Elaine Baxley, MD Jon Keisler was awarded the Allstate Agency Hands in the Community Award for his committment to the community. With this award comes a $500 grant from The Allstate Foundation to the Rosewood Merchants Association.

Elaine Baxley, MD, MPH, has been designated by Doctors Care as an Aeromedical Examiner, accredited to perform Class I, III, and III medical exams for all pilots at the Doctors Care’s Wateree location in Lugoff.

Coldwell Banker United, Realtors Carolinas Region has hired USC head volleyball coach, Kim Hudson , to fill the postion of director of professional development for the company.

Kimberly Bennett Qualls, MD

Outdoor Interactive, Inc appointed AOL–veteran Cathy Anderson as vice president of marketing.

Hoyt N. Wheeler of USC has been named the Fulbright Distinguished Chair in American Studies at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main for 2005–06.

Jackie Simmons

Jeff Demmon of Columbia placed second at the National Wild Turkey Federation’s 12th annual Turkey Shoot held August 19–21, 2005. He broke 29 clay targets while competing in the Side x Side Event, D class of the NSCA Division at The Meadows National Gun Club in Forsyth, GA.

Cydney McAdams Milling has joined the Columbia office of Nexsen Pruet, LLC as an associate and will focus primarily on banking and finance law.

Kimberly Bennett Qualls, RN , BSN, was named 2005 Nurse of the Year by the Sisters of Charity Providence Hospitals. Jackie Simmons , a nurse technician on a medical/surgical unit of Providence Hospital Northeast, was named 2005 Nurse Support Person of the Year.

Paula Cooper

The National Auctioneers Association Education Institute announced that Will Hearn of Hearn Auction Services has successfully completed the requirements for earning the Accredited Auctioneer of Real Estate and has be en awarded this designation by the Institute.

Steven Hicks

Paula Cooper has joined the accounting and consulting firm of Moore Kirkland & Beauston L.L.P as an accounting assistant. Steven Hicks has joined as a staff accountant. Michael J. Targia , CPA has rejoined the firm as a senior auditor.

David Campbell of Columbia has been appointed to the Commission on Consumer Affairs by Governor Mark Sanford.

Mike Targia

Blythewood writer Debra Mihalic Staples was selected as one of the 12 writers to be awarded $500 and have her short story published in The Post and Courier for winning this year’s SC Fiction Project.

Sunland Distribution has chosen The Gillespie Agency as agency of record for its advertising and public relations strategies.