Story and photo by Mike Maddock Maybe it was the 10 am first pitch or the suffocating heat that got game one of the S.C. American Legion State Championship Tournament at Sumter’s Riley Park Wednesday, July 26, 2006 off to a slow start. The match-up between third seeded Richland Post 6 and sixth seeded Cheraw Post 23 yielded only six […]
Heartbreaker at Riley Park
Cheraw Post 23 scores four runs in the top of the ninth to beat Richland Post 6 in the opening round of the American Legion State Tournament in Sumter.
Little Tommy Wilson would be proud
By Warner M. MontgomeryWarner@TheColumbiaStar.com Little Tommy Wilson played in his mother’s garden on Hampton Street 130 years ago while his father taught at the Presbyterian Theological Seminary. Ninety years ago, Little Tommy, then President Woodrow Wilson, created the Federal Land Banks. Last Monday, July 24, 2006, AgFirst Farm Credit Bank, successor to the Columbia Federal Land Bank, gave back to […]
Area students receive memorial scholarship
Contributed by CentralCarolina Community Central Carolina Community Foundation announced the selection of Elizabeth Bergen, a graduate of Dreher High School, and Ishan Dasgupta, a graduate of Hammond School as the 2006 recipients of the Lewis Wardlaw Blackman Memorial Scholarship. The scholarship provides support for academically accomplished students whose lives reflect the same widespread enthusiasm and intellectual ability that characterized Lewis […]
Brittons celebrates 10 years on Devine Street
Many of Brittons' customers dropped by Thursday, July 20, 2006, between 4 pm and 7 pm to congratulate the Levinsons and their staff on 59 years of successful business, the last ten years having been on Devine Street. Hosting the party were Arnold LevinsonMany of Brittons’ customers dropped by Thursday, July 20, 2006, between 4 pm and 7 pm to congratulate the Levinsons and their staff on 59 years of successful business, the last ten years having been on Devine Street. Hosting the party were Arnold Levinson, Faye Levinson, Stacy Levinson, Lucky Levinson, Perry Lancaster, Rena Denberg, Mercedes Mason, and Elizabeth Ruffolo.
Wild Irish Band follows Mozart’s footsteps
SALZBURG, AUSTRIA The play list was complete. The Wild Irish Band’s director, Jim Mills, had gestured for musicians to stand. Mills had already made his final bow to the standing, applauding audience in front of Musikpavillon stage at Seepark. The crowd sat back down on the wooden benches wanting more, so the band played on. Well before the late afternoon […]
Forest Pines announces winners of the Country Western Dance
Forest Pines Retirement Community recently sponsored a Country Western Dance at the Capital Senior Center in Columbia, SC. (l-r) Lucy Legg, winner of the Hamilton Beach Indoor Grill; Harold Saine, Ann Saylor, Elizabeth Moody, Inez Shatter, Trudy Hilley, winner of Weekend for Two At Hilton Head, SC; Clarence McGee, Norma Vincent, Louise, Leaphart; Rosemary and Chuck Potts, Senior Center coordinators. […]
City opens South East Park and Tennis Courts
Facts about SE ParkContributed by The City of Columbia Dept. of Parks and Recreation During the design construction phase, more than 85% of the 3,900 hardwoods, magnolias, and dogwoods that blanketed the 62 acre property were preserved and protected. The first phase of construction features tennis courts carefully tucked in the existing tree canopy and a boardwalk skirting a six-acre pond to a […]
Teachers learn about agriculture
Teachers Valerie Byrd, Vanessa Senior, and Kenneth Busbee discover the efficiency and cost of a modern cotton picker at Bryant Farms in Dillon County during SC Farm Bureau Federation’s Ag in the Classroom Teacher Institute held in Florence, S.C. this summer. Teachers heard from agriculture and education experts about poultry, embryology, fertilizers, pest management, and learning styles.
S.C. shows growth in revenue and jobs
By John Temple LigonTemple@TheColumbiaStar.com Behind the State House in the Wade Hampton Building, Governor Sanford held his 39th cabinet meeting this past Tuesday morning, July 25, at 9:30. The governor was vitally interested in all reports from all the cabinet agencies, but the most noteworthy presentations came from Revenue, Commerce, and Parks, Recreation and Tourism. First to present was the […]
S.C.’s personal income continues to grow
Recent data for the State of South Carolina show a continued expansion of the state’s positive economic picture. The Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) recently reported that personal income in South Carolina during the first quarter of 2006 rose by 1.6 percent. This growth, which was two- tenths of a point higher than the national average, ranked South Carolina 19th […]
