Margery Ballowe Lead vocalist and keyboard RN Audiences will think they have stepped back in time when they hear the tunes of yesteryear from the 50s and 60s. Heart ‘n Soul offers its audiences a toe tapping, hand clapping, and shag dancing good time. Musicians in the band Heart ‘n Soul have played with the best; now they are bringing […]
Keenan graduate tours with Tina Turner
Justice Smith on tour with Tina Turner When the American Gladiator show got a call looking for a "Justice type" to tour with Tina Turner, Justice Jesse Smith, an exact "Justice Type," returned the call, not sure if it was for real or someone was kidding around. Justice was told no audition was necessary and to be in Kansas City […]
MSG promotes music in the Midlands
The Musicians and Songwriters Guild of South Carolina (MSG of SC) recently began its latest project to procure unwanted or out of shape stringed instruments, clean and repair them, and donate them to children. Vicki Whitehead, MSG of SC president, says the program is designed to make sure deserving future musicians are able to develop their talent and interest regardless […]
Hypothermia used for heart patients
One Midlands resident has a warm feeling toward some cold treatment. She was the first patient to benefit from Lexington County’s revolutionary new heart treatment, called Therapeutic Hypothermia. This patient, who prefers not to reveal her identity, had suffered cardiac arrest, that is, her heart stopped completely when she had a heart attack in December. The EMT crews were able […]
Writing to survive
I weighed two pounds, one ounce when I was born. I was born three months premature. My hand wrapped around onethird of my mother’s pinkie. Both my lungs burst on the first day. At age nine, doctors cut, untwisted, and pinned my femurs. I had to relearn to walk twice. I have Cerebral Palsy. I am a survivor. Writing has […]
Brain surgery without a knife
Brain surgery without a knife. It’s not only possible, but it’s the safest alternative to whole brain radiation and surgery. Palmetto Health Richland is the first and only hospital in the state to offer Gamma Knife stereotactic radiosurgery to treat brain tumors. Investing approximately $3.5 million in December 2008, the hospital installed the latest technology with the Leksell Gamma Knife®. […]
Changes take place at The Columbia Star
Photo by Jim Covington (L- r) Pam Clark, office manager and legal advertising manager; Mike Maddock, editor and general manager; and Mimi Maddock, publisher; take a last look at this week’s edition of The Columbia Star before sending it to the Aiken Standard for printing. Mimi M. Maddock became the fourth person to hold the position of publisher at The […]
Briefs
Suitable blame for S.C.’s unemployment According to The Associated Press, S.C. can look to four fields of failure to blame for the current business climate: (1) collapse of housing; (2) implosion of the auto industry; (3) meltdown of financial services; (4) exodus of manufacturing. S.C.’s unemployment rate in November was 8.4%, but some expectations for December’s unemployment rate include a […]
Center of Economic Excellence scores
MUSC President Ray Greenberg, USC President Harris Pastides, and Clemson University President James Barker discuss the success of CoEE. In 2002, the S.C. Legislature created the South Carolina Centers for Economic Excellence (CoEE) program, or the Endowed Chairs Program as it is also called. The early goal was to use Education Lottery money to buy academic standouts for assignments at […]
Mary Beth Sims Branham, AIA, managing principal of LS3P
Architecture firm LS3P Associates Limited has offices in Charleston, Columbia, Charlotte, Raleigh, and Wilmington. Frank Lucas, one of its founding partners, is still in the Charleston headquarters. Compared with Lucas, Columbia’s Mary Beth Sims Branham is fairly new to the firm with her four years on board, but her presence as a woman architect in the upper reaches of […]