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The Midwest Cancer Screening Main Labora-tory was accredited by the Commission on Laboratory Accreditation of the College of American Pathologists based on the results of a on-site inspection.|ret||ret||tab|

Jon Baker, chief executive officer of Decorize Inc. was a presenter at the National Investment Banking Association Conference held Feb. 28-March 2.|ret||ret||tab|

The Morris Financial Group, Springfield, re-ceived the 2001 Agency Building Award from the Kansas City Life Insurance Company.|ret||ret||tab|

The League of United Latin American Citizens celebrated its 73rd anniversary throughout the United States and Puerto Rico the week of Feb. 17-23. The Springfield League of United Latin American Citizens Council No. 9605 hosted the local celebration.|ret||ret||tab|

The Missouri Department of Mental Health received a $150,000 grant to fund statewide suicide prevention services for youths and elderly persons. Suicide Prevention Awards were made to the following agencies: Burrell Behavior Health, Springfield and surrounding communities; Pathways Community Behavior Health-care, Harrisonville, Nevada, Warrensburg, Clin-ton, Warsaw, Lebanon and Jefferson City. Dexter Community Regional Healthcare Foundation, Stoddard, New Madrid, Scott and Mississippi counties; and The National Alliance for the Mentally Ill, St. Louis and north St. Louis area.|ret||ret||tab|

Grant Jones, PhD, associate professor of psychology at Evangel University, was honored with the Governor's Award for Excellence in Teaching. |ret||ret||tab|

F. David Muegge, MD, was installed as president of the Greene County Medical Society. Other officers installed were Alan Clark, MD, president-elect; Lehman Godwin, MD, secretary; John Lilly, DO, treasurer; and councilors Jim Blaine, MD, William Reynolds, DDS, MD and Marsha Taylor, MD. Councilors continuing in office are John W. Buckner III, MD, Arthur Hawes, MD, and Annette Wardell, MD.|ret||ret||tab|

The Springfield Area Human Resources Association announced the recent certification of two of its members. Debbie Kreider, PHR, and Jan Hawkins, SPHR, earned professional in human resources and senior professional in hu-man resources certification, respectively.|ret||ret||tab|

The Dental Assisting National Board Inc. approved a new program that allows graduates of Vatterott College's dental assisting program to take the certified dental assistant examination.|ret||ret||tab|

Freeman East Laboratory was awarded accreditation by the College of American Path-ologists after an on-site inspection.|ret||ret||tab|

Jonelle Walker, special events and concession manager for Ozarks Coca-Cola/Dr Pepper Bottling Company, earned certification as an executive concession manager by the National Association of Concessionaires.|ret||ret||tab|

The Springfield Sister Cities Association an-nounced the appointment of Max Bacon to its board of directors.|ret||ret||tab|

Eight local residents were honored at the fourth annual Branson Believers Recognition Banquet. Harold Binggeli, the D.K. Brewster family, Bob and Ruth Abbott, and Francis Rit-tenhouse received the prestigious Community Recognition Award.|ret||ret||tab|

Lt. Gov. Joe Maxwell, chair of the Missouri Senior Rx Commision, announced the award of a contract to Affiliated Computer Services as the third-party administrator for the Missouri Senior Rx Program.|ret||ret||tab|

The Extended Care Solution Group, a division of McKesson Corporation, donated $25,000 to a local charity organization.|ret||ret||tab|

Jeffrey Kohls of Ozark recently earned the fraternal insurance counselor designation by completing a sales training program of the National Fraternal Congress of America.|ret||ret||tab|

Michael Aldrich, a personal financial rep-resentative with Allstate Financial Services, recently obtained his professional designation as a certified long-term care specialist.|ret||ret||tab|

Delta Dental of Missouri offered Teeth on the Go, an educational program, at elementary schools in Springfield during the week of Feb. 18.|ret||ret||tab|

Butler, Rosenbury & Partners Inc. received a Silver Addy for firm marketing materials prepared in-house. Charlie Gerkin, marketing coordinator and Keith Belt, graphic designer, de-signed brochures promoting the firm's seven design studios. Tim Rosenbury, AIA, vice president, oversaw production.|ret||ret||tab|

James Box, civil designer and network administrator with Matthews & Associates Inc., completed the requirements for and achieved the status of Microsoft certified systems engineer and Microsoft certified systems administrator.|ret||ret||tab|

A total of 40 Landscape and Turf Manage-ment students from Ozarks Technical Com-munity College designed, obtained materials, installed a grand display and worked a 10x20 foot booth at the Home and Garden Show, held Feb. 15-17 at the Ozarks Empire Fairgrounds.|ret||ret||tab|

