In recent years, Buck and I have met friends at the USC football game’s halftime Veterans’ celebration in 2001 and 2002, the annual Vista Lights Nites each fall, the annual Veterans Day Parade and all events sponsored by the Celebrate Freedom Foundation. Buck will be 15 years old, and we are planning a celebration of his life at the Animal […]
Candidate calls for $700K recall
Columbia mayoral candidate Kevin Fisher asked last week why the City of Columbia paid one contractor under a memorandum of understanding (MOU) but not the others, all of whom signed with the city under the same MOU. The Atlanta/ Columbia architecture and engineering firm Stevens & Wilkinson collected about $700,000 from the city for design work on a convention center […]
Lawyers turn into fairy-godmothers
SC Bar Young Lawyers sponsor sixth-annual Cinderella ProjectPumpkins, mice, and a fairy godmother got the fairy-tale Cinderella to the ball. But real-life Cinderellas in Columbia just needed young lawyers and generous gifts from Columbians. On Saturday, March 11, 2006, USC’s School of Law was transformed into a prom dress boutique thanks to the SC Bar Young Lawyers Division’s Cinderella Project. The Cinderella Project provides gently used formal […]
Lawyer follows Iron Butt rules
Jay Bender likes motorcycles… a lot. The Columbia media lawyer grew up racing the bikes in the deserts of New Mexico and only retired from the sport a few years ago after he seriously injured himself in a competition. His injuries didn’t squelch his enthusiasm for riding, though, and last summer, he decided to embark on the ultimate motorcycle adventure: […]
Cub reporter performs for benefit concert
Amy Zhang, a student at Dreher High School and a cub reporter for The Columbia Star, will perform a piano concert to benefit the Dreher Foundation March 23, 7 pm in the Dreher High School Auditorium. Contributed by The Dreher Foundation Amy Zhang, a senior at Dreher High School, represents her school well. She is vice president of the Student […]
Area businesses driving Project Pet Van
Contributed byProject Pet If you haven’t seen the Project Pet Animal Transport Van yet, chances are you will soon. The van with the familiar logo, is traveling 500 miles per week throughout the Midlands delivering rescued animals from Richland and Lexington County shelters to various medical and grooming appointments, boarding kennels, and adoption events. The van is vital, because Project […]
CSI: Columbia With a trace
Due to great interest in crime show dramas like CSI: Crime Scene Investigation , the Shepherd’s Center of Columbia is holding a nine-week class called CSI: Columbia. The class features a different speaker each week who specializes in a particular field of criminal investigation. A criminal almost always takes something from or leaves something at a crime scene. The evidence […]
Famous wine maker visits Five Points
Jean Bernard Delmas, one of the world’s best winemakers in charge of winemaking at Chateau Hau-Brion in Pessau-Leognan since 1061 According to France Magazine, Haut Brion ha been making one of the greatest wines since the 16th century. (l-r) Jean-Pierre Chambas, Jean Bernard Delmas, and Dennis Hiltner host of the winemakers and owner of The Gourmet Shop
Torch Club blisters speakers
Every month for 57 years, members of the Columbia Torch Club have listened to their fellow members deliver a speech, then held their feet to the fire, idea by idea. February’s speaker, Don Thacker, retired chief of social work at the Veteran’s Hospital, spoke on issues of the aging. As a participant in the SC Silver-haired Legislature and the 2005 […]
Charter members of the Torch Club
The charter members of the Columbia Torch Club in 1948 were Dr. W.P. Beckman (SC State Hospital), George A. Buchanan (editor, Columbia Record ), Courtney Carson (journalist), Prof. J. McTeer McDaniel (USC), Prof. H.W. Davis (USC), Prof. James F. Dreher (USC), Charlie Foster (forester), Prof. Alexander L. Geisenheimer (USC), Prof. C.M. Gittinger (USC), Rabbi David Gruber, Herbert R. Beverley (attorney), […]