Eva Turner, AAI, CIC, CRM, CPCU, from all Allstate, attended the Certified Insurance Counselor's Personal Lines Institute held Aug. 26- 28, 2009 in Columbia.

Tom Burch The Jameson Inn hotel brand was ranked #1 in customer service for the first half of 2009 by the Market Metrix Hospitality Index among its segment of hotels.

Matthew Costel lo has been named the new executive director for South Carolina Fair Share.

Tom Burch has joined NAI Avant, LLC as a senior broker specializing in commercial development sites with a focus on the retail and restaurant sectors. Ryan Welch has joined NAI Avant's Property Management division as a property manager for retail, office, and industrial properties. Jim Apple, chairman and CEO of First Citizens Bank, has been named the Greater Columbia Chamber's 2009 Ambassador of the Year.

Palmet to GBA has achieved the prestigious COPC- 2000® CSP Standard, a rigorous quality- measurement framework maintained by Customer Operations Performance Center Inc.

Ryan Welch AL ASAD, Iraq - (l- r) Columbia natives Spc. Dwayne Bannister, Spc. Marika Franklin, and Spc. David Rhodes of the Headquarters and Headquarters Co., 751st Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, 10th Sustainment Brigade, graduated from the General Technical Improvement Course in August. All three Soldiers aim to improve their GT score and are interested in the Warrant Officer Program. Spc. Bannister and Spc. Rhodes work in the motor pool as mechanics. Spc. Franklin works in the support operations section dealing with Class I. Spc. Brian King of Columbia, S.C., loads a magazine in his weapon to conduct Small Arms Familiarization firing training. King serves with HHC, 751st Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, 10th Sustainment Brigade. Contributed by 13th Sustainment Command (Expeditionary) Public Affairs Office, Joint Base Balad, Iraq APO AE 09391. Jim Apple