The Rev. and Mrs. Robert F. Gabriel 50 golden years of shared ministry
      Columbian Bob Gabriel, Dreher High and USC graduate, met fellow student Betty West of LaGrange, Georgia, in 1956 at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas, where he says, "found his thrill on Seminary Hill.
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Women struggle to succeed
Contributed by American Association of University Women
      Richland County Council member Joyce Dickerson and nursing student Julie Hunt had never met before lunch on Saturday, May 17. By the end of the meal the two women shared hugs and tears as both were applauded by the American Association of University Women (AAUW) members and guests for the struggles they have endured and achievements they have realized.
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Men, always court your wife
Editor's note: May is Mental Health Month. The following is a story of one man's depression which he turned into hope.
By Jackie Perrone jacper@juno.com
      "Keep on courting your wife." That's the advice of Carl Adolphson, who lost his wife Charlotte in an automobile accident in 2005. He continues to grieve. "We were married 51 years," he says, "and I was still telling her I loved her. I know if husbands can keep on courting their wives, the marriage will be better for it.
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