AWARDS/TRAINING

Paul H. Berens, a Cape Girardeau attorney, has been inducted into the American College of Bankruptcy.

Berens, who is associated with the law firm of Finch, Bradshaw, Strom and Steele, was honored during an induction ceremony in Washington, D.C., earlier this month.

The American College of Bankruptcy honors bankruptcy professionals who have distinguished themselves in their practice and for their contribution to insolvency law.

---

PERRYVILLE David Rudert of Perryville recently attended a national sales and education conference sponsored by Aid Association for Lutherans, a fraternal benefit society based in Appleton, Wis.

Rudert qualified to attend the executive conference in Orlando, Fla., based on outstanding sales and service of insurance and retirement products to AAL members during 1992. He was also honored for excellence in fraternal service.

---

MOUNDS, Ill. Virgil Hargan of Metropolis, formerly of Mounds, has been selected to serve on the Country Companies Insurance Group's 1993 Agency Advisory Committee.

Hargan, agency manager of the Country Companies Pulaski-Alexender-Massac Agency, started with the firm in 1962 as an agent. The company is headquartered at Bloomington.

---

Leon Schaefer of Cape Girardeau and Angela Schleinger of Scott City were winners of $100 prizes during the celebration of the opening of the 100th store in the Medicap Pharmacies' network.

Schleinger, who won her prize from the Scott City Medicap, and Schaefer, who won at the Cape Girardeau Medicap operation, were eligible for a $10,000 national grand prize awarded by Medicap Pharmacies Inc., headquartered in Des Moines, Iowa.

---

STE. GENEVIEVE Roger W. Vessell of Ste. Genevieve has been named Marketing Manager of the Year by Rawlings Sporting Goods Co., headquartered in St. Louis.

Vessell, marketing manager for baseball development, bats, gloves and field-goods accessory products for Rawlings, will receive a vacation for two at Casa de Campo, a Caribbean resort. Vessell's wife, Joan, is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wally Sonntag of Cape Girardeau.

---

Two sales representatives of Home Interiors and Gifts Inc. in Cape Girardeau have earned Caribbean cruises for sales performances with the Margaret Gilmore Unit of the company.

Sandra Valleroy of Perryville, and Helen Kinnison of Cape Girardeau were among those honored during an awards banquet at Collinsville, Ill.

Others receiving sales honors were Peggy Randol of Glen Allen; Patricia Cook of Marquand; Wanda Seabaugh of Marble Hill; Carol Ann King of Fredericktown; Pat Gohn of Jackson; Charlotte Smith of Chaffee; and Margaret Gilmore of Cape Girardeau.

---

Pam Richmond, a social studies teacher at Cape Central High School, recently participated in a citizenship education seminar sponsored by the Missouri Bar and the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.

More than 180 teachers shared ideas and learning strategies for teaching students about the state's juvenile justice system.

---

Ginny Cline of Sikeston and Jeffery Scherer of Benton, sales associates for Kenneth L. Johnson Insurance Services Inc., 1600 Main, Scott City, have received Life Achiever Awards from State Auto Life Insurance Co., headquartered in Columbus, Ohio.

The awards are presented for sales of more than $1 million.

Cline, Scherer and Johnson recorded sales of more than $1 million last year.

---

Dr. James Chapman, a Cape Girardeau cardiologist, was inducted as a Fellow in the Societies for Cardiac Angiography at the annual meeting of the Society at San Antonio, Texas, recently.

Requirement for fellowship includes documentation of experience and proficiency in the performance of interventional cardiology procedures. Chapman is associated with Cardiovascular Consultants of Cape Girardeau and is a member of the medical staffs of St. Francis Medical Center and Southeast Missouri Hospital.

---

Lee Ann Jones recently attended MetLife's Leaders Conference in Nashville, Tenn.

Jones qualified for the conference with her sales accomplishments during her first nine months in the business with Metropolitan Life in Cape Girardeau.

She was among the top 10 percent of the company account representatives qualifying for the conference.