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Mission Statement

The mission of Thomas Media Group, LLC is to encourage, support and facilitate

economic empowerment of the African-American community through the development of a strategic local business network, educational initiatives and communications ventures. Through actualization of our mission, we will reach all segments of the African-American community including (but not limited to) youth, retirees, and the working class. Through employee commitment at all levels of our organization, individual and team efforts will yield value-added services to our entire client base.

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The staff and management of Black Pages USA express warm thanks to everyone who helped make the 2013-14 Columbia Midlands Black Pages a success. We also utilize this page to emphatically convey special sincere thanks to our major corporate advertisers. The involvement of major corporations clearly indicates their willingness to support Black business development while marketing quality products and services. The reinvestment of a portion of revenues back into the local Black community makes good business sense for major corporations and is a smart investment. This investment is also indicative of a very strong commitment to the development of a more prosperous Columbia Midlands community in general, thereby promoting a better quality of life for everyone. Again, we thank you.

Thank You

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About the Publication & the Publisher is published and distributed in twelve cities throughout five states along the southeastern seaboard of the ® United States. Five of these directories, which highlight African-American owned businesses, are published by Thomas Media Group, LLC An African-American owned business, Thomas Media Group, LLC strives to offer black business owners in South Carolina, Georgia and Florida the exposure and visibility to put them into the mainstream business community.

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Darrin Thomas is a graduate of

received the following awards:

the University of South Carolina

1997 Minority Small Business

School of Business where he

Person of the Year, Columbia

earned an undergraduate degree in

Chamber of Commerce; 1997

marketing and management.

South Carolina Minority Business

currently serves as a member of

Person of the Year, South Carolina

the following boards:

Small Business Administration;

Wachovia

Bank Advisory Board, Boy Scouts

1998

of America, Moore School of

Alumnus Award, University of

Business

South

Board

Advisors,

Distinguished

Carolina;

Young

and

1998

Palmetto Health Foundation, YES

Entrepreneur of the Year, South

Carolina,

Carolina

SCANA

Corporation

Business

Network.

Advisory Board, and Jacksonville

Thomas serves as president of

Chamber Board of Trustees, Coker

Thomas Media Group, LLC and

College

currently resides in Columbia,

Board

Trustees,

Salvation Army. In recognition of

South Carolina.

his accomplishments, Thomas has

Thomas Media Group, LLC operates five offices in the Southeastern U.S. The mission of Black Pages USA is to promote businesses and provide print and internet reference guides for consumers and businesses who want to patronize or serve African-American businesses. Thomas Media Group, LLC has received several awards for outstanding service to its communities: 1994, Minority Business Advocate of the Year; 1996, Business of the Year; 1997, Minority Small Business of the Year – Columbia Chamber of Commerce; 1997, Minority Business of the Year State of South Carolina – US Small Business Administration; 1998, Business of the Year – South Carolina Business Network; 1999, Blue Chip Enterprise Award – Mass Mutual – US Chamber of Commerce; 2001 BB&T Trailblazer Award. www.blackpagessouth.com

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From The Publisher... RISK VS. REWARD Risk vs. Reward? The question that would be entrepreneurs ask themselves when exploring potential enterprises and business opportunities. Like any seasoned gambler, the questions of risk loom large……what are the risk associated with leaving the comforts a bi-weekly paycheck? Is there a market for my product or service? Can I make the venture successful for the long term? The risk vs. reward question grows larger once those businesses are established and the question centers on opportunities for growth. The rewards are immeasurable…….economic stability, job growth, wealth generation, etc. The question of Risk vs. Reward can also be extended to our communities. What are the risk of not supporting minority owned businesses in our communities vs. the rewards for doing such? The answer seems simple to us……. when we fail to reinvest or in some cases invest in businesses in key areas, those businesses failed, jobs were lost or were not created and then became dilapidated or created the wrong type of business activity. When we support the businesses in the publication or minority businesses in general, we do so to the reward of generations to come. We simply must bear this in mind………when we don’t support these businesses and they fail, we have no one else to blame other than ourselves. We realized in 1990, the reward of promoting minority owned firms greatly outweighed any risk associated. Friends, Thank you for supporting the Columbia Black Pages. We thank God for his grace, mercy and favor! Please reward us by telling our advertisers that you found them in the Black Pages – they will appreciate and so will we! Thanks to so many of you, we’re rewarded daily, weekly, monthly and annually! ©Thomas Media Group, LLC — 2011-12 — All Rights Reserved

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President

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COLUMBIA MIDLANDS’ LARGEST CIRCULATED AFRICAN-AMERICAN PUBLICATION

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A DIVISION OF THOMAS MEDIA GROUP, LLC

Darrin Thomas

Jeannie Jackson

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Thelma Davidson

Anna Presley

President

Vice President

Senior Account Executive

Controller

Tim McDowell

Jemaine Bankhead

Brenda Frinks

LaVon K. Sumter

Account Executive

Account Executive/Expo Coordinator

Account Executive

Market Manager

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Reach 100,000 Consumers. Have your business displayed in the Columbia Midlands Black Pages. Building a Better America by Building Stronger Communities. As an African-American business owner or professional in the Columbia Midlands area, the Black Pages can work for your maximum visibility at reasonable rates 365 days a year. Have your business listed and displayed in the next annual edition of the Black Pages. Fill out this form and mail it to our office today: 1806 Washington Street, Columbia, SC 29201. 803-254-6404 or (800) 419-2417.

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Contents

Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 How to Use the Black Pages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Black Pages Specifics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Black Pages Distribution Points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116 Up Front Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 On the Cover Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Who’s Who in Accounting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Who’s Who in Attorneys. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Who’s Who in Automobile Sales & Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Who’s Who in Banking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Who’s Who in Beauty & Barbering. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 Who’s Who in Catering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 Who’s Who in Contractors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108 Who’s Who in Dentistry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113 Who’s Who in Financial Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124 Who’s Who in Funeral Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138 Who’s Who in Insurance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154 Who’s Who in Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162 Who’s Who in Medicine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179 Who’s Who in Ministry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 Historically Black Colleges & Universities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 Up and Coming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206 For Your Information Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209 Health Watch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228

DISCLAIMER: The publishers do not guarantee the absence of errors nor against the presence of unintentional inclusions or printing errors. No responsibility for the same can be or is assumed. Every attempt will be made to comply at the next earliest printing. Any and all possible remuneration made due to error(s) is limited to one half (1/2) of the actual cost of said ad space paid by the consumer. Copyright 201314, BLACK PAGES USA. All rights reserved. Reproductions or use in any manner without written permission of the publisher is prohibited.

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Alphabetical Listings of Advertisers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232

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Index of Categories Accounting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Career Opportunities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Advertising Specialities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Carpet and Rug Cleaning. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Airport . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Catering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Attorneys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Childcare. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Attractions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Chiropractic. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Auto Accidents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Churches. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Auto Rental . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Colleges & Universities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

Auto Sales & Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Community Health Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

Banks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Construction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

Banners/ Signs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Contractor - Heating & Air . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

Bartending. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Contractor - Plumbing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

Beauty & Barbering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Consulting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

Beauty Salon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Copy Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

Bridal Shop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

County Government . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

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Index of Categories Health Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140

Dentists - Orthodontist1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118

Health Insurance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142

Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118

Hospitals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142

Entertainment/ Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120

Hotels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142

Financial Planning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126

Insurance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159

Financial Services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126

Janitorial Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159

First Time Home Buyers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126

Lodging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159

Florist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

Lottery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159

Framing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

Massage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159

Fraternity/Sorority Paraphernalia . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

Media - Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169

Funeral Homes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140

Media - Television. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169

Graphic Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140

Medicaid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169

Graphics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140

Medicine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178

Grocery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140

Medicine - Neurosurgical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178

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Dentists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118

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Index of Categories Medicine - Ophthalmologist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178

Real Estate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193

Medicine - Orthopaedics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178

Restaurants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193

Medicine - Podiatry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178

Schools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194

Military Relocation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178

Shipping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194

Municipal Government . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178

T- Shirt Printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197

Office Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179

Tax Preperation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197

Orthodontist - Dentists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178

Tax Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197

Personal Injury . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178

Utilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197

Pharmacy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190

Web Development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197

Photography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190

Wedding Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198

Plumber . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190

Printing/ Copying . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190

Private Mailbox Service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193

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How To Use

The Black Pages is a specially formatted magazine/directory that provides a wealth of information, facts and articles, in addition to the advertisements of corporations and local business persons. We encourage you to understand that the Black Pages is a very important tool in the rejuvenation of the crucial entrepreneurial segment in the local Black community. As the community moves into the 21st century, the entrepreneurial efforts of individuals will play a very important role in determining the future of our children. For your convenience, the Black Pages contains the following: Table of Contents — guides you through the entire publication to assist you in finding particular sections of interest. Index — provides a quick method to identify the location of advertisers who offer products or services that you seek. On the Cover Section — highlights the individuals and businesses that are featured on the cover. This section gives better insight of the personal backgrounds of the cover participants and more details about their businesses. Health Watch — provides information on various areas of medicine, diseases and preventive methods in an effort to better educate our audience. Who’s Who Sections — provides a very quick reference to our major advertisers in selected professions.

For Your Information — provides very pertinent information relating to education, personal finance, real estate, minority business development and various statistics. Up & Coming — highlights relatively new entrepreneurs or persons whose businesses are experiencing significant growth. This section provides an opportunity for added exposure for these growing businesses.

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Up Front — gives special focus and exposure to various organizations and institutions that play a special role in the further enhancement and development of the Black community.

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Black Pages Specifics We utilize this section to provide specific details and other

The involvement of major corporations is a wise business

pertinent information relating to the Black Pages.

investment and works to improve the quality of the entire community.

The Black Pages-History and Background: The Black Pages concept started 33 years ago in Atlanta.

The Black Economy: U.S. Census statistics indicate that

Today, Black Pages type publications are produced in about

the Black community has an annual income of nearly $921

30 cities and metropolitan areas throughout the United

billion. The Black Pages serves as a means by which a

States.

portion of this tremendous spending power can be put to

Thomas Media Group, LLC, (TMG, LLC) a

minority-owned corporation publishes the Augusta CSRA (GA) Black Pages, Charleston Trident (SC) Black Pages, Columbia Midlands (SC) Black Pages, Jacksonville First Coast (FL) Black Pages. Why the Black Pages? The specific purpose of the Black Pages is primarily to feature and highlight minority-owned

use in the Black business sector. Utilizing the Black Pages to access the goods and services of Black businesses provides for the growth and development of those businesses and in turn provides employment/career opportunities for the youth of tomorrow. Obviously, we also urge Black consumers to utilize the goods and

businesses. The introduction of the Black Pages concept

services of the major corporate advertisers listed in the

during the past several years is particularly timely. The

Black Pages. These companies are demonstrating their

current economy of the United States is increasingly

concern and commitment by investing a portion of their

focusing on individual entrepreneurial efforts, self-help

profits in the Black community, thereby promoting

initiatives and the development of small businesses. The

economic self-reliance.

Black Pages seeks to provide exposure to those individuals and their businesses that are at the forefront of the entrepreneurial effort. The objective of the Black Pages is to assist these individuals in providing positive leadership for todayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s youth and to help provide a realistic alternative to the traditional career/employment opportunities of the past. While primarily highlighting minority-owned businesses, we also encourage and solicit major corporate involvement in the Black Pages. The corporations that advertise do so to provide support and assistance to minority business development, while marketing quality goods and services.

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How to Obtain Copies of the Black Pages: Distribution of the Black Pages is primarily conducted via the major churches in the area and by a number of established distribution points that have been set up in your area (see Distribution Points Listings on pages 1617). Our staff will also provide copies of the Black Pages to all of our advertisers, corporate and government procurement officials, local groups and organizations, at conventions, trade shows, festivals and other community events. A copy of the Black Pages can be obtained by calling (800) 419-2417, mailing $11.00 each to cover postage and handling, or by visiting our office at 1806 Washington Street, Columbia, SC 29201.

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Distribution Points Accountant & Tax Source, Inc. 9300 Two Notch Road 803-309-1892

Northeast Family Podiatry 131 Wildewood Park Drive 803-462-7040

Allstate-Julius Thomas Agency 5301 Forest Drive, Suite A 803-787-2430

Palmer Memorial Chapel 1200 Fontaine Place 803-786-6300

Allstate - Jona’ Hodges 939 Broad River Road 803-772-5262

Pyatt Law Firm 1507 Bush River Road 803-750-5929

Ameriprise - Deborah Breedlove 3012 Millwood Avenue 803-252-4344

Sap, Inc. Insurance Services 710 Heidt Street 803-933-9886

City Year 1919 Hampton Street 803-254-3349

Select Health of South Carolina 3315 Broad River Road

G&S Janitorial Service, Inc. 1008 Fontaine Road 803-786-9710

Nationwide - Leysath Insurance Group, LLC 9300-N Two Notch Road 803-736-1780

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State Farm - Marion Hanna Agency 1700 Decker Boulevard, Suite D 803-782-1104

The UPS Store 701 Gervais Street, Suite 150 803-254-1601

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Leevy’s Funeral Home 1831 Taylor Street 803-771-7799

State Farm - James Tanner 1821 Clemson Road 803-665-2800

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Distribution Points The UPS Store PX at Ft. Jackson, 4110 Moseby Street 803-227-2692 The UPS Store Shoppes of Woodhill on Garner’s Ferry Rd. 141-F Pelham Road 803-776-0114

ORANGEBURG Johnson, Toal & Battiste 130 Centre Street 803-536-9610

PONTIAC Allstate - Christine Bowman 10603 Two Notch Road 803-699-4480

CAYCE Sharon L. Pate, CPA 532 Knox Abbott Drive, Suite 6 803-794-4455

SUMTER Northeast Family Podiatry 6 Barnett Drive 803-773-7000

HOPKINS Leevy’s Funeral Home 9120 Garners Ferry Rd 803-776-6922

Palmer Memorial Chapel 304 S. Main Street 803-773-3381

Zion Benevolent Baptist Church 201 Meeting House Road 803-776-7990

The Deas Law Firm 201 North Main Street 803-775-7004

WEST COLUMBIA Brookland Baptist Church 1066 Sunset Boulevard 803-796-7525

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SC Works

Dr. Gail Wilson-Giarratano Executive Director & Vice President

Bonnie Austin

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Bonnie Austin is the Director of the Central Midlands Council of Governments Workforce Investment Act (WIA) program. Ms. Austin is a graduate of Newberry College and earned her Master’s degree from the University of South Carolina. With more than 30 years of experience and expertise, she has served as the Area Administrator of the Midlands Area since 1989. Since that time, the service area has grown from a single county to a three county region. Ms. Austin has been asked by the US Department of Labor, national non-profits and local trade organizations to present best practices at various meetings and conferences throughout the southeastern region and the nation on topics ranging from finance to program design. She enjoys collaborating partners to leverage resources and opportunities, as well as creating strategies in order to align the needs of businesses and job seekers to advance the Workforce system.

In March 2012, Dr. Gail Wilson-Giarratano joined City Year Columbia, South Carolina as the new Executive Director & Vice President. Founded in Boston in 1988, City Year unites young people of all backgrounds for a year of fulltime service, giving them the skills and opportunities to change the world across 24 U.S. cities, as well as in South Africa and London. City Year Columbia is the 2nd oldest site, founded in the summer of 1993 and the goal is to increase our nation’s graduation pipeline. As tutors, mentors and role models, these diverse young leaders help children stay in school and on track to graduation by helping to transform schools. At City Year Columbia 24 corps members are making a difference in five of the highest need schools in Richland and Lexington County. Wilson-Giarratano was most recently the President and CEO of Girls Inc. of the Greater capital Region in Albany, NY. She has vast experience in child welfare, research and public policy, early childhood education and nonprofit leadership. A former resident of Lancaster, South Carolina, WilsonGiarratano completed her undergraduate, graduate and post graduate degrees in Education, Leadership and Policy, respectively, from Winthrop University in Rock Hill, South Carolina, Wheelock College in Boston, Massachusetts and Walden University in Baltimore Maryland. WilsonGiarratano is a 2001 Schott Foundation Fellow and a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority.

Director

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Midlands Technical College

South Carolina Education Lottery

Diane E. Sumpter

Paula Harper Bethea

Commissioner

Diane E. Sumpter represents Richland County on the 12 member Midlands Technical College Commission. As a Commissioner, Sumpter establishes policy for governing the college, oversees and guides the president in the administration of the college, and helps to establish a favorable and supportive environment for the college. She contributes her time and resources with a special emphasis on supporting black males at the college. Sumpter is also the founder, president and chief executive officer of DESA, Inc., where she has spent more than 40 years working as a catalyst for change in South Carolina and the nation. As a business leader, she has concentrated on economic development while leading advocacy efforts for small, woman and minority-owned business enterprises (SWMBEs). Sumpter’s commitment to the development and growth of SWMBEs is also evidenced by her work with the MBDA Business Center of Columbia, SC (operated by DESA) where she has acted as project operator for the past 15 years. Sumpter is also a committed community activist and regularly donates her time and resources to educational advancement and cultural awareness. A native of Jacksonville, Florida, Sumpter moved to Columbia, South Carolina and graduated from Booker T. Washington High School. She continued her education by earning her undergraduate and graduate degrees in English and social work, respectively, from the University of South Carolina. Currently residing in Columbia, Sumpter has three children, four grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

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In July 2009, Paula Harper Bethea was asked to serve as Interim Director of the South Carolina Education Lottery. In September 2009, she became the second Executive Director in the Lottery’s history. Mrs. Bethea had previously served as one of nine South Carolinians chosen to establish the Lottery in 2001. Prior to joining the lottery, Bethea was Director of External Affairs for the McNair Law Firm. Active in numerous local, state and national organizations, she chairs The Caring Coins Foundation on Hilton Head Island, is chairman of the board of First Financial Holdings, Inc. and its subsidiary, First Federal of Charleston, and serves on the board of the MCI Heritage Classic Foundation. In 2006, Paula and her husband, William L. Bethea, Jr., were named South Carolina’s Business Leaders of the Year. She is Chair Emeritus of the Unite Way of America Board of Governors. A native of Hampton County, South Carolina, Bethea graduated with honors from the University of South Carolina. She and her husband reside in Columbia and Bluffton, South Carolina.

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Richland School District Two

Select Health of South Carolina

Tommie Myers

Director of Student Services/Hearing Officer

Community Events Coordinator

Mrs. Lottie S. Chishom, a graduate of the University of South Carolina and Paine College, Augusta, Ga., has been employed by Richland School District Two for 38 years. She holds a master’s degree in Education. She began her career in Richland Two as a classroom teacher at Dent Junior High School, currently Dent Middle School. Mrs. Chishom has since served as a school-level assistant administrator, assistant principal, and currently as the district’s director of student services/hearing officer in the Administrative Services Department. Prior to joining the Richland Two team, she worked as a teacher for six years at various schools from Baltimore, Maryland to Atlanta, Georgia. The Administrative Services Department administers student discipline and alternative school placements, adult and continuing education, and athletics and extracurricular activities. The mission is to assist and support schools in providing a safe, orderly environment where all students have the opportunity to achieve academic excellence. Mrs. Chishom has many accolades to her credit, including Teacher of the Year – State of Georgia; Teacher of the Month, Dent Junior High School; and Who’s Who Among Educators in America. Additionally, she has been recognized for her outstanding community service. Mrs. Chishom is a member of the South Carolina Association of School Administrators, Columbia Area Reading Council, International Reading Association and United Way of South Carolina. She is affiliated with the Lexington/Richland Alcohol and Drug Abuse Council and Department of Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Services. Mrs. Chishom is a member of Ridgewood Baptist Church. She is married to Dr. Andrew Chishom, has three children, Dr. Mark Chishom, Andre Chishom and Wendi Chishom and six grandchildren.

Select Health of South Carolina operates the state’s oldest and largest Medicaid health plan, First Choice. Founded in 1995 by South Carolina native J. Michael Jernigan, the homegrown company provides access to high quality health care for underserved families. Select Health’s mission is to help people get care, stay well and build healthy communities. The team of more than 315 associates at Select Health supports this mission in their daily work. In the Midlands, Tommie Myers takes serving his community very seriously. Tommie is a community events coordinator at Select Health. Since joining the team in 2002, his role has been to help others learn about the First Choice health plan and the services it provides by organizing and participating in health events in communities with the greatest need. Although Tommie lives in Conway, S.C., his job takes him all over the Midlands. A typical day includes reaching out to various community partners to plan and coordinate healthrelated events designed to improve people’s health and overall quality of life. His goal is to empower community members with health education and links to community resources available to help them. Tommie answers questions about the First Choice health plan and encourages people to make healthy lifestyle choices. “I love working with the public and empowering people to have an impact on their own health,” said Tommie. Tommie was born in Albany, Ga., in Dougherty County. He graduated from Albany High School and Georgia Southern University in Statesboro, Ga. He also holds an associate degree from Darton College in Albany. He is active in the House of God in Mullins, S.C., and has two daughters.

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Richland County School District One

Richland County Sheriff's Department

Percy Mack, Ph.D.

Sheriff Leon Lott

Superintendent

Sheriff

Dr. Percy A. Mack is Superintendent of Richland County School District One in Columbia, South Carolina. A nationally accredited school district, Richland One educates more than 23,000 students representing 41 countries and as many languages. Our graduates earn millions of dollars in scholarships each year and go on to further their education at some of the nation’s best colleges and universities. Richland One’s 50 new and renovated schools are nestled in urban, suburban and rural communities, from downtown Columbia to St. Andrews to Lower Richland County. The district is one of the area’s largest employers with more than 4,000 dedicated teachers, administrators and support staff. Richland One schools, students and employees are supported by a community with a deeply-rooted history of cherishing education. Our diverse menu of innovative and challenging educational opportunities for students includes Montessori programs, International Baccalaureate and other advanced academic programs, career and technology education, foreign language instruction, visual and performing arts, a middle college and an evening high school. Richland One is also home to South Carolina’s only Challenger Learning Center for space science education. In August of 2012, Richland One will launch the new Health Sciences Magnet at C.A. Johnson High School. The Health Sciences Magnet will prepare students for postsecondary education and for careers in the health sciences field. Students will do internships and research with local hospitals, colleges and universities, clinics and laboratories. Students zoned for C.A. Johnson and Richland One students who reside in other attendance zones are eligible to attend. For more information, contact Dr. Yasha Jones, Health Sciences Magnet coordinator, at (803) 253-7092 or at yjones@richlandone.org.

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"As your Sheriff, it's my mission to maintain a safe and secure environment for your family and our children. I want you to know that your Sheriff's Department has resources and personnel to protect and assist you; including FREE crime prevention programs. The Department will maintain our aggressive approach with anyone who commits a crime; while providing opportunities for individuals to get back on the "right track". Our Deputies have a passion for service and to carry thru my overall vision of “Building Unity in the Community” – constantly building partnerships to keep your County safe. We're proud to be on the forefront of communicating with you and our personnel through social media and the web. Technology enhances the way we communicate, and we'll continue to examine ways to stay connected with you. Thank you for taking pride in your neighborhoods. Together, we will continue to "Build Unity in the Community".

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College of Charleston

James R. Clark Memorial Sickle Cell Foundation

Michelle McDowell

Melodie A Hunnicutt, M.Ed., CFRE

Assistant Director Midlands representative for the Office of Admissions

Executive Director

Michelle McDowell serves is the assistant director Midlands representative for the Office of Admissions at the College of Charleston. She brings to the position more than 15 years of higher education experience. Michelle has served in several positions that were served well by her leadership. Her tenure in the Technical College System has afforded her many opportunities to work, serve and guide students and their parents in gaining access to higher education. In her position as assistant director, McDowell visits high schools in Columbia and surrounding areas to meet with school administrators, students and their families concerning the admissions process for freshman and transfer students as well as programs and services available at the College of Charleston. In addition, she represents the College at community events that prompt higher education access. Michelle received a master of education and Bachelor of Science in Early Childhood Education from South Carolina State University. She has also earned a Leadership in Higher Education certificate from the University of South Carolina.

