DCCU sponsors Fur Ball
Edited by Chris Graham
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The DuPont Community Credit Union Corporate Charity Cause for Paws Team will be sponsoring a family friendly “Fur Ball” on Saturday, June 19, to benefit area SPCA programs and facilities. The fund raising event will be from 1 – 5 p.m. at Westwood Elementary School, 548 Rosser Ave., Waynesboro.
Scruffy Murphy and Mojo Cookie & the Doughboys will provide entertainment at the event. Tickets are on sale for $5 in advance and $7 at the door the day of the event. A silent auction of creatively-themed baskets will also be conducted at the ball, food and drink will also be on sale, and activities for children will be provided.
To purchase tickets or for questions you can call 540.946.3200 x3106, x3414 or eMail jbartley@mydccu.com, ttyson@mydccu.com.
Each year DCCU employees select a charity to support as the Credit Union’s Corporate Charity. This year employees chose to support the Augusta Regional SPCA, Rockingham-Harrisonburg SPCA, and the Shenandoah County Animal Shelter. Employees are raising funds to be distributed to each organization from the “Fur Ball” and a Prize-A-Day Drawing for August.
DCCU members elect new Board members
Edited by Chris Graham
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The members of DuPont Community Credit Union recently elected three members to the Board of Directors for three-year terms.
Leslie E. Ramsey of Waynesboro, Shane Wills of Staunton were elected for the first time to the Board, and Mary E. Rothacker of Waynesboro was re-elected to the Board. Read more
DCCU announces management promotions
Edited by Chris Graham
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DuPont Community Credit Union recently announced that two staff members have been promoted to management positions. David Whitcomb has been promoted to mortgage manager, and Michelle Wilcher has been promoted to retail branch manager. Read more
Chamber Board elects new officer slate
Edited by Chris Graham
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The newly-elected Board of Directors of the Greater Augusta Chamber of Commerce elected new officers for the remainder of the 2010 year.
The new officer slate is:
- Chair – John Riley*
- Chair Elect – Michelle Carter*
- Secretary – Leonard Pittman*
- Treasurer – Mike Marrin*
- Special Events Committee Chair – Dawn Zimmerman*
- Economic Development Committee Chair – Mark Frazier*
- Membership Committee Chair – Leonard Pittman*
- Education Committee Chair – Ann Leatherwood
- Agriculture Committee Chair – Don Benner
*denotes Executive Committee membership
DuPont Community Credit Union scholarship winners
Edited by Chris Graham
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DuPont Community Credit Union recently announced its 19 scholarship winners at the 51st annual Membership Meeting.
Since beginning the scholarship program, more than $152,000 has been awarded to high-school seniors, and 98 seniors applied this year.
“We are very pleased to provide scholarships to this year’s 19 recipients,” said Everett J. Campbell, chairman of the DCCU Board of Directors. “Each winner receives a $1,000 award, and the Credit Union strongly believes that by assisting in furthering their education it is a winning combination for the students and our community.”
Among the 2010 winners are:
- Melissa Davick, Buffalo Gap High School
- Bly Patterson, Fort Defiance High School
- John Moore, Robert E. Lee High School
- Kelly Tuennermann, Riverheads High School
- Gregory Ranzini, Stuart Hall
- Emily Barrett, Stuarts Draft High School
- Matthew Jenny, Waynesboro High School
- Brandon Stinespring, Wilson Memorial High School
- Shana Sherman, Broadway High School
- Dyllan Chapins, Central High School
- Drake Cary, Harrisonburg High School
- Makenzie Beam, Spotswood High School
- Matthew Golliday, Stonewall Jackson High School
- Jenna Smoot, Strasburg High School
- Kayleigh Knicely, Turner Ashby High School
- Tina Mills, Bath County High
- Emily Wagner, Highland High School
- Aaron Smith, Parry McClure High School
- Amanda Miller, Rockbridge High School
New Chamber Board announced
Edited by Chris Graham
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The new 21-member board of directors for the Greater Augusta Regional Chamber of Commerce was announced today after voting by members. Read more
DCCU reports first-quarter financials
Edited by Chris Graham
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DuPont Community Credit Union saw loan growth for the first quarter of 2010 compared to the first quarter of 2009. The credit union also funded $2.7 million in small business loans during the first quarter. Read more
Local Business News: Local engineer wins High Tech Award
Edited by Chris Graham
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Dave Segars, PE, president of Segars Engineering, is honored with the High Tech Leadership Award given by the Shenandoah Valley Technology Council at the JMU Festival Center on March 31, 2010.
The High Tech Leadership Award honors one person whose individual leadership in the Shenandoah Valley has resulted in outstanding, positive technology-related benefits to the area.
Segars is a LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design)-accredited professional engineer. Segars Engineering is a full-service design firm that focuses on green innovative projects. He concentrates on designing and renovating buildings in ways that minimize the negative consequences while maximizing the positive impact on energy usage and the environment. Segars’ leadership in sustainable engineering and architectural design continues to benefit a diverse cross-section of industries, institutions, and commercial buildings. Read more
AFP Publishing News: AFP releases book on Valley League
Story by Chris Graham
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Safe at Home: A Season in the Valley, a chronicle of the 2009 season of the New Market Rebels Valley League baseball team written by author Austin Gisriel, has been released by Augusta Free Press Publishing.
The book takes fans “not just into the dugout, but into the stands, and into management, and into the press box,” said Gisriel, a Maryland resident and lifelong Baltimore Orioles fan who has fallen in love with New Market and its Rebels since his first game in Rebel Park in 2008.
“It’s 90 miles from my house to Rebel Park. It’s 90 miles from my house to Camden Yards. And as much an Orioles fan as I am, I’d much rather travel the 90 miles to Rebel Park,” said Gisriel, whose book covers the 2009 season from the final pitch of 2008 through work in the offseason to recruit players and sponsors to the action on the field and on long bus trips to road games.
“I think a lot of fans think, Well, it’s summer baseball, we’ll just invite 25 kids to our town, give them a uniform, and they can come and play for two months. But there’s so much more involved than that. And the reward that those people get from their participation, I thought that was something that was unexplored,” Gisriel said.
The book is available through Augusta Free Press Publishing and online here.
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