Christmas is just around the corner, and it’s a season full of stories about angels bringing tidings of great joy to regular people. On November 14, at Columbia’s Cardinal Newman High School, there was an entire team of angels who had been diligently working all year to show one special young lady battling an aggressive form of cancer she did […]
Gamecock National Championship cheerleading squad reunites
In April of this year, former USC cheerleader Stephen Schiavone took it upon himself to organize a reunion of the 1972- 73 Gamecock cheerleading squad for Homecoming weekend. Most had been out of touch for about 40 years, so he had a monumental task trying to locate everyone. Over the summer, he managed to contact almost everyone from the National […]
Feline lovers provide new home for feral cats
Since this past summer, The Columbia Star has been following the progress of a colony of feral cats that were “evicted” from their “home” in Chapin’s Bi-Lo shopping center. Due to a huge controversy with the property manager and the property owner, a colony of 13 feral cats had to be meticulously trapped and relocated to a new location under […]
Retired teacher wins $25,000 on “Who Wants to be a Millionaire?”
Debbie Daniel, a retired teacher from Columbia, S.C. was a contestant on “Who Wants To Be A Millionaire” in the episode airing Monday, November 19. Hosted by the Emmy Award-winning Meredith Vieira, “Millionaire” can be seen locally in the Columbia area on WISTV ( NBC), weekdays at 4:30 p.m. Daniel is married to her husband Jack. She has two step […]
President goes to great heights for CC United Way Campaign
Columbia College President Elizabeth Dinndorf is going to great heights in partnership with United Way of the Midlands to benefit Columbia residents this holiday season. On Tuesday, November 20, at 9:00 a.m., she was stationed on the rooftop of Columbia College’s Student Union building as part of the College’s annual United Way campaign. Her goal was to raise $5,000 before […]
Columbia Sertoma Club sponsors 6th Annual Tailgating party for Charity
This Saturday, November 24, 2012 the Columbia Sertoma Club will host its annual “Tailgating Party for Charity” at The Coop at 1100 Key Road next to the USC Williams Brice Football Stadium and the SCETV building to celebrate and watch the Carolina-Clemson game. The Columbia Sertoma Club has hosted this event to raise money for its charitable activities each year […]
Quirky Crimes in the Capital City
Forest Acres tHansen Avenue: A neighbor called police at 8 a.m. Monday to complain about a possible animal abuse situation on her block. The woman said three men used to live in the house with three dogs. When they moved recently, they took two of the three dogs. They left a chow/mix dog in the yard. Three women moved in, […]
Empty turkeys
I’m just saying...One of these days I have GOT to learn to keep my mouth shut. Sometimes I simply do not think before I speak. I belong to a Methodist church and the women in the church form small groups fondly referred to as “Circles.” We meet on a monthly basis with our individual Circle, and then several times a year we […]
Fighting inappropriate language
It’s not a criticism; It’s an observationOn Veteran’s Day, while sitting in the Philadelphia sun at a rooftop bar enjoying tasty beverages with friends and family, I uttered a word that launched me into the deep crevices of inappropriateness. The episode shook my self-esteem tremendously. I had to make an emergency call to my life coach Desmond and pay weekend crisis rates for counseling. Appalled to […]
