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October 26, 2007

Local finds S.C. in Belize

While on a trip to Belize earlier this year, Columbia advertising executive Kevin Fisher got a surprise while exploring the Rio Frio river cave. "We entered the cave at one end, were walking along the river in the darkness, then turned the corner and saw the opening at the other end," said Fisher. "I couldn't believe it. Nature had carved the shape of S.C. More...

The Columbia Star celebrates 44 years Oct. 24, 2007

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Nuremburg Trials haunt reporter

"When I arrived there for the trials, I saw streets filled with piles of debris three stories high. Included in this building detritus were as many as 45,000 bodies of war casualties." - Nancy Kenaston

By Jackie Perrone jacper@juno.com

The horrors and atrocities revealed at the Nuremberg War Crimes Trials still haunt the woman who was a court reporter documenting the proceedings. "I feel very deeply that it is important to remember what happened there," said Nancy Kenaston in Columbia last week. "It would be terrible to lose the whole point. More...

•	Dancer wins Princess Grace Award

•	Adventurers dream now, live now

News

•	Project Pet hosts the 1st Annual Fur Ball- Moonlight Gala

There was excitement in the air for the Midlands homeless pets that need a second chance at life. An elegant new event, The Fur Ball- Moonlight Gala, was held by Project Pet Saturday, October 13, 2007, at the Columbia Convention Centre with over 600 of Columbia's most devoted animal lovers in attendance. More...

•	Asbury United Methodist Church honors Eagle Scout

•	Mentors wanted

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Business

•	Richard Florida speaks to Columbia

The toughest ticket in town two weeks ago was a seat at the Richard Florida lecture in the main ballroom of the new Hilton. The food, by the way, was superb. It was catered by Ruth's Chris Steak House, also in the Hilton on Senate Street. More...

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Briefs

•	Star Profile

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Society

•	USC DAR honors Jim Hamilton

The USC chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution presented the 2007 Community Service Award on October 10, 2007. More...

•	James William "Bill" Riser Jr.

•	Petal Pushers Garden Club holds October meeting

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Opinion

•	Fourth amendment foils rookie cop

The little guy near the front row is a dead ringer for Barney Fife, Sheriff Andy Taylor's bungling deputy from Mayberry. This real- life character wears a real police uniform loaded with patches and pins. On his belt is the usual: 9mm semi- automatic, spare ammo clips, handcuffs, plus a set of nunchaku used in martial arts. More...

•	Cop stories bring giggles from seniors

•	Thirty-something speaks

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Sports

•	Blue Devils blown away by Cyclones

Chester High School scored four first half touchdowns and used a goal line stand to record their second consecutive shut out beating Dreher 36- 0 on October 19. SEC recruit and Shrine Bowl player C.C. Whitlock passed for two touchdowns and caught another as the Cyclones quick- strike offense overwhelmed the Blue Devils. More...

•	Vikings lose another heartbreaker

•	High School Football this week

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Education

•	Richland One teachers win state awards

Dana Amaker (c) of W. A. Perry Middle School is the 2007 S.C. Preserve America History Teacher of the Year.Also pictured is Richland One School Board Commissioner Dwayne Smiling (l), and Richland One Superintendent Dr. Allen Coles. More...

•	Life is not what you take, but what you leave

•	Brother/sister team makes big splash for A. C. Flora

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Travel

•	Pineville, a historic refuge

Part 31: St. John's Hunting Club, 2007

The St. John's Hunting Club was founded in 1800 and still meets regularly. According to Club Vice President/Archivist Richard Porcher, the club did not meet from October 1861 to December 1866 because of the Civil War. Meetings were suspended after the May 13, 1869, meeting. The club was reorganized on May 15, 1900. More...

•	Archaeologist speaks on Francis Marion

•	The Amazing Eurasian Odyssey

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Events

•	It's happening right here in your community

Send your events to mimim@sc.rr.com

ANIMALS The Columbia Animal Shelter, 127 Humane Lane, is hosting adopt- a- dog month. 776-7387. ART Art,Art,and More Art at Mays Park will offer classes Oct.- March. Just the two of us, parent and child for ages 2- 4; Homeschool art for ages 4- 7, 8- 12, and 12 and up; and Afterschool for ages 4- 7, 8- 12, and 12 and up. Contact Steve Hewitt, 545-3100. More...

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Public Notices

•	Public Notices

MASTER'S SALE By virtue of a decree heretofore granted in the case of Wachovia Bank, National Association against Kamar R. More...

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Beauty in the Backyard

•	The Original Mystery Plant

The Mystery Plant is for the fiddler crabs, sandpipers, snails, and everybody and everything else that lives in or enjoys our beautiful coastal estuaries. It's a plant of open salt flats or meadows landward of the beach, places that tend to be frequently flooded by salt water during high tide, and drained when the tide goes out. More...

•	Riverbanks creates a kaleidoscope

•	Early fall color could be sign of tree distress

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