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May 29, 2009

C.A. Johnson High School graduate to lead NASA

President Obama tapped a 1964 graduate of C.A. Johnson High School to lead NASA. Maj. Gen. Charles F. Bolden Jr. was born in Columbia August 19, 1946. He attended Carver Elementary School and W.A. Perry Junior High School. He was one of the first people to be inducted into the Richland One Hall of Fame. More...

Business Hall of Fame showcases honorees

Photo by John Temple Ligon Ambassador Symone Sutton of H. B. Rhame Elementary School with Laureate Darla Moore at the South Carolina Business Hall of Fame dinner. More...

Musician comes by talent naturally

By Mike Cox

Justin Tweito's mom, Denise, was surprised when she heard him singing an unfamiliar song. When she asked him where he heard it, Justin replied, "I got it out of my head." Denise, a high school music teacher in Irmo, sat with Justin at the piano and began to map out his song. He made corrections and told her specific chord changes. More...

•	S.C. Bar names 2009 LRE Citizen of the Year

News

•	The 25th Anniversary of the South Carolina Business Hall of Fame showcases past honorees and honors 2009 Laureates

The South Carolina Business Hall of Fame, established in 1985 by Junior Achievement of Central South Carolina and The State newspaper, honors business men and women in South Carolina who, through their accomplishments, serve as champions of free enterprise and role models for tomorrow's business leaders. More...

•	The 25th Anniversary of the South Carolina Business Hall of Fame showcases past honorees and honors 2009 Laureates

•	Seniors ask for continued support for CSC

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Business

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Briefs

Area unemployment Around the Carolinas and Georgia, South Carolina has it the worst at 11.5 percent unemployment. In the middle range is North Carolina at 10.8 percent, and Georgia has the least unemployment at 9.3 percent. Since South Carolina began keeping such records in 1975, 11.5 percent is the state's all- time high for unemployment. More...

•	National wellness authority speaks at Myrtle Beach and visits Midlands

•	Junior Achievement inducts three into the South Carolina Business Hall of Fame

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Society

•	Charles Norman Speight

Charles Norman Speight, 96, died peacefully at his home surrounded by his devoted family on Saturday, May 23, 2009. Visitation was at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Bill LaMotte on Monday, May 25, from 5 pm to 7 pm. A service of celebration of life was held at Eastminster Presbyterian Church at 3 pm on Tuesday, May 26, 2009. More...

•	Garden Club Council of Greater Columbia installs president

•	Forest Acres Photos Needed

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Opinion

•	Fourth graders from Illinois love S.C.

In Aviston Illinois, the fourth graders in Mrs. Niemeyer's class love South Carolina. Their plea for information about South Carolina was printed in The Columbia Star several months ago, and I responded with a packet of pictures and news for their geography study. More...

•	Political Cartoon

•	It's not a criticism; It's an observation

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Sports

•	Patriots three- run ninth ends Bearcats' title hopes

Umpires' disputed calls may have lead to Brookland- Cayce's demise.

The J.L. Mann Patriots scored three runs in the top of the ninth inning to defeat the Brookland- Cayce Bearcats 5- 2 in the final game of the best of three 3A state championship softball series. The game was held at the neutral site of Lander University and marred by controversy that left both sides fuming at times. More...

•	Fear the Terrapin

•	Cullum putts to P.C.

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Education

•	Bridge Creek third graders visit Musgrove Mill

Third graders from Bridge Creek Elementary School "stepped back in time" as they visited Musgrove Mill State Historic Site in Clinton, S.C. More...

•	2009 Richland County Conservation Principal of the Year

•	Richland One middle school students prepare for journey to Africa

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Travel

•	A Middle East Expedition

The Egyptian Museum is one of the world's great museums. In 1835, the Egyptian ruler Mohamed Ali got sick and tired of Europeans stealing valuable artifacts from the pyramids and tombs along the Nile, so he banned the export of all antiquities. More...

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Events

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Events

-ART Palmetto Painters, a SC Chapter of the Society of Decorative Painters, will hold its meeting June 13, 10 am, at Green Hill Baptist Church, 1734 Augusta Road, West Columbia. 781-2340. -CHURCH/CHARITY First Presbyterian Church will hold its weekly lunch and speaker series Wednesdays at 11:30 am- 12:50 pm, 1324 Marion St. Soup and salad $5; hot meal, $6. More...

•	Local author publishes fourth book

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Public Notices

•	Public Notices

NOTICE OF UNCLAIMED VEHICLES/PUBLIC SALE The following vehicles are subject to towing, repair and/or storage liens; are declared to be abandoned pursuant to Section 56-5-5810, More...

•	NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF ESTATES

•	NOTICE OF APPLICATION

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Beauty in the Backyard

•	A.C. Moore's Secret Garden

Stopping to smell the flowers

The Secret Garden at A.C. Moore Elementary School is a courtyard garden at the center of the school. The courtyard was formed and enclosed in 1994 during new construction of a classroom wing. At that time the garden became a parent- generated project and is to this day a project maintained by the Beautification Committee of the PTO. More...

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