The Board of the Silver Crescent Foundation has named Karen Owens as its new president.

Georgia Coleman 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.

Eboni Nelson, assistant professor in the University of South Carolina School of Law, has recently received the John Templeton Foundation Academic Scholarship Award from the Pacific Legal Foundation.

Columbia Housing Authority has been named a 2008 recipient of the National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials (NAHRO) Merit Award for its innovative work.

The Richland County Recreation Commission has been named Agency of the Year for Class IV by the South Carolina Parks and Recreation Association.

Bernice Scott, Richland County Council, has been named Local Government Official of the Year by the South Carolina Parks and Recreation Association.

The Richland County Public Library summer reading: Adult winners are Tamora Burnett, C. Gayle Sheriff, Maya Evans, Holly Shuffler, Sheila Simons, Beth Scarborough, Rick Casselman, Dennis Enevoldsen, Tommie Adams, Johnnie Patterson, and Pam Day. Teen winners are Jordan Miller, Jazmine Davis, Alisha Prabhakaran, Liz Mosser, Troycee Mar tin, Chelsea Johnson, Ashley Tucker, Boyce Myers, Jessica Wright, Rachel Musgrove, and Joane Saintil.

Richland County Recreation Commission has been named Agency of the Year for Class IV by the South Carolina Parks and Recreation Association. C. David Warren CHA representative Lee McRoberts accepting the Merit Award from Renee Rooker, NAHRO president.