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August 24, 2007
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No more smashing to smithereens a Perfectly Good Guitar
By Mike Cox MWC423@bellsouth.net
Jeff Merck is one of those lucky people whose hobby is also his livelihood. He builds guitars for a living. You might think he's a pretty happy guy, easy going and content with his world, and you'd be right. Merck grew up listening to his father pick guitar from time to time. His first exposure t... More...
Vicious Bikers roam the streets before daybreak
By Mackenzie Sunday Cub@TheColumbiaStar.com

Every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday at 5:45 am, around 15 "middle- aged" men wearing spandex and maybe a woman or two meet at a gas station to cycle around Columbia. They are the Vicious Bikers, a group of Columbia cyclists who have trained and raced together for many years. More...

 News
•Artist's name comes from gun- slinging, hard- riding cowboy
Don't let Denby Singley Gorman's soft- spoken, Southern mannerisms fool you. She can document her heritage to a gun- slinging, hard- riding cowboy of the 1800s. And she's even named for him (or that branch of the family, anyway). More...
•Five Points Wheels Transportation Program gets moving
•Fan the Heat
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 Business
•Briefs
Bridges S.C. has 1,300 bridges under the name "structurally deficient" given the collapsed interstate bridge in Minneapolis, killing 13 people. S.C. might have to spend $3 billion, or $150 million a year for the next 20 years, to fix or replace them. More...
•Keep Five Points, Five Points!
•Star Profile
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 Society
•Miss Quinn and Mr. Hall wed at The Church of the Good Shepherd
Natalie Joan Quinn and Daniel James Hall were married August 18, 2007, at 5:30 pm at The Church of the Good Shepherd. The Rev. Dr. James Fraser Lyon IV performed the double ring ceremony. Music was provided by Dr. David Lowry. More...
•Miss Leadbitter and Mr. Batchler exchange vows August 11, 2007
•Forest Pines Foxes paint the town red
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 Sports
•Highlander Jamboree kicks off start of season
The Hammond Skyhawks and the Heathwood Hall Highlanders staked their claims to the SCISA Region IAAA crown on Saturday, August 18 at the Highlander Jamboree. Pushed back by thunderstorms from Friday night, the Jamboree pitted the four Columbia- area SCISA schools; Hammond, Heathwood Hall, Ben Lip... More...
•YOUTH BASEBALL
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 Education
•Wrecking company completes job at Dreher High School
Photo by Jim Covington First grader Thomas Cuttino watches as the last bits of rubble of old Dreher High School are taken away. Cuttino says it upsets him that they're tearing down Dreher. More...
•Grandparents' Brag Box
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 Travel
•Pineville, a historic refuge
Part 22: The Burning of Pineville
"I'm going to march to Richmond.....and when I go through South Carolina it will be one of the most horrible things in the history of the world. The devil himself couldn't restrain my men in that state." - Gen. More...
•The Amazing Eurasian Odyssey
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 Events
•It's happening right here in your community
ART The Thomas Cooper Library will displayVoices of the Great War through Sept. 30. 777-5400. The Saluda Shoals Park Foundation will present Through the Eyes of Art Sun., Oct. 7, 1- 5 pm. 213-2035. CHURCH/CHARITY First Presbyterian Church's Wednesdays at First lunch service will begin a... More...
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 Beauty in the Backyard
•The Original Mystery Plant
South Carolina is known for its hot, humid summers. Historically, many southerners were able to deal with a hot summer by heading for the hills, as in the Blue Ridge Mountains. Of course, plants are unable to move around and must deal with their private landscape permanently. More...
•Stopping to smell the flowers
•Trees suffer during prolonged drought
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