Students meet the man who demoted Pluto
By Mackenzie Sunday Cub@TheColumbiaStar.com
      Twelve high school students were able to chat with a world renowned astrophysicist, Neil deGrasse Tyson, October 3. Dr.Tyson, director of the Hayden Planetarium in New York City, is the scientist who demoted Pluto from planetary status.
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Grandparents' Brag Box
     Contributed by Rose and Brooks Royals Lenzie Browder is the granddaughter of proud rose and Brooks Royals. She is the daughter of Ernie and Kim Browder. Lenzie is pointing to her favorite Sesame Street character, Elmo, on her second birthday.
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The Bobbi Rossi Memorial Fund Scholarship recipient chosen
Contributed by Central Carolina Community Foundation
      The selection committee for the Bobbi Rossi Memorial Scholarship chose Jordan Hardy from the 2008 class of Cardinal Newman High School as the recipient of this year's $4,000 scholarship. The Bobbi Rossi Memorial Fund Scholarship strives to immortalize Bobbi's optimism, enthusiasm, and commitment...
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A.C. Flora Math Team scores touchdown
Contributed by A. C. Flora High School
      Five A.C. Flora High School students tackled some big math problems to win a football- themed math competition sponsored by the NFL's Carolina Panthers. The A.C. Flora Math Team defeated seven teams from the Charlotte- Mecklenburg Schools to win the Carolina Panthers' Numbers Crunch Full Contact...
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Charley's Backyard Stars
Afternoon on a Lake Murray Dock
      The Junior Ambassador program is spawned from Columbia's Official Children's Book, Charley's Columbia Backyard by Caroline Coleman Bennett. To find out more about this leadership program, go to www.BAreader.com.
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