Scott George, incoming president of the Mt. Vernon Area Economic Development Corpor-ation, presented a special plaque to Randy Short, outgoing president, for his term of service to the organization and the community.|ret||ret||tab|

Gov. Bob Holden and First Lady Lori Hauser Holden presented the 2002 Missouri Arts Awards at a ceremony in the Capitol Rotunda. Four individuals and one organization were recognized for their outstanding contributions to the arts in Missouri. The recipients and their category are: Bebe Grimes of St. Joseph, philanthropy; Kansas City Ballet, arts organization; Bill Kohn of St. Louis, individual artist; Gordon McCann of Springfield, leadership; and Linda Melkersman of Sikeston, arts education. |ret||ret||tab|

Dalen Duitsman, PhD, professor of health, physical education and recreation at Southwest Missouri State University; David Dixon, PhD, professor of psychology at SMS; and Janet Martin, PhD, assistant director for the Center for Research and Services at SMS, received $40,832 from the Missouri Department of Health for their project "Determinants of Rural Health Research."|ret||ret||tab|

Mary Thornton, Mona Hackett and Annie Campbell of Cox Child Care Centers were awarded the child development associate credential by the Council for Professional Recog-nition for their outstanding work with young children. |ret||ret||tab|

Freeman Occumed of Joplin was approved as an Accredited Collection Facility by the Drug and Alcohol Testing Industry Association.|ret||ret||tab|

Michael Pfander, DVM and Philip Brown, DVM attended the Missouri Veterinary Medical Association convention in Osage Beach.|ret||ret||tab|

Three promotional pieces produced by St. John's Health System's community relations staff members received Silver Addy Awards at the 23rd annual Springfield Advertising Club Addy Awards. St. John's community relations comprises Mike Peters, Cora Scott, Chuck Clore, Patti Lemons, Glenda Hall, Melissa Haase, Rick List, Charlie Mason, Matt Sievert, Gina Stidham, Amy Cutshall, Ursula Gonzales and Randy Robinson.|ret||ret||tab|

The children from Camp Fire Boys and Girls-Ozarks Council raised enough money to purchase four new bulletproof vests for the Spring-field Police Service Dogs.|ret||ret||tab|

Police Officers Mike Evans, Shawn Burks and Gerald Schmitz were honored with the Meritorious Service Award for their rescue of a person attempting suicide in a carbon-monoxide filled garage.|ret||ret||tab|

Kyle Wynes and Robert Rogers were honored with Certificates of Commendation for their assistance in the apprehension of the State Bank robbery suspect.|ret||ret||tab|

Charles Aday and Dianna Aday are being honored with a Letter of Commendation for their assistance in the robbery of Best Western Motel.|ret||ret||tab|

Randy Dillon, PhD, associate professor of communication at Southwest Missouri State University, was elected to a three-year term as editor of the Speech and Theatre Association of Missouri Journal. |ret||ret||tab|

Robert Jones, PhD, associate professor of psychology at Southwest Missouri State Univer-sity, was quoted in an article titled "It's How You Say It: Giving Employees Constructive Criticism" in the December 2001 issue of Today's Supervi-sor.|ret||ret||tab|

Suzanne Byrde, PhD, and Becky Swearingen, PhD, director and associate professor in the school of teacher education at Southwest Mis-souri State University, were awarded $20,000 for their project with the Discovery Center of Springfield, titled "21st Century Community Learning Centers."|ret||ret||tab|

The Midwest Cancer Screening Main Labor-atory was awarded an accreditation by the Commission on Laboratory Accreditation of the College of American Pathologists, based on the results of a on-site inspection.|ret||ret||tab|

Mishell Meyer, group sales manager with the Precious Moments Chapel Center in Carthage was elected to serve as treasurer of the Missouri Travel Council.|ret||ret||tab|

Court Appointed Special Advocates of South-west Missouri received a $3,000 award from Bank of America, which will help provide training for additional CASA volunteers in the spring training courses. CASA also announced a donation by the Turner Family Foundation which will make it possible for the program to expand to serve more foster children in southwest Missouri.|ret||ret||tab|

The Ozark Empire Fair received two first place honors at the annual convention of the Inter-national Association of Fairs and Expositions, held in Las Vegas. Both wins were in the competitive exhibits category for Division II fairs.|ret||ret||tab|

The Southwest Missouri State University Board of Governors elected new officers during its regular monthly meeting in December 2001. Paul Redfearn, formerly vice president, was elected president of the board; Lamar Superin-tendent Barbara Burns, PhD, was elected board vice president; Tom Allen and John McAlear were re-elected board treasurer and secretary, respectively; and Jane Dewberry was elected assistant secretary.|ret||ret||tab|

