People on the move 04/12/04

Local real estate agents get awards at banquet

At the Century 21 St. Louis Regional Broker Council's Annual Awards Banquet in March, several representatives of the Key and Ashland offices in Cape Girardeau received honors for gross commission on or number of closed units.

The Ashland office received the Centurion Office Award for being No. 1 in both commission and number of closed units. In addition, Ken Inman and Dana Leming were inducted to the Centurion Honor Society for making Centurion -- or top status -- for five and six years, respectively. The two, along with Keith Inman, made Centurion status this year. Gary Turner, Kathi Fish and Doris Arnold achieved Masters Emerald status. Howard Alexander, Jeri Packard, LaDonna Dalton, Donald McElmurry and Shirley Gregory made Masters Ruby. Dolores Schultz got an Award of Excellence, while Ron Burger, Cheryl Huffman, Darren Ellis, Karla Marquart and Dottie Eaker got the Million Dollar Award.

For the Key office, Jane Clark and Birdie Rader were named to the Centurion Honor Society for nine and 10 years, respectively. Clark also received Centurion status this year. Linda Essner got Masters Emerald. Rader received the Million Dollar Award, and Melissa Whitaker and Kyla Erlbacher won the First Year Million Dollar Award.

UPS honors Cape driver for 25 years of service

Larry Bowen, package driver for UPS, was recently honored by that company for completing 25 years of service. Bowen works out of the Cape Girardeau facility, and resides in Gordonville.

Cape resident named director of the year

James Lawrence, program director of the Wound Healing Center at St. Francis Medical Center, was recently named director of the year by the National Healing Corporation.

ERA Cape Realty adds two associates

ERA Cape Realty recently announced the addition of two new associates. Jennifer McComas of Jackson and Rodney Lacy of Cape Girardeau will now join the ERA staff.

Bank of America VP gets Platinum Club award

Karen Rigdon was awarded the Platinum Club award for production in real estate loans for Bank of America for 2003. Rigdon is vice president and account executive for Bank of America in Cape Girardeau.

Chaffee corn grower places in contest

Mike Reminger of Chaffee, Mo., recently placed second in the state in the Ridge Till Irrigated class of the 2003 National Corn Grower Yield Contest, sponsored by the National Corn Growers Association. Reminger used a Pioneer 32W86 hybrid to produce a yield of 263.7991 bushels per acre.

Southeast College of Business names fellows

Two faculty members at Southeast Missouri State University have been named Donald L. Harrison College Business Faculty Fellows. Kang Hoon Park has been named Copper Dome Faculty Fellow, and David K. Smith Jr., has been named Teaching Copper Dome Faculty Fellow. Both will have two-year terms beginning July 1.

-- From staff reports