IN BRIEF
Attorney Ray Conlon of the law firm Conlon Tarker, P.C., in Butler was recently named in the 21st Edition of The Best Lawyers in America in the practice area of plaintiff's personal injury litigation.
In addition, this same publication named Conlon as one of the top 50 attorneys in Pittsburgh. He has received this honor every year since 2011.
Earlier this year, Conlon once again was named as a Pennsylvania Super Lawyer, an honor he has consistently received since 2007.
The Super Lawyer designation is awarded to just 5 percent of practicing attorneys.
Locally, Conlon is president of the Knoch Knights Legacies Foundation.
KITTANNING — Allegheny Mineral said that its Worthington operation has been recognized by the National Stone, Sand and Gravel Association with its 2013 Community Relations Award.The annual award recognizes aggregate producers whose community involvement demonstrates that an aggregate operation is an asset in any community and the people who work there are good neighbors and responsible corporate citizens.Allegheny Mineral, a subsidiary of Snyder Associated Companies, specializes in manufacturing and supplying high calcium limestone products for road construction, power generation, land development, the building industry, oil and gas drilling, water treatment and steel manufacturing.The company has more than 200 employees and eight quarries in Western Pennsylvania.
GIBSONIA — St. Barnabas Health System has hired Jerome Jocuns as director of food and beverage and catering services for St. Barnabas Communities.Jocuns joins St. Barnabas after working with Sheraton and Marriott hotels.He earned a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Pittsburgh.After being a restaurant owner on Pittsburgh's South Side, he moved into management training roles with several companies.He most recently worked in executive management roles for Four Points by Sheraton.Jerome, his wife Dina of 25 years and their three children live in Mars.
The Highmark Foundation has given more than $300,000 to schools in Western Pennsylvania to fund obesity and bully prevention programs, including four schools in Butler County.Butler Catholic School received $5,000 for its Walk 10,000 Program. Holy Sepulcher School received $5,000 for a physical activity program.The Seneca Valley School District received $10,000 to fund its Olweus Bullying Prevention Program, and the South Butler School District received $5,000 to fund a bullying prevention program at the elementary school level.Schools in West Virginia and central Pennsylvania also received grant money totaling more than $430,000 in grants from the Highmark Foundation.
A new frozen yogurt shop is looking to add a classic look to Butler's Main Street.Don and Sherry Paul, owner's of Don Paul's Jewelers, are set to open Morgyn's Frozen Yogurt and Treats on Wednesday.The shop is named after the couple's 9-year-old daughter, Morgyn, who is a big fan of the frozen treat.“She can't wait,” said Don Paul. “She loves frozen yogurt.”The shop at 152 N. Main St. is the second of two previously vacant storefronts next to the jewelry store that the Pauls have renovated. The Heavenly Hookah Lounge was the first.Paul said the yogurt shop, which is to be open every day, will have eight employees.“We wanted to create some jobs and add another place on Main Street,” Paul said. “That's what the city needs, and we want to do what we can for the area.”It will be modeled after a 1930s ice cream parlor, complete with a tin ceiling and vintage Edison light bulbs.
The Community Development Corporation of Butler County on Oct. 3 will relocate its office to 112 Hollywood Drive, Suite 102, Butler, from its current office at 111 Woody Drive.The move is being made to make room for an American Renal Associates facility, which was made possible by a zoning change by Butler City Council.Renovations to the 111 Woody Drive office will begin shortly.Ken Raybuck, executive director of the CDC, said in a news release, “We did not plan on relocating our offices so soon after our last move two years ago, but the building at 111 Woody Drive provided ARA with the amount of space they needed, and it was also in a location that provides them with access to other medical facilities in the event of an emergency does occur.”The CDC offers many services to businesses, including site location.The ARA has about 100 dialysis facilities in 19 states and the District of Columbia.
