ADDIES HONOR 66 ADVERTISING, MARKETING WINNERS

The Wright Group of Fredericktown captured Best of Show at the annual ADDY Awards banquet held last week at the Show Me Center.

Five of the Wright Group's entries were among 66 award winners chosen by the Advertising Federation of Southeast Missouri. The Best of Show award was for a brochure, "Barging South France," produced by Jonathan Wright, creative director of the Wright Group.

St. Francis Medical Center of Cape Girardeau captured 10 awards during the evening, and RV Productions of Cape Girardeau won nine awards during the event.

Southeast Missouri Hospital of Cape Girardeau and Buenerkemper & Howe, of Murphysboro, Ill., each won six awards, and the Southeast Missourian Newspaper of Cape Girardeau and KFVS Television of Cape Girardeau each won five awards.

The ADDY awards are the industry's largest and most representative competition for creative excellence.

The first year of competition drew more than 80 entries from throughout the region, with 32 awards presented. This year's entries totaled more than 160 and a total of 66 awards were presented. More than 160 people were present for the annual awards banquet.

Entries were judged by members of the Memphis, Tenn., Advertising Federation.

Many of the winning entries will be forwarded for judging to the 9th District of the American Advertising Federation. The district includes Missouri, Iowa, Nebraska and Kansas. Winning entries at the district competition will be eligible for the national ADDY Awards program.

The ADDY awards

(All from Cape Girardeau unless otherwise specified)

Best of Show

Wright Group, Fredericktown, "Barging South France."

Addies of Distinction

RV Productions Inc (4), Stationery Flat, Specialty Advertising Apparel, Ad Club Self Promotion and Logo Design.

Buenerkemper & Howe, Murphysboro, Business to Business Flat.

St. Francis Medical Center, Business to Consumer Flat.

KFVS 12, Local Single 30 Seconds.

Addies

The Wright Group (2), Catalog, Four Color Poster.

St. Francis Medical Center (4), Four-Color Annual Report, Invitation, Three Dimensional, Newspaper Campaign.

Media Consultants Inc. (2), Sikeston, Newspaper Advertising, Television Regional-National.

RV Productions Inc., Illustration.

KFVS 12 (3), Local Television Campaign, Television Self Promotion, Video Film Animation.

WTAO Radio, Radio Self Promotion.

Southeast Missouri Hospital, Public Service Audio Visual.

Addy Silver Awards

The Wright Group (3), Cap America Catalog, Custom Wool Jackets, Same Day Shipment Ad.

Buenerkemper & Howe (4), Murphysboro, Ill., Southern Pride Sales Kit, Child Visitation Datebook & Journal, Magnet Media Stationery, Centralia Community Guide.

Concord Printing Services (2), Roaring Earthquakes, Island Magic.

RV Production Inc. (3), Dr. Ira Price Stationery, 1994 Addy Winners Book, You're Standing Naked.

Southeast Missouri Hospital (5), Annual Report, Invitation to Annual Dinner, Main Street Fitness, Volunteers Changing the Future, Southeast Cares for Kids.

Magna-Tel Inc., Power of Promotional Products.

Horizon Promotional Products, Marcon to Horizon Name Change.

Southeast Missouri State University (3), On Campus Tabloid, Family Weekend Campaign, In Concert Ad.

Southeast Missouri Newspaper (5), Mollie's Ad, Savin' of the Green Sales, Auffenberg Rock Bottom Prices, One Hot Offer, Pantyhose Conspiracy from the Pits of Hell.

St. Francis Medical Center (2), Breast Cancer Awareness, Center for Health & Rehabilitation Logo.

WTAO Radio, Best of Jimmy.

Red Letter Communications, Product Transformations.

KBSI Fox 23 (3), Continuum 4 Promotion, Bartman "Simpson Promotions Campaign," Saturday Afternoon Movie Open Animation.

WPSD-TV (2), The House Doctor "If I Can't Help You," Stranger Danger.

Media Consultant, Inc., Galaxy Cablevision, "Linda, Jay, Steve."

KFVS 12 (2), Heartland News Series, "Edge of Conflict."

One Moore Production, LDD Jingle, "When You Need to Talk."

Lourdes Hospital, Mapping Out Ways to Serve You Better.