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August 31, 2007
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Brains and brawn begat the best
By Michael Orr
Bilingual, world traveler, excellent student, great guy, wide receiver. As a starting wideout on the A. C. Flora Falcons football team and a nationally recognized French student, Lee Deneen is as well- spoken and smart a high school student as any. "Lee is a great kid, one of the best you'll talk ... More...
Grandparents' Brag Box

Quentin Douglas Hilley is the grandson of proud grandparents Dr. and Mrs. Samuel O. Douglas, Mrs. Gail Wright, and Waylon Hilley. His parents are Corby and Amanda Hilley. Before the family knew what they were having, they called Quen "Moonpie," hence the name on the towel. More...

Thanks, humans
By Elaine Gillespie

So many sad animal stories out there, so I just wanted to make everyone smile for a change. All kittens have been adopted out to very good, handpicked homes, and I am taking sick Momma home to live with me in Cat Paradise on South Beltline. Thank you to everyone who forwarded the email around... More...

 News
•Lutheran Seminary installs new members of staff
Photo contributed by Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary Dr. Ira Brent Driggers was inducted and installed as associate professor of New Testament at the Opening Eucharist of the Academic Year August 23 in the Lutheran seminary's Christ Chapel. Also installed was Ronald J. Walrath, vice president... More...
•National president of Ladies Auxiliary to the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S. comes to Columbia
•Lt. Col. John Laurens, hero, shot and killed August 27, 1782
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 Business
•Congressman Wilson gives Rotary the news
U.S. Rep. Joe Wilson (R- SC), who represents the people in 10 counties from Blythewood to Daufuskie, stood before the Columbia Rotary Club Monday, Aug. 27, and brought everyone up to date on Washington matters. Wilson was introduced by his Deputy District Director Earl Brown. More...
•Briefs
•Star Profile
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 Society
•I now pronounce you... TOTALLY EXHAUSTED!
Boy and Girl look forward to leaving everything behind once their wedding is over and enjoying a stress- free honeymoon. But Boy and Girl need to make sure their great escape doesn't turn out to be the worst week of their lives. More...
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 Opinion
•Gus doesn't take orders well
Gus is driving a beat- up looking gray Nissan with Texas plates through a small town in central Florida. Near the edge of town he runs through a red light. A sheriff's deputy pulls him over. The deputy is checking the trunk of the Nissan when Gus sneaks up behind him and hits the cop on the head ... More...
•Thirty-something speaks
•It's not a criticism, it's an observation...
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 Sports
•Diamonds shine once again
After losing 32 times in a row, the Lower Richland Diamond Hornets and their fans had to start wondering if they would ever win again. On August 23, the Diamond Hornets not only won, they dominated the Dreher Blue Devils at Memorial Stadium. More...
•Rough opener for Cardinals
•Capitals' second half grounds Falcons
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 Education
•Ben Lippen School announces new elementary principal
Ben Lippen School appointed Eric Alfrey as elementary principal of the Monticello Road campus. Prior to coming to Ben Lippen, Alfrey spent the last five years as Head of School at an international school in China. Alfrey has served in Christian education for more than 20 years, including roles as... More...
•U.S. Sen Jim DeMint honors Midlands Technical College with an S.C. on the Move Award
•Spring Valley High School earns bragging rights
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 Travel
•Pineville, a historic refuge
Part 23: The Burning of Pineville, Part 2
Dr. Peter Gaillard Gourdin II wrote the following letter from the field hospital in Adams Run to his wife, Ella Palmer Gourdin, in Pineville on February 6, 1865: Dear Ella, 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 Through the wEyilel sp orfe Asernt tSun., Oct. 7, 1- 5 pm. 213-2035. The Arts at Shandon, 607 Woodrow St., will host Island Close By Band Steel Drum Band Wed.,... More...
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 Government
•Columbia City Council holds budget workshop August 29, 2007
Roll call Columbia City Council convened for its budget workshop at about 9 am, Wednesday, August 29, in the Capital Senior Center at 1650 Park Circle, just up the hill from Maxcy Gregg Park. All council members were present: Daniel Rickenmann, Sam Davis, E.W. Cromartie, Mayor Bob Coble, Anne Sin... More...
•Councilmen accepted to Diversity Leadership Academy
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 Public Notices
•Public Notices
NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE The following vehicles(s) or other property are subject to towing, repair and/or storage liens, are declared to be abandoned pursuant to Section 56-5- 5810, 56-5-5636 and 29-15-10 SC Law as Amended, and are in the custody of City Garage and Body Shop, 436 Superior Street, Co... More...
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 Beauty in the Backyard
•The Original Mystery Plant
The common name of the mystery plant suggests that it is a grass, but it is not. Nevertheless, it looks at little bit like grass with elongated, slender grass- like leaves and a long stalk. Each stalk makes a seed- pod looking thing, which might resemble a grass, but the individual flowers aren't... More...
•Stopping to smell the flowers
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