Joyce Dickerson was awarded a $1,000 bonus for increasing the percentages of sales as manager of Gift Horse at West Park Mall.

Dickerson won the first of two bonuses to be awarded to store managers with the highest percentage sales increase over last year's actual holiday sales for November and December. The award was made at a surprise luncheon last week.

She posted more than a 30 percent increase in November and was awarded the bonus by Tony Stephens, West Park Mall manager.

The bonuses are the result of a special incentive program developed by West Park Mall's corporate parent CenterMark Properties. The program, known as "Jingle, Jingle," was designed to encourage retailers to reach sales goals in the months of November and December.

The December winner will be announced later this month.