Above is a picture of two large mouth bass that my grandson, Burgess Mills III, a sophomore at Wofford, recently caught. Our family has some property with an 18- acre lake outside of North, S.C. where Burgess was fishing with a buddy, Harrison Bowen. Burgess was bottom fishing with a saltwater rig that had a one ounce weight and two […]
The Shoeman finds southern entertainment turned to an international spectacle
Editors note:Chuck Gerald owned Gerald’s Shoe Shop in Five Points for many years. Since his retirement he has experienced many different adventures.Car racing is one of them. Over the past few months, my job has taken me through Talledega, Alabama, home of the world’s most competitive track, the Talledega Super Speedway. I was amazed at the enormity of the approx […]
Teacher ventures into the unknown
Leslie Michael doesn’t know exactly what she is letting herself in for. She’s sure it will come under the heading of Adventure. “When you hear Peace Corps, you think of a crowd of energetic, computer- -smart 20- somethings,” she says. “I’m a retired teacher trying to get up to speed with today’s technology. And I’m off to Africa for two […]
The Columbia Star celebrates 44 years of service to the community
Factoid The first issue of The Star Reporter was published October 24, 1963. The creators of the newspaper were Harold and Mary Booker and Miller Montgomery. The name was changed to The Columbia Star in 1998.
Candidate finds support up on the roof
Belinda Gergel, Columbia City Council candidate for District 3, was the honored guest October 24 at a political fundraiser in support of her campaign. The venue was the top floor of the Meridian Building, home of Nelson Mullins, S.C.’s largest law firm. Meanwhile, at Tom Peacock’s home on Westminster, there was another fundraiser for Brian Boyer, also a candidate for […]
Conservative groups protest Santee coal plant
A recent study by South Carolina’s electric cooperatives shows the state has the capacity to generate over 1700 megawatts of electricity through efficiency and renewable energy programs. South Carolina’s leading conservation groups challenged the basic need for Santee Cooper to build a 1300- megawatt dirty coal plant in rural Florence County. The two studies commissioned by the Central Electric Power […]
Staubach speaks to the Moore School
Roger Staubach speaks of teamworks Roger Staubach, executive chairman of The Staubach Company and Pro Football Hall of Fame quarterback, spoke to graduate students Monday, October 29. Staubach was the third speaker in the 2007 Wachovia Executive Lecture Series, sponsored by Wachovia and the Moore School of Business. Staubach led the Dallas Cowboys to four Super Bowl appearances in the […]
Briefs
by John Temple LigonHome sales down – prices up Down almost 19 percent for September, Columbia- area home sales recorded their largest monthly drop for the year. The median sales price rose six percent over September 2006 to $148,000. Myrtle Beach home sales fell almost 27 percent for the third quarter compared with the same period in 2006. $300 million project planned for […]
Star Profile
Andy Walker of Bolin Ligon WalkerSouth Carolina has almost 50,000 residential real estate licensees, but 23,000 of that group actually stand as Realtors, and Andy Walker is their president. Walker was born and educated in Clinton. His father is a family physician, and his mother is an accomplished watercolorist, active in both the National Watercolor Society and the American Watercolor Society. After Clinton Elementary and […]