Director of SCDMH relates how mental illness affects S.C.
Contributed by SCDMH
      The South Carolina Department of Mental Health (SCDMH) State Director John H. Magill spoke to the St. Andrews Rotary Club on Broad River Road in Columbia September 4, 2007. He was accompanied by Rick Acton, Executive Director, Lexington County Community Health Center, and by Ronald Prier, M.D., Executive Director, SCDMH's inpatient operations. Mr.
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High school students perform surgery
     Photo contributed by Sisters of Charity Providence Hospitals High school juniors and seniors from around the Midlands learn about the human skeleton during a mock surgery at Sisters of Charity Providence Hospitals. These students are participants in Providence Hospitals' Pursuit program, a new summer educational offering that allows students the opportunity to shadow health care professionals and learn about the medical field first- hand.
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Attorney steps in as president of the Board of Directors of the S.C. Philharmonic
Contributed by Sowell Gray Stepp & Laffitte
      Sowell Gray Stepp & Laffitte attorney Robert E. Stepp has assumed the baton as president of the Board of Directors of the South Carolina Philharmonic. The S.C.
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Drink water
Contributed by the Clemson Extension
      Failing to drink enough water can lead to dehydration, a condition in which the body does not have enough water to carry out normal functions.
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Columbia remembers September 11, 2001
Photos and story by Cub@TheColum JobhianS tDari.cxoomn
      The National September 11 Memorial and Museum Exhibition tour opened at Finlay Park September 10, 2007.
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Church closes its doors
Contributed by Trinity Lutheran Church
      After much exploration and "plowing," Trinity Lutheran Church on Nell Street in Northeast Columbia is disbanding that congregation and sowing the seeds of their sale to significant efforts within the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. They will successfully conclude this seeding effort at a Sending and Sowing Service September 30, 2007 at 11 am.
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Richland County Council meets September 11, 2007
By Mike Cox MWC423@bellsouth.net
      Richland Council Meeting Joe McEachern, Joyce Dickerson, Val Hutchinson, Norman Jackson, Damon Jeter, Paul Livingston, Bill Malinowski, Mike Montgomery, Greg Pearce, Bernice Scott, and Kit Smith were present. Reports Clemson's Ben Boozer gave the council a preview of the process for the upcoming strategic planning sessions.
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