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has been promoted to branch sales manager at Three Rivers Federal Credit Union. Barton will manage the location inside Scott's Food and Pharmacy at the corner of Scott Road and Illinois Road.

National City Bank of Indiana, Northern Indiana Group, announced that was named officer and private banker for the Fort Wayne office. Osborne will be responsible for managing private banking relationships for the Private Client Group, National City's single source solution for financial planning, private banking, trust and investment management for its affluent clients.

The SCORE Association of Fort Wayne elected officers and board members for 2006. Officers are: chairman; , secretary; , treasurer and , staff member at large. Board members are: , , and . SCORE offers experienced business advice free of charge. Call 422-2601 to schedule an appointment.

The Indiana Bar Foundation has selected recipients for its 2005 Presidential, Law-Related Education and Pro Bono Publico Awards: of Burt, Blee, Dixon Sutton and Bloom in Fort Wayne, Presidential Award; and andof Skekloff, Adelsperger and Klevan in Fort Wayne.

Life Care Center of Fort Wayne announces the promotion of , RN, to assistant director of nursing, and has joined as director of housekeeping and laundry services.

Nearly 50 Barnes & Thornburg LLP attorneys are listed in "The Best Lawyers in America," a national guide of leading attorneys in various legal practices. Two attorneys from the Fort Wayne office are , intellectual property law, and , labor and employment law.

was named vice president of business development at Paul I. Cripe Inc., and Jim Sparks was named director of human resources and director of an in-house education system called "Cripe University."

has received the "Agency Hands in the Community" award for his commitment to volunteering in the community. With this award comes a $500 grant from the Allstate Foundation for Hermansky Pudlak Syndrome Network Inc., where Vogt volunteers. Vogt's office is at 5830 E. State Blvd. in Fort Wayne.

Crowe Chizek and Co. LLC, a public accounting and consulting firm, has promoted the following people in its Fort Wayne office, Commercial Services Group: , senior staff; , manager; , senior manager; and , executive.

has become associated with the law firm of Rothberg Logan & Warsco LLP. Lindley's practice areas of interest include general business law and civil litigation.

of Shine & Hardin LLP has been appointed by Gov. Mitch Daniels to serve on the Probate Code Study Commission, and has joined the firm as an associate attorney.

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