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The 2007 honorees, in alphabetical order, were: Tracey Barton, Skaggs Community Health Center; Gwen Beebe, Integrity Home Care; Nancy Bolduc, CoxHealth; Joyce Buxton, Buxton-Kubik-Dodd Inc.; Brenda Cirtin, city of Springfield; Kim Hamm, BKD LLP; Sue Head, College of the Ozarks; Lora Hopper, Springfield Public Schools; Sandy Howard, Springfield Area Chamber of Commerce; Stephanie Ireland, Ireland & Associates Inc.; Shirley Lawler, Ozarks Technical Community College; Nancy O’Reilly, O’Reilly Health and Wellness Consultation Services LLC; Kelley Still, Drury University; Cyndy Teas, Camp Barnabas; Jean Twitty, community volunteer; Julie Vanvig Burnell, KTTS; Laura Ward, Webster University; Renette Wardlow, Christian County University of Missouri Extension; Anne Winkler, St. John’s Health System; and Mitzie Zerr, City Utilities.

Above left, Karen Sommerfield and Jean Kurz, on hand to congratulate honoree Laura Ward. Above right, Amanda Hedgpeth of CoxHealth and Jackie Douglas of Mary Kay Cosmetics.

Above left, Ginny Imhof of Silpada Design and Sheri Bach of Garrison Plastic Surgery. Above right, Aimee Phillips, center, climbs into the 1994 Oldsmobile Cutlass she received as a donation from Women in Need of the Ozarks.

Above left, Janet Gore of Springfield Public Schools and Kim Erdel of Community Partnership of the Ozarks. Above right, Holly Cuoco of Missouri Career Center and Kathy Baer of Springfield Contractors Association.

Above left, Leslie Crayton and Joan Williams, both of Village Bank. Above right, honoree Joyce Buxton and Joyce Gillespie of Gillespie Medical Legal Consulting.

Above left, Starr Kohler of SW Missouri Office on Aging and Andrea Porter of Missouri Sports Hall of Fame. Above right, Marty Close and Carol Schwin formerly of Skaggs Community Health Center.

Left, an auction of nearly 200 items donated by area businesses raised $10,000 for Women in Need of the Ozarks. Right, Jami Peebles and John Wilson, both of MIW Platinum Sponsor U.S. Bancorp.

Left, honoree Laura Ward, center, receives her award from SBJ’s Dorothy Gardner, left, and Dianne Elizabeth Osis, right. Right, the luncheon’s keynote speaker, Missouri Rep. Sara Lampe, “spoke from the heart,” according to SBJ Publisher Dianne Elizabeth Osis.

Left, raffle winner June Ivanov, with emcee Kirk Elmquist, celebrates her $6,000 dental treatment from Dr. Mike DeRuyter.