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January 26, 2007
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Fastest teen in town races for a championship
By Laura Liger
Start your engines, Columbia, and watch out for the fastest teen in town who doesn't even have a driver's license. Since the age of seven, when he received a go- kart from his parents, Jordan Anderson found passion in auto racing, and he has the credentials to back it up. More...
Student captures crown
Contributed by Luther Worrell

Emily Herring, a senior at A.C. Flora High School, was crowned Miss Falcon the evening of Jan. 18, 2007. She was also named Miss Congeniality. She was escorted by her brother, Ben Herring. Emily is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Herring. Her grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Luther Wo... More...

Red Dress Ambassador to speak at rally Feb. 1
Photo by Mimi Maddock

Red Dress Ambassador Lou Nolan will be the featured speaker at the 2007 Red Dress Rally at the SC State House February 1 at noon. More...

 News
•st.pat's in Five Points needs you
This year's St. Patrick's Day Celebration in Five Points is right around the corner and promises to be as fun- filled as the previous 24 years. At 10 am on Saturday, March 17, 2007, music will fill the air as Devine Street is transformed into a sea of green as the St. Pat's Fi... More...
•CMFA dedicates Pub Night to Lize Wessels
•BB&T Charleston Food and Wine Festival debuts March 1
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 Business
•Briefs
by John Temple Ligon
Innovista gets new leader John Parks, formerly the director of the University of Illinois Research Park and most recently the director of the University of Kentucky Research Campus, will become executive director of USC's Innovista as of February 1. More...
•South Carolina Chapter of the Urban Land Institute meets
•Marvin McCrory and Columbia construction
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 Society
•Red Dress Ambassador to speak at rally Feb. 1
Lou Nolan feared the prickly feeling she'd experienced a few times on the outer side of her left breast was something else; a heart problem was not what she wasn't thinking. The prickles showed up as a blip on the EKG test her internist ordered following her regular annual ... More...
•Miss Kibler and Mr. Brewer announce plans for a May wedding
•Captain John Chappell Chapter, Colonial Dames XVII Century, holds winter meeting
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 Opinion
•The Clean Election Act is dirty business
The Kumbayah Liberals are at it again. Becci Robbins of the S.C. Progressive Network is proposing a Clean Elections Act (www.sc.pronet.com) to stop government corruption. This throw- the- baby- out- with- the- bath- water idea is designed to take away your freedom of expression ... More...
•Bigotry did not bring down Confederate sign
•Sanford stands up for children - touts school choice
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 Sports
•BOYS BASKETBALL Highlanders upset Skyhawks
The Heathwood Hall Highlanders (5- 12, 2- 2) led the visiting Hammond Skyhawks (12- 5, 2- 2) for a total of about one minute in their game Tuesday, Jan. 23, but it was an important minute. More...
•GIRLS BASKETBALL One- two punch leads Skyhawks
•Eagles fly away with Ridge View Duals title
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 Education
•Artshack holds student art show
Paula Hayne Bowers, owner of The Artshack and illustrator of Charley's Columbia Backyard , hosted an exhibit the week of Jan. 15, 2007, featuring the artwork of her students. The show was held in the back of her establishment where she teaches art to adults and children. In the f... More...
•Killian Elementary receives Palmetto Silver Award
•Ridge View Scholastic Art Awards winners
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 Travel
•Wateree River Expedition
Part 4: Stateburg's Miller- Ellison House
Warner@TheColumbiaStar.com The Greater Piedmont Chapter of the Explorers Club members walked from the Borough Plantation next door to the historic Miller- Ellison House. This home with hand- wrought hinges, handmade nails, small window panes and a narrow central ha... More...
•My Encounter with America
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 Events
•Folks about town
The Columbia Eye Clinic welcomes Derek L. Barker, M.D. , a board- certified opthalmologist, to the staff. The Supreme Court of SC has certified Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough partner Debbie Whittle Durban as a specialist in Employment and Labor Law. More...
•Calendar
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 Public Notices
•Public Notices
Master's Sales Part 1 of 2
MASTER'S SALE 06-CP-40-4609 By virtue of a decree heretofore granted in the case of American General Financial Services, Inc., against Christinia L. Dickerson and David P. Dickerson; Citifinancial, Inc. More...
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•Public Notices
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 Beauty in the Backyard
•Weaving sweetgrass baskets in the Holy City
The art of weaving sweetgrass baskets crossed the Atlantic Ocean from West Africa 300 years ago when slave traders brought West Africans to the United States. The long, narrow blades of sweetgrass (Mulhenbergia filipes) grow on the coastal dunes on many of the barrier ... More...
•The Original Mystery Plant
•When winter comes, can spring be far behind?
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