Packet Sea Foam: Organ donation: Real-life heroism (November 29, 2011 - The Island Packet )

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Thanks to Lynda Bouchard of Hilton Head Island for sharing a story about the gift of life.

"Mile Marker 29"

By Lynda Bouchard

As I walked the beach early one recent morning, most of the people I passed were casting nets and lines for fish. I was there fishing for stories. This one came easily at Mile Marker 29.

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Former flight attendants reminisce about holiday travel, layovers, peanuts - (November 28, 2010 - The Island Packet )

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It's holiday travel time and that can mean delayed flights, crowded cabins and invasive pat-downs. If being in an airport seems like the last place you'd want to be this time of year, imagine what it must be like to be a flight attendant.

Hilton Head Islanders Lynda Bouchard and Dee Merian are former flight attendants from two different eras. Bouchard flew from 1982 to 2001, quitting shortly after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. Merian wrote about her eight years as a stewardess in the 1950s in her recently released book, "The Best Years of Flying: A Memoir of Howard Hughes and TWA."

Flying the friendly skies is different now from when they were in the business. But a lot was the same. And neither Bouchard nor Merian regret one day of it.

They recently got together with The Island Packet and The Beaufort Gazette to spend some time reminiscing about their years up in the air.

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As an author concierge, Lynda Bouchard provides Southern hospitality to traveling authors - ( July 4, 2010 - The Island Packet )

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Lynda Bouchard has spent her days finding directions for James Patterson. She's taken Mary Jane Clark on a walking tour of Beaufort and made travel arrangements for Dorothea Benton Frank.

Bouchard is an author concierge. The Hilton Head Island resident provides Southern hospitality to a niche market -- the published author.

If an author swings through the South on a book tour, Bouchard can be there to make sure they have a ride from the airport, a good place to eat and, in general, a smooth tour.

"I think being an author is such a great accomplishment," she said. "This is the perfect job for me."

Read more: Lynda Bouchard Profiled by The Island Packet - July 4, 2010