The ADDY Awards honor the best in American advertising across the country and has 60,000 entries. Entrants must first win an award in one of the 200 local competitions before reaching the national level. Nelson Graphic earned three Silver Awards in the competition. Summit Creative Awards is an international competition. May 15 at the hotel on Edgewood Drive in Baxter.
Participants are welcome to bring swimsuits for the Rapid River and complimentary hors d'oeuvres.
CTC gains 2001 TeleChoice Award Consolidated Telephone Co., Brainerd, and Kris Nelson, human resources director, were recently named the second place recipient of the 2001 National Telephone Cooperative Association TeleChoice Award for employee newsletter. The TeleChoice Award is given annually and recognizes excellence in print advertising, single target print publications, Web sites, customer newsletters, employee newsletters and annual reports. Mid-Minnesota's marketing efforts were selected from more than 4,000 applications. Mid-Minnesota's Marty Kelly, vice president of marketing, and Marnie Perfetti, marketing assistant, were recognized for awards. The award also recognized Tom Schmidt, graphic designer from Range Printing.