Ethan Allen design consultant Frank Schepis, right, received the Diamond Spirit Award for achievement in sales, design excellence and superior service for fiscal year 2017.
  • Ethan Allen: Frank Schepis, design consultant at the Tucson Ethan Allen Retail Inc., 5621 N. Oracle Road, received the Diamond Spirit Award for achievement in sales, a high level of accomplishment through commitment to design excellence, and superior service for fiscal year 2017. The award was presented by Ethan Allen’s CEO, Farooq Kathwari.
  • American Advertising Federation Tucson: AAF Tucson honored its 2018 ADDY Awards competition winners earlier this month. A total of 242 entries competed in 125 categories, with 67 gold, silver and bronze awards presented. In addition, two Judge’s Choice awards went to Sonder Agency in the social media campaign category and in the logo design category. A Judge’s Choice award was also presented to James Patrick Photography in the color photography category. The professional Best of Show award was presented to Steven Meckler Photographer in the color photography category. The Student Best of Show award went to Andre Rocha from University Of Arizona in the art direction category. All Gold and Silver ADDY Awards winners of the local competition are eligible to compete in the second level of a three-tiered ADDY Awards competition, the AAF District 12 ADDY Awards, made up of AAF and Ad2 chapters in Arizona, Utah, Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico and El Paso. District winners will be eligible for the national AAF American Advertising Awards. For a full list of winners, visit tucne.ws/aafawards
  • Banner-University Medical Center South: The Tucson campus was named to the nation’s 100 Top Hospitals list by IBM Watson Health. Formerly known as the Truven Health Analytics 100 Top Hospitals, the national study spotlights the top-performing hospitals in the United States based on a scorecard of publicly available clinical, operational and patient satisfaction metrics and data. The study has been conducted annually since 1993, and 2018 is the first year the hospital has made the list. In addition to earning a spot on the 100 Top Hospitals List, Banner-University Medical Center South also was named one of 13 “Everest Award” winners by IBM Watson. These are hospitals that earned the 100 Top Hospitals designation and also scored among the highest of these hospitals for rate of improvement over five years.

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