Main Street United Methodist Church
By Jackie Perrone
     A fanfare of brass will herald Sunday morning worship at Main Street United Methodist Church September 5 as the congregation honors military veterans from WWII. Their special guest speaker is Major General Douglas L. Carver, chief of chaplains for the United States Army.
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Long–time surgeon, USC fan celebrates 93rd birthday
By Josh Cruse
      Friends, family, and representatives of the University of South Carolina gathered at Mayberry’s on Platt Springs Road in West Columbia on Friday, August 27 to celebrate Dr. Charles Crews’s 93rd birthday. USC Football Coach Steve Spurrier, Baseball Coach Ray Tanner, and Basketball Darren Horn were among the coaches from the university honoring Dr. Crews.
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It’s not a criticism; It’s an observation
Tax free weekend
By Mike Cox
      I may venture to Walmart this Saturday now that the tax free weekend is over. It’s worse than the day before Christmas. Not charging tax on certain items for a whole weekend, expanding the list of exempted items to include things like guns and wedding dresses, and acting like it gives taxpayers a break is genius.
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Forty– something
Trading football for girls’ soccer
By Mike Maddock
      The build–up to the start of college football season used to be like those long months before Christmas morning for me. The pre–season magazines, sports radio banter, and ESPN preview shows got me more excited than a 1977 Sears catalog full of Star Wars figures.
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Facebook to the rescue
      There’s a love/hate/or don’t care relationship going on among many internet users of Facebook. Some say it’s too invasive while others post something on their Facebook page every day. I know some parents who only learn about the activities of their adult children by looking each day on Facebook. In this report you decide if Facebook is a positive thing or not.
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“We were on our way to Japan when the atomic bomb was dropped.”
Contributed by Volunteers, VBOB committee
      Memories of the Battle of the Bulge were banished from Vernon Brantley’s mind. Like many WWII veterans, especially those serving in America’s longest engagement, he’d tried to forget war–time experiences.
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Jeeps rev up patriotism
     Among the vintage vehicles transporting visiting veterans of WWII’s Battle of the Bulge from the Marriott Hotel reunion headquarters to Williams Brice Stadium and the surrounding Gamecock Countr
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Local Battle of the Bulge veteran helps reunion organizers welcome guest vets
Contributed by SC Chapter, Veterans of the Battle of the Bulge
      Walter Hedges has some million mark memories of the Battle of the Bulge; others aren’t worth an English farthing, one 20th of a penny.
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Columbia woman participates in National Convention of the Ladies Auxiliary to the VFW
Contributed by Ladies Auxiliary VFW
      Helen Bell of Columbia, S.C., a member of Gandy-Griffin Auxiliary #4262, participated in the 97th National Convention of the Ladies Auxiliary to the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) of the U.S. held August 21–26 at the Indianapolis Convention Center in Indianapolis, Indiana.
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SUMC sets record for blood donations
     Robert Harris sets an example for his children, Hannah and Thomas, while Pam O’Leary prepares him to give blood with the double red cell donation, similar to a whole blood donation except a spec
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