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October 8, 2004

Six–year–old burn victim thrives with local Shriners’ help

For four years Darby Langley has gone to the Shriners Burn Hospital in Cincinnati for treatment

As her plane flew 10,000 feet above the Appalachian mountains, six More...

The right neighborhood means everything

By Mimi M. Maddock

Location, location, location...that More...

News

•	Welcome to Old Shandon Centennial Celebration

Residents of Old Shandon celebrated October 2 sharing memories and visiting the old neighborhood

Editor More...

•	We walk you through the door and get you to the other side.

•	Horses stop traffic

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Business

•	Business Briefs

The Township board last week disclosed a site plan of the block bounded by Taylor, Barnwell, Blanding, and Henderson. The 74 More...

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Society

•	Women in Philanthropy holds Annual Founders’ Breakfast

Women in Philanthropy heard how they could enhance their philanthropic capabilities from speaker Dr. Patricia Motes

More than 90 women gathered for breakfast at the Capital City Club last week to hear an overview of Women in Philanthropy More...

•	Garden club wants the perfect tree

•	Your home can look just like the ones in

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Opinion

•	SCPA Award Winning Columnist Mike Maddock Thirty–something speaks Leave the scratching and strange smells to the men of the species

I firmly believe I could have lived a happy and very fulfilling life without ever hearing the phrase, More...

•	Shot over skinless chicken

•	SCPA Award Winning Columnist Mike Cox It’s not a criticism, it’s an observation. Give me the South any day

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Sports

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Golf

No rocking chairs for senior golfers

The green goddess is back swinging a silver walking cane! Diana Saine claimed the Columbia Country Club More...

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Football

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Swimming

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Education

•	Principal spends vacation in South Korea

Dr. Ted Wachter spent four weeks in South Korea on a Fulbright Fellowship studying the country

Twelve other educators and I had the good fortune to spend four weeks in South Korea this summer on a Fulbright Fellowship to study the country More...

•	Roundtop Elementary: where learning takes flight

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Travel

•	Adventure Travel

Part 11: Islam in the Pongo

The African Slave Trail Islam spread along the trade routes from North Africa across the Sahara Desert to West Africa beginning in the ninth century. Gold and slaves moved north as Islamic law, accounting, art, and language moved south. By 850 AD a kingdom on the Senegal River adopted the religi More...

•	By Natasha Whitling Singing Russia I was a member of an Earthwatch Institute research team, and our task was to record the folk songs and folklore of a dying culture. These are my stories. Episode 12

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Events

•	Around the Town

Church Seeds of Hope Farmer , Louis Reid will be at Shandon United Methodist on Devine Street October 9. Vegetables lovers, this a one More...

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Public Notices

•	Public Notices

NOTICE OF SALE Space Place storage located at 110 Newland Rd, Columbia, SC 29229 will sell at public auction on Friday, October 29th, More...

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Beauty in the Backyard

•	The original mystery plant

Each week The Columbia Star features an explanation and picture of a More...

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