Well-known civic leader and businessman L. Earl Armiger has been appointed Acting CEO of The Columbia Foundation, Howard County's community foundation. He replaces Beverley Francis-Gibson, who resigned to pursue another professional opportunity.

 With our tenth publication, the Make Believe issue, we reached our fifth year.

These are difficult times for many in our community. Unemployment remains high, paychecks don’t go very far, and public services are at times curtailed due to budget cuts.