Briefs
by John Temple Ligon
     Tale of three cities The Charleston Area Regional Transportation Authority (CARTA) ran a successful summer with Free Ride Fridays offered on the fourth Friday of June, July, August, and September. Here in Columbia, Richland County Council is setting up a citizens' advisory committee (with no
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Presidential hopeful speaks to Columbia Rotary Club
     By John Temple Ligon Temple@TheColumbiaStar.com
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     Sen. Joe Biden of Delaware speaks to the Columbia Rotary Club.
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Jodie McCord of Seven Doors
By John Temple Ligon Temple@TheColumbiaStar.com
     The Seven Doors salon is bursting at the seams with business demands to expand but with no room to expand. The salon is on Hampton Street above the Hampton Street Vineyard restaurant. This is a problem Jodie McCord and her partner like to have. They would like to add at least two new stylists.
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Folks about town
     Greenville attorney John G. Creech of Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak and Stewart, P.C. (Ogletree Deakins) has been reelected as the chairperson of The Humanities Council of South Carolina and as General Counsel for the South Carolina Chamber of Commerce.
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Richland Sertoma Club Sponsors 2007 National Heritage Essay Contest: "What Freedom Means To Me"
Contributed by The Richland Sertoma Club
     The Richland Sertoma Club will celebrate and sponsor the 2007 National Heritage Essay Contest - "What Freedom Means To Me" during February 2007. Eligible writers must be in grades 6th, 7th or 8th during the 2006 - 2007 School Year.
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