Ms. Hunnicutt was born in 1958 in Monroe, North Carolina. She graduated from Wingate College with a B.A. in Human Services (1980); earned a master’s degree in Education from the University of South Carolina (1986); and will complete her Ph.D. in Educational Psychology from USC in 2012. She is the executive director of the James R. Clark Memorial Sickle Cell Foundation in Columbia, SC, a position she assumed in November 2000. As such, she is responsible for oversight of all agency operations, including fiscal development, strategic planning, marketing and public relations, and coordination and implementation of clinical, support, and advocacy services. The mission of the Foundation is to optimize the social, psychological, and physiological well-being of individuals with sickle cell disease and to decrease the incidence of sickle cell disease through genetic screening, counseling, and education.

All of the Foundation’s services are offered to the public free-of-charge. Community members are encouraged to contact the agency to schedule screenings, educational presentations, or make referrals. Our motto is, “Knowledge is power. Are you a sickle cell trait carrier? Is your partner?” For more information, contact the Foundation at (803) 765-9916 or sicklecell@sc.rr.com. You can also visit us on the web at www.jamesrclarksicklecell.org.

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Named in memory of Dr. James R. Clark, a pioneer physician in the treatment of sickle cell disease, the Foundation’s main office is located in Columbia in the building which housed Dr. Clark’s medical practice. There are three satellite offices in Florence, Sumter, and Winnsboro. The agency provides treatment and support services to adults and children with sickle cell disease and their family members in the Midlands and Pee Dee areas of South Carolina, as well as prevention services through genetic screening and counseling and community education programs.

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On the Cover ere they are! Entrepreneurs, business owners, corporate and community leaders throughout the Columbia Midlands Area as featured on our front cover. These individuals serve as role models and examples of success and leadership in our community. They are leaders who have shown what can be accomplished through hard work, dedication, determination and perseverance. Because of the foundation they have laid, we all can now traverse those mazes a little easier.

“The Black Pages proudly introduces these outstanding individuals!”

Lorin Peri Palmer Palmer Memorial Chapel orin Peri Palmer represents the third generation of the Palmer family in the funeral profession. She has continued the family tradition of “firsts” by becoming: the only woman in Sumter County to earn a degree in Mortuary Science, to become a Certified Preplanning Consultant through the National Funeral Directors Association and a member of the State Board of Consumer Affairs, Pre-Need Advisory Board. She is also a graduate of Mather Academy in Camden, Duke University, Durham, N.C., attended Howard University, Washington, D.C. and Oxford University in England. After holding positions of responsibility in Washington, D.C., she completed her mortuary training at the Gupton Jones College of Funeral Service in Atlanta, Ga.. As a licensed funeral director and embalmer, she continues in the family tradition of life-long learning, service to the community, outreach and ministry to those in need. She is the mother of a son, Palmer Augustus Douglas Fielding

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Toriah J. Caldwell University of South Carolina s a clinical professor of nursing and the director of University of South Carolina’s Children and Family Healthcare Center (2638 Two Notch Road), Toriah J. Caldwell and her colleagues provide vital medical services to one of Columbia’s poorest neighborhoods.

The primary care facility delivers comprehensive health care for infants, children and adults by offering treatment and management of acute and chronic illnesses, immunizations, gynecological care in addition to blood pressure, cholesterol, blood sugar, prostate and other screenings. The center serves as an important alternative to emergency room care. And it’s a task that Caldwell and others at the center take seriously. As a child, Caldwell witnessed the distinction and dignity the nursing profession offered and realized she had a calling to help others. That calling led her to earning a nursing degree at Lander University, a Master of Nursing degree from USC and a Family Nurse Practitioner’s certification. Through a wide array of services and outreach programs the center serves more than 7,000 patients annually with the one goal in mind: that every patient leaves the center with a smile.

Cruddie T. Torian, Sr., DPM Nor theast Family Podiatr y r. Cruddie L. Torian, Sr. is a graduate of New York College of Podiatric Medicine, and has been actively serving his patients and community for the past 30 years.

He also earned a doctorate and Master’s Degree from Rutgers University, and a Bachelor of Arts from Penn State University all in the field of education, in which he served for 20 years before going into podiatry. He treats a variety of pedal pathologies including ingrown toenails, diabetic foot care, athlete’s foot, bunions, arthritis of the foot and ankle, gout, embarrassing foot odor, fractures, sprains, and virtually any type of foot/ankle problem. He also provides a line of stylish diabetic shoes! Dr. Torian has a daughter in nursing and a son in business (who is also an artist), both are actively working in the Columbia area.

Billy Abrams illy has been employed at the DoubleTree by Hilton for seven and a half years. He is a Sales Manager responsible for bringing the Government/Military, Education, Medical/Pharmaceutical, Fraternal Greek, and the Tour/Entertainment markets into the Hotel for their meetings and lodging needs.

He is a member of the Georgia Peach Chapter of the Society of Government Meeting Professionals, Military Affairs Committee, the Palmetto Chapter of the Association of the United States Army, Greater Columbia Chamber Of Commerce, and the West Metro Chamber Of Commerce, Black Expo Advisory Board, Columbia Tuskegee Alumni Association, and Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity. Billy is a Business Administration graduate of Tuskegee University, and obtained an MBA from Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey.

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Mar vin E. Mingo and Henr y “Hank” Goodwin The Prudential Insurance Company of America arvin E. Mingo has held the position of Financial Professional at The Prudential Insurance Company of America since 2011 servicing clients in Columbia, South Carolina and the surrounding areas.

Marvin's passion for financial services and his desire to help his clients achieve their financial goals became apparent early on in his career as he worked for the Internal Revenue Service in Washington, DC. While at the Internal Revenue Service, Marvin became an expert on various rules and regulations as they pertained to Individual Income taxes. He later transitioned those skills to become a Financial Professional Associate at Prudential with the desire to help clients understand insurance and financial products and services as they pertained to long term investments. Marvin makes suitable strategies his clients can use to achieve their financial goals and objectives, including specific recommendations ¥n such areas ‡œ cash management, insurance coverage, ‡nd investment preparation. Marvin states “I cherish the close relationships I have with my clients and I am pleased with the quality of service they are provided. I am completely committed to professional excellence. ” Marvin received his bachelor degree from Morgan State University in Baltimore, Maryland. He currently resides in Columbia, SC. He is originally from Darlington, SC where he attended Mayo High School and graduate with honors. He is an active member of Macedonia Baptist Church. His hobbies include boating, reading, and golfing. He is a member of ToastMasters International where he has served in various leadership roles. He is also a member of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity. enry “Hank” Goodwin is a Columbia native who has served his country for 14 years as an active duty Marine. He currently serves as a Financial Professional with The Prudential Insurance Company of America.

Hank graduated from Eau Claire High School, then began his collegiate education at the University of South Carolina before receiving his Bachelors of Science in Marketing from Devry University. Hank has served 14 years as a military financial manager, rising from the rank of Private First Class to 1st Lieutenant. He has functioned as a Deputy Finance Officer in Afghanistan and Assistant Budget Officer for II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, NC, operating in every aspect of military financial management from personal finance counselor to managing a $250 million annual budget. The work ethic, dedication to excellence, and professionalism employed to succeed as a Marine are the same traits he displays when helping his clients accomplish their financial goals. Hank believes that everyone deserves the services of a qualified financial professional who can provide a investment, retirement, and risk mitigation solutions for their personal and business necessities. His motto is “Lifelong commitment, Lifelong relationships, and Lifelong progress.”

Hank continues his service to his nation as the Adjutant for Combat Logistic Battalion 457, 4th Marine Logistic Group, Marine Forces Reserves. He serves his community as a supporting member of Project Unity USA, and as an active member of the Parent Teacher Student Organization at Ridgeview High School. Hank currently resides in Columbia with his high school sweetheart, Tracy with whom he has two incredible children, Joshua and Micheala. Hank Goodwin and Prudential…A win-win for your financial destiny.

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Alex Snipe Glor y Communication lex is a native of St. Stephen, SC. He is president of Glory Communications, Inc., which owns A and operates radio stations WFMV-FM, WGCV-AM and WQXL – AM Columbia, WLJI-FM Sumter, WSPX-FM and WTQS AM, Orangeburg, WALD - AM, and WPDT-FM Florence SC, WLCZ Lincolnton GA, and WEAF –AM Camden. Alex is also president of Praise Communications LLC which owns and operates WTUA FM, St Stephens SC. He began his radio career in Charleston as a part time announcer at WWWZ-FM. Alex made the switch from on-air to sales early in his career and spent three years in Charleston and 10 years at WWDM Columbia in sales and as general sales manager. In 1992, Alex formed Glory Communications, Inc. and put WFMV on the air in 1993. He is active in the Broadcast Industry and in the community working to help underprivileged students attending college through the Future Leader Scholarship Foundation. Alex is a recipient of the 1999 BB&T Trail Blazer Award, the Urban League’s 2000 John H. Whiteman Award, and the 2000 NBPC Martha Jean Steinberg Entrepreneur of the Year Award. He has been recognized 4 times by Radio Ink Magazine as one of the top 35 most influential African Americans in Radio. He serves on the board of Directors of First Community Bank. Alex is a former board member of The National Association of Broadcasters Radio Board, The Gospel Heritage Foundation, and the William L. Bonner Bible College, Columbia Urban League and a past president of the South Carolina Broadcasters Association. In 2006 Alex was inducted into the South Carolina Broadcasters Association Hall of Fame. Alex is married to Mary Landers Snipe of Philadelphia, PA. Together they are proud parents of three children, Stevie, Anitra, Alexis, and ten grand children. They reside in Columbia, South Carolina.

Chappelle “Gwen” Br oome and Kaela Har mon Columbia Metropolitan Airpor t happelle “Gwen” Broome and Kaela Harmon are a part of the Columbia Metropolitan Airport’s Executive Staff and are the first two AfricanAmericans to serve in such a role for the airport.

As airport representatives Broome and Harmon pride themselves on staying engaged in the community and carrying the message that Columbia Metropolitan Airport is proud to be the doorway to the Midlands and offers the best possible service and the state’s most beautiful terminal.

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Broome is the airport’s Director of Human Resources and serves as the designated Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) Liaison Officer and as the Airport’s Diversity Official. Harmon is the newest member of the airport’s Executive Staff and is the Public Relations and Government Affairs Manager. Together, along with the rest of the airport’s staff, they strive to raise awareness of the airport’s on-going commitment to Diversity which resulted in the airport receiving the 2012 Excellence in Diversity Award from the SC State Chamber of Commerce.

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Christopher L. Javis Anointed Cuts Barber & Beauty r. Christopher L. Javis, affectionately known to his clients at Anointed Cuts Barber & Beauty as “J. Chris the Barber”, has become one the most relied on barbers in the Northeast Columbia area. Chris officially started his barbering career in 1996 under the training and supervision of Mr. Joseph Glover owner /operator of Glover’s Barbershop. He has also worked with Mr. Timothy Outing of Outing’s II. It was with Tim that his barbering skills began to blossom. He became the Lead Barber and Trainer, as well as a partner. His experience with the two barber shops lead Chris to a point in his career where he quickly developed a vision for a non-traditional and conservative approach to the process of grooming for a broad and diverse male and female clientele. He says” My style of barbering is what makes me the Fully Loaded Barber!” Chris has 23 years of Manufacturing Management experience and his skills of process improvement and productivity are impressive.

Chris graduated from Irmo High School . He attended SC State University where he majored in Industrial Engineering. He is the youngest son of the late Mr. John W. Javis Jr. and Christine Richardson-Burton. Chris is married to Kadenia Williams-Javis. They have four children(Kristen, Kaitlin, and twins Morgan & Meagan. The family worships at Word of God Church and Ministries, under the leadership of Rev. Eric Davis. He is a member of the Masonic Lodge. Chris and Kadenia also are owners of JAVIS TAX SERVICE,LLC . Chris stays compliant by traveling to multiple hair show yearly alongside his cousin, Mrs. Cathy Javis-Mack, who is the Owner/Operator of Anointed Cuts Barber & Beauty Salon at 4611 Hardscrabble Road. He says, ”Cathy has not only inspired him to believe in his abilities, but has assured him that he has been blessed with anointed hands designed for barbering. Chris says his goal it provide South Carolina and the surrounding states with salons designed to pamper his customers , as well as teach and inspire young boys how to become men.

Liz Por tee State Farm Insurance iz Portee is a native of Gadsden, South Carolina where she attended public schools in Richland School District One. She is a graduate of Lower Richland High School and went on to continue her higher education at Benedict College, Columbia SC earning a Bachelor’s of Science degree in business administration.

Liz spent nearly a decade as a successful Project Manager with IBM work with top tier insurance carriers around the world. There she was able to gain a wealth of business practices and hone her leadership skills to propel and prepare her for her next chapter of life. After working fifteen years in corporate America, Liz decided to forge ahead to fulfill another goal and life long dream to become an independent small business owner. In December 2012 she embarked on her new career journey launching the grand opening of the Liz Portee State Farm Insurance Agency. Liz knew that the Portee State Farm Agency was a way for her to be able to use all of the skills and talents that she acquired over the years as well as to give something back to the community. Liz has a passion for helping people and specializes in helping clients build their insurance portfolio with emphasis on life and retirement planning all while assisting her clients’ with managing everyday risks. She is ecstatic to be a new agent in the Greater Columbia Area and would love to be your State Farm Agent. Liz’s office is located at 1907 Sunset Blvd West Columbia, SC 29169. Liz believes, “If you don’t go for your dreams you will end up working for someone who will”. www.blackpagessouth.com

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Dr. Beatrice Gamble & Dr. Gr egor y R. Franklin Gamble Chiropractic Clinic he professional staff at Gamble Chiropractic Clinic is dedicated to helping our patients achieve maximum health. We offer an integrated approach utilizing chiropractic, massage therapy, and rehabilitation to and its physicians have prided themselves in giving quality care to thousands over the last two decades. The Dr. Gamble and Dr, Franklin each have extensive post-graduate training in a wide variety of techniques. This enables us to treat newborns to seniors. Our practice is a family practice, we also specialize in sports injuries, care of extremities (shoulder, arm, hand, hip, knee and foot), automobile accidents and slip and fall emergencies. In most cases, same day appointments are available.

Our office provides a quality, cost-effective and non-surgical alternative to relieve pain associated with spinal conditions with the Decompression Traction System®. DTS® treatment is directed at relieving pressure on structures that may be a major source of pain including bulging and herniated discs, degenerative discs, facet syndrome and sciatica (referred pain) and headaches. Dr. Beatrice Gamble has been practicing Chiropractic for 27 years. She was born in Georgetown, South Carolina. She was a participant in the MARC honors undergraduate and graduate programs, studying Biology at Benedict College and Biochemistry at Atlanta University. Dr. Gamble graduated from Life Chiropractic College in 1984 and became licensed by the South Carolina Board of Chiropractic Examiners in 1985. She has been practicing in Columbia and Orangeburg since 1988. Dr. Gregory R. Franklin is a native of Talladega, Alabama. He graduated from R.E.T.S. Electronic Institute of Birmingham, Alabama in 1978. Michelin Tire Corporation immediately hired him as an electronic technician. Michelin employed him until 1993 when he began studying to become a Chiropractor. In 2001, he earned his Doctor of Chiropractic Degree from Sherman College of straight Chiropractic. While at Sherman College, he received Sherman’s Minority Scholarship and the Harvey Lillard Award.

T.J. W ilson Wells Fargo .J. Wilson has been a Store Manager for Wells Fargo Bank, formerly Wachovia Bank, for six years. As a Store Manager, T.J.’s primary focus is providing customers exceptional service by creating a welcoming atmosphere through his highly engaged and professional team members. With a dedicated team of bankers and partners, he ensures that all customers have access to financial products, services, and expertise, designed to place them on the path to reach their financial goals. In conjunction with the success of customers, the success of the local community is equally as important. As a Store Manager with Wells Fargo, the company’s vision and values place great emphasis on utilizing the tools and resources available to its team members to empower the community in which they serve. This is fulfilled by providing financial seminars in local businesses, focused on budgeting, saving, credit options, and retirement needs; partnering with educators to teach financial education and literacy to children, teenagers, and young adults; as well as volunteering in communities to improve the quality of life for all those living in the midlands.

T.J.is married to Amira Wilson; and has one child, Timothy Lathan.

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A native of Rome, G.A., T.J. graduated from Furman University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communication Studies. While at Furman, T.J. was a two time All Southern Conference defensive back, as well as a player on two conference championship teams. During his time in Columbia, T.J. has served on the governing board of Midlands Math and Business Academy Charter School. He currently serves as Youth Director at Trinity Church in Columbia, S.C. T.J. is also in his third season as an assistant football coach at Dreher High School.

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Daniel E. Johnson, Leon Lott and Kelvin Washington Richland County Solicitors Of fice - 5th Circuit olicitor Johnson was born in Washington, D.C., and attended high school in Laurel, Maryland. He is a graduate of The Citadel, the University of South Carolina School of Law, and the South Carolina Criminal Justice Academy. The Honorable Daniel E. Johnson is the 15th Solicitor elected to serve for the Fifth Judicial Circuit of South Carolina. He served as Chief Deputy and Legal Counsel for the Richland County Sheriff’s Department, where he worked for eight years. While there he assisted the Sheriff in directing the county’s law enforcement programs and performing various legal and administrative duties to ensure the strict enforcement of state and local laws relating to the public’s safety and welfare.

A former prosecutor in the Fifth Circuit Solicitor’s Office, Johnson served as an Assistant Solicitor and Special City Prosecutor for the City of Columbia, while serving on the Violent Crimes Task Force. Solicitor Johnson, a Captain and Judge Advocate in the National Guard, is a veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom with over 10 years of military service. Johnson is a member of the South Carolina Bar and is a former Adjunct Professor at the University of South Carolina. t is Sheriff Lott’s mission to maintain a safe and secure environment for your family and our children while maintaining the most passionate and professional law enforcement agency anywhere. Positive, professional attitudes and service are the cornerstones of his department. They will maintain their aggressive approach with anyone who commits a crime; while providing everyone opportunities to get back on the "right track". Sheriff Lott wants you to know that the Richland County Sheriff's Department has resources and personnel to protect and assist you. They are proud to be on the forefront of communicating with our citizens and personnel through social media (Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, QR Codes, Apps, web and more). Technology enhances the way they communicate, and they'll continue to examine ways to stay connected with you. The Department offers FREE tools, tips, and services to help reduce your chances of becoming a victim. Please take advantage of FREE business, home, church or community classes - taught by calling the Community Action Team at 803-576-3118 or by emailing sheriff@rcsd.net. The Deputies have a passion for service and for carrying out Sheriff Lott’s vision for making our County a safe place to live. Sheriff Lott would like to thank you for taking pride in your neighborhoods. He believes that together, we will continue to "Build Unity in the Community".

native of Hemingway, S.C., Marshal Washington is a graduate of Hemingway High School, attended South Carolina State University, and graduated from American Intercontinental University with a Bachelor’s of Science Degree in Criminal Justice, and a Master’s of Science Degree in Criminal Justice from Troy University. His other education credentials were received from the South Carolina Criminal Justice Academy; the FBI-sponsored Carolina Command College; the FBI-sponsored Law Enforcement Executive Development School, the University of Arkansas’ Rural Executive Management Institute, and the National Sheriff's Institute.

Kelvin Washington was appointed by President Barack Obama to serve as the United States Marshal for District of South Carolina. Marshal Washington began his law enforcement career with the City of Florence Police Department in 1990. While there he served as a patrolman, narcotics agent, and an investigator. Marshal Washington was appointed as Interim-Sheriff and in January 1999 was then elected Sheriff of Williamsburg County. He had become the youngest African American to be elected Sheriff in South Carolina. Marshal Washington has also served as a part-time professor at Horry-Georgetown Technical College and Charleston Southern University in their Criminal Justice Departments. Marshal Washington is happily married to the former Patricia McEachin of East Orange, New Jersey. They have three children: Courtney, and twins, Kelsey and Kelvin, Jr.

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Fr ed Holmes and Rachelle Jamerson-Holmes Thee Matriarch Bed & Breakfast, Meeting and Special Events Venue nnkeepers Fred Holmes and Rachelle Jamerson-Holmes look forward to hosting you as a Ileisure or corporate guest. Fashion and Interior Designer Rachelle has beautifully designed the 100 year old home affectionately named Thee Matriarch which epitomizes the charm and elegance of true southern hospitality to pay homage to the remarkable women that have tremendously influenced their lives. A Native of Orangeburg, SC and a student of her Mother and Grandmothers, Rachelle’s love for fashion, travel and entertaining has taken her around the globe to infuse her international themes with passion and love at Thee Matriarch. Executive Chef Fred masterfully crafts tantalizing cuisines of every genre for any occasion ranging from Thee Matriarch’s Signature Low Country Shrimp & Garlic Cheese Grits to their World Famous Raspberry Pork. A native of Charleston, SC and a student of his mother, Chef Fred’s culinary skills are amazing and must be experienced as each bite will make your soul sing and yearn for more. Fred & Rachelle invite you to come experience Thee Matriarch Bed & Breakfast. ~Enjoy the luxurious accommodations and breakfast as an overnight guest. ~Host your next meeting or special event. ~Stop by our office for a personal tour of Thee Matriarch. ~View their website at www.TheeMatriarch.com. Thee Matriarch Bed & Breakfast will quench your thirst for the extraordinary… A Step Beyond the Expected. See You Soon!

Dar ci Strickland WLTX ews 19’s Darci Strickland is one of the most popular journalists in The Midlands. She started in 1997 as a weekend Meteorologist and quickly worked her way up to the anchor desk where she anchors News 19 @ Noon, co-anchors friends @ five with Andrea Mock, and co-anchors News 19 @ 6pm with JR Berry.

A native of Ladson, SC, Darci has a degree in Journalism from South Carolina and a certificate in Broadcast Meteorology from Mississippi State. Her commitment to telling the stories of the people of the Midlands is legendary because Darci seems to see a story in everyone she meets

In her spare time, Darci enjoys reading, traveling, working in the community and spending time with her husband Torrey and daughters Logan, Layla and Lauren. Darci Strickland – proud to call Columbia home.

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Darci has won multiple awards, including EMMY’s, and is one of the most popular speakers throughout The Midlands.

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Dr. David H. Swinton Benedict College r. David Holmes Swinton is the 13th president of Benedict College in Columbia, South Carolina. As president and CEO, Dr. Swinton oversees all areas and departments of the 143-year old Institution with a record student enrollment of over 2,920, one of the highest enrollments in the College’s history. Benedict College’s enrollment has more than doubled since the arrival of Dr. Swinton in 1994. The College has experienced a dramatic increase in its male student populations going against the national trend of recruiting African-American males scholars. As a result of this tremendous growth, Benedict has one of the largest undergraduate populations of the 20 private institutions in South Carolina, and has been ranked the third largest HBCU in The College Fund/UNCF network. Benedict College was ranked one of the Top 10 Colleges (2010, 2011 and 2012) in the nation to promote social mobility, cutting edge research and community service by Washington Monthly magazine. In 2011, Benedict received the National Civic Engagement Award from The Washington Center. Benedict is recognized for encouraging students to give back to the community which is the heart of the College’s vision and mission.

Born in New Haven, Connecticut, Dr. Swinton moved with his family to Timmonsville, South Carolina at an early age where he attended the Brockington School. He moved to New York City at 12 years of age and graduated from Thomas Jefferson High School in Brooklyn. In 1968, he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from New York University; in 1971, he was awarded a Master of Arts degree in Economics from Harvard University; and in 1975 he was awarded a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Economics from Harvard University.

Dr. Swinton is known for his scholarly writings; most notably his analysis of the economic status of African Americans. His economic analysis was published in the National Urban League’s The State of Black America in 1983 and each year from 1989 through 1993. His works have also been published in such professional journals as the American Economics Review, The Review of Black Political Economy, Minority Youth Employment, and Public Administration Review, Journal of Urban Analysis, and Business and Society. In 2004, Dr. Swinton researched and wrote about The Economic Impact on African-Americans After Brown which was published in “…And Miles to Go Before I Sleep” by The Institute for Public Service and Policy Research of the University of South Carolina in celebration of the 50th Anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education. The landmark decision ended segregation in public schools in SC and the nation. In 1998, Dr. Swinton became the first African-American Chairman of the Greater Columbia Chamber of Commerce Board in the organization’s 92-year history. In 1999, Dr. Swinton helped organize a group of 50 investors to create South Carolina Community Bank, to preserve the only minority-owned bank in South Carolina. Dr. Swinton has served as Economic Advisor to the National Urban League since 1980, and has been a member of Black Enterprise Magazine’s Board of Economists since 1990. His honors and awards include Phi Beta Kappa, Coat of Arms Society, and Honors in Economics from New York University, Ford Foundation Fellow, Graduate Prize Fellowship from Harvard, the Order of the Palmetto, and an Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters for the University of Bridgeport. He is a recipient of the highly regarded Luther Wesley Smith Award which is occasionally given to individuals for distinguished service in strengthening college or seminary programs. In 2005, Dr. Swinton’s received the Samuel Z. Westerfield Award by the National Economic Association of African American Economist. The award is presented to an African-American economist with an outstanding record in the economics profession, institutional leadership and service to the community. In 2007, Dr. Swinton was inducted into the South Carolina Black Hall of Fame.

