Local finds S.C. in Belize
While on a trip to Belize earlier this year, Columbia advertising executive Kevin Fisher got a surprise while exploring the Rio Frio river cave. “We entered the cave at one end, were walking along the river in the darkness, then turned the corner and saw the opening at the other end,” said Fisher. “I couldn’t believe it. Nature had carved […]
Nuremburg Trials haunt reporter
"When I arrived there for the trials, I saw streets filled with piles of debris three stories high. Included in this building detritus were as many as 45,000 bodies of war casualties." - Nancy KenastonThe horrors and atrocities revealed at the Nuremberg War Crimes Trials still haunt the woman who was a court reporter documenting the proceedings. “I feel very deeply that it is important to remember what happened there,” said Nancy Kenaston in Columbia last week. “It would be terrible to lose the whole point. This was the first time in history that […]
Dancer wins Princess Grace Award
Brooklyn Mack fell in love with ballet when he was 12 years old while on a field trip with his classmates from Elgin, S.C. to see LifeChance performed by Columbia Classical Ballet. When Radenko Pavlovich, artistic director of Columbia Classical Ballet, agreed to teach him, Mack rode the bus everyday from Elgin to Pavlovich Dance School in Forest Acres. After […]
Adventurers dream now, live now
I first met Jason Schoonover at an Explorers Club conference on Saltspring Island, British Columbia, in 2006. He sat quietly, a mysterious Asian women at his side. Scruffy beard, penetrating eyes, khaki suit with short pants. During a break in the marathon presentations, we met in the lounge. It came up that he lived six months in Bangkok and six […]
Project Pet hosts the 1st Annual Fur Ball- Moonlight Gala
There was excitement in the air for the Midlands homeless pets that need a second chance at life. An elegant new event, The Fur Ball- Moonlight Gala, was held by Project Pet Saturday, October 13, 2007, at the Columbia Convention Centre with over 600 of Columbia’s most devoted animal lovers in attendance. The proceeds from the fundraiser will assist Project […]
Mentors wanted
Richland One, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Columbia, and Communities In Schools of the Midlands have joined forces to assist Midlands children by recruiting at least 50 new volunteers by March 2008. The joint project, “Someone to Count On,” is seeking mentors, Lunch Buddies, and tutors to volunteer with youth in Richland and Lexington counties. There are a variety […]
What happened to The Star Reporter?
It was Monday, October 8, 2007. I was on my way to Columbia. I’d have some free time today. I was taking my son to USC to visit a professor friend in its Mathematics Department. I would go by The Star Reporter once I dropped him off and pop in on Mimi and Warner. It had been almost 15 years […]
The Columbia Northeast Lions Club wants you
Lions are more than 1.4 million strong, men and women young and old in more than 200 countries and geographical areas. This Civic/Service Organization gives freely of time and funds to help the less fortunate in local communities and around the world. For more than 80 years. Lions have been recognized throughout the world for their service to the blind […]