O'Connor Awarded American Advertising Federation Silver Medal
Dawn O'Connor, President of Meigs O'Conner Ricks Advertising, was awarded the American Federation (AAF) Silver Medal by the Emerald Coast Chapter of the American Advertising Federation.
The AAF Silver Medal Award Program was established in 1959 to recognize men and women who have made outstanding contributions to advertising and who have been active in furthering the industry's standards, creative excellence, and responsibility in areas of social concern.
O'CONNOR's work for clients has produced results and garnered hundreds of industry awards including over 86 Gold ADDY awards; district and national ADDY Awards; a national finalist CLIO; a national SAVVY award for factory outlet advertising; Gold Drummer Award for home improvement advertising; Healthcare Marketing Reports Gold, Bronze and Silver Awards, among others.
O'CONNOR regularly presents a workshop on advertising for small businesses through the Small Business Development Center at the University of Florida, Fort Walton Beach campus, and has served as marketing chair of the United Way of Okaloosa and Walton County.
Meigs O'Connor Ricks Announces Media Specialist Hire
Meigs O'Connor Ricks is pleased to announce the addition of Julie Dubuisson as media specialist.
"We are excited to welcome Julie to our team of marketing experts," said Dawn O'Connor, president of Meigs O'Connor Ricks. "Her national consumer public relations experience is impressive and adds additional depth to our highly qualified associates. Julie's duties include media buying, public relations, special events and promotional activities for our clients."
Most recently, she was employed as the Director of Special Events and Media Relations for the Greater Dallas Chamber. Prior to the Chamber, she was an account executive at the Dallas office of Public Strategies Inc., a public affairs agency based in Austin, Texas. Also, Dubuisson worked for Publicis Dialog, an advertising and public relations agency, as an account executive in the public relations division. She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree from Spring Hill College in Mobile, Alabama. She is a native of Gulfport, Mississippi.
Meigs O'Connor Ricks is a full-service advertising, design, marketing and public relations agency in Ft. Walton Beach, FL, specializing in hospitality marketing. The agency has a wide range of marketing expertise in such diverse fields as real estate, financial retain, automotive, marine and health care. The agency is located at 16 First Street SE in Ft. Walton Beach, FL 32548 (850) 244-5549.
The Downtown Seaside Association is currently accepting submissions of artwork for the annual Spring Wine Festival. The entry deadline for the Spring Wine Festival is Tuesday, September 7, 1999. The Festival takes place May 5-7,2000. Selected artwork will appear on posters and T-shirts for the festival.
Artists should deliver original, unsigned artwork to the Downtown Seaside Association by the specified deadline. The artist's name, address and phone number should appear on the reverse of the original. Artists may submit more than one entry for the festival. The association must be given rights to reproduce the art on posters and T-shirts. There is a $150.00 cash prize for the selected entry.
The contest is open to the community and sponsored by the Merchants of Seaside. For more information, call the Downtown Seaside Association at (850) 231-5424.
AM 1460/WZEP is Number 1
Walton County's FIRST radio station, AM 1460, WZEP, has served Walton County since 1955. With no daily in-county source of printed local news, listeners in Walton County and DeFuniak Springs have turned to full-service radio for many years for their daily source of local news and information. WZEP features extensive coverage of local law enforcement, county commission, city council, school board and other local news, including coverage of community and local sporting events, extensive local weather information, state news and national and world news from the NBC Radio Network.
In addition to news and talk programs, WZEP programs a careful blend of country favorites, nostalgia, big bands and traditional M.O.R. music from the 1940's to the present. The musical format is specifically designed to appeal to the affluent 25+ age demographic group in Walton County. For years WZEP has featured a high energy live morning show with local personalities who discuss local events, take on-air listener calls and inform.
Advertising on WEZP gets results!! In a recent survey WZEP was shown to be highly effective in ratings. It strives to be so effective in getting results that a business cannot compete and survive with WZEP as its advertising cornerstone. It is Walton County s only daily, professional news and information service, reaching people at home, work and in the automobile. If you want advertising results, please contact WZEP at P. O. Box 627, DeFuniak Springs, FL 32435 or call (850) 892-3158.
News from Sandestin Golf and Beach Resort
Sandestin Golf and Beach Resort celebrated its year anniversary as an Intrawest property on July 13. Matt Lindley, Director of Golf, Mike Stange, Vice President/General Manager and Vance Askew; Vice-President of Resort Development, toast to a prosperous year and await future developments, such as the Raven Golf Club and the Village at Baytowne Wharf.
Captain Joe Lee's Tree House, a 2-story low-rise fabricated of treated pine, bamboo, and cypress, at Sandestin's Baytowne Marine is certifiably one-of-a-kind. Such rarity is the trademark of Beaufort, SC resident and professional tree house builder of twenty-five years, Wayne Edwards, who designed and built the resort landmark. The planks of Sandestin's Baytowne Marina Boardwalk carry visitors over wetlands, right up to the stoop of Captain Joe Lee's Treehouse, which is open year-round and illuminated with faux-moonlight lighting for nocturnal adventurers. Fronting the Choctawhatchee Bay, it is complemented by a neighboring crow's nest and rookery, also along the path and built by Edwards.
Sandestin recently added Jolee Island Nature Park to its considerable list of resort offerings. The 5-acre nature park, whose namesake is the Creek Indian work for pine tree, includes a pirate ship-shaped adventure playground; picnic sites; grills; planked 1.5 mile hiking/running perimeter path; weather-beaten, double-wide porch swings and a greenspace event lawn.