Business Pulse for Horry, Georgetown and Brunswick counties

ARRIVALS

•  Reese Stidham IV has joined Howell and Christmas, LLC as an associate attorney.

•  Charlotte Dashkavich of North Myrtle Beach has been named customer service supervisor of ResCare Homecare in Myrtle Beach.

•  Chad Hershberger has joined A 1 Xpress Packaging and Shipping store off S.C. 544 to oversee all orders and delivery for the Myrtle Beach and surrounding areas.

PROMOTIONS

•  Stefania Brinkosova of Sandhills Bank has been appointed vice president; Alissa Gibson has been appointed vice president; Ashley Causey has been appointed assistant vice president.

AWARDS

• The Public Services Department of Georgetown County has been awarded an Accreditation by the American Public Works Association.

• HTC has been recognized as a Platinum-Level Start! Fit-Friendly Company by the American Heart Association’s Start! Initiative.

MISCELLANEOUS

•  Paula and Dwight Ford, who own Travel by Sea or Land travel agency in Georgetown, have become a franchise of Cruise Planners/American Express, a national cruise agency.

• Gary Christmas of Howell and Christmas, LLC has been appointed treasurer of Injured Workers’ Advocates for South Carolina.

•  Ladson F. Howell, Jr. of Howell and Christmas, LLC has been named a certified member of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum.

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