Posts by Leah Edwards
Governor Signs Charter School Bill – Creating Pathways to High Quality Charter School Growth
June 16, 2014COLUMBIA, SC – Governor Haley signed the House Bill H3853 into law on Thursday, June 12, 2014 refining the procedures of starting and closing public charter schools in South Carolina…
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Jonathan Chalfie represented the Landlord in the lease of a 1,116 SF office suite at 3850 Bessemer Road
June 16, 2014CHARLESTON, SC – Lee & Associates Charleston’s Jonathan Chalfie represented the Landlord T&S Family Limited Partnership in the lease of a 1,116 square foot office suite at 3850 Bessemer Road…
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What A Difference Experience Makes: Celebrating the Lives Changed by TAVR
June 16, 2014COLUMBIA, SC – Since 1974, the teams at Providence Heart & Vascular Institute have touched more than 130,000 hearts through open-heart surgeries, cardiac catheterizations, and for the last year, TAVR: transcatheter aortic…
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Charleston Animal Society Applauds Passage of Anti-Cruelty Law
June 16, 2014
N. CHARLESTON, SC – Charleston Animal Society is pleased to announce that today Governor Nikki Haley signed into law legislation that strengthens South Carolina’s laws relating to domestic abuse and…
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Secretary Richard W. Riley and four others to receive 2014 NAACP Presidential Citation
June 16, 2014COLUMBIA, SC – The South Carolina State Conference of the NAACP will present former U.S. Secretary of Education Richard W. Riley with its coveted Presidential Citation at the annual Freedom Fund Celebration…
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Secretary Richard W. Riley and four others to receive 2014 NAACP Presidential Citation
June 16, 2014COLUMBIA, SC – The South Carolina State Conference of the NAACP will present former U.S. Secretary of Education Richard W. Riley with its coveted Presidential Citation at the annual Freedom Fund Celebration…
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Jeff Dezen Public Relations (JDPR) Welcomes New Team Member
June 16, 2014
GREENVILLE, S.C. — Jeff Dezen Public Relations (JDPR) today announced the addition of Megan Grubbs as the company’s newest team member. As an Assistant Account Executive, Grubbs will support digital content strategy,…
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Lima One Capital Selects JDPR as PR Agency of Record
June 16, 2014
GREENVILLE, SC — Lima One Capital, which specializes in hard money lending for residential real estate investors, has announced that Greenville-based Jeff Dezen Public Relations (JDPR) will serve as its PR agency of…
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GHS Teacher Receives Youth Financial Educator of the Year Award
June 16, 2014
GILBERT, SC — Gilbert High Teacher Suzanne Halloran received the 2014 Palmetto Citizens Youth Financial Educator of the Year Award during the GHS Awards Day ceremony at Gilbert High. The…
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Senator Tim Scott Continues to Press For Answers from the Department of Veterans Affairs For South Carolina’s Veterans
June 16, 2014WASHINGTON, DC – On the heels of the Senate passage of bi-partisan legislation to strengthen access for veterans to health care services and reform the Department of Veterans Affairs, U.S.…
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Senator Tim Scott Continues to Press For Answers from the Department of Veterans Affairs For South Carolina’s Veterans
June 16, 2014WASHINGTON, DC – On the heels of the Senate passage of bi-partisan legislation to strengthen access for veterans to health care services and reform the Department of Veterans Affairs, U.S.…
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Colonial Life Names Eight to Leadership Roles
June 16, 2014COLUMBIA, SC — Colonial Life has named eight individuals to leadership roles on its Columbia campus. Amir Abdullah has been named director, sales compensation design and sales planning. He will be responsible…
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City of Cayce to Hold Groundbreaking for High-End Apartments
June 12, 2014CAYCE, SC – The City of Cayce is proud to welcome the Otarre Pointe Apartment complex, a new multifamily development that will help provide homes for the City’s growing business community. A groundbreaking on…
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Columbia Businesses Clean Up Local Road
June 12, 2014COLUMBIA, SC – Employees of two Columbia businesses lined the side of Fernandina Road in Lexington County on May 30, 2014, carrying orange garbage bags full of trash. The volunteers…
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Science and Mathematics Governor’s School Kicks off GoSciTech
June 12, 2014
COLUMBIA, SC – The Governor’s School for Science & Mathematics (GSSM) will kick off GoSciTech, the School’s annual, residential, summer camp experience, on Sunday, June 15, 2014. The camp, which takes…
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District Five’s Ready By Five Program Celebrates Year of Milestones
June 12, 2014IRMO, SC – Staff, families and volunteers with Lexington-Richland School District Five’s Ready By Five program celebrated a year of family literacy and early learning services during a recent event.…
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How to Be Happy: Finding the Gold at the End of the Rainbow
June 12, 2014By Mike DuBose with Blake and Debra DuBose No matter your age, race, nationality, or status, it’s almost certain that you—like most other people in the world—desire to be happy.…
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A.G. Lafley on Leadership: Lessons from Procter and Gamble’s Superstar CEO
June 12, 2014By Mike DuBose and Blake DuBose Fueled by a passion for learning the ins and outs of successful leadership, we have studied, researched, and interviewed many great leaders over the…
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Pioneering Researcher Bookends Year with Two Honors
June 12, 2014CLEMSON, SC – A Clemson University senior lecturer who helped improve the understanding of thermal hydraulics as France became a world leader in nuclear power is looking forward to fall…
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Historic Columbia Receives 2014 SC Historic Preservation Honor Award for Restoration of Woodrow Wilson Family Home
June 12, 2014COLUMBIA, SC — Governor Nikki Haley presented Historic Columbia, Richland County and John Milner Associates with the 2014 Historic Preservation Honor Award during the 2014 Historic Preservation Awards ceremony at…
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Columbia Attorney Michael C. Greene Appointed to South Carolina Panel for Dietetics
June 12, 2014COLUMBIA, SC – Gignilliat, Savitz & Bettis, LLP, is pleased to announce that Michael C. Greene has been appointed to the South Carolina Panel for Dietetics. Greene fills the general…
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Columbia Attorney Michael C. Greene Appointed to South Carolina Panel for Dietetics
June 12, 2014COLUMBIA, SC – Gignilliat, Savitz & Bettis, LLP, is pleased to announce that Michael C. Greene has been appointed to the South Carolina Panel for Dietetics. Greene fills the general…
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Travelouge: Los Angeles
June 12, 2014
By John Temple Ligon Arriving on the Amtrak Coast Starlight a little before 10 on Monday night, May 21, 2012, I walked off Union Station in downtown Los Angeles. Probably…
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Three White Grapes You Ain’t Heard of…and Why They Rule!
