Lancaster Country Club appointed Scott Metzger president of the 2010 board of directors. Metzger is president of Payroll Processing. Other officers: vice president, Patrick Logue, Dunn Tire; treasurer, Henry Bourg, Air System Products; and secretary, Edward Stanek, retired, National Fuel customer service.

Mount St. Mary’s Hospital and Health Center in Lewiston named registered nurses William Paul a full-time nursing supervisor and Sabrina Kolometz part-time nursing supervisor. Paul previously served as the manager of the hospital’s fifth floor Telemetry Unit. He is also a clinical instructor at Niagara County Community College. Kolometz previously served as the director of nursing at the Our Lady of Peace Nursing Care Residence.

Company items

The Grand Island Chamber of Commerce and Town Board members recently celebrated the opening of two new businesses: GI—Connections, a computer sales and service business owned by Ron Stipp and Tom Geblein, and The Cutting Room Hair Salon, owned by Laurie Masters. Both business are located at 1741 Baseline Road. Also, the Chamber welcomed Sarah Contrino, sales and marketing representative for Ryan Homes, with a ribbon-cutting event to mark the completion of the first stage of the company’s Waterford Park subdivision located off East River Road.

The law firm Hiscock&Barclay received the Barry Gold Law Firm Leadership Award from The Legal Project at its 14th annual Pro Bono Reception in Albany recently in recognition of the firm’s leadership in developing its comprehensive pro bono policy.

Twenty-six partners with the Buffalo office of Phillips Lytle were named by New York State Super Lawyers magazine, Upstate Edition, as being among the top attorneys in New York State for 2009. Thirty-four attorneys across the firm’s Buffalo, Jamestown, Rochester and Albany offices were recognized this year by Super Lawyers magazine.

The PCA Group, a Buffalo information technology consulting firm, designed a new Web site for Murak& Associates Turnaround Performance Specialists.

Contributing

Customers and associates of The Bon-Ton Stores donated approximately 5.2 million gently used clothing and home textile items during its semi-annual Goodwill Sale event, held Sept. 16 through 30. The Bon- Ton Stores, comprising Bon-Ton, Bergner’s, Boston Store, Carson Pirie Scott, Elder-Beerman, Herberger’s, Younkers and Parisian stores, received donations at its 279 stores. Goodwill will sell the donations in the communities where they were collected, and the revenues, expected to generate $12 million to $15 million, will go to support job training to assist individuals in achieving economic stability.

Patents

Title: “Protein imprinted polymers with integrated emission sites” No.: 7,598,087 Inventors: Bright, Frank V. (Williamsville) Assignee: The Research Foundation of State University of New York (Amherst) Date issued: Oct. 6, 2009

Title: “Fusion-cast refractory with high electrical resistivity” No.: 7,598,195 Inventors: Gupta, Amul (Jamestown); Winder, Stephen M. (Grand Island) Assignee: Refractory Intellectual Property GmbH&Co. KG(Vienna, Austria) Date issued: Oct. 6, 2009