On the Record / October 28, 2009
Published: October 28, 2009, 12:30 am
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Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center named Dr. Michael and Dana Stoffman and Bobby and Sheila DiFrancesco co-chairmen of the 2010 Premier, the annual black-tie dinner and entertainment gala. Stoffman is a neurosurgeon with the Brain and Spine Center and a member of the hospital’s medical staff. DiFrancesco is the principal of Niagara Catholic High School. The Premier will be held Jan. 16 in the Seneca Niagara Casino& Hotel, 310 Fourth St., Niagara Falls.
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Toastmasters District 65 named Jill Kelly, co-founder of the Hunter’s Hope Foundation, and Chris Collins, Erie County executive, recipients of the 2009 Communication and Leadership Award. The award will be presented at a luncheon at noon Nov. 7 in the Event Center at Seneca Niagara Casino&Hotel in Niagara Falls.
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Burden, Gulisano and Hickey attorney Philip M.Gulisano recently spoke at the annual conference of the Canadian Transport Lawyers Association in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ont., on the issue of cross-border freight claims and personal-injury cases.
Company items
Tops Friendly Markets, an Amherst-based grocery retailer, was selected to receive an award from the New York State Education Department’s Office of Vocational and Educational Services for Individuals with Disabilities for hiring people with disabilities. Tops Markets was selected as a local employer who has enabled people with disabilities to become members of the local community work force. The company’s East Aurora store, located at 65 Gray St., was specifically selected to accept the award.
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Vidler’s 5&10 in East Aurora was selected by Casual Lane Rustics as its Western New York retail outlet for Mountain Troll Candles, an all-natural line of soy wax poured heritage candles. The candles burn clean for 35 to 50 hours.
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Frontrunner Network Systems, a Rochester-based business-to-business provider of voice, data and video equipment and services with locations in Buffalo, Syracuse, Plattsburgh, Albany and Chicago, was acquired by Williams Communications.
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OtherWisz Creative Corp., a graphic design and advertising firm, located at 252 Lexington Ave., launched WiszStart, a new company division that caters exclusively to small businesses and start-ups. Offering identity, online and print promotional packages, the company Web site can be found at www.YourNew-Brand.com.
Patents
Title: “Inflatable nuclear prosthesis” No.: 7,597,714 Inventors: Suddaby; Loubert (Orchard Park) Date issued: Oct. 6, 2009
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Title: “Operating room smoke evacuator with integrated vacuum motor and filter” No.: 7,597,731 Inventors: Palmerton, Christopher A. (Clarence); Palmerton, Daniel (Amherst); Dean, Robert O. (Tonawanda); Kajdas, Jay T. (Getzville); Moehlau, Earnest (Amherst) Assignee: Medtek Devices (Amherst) Date issued: Oct. 6, 2009
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