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Fall, 2004 ~ The Official Newsletter of Leadership Grand Strand,
a Program of the Myrtle Beach Area Chamber of Commerce

  Alumni Related
  Upcoming Events
  Milestones
  Alumni Association Committee
  Ann DeBock Leadership Award

Ann DeBock Scholarship Fund
  Update

LGS Board of Regents
 Board of Regents Update
 A Word from the Executive
 Director

Celebrate 25 Years with your Classmates!

Celebrate 25 years of Leadership Grand Strand with Alumni from all 25 classes on Thursday, October 7th at Pine Lakes Country Club. The Social & Cash Bar 5:30 - 6:00 PM and a Buffet Dinner from 6:00 - 7:30 PM.

Join us for an evening of good friendship and delicious food.  You will be dining at a table with your classmates of LGS. The chefs at Pines Lakes are preparing Angel Hair Pasta with Shrimp Alfredo, Lemon and Herb Roasted Chicken, Steamed Vegetables, Roasted Red Potatoes and assorted desserts. Coffee, tea and water will be served. A cash bar will also be available.

Plan to take advantage of raffle tickets for a 2 night, 3 day stay at a condo resort in Saint Simons Island, GA! Proceeds to be given to the Ann DeBock Memorial Scholarship Fund.

Join us for a fun-filled evening where you can socialize with your old friends while meeting new ones. Class XXV will be joining us as well. LGS Alumni Association Members are free, non-members and guests are welcome for $15 each. It is imperative that you RSVP as we are charged per person. Please reply by Wednesday, September 29 via email to lgsalumni@sc.rr.com or call Kelly Meszzapelle at 918-1055.

If you have not renewed your LGS Alumni Association membership, now it the time! Plan to renew at the door on October 7th for $30 annual membership.

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LGS's Ann DeBock Leadership Award Recipient

Myrtle Beach City Councilwoman, Susan Grissom Means, was awarded the Ann DeBock Leadership Award from LGS XXIV. The award was presented during the LGS graduation ceremony at the Myrtle Beach Marriott Resort at Grande Dunes. A graduate of LGS X, Means is currently serving a second term on the Myrtle Beach City Council. She's been involved in numerous charitable organizations, including the American Heart Association, Grand Strand Humane Society, Waccamaw Youth Center, United Way and Grand Strand Children's Miracle Network. Means is past president of the Grand Strand Optimist Club and Myrtle Beach Women's Club and past chairwoman of the Ocean View Memorial Foundation.

The award is presented to a graduate who has demonstrated outstanding community leadership and service and is named in memory of Ann DeBock, the first and longtime Executive Director of LGS.

