Brian Steiner has joined GLPM Architects in Lawrence, and is working on a school project and designs for a new church serving St. Michael the Archangel Catholic Parish in Johnson County.
Before joining GLPM, Steiner worked with another area firm, providing design services on educational, military and religious projects.
Glenn Jackson, Craig Richmond and Alan VanGundy have joined Landplan Engineering in Lawrence.
Jackson, a project engineer, is responsible for technical design and overall management of civil engineering projects. He has 20 years of experience in civil, environmental and facilities engineering. He previously worked for Sunflower Army Ammunition Plant in DeSoto.
Jackson is a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers and the National Society of Professional Engineers. He received bachelor's and master's degrees from Kansas University.
Richmond, as a landscape architect II, is responsible for design and development of master plans, site-development plans and zoning and land-use planning. He has 10 years of experience in landscape architectural design.
VanGundy, a staff planner, is responsible for providing technical assistance, research and graphic support.
Karen Bradford and Nancy Amison who years ago worked together as bridal consultants and seamstresses have opened a new business, Making it Fit, at 1410 Kasold Drive.
The business provides professional alteration services as well as tuxedo rentals and sales.
Both women are former retail managers, and Bradford is former owner of Karen's Bridal, which operated in the Hillcrest Shopping Center for more than 18 years, ending in the 1980s.
Perry Alexander, an associate professor of electrical engineering and computer science at Kansas University, has been elected chair of the Computer-Based Systems Technical Committee of the international Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.
The committee, with more than 400 members, is scheduled to meet April 18-19 in Washington, D.C.
Alexander is a faculty researcher for KU's Information and Telecommunication Technology Center.
For more information about the committee, click on www.dcs.napier.ac.uk/ecbs/.
Wendy Stewart Chaffin has been hired as assistant for Doug Brown at Coldwell Banker Commercial McGrew Real Estate in Lawrence. Her responsibilities include Internet management, marketing and helping clients.
Chaffin has worked with the company since 1999, after previously working for J.C. Nichols. She is a 1994 graduate of Kansas University.
Kelly Hilmes, a certified public accountant for 16 years, recently joined Lawrence Memorial Hospital as director of accounting.
Hilmes is responsible for the hospital's payroll, accounts payable, budgeting, financial accounting and reporting, statistical analysis and Medicare cost reporting.
Hilmes previously worked as senior accountant for Retirement Management Co. in Lawrence.
Capitol Federal Savings recently promoted Amy Cleavinger and Jessica Kufahl to new positions within the company's Lawrence market.
Cleavinger is vice president-mortgage lending officer. She started at Capitol Federal in 1991, when she joined the lending department in Lawrence. She became a mortgage loan officer in 1995 and, in 1999, was promoted to assistant loan manager in Lawrence.
Kufahl, a Lawrence native, is assistant mortgage lending manager for Lawrence. She had five years of banking experience when she joined Capitol Federal in 1995. In 1998 she joined the mortgage loan staff in Lawrence as a loan processor and later became a mortgage loan officer.
Commercial Federal Bank has named Dennis Chanay as a market manager, making him responsible for the bank's Ottawa and Lawrence branches.
His responsibilities include designing and implementing sales and marketing plans, and overseeing branch operations and sales personnel.
Chanay joined Omaha, Neb.-based Commercial Federal in February 2000 as a management trainee.
Rick Ensz, a professional engineer, has joined Larkin Group Consulting Engineers Inc. in Kansas City, Mo., as an associate.
Ensz concentrates on business development and project management of transportation-related projects.
Before joining Larkin, Ensz had been vice president and office manager for Bartlett & West Engineers Inc. in Lenexa. He has 22 years of municipal engineering experience, and holds two degrees from Kansas University: a bachelor's in civil engineering and a master's in environmental health engineering.
Douglas Brenn has joined Peoples Bank in Lawrence as a loan officer, focusing on residential and commercial mortgage lending.
Brenn, a Lawrence native, has worked in real estate for more than 18 years, as a Realtor, manager and developer. He is a member of the Lawrence Board of Realtors.
Honors and awards
Randall Kahle, of Kahle Inc. in Lawrence, traveled to Tampa, Fla., last month to receive the William H. Feather Safety Award during the annual meeting of the National Utility Contractors Assn.
The company was among six to receive a safety award during the meeting. The company received the award based on information it submitted regarding injury-frequency rates, an experience modifier, a safety statement and its safety program.
Kahle Inc., formerly known as R.D. Kahle Construction Co., is a contractor that handles site utilities including water mains, storm sewers and sanitary sewers.
Linda Kiernan, an independent sales representative for Avon in the Lawrence area for the past 5 1/2 years, has received the company's Rose Circle Award.
The award is given to representatives who generate more than $35,000 in sales during a 12-month period.
Kiernan will receive the award in May, during Avon's annual President's Club tribute.
Kurt Eskilson, vice president of communications at Jones Seel Huyett in Topeka, received the Silver Medal Award last month from the Topeka Advertising Federation.
The award, established in 1959, is considered the federation's highest honor. Eskilon was recognized for furthering industry standards, creative excellence and responsibility in areas of social concern.
Eskilon joined Jones Seel Huyett in 1994. He is a graduate of Kansas University.
Topeka-based Jones Seel Huyett recently received 22 awards in the Kansas Ad Astra ADDY Awards competition. The competition recognizes creative excellence in advertising.
Jones Seel Huyett won five ADDY awards, the competition's most prestigious honor, for:
l a postcard direct-mail campaign for Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas;
l a holiday card direct-mail campaign for Golf Course Superintendents Association of America, which is based in Lawrence;
l a newsletter redesign for the Topeka Ad Federation;
l two self-promotional mixed-media projects.
The company also received several Citations of Excellence and individual category honors.
Coming events
Farmers have until March 15 to purchase federally subsidized crop insurance.
With several new programs available at a lower cost to farmers, knowing the difference between this year's crop-insurance offerings will pay, said Art Barnaby, Kansas State University agricultural economist.
"Growers have new choices in the insurance market, combined with substantial increases in subsidies," Barnaby said. "Crop insurance will be very cheap, compared to the premiums paid last year for similar coverage. With the additional subsidies and reduced premium costs, many corn and soybean growers are likely to increase their coverage levels."
Growers should ask their insurance agents plenty of questions as they decide which program is right for them, Barnaby said.
For more detailed information and a side-by-side comparison of the new programs, interested persons can visit www.agecon.ksu.edu/risk/ on the World Wide Web.
The Kansas Department of Commerce & Housing is sponsoring a "New City" application workshop for community leaders interested in applying for the Kansas Main Street program, which encourages the development and revitalization of downtown commercial districts.
The workshop will be from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. March 15 in the Security Benefit Building at 700 S.W. Harrison St. in Topeka.
The workshop will give participants background information regarding the Kansas Main Street approach to downtown revitalization
Applications are due June 1 with new designated Kansas Main Street cities to be announced in early July.
The workshop is free, but registration is required. For more information or to register, contact the department's Community Development Division by calling (785) 296-3485, faxing (785) 296-0186 or e-mailing comdev@kdoch .state.ks.us.
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