New Covenant Academy student Robert Schmoele holds his ninth place national award earned during the Future Business Leaders of America competition June 29-July 2 in Atlanta. Schmoele, who competed in the help desk category, is pictured with business teacher and adviser Ashley Menefee.

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Harmony House stakeholders break ground July 7 on an $8.6 million, 46-unit affordable housing development for domestic violence survivors. The Vecino Group LLC is serving as developer for the project dubbed Talia Apartments on 1.8 acres near Grand Street and Scenic Avenue donated by Central Bank of the Ozarks. Missouri Treasurer Clint Zweifel, second from right, is a board member on the Missouri Housing Development Commission, which issued the nonprofit low-income housing tax credits. Pictured, left to right, are Amanda Tummons, Harmony House board chairwoman, Mike McGoldrick of Bear State Bank, Mayor Pro Tem Ken McClure, Harmony House Executive Director Lisa Farmer, Zweifel and Stacy Jurado Miller of The Vecino Group.

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College of the Ozarks students Lauren Kenyon, left, Caroline McKinney, Paige Arnett and Naomi Parker compete in the Phi Beta Lambda 2016 National Leadership Conference on June 24–27 in Atlanta. The conference tested students’ abilities in business categories, such as client service, where Arnett took first. McKinney and Parker placed within the top five nationwide in business law and help desk events.

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Jack and Peter Herschend, far right, are joined on stage by family members during Herschend Family Entertainment Corp.’s July 8 service pin ceremony. The founders and stepbrothers were among some 200 employees recognized for their years of service at Silver Dollar City’s Riverfront Playhouse. In recognition, gifts were given by HFE affiliates, including White Water planting 65 trees and The Harlem Globetrotters giving 65 game tickets to Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Atlanta. The next-longest tenured staffer was Senior Vice President of Risk Management Rick Todd, honored for 50 years with the company.