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January 15, 2010

Columbia doctors saved from earthquake

Dr. Hal Crosswell, ophthalmologist at Columbia Eye Clinic, takes a team “Haiti United Methodist Volunteers in Mission” to Haiti each year to consult, train, and perform major eye operations for the people in Jérémie. The team was originally scheduled to arrive in Port Au Prince at noon Tuesday, January 12. According to The Washington More...

“The Trap” keeps pulling ’em in

By Natasha Derrick

The Mouse Trap isn’t your usual casual dining establishment. For one thing, you’ll need a GPS unit or a friend who is in–the–know just to find it. Tucked away from the traffic of Forest Drive in Middleburg Office Park, the journey there is more like a trip to see your tax accountant than an evening out. More...

Pit bull rescues baby squirrel

Charlie, Lisa Smarr and LTC Paul Laymon’s pit bull, found a baby squirrel that had been washed from its nest during a storm three weeks ago. More...

•	Message from Haiti

•	Heart ’’N Soul to play January 22

•	Watch Jean’s Journal

News

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SC CAN

S.C. Commission on Higher Education launches college access campaign

During a press conference Monday, January 11, at Brookland–Cayce High School in Cayce, the South Carolina Commission on Higher Education (CHE) released findings of a statewide college access poll and announced an integrated plan for addressing the results that CHE Chairman Kenneth Wingate said indicate “significant collegerelated challenges, lying just beneath the surface.” More...

•	South Carolina College Access Network fact sheet

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Business

•	EdVenture stimulated “Unlocking the Mysteries”

Congressman Jim Clyburn (D–SC) addressed the EdVenture audience Monday morning with the good news. EdVenture had been awarded a $1.3 million federal stimulus grant from the National Institutes of Health, the largest competitive federal grant awarded to a South Carolina museum. More...

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Briefs

•	Dana Todd, public relations and marketing consultant

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Society

•	Twelfth Night Revelry benefits Women’s Shelter

Two hundred of Mary Greene’s closest friends gathered at her home January 6, 2010, for her 18th annual Twelfth Night Revelry. Greene, former director of government relations for the South Carolina Education Association and current owner of Greene Grassroots, shared her home and her passion with many state lawmakers, state officers, city leaders, and other community leaders. More...

•	Shandon United Methodist Church concludes centennial celebration with “We Were Strangely Warmed”

•	Miss Cantey and Mr. Thrashplan May, 2010, wedding

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Opinion

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Cartoon

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•	Economic incentives could cost taxpayers for years to come

•	South Carolina fails American Lung Association’s State of Tobacco Control Annual Report Card

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Sports

•	Highlanders get a little revenge

The Heathwood Hall Highlanders lost the SCISA 3A state football championship 50–20 to their arch rivals, the Hammond Skyhawks. Some Hammond fans were more than happy to remind them of that at Tuesday night’s basketball game. More...

•	Falcons run away from Cardinals

•	Jackson named S.C. Coach of the Year

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Education

•	Richland One in pictures — community supporters

Richland One schools have had many community supporters to visit the schools offering financial support, to volunteer, or to share their life/professional experiences with students. Below are just a few who have visited this school year. More...

•	Richland One Hall of Fame Gala to be held January 23

•	Richland One to close for Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday

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Travel

•	An I nterl ude in France

Part 8: More Versai l les Beauty

The Palace of Versailles is just ten miles outside Paris, but it is another world. The French kings Louis XIV, XV, and XVI and their consorts – Marie–Thérèse, Madame du Barry, and Marie– Antoinette – lived in Versailles like no other people have ever lived on earth. I took these photos during the trip Linda and I took to France in August 2009. More...

•	First Impressions

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Events

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Events

-ART 10th Annual Winter Exhibition of work by artists Stephen Chesley, Mike Williams, Edward Wimberly, and David Yaghjian will open January 22, 6 pm–9 pm, at Gallery 80808. 252-6134. More...

•	Upcoming CSC classes and events

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Government

•	Where have all the women gone?

Southeastern Institute for Women addresses the lack of S.C. women in elected offices

To Skip Webb, not enough S.C. women are aspiring to elected office. That’s why he started the Southeastern Institute for Women in February 2008. “I woke up one night and said, ‘I wonder where all the women have gone’,” said Webb at the institute’s pre–legislative session reception, held January 7. More...

•	Columbia City Council rejects Ella, the elephant sculpture

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Public Notices

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MASTER’S SALE More...

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Beauty in the Backyard

•	A Gardener’’s Winter Almanac

Stopping to smell the flowers

Although the garden gives the appearance of dormancy, the gardener’s tasks do not diminish in winter. The duties of January and February are pivotal to the success of the spring and summer garden. By the time you complete the checklist of chores, the vernal equinox will have arrived. More...

•	Star Chefs

•	“How to Start a Community Garden” seminar presented by USC Green Quad and Sustainable Midlands

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