D-Bat, Inc., Plano, Texas, honored the Robertson Sales Company as Agency of the Year, according to Monte Robertson, President of this rep group. And recently, associate Nick Stubbs was awarded Sales Agent of the Year by Bison Manufacturing Company, Lincoln, Nebraska. The organization travels TX, AR, LA, MS & OK and can be contacted at the Flower Mound, Texas headquarters by emailing Robertson at mhrob1@charter.net.

J. B. “Bunny” Andrews has retired as a salesman from E.C. Frazer & Associates, Waco, Texas. Andrews, 73, joined the agency in 1975 and has traveled South and Central Texas, repping the Frazier lines for 29 years. Tracy Saul now has the responsibility of calling on accounts in Andrew’s former territories.

Alpen Outdoor Corporation, Rancho Cucamonga, CA, presented the Sales Representative of the Year award to Steve Krenzien, Krenzien, Krenzien & Associates, Northbrook, IL at the recent Shooting, Hunting and Outdoor Trade Show. Krenzien recently celebrated the agency’s 70th year in business as a sales organization, covering 19 states with eleven road people. For further info e-mail the agency at ronisaacs@krenzien.com.

Condolences to Danner DeStephano, Executive Director of the New England Sporting Goods Agents Association (NESAA) on the death of his sister, Joan DeStephano Williams, 50, from brain cancer. Mrs. Williams was a Lombard, Illinois Village Trustee and a well-known and much admired community activist. Condolences may be addressed to Danner & the family at 9 Pond Lane, Suite 5-A1, Concord, MA 01742.