Earlie Fugate of Paducah has joined West Kentucky Community & Technical College as coordinator/project director of the Workforce Investment Act youth project. She will work with local businesses and industries to identify placement opportunities for economically disadvantaged youth, monitor various grant programs, assist with recruitment, conduct related workshops, mentor at-risk students and teach courses as assigned.
John Davis has joined Cornerstone Information Systems Inc. as Web development manager. Davis has 20 years’ experience, both as a software developer and business owner.
Lyon County native Jeff R. McDaniels was recently named president of Farmers Bank and Trust Co. in Princeton. He succeeds John H. Carner, who retired but continues to serve as Farmers chairman/chief executive officer. McDaniels joined the bank in 2007 as executive vice president and was elected to the board of directors in December.
Dr. Chris King, a neurologist, has joined the medical staff of Murray-Calloway County Hospital. He is a member of the Murray Medical Associates practice in the MCCH Medical Arts Building, 300 S. 8th St., Suite 480 W. King received a medical degree and completed a neurology residency program at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston. Information/appointments: 753-0704.
Dr. Julie Kraus Hideg recently bought Psychological Associates of Paducah Inc at 2204 Kentucky Ave. Therapists of the firm, founded in 1983, offer individual, family and group therapy sessions depending on problems and needs. They also do various evaluations and assessments including those that may be court-ordered or requested by a physician. Information/appointments: 442-8785.
Grant Chastain recently joined Federal Materials Co. as warehouse manager. He previously managed a products store for Metro Ready Mix in Hendersonville, Tenn.
Triangle Enterprises has promoted Jack Brockman to vice president of field operations and Kent Buchanan to vice president of estimating and support services. Brockman joined Triangle in 1979. Buchanan joined Triangle in 1983 as an estimator/engineer and most recently served as senior estimator.
Dennis Clark of Graves County will serve a second term as vice chairman of the Kentucky Soybean Promotion Board. Clark has served nine years on the Kentucky Soybean Association Board and is state representative to the National Biodiesel Board.
Rhonda Johnson, local unit manager for lia sophia fashion jewelry, has been promoted to division manager.
Mark Joyner, local vice president/financial consultant for U.S. Bancorp, is one of 89 people to receive the 2007 Five Star Elite President’s Club Recognition Award. The honor denotes top ranking for sales in their district, leadership qualities and dedication to clients.
Swift & Staley Mechanical Contractors is the U.S. Department of Energy’s Small Business HUBZone Contractor of the Year because of its safe, cost-efficient work at the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant. Patricia and Bill Holsapple own the Paducah firm, whose work ranges from roads and grounds maintenance to records management. DOE said Swift & Staley documented cost savings of about $350,000 in fiscal 2007 and $528,300 over the life of its contract. The firm also worked with West Kentucky Community & Technical College to arrange leadership, advisory and skills training for employees, and saved the government about $23,000 by securing a state grant to pay for 75 percent of the costs. Swift & Staley and the college also are developing an industrial maintenance curriculum to provide workers the high skills needed once the plant is decommissioned in 10 to 20 years.
Haselwood Enterprises Inc. is DOE’s Small Business of the Year. Based at Oak Ridge, Tenn., HEI has supported more than 11 DOE locations, providing services in areas of nuclear materials management, project support, environmental management and safeguards and security support. The company has offices in Paducah, Lexington and Waverly, Ohio.
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., which has a plant in Union City, Tenn., has been named one of America’s most respected companies by the Reputation Institute and Forbes magazine. Goodyear, the only tire company on the top-75 list, ranked 16th among companies with the best reputations on the magazine’s third annual listing released on www.forbes.com.
Air Evac Lifeteam, operated by Air Evac EMS Inc. of West Plains, Mo., with a base in Marion, Ill., has become the world’s largest medical transport program under one name to receive accreditation from the Commission on Accreditation of Medical Transport Services. All 69 Air Evac Lifeteam bases open prior to May 2008 are accredited and three recently opened bases are scheduled for review. The accreditation process focused on patient care, safety standards, quality improvement activities, education, equipment, staffing, communications, maintenance and administration.
Dan Thacher of Florence and Hutcheson Inc. has been elected secretary of the American Council of Engineering Companies. The Frankfort-based council represents the state’s consulting engineering firms. Members are licensed to practice professional engineering or land surveying.
Martha Lou Steinbeck, office services manager for Vulcan Construction Materials’ Grand Rivers Quarry, is the Paducah-Kentucky Lake Chapter of International Association of Administrative Professionals’ Boss of the Year for 2008-2009. Steinbeck was nominated by her administrative assistant, Gloria Stewart, and chosen by an independent panel of three judges. Steinbeck was deemed an avid supporter by encouraging her assistant’s participation in the 40,000-member organization.
Former Murray resident Robert Weatherly has been promoted to director of sports performance at Velocity in Memphis, Tenn. Weatherly joined Velocity in 2004. He previously served as exercise specialist at the Murray-Calloway County Hospital Center for Health and Wellness and as assistant strength coach at Murray State University.
William J. “Bill” Butler and Dennis W. Smith have been named to the board of directors for Community Financial Services Inc. and Community Financial Services Bank Inc. at Benton. Butler is chairman of the Marshall County Riverport Authority and the Marshall County Economic Development. Smith is owner of the Pinnacle Inc. construction company.
Jeremy White, certified public accountant with Blythe, White & Associates, was quoted in the June 23 edition of U.S. News and World Report magazine. White’s reference to a book he co-authored, “Splitting Heirs,” was in a retirement guide article.
Benny T. Goheen was honored upon his recent retirement after 18 years on the boards of directors for Community Financial Services Inc. (successor of Benton Bancorp Inc.) and Community Financial Services Bank Inc. (successor of Bank of Benton).
Jackson Purchase Energy Corp. customers have elected incumbents Lee Bearden, District 3, Wayne Elliott, District 7, and Jack S. Marshall, District 8; and new member Erick Harris, District 6, to four-year terms on the board of directors. The board re-elected Gary Joiner as chairman; Marshall, vice chairman; and Elliott, secretary/treasurer. John Walker was named representative to the board of the Kentucky Association of Electric Cooperatives.
John Halsell, local financial adviser for Wachovia Securities, has been named vice president-investments for the St. Louis-based national brokerage firm. Halsell has served seven years with A.G. Edwards/Wachovia Securities.
Carla Minks has joined Performance Learning Systems Inc., at Cadiz as marketing director. She is responsible for creating a marketing strategy that supports the educational services company’s corporate communications and e-marketing initiatives.
Former Paducah resident James E. “Jay” Dortch of Louisville was named to the CureSearch National Childhood Cancer Foundation’s board of trustees recently in Washington, D.C. Dortch is majority owner/managing partner of Financial Strategies Group in Louisville and serves on Kosair Children’s Hospital’s family advisory council and leadership cabinet.
Local financial advisor Heath F. Bowling has received the Edward D. Jones Sr. Memorial Award, based on sales and service over the past year.
Bud Qualk, local vice president of Regions Bank, has received the Better Life Award, the bank’s top honor for commitment to the community. The award is presented, based on nominations from managers and peers. His community service includes membership in the Paducah Rotary, Business Network International, Paducah Area Chamber of Commerce and the Mayfield Art Guild board of directors. He also serves as chairman of the Mayfield Tree Board and hosts a weekly television show, “Master Gardener,” produced at West Kentucky Community & Technical College.
