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I » THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2004_THE SEA COAST ECHO * CHAMBER EXPO
Benvenutti awarded Chamber’s top honor
THE SEA COAST ECHO
Charles B. “Chuck” Benvenutti was named Hancock County’s Citizen of the Year during .he Annual Awards Gala in May at Casino Magic in Bay St. Louis.
Nearly 500 business, ndustry and community eaders from across the Mississippi Coast gathered a Salute Hancock County’s Business & Industry during ;he annual gala at Casino Magic.
The gala was sponsored by :he Hancock County Port & Harbor Commission, the Hancock County Chamber of Commerce, the Hancock County	Tourism
Development Bureau, and Casino Magic Bay St. Louis.
Other supporting sponsors Df the gala included
Hancock County Chamber President Jody Compretta, right, presents Charles B. “Chuck Benvenutti” his award for being named the county’s Citizen of the Year.
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Port & Harbor Commission Executive Director Hal Walters presents Dave McDonald with a special award for Outstanding Service to Industrial Development.
American Medical Response Ambulance Service, city of Bay St. Louis, city of Waveland, Hancock County Board of Supervisors, Prestige Printing, Sea Coast Echo, Lockheed Martin and The Sun Herald.
During the awards presentation the following businesses and citizens were recog-
Hancock County Tourism Development Bureau Executive Director Beth Carriere with J.J. Jagunich, of Casino Magic Bay St. Louis, the bureau's Tourism Industry Business of the Year.
St. Louis; Tourism Industry Business of the Year: Casino Magic Bay	St.	Louis.-
Industry of	the	Year:
Polychemie, Inc. Award of Excellence:	Lockheed
Martin.	Outstanding
Citizens and Citizen of the Year Sue Ashman, Ashman-Mollere Realty. Inc.; John F. Auderer Jr.; Charles B. Benvenutti, CPA; Retired U.S. Army Lt. Col. Randolph
C.	Bourgeois; David A. Geiger, The Boeing Company; Nicholas	McLeod	Haas,
Attorney at Law; John Hall, Coldwell Banker-Alfonso Realty; Louis D. Hall; Martha	Claire	Haun,
Grannyl.com and Creative Health Resources; Marian T. Martin, Gulfside United Methodist Assembly; David Mayley,	Pest	Control
Specialists, Inc.
Charles B. “Chuck” Benvenutti
For Chuck Benvenutti, commitment to community is not an option; it is a way of life. He credits his grandmother May Beyer with instilling this need to “give back”
In 1982, he established his own accounting firm, Charles
B.	Benvenutti, CPA, PA. Today, that firm employs four
nized:
Businesses of the Year: City of Bay St. Louis -Bookends	Bookstore;
Diamondhead
Diamondhead Cleaners; Kiln - Coastal Hardware & Rental Co.; Waveland - Rickey’s Bar & Grill. Tourism Industry Person of the Year: Michael Reinike Cuevas, city of Bay