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Kudos(Dallas Morning News, The (KRT) Via Thomson Dialog NewsEdge) Jan. 27--Honors and awards in the Dallas-area business community FastSigns International Inc. of Carrollton has named its Million-Dollar Honorees, whose stores produced at least $1 million in annual sales. They include Chris and Jean Ann Taylor, with stores on Preston Road and in North Arlington; Mitch and Andrea Levine, with stores in Lewisville and on Skillman Street in Dallas; Dan and Mayra Phillips, with a South Arlington store; Dan Boykin, with a Fort Worth store; Adrian and Bill Becker, with a store on Oak Lawn Avenue in Dallas; and April Gilliland, Lane Harris and Miriam Karp, with a store at 10225 N. Central Expressway. Center managers honored for their leadership included Dean Kraus of the Skillman location and Tammy Coil of the Preston Road location. Newcomers of the Year included Joseph Johnston, with a Denton store, and Greg Bass, with a McKinney store. Dallas Summer Musicals has named Stan Gardner of Personalized Communications its chairman of the board for 2008. Other officers for 2008 include vice presidents Michael S. Albright of Centex Corp., Gary E. Griffith of the Today Foundation, Sandra Kuprion-Thomas of Kuprion-Thomas PC, Gary M. Dixon of Ernst & Young LLP, Barry Epstein of Ecostatic Systems, Brice Beaird of Beaird and Boone Marketing LLC, Meredy McClure of LXR Luxury Resorts & Hotels; Paul A. Stotts of TS Group Inc., treasurer Michael C. Steindorf of Fulbright & Jaworski LLP, and secretary Steven C. Metzger of Metzger and McDonald LLP. New executive committee members are Mr. Beaird, Craig Holmes, Ms. McClure, Dr. Alfonso Pino and Wally Reed. New board members are Molly Martindale Barns of Unmistakably Molly, Wendy Boothe of Boothe Eye Care and Laser Center, Karl Chiao of Park Place Maserati, Jerry Dilettuso of Miramar Designs, J. Patrick Faubion of Comerica Bank, Ron W. Haddock of Ashmore Energy International, Robert M. Hopkins of Philanthropy World Magazine, Glenda Kemple of Kemple Capital, Rex Kurzius of Resulte Universal, civic leader Bill Melton, Christine A. Nowak of Hughes & Luce LLP, Melody Orrantia of Accenture, Jethro Pugh III of PlainsCapital Bank, Beryl Raff of J.C. Penney, CiCi Rojas of the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, D'Andra Simmons of Ultimate Living, community volunteer Martye Simmons, Chuck Thoele of Robertson Griege Thoele, Gloria Vasquez Brown of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, Susan Vice of Trinity Fellowship Church, Wendy Walker of Baylor Health Care System and Dr. Scott Zachin. TACA, an organization promoting the performing arts in North Texas, has elected officers for its 2008 board. They are chairman Ken Travis of Travis Wolff & Co.; chairman-elect Lynn McBee, a community volunteer; vice chairmen Barbara Daseke of Barbara Elliott Interiors and community volunteer Karol Omlor; treasurer Jim Nugent of Thompson Coe Cousins & Irons; and secretary Gwen Echols, a community volunteer. New directors to the board include Timothy J. Doke of Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure, Don M. Glendenning of Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell and community volunteer Geraldine "Tincy" Miller. Southern Methodist University has inducted three graduates into its School of Engineering Hall of Leaders. They are Aart de Geus (doctorate, 1985), chairman and chief executive of the Synopsis design firm in the Silicon Valley; Karen Shuford (bachelor's of electrical engineering, 1970), a banking consultant; and Richard Ru-Gin Chang (doctorate, 1985), president and chief executive of Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp. in China. They will be honored March 28 at the Dallas Museum of Art. Karen Cunningham of Hrchitect Inc. has been elected to the board of trustees of the Dallas Human Resource Management Association Inc. Debi Dault of the MIGroup is president of the group's leadership board and Terry Stallcup of Ultimate Consulting Inc. is president-elect. Additionally, Jennifer Davis of PFSweb Inc. is director of the HR Southwest Conference and Kim Williams of Bell Nunnally & Martin LLP is director-elect. The National Association of the Remodeling Industry has named its Contractor of the Year awards for its Region V, which includes Texas and Oklahoma. Winners include Bry-Jo Roofing and Construction Inc. of Richardson for Residential Bath $30,000 to $60,000; Capital Improvements of Allen for Residential Bath Over $60,000; Euro Builders & Remodelers Inc. of Richardson for Residential Interior over $100,000; Regenesis Remodeling of Plano for Residential Interior Specialty and Residential Addition Over $250,000; Provenance Properties of Dallas for Entire House $250,000 to $500,000 and Residential Historical Renovation/Restoration; Key Renovations Ltd. of North Richland Hills for Entire House Over $1,000,000; Caulton Contracting of Dallas for Residential Universal Design; and Graf Developments of Grand Prairie for Commercial Specialty. To see more of The Dallas Morning News, or to subscribe to the newspaper, go to http://www.dallasnews.com. Copyright (c) 2008, The Dallas Morning News Distributed by McClatchy-Tribune Information Services. 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