NAMES IN BUSINESS

Topeka Capital-Journal, The, Jul 18, 2004 by Capital-Journal

Kathy Spain

Debbie Larson

Don Felt

Karen Bledsoe

Terri Janda

Wayne T. Stratton, a lawyer at Goodell, Stratton, Edmonds & Palmer, recently was elected a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation, an honorary organization of practicing attorneys, judges and law teachers who have demonstrated outstanding dedication to the welfare of their communities and to the highest principles of the legal profession.

Stratton graduated from Washburn University School of Law in 1958. He served as judge advocate in the U.S. Air Force before joining Goodell, Stratton, Edmonds & Palmer LLP in 1961.

Stratton has served as president of the Topeka Bar Association, the Kansas Association of Defense Counsel, the Kansas Chapter of the American Board of Trial Advocates, the Kansas Association of Hospital Attorneys and the Sam. A. Crow American Inns of Court. He is a fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers.

Kansas Professional Communicators, formerly Kansas Press Women, presented the 2004 Communications Contest awards May 2 at the Historic Brookville Hotel in Abilene. Area winners were:

Jeffrey Ann Goudie, Topeka, first place, reviews.

Ann P. Hawkins, Topeka, writer, Kansas Kaleidoscope magazine, Kansas State Historical Society, third place, history.

Diane Lawson, Topeka, third place, travel.

Mary W. Madden, Topeka, first and second place, publications regularly edited by entrant; and second place, student work, news published.

Susan Novak, Lawrence, Kansas Heritage magazine managing editor, Kansas State Historical Society, first place, history; and third place, nonfiction book.

Lou Ann Thomas, Oskaloosa, first place, personality profile; second place, travel; first place, personal columns humor; first place, nonfiction book, humor; honorable mention, 1B news; honorable mention, feature; honorable mention, personality profile; honorable mention, health; and honorable mention, personal columns humor.

Grace L. Wilson, Topeka, G!WinDesign & Editorial Services, first place, advertorials; second place, personal columns informational; and second place, megapaper/tabloid.

Desiree Andrews, Junction City, Kansas State University student, third place, editorial.

Nora Cleland, Baldwin, freelance writer, honorable mention, feature story.

Carol Francis, Lawrence, Carol Francis: Creative Communications, first place, speeches.

Gloria Freeland, Manhattan, director Huck Boyd National Institute for Community Media and assistance professor, Kansas State University School of Journalism and Mass Communications, honorable mention, personal column.

Ann Gardner, Lawrence, first place, editorial; second place, editorial.

Linda Gilmore, third place, news; second place, page layout; second place, headlines; and first place, special story.

Mike Heronemus, Junction City, first place, government.

Kim Holcomb, Emporia, honorable mention, feature; honorable mention, health.

Gwendolynne Larson, Emporia, first place, news reporting; first place, continuing coverage; third place, investigative reporting; and honorable mention, personal columns.

Mindie Paget, Lawrence, Lawrence Journal World, first place, feature; second place, feature; second place, personality profile; first place, arts and entertainment; second place, arts and entertainment; first place, health, second place, history; second place, reviews; first place, section edited; first place, page layout; third place, page layout; and first place, headlines.

Gail Parsons, Junction City, Junction City Daily Union, first place, series; second place, news; first place, education; third place, continuing coverage; honorable mention, continuing coverage; and first place, news photo.

John Petrovic, Junction City, first place, sports photo; second place, sports photo; second place, news photo; and second place, feature photo.

Penny Wika, Wamego, first place, news; first place, feature; third place, feature; first place, feature; second place, caption writing; second place, personal columns informational; honorable mention, newsletter nonprofit 1-3 color; and second place, megapaper/tabloid.

Deb Zeiner, Cottonwood Falls, Emporia Gazette, second place, continuing coverage; first place, special articles; and third place, personal columns and feature.

First-place entries are eligible for the National Federation of Press Women contest. Winners will be announced Sept. 9-11 in Lexington, Ky.

Guy Clauer, Richard Jones and James Rhoe were honored at the 2004 Sheltered Living Inc. annual dinner.

Clauer received the Chuck Harpham Award for Direct Service Staff Member of the Year.

The Richard J. Tatro Award for Community Volunteerism was given to Richard Jones. For the past 24 years, Jones has volunteered weekly at the Kansas Neurological Institute chapel. He also volunteers at LULAC, helping in the kitchen and assisting some of the senior citizens with Bingo.

Rhoe was awarded the Personal Achievement Award. In 2 1/2 years, he lost 240 pounds, learned how to maintain his weight with healthy eating habits, began exercising regularly and became more active in the community by volunteering weekly for Meals on Wheels.