BOURBON — Local resident Brandon Hepler, of Bourbon, recently achieved the “Winners Circle” award from Verizon Wireless.

Winners Circle is awarded once a year for achieving the top 10 percent in small-medium business representatives in the Great Lakes market of approximately 180 sales representatives. The award includes a trip to Orlando, Fla. and Walt Disney World. 

Hepler graduated from Triton High School in 1988 and also is a graduate from Manchester College in 1992 with a Bachelor of Science in management and marketing.