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Kenneth

Hardisty has been promoted to senior vice president

of sales and marketing od Northwestern Mutual insurance

company. Hardisty is a graduate of the University of

Texas, Arlington with a BBA in management and economics.

Barry Ellis of the

financial-services firm Edward Jones opened his new

office at 2338 Ga. Highway 54 in Peachtree City.

Ellis, who

has been serving the people of Peachtree City since 1994,

said he decided to move to the new office because it

provides the space to accommodate his growing business.

President and CEO of

Peachtree National Bank Wm. Ronald Duffey recently

announced the addition of Mark Gilmer to the

bank's staff as assistant vice president and commercial

lender. Gilmer will work out of the Riverdale office,

which covers Clayton and Henry counties.

Gordon Kitchens and Wendell

Peters were the guest speakers at the July meeting of the

South Metro Conditioned Air Association of Georgia.

The

organization's goal is to improve quality in the heating

and cooling contractor industry. Major focuses are

legislation, licensing, permitting and training.

Companies

represented at the meeting included Valentine Services , Dell Air

Conditioning Co., All Seasons Heating and Air, All

Weather Heating and Air, Total Services, Deason Heating

and Air, Corbin Comfort Systems, Ferguson Heating and Air

Conditioning Company, Nail Heating and Air, Johnson and

Johnson Services and A Better Heating and Air.

For

information on the organization, phone Steve Samson at

Valentine Services at 770-487-0770.

Peachtree City's Steven

Hale , CLU, financial representative, received the

Diamond Award at the annual Northwestern Mutual

Association of Agents meeting.

He received

the award for sales achievements ending May 31.

Dr. Scott Cahoon has

joined Resurgens Orthopaedics. Cahoon will be seeing

patients at both the Stockbridge office and the location

at 1391 Ga. Highway 54 in Fayetteville.

The Fayette County Board of

Realtors recently passed proceeds from last year's Noel

November to three organizations.

The

Fayette County Schools Mentoring Program, Asden-Johnson

Youth Home and the Redwine Recreation Center received funds from the real estate

community's annual Christmas event.

This year's

event is Nov. 18 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Redwine

Recreation Center in Fayetteville. Tickets will be sold

later this summer.

Newnan's Express

Personnel Services recently was certified ISO 9002

compliant, said owner Don King. ISO 9002 is an

international standard for quality management, placing

stringent requirements on business processes.

Anita Price , CLU, is

a new State Farm agent at 109-A North 85 Parkway in

Fayetteville. Price is a graduate of Jackson State

University with a B.S. in management and has 20 years

experience with State Farm.