Chattahoochee River Club celebrated its 20th anniversary with a members’ reception. Mat and Mary Lou Swift (L) and Sabryna and Joel Wooten enjoyed the culinary fare and the beautiful view of the river from the club’s deck.
Betsy Leebern did a grand job in transforming the stage into a fantastical tableau where we had dinner. It was especially fun for those of us who are usually on the other side of the curtain! Cal- vin Smyre, Frank Brown, Susan Lawhorne and Rick McKnight must have had some serious déjà vu as they remembered giv- ing tours when that stage was merely a construction shell. Tose four, along with Bobby Peters—now Judge Peters, then Mayor Peters—served as the project development team for RiverCenter, one of the largest public/private partnerships this town has ever seen. Most of the folks at the dinner played an intimate role in raising money and support to build RiverCenter, including Gard- ner Garrard, Jimmy Yancey, Jimmy and Sis Blanchard, Claude and Molly Scarbrough, Tom and Sherry Wade, Sally Foley and Eleanore and Otis Burnham. It’s reassuring to see the next generation actively volunteer to
ensure that legacies like RiverCenter survive and thrive. Blair Car- nahan, outgoing chairman of RiverCenter board of directors, is one of those people and he has certainly brought a fresh perspec- tive and a passionate commitment to the arts center. In the last 10 years, we’ve seen internationally renowned performers like YoYo Ma, James Taylor, Jessie Norman, Willie Nelson, Bill Cosby and
Three Troy University students majoring in information systems have received $1,500 in scholarships from the Society for Information Management (SIM). Pictured left to right are Dr. Jim Ryan, Charissa Gentry, Seth Norton, Roxie Duvall and Dr. Cherie Fretwell, depart- ment chair of the Sorrell College of Business on the Troy Phenix City campus.
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