SBJ Throws a Party

This year’s honorees: Merissa Angell, A-Team Dish LC; Dr. Carrie Arquitt, Jordan Valley Community Health Center; Michelle Beach, H Design Group LLC; Janette Bleau, Christian County Prosecutor’s Office; Kristee Buff, American National Property and Casualty Co.; Mark Bybee, Commerce Bank; Amanda Byrd, Court Appointed Special Advocates of Southwest Missouri; Dr. Jason Crockett, Crockett Chiropractic Inc.; Chris Curtis, Edward Jones Investments; Jana Daugherty, Butler, Rosenbury & Partners; Kristen Dixon, Dairy Farmers of America; Charity Elmer, CoxHealth; Ginger Godbehere, Ozarks Technical Community College; Jeffrey Gower, Wil Fischer Distributing Co.; Jason Hainline, Environmental Market Solutions Inc.; Dawn Hiles, Drury University; Gregory Holman, 417 Magazine; Olivia Hough, city of Springfield; Barbara Houser, Kirkpatrick, Phillips & Miller CPAs PC; Rema Houston, Houston CPA Accounting & Tax Services LLC; Eric Johnson, Springfield-Greene County Parks & Recreation Department; Lori Johnson, TelComm Credit Union; Doug Lurvey, Interactive Hotel Solutions Inc.; Rob Marsh, RPCS Inc.; Summer Massey, Bank of America; Tammy Mast, GYN Cancers Alliance; Addy McCord, Springfield Regional Arts Council; Kathryn Mihalevich, Blackwell Sanders Peper Martin LLP; Bryan Newberry, Nixa Fire Protection District; Carter Peters, Guaranty Bank; Jason Rader, BKD LLP; Dr. Denise Roche-Caldwell, Deerfield Veterinary Hospital; Randy Rogers, Integrity Home Care; Kemmi Rusciano, The Payroll Co. and Ellie-berry Pie LLC; Michelle Sherwood, KYTV; Dr. Robert Steele, St. John’s Physicians and Clinics; Lisa Street, Greene County Family/Juvenile Court; Shawn Strong, Missouri State University; Chris Upp, Conco Quarries Inc.; and Tiffany Wilgus, Pattersons Hospitality Agents LLC.

Top left, SBJ Publisher Dianne Elizabeth Osis presents Dr. Jason Crockett with his award.

Middle left, the Cardinals Spirit Girls throw T-shirts to the crowd.

Bottom left, honoree Kristen Dixon, right, meets Springfield Cardinals mascot Louie.

Top right, emcees Kevin Howard and Liz Delany, radio hosts with Alice 95.5, welcome the crowd of about 400.

Middle right, honoree Jeffrey Gower takes a moment for a picture with his wife, Julie.

Bottom right, Heather Trinica, left, of Junior League of Springfield congratulates honoree Lori Johnson, who attended with her mother, Mary Anne Johnson, right.