At its ninth annual Service Awards Luncheon, Southwest Missouri State University an-nounced several staff awards and recognitions. The 2002 Community Service Award recipients were Clinton D. Copeland, coordinator in the career services office, and Jean Ann Percy, ad-ministrative secretary in the office of Ron Bottin, dean of the college of business administration. There also were 25 retirees honored who contributed approximately 551 years of combined service and an average of more than 25 years of individual service to SMSU. They are: Larry M. Adams, Hammons Student Center; Charles K. Beichle, mechanical department; Dorothy M. Burns, records and registration; Ralph E. Can-trell, safety and transportation; Bonnie Cantrell-Mallory, records and registration; Betty J. Castor, human resources; Oral L. Collyott, safety and transportation; Doris J. Crisp, residence life and services; Karl E. Eickhoff, fruit sciences department; Nancy G. Feraldi, mathematics de-partment; John M. Hays, mechanical department; Doris F. Holler, SMSU-West Plains chancellor's office; Louis G. Hummel, maintenance department; Virginia Jahnke, communication and mass media department; J. Glodeen Jen-nings, psychology department; R. Todd Morriss, student financial aid; Charles I. Nelsen, custodial department; Maudie A. Paul, residence life and services; Monroe E. Paul, residence life and services; Carole Y. Reeves, school of teacher education; Carolyn J. Simpson, communication and mass media department; Howard L. Smith, maintenance department; Cecil R. Tinsley, fruit sciences department; Frances R. Wolff, Meyer Library; and Verna I. Wright, school of accountancy. Also, those employees who had achieved from five to 35 years of service, were recognized. They are: Howard L. Smith, retired from mechanical department; Rebecca S. Wakefield, design and construction office; Linda E. Dollar, intercollegiate athletics; and Janet M. Wight, Meyer Library.|ret||ret||tab|

Julie Bloodworth, director of Missouri Fine Arts Academy, received $332,340 from the Department of Elementary and Secondary Ed-ucation for the Missouri Fine Arts Academy project.|ret||ret||tab|

Faculty and students in the chemistry department at Southwest Missouri State University presented papers at the Midwest American Chemical Society meeting. The following is a list of who presented and their topics: Bryan Breyfogle, PhD, assistant professor, "Laptop Computers in the Introductory Chemistry La-boratory"; Jessica Theisen, graduate student, and Breyfogle, "Electrodeposited Lead Bismuths Oxides"; Ivan Georgiev, graduate student, and Eric Bosch, PhD, assistant professor, "Synthesis and Complexation Characteristics of 1, 2-Bis (ar-yllethynyl) Benzenes"; Nate Schultheiss, senior, and Bosch, "Synthesis of Diarylpyrazinex and Formation of Silver-pyrazine Coordination"; and M.R. Sedaghat-Herati, PhD, professor, Almary Chacon, graduate student, and April White, senior, "Synthesis of 3-[Methoxypoly (oxyethylene)] methylenefuran and its Diels-Alder Reactions."|ret||ret||tab|