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Har old Gr een and Otis Mor ris Pro Bowl Motors tis Morris Jr. is President and Founder of Pro Bowl Motors. A 1986 graduate and four-year football letterman of University of South Carolina, Morris earned a Bachelor of Science degree in business administration and a minor in insurance and economy security. He serves on the Moore School of Business Advisory Board and is a former President of USC Letterman Association. Mr. Morris is a member of Bible way Church and serves as a Deacon at the church.

Morris worked for one of Columbia’s top dealership for more than 15 years, moving up the ranks from sales representative to sales manager and purchasing agent. In 1998, he founded Pro Bowl Motors, Inc, serving the automotive needs of professional athletes and business professionals. In 2003, Morris became Dealer Principal of Pro Bowl Ford located in Pennsylvania, PA and in 2006 he returned to Columbia to serve as General Manger of Stivers Mitsubishi until 2008. Morris is also Vice President and Partner of Sunrise Enterprise a public relations firm and Owner of OMJ Enterprise LLC. Real Estate Investment Company. Morris is married with three 3 children. arold Green II, is Vice President of Pro Bowl Motors. Harold is a graduate of the University of South Carolina with a degree in Retail Marketing and had an outstanding football career at the University where he rushed for 3,005 yards on 702 carries and scored 33 touchdowns. He was inducted into the South Carolina Athletic Hall of Fame in 2006.

In 1990, Harold began his NFL career as the 31st pick in the NFL draft for the Cincinnati Bengals. He spent the next 10 years of his career with the Bengals, the St. Louis Rams and the 1998 NFC Champions Atlanta Falcons. He stands out among his peers in the community as well. He established the "Green Team Foundation" in 1993 to provide underprivileged children with an enrichment experience, and the opportunity for higher education. He has also participated in various local and national charities and is currently on the board of directors for the "South Carolina Children's Home" and the "National Retail Advisory Board" for the department of Retailing at University of South Carolina. Harold worked four years as a Career Development Coordinator for the University of South Carolina Athletics Department in the student Academic Enrichment Center.

Stanley L. Myers Moore, Taylor & Thomas, P.A. tanley L. Myers is a partner with the Law Firm of Moore, Taylor & Thomas, P.A. in West Columbia, SC. He has a statewide practice with emphasis on criminal defense (Federal and State), DUI defense, automobile injury, and workers’ compensation.

Myers has been admitted to all Courts of South Carolina and the United States District Court. He is frequently called upon to speak on various subjects of the law. In 2008, he was named The American Bar of Trial Attorney’s Young Lawyer (ABOTA) of the Year. Myers is a Major in the South Carolina Army National Guard. He is the Staff Judge Advocate at 59th Troop Command. He served a combat tour in Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. Myers is a member of the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Incorporated. He resides in Lexington County with his wife, Tashia, their son, Stanley Lamont, “LJ” and daughter Hayley.

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After graduating from Swansea High School, Myers earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in political science in 1998 from The Citadel, the Military College of South Carolina and his Juris Doctorate from the David A. Clarke School of Law in Washington, DC. While at The Citadel, Myers was a four year starter at quarterback and currently holds several school records.

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Bank of America Airport/ATM 2324 Airport Blvd, West Columbia SC . . . 803.931.3195 Bank of America Batesburg-Leesville 138 East Columbia Avenue, Batesburg, SC 803.765.8302 Bank of America Broad Street 1141 Broad Street, Sumter SC . . . . . . . . 803.778.4212 Bank of America Camden 200 E DeKalb Street, Camden SC. . . . . . . 803.425.7266 Bank of America Dentsville/ATM 7405 Two Notch Road, Columbia SC . . . . . 803.765.8159 Bank of America Dentsville DU/ATM 7373 Two Notch Road, Columbia, SC . . . . 803.931.3127 Bank of America Dutch Square/ATM 330 Bush River Road, Columbia, SC . . . . . 803.765.4730 Bank of America Eau Claire/ATM 2805 North Main Street, Columbia, SC . . . 803.931.3183 Bank of America Five Points 2111 Devine Street, Columbia SC. . . . . . . 803.765.8335 Bank of America Harbison/ATM 301 Harbison Blvd, Columbia, SC . . . . . . . 803.765.8995 Bank of America John C. Calhoun 761 John C. Calhoun Drive, Orangeburg SC 803.533.6644 Bank of America Lexington Highway 378/ATM 5559 Sunset Blvd, Lexington SC . . . . . . . 803.957.0990 Bank of America Lexington West Main 215 West Main Street, Lexington SC . . . . 803.359.5593

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Bank of America Millwood-Devine DU/ATM 3336 Millwood Avenue, Columbia SC. . . . . 803.931.3191 Bank of America Murray Landing 104 Regency Drive, Lexington SC . . . . . . . 803.781.6472 Bank of America Newberry, 76 By-Pass 1310 Wilson Road, Newberry, SC. . . . . . . 803.765.8543 Bank of America Orangeburg Mall 1325 St Matthews Rd, N.E., • Orangeburg SC . . . 803.533.6647 Bank of America Park Place 440 Knox Abbott Dr, Cayce SC . . . . . . . . . 803.931.3172 Bank of America Plaza/ATM 1901 Main Street, Columbia, SC . . . . . . . 803.255.7555 Bank of America Polo Road/ATM 9732 Two Notch Road, Columbia SC . . . . . 803.931.3152 Bank of America Rice Creek 4601 Hard Scrabble Rd, Columbia SC . . . . 803.765.8952 Bank of America Richland Mall/ATM 2095 Beltline Blvd, Columbia SC. . . . . . . . 803.765.4940 Bank of America St Andrews/ATM 4300 St Andrews Road, Columbia SC . . . . 803.765.4720 Bank of America Sumter Highway/ATM 7547 Garners Ferry Road, Columbia, SC . . 803.765.6889 Bank of America Sunset Blvd. 2021 Sunset Blvd, West Columbia SC. . . . 803.765.8637 Bank of America Tower/ATM 1301 Gervais Street, Columbia, SC. . . . . . 803.929.5667 Bank of America Trenholm Road/ATM 5004 Trenholm Road, Columbia, SC . . . . . 803.790.1300 Columbia Midlands Edition

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BB&T Newberry - Main 1724 Wilson Road Newberry, SC . . . . . . . . . . 276-8490

BB&T West Columbia - Main 701 12th Street W. Columbia, SC . . . . . . . . . 251-1700

BB&T West Columbia - Sunset Boulevard 2404 Sunset Boulevard W. Columbia, SC . . . . . 251-1720

BB&T West Columbia - Springdale 3300 Platt Springs Road W. Columbia, SC . . . . 251-1690

A child’s primary identity comes from the parent. It’s only at ages 3, 4 and 5 that kids even begin to think about color. Black kids need to see themselves reflected in all we expose them to, especially books and dolls. Also be aware of some of your own attitudes about skin tone, hair texture and the like. Too often, Blacks unknowingly translate negative messages to children. — Dr. Alvin Poussaint

BB&T West Columbia - Cayce 2500 Charleston Hwy Cayce, SC. . . . . . . . . . . 251-1710

BB&T Lexington - Main Street 309 Columbia Avenue Lexington, SC . . . . . . . . 359-5111

BB&T Lexington - Red Bank 1120 South Lake Drive Lexington, SC . . . . . . . . 359-7351

BB&T Lexington - Pelion 617 Pine Street Pelion, SC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 894-6263

First Community Bank see ad page 70

Banks BB&T • www.BBandT.com

Lexington Office

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4404 Forest Drive • Columbia, SC. . . . . . . . . . 790-0100

5455 Sunset Blvd. • Lexington, SC . . . . . . . . . 951-0555

Forest Acres Office

BB&T Forest Drive

Irmo Office

3403 Forest Drive Columbia, SC . . . . . . . . . . . 251-1610

1030 Lake Murray Blvd. • Irmo, SC . . . . . . . . . 781-3000

BB&T Dutch Square 418 Bush River Road Columbia, SC . . . . . . . . . 251-1600

Gilbert Office Camden Office

BB&T Woodhill Mall 6098 Garners Ferry Road Columbia, SC . . . . . . 251-1630

631 W. DeKalb Street • Camden, SC. . . . . . . . 432-7575

Cayce - West Columbia Office 506 Meeting Street • W. Columbia, SC . . . . . . 791-8810

8910 Two Notch Road Columbia, SC . . . . . . . . 251-1640

Chapin Banking Office 127 Amick's Ferry Road • Chapin, SC . . . . . . . 345-5952

BB&T Irmo Irmo, SC . . . . . . . . . . 251-1670

Northeast Office

BB&T Chapin

9822 Two Notch Road • Columbia, SC . . . . . . . 865-7475

1301 Chapin Road Hwy. 76 Chapin, SC . . . . . . 345-3583

Newberry Office 1735 Wilson Road • Newberry, SC . . . . . . . . . 321-3200

BB&T Batesburg 303 West Columbia Avenue Columbia, SC . . . . 532-4441

BB&T Swansea 235 S. Church Street www.blackpagessouth.com

Prosperity Office 101 N. Wheeler Avenue • Prosperity, SC . . . . . 364-2008

Red Bank Office Swansea, SC . . . . . . . . 739-4319

1449 Two Notch Road • Lexington, SC. . . . . . . 781-3000 Columbia Midlands Edition

BB&T Two Notch

7425 Woodrow Street

4385 Augusta Highway • Gilbert, SC . . . . . . . . 892-4400

Banking

National Bank of South Carolina

FIRST CITIZENS • www.firstcitizensonline.com

www.NationalBankSC.com

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National Bank of South Carolina One Broad Street Sumter, SC . . . . . . . . . . . . . 778-8263

National Bank of South Carolina 481 Pinewood Road Sumter, SC . . . . . . . . . . 778-8363

National Bank of South Carolina 497 N. Guignard Drive

Sumter, SC . . . . . . . . 778-8366

National Bank of South Carolina 1241 Main Street

Columbia, SC . . . . . . . . . . 929-2010

National Bank of South Carolina 27 Trenholm Plaza

Columbia, SC. . . . . . . . . . 790-7310

National Bank of South Carolina 1311 Pendleton Street Columbia, SC . . . . . . . 256-6304

National Bank of South Carolina 9370 Two Notch Road Columbia, SC . . . . . . . . 699-8280

National Bank of South Carolina 2401 Devine Street Columbia, SC. . . . . . . . . . 929-2150

National Bank of South Carolina 7851 Garners Ferry Road Columbia, SC . . . . . 695-7760

National Bank of South Carolina 1025 Broad River Road Columbia, SC . . . . . . . 731-7400

National Bank of South Carolina 1363 Lake Murray Boulevard Irmo, SC. . . . . . 749-5000

National Bank of South Carolina 1245 Knox Abbott Drive Cayce, SC. . . . . . . . . 926-3000

National Bank of South Carolina

First Citizens – Main Office 1230 Main Street Columbia, SC . . . . . . 733-2020 First Citizens – Irmo 7567 St. Andrews Rd. Columbia, SC . . . 732-5636 First Citizens – Lugoff 844 US Hwy 1 S Lugoff, SC. . . . . . . . . . 438-6675 First Citizens – Cayce 860 Knox Abbott Drive Cayce, SC . . . . . 733-1466 First Citizens – Dentsville 7039 Parklane Road Columbia, SC . . . . . 733-2067 First Citizens – Polo Road 9800 Two Notch Road Columbia, SC . . . 733-1468 First Citizens – Three Fountains 3967 Platt Springs Road Columbia, SC . 253-8951 First Citizens – Sunset Blvd. 2830 Sunset Boulevard Columbia, SC . . 733-1462 First Citizens – Sumter Highway 7366 Garners Ferry Road Columbia, SC . 733-2085 First Citizens – Lexington 728 West Main Street Lexington, SC . . . 359-0177 First Citizens – Rosewood 2600 Rosewood Drive Columbia, SC . . . 733-2080 First Citizens – Forest Lake 4801 Forest Drive Columbia, SC . . . . . . 733-2072 First Citizens – North 21 6824 North Main Street Columbia, SC . . 733-2078 First Citizens – North Main 2621 North Main Street Columbia, SC . .733-3450

5456 Sunset Boulevard Lexington, SC . . . . . . 996-2600

National Bank of South Carolina 501 East Dekalb Street Camden, SC. . . . . . . . 713-1105

National Bank of South Carolina 1175 Wilson Hall Road, Sumter, SC. . . . . . . . . 469-1450

National Bank of South Carolina 217 Forum Drive, Columbia, SC. . . . . . . . . . . . 462-7002

First Citizens – Midlands 2638 Two Notch Road Columbia, SC . . . 733-3496 First Citizens – Middleburg 1612 St. Julian Place Columbia, SC . . . . 733-2070 First Citizens – St. Andrews 2350 Broad River Road Columbia, SC . . .733-2083 First Citizens – Orangeburg 1099 Russell St. N.W. Orangeburg, SC . 533-4400 First Citizens – St. Matthews 1225 St. Matthews Rd. Orangeburg, SC 531-3176 First Citizens – Sumter 201 N. Washington Street Sumter, SC. . 775-1225

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WELLS FARGO

DENTSVILLE

1-800-869-3557 • www.wellsfargo.com

7305 Two Notch Rd. • Columbia, SC . . . . . . . . 788-8423

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5 POINTS

CAYCE 1131 Knox Abbott Dr. • Cayce, SC . . . . . . . . . 253-6786 DUTCH SQUARE

705 Saluda Ave. • Columbia, SC. . . . . . . . . . . 253-6734 GATEWAY

101 Dutch Square Blvd. • Columbia, SC. . . . . . 750-7804

8800 Farrow Rd. • Columbia, SC . . . . . . . . . . 788-1110

FOREST ACRES

HARBISON

4408 Forest Drive • Columbia, SC. . . . . . . . . . 787-2987

165 Columbiana Dr. • Columbia, SC. . . . . . . . . 732-6203

FORT JACKSON Bldg 4709 Lee Rd & Strom Thurmond Blvd. • Columbia, SC . . . . . . . 787-2932

SANDHILLS 101 Forum Drive • Columbia, SC. . . . . . . . . . . 419-0673

HAMPTON HILLS

SPARKLEBERRY

4800 Garners Ferry Rd. • Columbia, SC . . . . . 783-8566

10136-102 Two Notch Rd. • Columbia, SC . . . 736-3192

LEXINGTON MAIN

SPRING VALLEY

200 Columbia Ave. • Lexington, SC . . . . . . . . . 356-2053 LEXINGTON PLACE

9007 Two Notch Rd. • Columbia,SC . . . . . . . . 251-4446

5490 Sunset Blvd. • Lexington, SC . . . . . . . . . 359-1259

WINNSBORO

LEXINGTON MED.

101 N. Congress St. • Winnsboro, SC. . . . . . . 635-4665

2806 Sunset Blvd. • W. Cola, SC . . . . . . . . . . 253-6775 RICHLAND MALL 3500 Forest Drive • Columbia, SC. . . . . . . . . . 782-3035 SEVEN OAKS 6119 St. Andrews Rd. • Columbia, SC. . . . . . . 750-7811 SUMTER HWY. 6700 Garners Ferry Rd. • Columbia, SC . . . . . 776-1037 NEWBERRY 1119 Boyce St. • Newberry, SC . . . . . . . . . . . 321-2440 LEESVILLE

ASSEMBLY ST. 930 Assembly St. • Columbia, SC . . . . . . . . . . 253-6753 CHAPIN 168 Columbia Ave. • Chapin, SC . . . . . . . . . . . 345-2231 COLUMBIA MAIN 1441 Main St • Columbia, SC . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251-4400 COLUMBIANA CTR.

With your friends, you can experience life’s possibilities Who you may become.

Your family will teach you who you are.

-Rosa Parks

331 Harbison Blvd./ • Columbia, SC. . . . . . . . . 749-3900

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418 Railroad Ave. • Leesville, SC. . . . . . . . . . . 532-3416

Banners/Signs

Bartending

Banners/ Signs Signs by Tomorrow 7364 Two Notch Rd Columbia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .803-462-0433 see ad page 75

Bartending Cork’s Bartending Service, LLC Columbia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .803-960-7988

The only limits to our realizations of

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Know that you are as blessed as you want to be. Bless yourself and your life each morning and all through the day. Say it: “I am blessed.” Then walk in the assurance that you, your family, your loved ones, your projects, your relationships, your goals and dreams are blessed. Truly believing that you are blessed dispels fears, doubts and confusion — the enemies of a full life. Refuse to be pulled into other people’s issues. Instead, be determined to walk in your own blessings.

tomorrow, are our doubts of today!

— Tina McElroy Ansa

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Dear Father, Thank you for the opportunity You have given me to be in business. May You be glorified in every decision that is made, every service that is rendered, and every transaction that is consumed. Make me bold to tell of Your love to both my customers and my associates.

just as clearly as in my words. By Your word, Lord, may I be successful enough to support my family and Your work. And Lord, may the true fruits of my labors be the joys of knowing that I do my job well.

In Jesus’ Name, Amen.

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Also, Lord, may they see Your love in my actions

Beauty & Barbering

Who’s Who

Beauty & Barbering

Yolanda Arrington POSH Spa’lon

. Christopher L. Javis Anointed Cuts Barber & Beauty

Brianna Archie, Neka Hunter, Latasha Nesbit, Swetlana Addison, Don Phillips Pink Bow Hair Boutique

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Beauty & Barbering

Beauty & Barbering Crown of Glory Beauty & Barber Supply 118 Diamond Lane Suite F . . . . . . . . .803-667-3710 see ad page 78

Kingdom Kutz 118 Diamond Lane Suite F . . . . . . . . .803-319-2595 see ad page 78

POSH Spa’lon 1216 Broad River Rd Columbia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .803-865-9600 see ad page 78

Beauty Salon Pink Bow Hair Boutique 9557 Two Notch Rd, Suite H Columbia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .803-386-2269 see ad page 78

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Bridal Shop

Carpet and Rug Cleaning

Bridal Shop

Beautiful Formal Wear, Quality Services-Great Prices

Bride’s Corner Bridal Boutique

Bride’s Corner Bridal Store 3403 Farrow Road • Columbia ............803-799-1676 see ad page 79

Your One Stop Bridal Store Bridal Gown • Bridesmaid • Flower Girls • Mothers • Prom • Evening Wear • Accessories

803-799-1676

Career Opportunities

3403 FARROW FARROW RD., RD., COLUMBIA, SC SCBRIDECORNER@AOL.COM • FAX: FAX: 803-779-3525

Enterprise Holdings 101 Business Park Blvd Columbia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .enterprise.com

www.cscbridescorner.com

Located Corner Farrow Rd. at Beltline

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Midlands Workforce Development Board 700 Taylor Street Columbia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .803-737-5627 see ad page 80

SC National Guard 1225 Bluff Rd Columbia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .803-806-1280 see ad page 81

Carpet and Rug Cleaning G&S 1008 Fontaine Road Columbia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .803-786-9710 "SPECIAL"

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3 BEDROOMS, LIVING ROOM, HALLWAY $89.95!! ADDITIONAL ROOM $10.95 (250 SF MIN.) MILITARY AND SENIOR CITIZEN 10% DISCOUNT WITH PROPER ID

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Who’s Who

Catering

Larry “Big T” Brown Big T Barbeque

Ron Blackwell R&B Top Chef

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Donnell Brown Dickey's Barbecue

Herbert Sims The Friendly Caterer

Chefs Frank & Millie Houston Houston's Enterprise Catering Services

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Custom Catering to meet your needs. Receptions, Dinner Parties, Tailgates, Weddings, Showers, Church Functions, and all Special Events!

“Our Work Speaks For Itself”

Houston’s Enterprise Catering Service

Call Millie at

254-1188

Fax 779-9344

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Frank Houston Executive Chef and General Manager 1825 St. Julian Place • Middleborough Condominiums Houston's Low Country Grill — 803-252-0100

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Chiropractic

Catering Big T Bar-B-Que 7535 C Garners Ferry Rd Columbia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .803-776-7132 see ad page 194

Dickey’s Barbecue Pit

Don’t Wish for good service…

10136 Two Notch Rd 100-B Columbia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .803-699-0727 see ad page 194

Houston’s Enterprise Catering Services 1825 St. Julian Place Columbia...........................................803-254-1188 see ad page 84

R&B Top Chef . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .803-351-9909 see ad page 85

The Friendly Caterer 1038 Sims Road • Hopkins . . . . . . . .803-353-8414 see ad page 84

Use the Black Pages 803-254-6404

Childcare Palmetto Center for Women 1420 Sumter St • Columbia . . . . . . . .803-799-7159 see ad page 141

Chiropractic Gamble Chiropractic Clinic 4010 North Main Street Columbia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .803-786-2300 1195 Church Street. Orangeburg, SC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .803-531-2936

5 DIRECTORIES 4 EXPOS 3 STATES 1 MISSION

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Churches

Who’s Who

Ministry

Pastor Charles B. Jackson, Sr. Brookland Baptist Church

Dr. Ernest Etheredge, Pastor Francis Burns United Methodist Church

Reverend Chris Leevy Johnson Brookland Northeast

Pastor Johnny C. Owens, Jr. Greenview First Baptist Church Journey United Methodist Church

Pastor Blakely Scott First Nazareth Baptist Church

Rev. Johnny Ray Noble, Ph.D. Second Nazareth Baptist Church

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Ministry

Pastor Darrell Jackson Bible Way Church of Atlas Road

Reverend George Ashford Journey United Methodist Church

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Pastor Eric Davis Word of God Ministtries

Dr. Travien L Capers, Senior Pastor Zion Benevolent Baptist Church

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Churches Bible Way Church of Atlas Road 2440 Atlas Road • Columbia ..............803-776-1238 see ad page 89

Brookland Baptist Church & Brookland Northeast 1066 Sunset Blvd West Columbia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .803-796-7525 see ad page 90

First Nazareth Baptist Church 2351 Gervais Street Columbia...........................................803-254-6232 see ad page 90

Francis Burns United Methodist Church 5616 Farrow Road • Columbia . . . . . .803-754-1760 see ad page 89

Greenview First Baptist Church 101 Isaac Street • Columbia ...............803-786-2839 see ad page 90

Journey United Methodist Church 1151 Longreen Parkway • Columbia.....803-699-1022 see ad page 91

Second Nazareth Baptist Church 2336 Elmwood Avenue • Columbia . . .803-256-0088 see ad page 90

Word of God Ministries 119 Diamond Lane • Columbia . . . . . .803-799-3535 see ad page 88

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Churches

South Richland Bibleway Church

Andrew Chapel Baptist Church

Congaree Road

Hwy. 301 N Orangeburg, SC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 536-1334

St. James Holiness Church

Antioch UME Church

3205 Atlas Road Columbia, SC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 781-7344

331 Love Street Sumter, SC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 775-4537

St. Martin De Porres Catholic Church and Schools

Berea Seventh Day Adventist Church

2229 Hampton Street Columbia, SC . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254-6862

Lafayette Drive Sumter, SC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 773-1780

Stedfast Christian Center

Bethel Church of Our Lord

5200 Fairfield Road

P.O. Box 243 Wedgefield, SC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 494-2859

