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New this year is all awards have been sponsored by a local chamber business The 2013 Business Person of The Year award will be presented to John Gehrig of D3Corp. The award is being sponsored by Worcester County Economic Development The 2013 Citizen of The Year award will be presented to Macky Stansell of Macky’s Bayside Bar & Grill. This award is being sponsored by the Community Foundation of The Eastern Shore, LLC. New for this year, the 2013 Young Professional of The Year award will be received by Igor Conev of Mann Properties. The award is being sponsored by the Md. Coast Dispatch. The 2013 Non-Profit of The Year award, which is new for this year, is going to be presented to Coastal Hospice and is sponsored by Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage 120th Street. The 2013 Volunteer of The Year award will be presented Stephanie Meehan of Funcade and is being sponsored by Gregory & Associates, LLC. The public is invited to join in celebrating the award winners on Sept. 6 at the Clarion Fontainebleau for the 5th Annual Chamber Ball to pay homage to these deserving individuals. The annual chamber ball is always uniquely themed. This year’s celebration will be “The Emerald Ball”. Tickets are $85 per person and includes complimentary cocktail hour beverage, Hors d'oeuvres, wine service at table, a prime rib and sautéed’ shrimp dinner, delectable desserts and a formal photo. Entertainment will be provided by the band “Ginger”. Sponsor tables are available for $1,000 (table of 10) and include all of the above plus signage on table, attendee gift, recognition in program and on sponsor display. Tickets can be purchased at the chamber office at Routes 50 and 707, by email lisa@oceancity.org or call 410-2130144 ext. 104 ences in areas including strategic planning, curriculum development and doctoral program implementation, as well as teaching and demonstrated success securing research funding, Dr. Parks is wellprepared to lead the Seidel School into the future,” said Dr. Diane Allen, SU’s provost and senior vice president of academic affairs. Parks said the SU role intrigued her because of the natural connections between the disciplines of social work, education and health. “I see an opportunity to better integrate Seidel’s four CHERYL PARKS departments and to talk across boundaries,” she said. “That’s what social workers do,” she added,” We create linkages within and throughout.” Parks comes to SU from the University of Connecticut’s School of Social Work, where she served as associate dean for research and established an office for research and scholarship. Prior to joining UConn’s faculty in 1999, Parks taught at Florida State University and Bryn Mawr College. She earned her Ph.D. in Social Work from Bryn Mawr and M.S.W. from the University of Washington in Seattle. For nearly two decades, she was a private social work practitioner. THE POWER OF THE RIGHT ADVISOR. TM Merrill Lynch Wealth Management available products and services offered by Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated (“MLPF&S”), a registered broker-dealer and member SIPC, and other subsidiaries of Bank of America Corporation (“BAC”). Trust and fiduciary services are provided by Merrill Lynch Trust Company, a division of Bank of America, N.A., member FDIC, a wholly owned subsidiary of BAC. 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