Tootsie Dennis Kline, former Miss South Carolina and presently an attorney, helps Katherine Wolfe celebrate her 90th birthday. Wolfe was administrative assistant to Gov. Robert McNair and Lt. Gov. More...
• A Standard Poodle named Louise.
• Three large layers of a birthday cake to celebrate an 85th birthday.
• An author’s book signing. • Car keys.
• The holidays...Disaster. More...
Olympia is coming to 701 Whaley Street. The new contemporary art exhibit, constructed by artists Gwylene Gallimard and Jean– Marie Mauclet, will open on January 7 and run though February 21. Sculptural renditions of Olympia and Granby Mills, 701 Whaley Street, and Olympia Village will be on display. Sculptures of historic and recent buildings in Olympia will also be on display. More...
Imtiaz Haque, executive director of Clemson University’s International Center for Automotive Research near Greenville, presided over two one– day energy summits. The first summit, November 30, received U.S. Secretary of Energy Stephen Chu, U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham, and David Wilkins, former ambassador for the U.S. in Canada. More...
The Columbia Cotillion Club, a gentlemen’s dance club founded in 1890, held its Winter Ball Monday evening, December 28, 2009, at the Columbia Marriott. Four daughters, three granddaughters, and two great granddaughters of members were presented. A reception and receiving line were followed by the debutante figure. Mrs. John Cantey Heath Jr. More...
When a person is in search of their history, sometimes it’s the dead who speak the loudest and tell them the most, according to Debbie Bloom, Columbia’s Richland County Library local history manager and creator of the Dead Librarian blog. That blog links people all over the world to South Carolina’s deceased citizens and their families. More...
Hammond School’s wrestling team has good news and better news this year. The good news: the team had no seniors last year, therefore, no major shoes to fill. The better news: they are returning a squad that includes several state champions. More...
The Louvre is the largest museum in the western world. Its three wings and pyramid entrance cover more than a Paris city block on the Right Bank of the Seine River. Since we were time–limited, my wonderful wife Linda decided we would pick out only a few works of art to see since we had both visited it before in previous lives. She chose
Venus de Milo, the Winged
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On October 18,1888, P.T. Barnum of Barnum & Bailey Circus fame, probably the most well–known man in America and Europe, bought Goodwill Plantation for his granddaughter Julia H, Clarke. In addition to being Julia’s home, it was used as the wintering location for Barnum’s circus animals for the next six years. More...
Time Magazine called “The Odd Couple” “an evening of group hysteria,” and indeed it is! What begins as an “ordinary” Friday night poker game dissolves into an incredibly hilarious saga centered on Oscar Madison and Felix Unger. More...
Contrary to Kermit the frog’s belief, it is easy to be green in the garden. Everyone has the potential to be a green gardener. Below are a few of the primary practices to unleash your naturally green instincts. More...
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