Laughter exploded at Still Hopes on January 22, when residents and staff presented The Still Hopes Variety Hour. The performers or performing groups were met with loud applause when taking the stage. Canon George Chassey, master of ceremonies, graced the audience with excerpts from the book he is writing on his childhood in Bridgewater, Massachusetts. Resident entertainment included songs, dances, […]
Why go after a rabbit with an elephant gun?
Columbia City Council and the Code Enforcement Task Force (CETF) face another round of challenges to their rental license concept at the regular council meeting, Wednesday, March 4. If the council meeting on January 28 holds any harbinger, dozens of residential landlords are expected to return for another round of protest. This time, though, the proposed rental license will have […]
Heart disease is preventable and controllable
The fifth annual Red Dress Rally sponsored by the Providence Heart & Vascular Institute was held February 3, 2009, to call greater attention to the danger of heart disease among women. Women wore red dresses for the occasion. The day was dedicated to the issue of heart disease in women. Representatives from the American Heart Association and Providence’s Red Dress […]
Give the Kids a Smile Day
The Midlands Technical College Dental Clinic, located on the college’s Airport Campus, provided free preventative dental care to approximately 110 local deserving children January 29 and 30, 2009. The college offered this service in conjunction with the national Give Kids A Smile (GKAS) program, an initiative of the American Dental Association that focuses attention on the epidemic of untreated oral […]
Singles and golf
There are 50+ singles golf clubs in the U.S. They each meet during the second or third week of the month on a week night, usually from 6- 8 pm at a local restaurant. A good turnout for meetings is important because singles want to meet other singles, so members are always encouraged to bring a friend to the meeting, […]
Correction
A tribute to Katherine GrayKatherine Gray was a dear friend and valued colleague. She was my best editor. When it came to reading copy, be it an editorial or eulogy, Katherine was the ultimate sentinel against cliché, sentimentality, questionable taste, and clumsy writing. In remembering her, I will try to honor those principles. Let’s get it straight from the outset. Katherine was a hoot. […]
Plowing, Praying, Paying, and Poisoning: A Lower Richland family thrives
Part 5: A Necessary and Self- Imposed DiasporaThe craving for “schooling” beyond the seventh or eighth grade by black families continued to grow as if some strange wind spread the desire of mothers and fathers to “want more” for their children. This resulted in many parents electing this time to be separated from their children — a self-imposed Diaspora. According to the Hopkins High School History that […]
Every eleven minutes
Every 11 minutes, another person is added to the waiting list for an organ transplant. Every 90 minutes, someone on that list dies for lack of an available transplant. In South Carolina, 750 people wait for an organ donation, which will give them a second chance at health and life. Until now, a comparable list of the people who have […]
V- Day…USC joins global effort
V-Day USC 2009 joins global effort to stop violence against women and girls throught the production of The Vagina Monologues and A Memory, A Monologue, A Rant and a Prayer. with Jessamine Ali Cathy Brookshire Spencer Cantrell Joanna Crouder Joy Girgis Lee Gottschalk Kat King Lacey Lee Sarah Ludley Katie McCuen Ashley McGraw Jillian Peltzman Rosetta Penny Olivia Reburu Kelly […]
Briefs
Mac’s on Main goes green Barry Walker, Main Street restaurateur, recycles his deep- fat fryer’s grease through a Mercedes diesel engine converted to run on used vegetable oil. His No. 10 cans, emptied of peaches, are sold as scrap steel to be melted down at mini- mill companies like Charlotte- based Nucor. A little good news for the country For […]