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AppointmentsNew associateBLOOMINGTON - Allen L. DeVary recently joined the law firm of Hartweg, Turner, Wood & Simkins, P.C. in Bloomington.DeVary will concentrate his practice in the areas of civil litigation, estate planning and family law. DeVary practiced law for six years in the St. Louis area and in Peoria and also is a certified public accountant.With an emphasis on estate planning and administration, civil litigation, business representation, family law and commercial and residential real estate, the Bloomington firm, formed in 1977, is located at 207 W. Jefferson St., Suite 400, Bloomington.New officersBLOOMINGTON - Tom Laskowski of Tom Laskowski Plumbing Inc. recently was elected president of the Bloomington/ Normal Plumbing, Heating, Cooling Contractors Association.Other officers elected were: Rob Page of The Lane Company, vice president; Doug Dodson of Mid-Illinois Mechanical Inc., secretary-treasurer; Terry Redd of Chief City Mechanical Inc., state director; and Beverly Potts, executive director.The Bloomington/Normal PHCC is a nonprofit trade association comprised of plumbing, heating, cooling and refrigeration contractors that are signatory to the United Association of Plumbers and Pipefitters Local Union 99.NECA picks veepNORMAL - Daniel M. Wilcox of Wilcox Electric & Service Inc., Normal, recently was elected vice president of the Illinois Chapter of the National Electrical Contractors Association at the organizations annual meeting in Chicago. He also serves as division director of the chapters Bloomington division and is a trustee on NECA-IBEW Welfare Trust Fund.The Illinois Chapter of NECA is a trade association representing electrical construction contractors. The association has served the interests of the electrical contracting industry for more than a century, including the promotion of quality work, safety and efficiency, and the education and advanced training of contractors, journeymen and apprentice electricians.New hiresBLOOMINGTON - CBL & Associates Inc. recently announced additions to the Eastland Mall marketing and management staff.Katie Altrichter was named general manager. She has 11 years of hospitality and lodging management and three years of retail management experience. She began her career as the assistant general manager of Burnsville Center in Burnsville, Minn.David Cate was named assistant general manager. He has five years sales experience, including three years with the Coca-Cola Co.Gayle Gleespen was named marketing director. She has nine years of retail experience and three years of marketing experience. She began her career with CBL & Associates Inc., as the assistant marketing director at Cross Creek Mall in Fayetteville, N.C.Credit VP namedEUREKA - Rod Robenstein has been named vice president of 1st Farm Credit Services Eureka branch. He assists clients in Tazewell and Woodford counties and part of Marshall County with agricultural financing needs.Robenstein grew up on his familys farm near Congerville. He has a bachelors degree in agriculture economics from Montana State University and a masters degree in agriculture economics from North Carolina State University. For the last 12 years, Robenstein has been a farm business consultant for Farm Business Farm Management working with clients in western Tazewell County. He and his wife, Angie, live in East Peoria and have three children. 1st Farm Credit Services provides farm real estate loans, crop insurance, life insurance, loan and lease options and farmland appraisals. The Bloomington- based cooperative serves 42 counties through 21 local offices. Fair officers MELVIN - Norm Schall of Melvin has been elected to the Ford County Fair Board, filling an open position. Re-elected were Tim Muehlenpfort, Marty Althouse and Ron Arends, all of Melvin. Muehlenpfort was re-elected president. Dallas Meyer of Thawville re- elected as vice president and Corinne Brown of Paxton was re- elected as secretary-treasurer. This years fair will be July 9-15. MiscellaneousDesignationBLOOMINGTON - Gwendolyn S. Husek, president of American Risk and Insurance Associates at 1613 Commerce Parkway, Suite E, Bloomington, recently received the designation of certified insurance counselor. To receive this designation, Husek, who began her insurance career in 1993, was required to complete an insurance education program sponsored by the Society of Certified Insurance Counselors. The ARIA agency provides insurance coverage policies and consulting on custom risk management programs.The Society of Certified Insurance Counselors is a national nonprofit organization dedicated to professional insurance education.Planner certifiedMINIER - Bradley D. Peine recently received the certified financial planner designation from the Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards.To receive this certification, Peine completed financial planning coursework and passed the CFP Certification Examination covering financial planning process, risk management, investments, tax planning and management, retirement and employee benefits and estate planning.He intends to specialize in personal consumer finances.Organizer certifiedBLOOMINGTON - Stephanie Calahan, owner of Calahan Solutions in Bloomington, has earned a certificate of study in basic physical conditions and challenges from the National Study Group on Chronic Disorganization. Calahan focuses on business, residential and life consulting. She gained certification by learning new organizing methods, techniques, approaches and solutions. The continuing education study noted that chronic disorganization can be rooted in vision loss, movement impairment, aging and thyroid dysfunction.
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