True Vine Outreach Ministry

Bible Way Church of Atlas Road

1318 St. Matthews Church Road Eastover, SC. . . 803-335-3131

2440 Atlas Road Columbia, SC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 776-1238

William Chapel

Church of God

198 Glover Street Orangeburg, SC . . . . . . . . . . 803-536-0600

100 Walker Street Sumter, SC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 773-0856

African Methodist Episcopal

Ephesus SDA Church

Allen Chapel AME Church

7709 Wilson Boulevard Columbia, SC . . . . . . . . . . . 786-2800

327 Torwood Drive Columbia, SC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 786-4928

Faith Tabernacle Deliverance Temple

Bethel AME Church

161 Amelia Street Orangeburg, SC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 534-4713

Summerton, SC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 485-5777

Garden City of Prayer Church

Bethel AME Church

Highway 178 Orangeburg, SC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 536-0045

819 Woodrow Street Columbia, SC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 779-0138

Grace Church

Beulah AME Church

2221 Rosewood Drive Columbia, SC . . . . . . . . . . . . 254-7587

Greater St. Paul Non-Denominational Church 200 Watkins Street Sumter, SC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 778-1355

Holy House of Prayer 569 South Main Street

Sumter, SC . . . . . . . . . . . . . 481-8783

King Vision Ministries, Inc. 1908 Hampton Street

Columbia, SC . . . . . . . . . . . . 254-3333

Muhammad: Mosque #38

Gadsen, SC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353-0782

Columbia, SC . . . . . . . . . . . . . 786-9129

Route 2 Box 97 Dazell, SC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 499-2761

Beulah AME Church Hwy 76 Mayesville, SC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 495-3999

Bishop's Memorial AME Church 2221 Washington Street Columbia, SC . . . . . . . . . . . 254-6686

Brown Chapel AME Church 808 Barnes Street Columbia, SC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254-7065

618 Prescott Road Columbia, SC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 691-2186

New Covenant Assembly 425 Lockshire Road Columbia, SC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 731-9374 2 Middle Street Sumter, SC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 773-7247

New Mt. Zion Bowman Church Railroad Avenue Bowman, SC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 829-2250

New Mt. Zion Church 225 Dutton, N.E. Orangeburg, SC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 536-1241

Refuge Temple Church 4450 Argent Court Columbia, SC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 754-9420

Right Direction Christian Center 1230 St. Andrews Road Columbia, SC . . . . . . . . . . . 798-1230 www.blackpagessouth.com

Monticello Road Columbia, SC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 754-5616

Chappelle Memorial AME Church 1101 Pine Street Columbia, SC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254-7911

Ebenezer AME P.O. Box 165 Mayesville, SC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 435-5695

Emmanuel AME Church 2130 Barhamville Road Columbia, SC. . . . . . . . . . . . 794-7473

Friendship AME Church 1449 Bush River Road Columbia, SC . . . . . . . . . . . . 798-5877

High Hill AME Church 6512 Scarlet St. Columbia, SC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 754-5225 Columbia Midlands Edition

New Hope Church

Cedar Creek AME Church

Churches

African Methodist Episcopal - Zion

Hopewell AME Church 224 Oakley Drive Columbia, SC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345-3706

Jones Chapel AME

Antioch AME Zion Church Route 1 Eastover, SC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353-7143

P.O. Box 198 Lexington, SC

Edwards Chapel AME Zion Church

Legare AME Church

815 Laurens Street Camden, SC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 432-9201

24 Murphy Street Sumter, SC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 775-3909

Jones Memorial AME Zion Church

Liberty Hill AME Church

2400 Barhamville Road Columbia, SC. . . . . . . . . . . . 254-8786

Summerton, SC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 485-2622

Baptist

Mill Creek AME Church 725 Longwood Road

Columbia, SC. . . . . . . . . . . . . 783-6556

Mt. Pisgah AME Church 215 W. Bartlette St. Sumter, SC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 775-3844

Pleasant Spring AME Church Pleasant Springs Court Columbia, SC. . . . . . . . . . . . . 798-5552

Pine Grove AME Church 120 Steward Road Columbia, SC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 798-6109

Reid Chapel AME Church 716 Gabriel Street Columbia, SC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 786-0701

St. James AME Church 413 Henderson Street Columbia, SC. . . . . . . . . . . . . 799-3645

St. Luke AME Church P.O. Box 2516 Sumter, SC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 534-9773

St. Paul AME Shaw 1495 N St. Paul Church Road Sumter, SC . . . . . . . . 494-8882

St. Paul AME Church 662 Old Wire Road West Columbia, SC

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St. Paul AME Church 835 Kennerly Road Irmo, SC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 781-7805

St. Phillips AME Church Eastover, SC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353-2769

Turner Memorial AME Church 1122 Monticello St West Columbia, SC . . . . . . . . . . 796-0018

Union Station AME Church 710 Manning Avenue Sumter, SC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 775-8200

Unionville AME 202 Perkins Street Sumter, SC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 775-7638

Wayman Chapel AME Rte. 3, Hwy 261 Sumter, SC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 494-3686

Young's Chapel AME Church 7336 Carlisle Street Irmo, SC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 732-5858

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Antioch Baptist Church 5715 Koon Road Columbia, SC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 786-0119

Beulah Baptist Church 9487 Garners Ferry Road Hopkins, SC. . . . . . . . . . . 776-2188

Bethlehem Baptist Church 1028 Eastman Street

Columbia, SC . . . . . . . . . . . . 754-1890

Bethlehem Baptist Church 14 Brand Street

Sumter, SC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 775-7644

Brookland Baptist Church 1066 Sunset Blvd. (Hwy 378) West Columbia, SC . . . 796-7525

Bull Swamp Baptist Church Cameron Road Orangeburg, SC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 534-8951

Calvary Baptist Church Route 2, Box 80-B Rembert, SC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 499-3198

Central Baptist Church 3000 River Drive Columbia, SC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252-3742

Cornerstone Baptist Church 100 Wayne Street Columbia, SC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256-4890

Dennis Chapel Baptist Church 230 Bertha Avenue Columbia, SC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 786-9493

Fairview Independent Baptist Church 5082 Kincaid Bridge Road Winnsboro, SC. . . . . . . . . 635-3106

Faithful Full Gospel Baptist Church Fellowship 1314 Leesburg Road, Suite H Columbia, SC . . . . . . . 647-7788

Fellowship Baptist Church 2422 Stark Street Columbia, SC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 799-1971

First Baptist Church 21 Wright Street Sumter, SC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 773-3429

First Calvary Baptist Church 1401 Pine Street

Columbia, SC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 773-3429

First Nazareth Baptist Church 2351 Gervais Street Columbia, SC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254-6232 Columbia Midlands Edition

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Friendship Baptist Church

Morris Chapel Baptist Church

1237 House Street Columbia, SC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 779-8906

526 President Street Sumter, SC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 775-4733

Friendship Baptist Church

Mt. Carmel Baptist Church

Garners Ferry Road Hopkins, SC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 783-1639

Cameron, SC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 823-2265

Gilbert Memorial Baptist Church

Mt. Moriah Baptist Church

1918 Mitchell Street Columbia, SC . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256-6362

Post Office Box 91 Camden, SC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 432-2445

Gill Creek Baptist Church

Mt. Olive Baptist Church

2116 Cushman Drive Columbia, SC . . . . . . . . . . . . . 754-6616

1700 Blue Ridge Terrace

Goodwill Baptist Church

Mt. Pilgrim Baptist Church

14081 Garners Ferry Road Eastover, SC . . . . . . . . . 353-2992

432 Jasmine Lane Columbia, SC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 788-4563

Granger Baptist Church

Mt. Pisagh Baptist Church

Highway 47 Elloree, SC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 897-2584

310 Green Street, NE Orangeburg, SC . . . . . . . . . . . 536-1547

Greater Carolina Baptist Church

Mt. Zion Baptist Church

1419 Anthony Street Columbia, SC . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252-3742

Monroe Street Columbia, SC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 432-4991

Greater Faith Baptist Church

Mt. Zion Baptist Church

203 Dorchester Avenue Orangeburg, SC. . . . . . . . . . 536-5258

760 Black River Rd Camden, SC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 432-8552

Greater Mt. Zion Baptist Church

Mt. Zion Baptist Church

Route 2, I-11 Exit 30 Winnsboro, SC . . . . . . . . . . . . 754-0330

P.O. Box 9 Sumter, SC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 778-1623

Greenview First Baptist Church

Mulberry Baptist Church

101 Isaac Street Columbia, SC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 786-2839

Route 2, Box 38-B Rembert, SC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 499-4498

Gunter’s Chapel Baptist Church

Nazareth Baptist Church

1631 Windover Road Columbia, SC . . . . . . . . . . . . . 786-1765

1754 James West Rd Cassatt, SC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 432-2516

Haskell Heights Baptist Church

New Bethel Baptist Church

1231 Blue Ridge Terrace Columbia, SC . . . . . . . . . . 754-6554

255 Highway 15, South Sumter, SC . . . . . . . . . . . . . 481-4501

High Hill Baptist Church

New Ebenezer Baptist Church

20 Albert Spears Drive Sumter, SC . . . . . . . . . . . . . 775-4463

1236 Gregg Street Columbia, SC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256-3984

Jehovah Baptist Church

New Williams Street Baptist Church

1913 Gregg Street Columbia, SC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 779-5136

5408 Middleton St Columbia, SC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 735-0140

Jehovah Baptist Church

Olive Grove Baptist Church

1540 Frye Road Columbia, SC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 786-2112

Old Elloree Road Orangeburg, SC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 536-2602

Jehovah Missionary Baptist Church

Rafting Creek Baptist Church

803 South Harvin Street

13 Wen Le Drive Sumter, SC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 775-4500

Jerusalem Baptist Church

Red Hill Baptist Church

159 Old Clarkson Rd. Hopkins, SC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 783-0651

208 Goodwin Way Gadsen, SC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353-2761

Joshua Baptist

Rehoboth Baptist Church

Route 1, Box 341 Rembert, SC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 499-3668

4646 Hardscrabble Road Columbia, SC . . . . . . . . . . 788-3397

Little Zion Baptist Church

Ridgeway Baptist Church

400 Wildwood Avenue Columbia, SC. . . . . . . . . . . . . 786-6784

5326 Ridgeway Street Columbia, SC . . . . . . . . . . . . 786-4017

M.L. King Memorial Baptist Church

Salem St. Mark Baptist Church

7420 Wilson Boulevard. Columbia, SC . . . . . . . . . . . 786-9337

North Main Street Sumter, SC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 775-1487

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Sanders Creek Baptist Church

Youngâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Chapel Baptist Church

Nelson Street Camden, SC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 432-8911

359 Jacobs Road Columbia, SC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 798-4278

Second Calvary Baptist Church

Zion Baptist Church

1516 Bull Street Columbia, SC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254-7929

801 Washington Street Columbia, SC . . . . . . . . . . . 935-0132

Second Nazareth Baptist Church

Zion Canaan Baptist Church

2300 Elmwood Avenue Columbia, SC . . . . . . . . . . . 256-0088

7830 Farrow Road Columbia, SC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 935-0132

Second Union Baptist Church

Zion Chapel Baptist Church

1168 Andrews Road Columbia, SC . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254-9982

2313 Lorick Avenue Columbia, SC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 754-2752

St. John Baptist Church

Zion Chapel Baptist Church #2

3404 W. Beltline Street Columbia, SC . . . . . . . . . . . 254-4170

Reeder Point Drive Columbia,SC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 776-4450

St. John Baptist Cameron Church

Zion Mill Creek Baptist Church

Cameron Road Cameron, SC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 823-2464

97 Mill Creek Parkway Columbia, SC. . . . . . . . . . . . 799-6464

St. Mark Bapist Church

Zion Pilgrim Baptist Church

1456 St. Mark Road Gadsen, SC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353-2873

11121 Monticello Road Blythewood, SC . . . . . . . . . 754-5800

St. Mark Baptist Church

Zion Pilgrim Baptist Church

2700 Chestnut Street Columbia, SC. . . . . . . . . . . . . 256-7133

16098 Zion Avenue Columbia, SC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 771-6940

St. Matthew Baptist Church 27 Beck Street Columbia, SC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 469-5322

Christian Methodist Episcopal

St. Paul Baptist Church

Cleave's Memorial CME Church

441 Windsor Street Orangeburg, SC . . . . . . . . . . . . . 536-6213

St. Paul Baptist Church 4517 N. Main Street Columbia, SC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 786-4731

St. Peter Baptist Church 7910 Broad River Road Irmo, SC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 781-1067

St. Thomas Baptist Church 809 King Street Camden, SC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 432-1555

Sweet Home Baptist Church 7500 Richard Street Columbia, SC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 783-4428

Taylor Memorial Baptist Church 1004 Short Street Columbia, SC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254-4685

Temple Zion Baptist Church 1174 Heyward Brockington Rd Columbia, SC . . . . . 754-0933

The Greater St. Luke Baptist Church 5228 Farrow Road Columbia, SC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 754-6000

Trinity Baptist Church 101 South Salem Street Sumter, SC . . . . . . . . . . . . 775-4041

Union Baptist Church 1800 Germany Street Columbia, SC . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256-6903

Veighle Chapel Baptist Church 2400 Leesburg Road Columbia, SC . . . . . . . . . . . . . 783-2469

3407 Beaumont Avenue Columbia, SC. . . . . . . . . . . 254-8810

Community CME Church 4317 Ridgewood Avenue Columbia, SC . . . . . . . . . . 771-4739

Sidney Park CME Church 1114 Blanding Street Columbia, SC. . . . . . . . . . . . . 779-0214

Church of Christ Bibleway Church of Christ 3111 Piedmont Avenue Columbia, SC. . . . . . . . . . . . 254-6870

Rehobeth United Church of Jesus 1912 Cushman Drive Columbia, SC . . . . . . . . . . . . . 786-5026

United Church of Christ 462 Bayne, S.E.

Church of God in Christ Community Memorial Church of God in Christ 4727 Roberts St Columbia, SC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 786-2524

Gordon Street Church of God In Christ 1707 Gordon St. Camden, SC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 432-5719

Grace Cathedral Church of God In Christ 307 W. Oakland Ave Columbia, SC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 773-6497

Grace Cathedral Church of God In Christ 60 Oswego Road

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Sumter, SC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 773-6497 Columbia Midlands Edition

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Colleges/Universities

St. Mark Church of God In Christ

St. James United Methodist Church

710 Calhoun Street Camden, SC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 425-1453

911 N. Guignard Drive

Episcopal

St. Paul United Methodist Church

Good Shepherd Episcopal Dingle & Ward Streets Sumter, SC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 775-5619

St. Luke Episcopal Church

Sumter, SC . . . . . . . . . . . . . 773-8486

511 Knights Hill Road Camden, SC . . . . . . . . . . . . . 432-6649

Trinity United Methodist Church 704 W. Dekalb St. Camden, SC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 432-3101

1300 Pine Street Columbia, SC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254-2327

Trinity United Methodist Church

Lutheran

185 Boulevard Street , NE Orangeburg . . . . . . . . . . 534-7759

Good News Gospel World Outreach Church 605 Alcott Drive Columbia, SC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 786-6902

Holy Spirit Lutheran Church 2015 Lorick Avenue

Columbia, SC . . . . . . . . . . . . . 786-1577

Virginia Wingard United Methodist Church 1500 Broad River Road

Columbia, SC. . . . . . . . . . . 722-0794

Wesley United Methodist Church 1725 Gervais Street Columbia, SC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 771-4540

Presbyterian

Colleges & Universities

Congruity Presbyterian Church, USA

Benedict College

32 West Charlotte Street Sumter, SC. . . . . . . . . . . . . 773-5002

Goodwill Presbyterian Church

1600 Harden St Columbia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .803-705-4519

Route 1 Box 52 Mayesville, SC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 469-8820

see ad page 97

Ladson Presbyterian Church

College of Charleston

1720 Sumter Street Columbia, SC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 765-9192

Northminister Presbyterian Church

66 George Street Charleston . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .803-394-3773

6717 David Street

see ad page 100

Columbia, SC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 754-1812

Second Presbyterian Church, USA

Midlands Technical College

231 Palmetto Street Columbia, SC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 775-3750

P. O. Box 2408 Columbia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .803-738-8324

United Methodist Bluff Road United Methodist Church 5110 Bluff Road

Columbia, SC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 776-8977

I. Dequincy Newman United Methodist Church

see ad page 101

University of South Carolina 920 Sumter Street Columbia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .803-777-1534 see color glossy ad and pages 98-99

7801 Wilson Boulevard Columbia, SC . . . . . . . . . . . 786-9894

Emmanuel United Methodist Church Francis Burns United Methodist Church 5616 Farrow Road

Columbia, SC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 754-1760

Macedonia United Methodist Church 109 Dicey Ford Road

Camden, SC . . . . . . . . . . . . . 432-3101

Community Health Center Select Heath of South Carolina (First Choice) 3315 Broad River Rd Columbia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .803-731-1207 see ad page 143

Mt. Zion United Methodist Church Spring Mills Road Sumter, SC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 469-9335

New Hope UME Church Pinewood, SC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 452-5724

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FLORIDA

Alabama A&M University - www.aamu.edu Post Office Box 908 • Normal 35762 . . . . . . . . . . 256/851-5245

Bethune-Cookman College 640 Mary McLeod Bethune Blvd. • Daytona Beach 32114 . . . 904/255-1401

Alabama State University - www.alasu.edu 915 S. Jackson St. • Montgomery 36101 . . . . . . 334/229-4291

Edward Waters College 1658 Kings Rd. • Jacksonville 32209 . . . . . . . . . 904/355-3030

Concordia College - www.higher-ed.lcms.org/selma 1804 Green St. • Selma 36701 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334/874-5700

Florida A&M University - www.famu.edu Suite G-9 • Tallahassee 32307. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 850/599-3796

Miles College - www.miles.edu Post Office Box 3800 • Birmingham 35208 . . . . . . . 205/929-1661

Florida Memorial College - www.fmc.edu 15800 NW 42nd Avenue • Miami 33054. . . . . . . . . . 800/822-1362

Oakwood College - www.oakwood.edu 7000 Adventist Blvd. • Huntsville • 35896 . . . . . . . . 800/824-5312

GEORGIA

Selma University Dinkins Hill • Selma 36701 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205/872-2533 Stillman College - www.stillman.edu 3600 Stillman Blvd. • Tuscalusa 35403 . . . . . . . . 800/841-5722 Talladega College - www.talladega.edu 627 W. Battle St. • Talladega 35160. . . . . . . . . . . 256/761-6219 Tuskegee University - www.tusk.edu Old Administration Bldg. • Tuskegee 36088 . . . . . . . 334/727-8500

Albany State College - www.asurams.edu 504 College Dr. • Albany 31705 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229/430-4650 Clark-Atlanta University - www.cau.edu 223 James P. Brawley Dr. • Atlanta 30314. . . . . . . . 404/880-8000 Fort Valley State College - www.fvsx.peachnet.edu 1005 State University Dr. • Fort Valley 31030. . . . . . 912/825-6307 Morehouse College - www.morehouse.edu 830 Westview Dr., SW • Atlanta 30314 . . . . . . . . 404/215-2632

ARKANSAS

Morris Brown College - www.morrisbrown.edu 643 Martin Luther King Dr., NW • Atlanta 30314 . . . 404/739-1560

Arkansas Baptist College 1600 Bishop St. • Little Rock 72202 . . . . . . . . . . 501/374-7856

Paine College - www.paine.edu 1235 15th Street • Augusta 30901 . . . . . . . . . . . 800/476-7703

Philander Smith College - www.philander.edu 812 W. 13th Street • Little Rock 72202 . . . . . . . . 501/370-5221

Savannah State University - www.scad.edu 342 Bull Street • Savannah 31404. . . . . . . . . . . . 912/356-2181

University of Arkansas-Pine Bluff - www.uapb.edu 1200 N. University Dr., Mail Slot #4983 Little Rock 72202 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 501/370-5221

Shorter College - www.shorter.edu 315 Shorter Ave. • Rome 30165 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 706/233-7319 Spelman College - www.spelman.edu 350 Spelman Lane • Atlanta 30314 . . . . . . . . . . . 800/982-2411

Charles Drew University of Medicine and Science - www.cdrewu.edu 1731 East 120th St. • Los Angeles 90059 . . . . . . 323/563-4800

ILLINOIS

DELAWARE

Chicago State University - www.csu.edu 9501 South Street King Dr. • Chicago 60628 . . . . 229/430-4650

Delaware State College - www.dsc.edu 1200 N. Dupont Hwy. • Dover 19901 . . . . . . . . . . 302/857-6353

KENTUCKY

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Howard University - www.howard.edu 2400 Sixth St., NW • Washington 20059 . . . . . . . 202/806-2700

Kentucky State University - www.kysu.edu 400 East Main Street • Franfort 40601 . . . . . . . . 502/597-6813 Simmons University Bible College Louisville 40210 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 502/776-1443

University of the District of Columbia 4200 Connecticut Avenue, NW • Washington 20008. . . . . . . . . . www.blackpagessouth.com

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LOUISIANA

MISSOURI

Dillard University - www.dillard.edu 2601 Gentilly Blvd. • New Orleans 70122 . . . . . . 504/816-4670

Harris-Stowe State College - www.hssc.edu 3026 Lacieside Ave. • St. Louis 63103. . . . . . . . . 314/340-3366

Grambling State University - www.gram.edu 100 Main Street • Grambling 71245 . . . . . . . . . . 318/247-3811

Lincoln University - www.lincolnu.edu 80 Chestnut • Jefferson City 65102. . . . . . . . . . . 573/681-5022

Southern University and A&M College - www.subr.edu Baton Rouge 70813 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225/771-4500

NEW YORK

Southern University at New Orleans - www.suno.edu 6400 Press Dr. • New Orleans 70126 . . . . . . . . . 504/286-5000 Southern University at Shreveport - www.susbc.edu 3050 MLK, Jr. Drive • Shreveport 71107 . . . . . . . 800/458-1472 Xavier University - www.xula.edu One Drexel Dr. • New Orleans 70125 . . . . . . . . . . 504/483-7388

City University of New York-City College - www.ccny.cuny.edu Convent Ave. and 138th St. • New York 10031 . . 212/650-6977 City University of New York-York College - www.york.cuny.edu 94-20 Guy R Brewer Blvd. • Jamaica 11451 . . . . 212/650-6977 Long Island University-Brooklyn - www.liunet.edu 720 Northern Blvd. • Brooklyn 11201 . . . . . . . . . 800/548-7526

MARYLAND

Long Island University-C.W. Post - www.liu.edu 720 Northern Blvd. • Brookville 11548. . . . . . . . . 516/299-2900

Bowie State University - www.bowiestate.edu 14000 Jericho Park Rd. • Bowie 20175. . . . . . . . 301/464-3000

Medgar Evers College - www.mec.cuny.edu 1150 Carroll St. • Brooklyn 11225 . . . . . . . . . . . . 718/270-6022

Coppin State College - www.coppin.umd.edu 2500 West North Avenue • Baltimore 21216 . . . . 410/383-5990 Morgan State University - www.morgan.edu 1700 East Cold Spring Ln. • Baltimore 21239 . . . 800/332-6674 University of Maryland - www.umes.edu Eastern Shore • Princess Ann 21853 . . . . . . . . . . 410/651-6410 MISSISSIPPI Alcorn State University - www.alcorn.edu 1000 ASU Dr., #300 • Lorman 39096. . . . . . . . . . 601/877-6147 Jackson State University - www.jsums.edu 1400 J.R. Lynch St. • Jackson 39217 . . . . . . . . . 601/979-2100 Mary Holmes College Post Office Drawer 1257 • West Point 39773. . . . 601/494-6820 Mississippi Industrial College Holly Springs 38835 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 601/252-2440 Mississippi Valley State College - www.mvsu.edu 14000 Highway 82 W • Itta Bena 38941 . . . . . . . 662/254-3344 Rust College - www.rustcollege.edu 150 Rust Avenue • Holly Springs 38635 . . . . . . . 662/252-8000 Sojourner Douglas College - www.sdc.edu 500 North Carolina St. • Tougaloo 39174. . . . . . . 888/424-2566 Tougaloo College - www.tougaloo.edu 500 West Country Line Rd. • Tougaloo 39174 . . . 888/424-2566

