Scholarship Winners Recital
presented by The Afternoon, Eau Claire and Morning Music Clubs
      Music students who received scholarships performed April 15, 2007. Eleanor Avant, president of the Eau Claire Music Club welcomed guests. The scholarship awards were given by Margaret Beth Williamson, president of the Afternoon Music Club and Helena Meetze, auditions chairman. The judges were Dr. Randolph Love, Dr. Elisa Moskovitch, Ms. Thelma Rast, and Dr. Helen Tintes.
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Midlands Tech recognizes outstanding young and adult students
Contributed by Midlands Technical College
      Among this year's Midlands Technical College's honorees were Leslie Chartier and Timothy McConnell, who were nominated to represent the college on the All- USA Academic Team for Community Colleges.
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RNE student receives national journalism award
Contributed by Richland School District Two
      Richland Northeast High School's Tenell Felder was one of 102 high school seniors nationwide to receive an Al Neuharth Free Spirit Journalism Award and a $1000 scholarship from the Freedom Forum.
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Teacher receives Verner Award
Contributed by the S.C. Arts Commission
      Columbia teacher Annette Francis has been selected to receive a 2007 Verner Award, the state's highest award in the arts. A wife, mother, music teacher, chairperson, and an advocate for the arts, Francis has guided the PatriArts program for C.C. Pinckney Elementary School at Fort Jackson in Columbia for more than 15 years.
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Dreher Wins Richland One's 2007 High School Bowl
Contributed by Richland School District One
      Dreher High School is the Richland School District One champ of the 2007 High School Bowl, an annual event that pits some of the district's best and brightest students against each other in a fast- paced academic match- up. Students from Dreher went head- to- head against those from A.C. Flora High School on March 20 to claim victory.
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Bad boy turns good
Contributed by Richland Northeast High School
      For Ray McManus, what a long, strange trip it's been. The former high school bad boy was introduced to poetry when a high school librarian stuck a book of poems in his hands during detention. He then went on to graduate from USC and last year received his PhD and won the 2007 Poetry Book Prize from the S.C.
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Choir sweeps competitions in New York
Contributed by Richland Northeast High School
      The Richland Northeast High School GAP Choir won 13 of the 17 awards presented at the Black Music Caucus's National Gospel Choir Competitions in Brooklyn, N.Y., on March 23, 2007.This is the fourth year that the four- year- old group has entered this national competition, where it has consistently brought home major awards.
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