Pastor hits two 50-year milestones
Contributed by East Columbia Pentecostal Holiness Church members The East Columbia Pentecostal Holiness Church members will not only be celebrating their pastor, Rev. Robert Ward’s 50th year of ministry, but also his and Janice’s 50th wedding anniversary Sunday June 26 at 10:30 a.m. Representatives from all of Pastor Ward’s former pastorates including the Stone Chapel Pentecostal Holiness Church, the Bamberg […]
Dancer chosen to study at the Bolshoi Ballet Academy in Moscow
Anne Jackson’s summer reading list may be a little out of the ordinary for a tenth grader as it might include Anna Karenina instead of the usual Jane Eyre. The New York based Russian American Foundation has announced she is one of 16 American high school ballet dancers selected for the prestigious National Security Language Initiative for Youth Program ( […]
Financial meeting a positive step for S.C.
On Tuesday, June 14, Governor Haley hosted a meeting between state government’s financial leaders and representatives of Standard and Poor’s, one of the nation’s most highly respected credit rating agencies. The meeting was held to enhance communication between state officials and S&P analysts about the state’s growing economy and state government’s improved financial condition. We also wanted to demonstrate—in no […]
Quirky Crimes in the Capital City
Forest Acres tValleybrook Road, 6000 block: A woman called police at 2 p.m. Monday after she said a man was stalking her. The 61-year-old woman told officers the 65- year- old man had threatened her regarding some obscure building code violations, and he told her he had reported her to the police. She said she had done nothing wrong and […]
Veteran and special education teacher to receive assistance dogs
Editor‘ s note: The photograph on the front page is Gary Phillips and Spirit. Palmetto Animal Assisted Life Services (PAALS) kicked off assistance dog team training Monday, June 20. The two-week course is the final step in the placement of assistance dogs with two clients of PAALS from the Midlands—a Vietnam veteran and a special education teacher. While at team […]
Famously Hot Historically Cool for 225 years
In April 1786 the appointed commissioners of Columbia, the new capital of South Carolina, met under an oak tree at the high point between Thomas Taylor’s plantations, The Plain and Taylor’s Hill. (Now in front of the USC Law School on Main Street.) The commissioners—Alexander Gillon, Richard Winn, Richard Hampton, Thomas Taylor, and Henry Pendleton—drew up plans for a city […]
NAMI celebrates successes
The fourth annual NAMIWALKS Mid-Carolina was held on April 30, 2011, at Riverfront Park in West Columbia, SC. This year over 1,120 walkers in 81 teams participated in raising funds to promote programs for the mentally ill and their families through NAMI Mid- Carolina. On June 14, 2011, NAMIWALKS 2011 participants and NAMI Mid-Carolina members gathered at Doc’s Barbeque to […]
Spring Valley Rotary Club holds blood drive
July 4th is a time of critical needThe Spring Valley Rotary Club will host a Red Cross Blood Drive on Wednesday, June 29 from 1 p.m. to 7 p.m. in the Community Room at the Village at Sandhill located next to JCPenney at 499 Town Center Place. Rotarian Wendy Fuess said, “You don’t need a special reason to give blood. You just need your own reason. Some […]