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SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 2000 * 3A
THE SEA COAST ECHO
HMC?s Moonlight on the Bay to honor Dr. A.K. Martinolich, retired radiologist
Dr. A. K. Martinolich Jr.
The Hancock Medical Center Foundation's fifth annual gala dinner dance "Moonlight on the Bay" will honor longtime Bay
St. Louis physician and former chief of staff Andrew K. Martinolich Jr., M.D.
The event will be Friday, Sept. 8 at Casino Magic's Entertainment Complex beginning at 7:30 p.m. with dinner at 8.
A special patron party will be hosted earlier in the evening. Popular New Orleans band "The Bucktown All Stars" will entertain at 9 p.m.
A silent auction featuring items donated by local merchants, artists and individuals runs throughout the night.
Proceeds from the event are used to fund community outreach programs such as Hancock Medical Center's successful free school clinics in the Hancock and Bay St. Louis public school systems and free mammograms for qualifying residents.
In addition, the Foundation assists with the purchase of
equipment and furnishings which fall outside of the hospital's operating budget.
Reservations are $125 per couple and are required in advance.
Patron levels range from $250 per couple to $1,250 for a table of 10. Last year's gala raised more than $27,000.
Dr. Martinolich retired as HMC's Chief of Radiology in January 1998 after a long career on the Mississippi Gulf Coast.
After earning a medical degree at the University of Tennessee School of Medicine and interning in Memphis, he opened a family practice in Byhalia, Miss.
Two years later he returned to his hometown of Bay St. Louis where he continued in family practice for 13 years. In 1972 he completed a residency in radiology and remained on the Hancock Medical Center
staff until his retirement. He was also on staff at Memorial Hospital and Garden Park in Gulfport.
Martinolich is former president and commissioner of the Hancock County Port and Harbor Commission and represented Hancock County on the Pearl	River	Development
Commission.
He has been active in the Republican Party, and recently served as a Mississippi delegate to the Republican Convention in Philadelphia, Pa.
He was King of Nereids carnival organization in 1995, and in 1997 was appointed to the state	Bureau	of Marine
Resources. He has been involved with the Knights of Columbus, Jaycees and Lions Club.
He is married to the former Carol Cabell, and they have 11 children and 27 grandchildren.
For information on Moonlight on the Bay, call 467-8790.