Airport Commission hosts luncheon
Story and Photos by John Temple Ligon Temple@TheColumbiaStar.com
      The Columbia Metropolitan Airport Commission was the host for lunch on Monday, September 15, at Sterling Hall, 320 Senate Street. The keynote speaker was Dr. Steve Van Beek, president and CEO, Eno Transportation Foundation.
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Briefs
by John Temple Ligon
      Besides all that Charlotte- based Bank of America, having bought Countrywide, the huge mortgage firm, and now pulling in Merrill Lynch, is about to place its logo on Yankee Stadium and all of the New York Yankees tickets.
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Star Profile
Brian Boger, consumer advocate attorney
By John Temple Ligon Temple@TheColumbiaStar.com
      With the financial crisis in full swing, attorney Brian Boger is not saying "I told you so," but he did. He has moved his law practice through real estate and consumer law, mostly, and between the two, he saw the current crisis coming.
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Folks about town
      The Board of the Silver Crescent Foundation has named Karen Owens as its new president. Georgia Coleman has been selected for the American Library Association's (ALA) Emerging Leaders program. The Richland County Public Library's longtime executive director C. David Warren will retire on April 3, 2009.
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