The Columbia Star celebrates 44 years of service to the community

Photo by Jim Covington The Columbia Star team gathered at the Capital City Club October 25, 2007, to celebrate 44 years of service to the community. Back row (l- r): Bob Ford, Call the Cops; Russell Wright, sales representative;Mike Cox, columnist and Richland County City Council reporter; Pam Clark, legal advertising; Jackie Perrone,writer; Jessica Cross,writer; Kristin Lavender,Cayce City Council and West Columbia City Council reporter; Linda Sosbee, financial manager; and Warner Montgomery, publisher. Front row (l- r): Gail Trebuchon, sales representative; Arlene Marturano, garden columnist; Caroline Judson, writer; Mimi Maddock, executive editor; and Mike Maddock, general manager.Missing were Anne Kathryn Flanagan, assistant to the editor; John Temple Ligon, business editor and Columbia City Council reporter; Jim Covington, photography; Michael Orr, sports writer; George Kaupp, sports writer; Elizabeth Johnson, sports and photographer; Jim Marczesky, sports photographer; Benjamin Higgins, writer; Ted and Sonia Neale, distribution; and the cub reporters: John Dixon, Kayli Asbill,Margaret Taylor Cain, and Mackenzie Sunday.

Factoid

The first issue of The Star Reporter was published October 24, 1963. The creators of the newspaper were Harold and Mary Booker and Miller Montgomery. The name was changed to The Columbia Star in 1998.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Photo by Jim Covington Gail Trebuchon (c) was honored by The Columbia Star team for her 10 years of service as a sales representative. Pictured with her are Mimi Maddock, executive editor of The Columbia Star, and Warner Montgomery, publisher.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Warner Montgomery, publisher of The Columbia Star, kisses Miss Caroline Judson, the loving matriarch of The Columbia Star. Miss Caroline has been writing for The Columbia Star since Montgomery and Mimi Maddock joined their father,Miller Montgomery, in 1989.