NORTH CAROLINA Bennett College - www.bennett.edu 900 E. Washington St. • Greensboro 27420 . . . . . 336/370-8624 Elizabeth City State University - www.ecsu.edu 1704 Weeksville Rd. • Elizabeth City 27909. . . . . 252/335-3305 Fayetteville State University - www.uncfsu.edu Newbold Station • Fayetteville 28301 . . . . . . . . . 910/486-1371 Johnson C. Smith University - www.jcsu.edu 100 Beatties Ford Rd. • Charlotte 28216 . . . . . . . 704/378-1011 Livingstone College - www.livingstone.edu 701 W. Monroe St. • Salisbury 28144 . . . . . . . . . 704/797-1000 North Carolina A&T University - www.ncat.edu 1601 East Market St. • Greensboro 27411 . . . . . 336/334-7946 North Carolina Central University - www.nccu.edu Fayetteville Street • Durham 27707 . . . . . . . . . . . 919/560-6298 Shaw University - www.shawuniversity.edu 118 E. South Street • Raleigh 27601 . . . . . . . . . . 919/546-8275 St. Augustine's College - www.st-aug.edu 1315 Oakwood Avenue • Raleigh 27611 . . . . . . . 919/828-4451 Winston-Salem State University - www.wssu.edu 601 MLK, Jr Drive • Winston-Salem 27110 . . . . . 336/750-2070 OHIO Central State University - www.centralstate.edu 1400 Rush Row Rd. • Wilberforce 45384. . . . . . . 937/376-6348 Wilberforce University - www.wilberforce.edu 1055 N. Bickett Rd. • Wilberforce 45384 . . . . . . . 800/376-8568

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Wilberforce University - www.wilberforce.edu 1055 N. Bickett Rd. • Wilberforce 45384 . . . . . . . 800/376-8568

Jarvis Christian College - www.jarvis.edu P.O. Box 1470 • Hawkins 75765 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 903/769-5730

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Paul Quinn College - www.pqc.edu 3837 Simpson-Stewart Rd. • Dallas 75241 . . . . . 214/302-3648

Langston University - www.lunet.edu P.O. Box 728 • Langston 73050 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 404/466-2231 PENNSYLVANIA

Prairie View A&M University - www.pvamu.edu P.O. Box 3089 • Prairie View 77446 . . . . . . . . . . . 936/857-2626

Cheyney University of PA - www.cheyney.edu Cheyney and Creek Roads • Cheyney 19319. . . . 610/399-2275

Texas College - www.texascollege.edu 2404 North Grand Avenue • Tyler 75702 . . . . . . . 800/306-6299

Lincoln University (PA) - www.lincoln.edu Lincoln Hall • Lincoln University 19352 . . . . . . . . 610/932-8300

Texas Southern University - www.tsu.edu 3100 Cleburne Street • Houston 77004 . . . . . . . . 713/313-7420

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Wiley College - www.wileyc.edu 711 Wiley Avenue • Marshall 75670 . . . . . . . . . . 903/927-3311

Allen University 1530 Harden St. • Columbia 29204 . . . . . . . . . . . 803/254-4165 Benedict College - www.bchome.benedict.edu Harden & Blanding Street • Columbia 29204. . . . 803/253-5143 Claflin University - www.claflin.edu 700 College Ave., NE • Orangeburg 29115 . . . . . 803/535-5339 Morris College - www.morris.edu 100 West College Street • Sumter 29150 . . . . . . 803/934-3225 South Carolina State University - www.scsu.edu 300 College St., NE • Orangeburg 29117. . . . . . . 800/260-5956 Voorhees College - www.voorhees.edu P.O. Box 678 • Denmark 29042 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 803/703-7111 TENNESSEE Fisk University - www.fisk.edu 1000 17th Ave. N • Nashville 37203 . . . . . . . . . . 615/329-8666

VIRGINIA Hampton University - www.hamptonu.edu Office of Admissions • Hampton 23668 . . . . . . . . 757/727-5328 Norfolk State University - www.nsu.edu 700 Park Avenue • Norfolk 23504 . . . . . . . . . . . . 757/823-8396 St. Paul's College - www.saintpauls.edu 115 College Dr. • Lawrenceville 23868 . . . . . . . . 434/848-3111 Virginia Seminary & College Lynchburg 24501 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 703/528-5276 Virginia State University - www.vsu.edu One Hayden Street • Petersburg 23806 . . . . . . . . 804/524-5000 Virginia Union University - www.vuu.edu 1500 North Lombardy St. • Richmond 23220 . . . 804/257-5881 WEST VIRGINIA Bluefield State College - www.bluefield.wvnet.edu 219 Rock Street • Bluefield, W. VA 24701 . . . . . . . . . . . 304/327-4065

Lane College - www.lanecollege.edu 545 Lane Avenue • Jackson 38301 . . . . . . . . . . . 901/424-4600

West Virginia State College - www.wvsc.edu P.O. Box 1000 Campus 187 • Institute, W. VA 25112 . . . 304/766-9200

Lemoyne-Owen College - www.mecca.org 807 Walker Ave. • Memphis 38126 . . . . . . . . . . . 800/737-7778

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Meharry Medical College 1005 Dr. D.B. Todd Jr. Blvd. • Nashville 38126. . . 615/327-6486

University of the Virgin Islands - www.uvi.edu 2 John Brewers Bay • St. Thomas U.S. Virgin Islands 00802 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340/693-1150

Tennessee State University - www.tnstate.edu 3500 John Merritt Blvd. • Nashville 37209 . . . . . 615/963-3101 TEXAS Concordia University at Austin - www.concordia.edu 3400 Interstate 35 N. • Austin 78705 . . . . . . . . . 512/486-1106 Huston-Tillotson College - www.htc.edu 900 Chicon Street • Austin 78702 . . . . . . . . . . . . 512/505-3000

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Mentoring Every member of the community can contribute to the health, education and well being of a child. Becoming a mentor is a great way to help out while enriching your own life. And all it takes is a few hours of your time. Everyone from teenagers to retirees can help support, counsel, befriend, positively reinforce and set a constructive example for kids everywhere - and theres a great

Whos Qualified? Just about anyone. You dont have to have a degree in child psychology or education or be good at math or sports. Most mentors are simply good listeners, caring, encourage, ordinary people.

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What Good Does It Do? Studies show that kids who are fortunate enough to have mentors are more likely to stay in school, achieve their goals, and avoid unsafe activities. According to one research study*, young people who meet regularly with their mentors are: • 46% Less likely to use illegal drugs • 27% Less likely to begin drink alcohol • 52% Less likely to skip school • 33% Less likely to hit someone

What You Can Do Together Many people would like to be mentors but dont know what mentors do. Just hanging out and talking with a child does a world of good. Taking walks, sharing stories about your own childhood - the idea is to be a positive role model.

Online Resources: For an overview of mentoring, visit www.savethechildren.org/mentors To locate mentoring or other volunteer opportunities in your area, visit www.mentoring.org

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Walter J. McDaniels II is the President of Alpha Psi Lambda Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Incorporated. As the first chartered Alumni Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. in the State, Alpha Psi Lambda Chapter is the South Carolina Seed of Alpha. For over 75 years, Alpha Psi Lambda has opened its House to College and Alumni Brothers and to the Waverly and Greater Columbia, South Carolina communities. This Chapter has been a vital cog in the leadership of this City. Through its Programs, Alpha Psi Lambda continues to "aid downtrodden humanity in its efforts to achieve higher social, economic, and intellectual status." In our House, leadership is not an option, it is our destiny. Mr. McDaniels believes that charity is the sacrificial giving of oneself absent the expectation of receiving anything in return. He holds the position of Adjunct Professor at the Charleston, S.C. campus of Springfield College where he teaches his students the importance of effecting change. Mr. McDaniels believes that the need for community based change, is and will always be bigger than the individual. Walter Jackson McDaniels II is a graduate of Troy University earning a Masters of Public Administration Degree. Walter who is affectionately known by family and close friends as “Shawn” has proudly served the citizens of Richland County for the past (14) years and currently holds the position of Sergeant Detective within the White Collar Crimes Unit in the Criminal Investigation Division at the Richland County Sheriff Department. Along with his academic achievement and outstanding accomplishments at the Sheriff Department, Walter McDaniels is the CEO of Touch & Grow Video LLC. He is also the Chairman of Project “NOW WHAT”…a community based organization that advocates better splitsecond decision making on behalf of our local youth. Mr. McDaniels is an active member of the Richland School District Two Reconnecting Communities and Schools Coalition. And currently serves as the President of Columbia Pan Hellenic Council. He is a published Author and Poet. He is the Co-Producer of the recently created film “I Remember”, and in an effort to combat the growing concern surrounding mental illness, Brother McDaniels is currently the Producer/ Director of the 2013 Independent Documentary Film titled “Invisible”

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Current President, Vincent A. Gatling, Jr., was initiated into the Beta Gamma Chapter at Virginia State University, Petersburg, VA. His awards include Alpha South’s Regional Augustus M. Witherspoon Leadership Award, the Charles Green Award of Merit, and the South Carolina Brother of the Year Award. He has served as a volunteer with Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Columbia as a Big Brother since 1997, a Board Member from 2003-2012, and with JEGNA, which is a recruiting group within Big Brothers Big Sisters. He serves as a Board Member for Bridging the Gap with Alpha (Omicron Iota Lambda’s Educational Foundation) and the District of South Carolina as the Special Projects Chair. Vincent is a member of 100 Black Men of Greater Columbia, SC and Capital City Lodge No. 47. He is also a committee member for the Whitney M. Young, Jr. Service Awards Dinner, presented by the Indian Waters Council, Boy Scouts of America. Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Incorporated, the first intercollegiate Greek letter fraternity established for African Americans was founded at Cornell University at Ithaca, NY, December 4, 1906. The fraternity initially served as a study and support group for minority students who faced racial prejudices, both educationally and socially. The organization is now international with more than 175,000 members and has included such prominent members as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Thurgood Marshall, Andrew Young and Adam Clayton Powell. The fraternity’s mission is to develop leaders, promote brotherhood and academic excellence while providing service and advocacy for the community Omicron Iota Lambda was founded in May 1986. Since our chartering, we have been proud of our commitment to the Capital City. Along with our fraternity’s national programs (Go-to-High School Go-to-College, “A Voteless People is a Hopeless People”, and Project Alpha), the chapter actively participates in several community partnerships including the March of Dimes, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Columbia, the city of Columbia’s Adopt-a-Highway program, 100 Teddy Bear Hugs, Families Helping Families, the Alpha Academy and Beautillion. This year the chapter held the 23rdd annual Martin Luther King, Jr. 5K Run and Fitness Walk in honor of our late Fraternity Brother and the March of Dimes. As Alpha men, we continuously strive to live up to the aims of our great Fraternity: Manly deeds, Scholarship, and Love for all Mankind. Ultimately, we are “Brothers Bonding Together in UNITY to Promote Strength in the Community!”

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Omega Psi Phi was founded on November 17, 1911, at Howard University in Washington, D.C. The founders were three Howard University undergraduates -- Edgar Amos Love, Oscar James Cooper and Frank Coleman. Joining them was their faculty adviser, Dr. Ernest Everett Just. From the initials of the Greek phrase meaning, "friendship is essential to the soul," the name Omega Psi Phi was derived. That phrase was selected as the motto. Manhood, Scholarship, Perseverance and Uplift were adopted as Cardinal Principles. Omicron Phi Chapter of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity was chartered on November 17, 1926. The founding Brothers were the honorable Dr. D.K. Jenkins, Dr. D.D. Counts and Dr. H.H. Cooper. The vision of the chapter founders was to attract men in the Columbia area that had high standards and a belief in the Fraternity’s Cardinal Principles. Throughout the years, Omicron Phi Chapter has awarded scholarships to deserving young men and has participated in many community service projects such as distributing food baskets during the holidays, adopting a school, Pop Warner football, Habitat for Humanity, Little League baseball, Salvation Army Red Kettle Campaign, Adopt-A-Highway, Omega Boys Camp and other national programs of the Fraternity. Edjuardo Barbee is the current Basileus of the Omicron Phi Chapter. He obtained his bachelors of arts degree in accounting from Morehouse College in 1992 and his masters of business administration from Winthrop University in 1994. He is a certified public accountant (CPA) in the state of South Carolina and has over 19 years of accounting, auditing and consulting experience. He currently performs audits with Freddie Mac under the U.S. Treasury Department’s Making Homes Affordable Act. Barbee pledged Omega Psi Phi, Incorporated in spring of 1993 through the Psi Kappa chapter at Winthrop University. He celebrates 20 years of brotherhood in April of 2013.

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James Melvin, a native of Cayce, SC, is currently the Polemarch (President) of the Columbia Alumni Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc., the position to which he was elected in May, 2010. He is also a Life Member of the fraternity. In his role as Polemarch, he is responsible for marshalling the collective skills and abilities of Kappa Men in the Columbia area toward pre-established goals, all of which involve improving the communities in which we live. Goals for this year include helping the less fortunate through food distribution, awarding scholarships to deserving high school and college students, and educating and motivating our community to participate in the political process. Mr. Melvin attended public schools in Lexington County, where he graduated from the former Lakeview High School, West Columbia, SC. He is a graduate of Johnson C. Smith University, Charlotte, NC, where he earned a BA degree in Economics. His career spanned thirty-three years with the US Government, seven of which were with the US Department of Defense, and the remainder with the US Department of Labor. At the time of his retirement in 2004, he was a member of the US Government’s Senior Executive Service, employed as Director of the Division of Policy, Planning and Program Development. During his illustrious federal career, Mr. Melvin served in numerous federal positions throughout the country – Memphis, TN, Raleigh, NC, Philadelphia, PA and Washington, DC. He also served as a Labor Liaison with the South African government from 1997-2001, where he assisted in the development of capacity building, social legislation that aided in South Africa’s transition from Apartheid to a Democratic form of government. Since his retirement and returning to Columbia, Mr. Melvin has been engaged in numerous church and community activities. He is a member of First Nazareth Baptist Church, where he serves as a Deacon, Section Leader, member of the Brotherhood Ministry, and with the Food Pantry. He is on the Board of Directors of the Greater Waverly Foundation; serves on the Board of Visitors for Johnson C. Smith University; and is Vice President of the Columbia Alumni Chapter of the Johnson C. Smith University Alumni Association. He served as a volunteer on the Fund Raising Committee for the Sisters of Charity Healthy Learners Program’s inaugural fund raising effort in 2010, and continues to serve on that committee. He is a life member of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. His philosophy of life is that each day is a blessed gift from God, and it should be used to be a blessing to others along the way. He enjoys traveling and golfing. He is married to the former Elaine Dowdy, and has one daughter, three grandchildren and one great –grand.

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Scottie W. Benjamin hails from Hartsville, SC. He is a 1977 graduate of Rosenwald High School, Society Hill, SC. After graduating from High School, he attended Morris College, Sumter SC where he obtained a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Administration. He became a member of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc in the spring of 1978 while at Morris College. He also earned a Master’s Degree in Management and Leadership from Webster University. He enlisted in the US Army and served 26 years on active duty, retiring in June 2008. He is currently employed with General Dynamics Information Technology, Sumter SC, working as a Project Manager. Scottie is married to LaTanya B. Benjamin (Zeta Phi Bet Sorority, Inc) and they have two children, Shannon Benjamin-Martin, Charlotte, NC and Mitchell Benjamin, a student at SC State University. Scottie’s hobbies include golfing, traveling and attending live sporting events.

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Upsilon Omega Omega Chapter Breana Lipscomb, President

Breana Lipscomb, a native of Chattanooga, Tennessee, was initiated into the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated Iota Phi Chapter on the campus of the University of Alabama at Birmingham where she received her Master’s in Public Health and bachelors degree in Biology and Spanish. Lipscomb is employed by the March of Dimes South Carolina Chapter as the Director of Program Services and Government Affairs. Lipscomb currently serves as the President of the Upsilon Omega Omega Chapter, chartered in 1998 and headquartered in Irmo, SC. For the past 15 years, the Chapter has made a conscious effort to have a positive impact on the Midlands through education scholarships and community initiatives such as voter education and registration and health awareness. Signature programs of Upsilon Omega Omega (UOO) include the Girls of Promise mentoring program at HB Rhame Elementary and the Women to Work Economic Empowerment Seminar. In the past year, UOO provided more than 500 high school-aged girls the opportunity to receive a prom dress and accessories, at no cost, through the Cinderella Project. The Chapter awarded more than $26,000 in scholarships through its most recent Emeralds of Excellence Debutante Program, and a donation was given to the SC HIV/AIDS Council at the annual Still Standing Survivors’ Luncheon, which raises awareness of health issues impacting African American women. As an active community partner, UOO supports the United Way’s Day of Action, partners with faith-based organizations to feed underserved communities and fundraises for Palmetto Health Walk for Life and Irmo-Chapin Relay for Life. Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated and the Upsilon Omega Omega Chapter are dedicated to providing service to all mankind!

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Gamma Nu Omega Chapter established in February, 1942 is proud to serve the Columbia community through our signature events, The Pink Ice Gala and Fashionetta ®. Last year,our chapter raised enough funds to award $1,000.00 scholarships to 33 deserving college students. It is through the leadership of the current president that our chapter supports over 50 community organizations such as the Richland County Public Library, American Heart Association, Big Brothers Big Sisters, Harvest Hope Food Bank, the Columbia Urban League, Communities in Schools, Palmetto Children’s Hospital, the NAACP, and the First Ladies Walk for Life. President Donna Jones-Gilbert, daughter of the late Judge Walter Jones and the late Janet Ann Sims Jones is a graduate of the University of South Carolina where she attained a Bachelor of Arts degree in Sociology. Shortly after graduation Donna started an extraordinary career with the Columbia Housing Authority. At the Authority she has held many positions of leadership to include: Community Property Manager, Director of Governmental Affairs and Resident Programs, Deputy Director for Resident Initiatives. In her current position of Assistant to the Executive Director her responsibilities consist of the conception, planning and executing of programs for residents citywide. She advises the Executive Director on policy formation, program development and the potential for development of affordable housing in the form of existing or new construction for multi, single and elder units. Donna is a graduate of the Leadership Columbia program, and holds the distinct honor of being selected for the Urban League/Kellogg Leadership Institute Program. Donna was appointed to work on the Governor’s Initiative for Work Force Excellence Board. In her capacity of a Housing Executive, she has attained the Family Self-Sufficiency, PHM and CPM National Certifications for Public Housing Management. She has exhibited skilled leadership in her appointment to the SERC NAHRO (SOUTHEASTERN REGIONAL COUNCIL of the NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF HOUSING AND REDEVELOPMENT OFFICIALS) Executive Board where she was then appointed to chair the prestigious Education and Training Committee for housing officials which boasts a 10 state membership. Ms. Gilbert also serves as the current chairman of Commissioners Conference for Carolinas Council for Housing Redevelopment and Code Officials which provides networking and promotion of the development of affordable housing amongst housing commissioners as well as awards numerous academic scholarships to worthy students living under public housing. Donna Gilbert is married to Bobby Gilbert. They have two sons, Christopher Wayne, and Joseph Andrew. They reside in the Columbia Metropolitan area.

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Maryfrancis Caldwell is the current president of Beta Epsilon Sigma Chapter of Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc. Maryfrancis is a graduate of Morgan State University and Southern Wesleyan University. She is an educator and has been a member of Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority for over 40 years. Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc. was founded November 12, 1922 at Butler University in Indianapolis, Indiana by seven (7) school teachers. Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority’s purpose is to enhance the quality of life within the community. Public service, leadership development and the education of youth are the hallmark of the organization’s program and activities. Sigma Gamma Rho addresses concerns that impact society educationally, civically, and economically. Beta Epsilon Sigma Chapter was chartered February 1, 1947 by 13 members. Over the years, Beta Epsilon Sigma has worked in the community in various capacities to help improve the lives of those we come in contact with. Whether it is working with our Rhoer Club (our affiliate group of young women ages 12 – 18) or supporting local nonprofit organizations such as Harvest Hope, March of Dimes or the American Cancer Society, we continue our tradition of “Greater Service, Greater Progress”.

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Even from the sorority’s humble inception on January 13, 1913 at Howard University, the 22 Founders of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. envisioned a dynamic “sisterhood called to serve”. Inspired by tradition and blazing new pathways in honor of our distinguished sorority's noble and unsurpassed history, the Columbia (SC) Alumnae chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc. is continuously impacting the lives of African Americans by employing the talents and resources of more than 350 active members. Columbia (SC) Alumnae unceasingly fosters its legacy of supporting the underserved, seeking solutions to problems, highlighting issues affecting change and promoting academic excellence. Chartered over 70 years ago, the Columbia (SC) Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. has proudly served the Greater Metropolitan area of Columbia as well as surrounding communities. Committed to Sisterhood, Scholarship, and Service, the dynamic members of Columbia (SC) Alumnae are actively and enthusiastically engaging in the sorority’s national Five Point Programmatic Thrust: • Educational Development • Economic Development • International Awareness and Involvement • Physical and Mental Health • Political Awareness and Involvement This Chapter’s nationally acclaimed ongoing programs include: Dr. Betty Shabazz Delta Academy, Delta G.E.M.S, and E.M.B.O.D.I. Each of these programs works to cultivate the maximum potential educationally, socially, and emotionally in young adult males and females while focusing on self-esteem, physical health/wellness, technology, leadership, and community service. Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. purports more than 250,000 members, and nearly 1,000 chapters located in the United States, England, Japan, Germany, the Virgin Islands, the Bahamas, and the Republic of Korea. In 2013 Deltas around the world will travel to Washington, DC to commemorate the sorority’s Centennial Anniversary.

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Beta Beta Zeta Chapter Dr. Felicia Scott-Strickland, President

Dr. Felicia Scott-Strickland is the president of Beta Beta Zeta chapter of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. She received her Bachelor’s degree from Hampton Institute and her Doctorate of Pharmacy from the Mercer University School of Pharmacy. Dr. Scott-Strickland has been a Zeta for 30 years, is a Life Member, Zeta Organizational Leadership Certified and has held appointed and elected positions in Zeta on the local, state, regional and national levels. Along with her duties as president of BBZ Chapter, she is also the current Southeastern Regional Director which encompasses South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Bahamas and the US Virgin Islands. Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Incorporated is currently celebrating 93 years of service to our communities. Founded January 16, 1920, Zeta began as an idea conceived by five coeds at Howard University in Washington D.C.: Arizona Cleaver, Myrtle Tyler, Viola Tyler, Fannie Pettie and Pearl Neal. These five women, also known as our Five Pearls, sought to establish a new organization predicated on the precepts of Scholarship, Service, Sisterly Love and Finer Womanhood. Since its inception, the Zeta Phi Beta has chronicled a number of firsts. Zeta Phi Beta was the first Greek-letter organization to charter a chapter in Africa (1948); to form adult and youth auxiliary groups; to centralize its operations in a national headquarters; and to be constitutionally bound to a fraternity, Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Incorporated. BBZ Chapter (chartered in 1941) sponsors collegiate chapters of Zeta on the campuses of USC-Columbia (Psi Eta), Allen University (Lambda) and Benedict College (Kappa Beta). BBZ is one of the prominent chapters within Zeta recognized for its work with the UNCF, March of Dimes through the Stork’s Nest Program and March for Babies, the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) and many others. BBZ Chapter was named Premier Graduate Chapter at the 2012 Grand Boulé (our international conference). Further information about Zeta Phi Beta Sorority and the Southeastern Region can be found at www.zphibseregion.org and www.zphib1920.org.

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are their heart has stopped. Call 9-1-1 immediately and do CPR until help arrives. If you don’t know CPR, learn. To find a CPR course near you, call the American Heart Association at 1-877-AHA-4CPR or visit us online at www.americanheart.org. This space provided as a public service. © 2000, American Heart Association

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A Moment in Black History... Contractors

Sources: Logan and Winston, Dictionary of American Biography, pp. 379-80; Dictionary of Black Culture, p. 261; Efforts for Social Betterment Among Negro Americans, pp. 40-41; Smith, Notable Black Men, pp. 692-93.

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In 1890 Thorny Lafon (1810-93) was thought to be the first black millionaire. He was a New Orleans real estate speculator and moneylender. He was recognized as a community activist and philanthropist before the Civil War when he was still a young man. He was listed as a merchant in the New Orleans City Directory in 1842; in 1868 the directory listed him as a broker, and he was considered the city’s second leading black broker until 1870. As his wealth grew he gave freely to those less fortunate, including religious and anti-slavery causes, and supported the Lafon Orphan Boys’ Asylum and the Home for Aged Colored Men and Women, both of which he founded. The Thorny Lafon School, dedicated in 1898, made him the first black man and the second black person in New Orleans to have a school named for him. The Wall of Fame at the 1939-40 New York World’s Fair listed his name along with those of other blacks, Native Americans, and foreign-born Americans who were notable contributors to American process and culture. He lived frugally, and provided for his relatives, and friends, but he left the bulk of his estate to charity.

