First Presbyterian Church hosts organ recital of Ronald E. Miller
     Photograph by Jim Covington Socializing after the Festival of Music at First Presbyterian Church featuring organist Ronald E. Miller (l), who has been organist at First Presbyterian Church since 1971, are Ann Hall, Rhetta Sanders, Gordon Query, Leona Query, and Nancy Smith.
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Pigs feeding at the trough
By Warner M.Montgomery warner@thecolumbiastar.com
      Howard Duvall was born and raised in Cheraw, served as president of the Class of 1961 at Cheraw High School, finished The Citadel, became a captain in the US Air Force, retired to Cheraw and became its mayor, earned a masters of public administration at USC. Then he got serious!
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Riverbanks helps smallest cat in the world
Contributed by Riverbanks Zoo and Garden
      A black- footed kitten was born on March 7, 2008, to parents Hiari and Alex at Riverbanks Zoo and Garden. "The role that Riverbanks has played in sustaining the captive population of black- footed cats is tremendous," said John Davis, curator of mammals at Riverbanks.
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Art as Therapy
Part I: the power of artistic expression to heal the emotions
By Anita Baker
      South Carolina's Art of Recovery project recognizes the talent of people who live with mental illnesses and the role that creative outlets, like art, can play in the recovery process. Individuals who are treated in the clinics and institutions of our state are invited to submit their work with th...
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May is Mental Health Month
      Gov. Mark Sanford proclaimed May as Mental Health Month in South Carolina. Throughout May, advocates for people with mental illnesses, mentally ill citizens and their families, and mental health professionals are striving to raise public awareness of the facts about mental illnesses and to elimina...
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Nurse wows Rotarians
By Warner M.Montgomery warner@thecolumbiastar.com
      Dr. Patrick Hickey, professor of nursing at USC, spoke to the Columbia Rotary Club May 12 on "A nurse's quest to complete the seven summits." This "cross between Florence Nightingale and Indiana Jones" ran through his seven- year odyssey, 2001 to 2007, to climb the seven highest mountains on sev...
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Keep an eye on your license plate
      Given the rise in gas prices, people have taken to stealing license plates, putting them on their car, then getting gas and running. If your license plate is the one stolen, the gas station will have your license plate, and you could be in trouble for pump and run.
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     A World War II B-25 bomber like this one, ditched in a practice bombing run, was recovered from Lake Murray in 2005. Artifacts from the plane can be seen in the S.C. State Museum's "mini-exhiibit" Catch of the Day, through January 2009. Photo courtesy Bob Seigler and S.C. State Museum.
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