American Legion National Commander Paul Morin, American Legion Department of S.C. Commander John Dellinger, and Senator John Courson Delores Saini was named grand prize winner of the Uniroyal Tire 2006 Win a Free Soccer Season Sweepstakes.

Gov. Mark Sanford named Bill Timmerman , CEO of SCANA; Reggie Gallant , southern zone VP of State Farm; Barry Falin , VP and general manager for Carolina Operations of Voridian; and Senator John Courson as four of the nine members of his Climate, Energy and Commerce Advisory Committee.

The AD Company , a full- service marketing and communications firm, was recognized at the Columbia Ad Club ADDY Awards. The company was recognized with more awards than any other marketing and advertising agency at this year's competition.

(l to r) Delores Saini, Ray Davis, Principal Sig Tanner, Kali Saini, and Sean Bishton and Rob Dill, Summit Parkway Middle School's soccer coaches.

James Aluri , a local guitarist, was awarded first prize in the high school division at the 8th annual Columbus State University Guitar Competition and Symposium.

The March of Dimes S.C. Chapter announced that John Baker , managing partner of Baker & Baker Real Estate Developers, LLC, and Tom Bise , assistant vice president of marketing communications, Advertising and Incentives for Colonial Supplemental Insurance will serve as co- chairs for WalkAmerica.

Mustard Graphics Studio won two ADDY Awards . The winners were designed by Lani Stringer.

The Cayce- West Columbia Junior Chamber of Commerce (Jaycees) was named the number one chapter in S.C. for 2006.

Mike Sisk

The Daily Gamecock was awarded first place Best Overall for Collegiate Division I. The newspaper also received 16 individual awards at the S.C. Press Association's annual winter meeting.

Cromer's Peanuts has been designated the Official Peanut of USC Athletics. The world- famous boiled peanuts will be available at all USC athletic games.

Lt. Gov. Andre Bauer has named Curtis M. Loftis Jr. , the founder and benefactor of Saluda Charitable Foundation, as the director of the Lt. Governor's Office on Aging.

South Carolina Bank and Trust named Rebecca Schauer Robertson the vice president and bank secrecy officer.

Rebecca Robertson The S.C. Arts Commission announced the 2007 recipients of the Elizabeth O'Neill Verner Awards. Honoree Annette Francis won for the Arts in Education category.

Dr. Kaye Shaw has joined The Midlands Regional Education Center as coordinator for career development.

The Columbia Conference Center received the ConventionSouth magazine's prestigious Annual Readers' Choice Award.

The Humane Society of the U.S. and Humane Society Legislative Fund presented U.S. Representative James E. Clyburn with a Humane Advocate Award for his leadership on animal protection legislation in 2006.

Rainbow Radio received the 2007 Human Rights Campaign's Carolinas Community Service Award.

Senator John Courson received The American Legion Special Legislative Award.

The Midlands region has established its Regional Education Center and named Mike Sisk as one of the members to its advisory board.