Folks about town

Dr. Denise Collier

Comptroller General Richard Eckstrom has been elected to the executive committee of the national association of state comptrollers (NASC). Eckstrom has served as State Comptroller General since 2003.

Semaphore, Inc. hired Todd Hudak as a writer/strategist, and John T. Lawrence s tepped into the role of web developer/designer for the firm.

Nancy Wilkes has been named vice president of Practice Management Technology at UCI Medical Affiliates, Inc.

Delores Saini is the winner of Pope- Davis Tire Centers' Win A Free Soccer Season Sweepstakes.

Nine recent graduates of the S.C. Criminal Justice Academy were sworn in as Columbia police officers. The newly sworn officers are Timothy Blaire , South Region; Charles McSwain , South Region; Matthew Olsen , West Region; Wesley Edgemon , North Region; Pinky Lawson , North Region; Jeremy O'Shields , North Region; Jonathan Brayboy , Metro Region; Antonio Sessions , Metro Region; and Daniel Weaver, Metro Region.

Nancy Wilkes

Principal Dr. Denise Collier and her school, Burton- Pack Elementary , have been named the 2006 S.C. Air National Guard Employer of the Year.

Marilyn Davis , Richland One's director of special education, has been named the S.C. CASE Administrator of the Year.

Christina Murphy

Christina Murphy, a teacher at Dreher High School, is the recipient of the 2006- 2007 Siemens Award for Advanced Placement.