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Dr. Michael Havig, a Naples sports medicine physician, served as the doctor for the U.S. Olympic Ski Team at the World Cup Finals in Italy in March.

The 25th Annual Healthcare Advertising Awards competition presented NOISE advertising agency with the bronze award in the Total Television Campaign category and a merit award for the Total Advertising and Marketing Campaign category for its work on behalf of Eye Centers of Florida.

Beth Prather and Emily Reese presented the topic "Life Care Planning—Expanding Opportunities for Geriatric Care Managers" at the National Association of Professional Geriatric Care Managers’ 24th annual conference.

California Closets’ employees volunteered their time in June to install closet systems, which the company donated, in bedrooms and laundry rooms at Mary’s House of Hope.

Larry and Rosanne Rechlin, agents with Preferred Travel of Naples, received golf specialist certifications from the Wide World of Golf.

Land Planning Solutions earned its Women & Minority Business Enterprise certification.

Prudential Florida WCI Realty awarded Pam Watson the 2007 Annual Chairman’s Circle-Gold Award.

Cedar Bay Yacht Club of Marco Island received Mercury Marine’s Service Customer Satisfaction Index Award for 2007.

Scott Herron and Ed McCoy of Shell Point Retirement Community became certified Florida Landscape Technicians through the Florida Nursery Growers and Landscape Association.

The American Advertising Federation’s Southwest Florida Chapter awarded Gold Addy awards to the following local agencies: Absher Design Group, BVK, ISOOSI, NOISE, Parr Media Group, Presstige Printing, Tweed Advertising and Unique ID Web Design Group. Silver Award winners included: Alison Drake Marketing and Advertising, Conservancy of Southwest Florida, D’Latinos & Azteca America, Florida Weekly, Greenfield Advertising Group and Image Marketing Associates.