June 12, 2014By Kaitlin Ohlinger Well, maybe you have heard of them. If that’s so, then congrats! You win! But today I wanted to talk about one of my all-time most…
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The Body Shape Series– The Oval & Diamond
June 12, 2014
By Brian Maynor Wrapping up our series on body shapes, the Oval and Diamond are two unique shapes that have different goals and challenges from the other four. The Oval…
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Chomp!
June 12, 2014
By Ron Aiken On occasion, Chomp! gives his family grief about their dining proclivities, specifically when it comes to those things people buy in the frozen food aisle of which…
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Harvest Week at Motor Supply: A Localvore’s Delight
June 12, 2014By Jillian Owens This spring I decided to take up container gardening. I love the idea of growing my own food and living off the land (or out old storage…
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City Of Dust
June 12, 2014By Tom Poland “The lost and wondrous wreckage of America. The ceaseless road to nowhere. Yeah, that’s my home.” That’s how John Mulhouse sets the stage…
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Lee & Associates Charleston Represents Buyer in $350,000 Sale of an Industrial Building
June 12, 2014CHARLESTON, SC – Lee & Associates Charleston’s Thomas G. Buist, Jr., SIOR represented the Buyer in the $350,000 sale of a 7,080 SF industrial building, currently under a lease to…
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Blackstone Shooting Sports: Coming Soon To Charlotte
June 12, 2014CHARLOTTE, NC – Miller-Valentine Construction recently broke ground on Blackstone Shooting Sports, a new 27,090 SF facility located on Wilkinson Blvd. just outside of Uptown Charlotte, NC. The new building…
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Adams and Reese Rises Up Am Law, NLJ Lists of Nation’s Top Law Firms
June 12, 2014COLUMBIA, SC – Adams and Reese has climbed up both the 2014 “NLJ 350” (National Law Journal) List of Largest Law Firms ranked by attorney count, and the “Am Law…
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Board of Trustees Approves Name for Facility, Groundbreaking Planned
June 12, 2014COLUMBIA, SC – At the board meeting held Tuesday, June 10, 2014, the Richland School District Two Board of Trustees voted to name the district’s new student learning facility the…
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District Five Graduates Offered Nearly $120 Million in College Scholarships
June 12, 2014
IRMO, SC – Lexington-Richland School District Five’s most recent graduates earned nearly $120 million in college scholarships this school year. The awards for students from Chapin High, Dutch Fork High…
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Children’s Literature and Diversity Conference at UofSC to Feature Public Events
June 12, 2014COLUMBIA, SC – More than 350 scholars of children’s literature from around the world will converge in Columbia June 18 – 21 to share their research and teaching on books past and…
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Avison Young Lease Extension – 1417 Stuart Engals Blvd.
June 12, 2014CHARLESTON, SC – Avison Young commercial real estate is pleased to announce that Jeremy Willits and Gerry Schauer represented the landlord, TS Investments I, LLC, in the lease extension of…
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Greer Bancshares Incorporated Reports: Partial Repurchase of TARP Preferred Stock
June 12, 2014
GREER, SC – Greer Bancshares Incorporated, the parent company of Greer State Bank, today announces that it has repurchased $1,980,000 of its TARP preferred stock from the US Treasury. The…
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Animals Being Abandoned After-Hours at Charleston Animal Society
June 12, 2014
N. CHARLESTON, SC – Video surveillance shows a young man climbing an 8-foot fence at Charleston Animal Society Tuesday night and dropping a puppy onto the cement pavement below, leaving…
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Wine and Unwind Film Screening With Bud Ferillo
June 12, 2014COLUMBIA, SC – June 19, 2014 – As part of its Wine and Unwind lecture and entertainment series, the Lourie Center is proud to celebrate the creative and professional accomplishments…
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