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February 17, 2012 / Front Page

Show some heart as Sheriff Leon Lott “Walks Naked in the Park”

Contributed by Richland County Sheriff ’s Department

Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott believes that health and wellness are paramount toward having the most professional law enforcement agency in the State. More...

Opinion/Crime

What happens in Egypt will affect the relationship between the Middle East and America

By Youmna Gabr, 15- year-old daughter of Dr. Usama Gabr of Columbia

In 1849, Henry David Thoreau published a political essay titled “Resistance to Civil Government.” Better known as “Civil Disobedience,” an essay that expresses the idea that no government should overrule a person’s consc More...

Quirky Crimes in the Capital City

Forest Acres

tLandrum Drive, 400 block: An 84-year-old man went to the police station at 5 p.m. Friday after he said his grandson’s ex-mother-in-law was harassing him. More...

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Government / Neighborhood

Hyatt Park Neighborhood Association elects new officers

By Josh Cruse

Hyatt Park Neighborhood Association voted in new officers Tuesday, February 7 at their monthly meeting. Gail Baker is the new president; Michael Hill, vice president; Jannie Nelson, treasurer, and Susanna Lanier, secretary. More...

Columbia spreads its wings

Contributed by Riverbanks Zoo and Garden

Celebrate Presidents’ Day with a visit to Riverbanks Zoo and Garden and be among the first to see the Zoo’s newest resident— a female bald eagle. More...

Melrose Heights residents question the candidates

By Josh Cruse

With Columbia City Council elections just months away, candidates are out in the communities. Three candidates were at the Melrose Heights meeting Monday, February 13. More...

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Education

Cardinal Newman Junior High School Quiz Bowl Team takes first place

In Regional SCISA Competition

Cardinal Newman’s Junior High School Quiz Bowl Team won first place in the region in the SCISA (South Carolina Independent Schools Association) Middle School Quiz Bowl Tournament. More...

Homeschool student winner of 2012 SC Jr. Duck Stamp art contest

Contributed by Southeastern Wildlife Exposition

Lilian Aluri, a high school student from Aluri Home School of Columbia, SC, won “Best of Show” in South Carolina’s 2012 Junior Duck Stamp Contest with her pencil and tortillon drawing of a female mallard. More...

Graduating seniors encouraged to apply for Ride of Your Life scholarship

Contributed by S.C. State Fair

The South Carolina State Fair, an independent non-profit organization, is now taking applications for their 2012 Ride of Your Life Scholarship Program. In 2012, the S.C. More...

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Sports

Cardinals scrape by Hammond

By George Kaupp

Austin Ajukwa scored 22 points and had the gamesaving steal to lead the visiting Cardinal Newman Cardinals to a 51-47 victory over the Hammond Skyhawks Thursday, February 9. More...

Cavaliers sink Vikings in OT

By Tim Gochnaur

Coach Jason Powell said his Cavaliers had several goals going into the season: win 20 games, beat everybody in their school district, and contend for the region title. The final step was not pretty, but the mission was accomplished Friday night. More...

Dreher jumps on Hartsville

DREHER 61 HARTSVILLE 20

From Staff Reports

The Dreher Lady Blue Devils (21-1, 12-0) led the visiting Hartsville Lady Red Foxes 4-2 at the end of the first quarter of their Class 3A playoff match-up Monday, February 13. That was as close as the Lady Red Foxes would get. More...

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Arts & Entertainment

Swashbuckling Corsaire wraps up Columbia Classical Ballet’s 20th season

By Jeffrey Day

The Columbia Classical Ballet sets sail March 2 with Le Corsaire, a swashbuckling ballet masterwork filled with handsome pirates and beautiful women that takes many thrilling twists and turns through exotic places. More...

Southern Exposure closes season with concert featuring Imani Winds

Contributed by Southern Exposure

The award-winning Southern Exposure New Music Series closes its 2011-12 season with a leap-day performance by the Grammy-nominated Imani Winds, Wednesday, February 29, at 7:30 p.m. More...

