Advertiser IndexSubscribe Get News Updates RSS RSS Feed
General
Services
Entertainment
March 14, 2008
Search Archives: 




The earlier the better
SCSHA holds a day to help legislators understand the importance of early identification and intervention of hearing problems
By John Dixon
S.C. Legislators were treated to low- country shrimp and grits and a visit from ambassador Jay Price, his parents, and members of the S.C. Speech Language Hearing Association (SCSHA) March 6, 2008. Jane Senn, SCSHA's outgoing vice president for governmental affairs said this day was, "To promote ... More...
Fly fisher, fly tyer, and fly caster wants you
Compiled by Mimi M.Maddock

Michael Frank, a public school teacher by profession, has an avocation, fly fishing. Frank wants to raise awareness of the rivers and fish population in the Columbia area and promote their responsible use for outdoor recreation. According to Frank, there is a little- known population of smallmout... More...

 News
•Columbia business man lost in Italy
Howard Hellams's love affair with Italy begins thus: "Better you should have died in childbirth than have your first glimpse of Italy through the window of a tour bus." Now that he's retiring from the workaday world, he'll share that romance in a yet- to- be- written paean to Old Italia. More...
•95 and still ticking
•Applications for Jane M. Klausman Women in Business Scholarship are now available
>> Click here for all stories
 Business
•Farmers' Market stalls
S.C. Commissioner of Agriculture Les Tindal had a plan several years ago, a plan to upgrade the 58- acre S.C. State Farmers' Market where it was. Then S.C. Commissioner of Agriculture Hugh Weathers had a plan, a plan to move the market to the end of Shop Road to a 194- acre tract purchased by Rich... More...
•Briefs
•Max and Lauren Schlueter of Carolina Cafe and Catering Company
>> Click here for all stories
 Society
•Columbia Junior Cotillion hosts 14th Annual Spring Ball
The Marriott in Downtown Columbia was the site of the Columbia Junior Cotillion's 14th Annual Spring Ball. Middle school students from Crayton Middle School, Cardinal Newman, Hand, Heathwood Hall, and Dent practiced manners, escort protocol, line dancing, the foxtrot, and the shag. More...
•Petal Pushers Garden Club holds Annual Auction
>> Click here for all stories
 Opinion
•Felony punishment for animal fighting is unjust
This is the last time I am responding about this issue unless I am summoned to speak in Columbia, because, quite frankly I am tired of repeating myself. I am coughing on all the smoke being used to cloud the true issue. First, I don't appreciate BJ Mishoe of the Humane Society for insulting the l... More...
•Creative ideas, planning needed for health care
•Thirty-something speaks
>> Click here for all stories
 Sports
•Bearcats' backup starts Falcons' demise
Led by juniors Eduardo Adam and Cristoph Holzwarth, Brookland - Cayce blitzed A.C. Flora 4- 0 at Bolden Stadium on March 10. Adam opened the game's scoring and Holzwarth helped the Bearcats control the possession and pace of the match from start to finish. More...
•Skyhawks blank Cardinals
>> Click here for all stories
 Education
•Something around every corner
World of Wonder EdVenture Children's Museum, located in the heart of Columbia's Vista, is 67,000 square feet of fun and educational discovery. Its state- - of- the- art facility holds the title of the largest children's museum in the South and the 10th largest in the world. More...
•Upcoming EdVenture Events
>> Click here for all stories
 Travel
•Pineville, a historic refuge
Part 50: Memoirs of a country boy
My uncle, J.K. Gourdin IV, arranged his own funeral. A female Unitarian minister conducted the service. A black gospel choir sang spirituals in the chapel. A guitarist and saxophonist played Dixie at the graveside in the old St. Stephen Episcopal Church. He was a unique person to the very end. More...
•Gen. Francis Marion Memorial Day celebrated in Pineville
>> Click here for all stories
 Events
•It's happening right here in your community
Send events to mimim@sc.rr.com a week before the Friday you wish your event to be published
ART The Columbia Museum of Art will be showing Excavating Egypt:Great Discoveries from the Patrie Museum of Egyptian Achaeology through June 8. www.columbiamuseum. org for more information. More...
>> Click here for all stories
 Government
•Cayce City Council meets March 4, 2008
Mayor Avery Wilkerson, Mayor Pro-tem Rick Myers, Councilman Kenneth Jumper, Councilman Robert Malpass, City Manager John Sharpe, Public Safety Chief Charles McNair, and City Attorney Danny Crowe were all in attendance. Councilman James Jenkins was absent due to sickness. More...
•West Columbia City Council meets March 4, 2008
>> Click here for all stories
 Public Notices
•Public Notices
For information about public notices, contact Pam Clark, pamc@sc.rr.com or 771-0219
_____________________________ NOTICE OF APPLICATION Notice is hereby given that Lite-Um-Up Cigars, LLC intends to apply to the South Carolina Department of Revenue for a license/permit that will allow the sale on premises consumption of Beer, and Wine only at 4435 Hardscrabble Rd. Suite 102, C... More...
>> Click here for all stories
 Beauty in the Backyard
•Toward a greener you
Stopping to smell the flowers
As assured as the blooming of the azaleas and dogwood, the South Carolina Midland Master Gardener Association returns with the 18th annual spring gardening symposium. This year's theme "How Green is Your Garden?" features nationally recognized experts and local exemplars of state of the art garden... More...
•Garden of the week
•Honey bees are vital to food production
>> Click here for all stories