Kelly

Kellie Kelly, R.N., has been named administrator for the department of General Medicine and the Home Care Department at St. Barnabas Medical Center.

She has been a nurse with St. Barnabas for 15 years and most recently was the administrator of The Arbors at St. Barnabas, an assisted living facility. She also has served as director of nursing, assistant administrator at St. Barnabas Nursing Home and Valencia Woods.

Kelly earned her nursing degree from Regents College in Albany, N.Y., and her bachelor's in nursing from Waynesburg College.

She and her husband, Kirk, live in Butler with their son.

PITTSBURGH — Michael Moreland, who once served at the Butler Veterans Affairs Medical Center, has been appointed director of the VA Stars & Stripes Network-Veterans Integrated Services Network 4.This network oversees VA facilities in Pennsylvania and Delaware, and portions of West Virginia, New Jersey, Ohio and New York.Moreland was director of the Butler VA Medical Center from August 1997 to June 2000, when he was named director of the VA Pittsburgh Health Care System.VISN4 is composed of 10 medical centers and 40 outpatients clinics.Moreland will direct operations, finances and clinical programs in his new position.

CRANBERRY TWP — Dr. Gina Agostino and Dr. Anthony Manes of Complete Chiropractic Health had a coat drive for teens in December.They donated first-visit services, valued up to $150, to patients in exchange for a donation of a new or used coat for a teen. The coats went to Glade Run Lutheran Services in Zelienople.

HERSHEY — Butler Memorial Hospital, which had been named one of the top 100 best places to work in Pennsylvania, was ranked fourth best overall at an awards dinner in Hershey.The "Best Places to Work" award is a public-private partnership of the Team Pennsylvania Foundation, the state Department of Community And Economic Development, the Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry, and the Central Penn Business Journal. It was created in 2000.BMHis the fourth best in the large-size employer category with at least 251 or more employees. BMHhas more than 1,800 employees.Ken DeFurio, BMH's interim president and CEO, said members of the hospital are honored by the award.

SAN FRANCISCO — After more than seven decades of studying, stalking and ultimately clobbering U.S. rival General Motors, Toyota said Friday that it is on track to snatch away the world's-biggest automaker crown next year.Unless GM gives its production plans a boost from this year's 9.18 million vehicles, Toyota's projection of 9.42 million vehicles in 2007 will mark an end to a race whose outcome has appeared inevitable for years now, accompanied by endless hand-wringing over the decline of the once-mighty U.S. auto industry."It's not surprising at all. When it comes to automobiles, consumers want the best quality at an affordable price with good gas mileage," said Arrowhead Asset Management's Rocky Boschert, who counts Toyota and Honda among his clients' investments."In America, GM and Ford have been dragging their feet about fuel efficiency for years, hoping their ads appealing to size, comfort and patriotism will prevail," he added.Toyota surpassed Ford for the worldwide No. 2 spot back in 2003, and reportedly Ford already has conceded its place behind GM, a position it's held since the late 1920s, to Toyota in the United States for 2007.

<B>C. Edwin (Ed) Shields</B>, owner of Ed Shields Realtor, with offices in Butler, Cranberry Township, Sarver, Slippery Rock and Eau Claire, has been named "Realtor Emeritis" by the National Association of Realtors for his 40 years of service in the real estate profession. He is a past president of the Butler County Realtors Association and vice president of the state association. He also teaches real estate at Butler County Community College.———<B>Adam Milasincic</B> of Butler has been hired as communications director by the Realtors Association of Metropolitan Pittsburgh. Milasincic has a journalism degree from Kent State University, and is the son of Karen and Eric Milasincic of Butler and grandson of Alice Watts of West Sunbury.

<B>The Armstrong County Chamber of Commerce</B> is taking nominations for the 2006 Volunteer Citizen of the Year until Jan. 12. Recognition goes to non-paid volunteer services, and those making the nominations are to provide a brief statement about their nominee and why they deserve the award. Call 724-543-1305 for information.