Newsweek ranks four Columbia schools at the top
Four schools in Columbia are on the 2009 Newsweek magazine "Challenge Index," an annual ranking of the top 1,500 public high schools in the nation based on rigorous course offerings and how all students perform in those courses. Newsweek’s formula ranks schools according to a ratio that looks at the number of Advanced Placement, International Baccalaureate and similar college- credit […]
Richland One National Merit Scholarship winners
Six Richland One graduates have been named winners in the prestigious and highly competitive 2008- 09 National Merit Scholarship Program, which awards college scholarships to academically gifted students. The National Merit Scholarship Program is an academic competition for recognition and college scholarships. Winners are chosen based on strict criteria such as high standardized test scores, academic record, and community activities. […]
The 22nd Annual Carolina Celebration of Liberty to be held at First Baptist Church June 28
The 22nd Annual Carolina Celebration of Liberty will be held at 4 pm and 7:30 pm on Sunday, June 28 in the 3,400- seat sanctuary of Columbia’s First Baptist Church located at 1306 Hampton Street in downtown Columbia, South Carolina. Admission is free but you need a ticket to enter. Call 803.217.3250 or go to www.FirstBaptistColumbia. com. The ticket office […]
Heathwood Hall Episcopal School honors volunteer
Dr. Mary Woods Keisler was honored for her volunteer service by Heathwood Hall Episcopal School at its commencement ceremony May 29. Keisler received an Earl H. Devanny Award named after a late headmaster and presented to a member of the Heathwood Hall community who has “embraced the mission of the school with passion and enthusiasm, investing time, talent, and resources […]
SUMC employee serves 50 years plus
Members of Shandon United Methodist Church celebrated Nancy Kelley’s 50 years of employment June 14. She began working June 15, 1959, as financial secretary. She also directed the children’s choirs and the handbell choir, and in the 70s, she became Shandon’s organist. According to Michael Guffee, the senior minister, Nancy’s mood and demeanor never change. She is always positive, calm, […]
Expo covers problems with banking intertwining with government
Swiss- born Peter Koenig devoted approximately 30 years of his life to the World Bank in hopes of defeating poverty. “As a student, I was always interested in this disparity between rich and poor,” said Koenig in a phone interview. Koenig began his career with the bank in West Africa, where he quickly learned Africa would have been better off […]
Part 10: Col. Thomson of Belleville
The Carolina backcountry of the 1700s, and that includes today’s COWASEE Basin, was the frontier equivalent of Oregon and California in the 1800s. With promises of free land and a new start in life, settlers from Virginia, Pennsylvania, and other northern colonies poured down the Great Wagon Road. Included among these early settlers were family names such as Hampton, Taylor, […]
Columbia City Council adopts budget
Roll call Columbia City Council met behind closed doors around 8 am for an executive session to discuss the search for a city manager. They met with James Mercer, president of Mercer Group. A little after 9 am, council convened on the third floor of City Hall for its regular meeting. All council members were present: Kirkman Finlay III, Tameika […]