A Word from Dee Briggs, Executive Director of LGS

Milestones
by Lori Buse, LGS XVIII

Peter Balsamo, Class XVII, was named the Vice President for Workforce and Community Development for Luzerne County Community College near Wilkes Barre, PA… Kathy Bazzarre, Class XX, left Home Instead Senior Care on April 15th and on June 1st began a part time position with Ocean Drive Presbyterian as a Volunteer Parish Nurse/Lay Ministry.  Within the program, called Well Spring, she acts as a health educator, referral agent for services, counselor and evaluates unmet needs of all age groups within the church and develop programs to meet these needs… Mary Alice Blackburn, Class XVI, attended the National Society of Human Resources Conference in New Orleans in June… Julie Bostian, Class XVIII, has branched out on her own and is now splitting her time between her Splash Studio business and doing web site design and photography, and being an independent marketer for Reliv International, a nutritional food science company… Andrea Brophy, Class XXI, was promoted to Commercial Marketing Manager with Time Warner Cable… Linda Compton, Class XXIV, retired from Wachovia Bank on July 1st after 25 years and hasn’t stopped smiling since… Kimberly Duncan, Class XIV, was named Small Business Person of the Year by the Georgetown County Chamber of Commerce.  The award recognized Duncan’s magazine, Lowcountry Companion, as well as her marketing company, The Altman Group… Jeremy Finger, Class XXIII, and his wife are expecting their first child at the end of September… Neil Ferguson, Class IV, has retired from state service and works for Leroy Springs and Co., at the Springmaid Pier… Meredith Gibson, Class XX, just celebrated her 20th year with Sun Trust Mortgage, one of the nation’s largest lenders… Wayne Gray, Class XV, and Mary Snipes-Philips, Class X, were appointed to another term on the Board of Trustees of Leadership South Carolina… Sally P. Howard, Class XIII, represented the Edwards campaign as an alternate Delegate at the Democratic National Convention in Boston last month.  Howard is Chair Emeritus of the Horry County Democratic Party and has attended 6 national conventions… Brian Kemp, Class XIX, and his wife Kelly welcomed their second child, a daughter named Lily Katherine, on May 3rd… Terri Larkin, Class XX, graduated from the South Carolina Bankers School in July… John Laymon, Class XI, was elected Vice-Chaiman of PARTNERS Economic Development Corporation.  Laymon, an Horry County appointee on the Executive Board, previously served as PARTNERS’ Treasurer. He is also one of PARTNERS’ representatives on COMBO, the Council of Myrtle Beach Area Organizations… Jane Leahy, Class XXI, was re-elected to the Chapin Memorial Library Advisory Board and was invited to sit on the board for the Long Bay Symphony.  Last year her daughter, Kelsey, was the principal oboe player for the LBS Youth Orchestra… Angel Frantz McAllister, Class XIV, was selected the Outstanding Member of the year for the Abbeville Woman’s Club… Susan Means, Class X, is the General Campaign Chairman for United Way of Horry County… Anne Mullen, Class XVI, passed away August 19th.  She was living in Connecticut… Glenn Ohanesian, Class XX, is serving as the President of the Horry County Bar Association this year and recently was retained as an Assistant City Attorney for the City of Myrtle Beach… Dreama Osborne, Class XVII, celebrated her 30 year anniversary with Carolina First (formerly Anchor Bank) on August 1… Debra Randolph, Class XV, is the President of United Way of Horry County this year… Jennifer Scalzi, Class XXIII, began a new career as a Healthcare Representative with the Upjohn Division of Pfizer Pharmaceuticals.  She also sits on the Board of Directors for CCU’s Alumni Association… Deborah Burroughs Scialdone, Class XXI, graduated from Louisana State University’s Graduate School of Banking in June… Dan Sine, Class XXIII, has moved to McQuiddy Realty as a General Brokerage Sales Associate… Bob Squatriglia, Class IV, was appointed a member of the Advisory Board on Graduate Studies in Arts & Sciences of the College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA.  Bob holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the College where he served as Assistant Dean of Men from 1963 to 1967… Fran Tuite, Class XII, has been elected President of CAMP Civic Club (Coastal Advertising and Marketing Professionals)… Judy Vogt, Class XX, was elected from her Leadership South Carolina class to serve a two-year term on the Board of Trustees… Randy Wallace, Class II, and the president of local development company, CANA Corporation, has announced the newest additions to CANA’s highly successful Hunters Ridge Plantation subdivision.  The first phase of Planter’s Creek features 41 half-acre homesites and Phase II will be introduced by the end of the year.  Another Hunters Ridge neighborhood, Hunters Ridge Crossing, will be introduced in the fall.  It will feature custom homes in the $140-200,000 price range.  Also, the new Hunters Ridge/CANA sales office will open next to Hunters Ridge Day Care Center by the first of 2005… Jill R. Watts, Class I, received the 2004 Mary Dean Brewer Women of Achievement Award presented by the Girl Scouts Council of the Pee Dee Area… Shirley Wright, Class XXII, has retired from the Rape Crisis Center… Barb Krumm, Class XVII, painted a 55' x 10' western themed mural at Colonial Mall for the new Wild West Store location... Congratulations to  David Peete, Class XXI, and his wife, Kristen, on the birth of their daughter, Sydney Erin on September 21st....

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Ann DeBock Memorial Fund Update

Special door prizes are waiting to be raffled off on October 7th to help raise money.

The Board of Regents of LGS has established the “Ann DeBock Memorial Scholarship Fund” in memory of the LGS’s longtime Executive Director. The fund is used to assist individuals pursuing leadership development, training, and educational opportunities. This fund has helped others participate in Leadership Grand Strand by underwriting part or all of the tuition cost.  Scholarships requests are made to the Board of Regents.  Financial assistance is awarded as a partial or full scholarship, and generally there is no more than two per year.  Any contributions would be greatly appreciated to continue to develop community leaders through this outstanding program. 
    
Donations to the fund can be sent to Leadership Grand Strand, P.O. Box 2115, Myrtle Beach, SC, 29578-2115.  For more information call Dee Briggs, Executive Director, at 916-7222. 

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