ReConvenings event continues the conversation about living and dying well
Cathy Wurzer is back in town for a reConvening following this past spring’s engaging event, The Convenings, in Central Minnesota to inspire and motivate individuals and families to continue the conversations about living and dying well. Join Wurzer and special guests for an evening of music, storytelling and discussion from 6:30-8 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 9 at the Paramount Arts Center, St. Cloud.
You will be invited into the home of Agnes Rogers, where her four adult-children and son-in-law gather following a visit to Agnes in the Intensive Care Unit of the hospital in the play, “An Almost Murder Mystery,” written and produced by Light the Legacy executive director, Lynn MacKenzie. Actors from Great Theatre will bring the play to life, joined by Merryn Jolkovsky, a palliative care doctor at St. Cloud Hospital, who makes her acting debut as the “doctor.”
You won’t want to miss author, illustrator and musician, Doug Wood, a national bestseller who communicates through words and music inspired by nature.
The reConvenings is the follow-up conversation to The Convenings based on a series of remarkable broadcast conversations between Bruce Kramer and Minnesota Public Radio’s Cathy Wurzer, which inspired their book, We Know How This Ends: Living while Dying. Kramer was diagnosed with a life-ending diagnosis of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis or ALS in 2010. Instead of viewing it as a “death sentence” he embraced it as a “life sentence.”
Kramer recognized to have a meaningful life, then embracing death was his only viable option. Kramer died in 2015.
To register or for more information, call 612-362-3724, email info@theconvenings.org or visit theconvenings.org/events. Seating is limited. The event is sponsored in part by CentraCare Health.
Jack Hellie of Sartell recently earned bachelor’s degrees in politics, and journalism and mass communications with an emphasis on strategic political communication from Drake University, Des Moines. Iowa.
Independent agent one of only nine Minnesota agents to secure the honor
Independent insurance agent Deborah A. Krump, Waite Park, has earned a trip to AFLAC’s 2017 National Convention at the Hilton Hawaiian Village in Honolulu, Hawaii. Krump qualified for the October incentive by selling more than $245,000 annualized premium of supplemental insurance during AFLAC’s 39-week qualification period from Nov. 12, 2016 to Aug. 11, 2017. Krump is a Newsleader client.
This year, Minnesota yielded nine agents who qualified from a field of 101. Top-producer Krump has qualified for the convention three times during her 14-year affiliation with AFLAC. The competition was especially difficult since she worked through March with a broken shoulder.
“I was persistent in creating and working my plan, with the national convention goal in mind,” Krump said. “Much of the business came from my existing account base.”
Krump also credited AFLAC’s corporate claims support and “Next Day Pay.”
“Many people need AFLAC’s help because of high-deductible health-insurance plans,” Krump said. “Being able to help clients with this challenge makes me feel good about my business.”
Brothers Paul, John and William Amos founded American Family Life Assurance Company in 1955 in Columbus, Georgia, and expanded the company’s coverage in 1958 to include cancer insurance. AFLAC policies also include Short Term Disability, Accident, Hospital, Critical Illness, Life, Dental and Vision insurance.
