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Health Care

Mercy Aurora Com-munity Hospital an-nounced the addition of three new physicians.

Melissa Cady, MD, will practice family medicine. Her medical degree is from University of Missouri-Kansas City.

Brady Hesington, MD, will practice family medicine.

He is a graduate of the medical school at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville.

Dwight Wagenknecht, DO, finished his medical degree at the School of Osteopathic Medicine in Kirksville. He is a board certified surgeon and has been practicing in Farm-ington since 1994.

Paul D. Robison, MD, FACS, has joined Skaggs Regional Cardiac Center as the head of its cardiovascular surgery program. From 1991 to 1994, he was a surgeon at Butterworth Hospital in Grand Rapids, Mich. Recently he has worked in the cardiovascular and cancer programs at Freeman Hospital in Joplin.

Robison is certified by the American Board of Thoracic Surgery and the American Board of Surgery; he is a fellow of the American College of Surgeons. He earned his medical degree in 1983 from the University of Oklahoma College of Medicine in Oklahoma City.

Robison is also a member of the clinical staff of Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.

Daphne LeMon, MD, has joined Ferrell-Duncan Clinic. She completed her medical degree at the University of Missouri-Kansas City.

Publishing

Janice Franke has joined 417 magazine as an advertising and promotion consultant. In addition to media sales, she will create and implement promotions. She has more than 25 years of experience in media sales and promotion.

Banking

H. Michael Mattson has been promoted to senior lending officer at Liberty Bank. He joined the bank as a senior vice president in 2001.

Mattson has more than 20 years' experience in commercial lending. He is a graduate of Rockhurst College in Kansas City and the Graduate School of Banking of the South at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, La.

Home Furnishings

Jennifer Caplinger has joined Decorize Inc. as a sales assistant. She has worked with Noble & Associates in sales, marketing and advertising since 2000 as an assistant account executive. She has a bachelor of science degree in marketing from SMSU.