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The newest members of the Historic Columbia Foundation's board of trustees are Lynette L. Allston and Stephen Gilchrist.

Nexsen Pruet has announced that 33 of its attorneys made the 2007 edition of Best Lawyers in America . From the Columbia area they are Mark Bender , Michael Brittingham , Henry Brown , Russell Burke , David Dubberly , Vickie Eslinger , Jay Henig , Freddie Kingsmore , Corky Klett , Mark Knight , Tommy Lavender , Susi McWilliams , Rick Mendoza , Ed Menzie , Julian J. Nexsen, Sam Painter, and Ken Porth.

The South Carolina Arts Commission Board of Commissioners' Individual Artist Fellowship Award winners for 2006-2007 are Monica Wyche , winner, and Paul Jacques Kaufmann , alternate, Theatre/Acting; Kathryn Smoak , winner, and Angela M. Gallo , alternate, Dance; Peter Lenzo, Crafts; and Janet Orselli, alternate, Visual Arts.

Twenty-nine lawyers at Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, P.A., are included in the recently released 2007 edition of T he Best Lawyers in America. Attorneys from Columbia are

William C. Boyd , Frank W. Cureton , J. Donald Dial Jr. , Theodore B. DuBose , Randolph B. Epting , Manton M. Grier , Theodore J. Hopkins Jr ., George S. King Jr. , Stanley H. McGuffin , Martin C. McWilliams Jr. , Margaret C. Pope , William H. Short Jr. , H. Simmons Tate Jr., and John K. Van Duys.

Jackson Hewitt Tax Service recognized Staff Sergeant Brent D. Cobb , S.C. Army National Guard, as a National Guard Heroes of the Year Monthly Honoree.