<em>Photo above: Commissioner Denise Parsick with SC Representative Jeff Bradley, Beaufort District 123.</em>
<h2>Parsick wins 2015 Commissioner of the Year</h2>
Beaufort Soil &amp; Water Conservation District is proud to announce that Commissioner Denise Parsick was selected by the SC Association of Conservation Districts (SCACD) as 2015 Commissioner of the Year. She was recognized and awarded a plaque at the SCACD Annual Meeting in Columbia, SC on February 23. The award was presented at the SCACD Legislative Dinner and Ms. Parsick is pictured with SC Representative Jeff Bradley, Beaufort District 123. The Beaufort Conservation Board informed her of the award at their monthly board meeting on Feb 11th and celebrated her state wide achievement.

Ms. Parsick was recognized for her variety of volunteer activities which educate our County residents and visitors about preserving our precious natural resources. She and the Beaufort Conservation District have taken on the particularly difficult task of promoting best management practices to protect the water quality of our creeks, rivers, and ocean. She participated on several County boards on behalf of Beaufort Conservation District demonstrating her dedication and knowledge.

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<h2>Dividend Assets Capital continues to grow</h2>
Dividend Assets Capital, LLC (DAC) is pleased to announce the addition of Michael P. ‘Mick’ Kuehn, CFA®, and Philip T. Scully to its Research Team.

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Mr. Kuehn joined DAC as Senior Research Analyst with more than 15 years of experience in equity analysis and portfolio management. He earned his Certified Financial Analyst designation in 2009 and obtained FINRA licenses 7 and 66. Mr. Kuehn earned his MBA from University of Denver and his BS in Business Administration from University of Colorado at Boulder. He will concentrate on equities research for DAC.  Mr. Scully, Senior Research Analyst, joined the DAC team in December with more than nine years of experience in equity analysis and energy research. He earned his MBA from Georgetown University and his BA in Political Science from Kenyon College in Ohio. He relocated here from California. He will also concentrate on equities research for the team.

Dividend Assets Captial, LLC is located at 1323 May River Road, Suite 202 in Bluffton.
<h2>Nurse practitioner joins Beaufort Memorial OBGYN Specialists</h2>
Beaufort Memorial Obstetrics &amp; Gynecology Specialists have added a highly skilled nurse practitioner to its medical team to better serve patients at the busy Beaufort practice and at Beaufort Memorial Harrison Peeples Health Care Center in Varnville, SC.

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Maggie Bisceglia, CRNP, brings more than 30 years of medical experience to the OB-GYN team. Most recently, Bisceglia worked as an OB-GYN nurse practitioner at Allegheny Health Network in Pittsburgh, PA. Bisceglia earned both her Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees in Nursing from the University of Pittsburgh. Her nursing experience includes three years in Allegheny General Hospital’s Labor and Delivery and High Risk Ante-Partum units and 13 years at Pittsburgh’s Passavant Hospital, where she served in the Labor and Delivery, Post-Partum and GYN units and with the general surgery team in the OR.

“I am excited to welcome nurse practitioner Maggie Bisceglia to our practice,” said Dr. Tolbert. “She has specialized in women's care for years and, in addition to her ability to provide our patients with routine gynecological and pregnancy care, her expertise in bio-feedback for pelvic floor dysfunction will enable us to offer Lowcountry women a conservative option to address an increasingly prevalent problem.”

Beaufort Memorial Obstetrics &amp; Gynecology Specialists is located in Suite 210 of Beaufort Medical Plaza, 989 Ribaut Road and at 1000 W. Pine Street in Varnville, SC. To make an appointment with Bisceglia call (843) 522-7820.
<h2>Zeoli of Beaufort wins 2015 Outstanding Contribution to Emergency Management</h2>
The South Carolina Emergency Management Association (SCEMA) held their annual conference in Myrtle Beach recently where Major David Zeoli (Deputy Director of Beaufort County Sheriff's Office Emergency Management) was presented with the SCEMA award for Outstanding Contribution to the Profession.