Overheard

Real estate broker Bill Beall has purchased the Nutty Munkey Frozen Custard building at 3558 S. Campbell Ave. Beall owns the Kickapoo Corners retail and office center where Nutty Munkey is located. Wilhoit Properties listed the building at $250,000. The nine local investors who owned the building and the business told SBJ in July that Nutty Munkey no longer fit with their other restaurant holdings, which include Taco Bell and KFC franchises.

Camp Barnabas’ Emmy Nod

Southwest Missouri’s Camp Barnabas could be part of an Emmy celebration on Aug. 27. ABC’s “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition” has been nominated for a primetime Emmy award for Outstanding Reality Program, based on its episode featuring the nonprofit camp in Purdy. Camp Barnabas, which serves children with special needs, was the focus of the reality show’s Oct. 16 episode. The television network, local businesses and more than 3,000 volunteers renovated the camp in a week, creating a new home for directors Paul and Cyndy Teas, a volunteer bunk house, a media center, sewer and underground electrical lines, asphalt on the main road and improvements to the camp’s high-ropes course and playground. Emmy winners will be announced at 7 p.m. Aug. 27 on NBC.

Hammons’ Lifetime Achievement

John Q. Hammons can add another notch to his belt. The 87-year-old founder, chairman and CEO of John Q. Hammons Hotels & Resorts LLC, will be honored at the sixth annual Americas Lodging Investment Summit, Jan. 22–24, 2007, at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza in Los Angeles. Hammons will receive the prestigious ALIS Lifetime Achievement Award in recognition of his accomplishments in the lodging industry as well as outstanding commitment, leadership and service to his community.

Hammons’ other accolades: Embassy Suites Hotel Developer of the Year in 2004 and 2003; Corporate Hotelier of the World by Hotels Magazine in 2003; Hilton Hotels Corp.’s Connie Award in 2002; and Springfield Business Journal’s Lifetime Achievement Award in 2000.

Leadership Development

Applications are now being accepted for two new leadership development programs sponsored by Missouri State University’s Community and Social Issues Institute. Greater Ozarks Leadership Development, or GOLD, and Greater Ozarks Leadership Education and Development, or GO LEAD, have been developed to strengthen the leadership infrastructure for southwest Missouri communities by providing education programs designed to enhance civic and nonprofit leadership skills across southwest Missouri.

GOLD leadership classes meet monthly, beginning with a retreat Oct. 13–14 in Branson. The cost is $600 per person. For more information, contact Gerry Lee at (417) 766-2818.

GO LEAD, designed for nonprofit professionals, will meet the second Wednesday of each month, beginning in September. The cost is $125 per person. For more information, contact Gail Melgren at (417) 836-3701.[[In-content Ad]]