July 25, 2008 RSS feed / News

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Meet the Stars

The Columbia Star Advertising Staff
Compiled by Mimi M. Maddock Mimi@TheColumbiaStar.com
The Columbia S tar has expanded its sales staff to better accommodate the businesses in the Columbia area. The new advertising manager is Linda Sosbee who can be contacted at 771-0219 or lindas@sc.rr.com. More...

SUMC's Outreach Commission says thank you

Shandon United Methodist Church's Outreach Commission teamed up with the American Red Cross to give people the gift of life July 13, 2008, at the church. Pictured above giving blood are are Jonathan Roquemore (l) and Wade Carlisle. More...

There's more than one way to read a book

By Jackie Perrone Jacper@bellsouth.net

For those with vision problems, there's a godsend right here in Columbia called The South Carolina State Library's Talking Book Services. More...

MTC instructor receives Regional Teaching Excellence Award for second time

Contributed by Midlands Technical College

Melvin O. More...

Red Cross helps Midlands' families recover from storm damage

Contributed by The American Red Cross of Central South Carolina

The American Red Cross of Central South Carolina is providing emergency aid to residents in the Midlands displaced by Monday's storms. More...

Nature's power unleashed

Tree crashes through attic

A tree fell on a house on Adger Road during the storm July 21. Notice the tree in the attic. More...

The Columbia Star Assistant to the Editor

By Mimi M. Maddock

Pamela Edwards has joined The Columbia Star family as assistant to the editor. She was born in Asheville, N.C., and lived most of her life in Western North Carolina. She owns family land in Polk County, N.C. More...

The Columbia Star

The Columbia Star is the oldest locally- owned newspaper in Columbia. It began as The Star Reporter at 716 Santee Avenue in 1963 with three people: Miller Montgomery, and Harold and Mary Booker. More...

State Parks invite you to visit in September

Contributed by SCPA

Long before "staycations" entered the vocabulary, S.C's state parks have been family favorites for folks looking to stay close to home while getting away from it all. More...

Wind & Unwind presents Islam and the Middle East

By Debbie Markert

Close to 80 people listened to and questioned local resident Zara Rabnawaz at the Capital Senior Center's monthly lecture series Wind & Unwind last week. More...

Was zoo hippo named after the publisher of The Columbia Star?

By Warner M. Montgomery Warner@TheColumbiaStar.com

After I returned from my Peace Corps tour of duty in Thailand and continued my teaching career at A.C. Flora High School, I developed a strange fixation on hippos. For years I collected hippo memorabilia. More...

Carolina Children's Home holds Back to School Drive

Contributed by Carolina Children's Home

Carolina Children's Home is hosting its annual Back to School Drive fundraiser and supply drive through September 1 in preparation of sending more than 85 children and adolescents back to school. More...

New way to enforce stopping

At 3 pm, July 21, 2008, a bolt of lightning struck a tall fir tree at the corner of Maple and Monroe Streets in Shandon. The tree smashed into a telephone pole, then rode the power lines down into Monroe. More...


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