AWARDS/TRAINING

Michael G. Hinton of Cape Girardeau has been recognized for 25 years of service with American General Life and Accident Insurance Co.

Hinton, an agent in the Poplar Bluff district office of the company, works in the Cape Girardeau area.

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Steven Fritzler and Allen Clark, both of Cape Girardeau, recently attended a national sales and education conference sponsored by Aid Association for Lutherans (AAL), a fraternal benefit society based in Appleton, Wis.

Fritzler and Clark qualified to attend the executive conference, held in Orlando, Fla., based on outstanding sales and service of insurance and retirement products to AAL members during 1992. They were also honored for excellence in fraternal service and attended special volunteer recognition events at the conference.

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Bill Needham, owner of Bill Needham Designs, 2004 New Madrid, has taken on the new designer Berber Carpet line, and has expanded his new, wood blind collection to his window treatment line.

The Berber Carpet is available in a variety of patterns, colors and textures. The new wood blinds are available in 1- or 2-inch slat sizes in a variety of colors.

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Don and Viv Maassen, owners of Fabrics Unlimited, 54 Plaza Way, recently attended a four-day meeting at the Deerfield, Fla., Beach Resort.

The Maassens were awarded the trip for sales performances of Viking sewing machines and Huskylock sergers. The Maassens received a sales award during an awards dinner hosted by Viking.

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Thomas M. Meyer of Thomas L. Meyer Realty Co., recently attended the National Association of Realtors quarterly meeting in Washington, D.C.. He represented Missouri as its state vice president.

President Bill Clinton addressed the realtors.

Meyer also attended several forums on real-estate computer use, multilisting procedures, and estate-marketing techniques during the seven-day meeting.

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Mike Blechle and Ron Carter of Southeast Missouri Builders Supply in Cape Girardeau recently completed a special course conducted by Mid-America Lumbermen Association headquartered in Kansas City.

The two-day course was presented at St. Charles and consisted of 18 hours of instruction and testing on blueprint reading, quantity estimating and blueprint technology.

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JACKSON Trish Wischmann, owner of Trisha's Bed and Breakfast in Jackson, recently completed a leadership training course at the National Association Leaders' Caucus, sponsored by Professional Association of Innkeepers International, headquartered at Indianapolis.

Wischmann is president of the Bed & Breakfast Inns of Missouri and is a member of the Professional Association of Innkeepers International.

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Dr. Douglas Wyatt has successfully completed the qualifying examination and has been named a diplomat of the American Board of Surgery.

Wyatt moved to Cape Girardeau in October 1992, from Clovis, N.M., where he was in practice. He is associated with the Cape Girardeau Surgery Clinic, 10 Doctors' Park.

He is a graduate of Texas Tech University. He did his internship in California and his residency in Johnstown, Pa., in a Temple University affiliate hospital.