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Chicora — The Chicora Medical Center has hired Brenda Campbell as its new personal care administrator.

Before this position, Campbell worked at Emlenton's Laurel Manor for three years as the personal care administrator. She has been with Quality Life Services for more than 11 years, including three previous years as the personal care administrator of the Chicora Medical Center.

She lives in Rimersburg.

SEVEN SPRINGS —Amerikohl Mining of Butler was honored Wednesday at the Pennsylvania Coal Association annual meeting.It won Reclamation Awards for restoring two mine sites.The first is 56 acres in Clay and Center townships in Butler County where 10 acres of pre-existing highwalls were eliminated and associated gob piles reclaimed. Amerikohl planted a mixture of grasses, legumes and hard and soft trees.The second award was for a 125-acre mine site in Fayette County where six acres of previously mined land have been reclaimed through the elimination of a dangerous 790-foot highwall. The land is not suitable for the development of pasture and unmanaged natural habitat.The awards are for going above and beyond federal and state requirements to return coal mining sites to environmentally sound condition and productive uses.Statewide, nine mine sites covering 1,543 acres were selected for awards this year.

PENN TWP — The Dollar General Literacy Foundation has awarded a $3,000 grant to Penn Christian Academy for its dyslexia tutoring center.“We have some great plans for some additional instructional materials to help our dyslexic students,” said Cindy Dodds, director, “as well as some software called Earobics to help our children with auditory discrimination.“We're thrilled to receive the scholarship.”The discount retailer started the foundation in 1993 to improve the functional literacy of adults and families, according to a company news release.Dollar General has several stores in Butler County.

Pittsburgh — Hefren-Tillotson announced this past week that it is ranked 22nd on AdvisorOne's list of the 100 Top Wealth Managers for 2011.This is the 11th year that AdvisorOne has surveyed the wealth management industry to determine both the largest RIA wealth management firms by assets under management and to explore the state of the wealth management industry.It has offices in Butler, Wexford, Upper St. Clair and downtown Pittsburgh.

GROVE CITY — Wendell August Forge has added two new members to its marketing and design teams.A new employee is Alex DeGroff, a native of Grove City, who is the marketing and product manager.Previously, DeGroff worked at Fox Network as head production assistant for the Fox Report and Studio B with Shepard Smith.DeGroff will assist with Internet marketing, manage retail marketing activities and be the complementary buyer.Abby Magee, a Wendell August employee for seven years, was promoted to product administrator and call center coordinator.

H.J. Heinz's profit for the fiscal first quarter fell 6 percent as the world's largest ketchup maker shuttered plants and slashed jobs. But, excluding these cost-cutting measures, results beat Wall Street estimates because of sales growth in emerging markets.Officials said the company's performance exceeded their expectations despite the fact that it faced tough economies in developed markets like the U.S. because of strong growth in places such as China and Brazil.

AUSTIN, Minn. — Hormel Foods' fiscal third-quarter net income climbed 15 percent on solid sales of its grocery items and Jennie-O turkey products as well as strength abroad.The maker of Dinty Moore stew and its namesake meats also lifted its full-year earnings outlook on Thursday due to its quarterly performance.Hormel earned $98.5 million, or 36 cents per share, for the period ended July 31. That's up from $85.4 million, or 32 cents per share, a year earlier.Analysts expected earnings of 34 cents per share.

PORTLAND, Ore. — Oatmeal is the new burger.Burger King, the world's second-largest hamburger chain, added oatmeal to its breakfast menu this week, joining a slew of other chains that have brought the hot cereal out of the cupboard and into restaurants and drive-thrus.Burger King says it is trying to offer customers a healthier breakfast option beyond its sausage croissant sandwiches and French toast dipping sticks. It's also an attempt by the struggling chain to catch up to competitors and boost sagging sales by appealing to customers beyond its base of burger-and-fries fans.“We are definitely looking to broaden our target and our audience,” said Leo Leon, vice president of global innovation for Burger King Corp.