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This year’s recipients of the Global Vision Awards were Ambassador Robert V. Royall Jr. and Ambassador David H. Wilkins. The Columbia World Affairs Council hosted the 16th Annual Global Vision Award Gala at the Columbia Marriot Hotel October 27, 2009. More ... With unemployment up significantly, the uninsured and those struggling financially may be tempted to skip doses of their prescription medicines and that can be dangerous. More ... Delegates from Columbia’s Sister City in China, Yibin City, met with representatives from the U.S. and Foreign Commercial Service, the S.C. Department of Commerce, the local World Affairs Council, and the Columbia Office of Economic Development at a breakfast meeting at the Hilton October 29. Yibin City is where the Yangtze River is formed at the confluence of the Min and Jinsha rivers. More ... Columbia resident Wilmot B. Irwin, self– described lawyer by day and novelist by night, has just released a new novel published by Red Letter Press entitled Merriman’s More ... The Columbia Unit of Church Women United International observed the national Human Rights Celebration at Northminster Presbyterian Church Friday, October 2, 2009. In a program “Seeking Shalom,” CWU honored 22 local heros/heroines who were identified as “peacemakers” in their communities. More ... At 2132 Devine Street is a new police station. Actually, it’s a relocated branch station that was at 2632 Millwood Ave., and it’s called the new South Region Headquarters. Besides practicing sensible adaptive reuse of the former Centry 21 office, the Police Department can rent parking to employees in Five Points, freeing up shopfront spaces for customers. More ... Richland County and the city of Columbia announced the opening of the National Multi–Modal Transportation Study Commission Monday, November 2, 2009 at a press conference at the Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center. More ... |
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