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Hunstein
to
Replace
Sears as
Chief
Justice
Carol Hunstein
Presiding Justice Carol
W. Hunstein has been unani
mously elected as the new
Chief Justice of the Supreme
Court of Georgia.
She will assume the posi
tion July 1, 2009, succeeding
Chief Justice Leah Ward Sears,
who is stepping down from the
Court June 30.
The Court has also unan
imously elected Justice George
H. Carley to become the new
Presiding Justice.
Former Gov. Zell Miller -
who appointed both Justices to
the Supreme Court - will swear
them into their new positions in
a ceremony in the state
Supreme Court courtroom on
July 1.
The state's Chief Justice
presides over Georgia's judicial
branch, just as the governor
heads the executive branch of
government, and House and
Senate leaders lead the legisla
tive branch. The Presiding
Justice serves in her absence.
The Chief Justice is the main
spokesperson for the Court, as
well as for the entire judiciary.
She presides over oral argu
ments and runs the meetings in
which the Court makes its
decisions, although she has
only one vote as does each of
the Justices.
Justice Hunstein was a
DeKalb County Superior
Court Judge when Gov. Miller
tapped her in 1992 to become
the second woman in history to
serve on Georgia's Supreme
Court. She was
the first woman to serve as
President of the Council of
Superior Court Judges.
Savannah Area Chamber holds
Annual Awards Banquet
Winners of the Chamber Small Business Awards include (L-R): Joe Driggers, Paul Kennedy, Jay Marshlick, and
Tom Campbell.
On Tuesday, June 10,
the Savannah Area
Chamber held its 23rd
Annual Awards Banquet.
Greener Grass Hair
Color and Designs, Inc. was
named "Small Business of
the Year" by the Savannah
Area Chamber of
Commerce .
Other winners includ
ed Tom Campbell, benefits
representative of Health
Insurance Services, Inc.,
who received the "Helen V.
Head Small Business
Advocate of the Year
Award;" Paul Kennedy
Catering, named
"Hospitality Small
Business of the Year;" and
In the Know Marketing &
Public Relations, owned by
Joe Driggers, chosen
"Entrepreneur of the Year."
Tom Campbell is
the past president of the
Small Business Chamber
and an active member of
the Savannah Area
Chamber.
Entrepreneur of the Year
Joe Driggers launched his
company in December
2007, after serving as the
marketing director and act
ing general manager of The
Savannah Mall. At the
same time, he also joined
Goodwill Industries of the
Coastal Empire as its direc
tor of marketing and devel
opment, a position he still
holds.
Former West Savannah Family
Reflects at Fellwood Ribbon Cutting
Pictured are former West Savannah residents :Front: James Wesley Davis 2nd row:
(left to right) Ella Wesley Mobley, Earline Wesley Davis, Lillian Wesley Lee, Angela
Lee Back: Robert D. Davis, III
The ribbon cutting for
Phase I and the ground
breaking for Phase II of
Sustainable Fellwood was
held Thursday, May 28 at
the Sustainable Fellwood
site off Bay Street.
Phase II will include
another 110 affordable
housing units, and single
family homes.
Earline Wesley Davis,
a former West Savannah
resident reflected, “I could
not have imagined when I
started first grade and
walked by and through
Fellwood Homes on my
way to Moses Jackson
Elementary School that I
would be director of the
Housing Authority of
Savannah, and that the
Housing authority would be
playing a major role in the
transformation of West
Savannah. It is in the spirit
of partnership that this
See Fellwood, page 8
Butler
holds
Bridging
Ceremony
Kelton King
Chelsea Phelps
Sakerra Love
On Friday, June 12,
Butler Elementary School
held its annual Bridging
Ceremony, a celebration of
the transition of students
from elementary to middle
school. Among the high
lights of the ceremony was an
enriching and engaging
speech delivered by Juanita
Adams, a retired Savannah
State University instructor.
Butler’s Chorus gave an
entertaining rendition of
“You Gotta Be”.
Special awards were
presented to Kelton King and
Chelsea Phelps. Kelton
received the Academic
Excellence Award, presented
by Mrs. Emma Preer, and
Chelsea received the
Outstanding Citizenship
Award presented by Albertha
Collier.
All students received
Certificates of Participation
in recognition of their suc
cess and hard work.
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