April 29, 2008 02:41 am Polly Pyle was the recent winner in a photo contest for favorite "Secrets of Australia" held by Swain Tours, a travel company specializing in Australia and celebrating its 20th anniversary. Pyle submitted a photograph of Wineglass Bay in Tasmania, Australia, which was taken by her from a small flight-seeing plane. Pyle resides in North Andover, where she is a vacation travel consultant, specializing in travel to Australia among other destinations. nnn Creative Memories, a company represented by Amanda LaFlamme, a local independent sales consultant based in Methuen, had a hand in making the new home featured in a recent airing of "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition," a dream come true for Ju-Juanna Latif, a single mother of four living in Wilmington, Del. Creative Memories donated $10,000 worth of its scrapbooking and memory-celebration products so that Latif could keep a visual record of the family's transition from its old house to its new home. Products included Creative Memories' premier photo-safe albums and accessories, tools for creating traditional and digital memory books, photo organizers and home décor items such as wall displays and frames. nnn Caitlin Murphy has recently accepted a position at San Diego Magazine as the digital media advertising executive. Murphy is a 2002 graduate of Haverhill High School and a 2006 graduate of UMass Dartmouth. She has been employed as the assistant to the publisher at Boston Magazine for the last two years. She is the daughter of John and Vicki Murphy of Haverhill. nnn The Amesbury Downtown Business Association is looking for vendors and crafters to participate in its Summer Bazaar 2008 being held on Saturday, June 21, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. in downtown Amesbury. Rain date is June 22. For more information or for an application, contact Deb at 978-388-9600. nnn Greystone Farm at Salem has received the Navigation Award from Benchmark Assisted Living. The award is given annually to the Benchmark community achieving outstanding financial performance. Greystone Farm at Salem consistently exceeded their goals for 2007 and achieved operational success through its commitment to a team effort to provide the best in care and personalized service for its residents. Greystone Farm at Salem, 242 Main St., Salem N.H., provides assisted living and the Harbor Program of care for those with Alzheimer's disease and other memory-impairing disorders. nnn Ahura Scientific Inc., a Wilmington company, was praised by Sen. Kennedy recently for its role in creating technology to help U.S. troops find and disable weapons of mass destruction. Ahura Scientific is a leader in rugged, ultra-compact, handheld instruments for chemical identification. Its flagship product FirstDefender, a system designed for use by first responders, homeland security, military, law enforcement and forensic chemistry personnel, was featured in a technology demonstration in front of the Senate Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities on Capitol Hill. nnnSend us your business news. We want to publish news about your business — new contracts, new hires, promotions and events that are open to the public — on the pages of BizNorth. Just send a brief notice with the basics. Please be clear about the person's connection to the region. Include the name and phone number of someone we can call if we have questions. Send your news by mail to BizNorth, 100 Turnpike St., North Andover, MA, 01845. By fax: 978-687-6045 or by e-mail to bcurry@eagletribune.com. Direct questions to Bill Kirk at 978-946-2228.
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