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Smiles Worth Seeing A look at Palmetto Health’s dental initiative programs By: Kimberly South, Palmetto Health

A smile can warm your heart. It can give more than words can say or money can buy. But for some South Carolina residents, access to having a great smile can be far from heart-warming. Barriers such as lack of insurance, poverty, social stigmas, costs and a decreased level of oral health education are causing hundreds of adults and children to go without dental care. Poor dental health can lead to medical conditions including heart disease, pre-term labor and lowbirth weight babies. Palmetto Health is committed to collaboratively meet these needs. In the 2012 fiscal year, we spent approximately $380,000 on our dental initiatives. We are helping to put smiles on faces of those who may, in fact, need it most.

MIDLANDS DENTAL INITIATIVE In response to the rising emergency department dental visits at our hospitals, Palmetto Health recently was charged with creating a program that would redirect patients to dental homes. Unwarranted visits to emergency departments decrease available hours for more urgent patients with serious or critical conditions.

“Thank you to the people who make this clinic happen,” says one of our dental participants. “I could not have afforded to see a dentist and am so grateful that this wonderful clinic is available to those like me who have nowhere else to turn.”

CHILDREN AND ADULT DENTAL CLINIC A partnership with Community Partners of the Midlands provides comprehensive dental services to families with children who are caught in the gap of not qualifying for Medicaid. In 2012, nearly 1,200 children received free dental services. The Community Partners of the Midlands Dental Clinic also provides comprehensive dental services to uninsured and underinsured adults. In 2012, dental services were provided to 1,259 patients at no cost.

To combat this issue, the Midlands Dental Initiative was created and began referring patients in July, 2012, providing a significant advantage for everyone. The dentists are able to treat patients within their own practice and patients can be treated at a private dental office at no cost.

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First Choice by Select Health of South Carolina We help people get care, stay well and build healthy communities.

First Choice by Select Health of South Carolina is the state’s oldest and largest Medicaid health plan. Select Health began offering First Choice in 1996. Through the years, Select Health has remained true to its mission: To help people get care, stay well and build healthy communities. Our focus on preventive care, education and personal empowerment leads First Choice members to improved health and a better overall quality of life. That’s why the First Choice health plan covers important well visits, preventive tests and screenings. In addition to standard Medicaid benefits, members of First Choice receive many expanded benefits and services like health education and nurse advice and support for free. They also have access to an extensive provider network of more than 8,000 primary care physicians and specialists in all of the state’s 46 counties.

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Bright StartSM – This program is designed for pregnant women and their children. A dedicated team of nurse care managers, physicians and support staff connect First Choice members to helpful resources and services that assist women throughout their pregnancy and baby’s first year of life. We provide one-on-one care management for high-risk pregnancies. And if a baby is born prematurely and requires neonatal intensive care after birth, Bright Start staff continues to work with the families until the child’s first birthday, reminding parents of important well-child doctor’s visits and vaccination schedules. Staff also advise members and respond to any questions and concerns, especially when parents are learning to navigate the health care system with a new baby.

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In Control – When First Choice members with diabetes participate in the In Control program, they learn how to manage diabetes so they can live healthy, active lives. With the help of a Select Health nurse, they get needed care plus education about medicines, diet and testing supplies. Additionally, all First Choice members with diabetes receive a free glucose monitor.

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Breathe Easy – This program teaches First Choice members of all ages about asthma and how to control it. They learn what triggers asthma as well as how to stop an attack, control symptoms and use medicines effectively. Breathe Easy is an excellent resource for parents of children with asthma or members who are diagnosed with the disease.

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First Choice also offers a variety of specialized programs and support to address the specific needs of its members. Members enrolled in these care management programs receive tailored information to help them manage chronic illnesses and diseases. Select Health care managers and medical directors help to

support the health of First Choice members with complex medical needs through educational materials, advice and even reminders about doctor’s appointments and follow-ups.

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well-child visits for members ages 3 through 19 years. And because children are active and accidents sometimes happen, First Choice members under 21 can get a second pair of replacement eyeglasses with no co-pay if their first pair is lost or damaged.

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All First Choice members have access to: - A secure online member portal that contains their up-to-date health information - The First Choice Nurse Help Line, which is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week - Free language services available to all of its limited English proficiency members through the use of telephonic interpretation services and the availability of bilingual representatives.

First Choice is South Carolina’s hometown health plan. We strive to give our members access to quality health care while providing the encouragement and tools that make the journey to a healthy lifestyle easier and the end result empowering. To learn more, call 1.888.276.2020 or visit www.selecthealthofsc.com.

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Keeping Healthy – 10 Tips from Fred Volkman, MD, Pediatrician and Chief Medical Officer at Select Health 1. Wash your hands often using soap and water. If you can’t wash your hands, hand sanitizer is a great back-up. 2. Sneeze and cough into your elbow rather than using your hands. This way you are not transferring germs when you touch doors or other common surfaces. 3. Do not share drinks or eat off of someone else’s plate. 4. Keep up-to-date with vaccines and preventive age-related health screenings. We all should visit our primary care physician once every year. 5. Establish a relationship with a primary care physician you like and trust. 6. Participate in physical activity that increases your heart rate for at least 20 minutes each day. 7. Eat a variety of fruits and vegetables to ensure you are getting recommended nutrients. At least half of our plates should contain fruits and vegetables at each meal. 8. Drink plenty of water – stay away from sugary sodas and fruit juices. 9. Build a network of positive people including family, friends and coworkers. 10. Laugh often – enjoy all of life’s blessings.

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Obesity and Heart Disease By Lexington Medical Center

Obesity is an epidemic in South Carolina. And there are many serious health consequences, including heart disease. Lexington Medical Center is pleased to offer a complete cardiovascular care program and works to educate our community about cardiovascular disease.

Many medical studies have shown that obesity creates a larger blood volume than normal and increases the amount of resistance in blood vessels. That results in hypertension, or high blood pressure. In fact, hypertension is approximately three times more common in obese than normal-weight persons.

A person is considered obese if he or she weighs at least 20% more than the maximum healthy weight for his or her height. You can assess your weight by using the Body Mass Index (BMI). That’s a measure of body fat based on height and weight that applies for adult men and women and can be calculated using a BMI table.

Moreover, obesity induces a high secretion of insulin in the blood, which results in many changes in the body: · thickening of the vessels, which increase their rigidity, thus increasing blood pressure. · increases in cardiac output, because the secretion of adrenaline increases · induction of the reabsorption of water and salt by the kidney, which increases the blood volume and thus increases blood pressure · over-sensitivity to sodium, which is known to increase the rigidity of blood vessels

People who are overweight or obese are more likely to develop forms of heart disease including heart attack, congestive heart failure, sudden cardiac death, angina (chest pain) and abnormal heart rhythm, even if they have no other heart disease risk factors. The more overweight a person is, the more likely he or she is to develop heart disease.

In addition, people with more body fat have higher blood levels of substances that cause inflammation. Inflammation in blood vessels and throughout the body may increase the risk for heart disease.

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Patients who are overweight or obese are also more likely to have high blood pressure, diabetes, triglycerides (a type of fat found in the blood), high levels of LDL cholesterol (a fat-like substance often called “bad cholesterol”) and low levels of HDL cholesterol (“good cholesterol”). These are all risk factors for heart disease and stroke.

Overweight patients are also more likely than lean patients to develop type 2 diabetes, and the risk of developing diabetes increases as BMI increases. Fat, especially abdominal fat, may cause a condition called insulin resistance. That occurs when insulin cannot get into cells to lower the amount of glucose, or sugar, found in the blood. When the body senses that there is too much glucose in the blood, the pancreas produces more insulin, which results in high levels of both glucose and insulin in the blood. While all this insulin may eventually lower blood glucose levels to normal, it may also damage the inner linings of the arteries and trigger other changes in body chemistry that encourage heart disease.

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Together, insulin resistance and hyperinsulinemia (high blood levels of insulin) are associated with a cluster of abnormalities collectively known as metabolic syndrome. Those abnormalities include obesity, high blood pressure, high triglycerides and decreased levels of HDL (good) cholesterol. Metabolic syndrome has been shown to indicate a predisposition to diabetes and heart disease. In general, the risk of death increases as the patient’s level of obesity increases. A BMI above 32 has been associated with a doubled mortality rate among women over a 16-year period. On average, obesity reduces life expectancy by six to seven years, a BMI of 30 – 35 reduces life expectancy by two to four years, while severe obesity, a BMI>40, reduces life expectancy by 10 years.

And the dangers are not limited just to people who are extremely overweight. According to the National Institute of Health, in one

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14-year prospective study, middle-age women with a BMI>23 but <25 had a 50% increase in risk of non-fatal or fatal coronary heart disease, and men age 40 to 65 years with a BMI >25 but <29 had a 72% increased risk. The good news is that losing a small amount of weight can reduce your chances of developing heart disease or a stroke. If you are overweight, reducing your weight by 5-10% is proven to decrease your chance of developing heart disease. Small amounts of weight loss and a lower sodium diet can lead to significant reductions in blood pressure. The risk of developing type 2 diabetes also goes down with weight loss. For more information about your health, weight loss and Lexington Medical Center’s cardiovascular program, visit LexMed.com

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The years I spent at Heathwood laid the foundation for the person I’ve become as a citizen, wife, mother, and professional. My teachers took the time to get to know me as an individual with unique strengths and weaknesses. Their approach gave me confidence and comfort as I gained critical thinking skills that took my academic path to a higher level. We didn’t just learn foreign languages; we lived them in the classroom and in their countries of origin. We didn’t just read about the ancient philosophers; we held debates using their methods and theories. We didn’t simply learn about biology in a lab; we observed our lessons in their natural habitats. These methods go beyond the campus community, giving graduates the gift of conviction and curiosity. This approach gave me the skills to become a published journalist and active community volunteer. Heathwood’s emphasis on volunteer service creates an on-campus community based on kindness and acceptance. At Heathwood, diversity is an organic part of every day life rather than a talking point. Now that I have a son at Heathwood I am even more appreciative of the way teachers constantly assess the strengths of the students, using those individual strengths to create an environment where the students learn as much from each other as from their teachers. Jack rarely wants to come home at the end of the school day. It gives me comfort to see the next generation of graduates beginning their journey into an entire lifetime of learning. Sincerely, -Shani Raine Gilchrist, Class of 1997 Freelance Journalist and creator of CamilleMaurice.com

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Red Jackets in Every School By Dr. Montrio M. Belton, Sr. Educational Consultant

Renowned scholar and educator Asa Hilliard asked a very provocative question, “Do we have the will to educate all of our children?” He did not ask if we had the research, expertise, degrees or proper training. He did not probe beyond our “will?” Unfortunately, for too many children, the answer is a resounding “no.” Throughout South Carolina, black and brown children, who disproportionately represent our students receiving free and reduced lunch, continue to lag their white cohorts in graduating high school. While the inertia of South Carolina’s traditional education community simply renders innocuous debates regarding the benefits or detriments of millennium classrooms, single gender education, Montessori, Response to Intervention, Positive Behavior Intervention Support and other pedagogical approaches, the political community questions why we spend in the aggregate more than $2 billion dollars per year on education in this state and still cannot graduate a higher percentage of students. This conflict has created an unfortunate schism between the education community and our state’s political leaders. And while the adults volley their ideological differences, a steady stream of minority and poor students continue to leave high school without a diploma.

There is little question that a high school diploma is the currency to middle class attainment and social mobility. Recent studies have indicated that nearly two-thirds of tomorrow’s jobs will require a post high school education. So, despite the diametrically opposing views of our leaders, one organization seems to be the beacon of light for communities and schools searching for answers to this perplexing high school dropout problem. City Year is in its 20th year in South Carolina has demonstrated a steady success rate of assisting students to overcome the obstacles that prevent them from graduating high school: poor attendance, unsatisfactory behavior, and failure of math and English courses. City Year’s research-based, whole-school reform model recognizes that these vulnerable students not only need integrated services throughout the school day but after hours. Supported by AmeriCorps, local school districts, and private donations, City Year is able to provide seamless support services to these students during the school day and close connections with students once they return to their respective communities.

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On a recent afternoon, I spent several hours at a local urban high school. Though I was there for another purpose, I was continually attracted to the famous “red jackets.” Yes, the red jacket that has been worn by U.S. President and Presidential candidates. I had become aware of City Year when I served the state as the Director of School Transformation and was asked to join its Board when I left the State Department. I accepted the invitation to the board because of my experience and interest as a career educator and my belief that City Year has the proverbial “will.” An objective review of data indicates why City Year has become an integral part of the nation’s educational landscape and a leader in high school dropout prevention. Watching these recent college, and in some cases, high school graduates interact with students, reminded me of the possibilities that exist in all of our students. It was obvious that these staffers were there for a purpose, and despite the challenges, they were destined to fulfill their obligation: To give a year and change the world. Most impressive was what they lacked in degrees, educational training, and pedigrees, they more than compensated for in their seriousness and the obvious grasp they had on the premise that relationships with students are most important. It was obvious a static educational environment or toxic political arena had not tainted them. They had no agenda other than to ensure they positively impacted each life they touched. While we are debating, they are doing what we know works. As I left the school later that afternoon, I could not help but think of the debates that have taken place in South Carolina recently. Some of our most talented educational leaders and prominent political leaders cannot come to a consensus on how to best serve our students; yet, I had just witnessed kids barely in their 20’s leading students to a brighter future. Maybe, just maybe, some of my colleagues in education and others that serve our great state in the political arena will spend a day with a City Year staffer. If so, traditional educators will discover that it does not take unlimited financial resources, and political leaders will discover that the government has some responsibility to support initiatives that are proving to be successful. The red jackets may be the link to a successful public-private partnership and part of the cure to our dismal high graduation rate.

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Heather Siegfried, Recruitment and Operations Manager Heather develops the strategic plans for Recruitment and Admissions, as well as implements and delivers them. She monitors administrative compliance on federal contracts and relevant sensitive issues and initiatives that include cross-functional, organizational, and community dimensions. Heather is also responsible for building and sustaining an effective support structure for the day to day operations of the organization. City Year found Heather in 2008 when she was working as a Special Projects Coordinator for the SC Department of Revenue. Heather has been with City Year Columbia for the past five years and has served as a corps member ‘08-‘09, a Senior Corp member ‘09-‘10, the Service and Events and Young Heroes Program Manager ’10-’12, and serves now as the Recruitment and Operations Manager. Heather serves because of her belief that young people can, and will, change the world by making better happen in the lives of children. She has held a number of leadership positions including serving as a member of the Young Leaders Society and Omicron Delta Kappa, and as a member on the Executive Steering Committee for the Richland County Community Coalition. Heather received the City Year Pride Award during her corps year for powerfully representing City Year and using every opportunity to educate others about the corps, service, and its values. She was also very active in college and received numerous recognitions including the Savory Award, which is the highest honor a student can receive during their time there. She is involved with the Annual Neighborhood Leadership Summit serving on the planning committee, she mentors former students that she worked with as a corps member, and coordinates quarterly service projects with Young Heroes alumni. In her spare time, she runs her own Mary Kay business as a Mary Kay Independent Beauty Consultant. Heather is a graduate of Columbia College with a B.A. in Accounting and a minor in Communication.

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Alice Curtin supports the Corps Members of City Year Columbia in five schools in Richland One and Lexington Four School Districts. Her primary role is to ensure quality data driven service to the schools we serve. Alice Curtin came to City Year from Achievement First in New York City in July, 2011. “I serve because I love to see students’ excitement when they have that “Aha” moment,” said Alice Curtin. She began her education career as a Teach For America Teacher in Brooklyn, New York, where she taught for four years and ran the afterschool program. Alice Curtin graduated from the University of South Carolina with a BA in Business and received her Master’s in Teaching from the College of Charleston.

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Ashley London, Program Manager Ashley London is an Atlanta, Georgia native and a graduate of Georgia Southern University with a B.A. in Public Relations. During her time as an undergrad she was actively involved in community service and mentoring. Ashley held a position as the Vice President of Communications for the local Habitat for Humanity organization and served as a Big Sister in the Big Brother/Big Sister program. Ashley joined City Year Columbia as a corps member in the 2010-2011 corps year. She was a member of the Whole School Whole Child team at Sandel Elementary and returned for a senior corps year as a Team Leader at W.A.Perry Middle School. She currently serves as a Program Manager at Sandhills Elementary School where she is responsible for developing a positive partnership between the school and City Year. Ashley’s personal leadership mission is to always strive for Level 5 Leadership personally and professionally. She serves her community with an open heart and an open mind.

Damond Ford, Program Manager Damond leads as a Program Manager of City Year Columbia’s “In School & On Track” Initiative. He supervises and develops eleven Corps Members through performance management which includes observations and coaching for performance improvement, bi-weekly 1-on-1 meetings, mid-year and end-of-year reviews. He also coaches Corps Members to meet performance standards for service excellence, service goals and inspirational standards that are expected of all City Year members. He supports Corps Member training and professional development through established training and development tracks and identify additional team training and development needs. Damond came to City Year Columbia from City Year New Hampshire in 2012. He served as a Corps Member in New Hampshire from 2009-2011. He was awarded The Eli J. Segal Bridge Builder Award in 2011 as the Corps Member of the Year. Damond is a graduate of Elmira College with a B.A. in Criminal Justice. “I serve because the city of Columbia, the state of South Carolina, the United States and the world needs idealist leaders like me.”

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professionals and offer quality products and services.

Syrita Frinks Sun City Events & Entertainment

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Syrita Frinks was born and raised in South Carolina, where she graduated third in her class at Low Country Academy in Charleston, SC in 1994. Syrita has over 20 years of experience in office management, specializing in payroll and scheduling. Her unmatched skills in problem solving, data entry, communication, and record keeping are essential to all aspects of Sun City Events & Entertainment (SCEE). Syrita, a sought after workshop facilitator by non-profits and corporations, conducts workshops in the areas of customer service, safety strategies, and Internet safety for all age groups. Among her responsibilities at Sun City Events & Entertainment, which assists the Thomas Media Group, is the management of the registration, scoring, and notification systems for the Black Expo Gospel Showcase that awards over $200,000 in cash prizes through its annual gospel competition. Syrita has received several awards for providing excellent service and care in the areas of human resources, customer service, charity, and volunteerism, as well as being awarded Dispatcher of the Year in Henry County, GA as a 911 Dispatcher. Her skill set includes human resources management, customer service, and emergency services. In 2004, after accepting a position with iKobo, in Atlanta, GA, she worked her way up from customer service representative to call center director. She accomplished this in a short two-year period and remained with the company until it was bought out in 2008. Syrita then decided to go into business with her mother, Brenda Frinks and brother, Javan Frinks, as the vice president of administration at Sun City Events & Entertainment in Jacksonville Beach, Florida. Ms. Frinks has always held the arts in high regard, and as such, has an interest in all areas of art. She has a true appreciation for teaching, sharing her knowledge with people of all ages and delights in seeing others enjoy life and learn new things. Syrita enjoys reading, traveling, and playing with her two dogs Michael (Jack Russell Terrier) and Tristan (Western White Terrier). Her motto is "Every day is a bonus,” a saying that she learned from her late uncle, Ernest L. Strother. She can be reached at: Sun City Events & Entertainment Phone: 904-924-7444 or Email: eventsbysuncity@gmail.com

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Yolanda Simone Arrington Posh Spa’lon Yolanda Simone Arrington has been a fashionista from birth. She has had a love & passion for clothes, make-up, & hair. As a little girl playing with Barbie’s she always dreamed of owning her own day spa. Growing up she spent her Saturdays & summers assisting her family in their salons, watching & learning all she could. In high school she began styling her classmates hair in her bedroom. Upon graduating from Spring Valley High School she began her plan in setting the stage for her Cosmetology profession. In 1998 she graduated from Kenneth Shuler School of Cosmetology. In 2001 she graduated from Southeastern School of Neuromuscular & Massage Therapy. In 2006 she earned her LPN degree & licensure & became an Independent Beauty Consultant for Mary Kay Cosmetics . In 2013 she completed her Methods of Teaching training through ACE Academy & became a Licensed Cosmetology Instructor. Yolanda strives to not only succeed but excel in everything she puts her mind to. Yolanda is known to her family & friends as “a jack of all trades”. After 11 years of working under her mentor & fellow cosmetologist Tonique Brown @ N’Elegance 2000 Salon in June 2011 she was able to open POSH Spa’lon in the NE area of Columbia. In February 2013 she was able to make her childhood dream a reality relocating POSH to a fully operational day spa. Posh Spa’lon is a relaxing, upscale atmosphere that offers a myriad of salon & spa services such as hair styling, massages, facials, waxing, make-up application, natural nail manicures, pedicures, & more to men & women of all cultural backgrounds. Yolanda & her “Glam Squad” keep up with the latest trends & cutting edge techniques by attending taking numerous trainings, hair shows, & continuing education associated in health & beauty. Yolanda has a bubbly & humorous personality, she believes in making her clients visits personal & enjoyable. Yolanda also provides affordable prices & packages to show her appreciation to her loyal patrons. At 3700 sq. ft, located @ 1216 Broad River Rd. , POSH can accommodate private spa parties, bridal showers, Humpday Wednesday pick me ups, T.G.I.F wind downs, & more. Yolanda is a member of First Nazereth Baptist church & has a strong spiritual base. She is the wife of Marion Jenkins, & mother of the light of her life, Madison. Her motto she lives by is “MILLIONAIREBY40” so stay tuned for her up & coming project …..its RED HOT!!!

Anthony Hargrave

Signs by Tomorrow Signs By Tomorrow (SBT)-Columbia Northeast is owned and operated by Anthony and Lekita Hargrave. SBT is an imaging service provider that offers graphics, signage and displays. They work closely with local businesses to ensure that image and communications are effective and creative in all areas from corporate interiors to event signs. Signs By Tomorrow of Columbia Northeast has an outstanding reputation in the community for providing the highest quality products and an exceptional customer experience. According to Mr. Hargrave, “Our mission is to develop solutions that help businesses effectively market their brands. We strive to serve our clients in ways that exceed their expectations.” Mr. Hargrave has more than 15 years experience in business development, sales and marketing. He holds a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from Howard University and has served on the board of directors for Communities in Schools of the Midlands and University of South Carolina Technology Support & Training Management. He is also a member Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Incorporated. Also an engineering graduate from Howard University, Mrs. Hargrave is a project manager with experience in communications, technology and higher education markets. She is a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated. For more information on Signs By Tomorrow, please visit website www.signsbytomorrow.com/columbiane/ad , call 803-4620433, or visit them at 7364 Two Notch Road, Columbia, SC 29223.

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Donnell Brown Dickey's Barbecue Pit Dickey’s Barbecue Pit was founded in 1941 in Dallas, Texas. The company started franchising in 1999. Today Dickey’s Barbecue is the largest barbecue chain in the U.S. Dickey’s Barbecue of Columbia opened June 8, 2012 and is owned by Donnell Brown. For the last 70 plus years, Dickey’s has been offering a quality selection of signature meats, home style sides, and tangy barbecue sauces. All meats are seasoned and slow smoked everyday on-site in each restaurant. Our menu include Ribs, Pulled Pork, Beef Brisket, Marinated Chicken Breast, Turkey Breast, Polish Sausage, Mac and Cheese, Cole Slaw, Barbecue Beans, Baked Potato Casserole, Fried Okra, Green Beans, and Seasoned Waffle Iron Fries. Monday thru Saturday Dickey’s Barbecue offer a $7.99 daily special which include a sandwich or meat plate with 2 sides and a large drink. On Sunday kids under 12 eat free from our kids menu with one adult meal purchase. Everyday our dine-in customers are treated to free soft serve ice cream. If you are feeding a large group, check out our Picnic Pack, Family Packs or Extra Large Family Packs. We also cater. No job is too small or too large, Dickeys offers a delivery buffet or full service catering. Dickey’s Barbecue Pit is located at 10136 Two Notch Road, Unite 100-B Columbia, SC 29220, next to Kroger in Sparkleberry Plaza. Our phone number is (803) 699-0727. Check us out at www.dickeys.com or our Facebook page at Dickey’s Barbecue PitColumbia, SC

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Kevin is a 1990 honor graduate of C. A. Johnson High School. In 1991 Kevin pledged Kappa Alpha Psi, Fraternity, and Inc. where in 1992 he was also a founding charter member of the Xi Pi Chapter at Newberry College. In 1994 he received his Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from Newberry College. After graduating college he immediately started his career in the banking and finance industry as a Branch Manager. After working his way up to Corporate Director of Finance life in itself brought Kevin back to Columbia. Since returning to South Carolina he became active in the Columbia Alumni Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi where he is a member of several different committees. Kevin has served as President of the Parent Organization for Center for Learning, Inc. for 3 years. In his spare time, Kevin enjoys spending time with his daughter Elise, family and friends.

