The open house starts at noon at Shoney's in Fayetteville and

ends at 1 p.m. Prior to the meeting, lunch will be served at 11:30 p.m.

"We'd love to invite all public accountants, both certified

and non certified," said the group's public relations chairman

Debbie Lapp. "Ours is a very active chapter and works diligently

to work through issues facing all accountants in today's

business climate."

The guest speaker for the event is Richard Brown, who

specializes in the dental accounting field. For more information,

call Lapp at 770-210-9100.

Genie Compton has been named branch manager of

Griffin Financial Services office in McDonough.

Compton has been with the company for eight years and has

a 20 year career in mortgage banking.

The company has its operations and underwriting departments

and a mortgage loan office in Fayetteville. The company also

has new branch offices planned for Griffin and Peachtree City.

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