Linda Burnside of Columbia is part of a group of female buddies who love to travel together. “We leave the husbands at home. They don’t like the same things we like.” Under the leadership of Lisa Hall, who heads a travel agency in Greenville, this merry Band of Ten has explored the world including Singapore and last year, Beijing. The […]
Trial Advocates honor fellow jurists
The annual SCABOTA (South Carolina Chapter of the American Board of Trial Advocates) Trial Lawyer of the Year Award went to Rebecca “Becky” Laffitte of the law firm of Sowell, Gray, Stepp & Laffitte in Columbia. Laffitte’s first career after she graduated from Columbia College was as a P. E. teacher for Spring Valley High School. In 1978, she received […]
Launching bright futures: $300,000 for State Fair Scholars
At the start of August, a new crop of hopeful students will move toward a bright future at colleges and universities across the state. Fifty of those new dreamers will be State Fair Scholars, deserving students who earned a four–year scholarship supported by corn dogs, funnel cakes and Tilt-A-Whirl rides. On February 11, 2011, the South Carolina State Fair will […]
The book Forest Acres is now available
Local author Warner M. Montgomery, Ph. D. and Arcadia Publishing present Forest Acres, the newest addition to the popular Images of America Series. Boasting over 200 vintage images, Forest Acres showcases the beginning of the town at Quinine Hill and the blossoming into the community of today. Revolutionary War heroes Thomas Taylor and Wade Hampton I bought 18,500 acres along […]
Quirky Crimes in the Capital City
West Columbia tCharleston Highway, 1400 block: Police were called to a bar at 2 a.m. Sunday after the owner said people were refusing to leave the premises. When officers arrived, the crowd thinned out, but one 21–year–old woman approached them and told them that a man she knew had assaulted her. The woman gave the officers the man’s name and […]
St. Martin’s in–the–Fields
St. Martin’s in–the– Fields Episcopal Church was started under the auspices of Trinity Church (now Trinity Cathedral). After members met in a historic house in the Heathwood area of Columbia, they then moved to Brennan School. But in 1951, just one year after its organization, a building was built on Clemson Avenue near Forest Drive. That building was replaced by […]
SC Department of Mental Health holds community forums
The South Carolina Department of Mental Health (SCDMH) hosted its 14th Statewide Community Forum at the G. Werber Bryan Psychiatric Hospital at 6 p.m. on Thursday, January 27, 2011. SCDMH is holding 25 community forums in locations across the state from July 2010 through July 2011 to facilitate community involvement and discussion of strategies and action steps that can be […]
It’s not a criticism; It’s an observation
My incredible weight–loss journeyOn the first day of this year, I viewed a feature on local news about using inspiration and social networking to assist with weight loss. I am embarking on such a journey, and I realize local news programs have many excellent ideas, so I decided to follow their inspiring lead. Here is my progress report. Day one: I’m energized, filled […]