New officer

PLATTSBURGH -- CFA Insurance Agency LLC., a local small business with offices in Peru and Rouses Point, has announced the addition of Jonathan Whitehouse, vice president of employee benefits, to its team of licensed professionals.

Whitehouse brings 11 years of experience in both the securities and employee-benefits arena.

New consultant

DANNEMORA -- Barbara DuBrey of Dannemora has become an independent consultant with Tastefully Simple Inc., a national direct-sales company featuring easy-to-prepare gourmet products.

As a consultant, DuBrey offers the company's gourmet foods and beverages to guests at home taste-testing parties. Guests receive samples, easy-meal ideas, recipes and serving suggestions.

"The Tastefully Simple opportunity is designed to be life friendly," said Jill Blashack Strahan, Tastefully Simple Inc. founder and CEO. "Consultants find a great deal of satisfaction through its fun nature, flexibility, unlimited earning potential and top-notch products."

Tastefully Simple is an opportunity for those seeking new or additional business options, supplementary income, more time with children, or simply control and freedom, Blashack Strahan says.

For more information about Tastefully Simple products, taste-testing parties or the business opportunity, contact DuBrey at sisterbee3@yahoo.com.

Halloween festival

PLATTSBURGH -- The ninth-annual Plattsburgh Housing Outlet Halloween Festival will be held Saturday, Oct. 25, from 1 until 4 p.m. at 690 Route 3 at the corner of Military Turnpike near Della Honda. Kids 12 and under are invited to come in costume, trick-or-treat in a safe environment and enjoy fun activities like arts and crafts, bobbing for apples and seeing a magic show.

They will also learn valuable safety lessons including a car-seat check from the Adirondack Safe Kids Coalition and Child IDs.

One dollar per child is the suggested donation to benefit the Ronald McDonald House in Burlington, Vt. Call 563-6250 or go to www.plattsburghhousing.com for more information.

Scrapbook room

PLATTSBURGH -- Local independent sales consultant Rebekka Malcolm has announced that the company she represents, Creative Memories, had a hand in making the new home featured in the Oct. 5 episode of "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition."