TALLAHASSEE WOMAN • FEBRUARY /MARCH 2013 1 COMPLIMENTARY February | March 2013 A HEALTHY HEART is a Happy Heart EUNICE COFIE A Fearless Beauty Save Big for the Big Day! CELEBRATE WOMEN MAKING HISTORY YOU can be RED CARPET Ready for Any Occasion 6 DATES THAT WILL SET THE MOOD Get Crafty with EASTER EGGS NURTURE YOUR RELATIONSHIPS
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IN EVERY ISSUECapital City Gems 14 | Around Town 40 | Women to Watch 42
6 Our Thoughts I Love Being a Southern Woman
8 Girl Talk Money Saving Tips on Tying the Knot | Five Ways to Sweeten
Without Sugar | Create an Easter Egg Tree | Celebrating
Women’s History Month | The Science Behind Falling in Love
22 Style and Grace Simply Beautiful: Daring, Sweetheart, Timeless
26 HealthWomen’s Heart Health—Do You Think About Your Heart?
28 Real LifeLet Me Count the Ways—Sowing, Nurturing and
Maintaining the Best Relationships
On the Cover Page 18 eunice Cofie—Beauty Within the Heart
Eunice Cofie has made it her mission to help women discover their unique beauty and celebrate it every day.
30 Money TalksThe Six Most Common Identity Theft Risks at Tax Time
32 The DishHow to Love (Your) Honey
Six Dates That Get You in the Mood
36 CommunityLeon County Commission on the Status of Women
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44 Women We AdmireKaren Thurston Chavez—A Mother’s Love Helps Heal the Heart
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Cynthia (Cindy) Dick First Fire Chief of TallahasseeChiefCindyDick,aformerLincolnHighSchoolandTallahasseeCommunityCollegegraduate,wasnamedthefirstwomanFireChiefofTallahasseein2005.Climbingtheranks,Dickwaspromotedtolieutenantin1992,tocaptainin1997andthentofirechiefonOctober1,2005.Withmorethan25yearsoffireserviceexperience,Dickisoneoflessthanadozenwomenwho
Anne Mckenzie Leader in the Florida House of RepresentativesAnneMckenziewasthefirstfemalemajorityleader,financeandtaxchairandfirstrulescommitteeattheFloridaHouseofRepresentatives.
Martha Barnett Paved the way in the legal fieldMarthaBarnettwasthefirstfemalepartneratthelawfirmofHollandandKnightandwasalsoaformerAmericanBarAssociationPresident.
Jennifer Carroll Lieutenant Governor of FloridaAs18thLieutenantGovernor,JenniferCarrollisthefirstfemaleLieutenantGovernorelectedinFlorida.AsLt.Governor,CarrolloverseestheFloridaDepartmentofMilitaryAffairs,FloridaDepartmentofVeteranAffairsandservesasChairpersonofSpaceFloridaaswellasotherduties.
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report on the status of Women and girls in leon county—2012 Aftercountlesshoursofresearch,thereportwascompletedinthefalloflastyear.Itreflectsawealthofworkandeffort,withcontributionsfromvolunteercommissionersandmembersofthepublicwhoattended115meetingsanddonatedmorethan2,200hoursinresearch,writing,editingandproduction.
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Pictured: Top left to right: Hon. June McKinney, sally Butzin, Kristine Knab, Dr. elizabeth Goldsmith, stephanie Land, Kelly otte, Hanna Karimipour, Pat smith Bottom left to right: sarah sturges, Denise Manning, Dr. Patty Ball thomas, Kelly Dozier, Robin Hassler thompson, Dr. Jeanne o’Kon, Gail Dixon, Dr. elsie Crowell, Dr. Janelle Baker, Haley Cutler Not Pictured: Loranne Ausley, Barbara Maria Moro, Martha olive-Hall, Kelly otte, Dr. Ada Puryear Burnette, and Pam Ridley
All are commissioners on the Leon County Commission on the Status of Women and Girls except Sarah Sturges (Director of Clinical and Social Services) and Haley Cutler (Executive Director of The Oasis Center for Women and Girls), who serve as staff liaisons to CSWG.
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State-of-the-art heart specialists Afolabi Sangosanya, MD (left), and Niraj Pandit, MD (right), used the latest technology to give Debra Coon her quality of life back.
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