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Dr. Mark Osterloh, a retinal specialist, has joined the surgical eye care team at ClearVision. He performed his residency in Cleveland, Ohio, and retinal fellowship at the University of Tennessee.

Dr. Sara S. Batya has joined the Oregon Neurology Associates practice in Springfield. She completed her neurology residency and movement disorder fellowship at Stanford University, after attending medical school at Tulane University.

Dr. Karen Crocker-Wensel, has joined Drs. Tim and Elaine Mitchell at Willamette Valley Psychiatric Medicine after 10 years of practice with PeaceHealth Medical Group.

Charles Applegate has been named branch sales manager for the sales office of Bankers Life and Casualty Company in Eugene. Prior to joining Bankers, he was a regional vice president with Life Policies of America.

Dr. Joanna Gervais has taken over as optometrist on site at Custom Eyes in Springfield, following the retirement of Dr. Gerald Cates. Gervais has worked in the office for the past year and a half.

Andrew Kittel has been hired as business development director for Eugene's Silke Communications, a western Oregon provider of wireless radio solutions and communication tower services. Kittel has more than 20 years in the wireless industry. He will oversee Silke's sales and customer service efforts, and develop its outreach to customers seeking spectrum and related services.

Jeanne Suzanne Wundrow of Cottage Grove has achieved the status of independent sales director for Mary Kay Inc. Kudos

Eugene architects won several awards in the Southwestern Oregon and Southern Oregon Chapters of the American Institute of Architects (AIA) Design Awards Program. Award winners were: Pivot Architecture of Eugene, AIA Innovation Award for the State Office Building Remodel, AIA Merit Award for Bus Rapid Transit EmX Stations; Rowell Brokaw Architects of Eugene, AIA Citation Award for Crescent Village (Village East & Village West), AIA Citation Award for Arlie & Company Corporate Offices, AIA Merit Award for LTD Gateway Station; Fifield Architecture & Urban Design of Eugene, AIA Merit Award for Minimal Live/Work Studio; Poticha Architects of Eugene, AIA Honor Award for Richard E. Wildish Community Theater; Robertson/Sherwood/Architects of Eugene in association with Mahlum Architecture of Seattle, AIA Honor Award for Springfield Prototype Schools (Maple and Thurston).

Kathy Kifer, of Kifer Graphics, won first place for "Best Informational Graphic" in the annual media competition of the International Labor Communications Association. The graphic illustrated the amount of electricity generated by alternative power sources.

Sacred Heart Medical Center has received a "Consumer Choice Award" in an annual contest sponsored by the National Research Corporation. The awards identify hospitals that health care consumers have chosen as having the highest quality and image in more than 300 markets throughout the United States.

The Lane County Board of Commissioners have recognized eight recipients of this year's Trashbuster Awards: Knickernappies, product manufacturer award; Peterson Machinery's employee driven waste-reduction, private business award; Anne Lkasik, master recycler and zero waste coordinator for two banquets hosted by BRING Recycling, special event award; Rick Tromel, individual award; Lane Community College Center for Meeting and Learning, restaurant/food service award; NextStep Recycling, nonprofit award; Robyn Hathcock, recycling coordinator for University of Oregon Housing, school program award; and Ruth Koenig, lifetime achievement award.

The Home Instead Senior Care office serving Lane County was named 2009 National Champion Employer by Experience Works, the nation's largest nonprofit training and employment organization for older workers.

University of Oregon biology professor Joe Thornton, won the 2009 Richard T. Jones New Investigator Award from the Medical Research Foundation of the Oregon Health & Science University Foundation. Thornton recently received international attention for a study about forward-only evolution.

The OHSU Foundation presented UO emeritus president Dave Frohnmayer and his wife, Lynn Frohnmayer, a Mentor Award for outstanding leadership in support or development of health research, education or the advancement of health care. The Frohnmayers founded the Fanconi Anemia Research Fund.

Barbara Newman has been named 2009 Woman of the Year by the Women's Business Network in Eugene. Newman is a mortgage loan officer at Siuslaw Mortgage.

The Women's Business Network has chosen its new board of directors: president, Barbara Newman; vice president, Ellen Chace; secretary and newsletter editor, Joyden Pendowski; treasurer, Donna Hill; arrangements, Danielle Gelilish; greeter, Marilyn Rice; membership, Megan Miller; web editor, Karen Rainsong; networking, Jeannie Marr; programs, Susie Piper; public relations, Pat Rollins; special events, Kari Brown; past president, Lou Panni; Donna Freshman award, Emily Evans.

Mary-Minn Sirag, president of KindTree Productions, Inc. "Autism Rocks," has been appointed to the Oregon Commission on Autism Spectrum Disorder Subcommittee on Community Services to Adults with ASD.

Open for Business

Thunderbird Market, a modified convenience store (no malt liquors, and corked-only wines) has opened at 99 West Broadway in Eugene, Suite C. The store is open from noon to 2:30 a.m. daily.

F.Y.I.

The Daily Bagel, at 4770 Village Plaza Loop in Eugene, has been purchased by Srithip Sresthaphunlarp, and is now managed by Jennifer Williams. The two women moved to Eugene with their families this summer. The Daily Bagel offers bagels, breakfast and deli sandwiches, pastries and desserts as well as smoothies, vegetarian entrees, salads, soups, and gourmet coffee.

Glen Gibbons and Eliza Schmidkunz, owners of Inside GNSS magazine, are expanding their four-year-old Eugene-based publication on GPS and related technologies. Beginning January 2010, they will publish eight annual print issues plus an e-newsletter and digital edition. In October, Richard Fischer joined the company as director of sales and business development. Fischer was most recently a vice president and general manager at Advanstar Communications, an international business information firm that maintained a regional office in Eugene until 2003.

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