Steve Applewhite and Stacie Sawicki have been hired as new sales associates with Coldwell Banker United.

John W. Bluford III Gus Dixon has been awarded the District Award of Merit by The Congaree District of the Indian Waters Council of the Boy Scouts of America.

The following lawyers of the McNair Law Firm have been included in The Best Lawyers in America 2010 Michael M. Beal, Robert T. Brockman, M. John Bowen, Jr., Carl B. Carruth, O. Wayne Corley, M. Elizabeth Crum, John W. Currie, Robert W. Dibble, Jr., Erik P. Doerring, James P. Fields, Jr., M. Craig Garner, Jr, Joel E. Gottlieb, Paul D. Har rill, Celeste T. Jones, Richard J. Morgan, William M. Musser, Jonathan H. Nason, Sara S. Rogers, James C. Siokos, W. Marshall Taylor, Jr., Joseph D. Walker, and Ethan R. Ware.

Wayne Smith has joined the Transaction Services Group of Grubb & Ellis Wilson Kibler. Kirk Morgan will be sworn in as the The South Carolina Association for Justice's next president at the upcoming 2009 Annual Convention in Hilton Head.

Jon Keith has been selected as the Marketing Director of Still Hopes Episcopal Retirement Community.

Dr. Ronald L. Epp F. Earl Ellis, Jr., and John T. Lay Jr. of Ellis Lawhorne have recently been selected to the prestigious Litigation Counsel of America. John W. Bluford III , the late El izabeth "Bet ty" Foran, Dr. Ronald L. Epps, and The Honorable Judge Matthew J. Perry, Jr will be inducted into the Richland One Hall of Fame in January.

Columbia Conference Center was selected as a

ConventionSouth magazine's Readers' Choice Award winner - one of the top 100 meeting facilities in the nation.

Love Collins III, Eric M. Elkins, David G. Hodges, Jackie S. Howie, Barbara Rackes, Mar tha Scot t Smith, Nancy Spencer, and Susie H. VanHuss have been selected as new members to its Board of Trustees for Central Carolina Community Foundation.

Mitchell Tibshrany is the 2009 recipient of the NCEES Distinguished Service Award.

Cynthia Williams, MBA, has joined the Health Sciences South Carolina staff as the project manager for the Electronic Institutional Review Board.

Judge Matthew J. Perry, Jr. The Midlands Author ity for Conventions, Sports & Tourism has been selected as the recipient of the Information Technology Council's Palmetto Pillar Award for Promoting the Region/Visionaries.

Ruth Nichol s has been presented with the Servant Award from Providence Hospitals.

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Elizabeth "Betty" Foran Cynthia Williams Jon Keith