Reader wants crossword puzzle changed
      The Columbia Star is a great paper covering all the things The State paper left out in their edition. Now why the note to you? As a Sr. Sr. Sr. citizen, I hope and beg you to find a little spot in The Columbia Star with the answer to the crossword puzzle. A whole week waiting is to...
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Move the Farmers Market, and it will die
      Richland County spent over $4 million for a site just five miles from the present Farmers Market and a short distance from I- 77. The land was given to S.C. with no strings attached for the construction of a Farmers Market. Two large food distributors, however, killed the deal, saying the move wou...
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A solution for illegal immigration
      Illegal immigration has become one of the most bitterly contentious subjects discussed in our nation. Proposed solutions to this problem abound.
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Thirty-something speaks
You're cheering for what?
Mike Maddock
      I could not have been more asleep when I heard the strangest sounds. People were flatulating all around me. It was like I was in some war of the whoopee cushions, but that wasn't the strange part. What got my attention was that a round of applause broke out after every explosion.
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It's not a criticism, it's an observation.
Solomon's choice
Mike Cox
      A recent magazine article about making difficult choices took the idea to an extreme place. A series of unbelievable scenarios gives the reader an opportunity to make a choice not normally seen in a civilized, orderly world. Terrorists are looking for some people hiding in a basement. A baby begi...
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Animals play with cars
      Deputies in Pike County, Ohio, get a 911 call about an animal chasing cars near Wakefield, a little town in southern Ohio close to Cincinnati. Animal nuisance calls are not unusual, so dispatchers broadcast the complaint to deputies in the area. The call is legitimate. Cars are being chased by a ...
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