>, clinical director at Allegheny Chesapeake Physical Therapy's Butler office, recently earned her doctorate of physical therapy from Chatham University in Pittsburgh.———<B>Dr. Mark T. Dickson</B>, regional clinical director for Avada Hearing & Balance Centers, has earned his doctor of audiology degree from the George S. Osborne College of Audiology at Salus University.———<B>Daniel A. Bradley</B> of Sarver has been reappointed to the state Board of Certified Real Estate Appraisers by Gov. Ed. Rendell.———<B>Bill Kametz</B> has been appointed to a newly created position of senior vice president of credit administration by S&T Bank with branches in 10 Pennsylvania counties, including Butler County.———<B>Dr. Francis J. Bassani</B> is joining the practice of Drs. William Dundore, Rand Himes and Tonia Kosek in Grove City, specializing in obstetrics and gynecology.
• Elder-Beerman Stores, parent company of Bon Ton Stores, reported Thursday that Bon Ton sales for the five weeks that ended Jan. 3, fell by 5.6 percent compared with the same period a year ago. Total sales fell to $527.2 million compared with $558.2 million for the prior year.
