Business

FAYCO Enterprises of Vandalia will be hosting on May 23 Dr. Temple Grandin, a woman with autism who has become one of the leading advocates for people with autism.

Megan Diekemper of Diekemper Photography, right, presents a check for $720 to Jordan Walk, to be donated to Neurofibromatosis research.

Jordan suffers from the disease, and Diekemper Photography has donated the session fees from its annual Tutus and Ties children's special to fight the disease. Also pictured are Jordan's mother, Amanda, and her younger sister, Bella.

First Vandalia Corp., parent company of The First National Bank, recently elected Greenville resident Janice Romack to serve on the board of directors at the annual stockholders' meeting.
Romack, a partner of West & Company, LLC, a certified public accounting and consulting firm in Greenville, is a certified public accountant who has served clients in Southcentral Illinois for 29 years.  

St. Peter Insurance Agency of St. Peter was recently named to the prestigious Grinnell Mutual Reinsurance Co. President's Club for 2013.
Recognized by Grinnell Mutual President and CEO Larry Jansen, St. Peter Insurance  Agency ranks among the company's top 50 agencies and 11 farm mutual companies for production during the past five years.