Business

Metzger named top loan officer by LLCU

Tim Metzger, manager of Land of Lincoln Credit Union in Vandalia has been honored by the credit union.

He was one of three Land of Lincoln employees given High Achiever performance awards for work done in 2010.

Metzger was named top loan officer and employee of the year. Joining him in being recognized by the company were Bethanie Glan (top teller) and Will Nave (top back-office employee).

The Heartland Lions Eye Banks recently recognized Fayette County Hospital for its efforts to promote eye donations.
Because of the hospital staff's efforts, three eye donors provided tissue for three sight-saving corneal transplants during 2010.
Last year, more than 2,800 people suffering from an ocular disease, disorder or injury received a cornea transplant through Heartland Lions Eye Banks.
Those donations are being praised during March, which is National Eye Donor Month.

Several hundred people attended the recent Home and Garden Show, sponsored by the Vandalia Chamber of Commerce, in cooperation with The Leader-Union and WPMB-WKRV radio. In the first photo, Mark Abendroth of R.P. Lumber (right) and one of his window suppliers talk with Diane Torbeck. In the second photo, chamber President Dana Whiteman presents an iPad to Kelvin Stewart of Hillsboro after his name was selected in a drawing for the device. In the third photo, Brian Smith of Behrends Sales & Service of Vandalia shows a customer the mowers he had on display at the show.

A ribbon-cutting ceremony was held on Tuesday at the new home of the Fayette County Health Department at 419 W. Edwards St. in Vandalia. The building, the former home of Leo Brown Lumber, now allows all of the functions of the health department to be housed in one building. FCHD Administrator Rhonda Andrews, fourth from the left in the front row, said that more than 250 people toured the facility. She said that she's excited about the new building "because it allows us to integrate our services like never before."