While on a trip to Belize earlier this year, Columbia advertising executive Kevin Fisher got a surprise while exploring the Rio Frio river cave. "We entered the cave at one end, were walking along the river in the darkness, then turned the corner and saw the opening at the other end," said Fisher.... More...
"When I arrived there for the trials, I saw streets filled with piles of debris three stories high. Included in this building detritus were as many as 45,000 bodies of war casualties." - Nancy Kenaston
By Jackie Perrone jacper@juno.com
The horrors and atrocities revealed at the Nuremberg War Crimes Trials still haunt the woman who was a court reporter documenting the proceedings. "I feel very deeply that it is important to remember what happened there," said Nancy Kenaston in Columbia last week. "It would be terrible to lose th... More...
There was excitement in the air for the Midlands homeless pets that need a second chance at life. An elegant new event, The Fur Ball- Moonlight Gala, was held by Project Pet Saturday, October 13, 2007, at the Columbia Convention Centre with over 600 of Columbia's most devoted animal lovers in atte... More...
The toughest ticket in town two weeks ago was a seat at the Richard Florida lecture in the main ballroom of the new Hilton. The food, by the way, was superb. It was catered by Ruth's Chris Steak House, also in the Hilton on Senate Street. More...
The little guy near the front row is a dead ringer for Barney Fife, Sheriff Andy Taylor's bungling deputy from Mayberry. This real- life character wears a real police uniform loaded with patches and pins. On his belt is the usual: 9mm semi- automatic, spare ammo clips, handcuffs, plus a set of nun... More...
Chester High School scored four first half touchdowns and used a goal line stand to record their second consecutive shut out beating Dreher 36- 0 on October 19. SEC recruit and Shrine Bowl player C.C. Whitlock passed for two touchdowns and caught another as the Cyclones quick- strike offense overw... More...
Dana Amaker (c) of W. A. Perry Middle School is the 2007 S.C. Preserve America History Teacher of the Year.Also pictured is Richland One School Board Commissioner Dwayne Smiling (l), and Richland One Superintendent Dr. Allen Coles. More...
The St. John's Hunting Club was founded in 1800 and still meets regularly. According to Club Vice President/Archivist Richard Porcher, the club did not meet from October 1861 to December 1866 because of the Civil War. Meetings were suspended after the May 13, 1869, meeting. The club was reorganize... More...
ANIMALS The Columbia Animal Shelter, 127 Humane Lane, is hosting adopt- a- dog month. 776-7387. ART Art,Art,and More Art at Mays Park will offer classes Oct.- March. Just the two of us, parent and child for ages 2- 4; Homeschool art for ages 4- 7, 8- 12, and 12 and up; and Afterschool for ages 4-... More...
The Mystery Plant is for the fiddler crabs, sandpipers, snails, and everybody and everything else that lives in or enjoys our beautiful coastal estuaries. It's a plant of open salt flats or meadows landward of the beach, places that tend to be frequently flooded by salt water during high tide, and... More...
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