Business briefs: First Federal interim CEO, patents, food drives
First Federal Community Bank announces Jeff Urban as interim president & CEO
The Community Investors Bancorp, Inc. and First Federal Community Bank Board of Directors have named Jeffrey K. Urban its interim president & CEO effective Nov. 21. Urban, having served as a senior vice president with the First Federal Community Bank for the past 19 years, brings a wealth of leadership experience and a passion for the organization. He succeeds Bradley Murtiff who resigned.
Prior to joining First Federal Community Bank 19 years ago, Urban held executive positions at other financial institutions throughout the state of Ohio as well as serving as chairman, president and CEO of Bank One in Mansfield. He has 18½ years of previous experience as a CEO with an affiliate of Huntington Bank in Woodville, Ohio, as well as three affiliates of Bank One in Circleville, Coshocton and Mansfield.
Urban earned a masters degree in public administration and finance and a BA degree in public administration and economics from Ohio University.
Patents awarded to local inventors
WASHINGTON — The following federal patents were awarded to two Richland County inventors:
● Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG, Herzogenaurach, Germany, has been assigned a patent developed by three Ohio inventors, including John Ramsey of Mansfield, for P1 hybrid module. Ramsey is also listed as co-inventor for a patent assigned to Schaeffler Technologies for an oil spray tube with poppet valve.
● Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG, Herzogenaurach, Germany has been assigned a patent developed by four inventors, including John Ramsey, Mansfield, for a rotor carrier connection.
● Beehive Industries LLC of Englewood, Colorado, has been assigned a patent developed by three inventors, including William R. Buckley, Jr., of Butler, for a powder spreading apparatus and system.
The Phoenix Brewing Company collecting food donations
The Phoenix Brewing Company, 131 N. Diamond St. in Mansfield, is accepting donations of canned goods through Dec. 18 to help fill local pantry shelves for families in need. Donations should not be expired or out of date. Guests are encouraged to consider items canned items such as vegetables, dry goods such as pasta, and items in glass jars such as spaghetti sauce.
For every donation, guests can enter their name in a raffle to win a holiday basket from the Phoenix that will be drawn Dec. 19.
For more information, visit phoenixbrewing.com.
Farm Credit Mid-America, Rural 1st contest collects more than 169,000 pounds of food for local food banks
NORWALK — Farm Credit Mid-America and Rural 1st announced the winners of the second installment of the Fight the Hunger Stock the Trailer Contest. Junior county fair boards from 55 Ohio counties gathered 169,456 pounds of food for 73 food banks over the course of fair season. The Fight the Hunger, Stock the Trailer Contest is hosted on a regional basis, award money goes directly to Junior Fair Activities.
In the Northeast Ohio Region, county junior fair boards from Ashland, Ashtabula, Carroll, Columbiana, Erie, Geauga, Huron, Jefferson, Lake, Lorain, Mahoning, Medina, Morrow, Portage, Richland, Stark, Trumbull and Wayne collected food during their respective fairs. This year, Lorain County came in first place collecting 13,480 pounds of food. In second place collecting 4,920 pounds of food is Ashland County and coming in third is Huron County, with 4,160 pounds of food.
Prizes include a $500 award for each county fair that participates, followed by a $5,000 donation to the fair that raises the most food, followed by $3,500 for second place and $1,500 for third place within each respective region. In total, Farm Credit Mid-America and Rural 1st awarded more than $60,000 to junior fairs.
This article originally appeared on Mansfield News Journal: First Federal names interim CEO, local inventors awarded patents
