Pat Cook of Summersville recently joined Back 40 Group of Hartshorn.
Cook, who recently retired as Hartshorn postmaster, is working with the Back40Books.com Internet division. In addition to working on developing links to the Back40Books.com in conjunction with Progressive Farmer Magazine, Cook is training to take phone orders, update web pages and perform order fulfillment duties. She is also selecting and processing images for new web merchandise.
She is married to Dave Cook.
Back 40 Group was founded in 2005 and is positioned to become a publicly held and employee-owned firm. Current operations include Back40Books.com (soon to become Back 40 General Store), Pleasant Valley Productions (an HDTV production house), Fluffy Cat Records (an integrated producer, manufacturer and distributor of independent music) and developing Internet radio station KWBC.fm.
Herman Beck is Back 40’s chief executive officer. New facilities are being planned at 600 N. Highway 17 at Summersville as expansion continues. The company’s phone number is 573-858-3559.