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Tips For Avoiding Foreclosure.....................................................................................................Jil Littlejohn Urban League of The Upstate, Inc.

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Mis-Education of Americans and St. Augustine’s Black Heritage Trail by Derek Boyd Hankerson, Managing Partner Freedom Road/St. Augustine’s Black Heritage Trails 904-377-3465 • www.freedomroadtrail.org

n 1933, the father of African-American history,

we celebrate 500 years of Florida’s History in 2013.

Dr. Carter G. Woodson, penned a book entitled, Mis-Education of the Negro. The book itself was

confederate nation was started by six Native American nations from upstate New York. This form

One prime oversight or deliberate omission in

of government was the basis of the Articles of

interesting literature, and within its pages were

history textbooks is it excludes the presence of free

Confederation, the Declaration of Independence, and

lessons of a people mis-educated to think they were

blacks on Spanish expeditions or in the militia that

our American government today. The Native

inferior based solely on the color of their skin.

protected St. Augustine from the British dating back

American confederate nations lived under their own

to the 1693 and again in 1738.

rules for hundreds of years before European

Today, we need a revised version of that book

immigrants arrived.

entitled, The Mis-Education of Americans, which

The Underground Railroad is also a prime disparity.

would not deal with bias based on skin color, but on

Our current history textbooks start with the

Let us remember and re-educate ourselves, the

the inaccurate “liberal” history projected in public

Underground Railroad heading north to Ohio,

people who made this nation, and who made it

schools and universities throughout the United

Pennsylvania, and Canada. Granted, the railroad did

great. Let us re-educate ourselves and our nation,

States. Unlike The Mis-Education of the Negro, this

lead north, but that was over a hundred years after it

not to dilute our rich heritage, but to give credit

new book would emphasize how the winners write

ran south to Spanish Florida, which welcomed

where credit is due, and to enjoy our diverse and

the history, and in so doing, mis-represent the truth,

runaway slaves to freedom.

multi-ethnic past, present, and future.

denigrating the South, Native Americans, AfricanAmericans, and the Hispanic/ Spanish history of

Our school books leave out the black heroes of the

America.

American Revolution, the Seminole Wars, as well as the Civil War—on both sides. Currently, we are taught that the Confederates were the Caucasian guys

more history than is discussed in college lectures or

in gray, and the Union were the Caucasian guys in

grade school textbooks. It is a history that includes

blue who fought to “free the slaves.” While slavery

the role of free blacks in Florida, an Underground

was an issue during the “War Between the States” it

Railroad heading south to St. Augustine in the 16t

was very much secondary to the issues of tariffs,

and 17th century and before it ran north. The Mis-

lower taxes, and states’ rights. Like Florida’s motto

Education of Americans would be about how our

“In God We Trust,” which dates back to 1868, and it

education system has failed to teach an accurate and

too is a states rights issues.

America has a rich and long multicultural history,

complete history of the country in which we live, and how we in Florida need to be catalysts to bring

And black men served valiantly in both armies of the

Spanish Florida’s story to the national curriculum as

Civil War In actuality, the confederacy and the

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Social Security Online Claims and Services: A Safe and Convenient Way To Do Business by: By Chris Jenkins, Public Affairs Specialist, Social Security Administration

According to a recent survey, Social Security’s online retirement benefit application once again ranked at the top of all Federal government websites in customer satisfaction. Millions of people have taken advantage of this by simply clicking www.socialsecurity.gov. Here are some of the services available online:

Apply for benefits and Medicare. You can apply for Social Security retirement, spouse, disability benefits, and Medicare over the Internet. If you are applying for disability benefits, you will need to complete the disability report, which is also available online. Disability appeals claims can be filed online too. After filing, you can check online for the status of the application. Documents will be signed electronically. Personalized Retirement Estimator. This tool allows you to get an immediate and personalized estimate of your potential Social Security retirement benefit. If the information you enter matches our records it is combined with other information, including your yearly earnings, to provide a quick and reliable online benefit estimate. The Retirement Estimator allows you to compare different retirement options by

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changing your “stop work” dates or expected earnings. To protect your privacy, only your benefit estimate is provided. Help with Medicare Extra Prescription Drug Cost. If you are eligible for Medicare and Medicare Part D (prescription drug coverage), you may also be able to receive ‘extrahelp’ in paying for the monthly premium, deductibles, and copayment. This is available for people who have limited income and resources. Business Services Online (BSO). Registered users may request, activate and access various BSO services and functions such as verifying Social Security numbers and names of employees, sending W2 and W2c forms to Social Security and more. Social Security Statement Online. You can get your Social Security Statement online. It provides: Estimates of the retirement and disability benefits you may receive; A list of your lifetime earnings according to Social Security’s records; General information about Social Security for everyone; The opportunity to apply online for retirement and disability benefits; and A printable version of your Social Security Statement.

To get your Statement online, you must first create a ‘my Social Security’ account with us. Once you have an account, you can view your Social Security Statement at any time. To create an account, you must provide some personal information about yourself and give us answers to some questions that only you are likely to know. Next, you create a username and password that you will use to access your online account. This process protects you and keeps your personal Social Security information private. Also online you can find the nearest Social Security office, change your address, phone number, or direct deposit information, and much more. So whatever your business needs with Social Security maybe you can save a trip to the local office by checking out our website at www.socialsecurity.gov. Feel free to contact us at 1 (800) 7721213 between the hours of 7 am and 7 pm Monday through Friday for help and information.

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Tips For Avoiding Foreclosure by Jil Littlejohn, President & CEO Urban League of The Upstate, Inc.

If you are unable to make your mortgage payment:

1. Don't ignore the problem. The further behind you become, the harder it will be to reinstate your loan and the more likely that you will lose your house.

2. Contact your lender as soon as you realize that you have a problem. Lenders do not want your house. They have options to help borrowers through difficult financial times.

3. Open and respond to all mail from your lender. The first notices you receive will offer good information about foreclosure prevention options that can help you weather financial problems. Later mail may include important notices of pending legal action. Your failure to open the mail will not be an excuse in foreclosure court.

4. Know your mortgage rights.

9. Avoid foreclosure prevention companies.

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) funds free or very low-cost housing counseling nationwide. Housing counselors can help you understand the law and your options, organize your finances and represent you in negotiations with your lender, if you need this assistance. Find a HUD-approved housing counselor near you or call (800) 569-4287 or TTY (800) 8778339.

You don't need to pay fees for foreclosure prevention help--use that money to pay the mortgage instead. Many for-profit companies will contact you promising to negotiate with your lender. While these may be legitimate businesses, they will charge you a hefty fee (often two or three month's mortgage payment) for information and services your lender or a HUD-approved housing counselor will provide free if you contact them.

7. Prioritize your spending. After healthcare, keeping your house should be your first priority. Review your finances and see where you can cut spending in order to make your mortgage payment. Look for optional expenses-cable TV, memberships, entertainment--that you can eliminate. Delay payments on credit cards and other "unsecured" debt until you have paid your mortgage.

8. Use your assets. Do you have assets--a second car, jewelry, a whole life insurance policy--that you can sell for cash to help reinstate your loan? Can anyone in your household get an extra job to bring in additional income? Even if these efforts don't significantly increase your available cash or your income, they demonstrate to your lender that you are willing to make sacrifices to keep your home.

10. Don't lose your house to foreclosure recovery scams! If any firm claims they can stop your foreclosure immediately and if you sign a document appointing them to act on your behalf, you may well be signing over the title to your property and becoming a renter in your own home! Never sign a legal document without reading and understanding all the terms and getting professional advice from an attorney, a trusted real estate professional or a HUD-approved housing counselor.

Find your loan documents and read them so you know what your lender may do if you can't make your payments. Learn about the foreclosure laws and timeframes in your state (as every state is different) by contacting the State Government Housing Office.

6. Contact a HUD-approved housing counselor.

5. Understand foreclosure prevention options. Valuable information about foreclosure prevention (also called loss mitigation) options can be found online. www.blackpagessouth.com

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Managing Your Investments In Retirement By Marion Hanna Insurance Agency Inc - State Farm

Saving for retirement is a huge financial

help people save for retirement, and they may

economic risks and the risk of currency

responsibility, and it does not end when you

make sense for many people after retirement.

fluctuations. Bonds are subject to interest

turn in your notice to your employer. You will

That’s because in the long run, stock funds

rate risk and may decline in value due to an

need to continue to invest your money to

are better at outperforming inflation than

increase in interest rates. The S&P 500®

meet your changing needs in retirement.

bond funds are. Because the prices of the

Index tracks the common stock performance

things you buy are likely to go up while you

of 500 large U.S. companies.

The money you’ve saved will need to last a

are retired, you’ll want your income to go up,

while. The National Center for Health

too. Incorporating investments that have the

Statistics reports that a man who turned 65 in

potential for capital appreciation into your

2009 was expected to live another 17.3 years,

post-retirement portfolio can help your

to just over age 82. A woman who turned 65

overall portfolio keep pace with inflation.

in 2009 would be expected to live another

Keep in mind; all types of investing involve

20.0 years, to age 85.

risk, including potential for loss.

In retirement, your financial needs may

Because investing is a lifelong pursuit, you’ll

change. Most retirees want their money to

want to learn as much as you can so that you

last throughout their lives, to keep pace with

can adapt your investments to your changing

inflation, and to support their current

life needs. Whether you are currently retired

spending needs.

or just hope to be some day, your investments will need your care and attention.

Bond funds are one choice for many retirees because they are managed to generate regular income payments. This money can be

Investing involves risk, including potential for

used to help fund your retirement spending

loss.

needs. Bonds generally have less risk than stocks, although they do have some risk.

Diversification and asset allocation do not assure a profit or protect against loss.

Stock funds are designed for long-term

Foreign investments involve greater risks than

capital appreciation. These are often used to

U.S. investments, including political and

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Tips for Having a Great Vacation by William and Marion Chapman — Chapmans Travel 706-860-9872 • FTA-Vacations.com/chapmanstravel

hen you think of the word, travel, you think of exciting places to go and of getting away from your everyday stress and problems. If you have a family and you want to take your children with you, there are several things to remember to make your trip a memorable one for everyone.

First, decide if you want to book your vacation online or you want help from a traditional “brick and mortar” travel agency. When you use an on-line travel agency, you have many tools at your fingertips. Much of the research has already been done and some of the best deals are available for you. Once you have decided how you want to book your vacation, there are some tips that can make your vacation less hectic. First, you must pack right. Do not over pack.

It doesn’t matter if you are traveling as a family, an individual, or a couple, you should start out on time. Do not wait until the last minute to leave. If you are

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Once you have arrived at your vacation destination, leave the worries about home and the job behind. Do not drag along work to do. You need time to relax and enjoy the free time that you have. Take advantage of the sports activities and other amenities that are available at well known resorts such as the Jacuzzi, saunas, steam rooms, massages, the swimming pool, and the beach, if your vacation is at a beach resort. If you are at a beach resort, plan to rent one of the beach cabanas so that you and your family can be comfortable and have some privacy. If your vacation is not at the beach, take advantage of all the amenities at your vacation destination.

excellent for Family Reunions, High School and College Class Reunions, Church Workshops, and Marriage Anniversary celebrations for the 25th or 50th wedding anniversaries. Finally, no matter where or how you go on your vacation, you need to be flexible and not let unexpected situations ruin your vacation. When you are on vacation, enjoy yourself, relax and be patient. After all, not being stressed out is what a vacation is all about. Have a restful and rewarding vacation. Visit us at: FTA-Vacations.com/chapmanstravel

One of the best vacations that you can take is to go on a cruise. Everything is provided for you on the cruise. Your sleeping quarters are on the ship, and when you leave the ship to visit one of the exciting ports such as St. Thomas in the Virgin Islands or San Juan, Puerto Rico, you don’t have to worry about getting a room. All you have to do is to explore the place and enjoy what it has to offer. There is plenty of food at different times of the day or night on the ship, and there also is great entertainment. If you bring your children, activities are planned for them for most of the day. This frees you up to enjoy yourself and to get the rest you need. Cruises are

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Pack only enough clothes for you to wear everyday, because most airlines charge for checked baggage. However, there are other things that you need to take with you if you have children. It is good to pack a first aid kit with band-aids, an antiseptic of some kind, aspirin, and stomach medicine. Some time, drug stores are not readily available. Be sure that your toiletries and other items are in airline specific containers.

leaving from an airport, you need to get there about 2 hours before your actual departure time so you can get checked in, check your baggage, go through security, and find your departure gate.

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VISION AND MANAGEMENT – KEYS TO SUCCESS Sanford Loyd CPA, PC 793 Broad St. Ste. 603 706-722-6105

ision and management, one without the other does not get you very far. These can be mutually exclusive acts that need each other to accomplish real success. Let me begin with a definition of each. Vision: “the act or power of anticipating that which will or may come to be.” Management: “the act of getting people together to accomplish desired goals and objectives using available resources efficiently and effectively.”

Vision is not accomplished with the completion of a mission statement or stated objectives of a business. Vision is seeing things as they should or will be. Remember, things will not always be what they should be. The visionary can tell the difference between the two. A different course of action is required for each. Vision requires the time and space to view things without being constantly submerged in the day to day operation of everything. You cannot be the Chief and Indian at the same time and accomplish either efficiently and effectively. Seeing things as they should be requires setting a course that may have the impact of changing somebody else as well as yourself. The impact of change requires creating a new mindset, showing the benefits of the change, and creating a desire for the change or at least a willingness to attempt the change. Seeing things as they should be also requires different resources to affect change. Vision allows anticipation of the challenges that will arise. Seeing things which will be requires a course that prepares for the future. You will have to adjust current activity to reflect the things to come. You www.blackpagessouth.com

adjust yourself for tomorrow. Vision is required to be the best leader. If you are bogged down in having to perform day to day operations, you become consumed with managing. All of your energy is expended in the now. Vision is not restricted to the now; it is by definition futuristic. Being bogged down in having to perform day to day operations is a condition often associated with small and/or under funded businesses. When you cannot find the time to dream and let the dream be the job, you are in trouble in the long-term and/or short-term. Management plans, organizes and implements desired goals and objectives. While it is important to see and understand the big picture, management cannot spend too much time in the dream. Management is tasked with making the dream become reality. And management has to use available resources efficiently and effectively. It is the necessary Indian. A list composed by Warren Bennis in his book “On Becoming a Leader” accurately states the differences between a visionary/leader and a manager/leader: The manager administers; the leader innovates.

The manager relies on control; the leader inspires trust. The manager has a short-range view; the leader has a long-range perspective. The manager asks how and when; the leader asks what and why. The manager has his or her eye always on the bottom line; the leader’s eye is on the horizon. The manager imitates; the leader originates. The manager accepts the status quo; the leader challenges it. The manager is the classic good soldier; the leader is his or her own person. The manager does things right; the leader does the right thing. Your business may survive with you being a parttime visionary and a part-time manager. But real success requires full time vision and full time management. VISION AND MANAGEMENT ARE THE KEYS TO SUCCESS.

The manager is a copy; the leader is the original. The manager maintains; the leader develops. The manager focuses on systems and structure; the leader focuses on people. Columbia Midlands Edition

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South Carolina Legislative Black Caucus

Rep.Terry Alexander District No. 59

Rep. Karl B. Allen District No. 25

Rep. Carl L. Anderson District No.103

Rep. Curtis Brantley District No.122

Chandra E. Dillard District No. 23

Rep. Robert L. Brown District No. 116

Florence; Marion Committee(s): Medical; Military; Public and Municipal Affairs D 314C Blatt Building (803) 734-3004

Greenville Committee(s): Judiciary D 330B Blatt Building (803) 734-3006

Georgetown, Williamsburg Committee(s): Labor; Commerce and Industry D 304A Blatt Building (803) 734-2933

Beaufort; Hampton; Jasper Committee(s): Medical; Military; Public and Municipal Affairs D 314D Blatt Building (803) 734-2965

Greenville Committee(s): Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs (864) 284-2503

Public and Agriculture; Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs; Municipal Affairs

Rep. GildaCobb Hunter

Rep. Jerry N. Govan, Jr. Rep. Christopher R. Hart Rep. Kenneth Hodges

District No. 65

District No. 95

District No. 73

District No.121

Orangeburg Committee(s): Ways and Means D 309C Blatt Building (803) 734-2809

Orangeburg Committee(s): Eduacation and Public Works D 404B Blatt Building (803) 734-2809

Richland Committee(s): Medical; Military Public and Municipal Affairs D 309C Blatt Building (803) 734-2809

Beaufort, Colleton Committee(s): Agriculture; Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs D 434A Blatt Building (803) 734-3062

Charleston; Colleton Committee(s):

D 330D Blatt Building (803) 734-3170

Rep. William “Bill” Clyburn District No. 82 Aiken; Edgefield Committee(s): Ways and Means D 416D Blatt Building (803) 734-3033

Rep. Lonnie Hosey District No. 91

Rep. Leon Howard District No. 76

Rep. Joseph Jefferson, Jr. District No. 102

Allendale; Barnwell D 404A Blatt Building (803) 734-2829

Richland Committee(s): Medical; Military; Public and Municipal Affairs (Chm.) D 425 Blatt Building (803) 734-3064

Berkeley Committee(s): Medical; Military; Public and Municipal Affairs D 304D Blatt Building (803) 734-2936

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Rep. Mia Butler Garrick District No. 79

Rep. David J. Mack, III Rep. Harold Mitchell, Jr. Rep. Wendell Gilliard Rep. Joseph H. Neal District No. 31 District No. 101 District No. 111 District No. 70

Richland Committee(s): Ethics Committee, Education Committee, Contracts and Procurement Committee 335D Blatt Building 803-212-6794

Charleston Committee(s): Labor; Commerce and Industry D 328D Blatt Building (803) 734-3192

Rep. Kevin Johnson Rep. Joseph A. "Joe" McEachern District No. 64 Clarendon and Williamsburg District No. 77 Counties Committee(s): Economic Development Committee, Rural Initiatives Committee 422A Blatt Building 803-212-6929

Richland Committee(s) Ethics (Treas); Judiciary D 530C (803) 734-2963

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Spartanburg Committee(s): Agriculture; Natural Resources and Environment Affairs D 328D Blatt Building (803) 734-2986

Rep. J. Anne Parks District No. 12

Rep. J. Todd Rutherford Richland Committee(s): Judiciary D 432B Blatt Building (803) 734-9441

District No. 74

Charleston Committee(s): Economic Development Committee, Rural Initiatives Committee 328A Blatt Building 803-212-6793

Richland, Sumter Committee(s): Rules; Ways and Means D 309B Blatt Building (803) 734-2804

Greenwood,McCormick Committee(s): Medical; Military; Public and Municipal Affairs (1st V.C.) D 309B Blatt Buildng (803) 734-2804

Rep. Bakari T. Sellers District No. 90

Rep. J. David Weeks District No. 51

Rep. J. Seth Whipper District No. 113

Rep. Robert Q. Williams District No. 62

Bamberg, Barnwell, Orangeburg Committee(s) Medical; Military; Public and Municipal Affairs D 314A (803) 734-3003

Sumter Committee(s) Judiciary D 330C Blatt Building (803) 734-3059

Charleston Committee(s) Judiciary D 328A Blatt Buiding (803) 734-3191

Darlington, Florence Committee(s): Medical; Military; Public and Municipal Affairs D 309D Blatt Building (803) 734-3142

Rep. John R. King, Secretary District No. 49 York Committee(s): Executive Committee, Roundtable Committee, Student Intern Program, Education Committee, Religious and Ministerial Committee 328B Blatt Building 803-212-6873

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Sen. John L. Scott, Jr. District No. 19 Richland D 612 Gressette Building (803) 212-6048

Sen. Karl Allen District No. 7

Sen. Robert Ford District No. 42

Sen. Darrell Jackson District No. 21

Sen. Gerald Malloy District No. 29

Greenville Committee(s): Corrections Corrections and Penology; Education Judiciary Medical Affairs; Rules D 502 Gressette Building (803) 212-6108

Charleston Committee(s): Corrections and Penology General Invitations; Judiciary Labor Commerce and Industry Medical Affairs D 506 Gressette Building (803) 212-6124

Richland Committee(s): Banking and Insurance; Education; Judiciary; Medical Affairs Rules D 612 Gressette Building (803) 212-6048

Chesterfield; Darlington; Lee; Marlboro Committee(s): Banking and Insurance; Judiciary; Labor; Commerce and Industry; Rules; Transportation Rules D 512 Gressette Building (803) 212-6148

Sen. John W. Mathews, Jr. District No. 39

Sen. Floyd Nicholson District No. 10

Sen. Clementa C. Pinckney District No. 45

Sen. Kent M. Williams District No. 30

Bamberg, Colleton, Dorchester, Hampton, Orangeburg Committee(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources; Banking and Insurance; Education; Ethics; Finance Rules

Abbeville, Greenwood, Laurens Committee(s): Correction and Penology; Judiciary Labor; Commerce and Industry; Medical Affairs Rules (864) 388-8289

Beaufort; Charleston; Colleton, Hampton, Jasper Committee(s): Banking and Insurance Corrections and Penology Finance; Medical Affairs; Transportation D 613 Gressette Building (803) 212-6056

Dillon; Florence; Marion; Marlboro Committee(s): Agriculture and Natural Resources; Corrections and Penology; General; Judiciary D 602 Gressette Building (803) 212-6008

(803) 829-2383(H)

Rep. Ronnie A. Sabb, Parliamentarian District No. 101 Williamsburg Committee(s): Executive Committee, Ethics Committee, Nominations and Appointments Committee, Contracts & Procurement Committee 432A Blatt Building 803-212-6926

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BizCamp Black Pages Healthy, Wealthy and Wise

“Thomas Media Group is proud to support future entrepreneurs with it’s annual Black Pages USA summer Bizcamp in conjunction with Richland District Two and Yes Carolina” “This 3 week summer program targets 6th graders who have an interest in becoming entrepreneurs”

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Secrets that the bank's lawyer does not want you to know. by: Attorney Sheldon J. Vann Law Offices Of Sheldon J. Vann, Esquire

Due to the surprisingly high interest and request for additional information because of our article titled “Foreclosure 101, Knowledge is Power!” in last year’s Black Pages, we decided to forgo our article ‘Puff daddy, P. Diddy or Dirty Money ……do we really care if you change your name again?” As much as I wanted to write about Puffy , I decided to write another article on foreclosure defense. We hope we can educate you because really and truly knowledge is power!

