Folks about town
Rev.Dr.Bennie Colclough has been awarded the Human Rights Campaigns' 2008 Trailblazer Award.
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Janette Turner Hospital's latest novel, Orpheus Lost, has been named to Booklist's Top 30 novels of the year.
Dr.Kaye K. Shaw, coordinator of the Midlands Regional Education Center, has been named executive director of the Midlands Education and Business Alliance.
Michael J.Oana, chief investment officer of Team Oana Investment Advisors,
has been named to The
State's Top 20 Under 40 Club for 2008.
Douglas Strickler has been appointed circuit public defender for the 5th Circuit of S.C.
Stephen Creech Jr. has been named vice president of cardiovascular services of Sisters of Charity Providence Hospitals.
Sherri Burriss has joined Grubb & Ellis Wilson Kibler as a sales associate in Broker Services.
Ellis, Lawhorne & Sims, PA was selected for a 2007 Pro Bono Award for its significatn contributions and pro bono work dedicated to Home Works of America, Inc.
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Valarie M.Williams has been appointed executive director of the board of commissioners for the S.C. State Housing Finance and Development Authority.
Elizabeth T.Thomas joined Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd as a shareholder.
Gale B.Crawford,Howard L. Cox,D. Aubrey Richardson, and Richard N. Sendler have been inducted to the S.C. Housing Hall of Fame.
Margaret Lloyd won the S.C. Wildlife Federation's Conservationist of the Year Award.
The Indian Creek Wildlife Habitat Restoration Initiative won the S.C. Wildlife Federation's Wildlife Conservation Award.
Hank Stallworth won the S.C. Wildlife Federation's Lifetime Achievement in Conservation Award.
Mark Fava, a partner with Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough will be a featured speaker at the 2008 International Air Taxi Convention legal workshop.
Stacey L. Young has been promoted to human resources manager for Verizon Wireless' company call center in Columbia.
Lori August has been promoted from her position as director of performance improvement to assistant vice president of quality management for Sisters of Charity Providence Hospitals.
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Distinguished past members of the S.C. Bar will be memorialized at the annual Memory Hold the Door ceremony. This year's honorees are Victor S. Evans Jr., Columbia; The Hon. Sidney T. Floyd, Conway; Edward W. Laney III, Columbia; Dr. Harry M. Lightsey Jr., Columbia; Major General T. Eston Marchant Jr., Columbia; Julian B. Salley Jr., Aiken; Roy M. Smith Sr., Spartanburg; E. Randolph Stone, Greenville; and F. Hall Yarborough, Orangeburg.
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