People In Business
Reid Bastian
has been named personal banker at LibertyBank's south Medford office. Most recently, he held a similar position with U.S. Bank.
Bastian has lived in the Rogue Valley for more than 25 years and has more than 15 years of banking and customer service experience.
LibertyBank provides financial services to customers throughout Oregon with offices in Medford, Grants Pass, Eugene, Springfield, Bend and Portland.
LibertyBank is the fifth-largest community bank in Oregon with nine offices and more than $450 million in consolidated assets.
Greg
White
and Russ
Schweikert
have joined Terry
Adams
as owners at Reinholdt & O'Harra Insurance, an Ashland firm since 1936.
White came to the firm a year ago from Allstate. He is an Ashland High School and Southern Oregon State College graduate and is active in the Raider Athletic Association, Ashland Kiwanis and youth sports programs.
Schweikert has worked in the office as an agent since 1993, after serving in the U.S. Navy in Norfolk, Va. He is past president of the Bear Creek Kiwanis, is an active committee member in the Professional Insurance Agents Association of Oregon/Idaho and continues to serve in the U.S. Naval Reserve as a chief petty officer in the Seabees. They may be reached at 482-1921.
The Rogue Federal Credit Union has honored four employees: Rookie of the year, Lois
Weathers, title specialist; internal service, Janet
Josselyn, compliance/internal auditor; and external service, Deborah
Fisher, member service representative; presidents award, Kerrie
Davis, special services manager.
The awards were, in part, based on community involvement, contributing to the success of the credit union and quality member service.
Terri
Hunt
Baggett
has recently joined Riverside Vision Care's staff. Baggett is an Oregon board-certified 0ptician, with more than 15 years of experience in the Rogue Valley.
Riverside Vision Care is at 709 S. Riverside Ave. The phone number is 776-3718.
Matthew
Smith, formerly the agriculture and natural resources constituent representative for Congressman Greg Walden, has joined Smith West Co. of Medford.
Smith will also be available to Smith West during future legislative sessions in Salem starting in 2003.
Smith has a bachelor's degree in business administration from Southern Oregon University and is also a licensed real estate broker.
He will be based in Southern Oregon except when the Oregon Legislature is in session in Salem. He can be reached at 773-6200.
Chance
Rewolinski
has joined The Longaberger Co. as an independent sales associate.
More than 70,000 associates, including Rewolinski, market and sell Longaberger products nationwide.
Longaberger, based in Newark, Ohio, has more than 7,100 employees.
Compiled from staff reports