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TEXAS GSD&M, Austin, was the sole Southwest shop to earn an Andy Award in the Advertising Club of New York's annual competition. The winning entry was a 30-second television spot for the AIDS Walk, sponsored by AIDS Services of Austin. Temerlin McClain in Irving added the following new staff members: account supervisor Mike Colglazier, who held the same position at the Dallas office of Fogarty Klein & Partners; account executive Chris Armstrong, who joins from McCann-Erickson in Houston; account executive Howard Haworth, who was with Keeton & Rich in Dallas; account executive Brian Tripp from McCann-Erickson in Dallas; account executive Rosemary Whatley, formerly of Bazzirk in Austin; and copywriter Derek Walker, previously a copywriter at Fahlgren, Dublin, Ohio. The agency also promoted project manager Robin McGowan to business manager. DDB Needham Dallas has launched three new 30-second television spots for the Ladies Professional Golf Association Tour (LPGA). The ads were directed by Joe Pytka and feature LPGA players Helen Alfredsson, Karrie Webb, Annika Sorenstam and Kelly Robbins. The spots will air during LPGA events on a mix of network and cable broadcasts. San Antonio Hispanic agency Inventiva has launched a series of television commercials on Univision and Telemundo for Central Power & Light Co., San Antonio. The ads warn viewers of the dangers of working near power lines and will be supported by outdoor executions. Bank of the San Juans in Durango, Colo., hired The McIntosh Advertising and Design House, Austin, to handle advertising and marketing duties. David Schaer, previously a senior account executive at Meyer & Johnson, Dallas, assumed the same role at Witherspoon & Associates, Fort Worth. West End Media Group, Arlington, was hired to handle the radio and outdoor barter advertising for the Dallas/Fort Worth locations of Ninfa's and J. Pepe's restaurants operated by the Rio Star II management company. C. Witt Advertising, an 18-year-old Dallas agency, has renamed itself The Wittmann Group. The shop relocated earlier this year to Harwood Center, 1999 Bryan St., Suite 1220, Dallas 75201. Phone: (214) 855-1220; Fax: (214) 855-1277. M/C/C, Dallas, added four new employees: public relations representative James Black, traffic manager Amy Ditmore, public relations writer Steve Freeman and public relations coordinator Gina Strebeck. Edmonson/Quest, Austin, was accepted as a member of the American Association of Advertising Agencies, New York. The Nelson Group of Fort Worth was contracted by Jamak Fabrication in Weatherford and Accel Graphic Systems in Dallas to provide advertising and public relations materials and services. Jamak specializes in custom-built silicone parts and assemblies for the automotive trade. Accel is a manufacturer and distributor of aftermarket press accessories for the printing industry. Vollmer Public Relations, Houston, is adding an investor relations discipline to its available services. Kimberly Boshara has joined the company as investor relations specialist to service business in the category. Previously, Boshara was a senior account executive at Johnnie D. Johnson & Co. in New York. Concepts Unlimited, Austin, earned three first-place trophies at the Golden Mirror marketing and advertising competition sponsored by the Credit Union Executives Society of Madison, Wis. Among its first-place finishers was a direct mail and collateral campaign for Austin Municipal Federal Credit Union. The agency also took three second-place and three merit awards. Big Fish Films has signed director David Blood. The Dallas-based company will represent Blood in the Southwest and Southeast. NourzAds, Elgin, recently completed a print advertising project for Clinicor, a contract research organization in Austin. Linda Yarbrough, vice president and media director at Regian & Wilson Advertising in Fort Worth, was the recipient of the 1997 Award of Excellence for agency media management from the Dallas/Fort Worth chapter of American Women in Radio and Television. An Internet venue developed by Synapse Group of Dallas for Hilton and Hilton HHonors Worldwide won a Freddie Award for best Web site. The annual awards are voted by the readers of InsideFlyer magazine. Dallas photographer J.W. Burkey was hired to to create the visuals for a direct mail effort promoting Adobe Photoshop's latest software release, version 5.0. Type Case, a provider of prepress and typographic services in Fort Worth, has changed its name to Type Case Digital Imaging. The company also recently added Karla Burge to its sales staff. She will be responsible for current accounts and new business development. The Parker & Wood Association, San Antonio, won three gold awards at the Mitchell A. Wilder Publication Design Awards Competition, presented by the Texas Association of Museums. The winning entries were a television commercial, an invitation and a promotional T-shirt created for The Witte Museum's HEB Science Treehouse exhibit. Sundance Square, a 16-block retail and entertainment development in Fort Worth, selected Andrew Gallina as director of marketing. Gallina previously was president of Aubergine, a retailer in Bethesda, Md. Stuart Bacon in Fort Worth named Kimberly Speairs and Jake Yarbrough its first vice presidents. Speairs joined the 10-year-old agency in 1992 and has been director of public relations since May 1996. Yarbrough arrived in December 1996 as an account executive, moving up to account supervisor last July. ARKANSAS The Great Passion Play, Eureka Springs, hired Blackwood Martin/Cranford Johnson Robinson Woods, Fayetteville, to handle advertising, marketing and public relations promoting the outdoor drama. The play is produced by the Elna M. Smith Foundation. Cranford Johnson Robinson Woods in Little Rock promoted Jennifer Fleischauer Lakin to associate broadcast producer. She arrived at the agency in 1996 as a broadcast assistant. NEW MEXICO Vaughn/Wedeen Creative, Albuquerque, had several pieces selected for inclusion in Step-by-Step Graphics 1998 Design Annual. Among the feature work are a corporate recruitment brochure for U S West Communications and a poster for the New Mexico AIDS Walks.

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