Explorers celebrate Polar Year
By Warner M. Montgomery Warner@TheColumbiaStar.com
      Explorers Club members flocked to New York City for their 103rd annual pilgrimage to the Waldolf- Astoria Hotel where Dan Rather, an Explorer since 1980, commanded the stage on the topic of the International Polar Year. Awards.
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Museum director encounters art by Tom Feeling and Tyrone Geter in Cincinnati
By Rachel Haynie
      Columbia Museum of Art Director Karen Brosius, attended a board meeting of the national Institute of Museums and Libraries. When she was being shown around Cincinnati for a look at the city's art, the last thing Brosius expected to see was Columbia art showcased in such a grand wa...
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Sam Houston was a strange bird
By Warner M. Montgomery Warner@TheColumbiaStar.com
      Dr. Ken Peters has a hangup! Ever since his daughter gave him a copy of The Raven: A Biography of Sam Houston , he has not been able let go of the first president of the Republic of Texas. Last week, Dr. Peters dumped his obsession on the Torch Club.
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The melting pot has become a salad bowl
Commentary by Richard Eckstrom reckstrom@cg.sc.gov
      Winston Churchill once said, "The English language is one of our great sources of inspiration and strength, and no country, or combination, or power so fertile and so vivid exists anywhere in the world." He knew language is the fabric of nations - their culture, history, art,...
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Dreher Reunion needs you!
      Dreher High School in Columbia, S.C., is hosting an All- Class reunion May 11- 12. The downtown school, which opened in 1938, is being rebuilt. The old school building will be torn down this summer. The reunion will provide former students and teachers with a chance to gather at t...
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Black- footed kitten born at Riverbanks Zoo
Contributed by Riverbanks Zoo
      The next time you visit Riverbanks Conservation Outpost you might see a black- footed kitten bouncing out of its underground burrow. The petite yet powerful feline was born on Feb. 23 just in time for spring. "Riverbanks has had tremendous success breeding black- footed cats ove...
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