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Giving an animal for a Christmas present is for its lifetime
Contributed by the Animal Mission
      "You can give without loving, but you can never love without giving." -Unknown Adorned with big red bows, kittens and puppies under the tree are one of the quintessential images of Christmas, but months later, dogs and cats surrendered because they are no longe...
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Hand Middle School wins state competition
Contributed by SC Bar Association
      Hand Middle School emerged victorious at the South Carolina Bar Law Related Education State Middle School Mock Trial Competition, held December 2, at the Marc Westbrook Judicial Center in Lexington.
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RNE students experience encaustic painting
      Michael Cassidy, an art professor at USC, recently taught a class in encaustic painting (painting with oil paint and wax) to Richland Northeast High School TAG and AP art students. Here, Laura Garner (left front), Molly Starin (right front), Danny Weinberg (left back), and Lad Williamson (rig...
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Varsity tennis star wins state sportsmanship award
Contributed by Heathwood Hall Episcopal School
      Sophomore Catherine Roach, the #1 seed on Heathwood's girls' varsity tennis team, has been selected to receive the US Tennis Association SC Division's Junior Sportsmanship Award for 2006. The statewide honor is given annually to a female player who demonstrates outstanding sportsmansh...
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Columbia teen wins Expressions of CourageNational Art Contest
Contributed by the Epilepsy Foundation
      When adding fear, hope and courage that stems from facing a serious neurological condition, artwork can bring a condition alive in imaginative ways. To commemorate National Epilepsy Awareness Month in November, the Epilepsy Foundation and Ortho-McNeil Neurologics, Inc. held the ...
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Falcon flies jet aircraft
Contributed by Carl A. Ellsworth Sr.
      Lt.(jg) Carl A. Ellsworth Jr., son of Carl and Gelene Ellsworth, received his Wings of Gold as a naval aviator September 29, 2006, at Meridian Naval Air Station, Meridian, Miss. He qualified on the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt. He will be stationed n Whidbey Island, Washing...
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Miss Lander
      Jessica Kirkland, a freshman nursing major from Columbia, danced her way to both the Miss Lander title and the talent award during the fall pageant sponsored by the Lander University chapter of Music Educators National Conference. Kirkland is the daughter of Laura and Hank Kirkland, She was s...
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