Beulah Baptist Church breaks ground
By Linda Sosbee
     Beulah Baptist Church on Garners Ferry Road broke ground Saturday, October 14, 2006, for its new facilities. The expansion plans include a 190-seat youth building, additional classrooms and restrooms, an amphitheater plaza, covered walkways, and more parking.
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85-year-old Incarnation Lutheran Church puts vision into practice
Contributed by Incarnation Lutheran Church
     Following a festive anniversary celebration in September, members of Incarnation Lutheran Church gathered again for a luncheon in October to celebrate "The Privilege of Sharing," the annual stewardship campaign. "Vision 2021," the master plan for long-term campus development, was unveiled. A Campus
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Trinity Cathedral holds Blessing of the Animals
     Elizabeth Powers, daughter, with her mother Elizabeth Powers, and Annabelle, Charlie, and Gilly enjoy a spirited Blessing of the Animals at Trinity Cathedral recently.
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Watch out! Prehistoric creatures are closer than you think.
By Warner M. Montgomery Warner@TheColumbiaStar.com
     Dr. Al Mead, geology professor and curator of mammals at Georgia College and State University (Al.mead@scsu.edu), shocked members of the Greater Piedmont Chapter of The Explorers Club at their monthly meeting last Friday. He said his discoveries in south Georgia might mean that mammals long thought
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Local history alive and well
Meeting in the Middle: Material Culture from South Carolina's Fall Line Region, 1700-1900
     Silver goblets celebrating a physical assault. A quilt that spans a river. Foreboding northern sentiments scrawled onto a Lower Richland County planter's furniture. Rare glimpses of antebellum Columbia.
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     Sandlapper Singers will perform Oct. 20, 21 at Ebenezer Lutheran Chapel. All the things You Are is a program of show tunes and swing from pre-'60s American musical theater including songs by Gershwin, Porter, Herbert, and Hart.
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Corrections
By Rachel Haynie
     Dr. Robert Seigler, the Columbia native who spearheaded the recovery of the WWII Mitchell B-25 bomber that crashed into Lake Murray in 1943, presented an overview of the project recently to members of the Lake Murray Association and others interested in the plane's history.
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