Mary McGinnis was recently named president of the Butler branch of the American Association of University Women.Other officers include membership vice president Carolyn Shriver, program vice president Barbara Wheatall, finance officer Jill Roth and secretary Cindy Nebel.The officers were installed at the branch's closing dinner held at the Succop Conservancy.---

<b>Dr. Patricia Gabow</b> of Denver, formerly of Chicora, has been named one of the Top 25 Women in Healthcare by Modern Healthcare magazine.A graduate of Seton Hill College and the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, she is the executive officer and medical director of Denver Health and a professor of medicine in the Division of Renal Disease at the University of Colorado School of Medicine.

---<b>Shari Beres</b> of Penn Township, a registered nurse and clinical manager at Reproductive Health Specialists in Penn Hills has been awarded the Serono Symposia International Prize Abstract Award for her study of stress and its effect on fertility.The head of the Balance Within relaxation program at Reproductive Health Specialists, she presented her research at the International Conference for Nurses and Support Personnel in Reproductive Medicine held recently in New Orleans.---WASHINGTON, D.C. - A soldier from Zelienople who was injured in combat in Iraq received a unique gift May 19 from the Golden Knights, the U.S. Army Parachute Team .<b>Sgt. Paul Statzer</b> was injured in Iraq on March 29 when an improvised explosive device detonated outside his operating base in Tikrit.Statzer is with the National Guard's Alpha Co., 112th Mechanized Division out of Ford City and Connoquenessing.He has been at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C., since April 2 after receiving initial treatment for his injuries in Iraq and Germany.During a prelude to this weekend's Armed Forces Day events, the Golden Knights parachuted into the medical center for a brief performance for an audience of about 200.After landing, they presented Statzer with the baton they used during their jump.Statzer's father was present when his son received the baton and is himself a U.S. Army veteran, having served as a paratrooper with the 504th Paratroopers.---Winners at the Butler Duplicate Bridge Club game, held May 19, were:<b>Helen Brydon</b> and <b>Betty Thompson</b>,<b>Lorraine Worsley</b> and <b>Alexander Bealles</b>,<b>Polly Black</b> and <b>Alan Martin</b>,<b>Thomas Richards< b> and <b>John Kristufek</b> and <b>Marie Crape</b> and <b>Phyllis Park</b>