IN BRIEF
GIBSONIA — Two communities in the St. Barnabas Health System elected their boards of trustees.
• The Arbors at St. Barnabas elected: William Spell of Marietta, Ga., chairman; Karen Tabacchi of Penn Township, president; Karen Russell of Cranberry Township, secretary; and state Rep. Mike Turzai, R-28th, treasurer.
• Valencia Woods at St. Barnabas elected: Harry G. Austin III of Wexford, chairman; Karent Tabacchi of Penn Township, president; Shelly Jenkins of Ohio Township, secretary; and J. Victor Conrad of Cranberry Township, treasurer.
GIBSONIA — St. Barnabas Charities' Smart Money speaker series will feature Andrew Seibert from NexTier Bank at 2 p.m. Thursday at The Village at St. Barnabas, 5850 Meridian Road.Seibert, vice president and portfolio manager at NexTier Wealth Management, will present "An Economic and Investment Outlook for 2009" about the consequences of government bailouts, the duration of the recession and a prediction of the 2009 stock market.For information, call Allyson Sveda, director of planned giving, at 724-444-5508.
The Butler Eagle is looking for good deeds done by businesses in Butler County.In March, the newspaper will publish its annual Progress edition, which this year will highlight volunteerism in the county. Much of this community spirit comes from businesses.The newspaper wants to spotlight how businesses add to the quality of life here.Please send us information about what donations, no matter how small, your business makes, and also how your employees volunteer to help others.Contact the Eagle:Mail to: "Volunteerism," Butler Eagle, P.O. Box 271, Butler, PA 16003Fax: 724-282-4180E-mail: news@butlereagle.com.The deadline is March 1.
• Dr. Peter Peduzzi of the American Back Center, 103 Bradford Road, suite 100 Stone Wood Commons II in Wexford, was accepted as a member of the Preferred Chiropractic Doctor Program, a national program.
• Butler Memorial Hospital's Cancer Program is one of only seven community hospital cancer programs accredited by the American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer in Western Pennsylvania. The three-year accreditation makes the program one of 75 accredited in the state.• Butler Health System's Public Relations Department and its marketing partner, Fittingroup, won three regional awards by the International Association of Business Communicators Pittsburgh Chapter.BHS-Fittingroup got the award for excellence for its Back and Neck marketing campaign and awards of honor for the BHS Wholehealth marketing campaign and its Butler OB/GYN marketing campaign.
