Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Named Outstanding 2008 Adopt-A-Highway Group of the Year For Richland County

COLUMBIA, SC – April 28, 2009 – The South Carolina Department of Transportation (SCDOT) named Omega Psi Phi Fraternity the 2008 Adopt-A-Highway Group of the Year for Richland County.

SCDOT presented the award to the group at the Adopt-A-Highway awards ceremony on Thursday, April 9, 2009 at The Zone at the University of South Carolina’s Williams-Brice Stadium in Columbia.  The annual event is hosted by SCDOT to recognize the volunteer-citizen groups, coordinators and SCDOT employees for their participation in the Adopt-A-Highway program.

Left to right: SCDOT Commissioner Sarah Nuckles, left, and SCDOT Deputy Director of Finance and Administration Debra Rountree present the Outstanding Adopt-A-Highway Group of Richland County award to members of the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity. From left are: Nuckles, Rountree, Bill Patterson, Ishmael Holley, Dewey Duckett Jr. and Harold White.