Story and photos by John Dixon Cub@TheColumbiaStar.com
The Columbia Ballroom at the downtown Marriott was the site of the 13th annual Spring Ball and Formal Dinner of the second year Columbia Junior Cotillion class Sunday, March 25, 2007. The class included students from eight different middle schools throughout the greater Columbia... More...
Excelsior Academy's drama teacher, also the artistic director of Absolute Theatre Company in Irmo, did not even choose what play home- schooled students would tackle until after she had seem them audition. More...
Jessica Yarborough, Raina Datt, and Grace Ann Roberts in Kabuki Grimm written and directed by Christopher Cook. The play is being presented by The Department of Theatre of Crayton Middle School March 29 and 30 at 7 pm. More...
Dr. Dwight Cathcart, author of Ceremonies , was honored when his high school English teacher, Mary Ramseur Lindsay, showed up at his booksigning at the Happy Bookseller March 22, 2007. Lindsay, known at Dreher High in the 1950s as Miss Ramseur, came to critique her most amb... More...
Bill Dukes, chairman of the Midlands Authority for Conventions, Sports and Tourism, presented to Columbia City Council earlier this month some telling numbers on the Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center. The first number in his presentation was also the last number in constru... More...
Services for Barbara Railton Fanning, 64, were held March 29, 2007, at 2 pm at St. Timothy's Episcopal Church with burial in Elmwood Cemetery and Gardens. Pallbearers were K. Dale White, Phillip Byrd, Charles W. Smith, George Bunnell, Bill Edgerton, and Rufus Sherard. Memorials may be made ... More...
The week before The Ultimate Gift hit the theaters, I was actually sent a movie on pre- release by the studios to review. 20th Century Fox Faith division has a mission to bring family oriented entertainment back to theaters. More...
Byron Quintoa's right- footed 35- yard blast at the 20:00 minute mark of the second half was enough for the Dreher Blue Devils to beat the A.C. Flora Falcons 1- 0 at Memorial Stadium, Tuesday, March 28. Quintoa's kick impressed coaches from both schools. A.C. Flora's J... More...
The West Metro Rotary Club is putting Rotary's motto, "Service above Self," into action with their third annual Chili Cook- off at Glenforest School on Saturday, March 31. Glenforest educates students in grades K- 12 who face learning differences such as ADD and ADHD. More...
Keith Gourdin and I share grandparents, John Keith (J.K.) and Mary Palmer Gourdin. Both died long before we had a chance to know them. However, their memory and their DNA remain deep in our souls just as their toil, sweat, and bones lie deep in the historic village of Pinevill... More...
ART The Wachovia Gallery of the Richland County Public Library will display artwork by Keith Tolen through April 3. 929-3440 or www.richland.lib.sc.us. The Trenholm Artists Guild will host the S.C. water media society April 9, 7 pm. More...
Public hearing The March 13 Forest Acres City Council Meeting began at 5:15 pm with a public hearing for purposes of rezoning the corner of Beltline and Hanson and the corner of Beltline and Valley. The purpose of this rezoning is to add four houses to 11 under co... More...
NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE The below listed vehicle has been abandoned in Richland County and is currently housed with the repair facility listed below. More...
The Lace House, the three- story house adjacent to the Governor's Mansion, has seen many uses since Columbia financier John Caldwell built it in 1845 as a wedding gift for his daughter. The house evaded Sherman's torch and, over its years, has been home to multiple generations ... More...
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