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Thurman Thomas Sports Training recently celebrated the grand opening of the new Eastern Hills Mall location. The facility features high-tech training equipment, including Keiserpneumatic training equipment, Vertimax launching pad, MVP Power Shuttle, Hammer Smith power racks life fitness selectorized equipment and more. Personalized fitness programs, corporate wellness programs and corporate partnerships are also available.

Block Club Creative, a boutique Buffalo-based creative firm, completed a redesigned suite of marketing collateral for The Waxing Studio, a local provider of eyebrow waxing, organic facials and massage therapy located at 8500 Roll Road, Clarence Center.

The winners of the Batavia Business Improvement District Holiday Window Contest are: First prize, Valle Jewelers, 21 Jackson St.; second prize, Adam Miller Toy and Bike, 8 Center St.; and third prize, Spa At Artemis, 206 E. Main St. Honorable Mentions: C. L. Carr/Mistler Building, 105-107 Main St.; Continental School of Beauty, 215 E. Main St.; Floral Fantasies, 68 Jackson St.; and WBTA Radio, 113 Main St.

The law firm Jaeckle Fleischmann and Mugel was awarded the first Corporate Partner Award by the Buffalo Philharmonic in recognition of contributions the firm and its attorneys have made to the orchestra.

Kirisits and Associates, CPAs, located in Buffalo, has passed the peer review program required by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. The firm received the highest rating that can be attained. It is the fourth consecutive peer review in which the accounting firm has earned the highest distinction.

University Occupational Health, a division of University Emergency Medical Services, recently partnered with Fit Test USA to provide online medical clearances for employees required to wear respirators while in the workplace.

Patents

Title: “Self-adhesive purge dam for retaining purge gas around a weld zone” No.: 7,632,556 Inventors: Hacikyan, Michael (Amherst) Date issued: Dec. 15, 2009

Title: “Micronized wood preservative formulations comprising copper and zinc” No.: 7,632,567 Inventors: Zhang, Jun (Getzville); Zhang, Wenjin (Tonawanda) Assignee: Osmose Inc. (Buffalo) Date issued: Dec. 15, 2009

Title: “Apparatus and method for measuring precipitation” No.: 7,633,398 Inventors: DuFaux, Douglas Paul (Orchard Park); Higgins, John Paul (Weddington, N. C.) Assignee: Noonan Technologies (Summerville, S. C.) Date issued: Dec. 15, 2009