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March 28, 2008

Outstanding leader leaves Columbia

Members and Friends of the Greater Piedmont Chapter of the Explorers Club will honor Bruce and Sandra Rippeteau with a farewell dinner at the Kershaw- Cornwallis House in Camden on March 30, 2008. Rippeteau is a past president of the Greater Piedmont Chapter. More...

Sport of kings flies in for Tartanfest

Contributed by the Tartanfest Committee

Falcons are as much a part of Scottish history as kilts and bagpipes, castles, and kings. In fact, kings and falcons were joined at the wrist hundreds of years ago when royals first hunted with such birds of prey. In falconry today as in the past, sportsmen wear specially- tooled leather sleeves to protect their lower arms and to provide a perch for the bird. More...

Miss USA contestant heads for Las Vegas

By Jackie Perrone jacper@juno.com

Jamie Hill is looking forward to her flight to Las Vegas to compete in the Miss USA pageant soon. It's not like climbing the Great Wall of China or going into Mongolia, but nonetheless it is an adventure for this Dutch Fork High School (Class of 2001) and USC graduate. More...

•	Columbia photographer scores in Colorado

News

•	Exploring Planet Ocean at the Waldorf

The Explorers Club Annual Dinner was held at the Waldorf Astoria in New York City March 15. The Explorers Club was founded in 1904 for the advancement of field research, scientific exploration, and the ideal that it is vital to preserve the instinct to explore. More...

•	More about Tartanfest

•	Junior Cotillion celebrates 14th Annual Dinner and Ball

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Business

•	Make the time fit the crime

South Carolina Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster wants to reduce the state's prison population and shrink the system's overhead, all the while administering more suitable sentencing to felons. The U.S. Congress eliminated parole for federal inmates beginning in 1987. Virginia did something similar in 1994. More...

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Briefs

•	Folks about town

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Society

•	James Benjamin "Bennie" Jones

Funeral services for James Benjamin "Bennie" Jones, 68, of Horrell Hill, SC were held at 1 pm Thursday, March 27, 2008, at Asbury Memorial United Methodist Church with interment following in Greenlawn Memorial Park. The family received friends from 5 to 8 pm on Wednesday evening at the funeral home. On- line condolences may be sent to www.mem.com. More...

•	Columbia Sertoma Club honors its own

•	Lower Richland Ruritan Club celebrates Liberty Day with Burnside Elementary students

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Opinion

•	Patrolman remembers bombing

Letter to the editor

I enjoyed Warner Montgomery's article on the atomic bomb dropped on Florence in last week's paper. (I always enjoy Bob Ford's articles, too). Thought it might be of interest to know that somewhere there is a news film made of the area not long after the bomb was dropped. More...

•	Thirty-something speaks

•	It's not a criticism, it's an observation.

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Sports

•	Falcons' nine unanswered runs doom Devils

Baseball - March 21, 2008

After trailing 4- 0 in the second inning, A.C. Flora scored nine unanswered runs, seven in the fourth inning, to win at home against rival Dreher, 15- 5 on March 21. Pitcher Will Freeman struck out six Blue Devils and Joseph O'Steen pitched two solid innings to close out the victory for the Falcons. More...

•	Falcons shut out Blue Devils

•	Area swimmers qualify for national competition

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Education

•	Volunteers give students much more than their time

More than 3,000 parents, college students, business people, grandparents and ordinary citizens give to Richland One students every day as volunteers, mentors, Lunch Buddies and tutors. On March 7, the district recognized its most outstanding volunteers at a breakfast in their honor. More...

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Photo

•	Creighton Boggs honored at Hootie and the Blowfish Party Animals event

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Travel

•	Pineville, a historic refuge

Part 51: Even more Memoirs

In his Memoirs, Uncle Jay ( J.K. Gourdin IV ), wrote about many of the "colored" people in Pineville, some of whom were blood kin because of illicit trysts by his elders. This fact was known by all but spoken by none. More...

•	Pineville, a historic refuge

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Events

•	It's happening right here in your community

Send your events to mimim@sc.rr.com a week before the Friday you wish them to be published

ANIMALS The Humane Society will host "The Mane Event" April 25, 7 pm- 11 pm at The Millstone at Adams Pond. The Mane Event will feature live bluegrass entertainment, food, and a silent auction to raise funds for the recently seized Arabian horses. More...

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Book sale

•	Author and Artists at Robert Mills House

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Public Notices

•	Public Notices

NOTICE OF UNCLAIMED VEHICLES/PUBLIC SALE The following vehicles are subject to towing, repair and/or storage liens; are declared to be abandoned pursuant to Section 56-5-5810, More...

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Beauty in the Backyard

•	S.C. Iris Society presents the 48th Standard Flower Show

The S.C. Iris Society celebrates its 50th anniversary with the presentation of the 48th Standard Flower Show at the Garden Club Council of Greater Columbia located at Maxcy Gregg Park, 1605 Park Circle on April 26. The event is open to the public from 1 to 4 pm. More...

•	Garden of the week

•	Second annual Pets in the Park coming April 19

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