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July 30, 2010  RSS feed
Good buddies wow the crowd
Hollings Library opens for research
The Ernest F. Hollings Special Collections Library, adjacent to the Thomas Cooper Library at USC, opened last Friday, July 23. Designed and built by Columbia architectural firm Watson Tate Savory, the $18 million building, 50,000 square feet, was dedicated with the help of Vice President Joe Biden, U. S. More...
Mayor takes another new job
Contributed by Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart P.C

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart P.C., one of the nation’s largest labor and employment law firms, announced July 28 that Steve Benjamin, mayor of Columbia, S.C., will join the firm’s Columbia office effective August 1. More...

It’s Christmas time for the arts community
By Cathy Cobbs

It’s Christmastime in July for 15 local arts groups. On July 28 at a mid–morning press conference, The Cultural Council of Richland and Lexington Counties revealed the organizations that have been awarded $175,000 in grants for the 2011–11 fiscal year. The group awarded the same amount last year. More...

 Opinion/Crime
• Protect our $55 billion
Less than an hour’s drive from downtown Greenville are two extraordinary places—Jones Gap State Park and Caesar’s Head State Park. With more than 10,000 acres in the heart of the Blue Ridge Escarpment, the parks are spectacularly beautiful and afford an amazing array of nature–based opportunities for all of us to enjoy. More...
• article has image Quirky Crimes in the Capital City
• article has image A Lingering Cancer on the World’s Conscience
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 News
• article has image Mayor’s committee celebrates 20th anniversary of ADA
On Monday, July 26, 2010, at 11 a.m. the Mayor’s Committee on Employment of People with Disabilities (MCEPD) held a rally at the South Carolina State House to celebrate the 20th Anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). More...
• article has image Columbia College partners with St. Lawrence Place to grow a garden
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 Government/Neighborhood
• Protective measures in place for neighborhoods
Over the last few years communities like Shandon and Rosewood have taken advantage of a protection measure that helps their historic neighborhoods. On Thursday, July 23 Mark Mylott, the director of planning and development services, explained the history and the importance of Community Character Protection at the Columbia Council of Neighborhoods meeting. More...
• article has image Tax exemptions in trouble
• Richland County Council continues debates over Lower Richland sewer proposal
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 Business
• article has image Mr. Mayor... now get to work
Columbia Mayor Steve Benjamin’s transition report is in, all 101 pages of it produced by 209 volunteers divided among eight divisions of interest. More...
• Briefs
• article has image Folks about town
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 Society
• article has image Friends reunite at DiPratos
Susan Hart Harding (far right back row) who now lives in Phoenix, Arizona, arranged for long time friends from Dreher High School to meet at DiPratos Monday, July 24, 2010. More...
• Knitting for the Needy receives philanthrophy award
• Fifth Annual School Supply Bash benefit children with cancer
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 Events
• article has image Dreher High School Class of 1960 holds 50th reunion
The Dreher Class of 1960 held its 50th anniversary July 24, 2010, at Forest Lake Club.
Memories In 1956 341 confused freshmen entered the halls of Dreher. Because of crowded conditions at Dreher High School, many of the classmates were left to attend the ninth grade at Hand Junior High. During the sophomore year, this class swelled to 564 when the classmates from Hand entered Dreher. More...
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 Arts & Entertainment
• Celebrate Jubilee Festival of Heritage August 28
To celebrate cultural heritage and the contributions of a family whose roots began with the work of a freed slave to the entrepreneurial spirit of her descendants, Historic Columbia Foundation presents the 32nd annual Jubilee: Festival of Heritage. More...
• article has image Historic Columbia Foundation Seeking Contestants for the Jubillee: Festivall of Heritage Yam Cook–Off
• article has image Amateur Ballroom Dancers to host Diabetes Charity Ball
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 Home & Garden
• article has image The flowering totem pole
Stopping to smell the flowers
On its own initiative one native plant has taken on the task of beautifying Columbia wherever the opportunity arises. The deciduous clinging woody vine ascends to great heights trumpeting its achievements from telephone poles, pillars, host trees, towers, and even rooftops. Garden writer Steve Bender predicts it could easily scale the Eiffel Tower. More...
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• article has image Still Hopes butterfly garden designated wildlife habitat
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 Travel
• article has image In Search of a Slave Trader
Part 6: St. Martins: Creeping Americanization
As my wife Linda and I sat in the little cafe in Marigot, we tried to picture ourselves on the French Riviera. Something wasn’t quite right, though. There was too much English and too few poodles. And not enough smokers for this Caribbean island to be truly French. More...
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