What the bank's lawyer does not want you to know! As insurance and foreclosure litigators who are in Court just about every day to keep the roof over our clients heads and prevent our clients homes from being sold out from under them, I wanted to share the view from the front lines from our battles with the banks in courtrooms in Jacksonville, Clay, Nassau and surrounding counties and across the great state of Florida. The banks and lawyers they hire would like the homeowners to believe that bank’s case is easy. Many of our clients have asked:

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In short there are plenty of things for a lawyer to do when defending a homeowner in foreclosure. Some homeowners decide to file a simple answer denying the allegations in the lenders complaint. Filing a simple answer will avoid a default but foreclosure defense litigation is much, much more then filing an answer. Sadly some “foreclosure defense” lawyers do little more filing a simple answer with lawyers bar number on it. Twenty years ago it was very easy for the banks lawyers. Twenty years ago all the banks lawyer had to do was fill out forms. In days of old a homeowner had to put 20% down to purchase a home. If a home owner put 20% on a $200,000 house they would have to put $40,000.00 of their own money down at the time of the sale. Over the next few years the house might appreciate to $215,000 and the homeowner might pay off $5,000 to $10,000 of the debt. As such three to four years after buying the home the homeowner would have $60,000 to $65,000.00 in equity. Let us consider what would happen if this homeowner lost their job or was hospitalized and missed four

mortgage payments. If the bank brought a foreclosure action, the homeowner with substantial equity would do one of the following: (1) Borrow money from a family member, credit cards, or a loan shark to pay the four missed payments, interest, late fees, attorney’s fees & costs, and obtain a dismissal by bringing the account current. (2) Sell the house at a significant profit (around $215,000) and use the sales proceeds to pay off the full loan balance. (3) Refinance the house, and payoff the original mortgage with the loan proceeds. Whether the homeowner brought the account current, sold the house, or refinanced the bank got paid in full. After the bank and the bank’s lawyer received their principal, interest, late fees, attorney’s fees and costs, the case was dismissed. The bank’s lawyer only needed to fill out the forms and every homeowner with equity would capitulate and pay whatever the bank says was due. Since the law firms representing the banks mostly just filled out forms at many of these firms paralegals were hired to fill out most of the forms. The lawyers at many of these firms did not have to litigate very often and thus while they were very good at filling out forms many of them rarely got a chance to develop litigation skills in evidence and civil procedure. Today most homeowners facing foreclosure never hire a lawyer. CNN did a story about what happens to several Florida resident homeowners who go to court without a lawyer. Here is a link to a video segment about this on CNN. Columbia Midlands Edition

Q: If I borrowed money and I have not made all of the payments … what is there for you to do? A: We make the bank prove its case. We search for legal violations by the mortgage broker, original lender, appraiser, loan services, and law firm representing the bank. We make the party bringing the lawsuit (which is often a trustee for various institutions who purchased securities representing claims on a pool of securitized mortgages) prove that they

actually own the mortgage and note, have legal standing to file lawsuit, and have the evidence to prove the loan was properly transferred between each of the entities that owned the mortgage at various times. We assert all affirmative defenses and counterclaims that we know of and conduct discovery to support any claims our client may have against the bank or any other entity involved in the lending process.

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http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/02/23/rocket. docket.foreclosures/#cnnSTCVideo In Duval County (Jacksonville) there are judges who will hear 100 plus unrepresented foreclosure cases in a day. The hearings last as little as 3 minutes! In these cases, since the homeowner has not filed the proper written legal defenses, the judge would merely ask: Q: Are you current on the mortgage? A: NO …and Q: Are you living in the house A: Yes

The judge would then grant summary judgment for the bank and ordering a sale in thirty to sixty days. For a homeowner going to Court without a lawyer is like bringing a knife to a gunfight. Most unrepresented homeowners get slaughtered. When the bank’s lawyers have to battle real litigators the battle is very, very different. Many times the bank has lost the original note that is usually a prerequisite to foreclose. In other cases the mortgage has been transferred from a mortgage broker to a large bank who sold the mortgage to Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac, which in turn bundled and sold the loans on Wall Street (often to Bear Sterns) where they loans were securitized. The trustee for the pool of securitized mortgages often lacks documentation that each of the prior holders of the note and mortgage complied with all necessary formalities when transferring the note. If the bank bringing the foreclosure action needs evidence or documents from the prior owners of the note many of these companies have closed, been taken over by the government, or have merged with other banks. It is often very difficult or in some cases impossible for the banks to prove their case. The bank’s lawyers are often overwhelmed. In Duval, Nassau, Clay and several surrounding counties there have been times www.blackpagessouth.com

when over three thousand cases were filed in a single month. When bank lawyers have more work than they can handle they are often inclined to work on the easier cases first. For the banks’ lawyers the easiest cases are against homeowners who just give up. Unrepresented homeowners almost always loose, usually lose quickly, and may lose more than once. For many homeowners the first time they lost was when the failed to shop for the best loan. Many homeowners with good credit who could have qualified for a prime mortgage were put in higher rate interest loans with variable rates that just kept adjusting upwards after the teaser rate was over. The second time these homeowners lose is when they lose their home in foreclosure. If the bank gets a judgment for the full amount of the loan and later sells the home for less the homeowner may end up losing a third time. The bank may seek a deficiency judgment for the difference between the amount of the note and the amount the bank received for the home. Years later the bank may sell this judgment to a bill collector, who will attempt to collect from the former homeowner by garnishing their bank accounts or garnishing their wages. This third and final loss will add insult to injury and cause further damage to the homeowner’s credit. If the bank is faced with an aggressive defense from an experienced litigator they often face a real risk of losing the case entirely or spending years in an expensive fight where they could win some of the issues and lose others. Banks are corporations that exist to make profits for their shareholders. Banks operate out of self-interest. Banks modify mortgages when making interest rate concessions with increase the likelihood that a borrower continues to pay, or in order to convince the borrower to restart making payments. When a mortgage file gets transferred from the loss mitigation department to the legal department the concessions banks will make when they are at risk of losing are much, much greater. We have had clients that begged for loan modifications and have

225 had clients that sent the bank full mortgage payments that were post due only to see the bank return the payments and pursue foreclosure. After the bank loses a summary judgment the calls from the banks lawyers often sound something like this: “What will it take to make this go away?” These homeowners in exchange for a written agreement to “Re-establish the note” may see the amount of their loan cut by 40% and their rates lowered below 5%. In the trenches we have found that banks are overwhelmed, unprepared, and often unable to prove their case. In their rush to close loans many banks cut corners and did not comply with all applicable rules. Many homeowners have legitimate claims against the banks that they will never discover on their own. In the trenches we are finding that with proper representation homeowners stay in their homes longer (in some cases indefinitely) and can work out settlements that are rarely if ever offered to unrepresented homeowners. This information is a public service of The Law Offices of Sheldon J. Vann & Associates For more information about hiring The Law Offices of Sheldon J. Vann & Associates to defend your foreclosure case gives us a call at 904-371-1926. In Florida several counties including Duval, Clay and Nassau County have implemented mandatory mediation when the subject property is the homeowner’s primary residence. In a significant number of cases, particularly when homeowners are unrepresented some lenders attempt to avoid mediation or fail to mediate in good faith. In Duval and Clay County our firm has moved for sanctions against lenders who fail to mediate in good faith. For more information about hiring The Law Offices of Sheldon J. Vann & Associates to defend your foreclosure case gives us a call at 904-3711926.

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Parks are Perfect for Family Reunions

South Carolina families are

more than 120 picnic shelters;

record-size catfish. The anglers

planning some of their biggest

more than 25 meeting buildings -

in the family should bring their

get-togethers at South Carolina

- that help you plan a better

boats and try their luck in great

State

reunion than your aunts did last

fishing spots, or bring their poles

time.

and cast off the pier by the

Parks,

where

natural

beauty, outstanding recreational facilities and meeting space

At Santee State Park, for

combine to make ideal settings

example, a community building

for reunions.

called the Village Round has a

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Parks

are

perfect

full-service

kitchen

and

fireplace, plus tables and chairs

picnic grounds surrounded by

for groups of up to 90 people. A

tall forests.

They’re prime

covered picnic facility is located

outdoor recreational facilities as

just outside, and has a barbecue

well, offering fishing piers and

pit large enough to roast a whole

boat ramps that extend into

hog

major lakes, boardwalks to the

hamburgers for 100 people!)

beach, hiking and biking trails,

What makes it so unique,

and riverside drops for canoes

however, is its location alongside

and kayaks, to name a few. And

Lake Marion, world-famous for

they have meeting spaces –

its landlocked striped bass and

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hot

dogs

because they’re more than huge

(or

tackle shop.

and

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Similar community buildings,

accommodate reunions with

that matter. It is now easier than

with full-size kitchens and tables

multiple families. Although it is

ever before to make reservations

and chairs, can be found at many

located along Lake Thurmond, it

at South Carolina State Parks. By

state

is probably best known for its

calling toll-free to 1-866-345-

Carolina, including Barnwell,

championship

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Calhoun Falls, Cheraw, Chester,

Think of a family tournament.

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Dreher Island, Givhans Ferry,

Golfers in the family can see

you can find open dates and lock

Goodale and Lake Warren, all

who

in reservations immediately for

noted for their access to fishing,

challenging

hiking and outdoor recreation.

designed course.

parks

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logging

your next reunion. Then you can decide how to

the

plan the best reunion your

building is called a retreat center

family ever had in a state park

because, in addition to its

meeting facility.

meeting space and full-size kitchen, it features dormitorystyle

rooms

activities. amphitheater

for

overnight

It also has an in

back.

Park barns can be found at

Expand your reunion here into a

Table Rock and Oconee state

dramatic night beneath the stars,

parks, both located in the South

perhaps acting out your own

Carolina Upcountry. The one at

production

Table Rock accommodates up to

the

family’s

history.

150 people; the one at Oconee,

Some of the best meeting

up to 500 people. You’ll need a

facilities can be found at Hickory

hearty family banquet in the

Knob State Resort Park near

barn at Oconee after you spend

McCormick. Located alongside

the day on hikes to waterfalls in

Strom Thurmond Lake, this

the nearby Sumter National

resort state park has two large

Forest.

meeting centers that are ideal for

There would be no problem

large gatherings and a lodge that,

arranging such a banquet, or

with 78 motel-style rooms, can

reserving any park facility for

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Toxicity in the Body Are you a Toxic Waste Dump?.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Shanta’ Johnson Essential Cleansing Center The Summary of Benefits and Coverage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Eloise Meardith Health Insurance Services (H.I.S.) by Eloise, Inc. DIABETIC PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY (DPN) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .by Dr. Latanya P. Fyne, Podiatrist Fyne Foot Care Center, LLC

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Toxicity in the Body Are you a Toxic Waste Dump? by Shanta’ Johnson Essential Cleansing Center 2045 Central Ave, Augusta, Ga. 30904 706-733-5000 any people are uncertain about whether their bodies are toxic or not. There are two specific types of toxins in the body.

Exotoxins come from outside the body. They are inhaled, absorbed through the skin and ingested everyday by way of polluted air, water and soil. We also increase our exposure to harmful toxins by smoking, overindulging in alcohol, taking certain medications, making poor dietary decisions, not drinking enough water and using household products that contain harmful chemicals. Endotoxins are generated inside our bodies. As a result of poor digestion, bacteria in the gut will act upon undigested food particles and create toxins. These toxins, in turn can damage the mucosal lining of the intestines, which increases its permeability and allows toxins to enter the bloodstream and gain systemic access to all areas of the body. Also, seventy percent of the immune system is in the colon. If your immune system is sitting inside of a toxic waste dump, the immune system is being compromised. Both exotoxins and endotoxins are passed from the intestines to the liver via the portal vein, where they can be detoxified. The primary cause of toxicity is eating, drinking, and breathing toxins and chemicals on a regular basis. Whether you know it or not, we live in a toxic world. Chemicals and toxins are everywhere. Once they are in your system, you need a program for getting your body “detoxed” regularly so these chemicals and toxins never reach critical levels. www.blackpagessouth.com

Another major cause of toxicity is not getting the bad out. Since chemicals are everywhere, we are always being exposed to harmful toxins. We cannot take these chemicals completely out of our air, water, and food so we must detoxify our bowels, livers, gall bladders, kidneys, bladders and blood. It is a must that we clean our filters, so that they don’t become clogged and slowly poison the entire body. The colon is the septic system for the body and not cleansing the colon, allows the sludge to build up. It is just like driving your car and never changing the oil. Most of us get a buildup of waste on the walls of the intestines from all of the sticky food that we eat. There is an excellent chance that you have between three and fifteen pounds of undigested fecal matter stuck in your colon. This waste matter is highly toxic. It suppresses the immune system, potentially causing gas, bloating and constipation. It also reduces the assimilation of nutrients and slows the metabolism, making it difficult to lose weight. If you are doing everything else right, for example: eating a healthy diet, drinking plenty of clean water and exercising but allowing the poisons to build up in your body. The body will eventually start to break down because it becomes overloaded with toxins and impurities. Not cleansing the body is leaving out a vital step if you want to be healthy. Don’t be a walking toxic waste dump.

misfortune spoon feed us confusion and deception. We’re taught to solely blame our luckof-the-draw genes for our health issues, rather than our daily habits and dietary choices, along with the environment that surrounds us. The real truth lies somewhere in the middle and the good news is that we are more capable of turning around our health crisis than we think. Be good to your body so that your body can be good to you. References: Advanced Naturals Newsletter Issue 4 Volume 1 Total Health Life Institute Natural Cures, They Don’t want You to Know About by Kevin Trudeau Love, Eat, Heal Psychology Today

It is a fact that we need help. We’re a nation riddled with preventable, lifestyledriven diseases. We consume far too many animal products, processed and refined foods, saturated fats and empty calories. Industries that profit from both our ignorance and our Columbia Midlands Edition

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The Summary of Benefits and Coverage by Eloise Meardith — Health Insurance Services (H.I.S.) by Eloise, Inc. P.O. Box 14057 • Augusta, GA 30919 706-771-9522 (Office) • 706-771-9515 (Fax)

s part of the Affordable Care Act (or health care reform law), insurance companies and group health plans must provide an easy-to-understand summary about their health benefits and coverage. This new document is called a Summary of Benefits and Coverage (or SBC).

As part of the health care reform law, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) created the SBC’s layout and content. Health insurance companies cannot change the format, such as adding or taking out sections.

What’s in the SBC?

So you know what to expect, here are some things that are not in the SBC:

Each SBC follows the same format, so they’re easy to compare from company to company or plan to plan. The SBC:

These examples help you understand and compare what a person pays with a plan. They also show you how valuable the health plan will be when you need coverage.

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• Information about the network of doctors and hospitals offered with your plan • Premium amounts you will pay for coverage The SBC does not replace any of the other information about your health insurance coverage, such as a certificate of coverage or benefit summary.

Effective January 1, 2014 Starting in 2014 if your employer doesn’t offer insurance, you will be able to buy it directly in an Affordable Insurance Exchange. An Exchange is a new transparent and competitive insurance marketplace where individuals and small businesses can buy affordable and qualified health benefit plans. Exchanges will offer you a choice of health plans that meet certain benefits and cost standards. Starting in 2014, Members of Congress will be getting their health care insurance through Exchanges, and you will be able buy your insurance through Exchanges too. Open enrollment begins in the Fall of 2013.

An Exchange Can Help You: • Look for and compare private health plans. • Get answers to questions about your health coverage options. • Find out if you’re eligible for health programs or tax credits that make coverage more affordable. • Enroll in a health plan that meets your needs What This Means for You • For individuals and families, the Exchange is a single place where you can enroll in private or public health insurance coverage. • For small employers, the Exchange is a way to level the playing field, where you have better choice of plans and insurers at a lower cost, the way larger employers do now. For more information visit www.healthcare.gov

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• Tells you the basics of what’s covered, what’s not covered and the estimated costs you will pay for care. It’s not a complete list – it’s only a summary. For more information, see your certificate of coverage. • Makes it easier for you to choose the best coverage for you and your family. • Will be provided by your employer with your open enrollment and other benefit materials. • Is available either as a paper copy or it may be posted to an intranet site, if your employer chooses. • Compares costs related to two common medical experiences: o Having a baby with a normal delivery o Living with well-controlled Type 2 diabetes

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Affordable Insurance Exchanges Affordable Insurance Exchanges are designed to make buying health coverage easier and more affordable. Starting in 2014, Exchanges will allow individuals and small businesses to compare health plans, get answers to questions, find out if they are eligible for tax credits for private insurance or health programs like the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), and enroll in a health plan that meets their needs.

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DIABETIC PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY (DPN) by Dr. Latanya P. Fyne, Podiatrist — Fyne Foot Care Center, LLC 1710 Central Ave • Augusta, Ga. 30904 706-373-4402

any patients with Diabetes experience discomfort in their lower extremities, described as numbness, tingling, burning, “pins and needles” sensations, sharp, shooting pain, and other descriptions. This condition is known as Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy. I treat a host of patients with diabetes, and thus, I often hear statements like the following:

“My feet burn.” “I feel electric shocks in my toes.” “My toes feel numb and tingly.” “I can’t get to sleep at night because my feet feel like they are on fire.” “I can’t feel my feet touch the floor when I walk.” The most likely cause of neuropathy is instability of blood glucose control. Patients with this condition are at risk for development of foot ulcers. As a matter of fact, a foot ulcer may be the first sign that neuropathy exists. The foot ulcers can ultimately lead to serious, limb-threatening infections. DPN (Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy) is one of the main reasons that people with diabetes develop foot ulcers, because they are unable to feel painful or abnormal stimuli. When foot ulcers do develop, it's important to get prompt care. A non-healing ulcer that causes severe damage to tissues and bone may require surgical removal (amputation) of a toe, foot or part of a leg. If you think you have DPN, the good news is, there is help available. There is topical, as well as oral medication that works to decrease the pain associated with DPN. There is also a tablet designed to regenerate nerves. Some podiatrists are currently offering in-office testing for neuropathy. www.blackpagessouth.com

Here's what you need to know to keep your feet healthy: Preventing foot complications: The best strategy for preventing complications of diabetes, including foot ulcers, is proper diabetes management with a healthy diet, regular exercise, blood sugar monitoring and adherence to a prescribed medication regimen. Proper foot care will help prevent problems with your feet and ensure prompt medical care when problems occur. Tips for proper foot care include the following: • Inspect your feet daily. Check your feet once a day for blisters, cuts, cracks, sores, redness, tenderness or swelling. If you have trouble reaching your feet, use a hand mirror to see the bottoms of your feet, place the mirror on the floor if it's too difficult to hold, or ask someone to help you. • Wash your feet daily. Wash your feet in lukewarm water once a day. Dry them gently, especially between the toes. Use a pumice stone to gently rub the skin where calluses easily form. Sprinkle anti-fungal powder between your toes to keep the skin dry. Use a moisturizing cream or lotion on the tops and bottoms of your feet to keep the skin soft. • Don't remove calluses or other foot lesions yourself. To avoid injury to your skin, don't use a nail file, nail clipper or scissors on calluses, corns, or warts. Don't use chemical wart removers. See your doctor or foot specialist (podiatrist) for removal of any of these lesions. • Don't go barefoot. To prevent injury to your feet, don't go barefoot, even around the house.

• Wear clean, dry socks. Wear socks made of fibers that pull (wick) sweat away from your skin, such as cotton — not nylon. Avoid socks with tight elastic bands that reduce circulation, as well as thick bulky socks that often fit poorly and irritate your skin. • Buy shoes that fit properly. Buy comfortable shoes that do not fit tightly and that provide support and cushioning for the heel, arch and ball of the foot. Avoid high heels or narrow shoes that crowd your toes. If one foot is bigger than the other, buy shoes in the larger size. Your doctor may recommend specially designed shoes (orthopedic shoes) that fit the exact shape of your feet, cushion your feet and evenly distribute weight on your feet. • Don't smoke. Smoking impairs circulation and reduces the amount of oxygen in the blood. These circulatory problems can result in more severe wounds and poor healing. Talk to your doctor if you need help to quit smoking. • Schedule regular foot checkups. Your doctor or podiatrist can inspect your feet for early signs of nerve damage, poor circulation or other foot problems. Schedule foot exams at least once a year or more often if recommended by your doctor. • Take foot injuries seriously. Contact your doctor if you have a foot sore or area of discoloration, or other persistent problems with your feet. Your doctor will inspect your foot to make a diagnosis and prescribe the appropriate course of treatment.

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Alphabetical Listings of Advertisers by Page Numbers A Brighter Smile & Cosmetic Dentistry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

Ables Auto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Accountant & TAX Source, INC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

African American Reflection Art Gallery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

Airtime Climate Control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

Allstate - Christine Bowman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156

Allstate - Jona’ Hodges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158

Allstate - Julius Thomas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158

Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc - Deborah Breedlove . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126

Bank of America . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Barry Oliver, MD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178

BB&T . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . color glossy, 67

Benedict College. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

Big T Bar-B-Que . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194

BILO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190

Blue Cross Blue Shield . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144

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Bible Way Church of Atlas Road . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

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Alphabetical Listings of Advertisers by Page Numbers Bride’s Corner Bridal Store . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Brookland Baptist Church & Brookland Northeast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

Brown Motor Works . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Carolina Glaucoma & Vision Center, PC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176

Carolyn’s Florist & Gift. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

Chiles & Chiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191

City of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . color glossy, 180-184

City Year. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199-204

College of Charleston . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

Colonial Life Arena . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Columbia Metropolitan Airport . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . color glossy, 41

Columbia Neurosurgical Associates, P.A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176

Construction Dynamics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

Cooper and Cooper, PA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116

Cork’s Bartending Service, LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Crown of Glory Beauty & Barber Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Davis and Dingle Dentistry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115

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Alphabetical Listings of Advertisers by Page Numbers Dessausure Law Firm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Dickey’s Barbecue Pit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194

Digital Office Solutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188

DoubleTree by Hilton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . color glossy, 152

Downtown YMCA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141

Elam Financial Group. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

Elam Financial Group LLC - Health Insurance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156

Enterprise Holdings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

First Citizens Bankj . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

First Community Bank. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

First Nazareth Baptist Church . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

Francis Burns United Methodist Church . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

G & S Carpet Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Greek Traditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

Greenview First Baptist Church . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

Heathwood Hall Espiscopal School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194

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Gamble Chiropractic Clinic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . color glossy, 172

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Alphabetical Listings of Advertisers by Page Numbers Henry Marshall, DDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

Houston’s Enterprise Catering Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

Imports of Columbia, LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Inn at USC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153

iRealty International . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193

Javis Tax Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Jeep Rogers Family YMCA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141

Johnson, Toal and Battiste, PA Attorney’s at Law . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Jones Financial Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Journey United Methodist Church . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Kingdom Kutz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

KISS 103.9. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . color glossy, 165

Law Office of Kana Rahman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Law Office of Kelly Seabrook, LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Leevy’s Funeral Home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140

Lexington Family YMCA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141

Lexington Medical Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145

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Alphabetical Listings of Advertisers by Page Numbers LifeIsArt Studios. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192

Marion Hanna - State Farm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

Marriott Columbia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153

Midlands Gastrointestinal Associates. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174

Midlands Honda . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Midlands Technical College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

Midlands Workforce Development Board. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . color glossy, 59

Moore, Taylor and Thomas, PA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Morgan Stanley - Jeryl Salmond . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

Nationwide - John Leysath. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157

NBSC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Northeast Family Podiatry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175

NorthWest Family YMCA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141

Orthodontic Specialists of Carolina, PC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . inside front cover, 115

P & B Promotionals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Palmer Memorial Chapel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139

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Orangeburg County YMCA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141

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Alphabetical Listings of Advertisers by Page Numbers Palmetto Center for Women . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141

Palmetto Health . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . back cover, 146

Perfect Printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193

Pink Bow Hair Boutique . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Plumb Time Plumbing and Drain Service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

POSH Spaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;lon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Pro Bowl Motors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Prudential . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

Pyatt Law Firm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Quick Prints Copies & More. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

R&B Top Chef . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Reel 2 Real Productions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166

Richland County. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185-187

Richland County Sheriff Dept . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188

Richland School District One . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118

Richland School District Two . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

Rogers Laban, CPA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

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SAP Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156

SC Education Lottry. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . color glossy, 161

SC Heart Center. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174

SC National Guard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

SCANA Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198

Second Nazareth Baptist Church . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

Select Heath of South Carolina (First Choice) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143

Shadd Law Firm, LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Sharon L. Pate, CPA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Signs by Tomorrow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Solicitors Office - 5th Circuit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

Solomon Law Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

State Farm - James Tanner. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158

State Farm - Liz Portee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156

State Farm - Marion Hanna. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157

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Starkes Law Firm, LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

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Sun City Entertainment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

The Deas Law Firm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

The Friendly Caterer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

The Salmond Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158

The Stanley Law Firm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

The UPS Store . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193

Thee Matriarch Bed and Breakfast. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160

Toyota of Orangeburg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

TLM Medical Services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175

University of South Carolina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . color glossy, 98-99

USC Sports Medicine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173

Wells Fargo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . color glossy, 68

WFMV - FM. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166

WIS TV 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . color glossy, 167-168

Word of God Church and Ministries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

WLTX TV 19. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . color glossy, 169

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