Awards/Accomplishments

Southeast HealthPoint named business of the year

Southeast HealthPoint Fitness and Rehab earned the 2011 Business of the Year Award from the Jackson Chamber of Commerce at its annual dinner Jan. 13. Southeast assumed ownership and operation of Main Street Fitness in 1995. The Jackson facility added physical therapy and rehabilitation services in 2002.

Practical nursing graduates all pass licensure exam The 2011 practical nursing graduates from the Cape Girardeau Career and Technology Center attained a 100 percent pass rate on the National Council Licensure Examination for Practical Nurses, which allows them to provide nursing care as licensed practical nurses. This is the third straight year that the Cape Girardeau Career and Technology Center School of Practical Nursing has scored a 100 percent pass rate on the exam.

Staff sergeant named NCO of the quarter

Air Force Staff Sgt. Brandy L. Martin has been named Noncommissioned Officer of the Quarter. Selection was based on the individual's exemplary duty performance, job knowledge, leadership qualities, teamwork, significant self-improvement, personal achievements, notable accomplishments and community service and support. Martin is a military pay entitlement auditor assigned to the 28th Bomb Wing at Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D. She has served in the military for seven years. She is the daughter of Ricky Martin of Lewisville, Texas, and Nancy Henson of Cape Girardeau. Martin graduated in 2003 from Jackson High School and received a bachelor of arts in 2011 from National American University, Rapid City, S.D.

Central High School alumnus receives master's degree

Chris Barnhart received his master of science in education, educational leadership, from Arkansas State University on Dec. 17. He graduated with a 4.0 GPA. Because he passed both the principal and superintendent exams, he can now apply for an administrator's certificate. Barnhart is a 1986 graduate of Central High School and is the son of Phillip and Yvetta Barnhart of Cape Girardeau.

Central graduate finishes One Station Unit Training

Army National Guard Pvt. Clinton B. Sargent has graduated from One Station Unit Training at Fort Leonard Wood, Fort Leonard Wood, Mo. The course of instruction included basic military training and advanced individual training. Sargent is the son of Marilyn Sargent and brother of Tempest Southall, both of Cape Girardeau. He is a 2010 graduate of Central High School.

Cape Girardeau women awarded by Missouri CLAIM

Ruth Dockins, Jackie Dover and Jean Gooden, all of Cape Girardeau, received the President's Volunteer Service Award for outstanding work with Missouri CLAIM, a statewide program offering free Medicare counseling. All three won the bronze award for devoting more than 100 hours of their time to volunteer counseling in 2011. Dockins and Dover work with the Southeast Missouri Area Agency on Aging. Gooden is based at the APPLE Project.