Business

Another year, another piece of national recognition for Masonic Home of Shelbyville.

For the third consecutive year, Masonic received a 5-star ranking from U.S. News & World Report’s Best Nursing Homes.

U.S. News & World Report bases its evaluation on data from Nursing Home Compare, a Web site run by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the government agency that establishes and enforces standards for nursing homes.

SCHS grad promoted to

district-wide role with UPS

Kelly Wilson, a 2004 graduate of Shelby County High School, will be the new district communications supervisor for the United Parcel Service’s plains district, which covers Iowa, Kansas, Arkansas and Missouri.

Chances are, you will be buying at least one box of chocolates for a loved one this Valentine’s Day.

The only question is, how likely is it that it will be a Whitman’s Sampler?

Very likely, according to Russell Stover, the company that makes the sampler.

WWW.russellstover.comreports that the sampler, an assortment of the company’s best-selling chocolates, became the nation’s best-selling box of chocolates in 1915, a position its officials say it still holds today.

Shelby County Life names new editor/publisher
Shelby County Life announced Wednesday that Stephanie Doyle of Simpsonville will assume duties as the magazine’s editor and publisher.
“We were looking for that special person that not only possesses great skills as an editor and publisher but also understands community and small-town America. We think we have found that person in Stephanie,” said Pat Hargadon, chairman of the group that owns the magazine.