At recent service-pen award ceremonies at Skaggs Community Health Care Center, 85 employees were honored for their years of service and dedication to Skaggs. The employee name, years of service and department or clinic in which they work are: Phyllis DeForrest, 30 years, utilization review; Phyllis Johanson, 30 years, critical care unit; Mary Mabry, 30 years, unit 400; Sharon Grandel, 25 years, laboratory; Margaret Gregg, 25 years, business office; Carolyn Casteel, 20 years, same-day surgery; Randy Gray, 20 years, emergency room; Cheryl Morrissey, 20 years, unit 400; Ruth Nalvanko, 20 years, unit 500; Sam Schollian, 20 years, pharmacy; Helen Snow, 20 years, endoscopy; Ray Wilkerson, 20 years, maintenance; Debra Fryer, 15 years, ambulatory infusion services; Donna Gee, 15 years, laboratory; Annelle Hen-derson, 15 years, step-down unit; Laurie Kohut, 15 years, medical transcription; Markus Kryger, MD, 15 years, Forsyth Medical Care; Denise Kuhs, 15 years, cardiopulmonary services; Trella Smith, 15 years, Skaggs Medical West; Sherry Vorhaben, 15 years, home health; Mary Coker, 10 years, nutrition services; Joyann Doublin; 10 years, patient access; Barbara Emert, 10 years, unit 400; Mary Evans, 10 years, home health; Jack Gillipsie, MD, 10 years, Skaggs Medical West; Tammie Hankins, 10 years, physical therapy; Carla Jacobs, 10 years, emergency room; Jeffrey Jensen, 10 years, information technologies; Everett Jones, 10 years, maintenance; Carol Kurz, 10 years, home health; Deanna Manning, 10 years, home health; Nikki Markes, 10 years, endoscopy; Dee McFarland, 10 years, business office; Michael McKnight, 10 years, pharmacy; Ruth Ostwinkle, 10 years, women's services; Bev Pinnell, 10 years, Branson West Rehab; Marie Ward, 10 years, critical care unit; Debra Weinstein, 10 years, home health, Diana Wollman, 10 years, cardiac rehab; Melody Buzzell, five years, Skaggs Medical West; Phyllis Campbell, five years, Skaggs Medical West; Rita Carey, five years, information technologies; Noelle Caylor, five years, Skaggs Famil Health Clinic; Larry Cherry, five years, maintenance; Diane Cornelison, MD, five years, Branson Neurology and Pain Center; Michael Crow, five years, critical care unit; Nyoka Crowe, five years, laundry; Tina Davis, five years, Skaggs OB/GYN Center; Jennifer Dougherty, five years, laboratory; Deanna Droke-Newberry, five years, unit 500; Deborah Elfindale, five years, sleep disorders center; Patricia Eschemann-Sanchez, five years, transitional care unit; Mary Jo Fisk, five years, community relations; Diane Green, five years, women's services; Janet Hardy, five years, critical care unit; Ronna Haxby, five years, Skaggs Medical West; Larry Huffman, MD, five years, Branson West Medical Care; Mitzi Huff-man, five years, Branson West Medical Care; David Jones, five years, security; Kathy Jones, five years, patient access; Shelly Jones, five years, unit 500; Ray Knotts, five years, cath lab; Gayle Kuykendall, five years, transitional care unit; Hazel McDonald, five years, Skaggs Family Health Clinic; Debbie McFall, five years, wo-men's services; Ottie Merritt, five years, materials management; Julie Moulin, five years, housekeeping; Bob Phillips, five years, administration; Shirley Pluff, five years, unit 400; Kirk Roberts, five years, housekeeping; Jim Robin-son, five years, maintenance; Pat Samson, five years, human resources; Ann Schmitz, five years, business office; Janice Settles, five years, Branson West Medical Care; Amy Standlee, five years, Branson Family Medical Clinic; Jane Stonner, five years, Branson West Medical Care; Kristi Thompson, five years, Skaggs Medical West; Robin Thurman, five years, Skaggs Family Care; Imogene Tipton, five years, recovery; Kim Unruh, five years, emergency room; Sara Verjraska, five years, home health; Myra Ward, five years, critical care unit; Stacy Wheatley, five years, physical therapy; Carolyn White, five years, cardiopulmonary services; and Jaci Williams, five years, radiology.|ret||ret||tab|

Gov. Bob Holden announced the appointment of Mary Hass Sheid of West Plains to the Southwest Missouri State University Board of Governors.|ret||ret||tab|

The Board of Directors of the Mercy Regional Health Foundation at St. John's Regional Medical Center in Joplin approved grants totaling $53,649, which will provide funding for St. John's, and local and rural health services including programs and equipment.|ret||ret||tab|

A total of 18 students from Drury University Continuing Studies were named in the 2002 edition of Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges. They are: Colleen Joyce Andrews, Penny Chris Carroll, Judy Irene Davis, Rita R. Granden, Laquita C. Hall, Marsha Ann Marsh, Joni Luzai Mashburn, Joann Marie Moore, Bosco Abuda Mtiga, Harold Daniel Phillips, Andrea L. San Paolo, Kerry Ann Schroeppel, Diana Krast Serfimov, Elizabeth Jane Slawson, Heather Renee Stockard, Lori Ann Trump, Julia Ann Vasko and Brian David Wilbanks. |ret||ret||tab|

June Lammers, sales manager of the Springfield Convention and Visitors Bureau, received meeting professional certification from the Convention Industry Council.|ret||ret||tab|

The Springfield Area Human Resources Association announced its officers and committee chairs for 2002. |ret||ret||tab|

Officers are: Cari Lindsey-Gray, SPHR, president; Perry Epperly, SPHR, vice president; Donna Cole, secretary; and Matt Snyder, PHR-treasurer. Committee chairs were: Linda Case, SPHR, area wage, salary and benefits; Beth Ipock, PHR, communications; Mona Haller, diversity; Rita Needham, education partnership; Becky Miller, PHR, legislation/compliance; Holly Loven, PHR, membership; Sue Marshall, PHR, professional development; and Jon Di-milanta, PHR, program.|ret||ret||tab|

Ivan and Terri Eftink, owners of Bug Zero Pest Control, attended the 2001 National Pest Management Convention.[[In-content Ad]]