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November 21, 2008

FACE fills friends and families with fun

Sponsored by the Forest Acres Christian Educators (FACE) homeschool support group, the annual FACE Heritage Ball has attracted over 200 homeschoolers for the past three years. This year, "the ball," was held at the Capital Senior Center November 15. More...

Plans underway for Crane Creek watershed

By Mike Cox Cox-star@sc.rr.com

The Crane Creek Watershed Association (CCWA) held its inaugural meeting at the Crane Creek Community Center on Fairfield Road November 13. The purpose was to bring as many interested parties together to establish a group to restore Crane Creek and the surrounding land to a pristine state and establish a model for handling future watershed issues. More...

SCE&G responds to landfill issue

By Joshua Cruse Joshua.Cruse@newberry.edu

In response to a previous story in The Columbia Star, SCE&G has released details about the landfill it is constructing to dispose of the ash wastes that are produced from its generating plant on the Wateree River. More...

•	Columbia and Carolina First Bank innovate new money

•	First Annual Veterans Day Dinner Celebration honors men and women of the Armed Forces

Opinion/Crime

•	Letter to the editor

Roads belong to the public

I hope I misinterpreted the meaning of your headline. Bicyclists belong on public roads and highways, along with pedestrians and motor vehicles. Roads do not belong to motorists, or any other group of users, they belong to the public. More...

•	Thirty- something speaks

•	Bob Ford's Call the Cops!

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News

•	Knights of Columbus hold Flag Retirement Ceremony at St. John Neumann School

The Knights of Columbus conducted a Flag Retirement Ceremony at St. John Neumann School on Veteran's Day, November 11, 2008, with the entire school in attendance. More...

•	SERCO hosts tour of the Village of Hopkins and the Lower Richland Corridor

•	Expert searches for colonial roads

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Government/Neighborhood

•	Columbia City Council meets November 19, 2008

Roll call Columbia City Council convened about 9 am, Wednesday, Nov. 19, on the third floor of City Hall. All members of city council were present: Kirkman Finlay III, Tameika Isaac Devine, E.W. Cromartie, Mayor Bob Coble, Sam Davis,Daniel Rickenmann, and Belinda Gergel. More...

•	Richland County Council meets November 18, 2008

•	Forest Acres City Council meets November 13, 2008

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Business

•	Eckstrom touts transparency

Races ahead of Columbia

S.C. Comptroller General Richard Eckstrom held a press conference Tuesday, Nov. 18, in his third floor conference room inside the Wade Hampton Office Building, part of the State House complex. The occasion was to announce his new transparency program in the form of new software and its accounting of state expenditures. More...

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Briefs

•	Star Profile

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Education

•	Columbia Children's Theatre presents The Snow Queen

Columbia Children's Theatre will present the world premier of an original musical based on Hans Christian Andersen's The Snow Queen November 28 - December 7 at The Booker Washington Heights Cultural Arts Center. More...

•	Ancient Rome comes to Center for Knowledge

•	Carolina Wildlife Care announces 20th anniversary logo competition for kids

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Society

•	And the winners are

American Idle, An Aging Talent Show features amazing amateurs

It was a dark and stormy night More...

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Sports

•	Skyhawks flying to Orangeburg again

Pinewood Prep 10 Hammond 13

Hammond quarterback Cliff Ayers completed only seven passes on Saturday night at Edens Stadium but only one really mattered, a 66- yard game- winning touchdown to Kyle George with just under four minutes left in the third quarter. More...

•	Falcons run ends in Sumter

•	Councilman's son swimming to Stanford

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Events

•	Trustus Theatre brings two classics in one weekend

Trustus Theatre is bringing the first musical of their 24th season, Evita, to the Main Stage, and the Trustus Youth Theatre is re- opening their version of A Christmas Carol in the Trustus Black Box in one weekend. More...

•	Christmas In Cayce offers a weekend full of holiday cheer

•	Forest Acres welcomes "sweet" addition to holiday festival

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Travel

•	On the Erie Canal

Part 1: I've got a mule, her name is Sal

I love canals. One of my life goals is to traverse all of the world's major canals. So far, I have done the Santee Canal (USA's first canal, but now defunct), the Columbia Canal (Phase 1 defunct, Phase 2 Columbia's wonderful riverfront resource), More...

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Public Notices

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NOTICE

CITY OF COLUMBIA PLANNING COMMISSION December 1, 2008 - 5:15 P.M. 1737 MAIN STREET CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS NX932-4 Woodlawn Avenue, TMS# 16501-07-02, -03 and -04; rezone from RG-1 to PUDR. More...

•	NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE

•	Public Notices

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Beauty in the Backyard

•	Stopping to smell the flowers

The Late Bloomer

Remember the children's book Leo the Late Bloomer about a young tiger who could not keep up with his peers? He just bloomed on a different schedule than the others. The story is used by teachers and parents to ease the growing pains of the young. Plants can be late bloomers too. More...

•	S.C. Beekeepers Association seeks research partners

•	Winterize home plumbing and avoid costly problems

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