Rose Furrer

BUTLER TWP — Rose Furrer was named director of Homecare for the Visiting Nurses Association of Western Pennsylvania.

Furrer comes to the VNA from being the director of Allegheny Home Care in Pittsburgh.

She also has worked as a hospice nurse and a manager of both hospital and home health.

She has a bachelor's degree in nursing from Carlow University and a master's in nursing from the University of Pittsburgh.

Furrer lives in Hampton, Allegheny County, with her husband and their two children.

DeWitt Weldon was promoted to general manager of M/K Express, a trucking subsidiary of Marmon/Keystone, based in Butler.He replaces V. Clark Hamerly, who retired.Weldon has been assistant general manager since he joined the company in 2006.He has a Bachelor of Arts degree from Slippery Rock University.Butler Health names outpatient managerRobyn Kerschbaumer was named regional outpatient manager to oversee Butler Health System's Outpatient Services imaging locations.Kerschbaumer's new position will support efforts to grow the outpatient services and to manage the outpatient imaging daily operations.She has worked for the health system for 24 years in radiology services, and she lives with her husband and children in Chicora.

Butler Health System's public relations and marketing departments won four national awards from two national organizations.Healthcare Marketing Report awarded BHS a bronze award for its "100 Best Cardiovascular Hospitals" advertising, two merit awards for its "Tobacco Free" billboards and another for the BHS Wholehealth television commercial, "The Wait."The departments also won a gold Aster Award for their marketing campaign for the new Heart & Vascular Center.Aster Awards are given to the best in health care marketing and advertising on a national level by Marketing Healthcare Today magazine.

VALENCIA — Stallsmith Financial will give 200 tickets to a Butler Blue Sox baseball game to families with special needs children.The tickets are being given away for the game at 5:35 p.m. June 20 at Pullman Park, where the company also will give an exceptional service award to Mary Beth Winters, a teacher's aid in the South Butler School District's life skills department.Becky Stallsmith, administrative assistant for the company, said a special-needs child will throw the first pitch of the game. The game will be followed by a concert.For more information and for tickets, call 724-898-3003.

WASHINGTON — General Motors said Wednesday it could build its new small car in Michigan, Tennessee or Wisconsin. A decision is expected in weeks.Company officials met in Washington with state and federal delegations from the states to discuss selection criteria. Possible plant sites are in Orion Township, Mich., Spring Hill, Tenn., and Janesville, Wis."Part of the reason we're here is we want to get on with doing this as quickly as we can ... so I can tell you it's a decision that's made in weeks, not months," said Troy Clarke, president of GM's North American operations. "It's something we want to do right away, as quickly as we can."From staff and wire reports

• <B>Dr. Christopher Olsheski </B>of Butler Family Chiropractic in Butler will participate in the Preferred Chiropractic Doctor Program, a national organization which promotes affordable fees and the benefits of chiropractic care.• Attorney <B>Marie Millie Jones,</B> a partner with Meyer, Darragh, Buckler, Bebeneck and Eck was named a 2009 Pennsylvania Super Lawyer, which are picked by their peers. She lives in Cranberry Township.• <B>Samuel Shondelmyer</B> of Mars was honored as on of PepsiCo's top sales people worldwide with induction into the PepsiCo President's Ring of Honor.