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What does that mean for Aiken and Camden? The annual breeding stock sale at Keeneland, Kentucky, brought in $186 million, a drop of 46 percent from the same sale in 2007. The total in bets on U.S. tracks fell 10 percent in November. The horse business, Kentucky's biggest agricultural earner, contributed about $4 billion to the state's economy last year. More ... Columbia Mayor Bob Coble held an economic development conference Monday afternoon, Dec. 15, at the convention center on Lincoln Street. He said we're in a recession, and if the federal government is going to spend its way out of it and buy happiness, we need to tell them where to shop. More ... The Midlands office for U.S. Senator Lindsey O. Graham (R- S.C.) at the corner of Huger and Hampton is staffed with four people, and Rene Ann Tewkesbury is in charge. Tewkesbury was born in Aiken, S.C., where her father was in the electrical equipment business. Her mother managed the house. Her brother was born one year and eight days earlier. More ... Jennifer Parrish Robinson has joined Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough's Columbia office as legislative counsel on the Firm's Government Relations Group. Karrie Anne Carter has been promoted to client concierge director for Team Oana Investment Advisors, Inc. More ... Photo by Warner Montgomery Donna Sosbee was honored December 10 by Colonial Life/UNUM for 25 years of employment in the IT Section. She is shown here receiving her award from Lane Renfro, systems manager II. Members of the Sosbee family present at the event are (l- r) Danny Sosbee Jr., brother; Linda Sosbee, sister; Renfro; Donna Sosbee; Barbara Sosbee, step mother; and Danny Sosbee Sr., father. More ... Nexsen Pruet's Susi McWilliams is the recipient of the 2008 Matthew Perry Civility Award. The Richland County Bar Association presented the award to McWilliams at its annual meeting December 11 at the Columbia Museum of Art. More ... The U. S. Postal Service is offering three alternatives to help with the holiday mailing crunch. 1) Contract Postal Units: Located everywhere in South Carolina, with 52 in the 290-6 ZIP Code Area. Below is a listing of several in the Midlands. They provide a complete line of products and services, (everything except money orders and P.O. More ... Times are tough this year for everyone, including The Salvation Army of the Midlands. The charity, known for assisting the city's homeless and underprivileged population, is experiencing lower numbers in giving than expected. More ... |
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