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Residents of the Shandon and Hollywood- Rose Hill neighborhoods will welcome visitors to the annual Homes for the Holidays Tour December 7, 2008. This event, held in some of Columbia's oldest neighborhoods, will feature seven unique homes decorated for the Holidays, plus the newly renovated Hand Middle School. More ... Ask Renee and Bob Kitt to identify their home decoration motif, and they come up with the best word: Eclectic! Inside the home are ceramics from Mexico, a coffee table from India, Japanese dolls, a parrot from Belize, and a bread bowl from Honduras, along with family heirloom pieces and treasured old pictures. More ... Photo by Jim Covington Kappa Alpha alumni at USC from all over the country during the 1950s met together November 14, 2008, at the Palmetto Club. Presidents during the 1950s were (l- r) G. Spruce McCain, Duncan F. Breckenridge Jr., Robert "Bib" Wimberly, John Speer, Tommy Edmonds, David Merline, Henry McMaster Jr. (current president), and Henry McMaster Sr. More ... Members of the Lower Richland Ruritan Club named Lisa Threatt Dixon their 2008 Mother of the Year.With Lisa are (back row) Harriett and Billy Threatt, her parents; Kenny Dixon Sr., her husband, and Kenny Dixon Jr., her son. Front row: Pam Threatt, her sister, and Caroline and Katie Dixon, her daughters. More ... "John Adair did it. I just put words in his mouth." That's how Dale Pedrick describes the book she wrote about a little- known South Carolina patriot. John Adair: Path of a Patriot is now in print and available. "Wherever you live, especially in the South, you will find Adairs in the phone book," says this author. More ... Cayce's first female mayor, Elise Parton has plans for Cayce, starting with a focus on resident involvement. Thirty- five other women were elected to the mayoral office out of 270 cities and towns represented across the state. More ... November is National Epilepsy Awareness Month, and 2008 marks the 36th anniversary of this important designation. There are 80,000 South Carolinians and nearly 3,000,000 Americans living with epilepsy. For many the biggest problem they face, besides seizures, are negative attitudes about the condition. More ... Five- year- old Daisy loves people and other pets. She is good both indoors and outdoors and an excellent watchdog. Daisy is housetrained and has never had an accident indoors! She has an extreme fear of thunder, gun shots, and fireworks. More ... |
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