History students tour Columbia Canal
     Students in the History of Columbia course taught by Dr. Warner M. Montgomery and sponsored by Historic Columbia Foundation toured the Columbia Canal February 17, 2008. Kneeling in front is Karen Kustafik, chief park ranger for the City of Columbia and who led the tour.The course consisted of six lectures at the Big Apple and three tours: historic homes, historic churches, and the Columbia Canal. The students pictured above are Bill Chisholm, Tom Gregory, Edith Gaffney, Tome Gaffney, Anne Holtschlag, Jackie Rhodes, Betty Matthews, John Bishop, Edgar Maxwell, Nancy Cooper, Eddie Pender, Faye Pender,Barbara Richey,Trudy Siebels, Ingred Clark,Dottie Boatwright,Robin Mercer,Marge Mercer,Cary McDaniel, Shirley McDaniel, and Mitchel Sutherland.
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Columbia Theatre Community Central announces second annual award winners
Contributed by James Harley
      Columbia Theatre Community Central (CTCC), an online group of 300 active Columbia theatre practitioners, has named its 2007 Columbia Theatre Award winners. These peer awards, nominated and voted on by the CTCC membership, recognize outstanding theatrical performances during the 2007 calendar year.
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South Carolinians show state pride in Iraq
     Contributed by Sally McWilliams CPT Micheal Sykes (l) of Charleston, S.C., and 1LT. Phillips McWilliams (r) of Columbia show their state pride while on a 15- month deployment to Bayji, Iraq,with the 1st Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division.
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Historic Columbia Foundation accepting nominations
Contributed by Historic Columbia Foundation
      Historic Columbia Foundation is accepting nominations for its 2008 Preservation Awards, which recognize the commendable efforts of Columbia's citizens, architects, developers, and others whose preservation projects provide the distinctive character of Columbia's built cultural landscape.
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