On the Record / November 18, 2008
Hires/Promotions/ Honors
The American Cancer Society named Dr. Thomas Foels of Williamsville to its Eastern Division board of directors. Dr. Foels, who serves as director of Practice Management at Independent Health, will oversee the organization’s mission in New York and New Jersey.
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Five Star Bank appointed Teresa Eddy Attica branch manager and assistant vice president. With the bank since 1997, Eddy served as assistant branch manager at the Attica location for the past three years.
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Forestream Dental Group’s Dr. Larry Evola earned the designation of Fellow from LVI Global for successfully completing a series of studies and a comprehensive exam on the clinical skills and knowledge necessary to provide comprehensive aesthetic treatment for dental patients.
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Hiscock and Barclay partner and chair of the firm’s Regulatory Practice Area George Pond recently moderated a discussion at the Tenth Annual Institute on Public Utility Law, presented by the New York State Bar Association’s Committee on Public Utility Law.
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The BNI-Circle of Excellence Chapter founding member Jim Hoffman of Hunt Real Estate closed on his 1,000 real estate transaction in October. A real estate agent for 24 years, Hoffman has been honored by Hunt Real Estate as one of its top 10 agents since 1996.
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CIC Benefits Group, appointed Deborah J. Price a consultant. Price has more than 10 years of human resources experience, most recently at Greatbatch Inc.
Company items
Picone Construction Corp. recently completed the youth center renovation project, Ground Zero, for Eastern Hills Wesleyan Church and was awarded the general construction contract for the renovation of the church’s administrative and preschool office area. The project is expected to be completed by the end of this year.
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Upstate Niagara Cooperative recently introduced its newest Bison Dip flavor, Creamy Dill. The Bison Dip family induces French Onion, Reduced Fat French Onion, Creamy Ranch and Southwestern Chipotle.
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Western New York Dental Group celebrated the grand opening of its newest dental office location at 2290 Delaware Ave., Suite 300 where Drs. Steven Braunstein, Fred Archer, Elizabeth May and Amy Dawli and staff provides family, cosmetic and specialty dentistry. The dental practice has 13 offices in the Buffalo area as well as two locations in Rochester.
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Collignon/Jarosz Photography, located at 463 Amherst St., in association with The Martin Group and Tuxedo Junction recently completed all still location and studio photography for the Tuxedo Junction 2009 wholesale and retail catalogs. All photography locations were in Buffalo and North Tonawanda.
Contributing
The University at Buffalo was awarded $50,000 by the Invitrogen Foundation of Carlsbad, Calif., to support marketing and outreach efforts for UB’s iSci: Career Pathways in the Life Sciences program. The iSci program, created in 2007, increases awareness oflocal life sciences job opportunities in Western New York and createsnew training programs at UB’s Educational Opportunity Center and- Millard Fillmore College to prepare individuals for careers in locallife science companies and institutions.
Patents
Title: “Method of controlling liquid production utilizing an expert system controller” No.: 7,448,230 Inventors: Esposito, William Randy (Amherst); Megan, Lawrence (East Amherst) Assignee: Praxair Technology (Danbury, Conn.) Date issued: Nov. 11, 2008
