Ghost Riders
      On Saturday Feb. 24 my friend, Coleman, and I went to see the film Ghost Rider at Carmike Wynnsong Cinemas. This is another movie based on a Marvel comic book series. The story begins at a circus where a young Johnny Blaze and his father are performing a motorcycle daredevil sho...
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Explorers hike Wateree Passage
By Jim Welch RyegateCC@aol.com
      Members of the Greater Piedmont Chapter of the Explorers Club continue their goal to hike the entire 425- mile Palmetto Trail. On Feb. 10, they trekked the Wateree Passage, a 7.2 mile span near Poinsett State Park.
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Stopping to smell the flowers
A Spring Carpet of Snow
Arlene Marturano
      What is old is new again, in fashion and in plants. This spring, garden centers are featuring an old- fashioned evergreen perennial, candytuft, Iberis sempervirens. Candytuft is a low growing subshrub used in rock gardens, containers, a groundcover, or miniature hedge to enclose annuals...
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The Original Mystery Plant
Dr. John Nelson
      Blustery, sleety days in the late winter make me think about warm places full of tropical vegetation and beautiful scenery. For those of us who can't fly to the Caribbean for a break, we can always vistit your local grocery store. That's right, folks. Modern well- stocked grocery stor...
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No S.C. honeybees reported lost to mystery disorder
Contributed by Diane Palmer
      No honey bee colonies in S.C. have yet been reported lost due to a developing honey bee mystery disorder. However, the state isn't out of the woods, according to Mike Hood, Clemson Extension bee specialist. "It is not known what is causing the problem, but so far we haven't had ...
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