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News December 5, 2008  RSS feed
Teens organize food drive
      On a cool autumn day Mary Leigh Hatcher and Taylor Baird, two tenth graders, set out down the street to deliver bright green flyers to their neighbors.
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Another treasure in our backyard
Part I: The Saluda River
      The Saluda River becomes a flowing body of water in western Greenville County and flows nearly 200 miles before combining with the Broad River to become the Congaree in Columbia. The Saluda gets its name from a Native American tribe that lived along its banks in the 1600s. The river has also been referred to as the Corn River and the Chickawa.
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Part 2: Saluda Shoals
      In July of 1990, the Lower Saluda River Corridor Plan was finalized, printed, and put into motion. The next year the South Carolina legislature designated the Lower Saluda a S.C. Scenic River. The designation brought government help into the picture. Promise of funding and other support became a reality.
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Workshop Theatre hires new executive director
      The Board of Trustees for Workshop Theatre of South Carolina appointed Elfi Lilliana Hacker to the position of the executive director for the Theatre, effective January 1, 2009. Workshop Theatre President Jack Jansen noted the theatre received 32 resumes from candidates interested in filling the position.
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Volunteer gives more than 1000 hours to RCPL
     Photo contributed by RCPL Patsy McIntosh was recognized by Richland County Public Library Executive Director David Warren for volunteering more than 1,000 hours of service to the Richland County Public Library. A volunteer since January 1993, McIntosh has also been recognized as a Spotlight Volunteer and was named to the RCPL Volunteer Hall of Fame in April.
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Ariail Chapter meets November 13
      The Ariail Chapter of the Columbia College Alumnae Association met November 13, 2008, at 10 am at Alumnae Hall on the college campus. Approximately, 30 members enjoyed fellowship and refreshments before President Joyce Hart Mann '56 called the meeting to order at 10:30 am.
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Letter to the editor
15 years not miles
      I enjoyed Warner Montgomery's article on the Erie Canal in last week's Columbia Star and the interesting history involved, especially since I've had the pleasure of visiting the Erie Canal a couple times myself and even running several miles on the tow path at Pittsford near Rochester.
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A sight to see
      It's amazing what you can do with PVC pipe, tomato cages, hula hoops, a few Christmas lights, and a lot of ingenuity. You owe it to yourself to stop by Willow Ridge Drive sometime this Holiday season and see for yourself. Anna Holden Price and Jay Price have worked for months with their father Scott, planning and building a Christmas light extravaganza.
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