Do you believe in magic?
West Columbia teen competes in World Teen Championship of MagicBrandon Wagster of West Columbia, South Carolina just returned home from Las Vegas, Nevada, but he did not return empty handed. While in Las Vegas attending the World Magic Seminar, Brandon competed and placed in the World Teen Championships of Magic. Participants from around the world competed in the competition, and Brandon became the first magician in 18 years from […]
Forest Heights students will sing in the “World’s Largest Concert”
Forest Heights Elementar y School students are singing in the “World’s Largest Concert,” a pre– recorded event that was broadcast on Thursday, March 10 via SCETV. Forest Heights had a special DVD screening for its students at 1:30 p.m. as the entire school sang along with the performers. Forest Heights students and their music teacher, Sally Utley, were chosen to […]
Community newspapers are more important than ever
I’ve always had a special fondness for community newspapers. The newspaper you hold in your hand helps strengthen your community. Weekly and other non–daily publications boost the local economy both through advertising and in news coverage. They showcase local businesses at a time we should be shopping locally, investing in the community, and protecting local jobs. Community newspapers bring us […]
Pay now or pay later
South Carolina is on the top 10 list of states that cut mental health care during fiscal years 2009 to 2011, according to a national report released by the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI). Almost two–thirds of states have cut mental health services even as need has increased because of the nation’s economic distress and troops returning home from […]
Who should make decisions about your healthcare?
A distinguished panel of experts on healthcare ethics and law will convene at the University of South Carolina Friday, March 18, to discuss the issues surrounding open, public healthcare rationing. Titled “Health Care Rationing and Public Debate: Are American Citizens Capable of Making Hard Healthcare Resource Decisions and Should They Be Entrusted with This Weighty Task?” the event gets under […]
Quirky Crimes in the Capital City
Forest Acres tArcadia Road, 4800 block: A woman called police at 7:30 a.m. Monday to complain that someone was stealing things from her carport and playing annoying pranks on her. The 60–year–old woman told officers her walker was stolen, and it was of an unknown value as Medicare had paid for it. She said on a different day, she noticed […]
Incarnation Lutheran Church
Incarnation Lutheran Church of Columbia is one decade away from its centennial year. Since January 1921, buildings on the corner of Sims and Devine streets in the Shandon area of Columbia have housed this congregation that started with 23 charter members and now numbers upwards of 400. The Midlands’ Lutheran tradition is an old and strong one. Well before the […]
Melrose Heights named one of the best historic house neighborhoods
The words “unsung gem” came to mind when we discovered Columbia’s Melrose Heights. Though it’s less than two miles from both the state capital building and the University of South Carolina, it manages a low profile. But with family amenities including affordable homes, some of Columbia’s best public schools, and a five–minute commute to downtown, it’s a neighborhood to know. […]
Volunteers knit Head Huggers
Martha Amick of the Lower Richland Ruritans displays several of the Head Huggers she and members of the Lower Richland Community have made and donated for Chemo Patients. The caps are for patients who have lost their hair due to treatment. Volunteers of the ongoing project have donated over 40 caps to the Oncology Center off Greystone Blvd. Volunteers hope […]