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Travel

The 5L (Liberty, Literature, Leaves, Lobster, and Love) Tour

Part 12: Shay’s Rebellion

By Warner M. Montgomery
WarnerM@ TheColumbiaStar.com

The Berkshires (hills not mountains) of western Massachusetts, an extension of the Green Mountains of Vermont, are known for ski resorts and other getaway attractions to the city dwellers of New York City and Boston. More...

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Our own opera company brings La Traviata to the Koger

By Kathy Newman

The Palmetto Opera presents Teatro Lirico D’Europa’s production of Giuseppe Verdi’s La Traviata ( The Strayed Woman) at the Koger Center in Columbia Saturday evening, March 3, 2012, at 7 p.m. More...

Street Gallery 4 is back and big as ever

By Cathy Cobbs

The Cultural Council, in partnership with Lamar Advertising, has again agreed to showcase six juried art pieces by local artists on outdoor billboard locations throughout Richland and Lexington Counties. More...

News

Columbia’s Grande Dame of Music celebrates 100 years

By Jackie Perrone

Shakespeare put it this way: “If music be the food of love, play on!” The South Carolina Philharmonic and its audience of 2000 did exactly that last Saturday evening, as “Happy Birthday” rang out in the Koger Center in honor o More...

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Commentary

Cartoon

Full Story

The horrors of bathing suits

I’m just saying...

Julia Rogers Hook

My husband and I are going to the Bahamas for a week. I’m so looking forward to the warm tropical weather and just sitting on a beach that I can’t stand it. More...

“Finding Bigfoot”

It’s not a criticism; It’s an observation

My generation grew up with television. I’ve seen a ton of TV during my life and been subjected to everything imaginable. More...

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Business

Human Resources Professional of the Year named

By John Temple Ligon
templel@thecolumbiastar.com

At the Marriott on Thursday, February 9, the South Carolina Chamber of Commerce and the South Carolina State Council of the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) named Steve Nail of Hubbell Lighting in Greenville the 2012 Human Resources Profe More...

Real estate firm features forecast

By John Temple Ligon
templel@thecolumbiastar.com

Columbia-based Grubb & Ellis/Wilson Kibler held its 2012 Midlands Real Estate Symposium Tuesday morning, February 14, in the Columbia Museum of Art. After a half-hour continental breakfast, the crowd moved into the auditorium and filled it up. More...

Briefs

by John Temple Ligon

Mover Mashburn More...

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Society

A dozen golden friends celebrate a dozen golden years

Photo and story contributed by Martha Beckman

After Jane Jannack was diagnosed with gall bladder cancer in 2000, a prayer group was formed to join Jane’s family in prayer on Thursday afternoons in the chapel at St. Martins in The Fields Episcopal Church. More...

USC Chapter National Society Daughters of the American Revolution elect officers

The officers for the USC Chapter National Society Daughters of the American Revolution are (l–r) Mittie McLean, regent; Betty Jones, first vice regent; Sylvia Waldron, recording secretary; Beth More...

Dining for Women makes Ladies Home Journal and “NBC Nightly News”

By Mimi M. Maddock

In the last several weeks, Dining for Women has been in the news. Marsha Wallace, founder of Dining for Women (DWF), was featured on the “Making a Difference” segment of “NBC Nightly News” February 8, 2012. More...

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Events

•ART Abstract Art in South Carolina: 1949-2012 will open February 24 in the Lipscomb Art Gallery, S.C. State Museum and run through August 26. 898-4921 or southcarolinastatemuseum.org. More...

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Home & Garden

The Year of the Geranium

Stopping to smell the flowers

By Arlene Marturano www.scgardenlearning.com

Each year professionals in horticulture select one flower to showcase for its ease in growing, versatility in use, popularity, adaptability and genetic diversity. The geranium is the starlet for 2012. More...

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