business briefs
• Y-12 Federal Credit Union has reached $1 billion in assets. The credit union was formed in 1950 by a group of five employees at the Y-12 plant in Oak Ridge. In its first month of operation, it claimed 200 members and collected $5,000 in assets. Sixty-seven years later, Y-12 Federal Credit Union topped $1 billion in assets and more than 107,000 members.
• Daniel “Danny” Mull has joined Christian Academy of Knoxville as
its new band director, a position in which he works with students from fifth through 12th grades in instrumentation, concert performance and marching band experience. Mull previously was with Shining Rock Classical Academy and Asheville High School in Asheville, N.C.
• The University of Tennessee Extension is hosting 2016 Landscape Review from 8:30 a.m. to 2;15 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 1, at West Tennessee AgResearch and Education Center in Jackson for landscapers, growers or retailers wanting to stay current on best management practices for turf and landscape. The review will cover ABCs of pesticides, Tennessee Department of Agriculture rules, regulations and certifications and newest pests. Admission is $15. For more information and directions, go online to west.tennessee.edu.
• Simge J. Yonter, M.D., a physical medication and rehabilitation physician, has opened a new practice, Tennova Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, with Tennova Healthcare, and she is accepting new patients. Yonter has been named medical director of Tennova Rehab Care Center at Physicians Regional Medical
Center.
