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W W W. M A I N E B I Z . B I Z 25 N OV E M B E R 1 2 , 2 0 1 8 Year;" and Associated Grocers of New England in Pembroke, N.H., was "2018 Associate of the Year." Bernstein Shur, a law firm in Portland, announced that Lindsay Zahradka Milne made the American Bankruptcy Institute's "40 under 40" list for emerging leaders in insol- vency practice." Milne is a shareholder in the business restructuring and insol- vency practice group at the firm. Disability Rights Maine presented Richard O'Meara with its "Equal Access for All Award." O'Meara is a partner at Murray Plumb & Murray, a law firm in Portland. e firm also said seven of its lawyers were included in the 2018 New England Super Lawyers list. John Bannon, Kelly McDonald, Peter Murray, O'Meara and Michael Traister were named "Super Lawyers" while Andrew Helman and Ali Tozier were recognized as "Rising Stars." The Maine Health Access Foundation in Augusta named George Hill, president and CEO of Maine Family Planning, as its "2018 Dr. Wendy J. Wolf Health Leadership Award" recipient. Kelly Carey, adminis- trative coordinator at United Midcoast Charities in Camden, earned the nov- ice Certificate in Volunteer Management from the Maine Commission for Community Service. is course is designed to equip managers of volunteers with the core competencies needed to adaptively and effectively use volunteers to accomplish a nonprofit mission. Maine Boats, Homes & Harbors won several national magazine awards. Folio Magazine's Eddies and Ozzies selected Nicolas Record first in the category of "analysis by consumer/ custom magazines." In addition, the magazine won honorary mentions for general excellence among city and regional magazines; and for single articles by writer Ronald Joseph in the "City and Regional Northeast" maga- zine division and by Laurie Schreiber in "Consumer Enthusiast Hobby" category. In the International Regional Magazine Association's annual contest the magazine received awards of merit for: Schreiber as "Magazine Writer of the Year" in the 35,000 or less circula- tion category; a story by Joseph about moose in the nature and environmental feature category for magazines with less than 35,000 circulation; and in the essay category, a story by Daniel Smith about building a Haven 12 ½ with his sons. e magazine also won a bronze for an illustration by Caroline Magerl. Julia Sleeper-Whiting, founder and director of Tree Street Youth Center in Lewiston, was named one of the country's "100 Difference Makers" by the pension fund TIAA. To mark its centennial year, the fund contributed $10,000 to each of the 100 recipients' nonprofit organizations as part of the recognition. Andrew Thomas, a senior vice president and financial advisor of the Downeast Group at Morgan Stanley in the firm's wealth management office in Portland, attained Morgan Stanley's Family Wealth Advisor designation. Randy Wadleigh, president and CEO of Governor's Restaurants, and Susith Wijetunga, president of Tridyne International Inc. in Burlington, Vt., were inducted into the Husson University Alumni Hall of Fame. In addition, Roberta Burke, a retired admissions employee, received the "Presidential Outstanding Service Award," retired basketball coach Bruce MacGregor was recognized as "Honorary Alumnus" and Jaclyn Fish, a regional market man- ager for the Northern Metro Market at Bangor Savings Bank, was named "Young Alumna." Skelton Taintor & Abbott, a law firm in Auburn, said attorneys Rebecca Webber, James Pross and Jordan Payne Hay pre- sented at the 45th annual Maine School Management Association Conference. e firm also said Stephen Wade and Webber were named "Super Lawyers" in the 2018 New England Super Lawyers list and that Braden Clement and Amy Dieterich were listed as "Rising Stars." Waterville Creates, a nonprofit that supports the arts in central Maine, announced that Serena Sanborn was invited to participate in the "Citizen Science in eory and Practice Summer School" program organized by Ph.D. fellows of the Vienna Doctoral School CoBeNe. Sanborn is education and out- reach coordinator at the nonprofit. RE/MAX Shoreline in Portland announced that John Robinson, an agent in its Commercial Real Estate Division, received Certified Commercial Investment Member designation. Looking for exciting business events? Go to mainebiz.biz/calendar to view and post events. @ Thanks to the success of MEREDA's 6th Annual "Strikes for Scholars" Bowl-a-Thon, MEREDA was able to provide sixteen $1,250 scholarships to students attending the Maine Community College System and the University of Southern Maine that are enrolled in the building trades and business programs. MEREDA is a firm supporter of a strong education system, and trades and professions associated with real estate and the real estate development industry in Maine. Over the past 6 years, MEREDA is proud to have raised and donated over $87,000 in scholarships helping 62 Maine students by making it a little easier for them to achieve their goal of obtaining a college credential. Join us in recognizing these deserving students: Abiegail McGovern, KVCC Accalia Jackson, KVCC Drew Fletcher, EMCC Jason Pelletier, EMCC Elena McNeil, CMCC Crystal House, CMCC Samuel Hayward, WCCC Cinthya Massy, WCCC Casey Pyle, YCCC Anna Ho, YCCC Samantha Carpenter, NMCC Jeffery Corbin, NMCC Michael Ellis, SMCC Irina Melniciuc, SMCC Shindano Singi, USM Many Thanks to our 2018 Sponsors: Get ready to bowl with us on May 23, 2019! WWW.MEREDA.ORG MEREDA'S STRIKES FOR SCHOLARS Kelly Carey Lindsay Zahradka Milne

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