Commerce secretary highlights SC successes
By John Temple Ligon
     Joe E. Taylor Jr., the state's secretary of commerce, spoke to the Columbia Rotary lunch crowd at Seawell's Monday, May 8. Taylor was introduced by Paul Mashburn, the club's president. Taylor founded and 25 years later sold Southland Log Homes, North America's largest producer of pre-cut log buildin
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Star Profile Moe Baddoura of Moe's Grapevine
By John Temple Ligon
     Mohsen Baddoura grew up in an entertaining household of superior international cooks. His parents were from Lebanon, and one of his grandmothers was from Sicily. He moved to South Carolina from Kuwait when he was 16. His brother was already here, as was his uncle, Andy Shlon of Andy's Deli on Greene
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Briefs
by John Temple Ligon
     Director of the CMA nominated Karen Brosius, director of the Columbia Museum of Art, was nominated by President Bush for a seat on the board of the Federal Institute of Museum and Library Services. Of the total $200 million distributed annually by the agency, about $2.5 million comes to Sout
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Folks About Town
     Sisters of Charity Providence Hospitals inducted three physicians into its Society of St. Luke program held April 26. The society celebrates and honors selected members of the medical staff for their distinguished service to their patients, the mission of the hospital, and their service to the commu
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