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Webster's Debby Murphy Makes 50 Top Golf Teachers List

Congratulations to Debby Murphy of Webster Golf Club for being named to the third annual Golf for Women's 50 Top Teachers list.

The list, which is being released in the March/April edition of Golf for Women Magazine, highlights 50 instructors chosen from hundreds of candidates from around the country who have at least ten years of instructional experience and Class A status in the Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) and/or PGA teaching divisions. Honorees were selected by their peers and students of the game.

These teaching professionals are truly ambassadors of the game - bringing people to golf and helping to keep them there through expert instruction and passion for the great game of golf, said Ty M. Votaw, LPGA commissioner.

Diversity Conference Scheduled For May

The Greater Rochester Diversity Council (GRDC) will present its Fourth Annual Biennial Conference, The Power Of Diversity ... Hear It! Feel It! Live It! on Tuesday, May 14th and Wednesday, May 15th at Nazareth College.

Best practice tools, processes and outcomes used by leading organizations in the private and public sector and communities around the country will be presented. Personal stories, experiences and insights will also be presented. GRDC, formed in 1996, is an association of the region's leading businesses and organizations and is a defining and driving force for the region's workplace diversity initiatives.

Cost for attendance is $300. For up-to-date information on speakers and presentations as well as other information go to www.rochesterdiversitycouncil.com or contact Barbara Cutrona at The IMC, at 224-2727.

Top Seeds, Top Coaches

Congratulations to the top Section V girls high school basketball teams and coaches as named at the annual Kodak luncheon last week.

The Kodak Top Seeds were Fairport in Class AA, Canandaigua in A, Pittsford Mendon in BB, Nazareth in B, Wellsville in CCC, Clyde Savannah in CC, South Seneca in C, Notre Dame-Batavia in DD, and Geneva DeSales in D.

The Kodak Coaches of the Year were Fairport's Karen Thull in Class AA, Canandaigua's John Johnson in A, Honeoye Falls-Lima's Steve Willoughby in BB, Nazareth's Chris Belmont in B, Byron-Bergen's Tom Sherwood in CCC, Keshequa's Pete Piraino in CC, South Seneca's Everet Babcock in C, Romulus' Damon Nicholson in DD and Geneva Desales' Charles Evangelista in D.

This is the 30th anniversary of our tournament, said Kelly Bisell, Section V girls basketball chairperson as well as a principal in the Attica School System. Kodak has played a major role in our tournament for most of those years.

It's Telethon Time

Tune in to 10 NBC from 12:30 to 6:30 p.m. on Saturday, March 2nd to see some of your favorite local television and radio personalities as they host the Humane Society at Lollypop Farm's Sixth Annual Telethon. Or if you're considering doing some Saturday afternoon shopping, go to Eastview Mall in Victor and watch all the excitement as the Telethon is broadcast live.

For more information about Telethon 2001, call 223-1330, ext. 241 or visit Lollypop Farm's website, www.lollypop.org.

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