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July 18, 2008

The "heavies" love throwing and lifting

Bert Sorin's third- place paycheck in the Grandfather Mountain Highland Games last weekend was not why he competed. The "heavies," as Scottish athletes are called, don't command NBA- or NFL- type salaries. "We all have jobs," said Sorin, a former hammer thrower for USC. "But my love is throwing and lifting things, and this is what I like to do in my spare time. More...

Columbian catches 60 lb. sailfish

Roe Morris (l), a sophomore at Furman University caught a sailfish July 13, 2008, off the coast of Charleston.The fish weighed over 60 pounds. Roe is the son of Clare Morris and Jim Morris of Columbia. More...

Driver totals valuable cars

Contributed by Lynn Sky

Renowned artist, Blue Sky (born 1938 as Warren Edward Johnson) best known for his 50 foot by 75 foot internationally acclaimed mural "Tunnelvision" projected to be featured at the National Museum in Sweden this fall, has suffered a recent ironic loss. More...

Opinion/Crime

•	Thirty- something speaks

Beach power turns shells into gold

The beach is a strange and mystical place. It has powers over people that most places do not have. These powers can make old men wear black socks with sandals. It can put string bikinis and Speedos on people that usually don't leave the house in anything but loose sweats. More...

•	America's toughest sheriff

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

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News

•	Columbia doctors help in Haiti and Africa

Dr. Hal Crosswell named Rotarian of the Year

Hal H. Crosswell Jr. was recently named Columbia Rotary Club's 2008 Rotarian of the Year. Crosswell graduated from the Medical University of South Carolina and has been in the private practice of ophthalmology with the Columbia Eye Clinic for more than 40 years. More...

•	Dr. William O. Kirker rebuilds hospital in Niger

•	Longest living kidney transplant recipient says never accept can't

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Government/Neighborhood

•	Those dependent on public transportation must wait for the prince to come

Roll call Chairman Joe McEachern, Vice Chair Val Hutchinson, Norman Jackson, Damon Jeter, Paul Livingston, Bill Malinowski, Mike Montgomery, Greg Pearce, Bernice Scott, and Kit Smith were present at the Richland County Council meeting July 15, 2008. Joyce Dickerson was absent. More...

•	Council debates Columbia's crime condition as Chief Carter sets a 50% crime reduction target

•	Austin seeks a transparent, efficient, and accountable City

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Business

•	Lift, truck and install a donated aircraft at the S.C. Fire Academy, all on a Saturday morning

On Saturday morning, July 12, forces gathered at Aiken Airport's outlying tarmac. Around 9 am, members of the S.C. National Guard and two of their "lowboys" (flatbeds) pulled up alongside a cannibalized Mitsubishi MU2 aircraft for its move to the S.C. Fire Academy off Monticello Road. More...

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Briefs

•	Columbia Police Chief Tandy Carter

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Education

•	Gamecocks taking field at RCPL

Spurrier's Gamecocks are taking the field at the Richland County Public Library for Pigskin Poets, an annual program that emphasizes the importance of summer reading, at 11 am on Friday, July 18 in the Bostick Auditorium of the Main Library, 1431 Assembly St. More...

•	Headmaster refuses teacher raise

•	Board seeks input on request to name gym for former coach

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Society

•	Military music arches over Columbia

Veteran band man Paul Pickens orchestrated musical military history July 12- 13, 2008. For seven years Pickens, a WWII tuba player, has organized the WWII 42nd Rainbow Infantry Division Band reunion in Columbia, usually in spring. More...

•	Volunteer goes to Honduras to help at the Farm of the Child

•	Field Trip Fridays with Historic Columbia Foundation

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Sports

•	Sims's five RBI power Richland to 2- 0 lead

Tuesday, July 15, 2008

Kirk Sims had a home run and five RBIs, and Kyle Williamson pitched a complete game to lead Richland Post 6 to a 9- 6 victory in Game two of their first round playoff series with Easley Post 52 on July 15. Williamson struck out seven and quelled an Easley rally in the top of the ninth to preserve the win at Memorial Stadium. More...

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Events

•	It's happening right here in your community

Send your events to mimim@sc.rr.com. Events must be received by 3 pm on Friday for the following Friday's paper.

-ANIMALS The Animal Protection League will hold a garage sale at 1727 Laurel Street (across from the Fire Station) July 19, 7 am- 3 pm. Donations accepted. 206-5779 or 351-3536. Carolina Wildlife Care will host its fourth annual purple martin fundraising cruise aboard the Southern Patriot tour boat on Lake Murray July 30 from 7 pm- 9:30 pm. More...

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Travel

•	Pineville, a historic refuge

Part 68: Belvidere Rediscovered, 2008

During the summer and fall of 2007, the water level of Lakes Marion and Moultrie fell dramatically as a result of the continuing four- year drought in South Carolina. Dr. John Leader, S.C. state archaeologist, was called by officials of the S.C. Department of Natural Resources (DNR) and the Santee- Cooper Authority to come quick. More...

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Public Notices

•	Public Notices

MASTER'S SALE 08-CP-40-2074 By virtue of a decree heretofore granted in the case of Bank of New York as Trustee for the Certificateholders CWABS, Inc. More...

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Beauty in the Backyard

•	Garden wedding

Stopping to smell the flowers

When Walter and Sophie Sagrera's son, Christopher, and his fiancée, Alicia, chose the Sagrera garden as the setting for their wedding ceremony, the Sagreras launched a sixth month garden makeover. The basic structure for a lovely garden had been put in place by Sagrera, an avid gardener born into plants in southern Louisiana. More...

•	Explorers dig in history

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