Friday, Nov. 16, Hanson Directory Service held its annual awards banquet at Prairie Meadows Banquet Center in Altoona.

Veronica Hanson, Telephone Sales Manager, began the evening by recognizing and thanking key people in the organization who consistently were team players, going “above and beyond expectations, setting all of our sales staff up for success.” The employees she singled out were: Don Larkin, Bryan Tipton, Julie Schultz, Teresa Shaw-VanVark, Crissy Ray, Jim McNeer, Amy Crook, Shawna Stevenson, Heather Wolf, Randy VanderLeest, Tiffannie Bruce and Renae Heikkila.

Hanson also paid respect to the sales managers, saying, “I also want to thank our Premise Managers [Rob Snook, Rod Simpson and Curt Buchmeier], who have the double responsibility of being both salespeople and managers.”