Posted August 31, 2017 at 04:00 PM | Updated August 31, 2017 at 04:03 PM
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Trade Talk
Trade Talk showcases the businesses in the midstate and the people who make them work. From companies who make iconic products to the small family businesses and everyone in between, we have a little bit of everything in the midstate. Midstate companies keep the economy moving, people working and communities thriving throughout the midstate.
You can find business news from around the midstate at www.pennlive.com/business.
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Randy Lerew was named store manager at Gish’s Furniture’s Hampden Township location. Lerew is a long-time veteran in local furniture sales, with a work history that includes ownership of the former family-run Lerew’s Furniture, and stints at Good’s Furniture, NB Liebman Furniture and, most recently, Wolf Furniture, where he worked for the last 15 years.
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Debra A. Jakubic of Mechanicsburg was named administrator of the Susquehanna Chorale, an adult chamber choir. Previously, Jakubic worked for the Pennsylvania State Education Association for 24 years. Her most recent role was field manager for the Field Division. Prior to that, she worked as a business agent for the Service Employee’s International Union as well as the director of education for the International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union, where she provided training and education for members throughout New England. Founded in 1981, the Susquehanna Chorale has been ensemble-in-residence at Messiah College since 2009.
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Doug Corl has joined the Cumberland Valley (Chambersburg) office of AgChoice Farm Credit as a loan officer serving agricultural borrowers in Cumberland, Franklin and Fulton counties. Corl has more than 30 years of lending experience in central Pa. His prior roles included agricultural lending, mortgage origination, branch management, loan program and policy development, compliance and training. He grew up on a crop, beef, swine and vegetable farm in Centre county.