ARRIVALS

•  Frankie L. Bellamy has joined Webster University as community relations coordinator.

•  Deb Berdan has joined McLeod Health as associate vice president of Perioperative Services.

•  Ralph A. Pandure has been named the senior banking executive leading First Federal initiatives along the Grand Strand.

PROMOTIONS

•  Cindy Hyatt has been named vice president of Patient Care Services at McLeod Loris Seacoast.

AWARDS

• South Atlantic Bank received its fourth consecutive 5-Star rating from BauerFinancial.

• Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, P.A. has received numerous distinctions in the 2012 edition of Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business.

NEW BUSINESS

• LD Bags and Gifts has opened at 3301 Highway 17 Business, Suite E in Murrells Inlet. For information, call 947-0533.

MISCELLANEOUS

• The S.C. Bar has named its 2012-13 section council members, including the following from the Myrtle Beach area: M. Edwin Hinds Jr. is chairman of the Corporate, Banking and Securities Law Section and Walker H. Willcox is a council member; Orrie E. West is a council member of the Criminal Law Section; Saunders M. Bridges Jr. is chairman of the Dispute Resolution Section; Sara P. Bazemore is a council member of the Environment and Natural Resources Section; Martha L. Hamel is vice chairwoman and Melissa “Lisa” J. Emery is section delegate of the Family Law Section, Cely Anne Baker Brigman is a council member, Gena P. Ervin is vice chairwoman of the Probate, Estate Planning and Trust Section and Melody J. Breeden is a council member; Flo Lester Vinson is a council member of the Solo and Small Firm Section; W. Jackson Turner-Vaught is chair-elect of the Tax Law Section and April B. Dendy is a council member; Walter Barefoot is chairman and Ian Maguire is secretary of the Workers’ Compensation Section., J. Alan Bass is a councilmember.

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