IN BRIEF
ZELIENOPLE — The Butler County Tourism and Convention Bureau has a new board chairman.
Rodney Schaffer has replaced former chair Jackie Gillespie-Ralston, who resigned her post this month after taking a new job in Pittsburgh.
Gillespie-Ralston, who represented the county's hotel industry on the board, will name her own replacement to the board, according to tourism officials.
Schaffer was vice chair under Gillespie-Ralston and has been on the board of directors since 2009.
He will serve in the new position until October when the board elects new officers.
Schaffer, who is the director of technical services at the Con Yeager Spice Co., represents the tourism bureau's agriculture tourism group.
Each person on the 12-member board represents different facets of the tourism industry, and they meet once a month to guide the tourism bureau.
Quality Life Services recently announced that Katie Wade was appointed director of clinical services.In this role, Wade will provide oversight of the company's Web-based information system used to electronically document medical care provided to the residents of its nine senior living communities in Western Pennsylvania. She also will ensure staff members are trained on the system and follow all clinical functions in compliance with state and federal regulations.Headquartered in Butler, QLS is a family-owned business that provides health care services for nearly 1,500 residents.
CRANBERRY TWP — Farmers National Bank of Emlenton announced that Renee K. Foust has been promoted to assistant vice president, branch manager.Foust will continue as branch manager of the Cranberry Township location, which is to open early this year. That will be the bank's 15th office.She lives with her family in Butler.
BUTLER TWP — The Butler County Community College Education Foundation has received a gift of $5,000 from The Farmers National Bank of Emlenton.In addition to this gift, Farmers has made other gifts to the BC3 foundation through the Pennsylvania Educational Improvement Tax Credit program. In 2013, Farmers provided an EITC gift of $15,000 for BC3's College within the High School and the BC3 Center for Economic Education programs.
ATLANTA — UPS said the rough holiday shipping season means its fourth-quarter profit will be smaller than expected.The package courier said on Friday that it dealt with a “an unprecedented level of online shopping that included a surge of last-minute orders.” Online shopping is good for UPS, but those last-minute orders snarled its system.Bad weather last month also hurt results.
