Tony Lawton, City of Columbia's Office of Business Opportunities director, has been awarded the Minority Business Development Agency's Regional Business Advocate of the Year Award.

Tony Lawton S.C. Representative Joe Wilson has been named to the Honor Roll of members in the 110th Congress by The American Conservative Union.

Mason Hardy, president of the S.C. Association of Nonprofit Organizations, has received the Phyllis Campbell Newsome Leadership Award.

William H. Short Jr. has been elected as a board member to the Ducks Unlimited Board of Directors.

Ben Crooks has returned to Carter Goble Lee after serving in the MP Battalion, 3rd BDE, 95th Division for the past year.

Ronald Huffman has been named executive director of the S.C. office of Lutheran Family Services in the Carolinas.

Michael Williams has been named public relations assistant of the Palmetto Health Foundation.

The U.S. Census Bureau has named Doris G. Greene, a longtime community educator and activist, as partnership specialist during the federal government's 23rd national headcount set for spring 2010.

Mason Hardy Karie Ann Carter has joined Team Oana Investment Advisors. She will manage the future client concierge project and design, manage, and supervise the Team Oana Silent Auction Program with the Team Oana speaking bureau.

Chip Stanley and Linda Fraser have been named by Morgan Stanley to lead the recently formed Stanley Group.

S.C. Representative William F. "Bill" Cotty has been named NAMI Mid- Carolina Mental Health Advocate of the Year.

First Citizens has exceeded its goal of raising more than $40,000 for the Boys and Girls Club of the Midlands during its annual Duck Race campaign. Mark Reynolds has joined First Citizens as a commercial credit analyst.

The Indian Waters Council, Boy Scouts of America's 2008 Distinguished Citizen Award will be presented to Dr. Andrew Sorensen, USC president, at the Taste of the Riverbanks Region event scheduled for Tuesday, July 29, 2008, at 5:30 pm at the Columbia Museum of Art.

Former senior consultant for Carter Goble Lee, Ken McKellar, has been selected to head the US Corrections Advisory Team in Afghanistan, reporting to Department of State.

Ben Crooks Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott has announced the retirement of Chief Deputy Hubert Harrell. Harrell leaves the Sheriff's Department to become the Director of the S.C. Criminal Justice Academy. Lott has announced the following promotions: Deputy Chief Daniel Johnson to Chief Deputy, Major Randy Scott to Deputy Chief of the Uniform Division, Captain Daniel Lane to Major of Special Projects Division, Captain Wash James to Major of the Uniform Division, Lieutenant Robert Ragland to Captain of Region 1 - Lower Richland County, and Lieutenant Ruben Santiago to Captain of Community Services Division.

Kieley Duncan has joined the marketing department in the S.C. home office, assuming the role of marketing coordinator for Coldwell Banker United, REALTORS®. Dory Zimmerman returns to the CBUR relocation department as relocation coordinator.

The following legal administrators have been sworn in for a term on the board of the South Carolina Chapter of the Association of Legal Administrators: President, Shawn Payment, Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, Charleston; President Elect, Kim Maddux, Childs & Halligan, P.A., Columbia; Treasurer, Jane Todd, Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, Columbia; Secretary, Clara Godshall, Parker Poe, Charleston.

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