Governor Mark Sanford joined with legislators in Columbia and visited small businesses in Charleston and Myrtle Beach to call for an optional 50 percent reduction to the state's top marginal income tax rate from the current seven percent to 3. More...
The Main Library of RCPL celebrates 15 years at the corner of Assembly and Hampton Streets
Contributed by RCPL
On February 14, 1993, four years to the day that residents approved the bond issue, Richland County Public Library (RCPL) opened the new 242,000- square- foot Main Library on the corner of Assembly and Hampton Streets. The county also added two new branches in Blythewood and Sandhills, and the fiv... More...
Dr.Warner M.Montgomery (l), publisher of The Columbia Star, spoke to the Southwest Florida Chapter of The Explorers Club in Naples, FL., February 7. He was introduced by chapter chairman, Col. Gerry W. Bass (r). Montgomery spoke on the slave trade connection between South Carolina and Guinea, an... More...
Mrs. Gary Lyle (Georgia Carbaugh) Holder, national president of the Daughters of the American Colonists, will be the principle speaker of the day at the society's annual meeting known as the Assembly February 23, 2008, beginning at 9 am at the Columbia Country Club in Blythewood. More...
At Monday's Columbia Rotary luncheon, February 11, business consultant Bob Pettit and communications executive Jacque Riley sang the praises of the Small Business Development Center. The civic club gathering at Seawell's on Rosewood heard all about the SBDC's 16 offices across South Carolina. More...
Pamela Denise Fellers and Eric Wayne Hudson were married January 12, 2008, at a candlelight ceremony in Ebenezer Lutheran Church at 6 pm. The Rev. Frank Honeycutt performed the double- ring ceremony. Music was provided by Jim Johnson, organist. More...
I don't think anyone looks back on his or her childhood and says, "Man, I sure wish I'd watched more T.V. growing up!" Back when I was a kid, we had four channels that seemed to have nothing on but news, Lawrence Welk, soap operas, and Hee Haw. Given those choices, it's no wonder why my generatio... More...
With a state playoff spot on the line, hosting their biggest rival and honoring their seniors on senior night, Dreher entered their February 8 finale against A.C. Flora with a host of challenges. More...
Photo by Jim Covington Troop 37 located at Shandon United Methodist Church is the oldest Boyscout troop in the Indians Water Council. Presently, Charlie MacInnis is the scoutmaster.Chairman of the troop committee is Morgan Mitchell;Merit Badge Coordinator, Richard Boyd; and Merit Badge University Co... More...
Part 46: The Santee Cooper Project and those damn mosquitoes
Philip "Shrimp" Hasell developed a fascination for swatting mosquitoes during his school days at Porter Military Academy and The Citadel. After he graduated in 1920, Hasell spent a few years with Standard Oil, the South Carolina Highway Department, and the U.S. More...
ART Art,Art,and More Art at Mays Park will offer classes through 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- 7, 8- 12, and 12 and up. Contact Steve Hewitt, 545-3100. More...
Civil- rights activist Dr. Cleveland Sellers announced plans to retire as director of the African American Studies Program at USC on June 30. Sellers, known internationally for his work in the civil- rights movement and as an advocate for social justice, will become research professor of African ... More...
MASTER'S SALE 2007-CP-40-6040 BY VIRTUE OF A DECREE of the Court of Common Pleas for Richland County, South Carolina, heretofore issued in the case of LaSalle Bank National Association ('Assignee'), formerly known as LaSalle National Bank, in its capacity as indenture trustee under that certain... More...
One vine will wrap its tendrils around your heart and won't let go. The fast growing 10- foot- tall annual balloon vine, Cardiospermum halicacabum, uses tendrils to tightly wrap around any point of contact like a fence or trellis. More...
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