Who was St. Nicholas and how did he become Santa Claus? That was the question posed by Father Thomas Moore at the December Torch Club meeting. The V. Rev. G. Thomas Moore, rector of the Holy Apostles Orthodox Church in West Columbia, was ordained to the Holy Diaconate in 1992 and to the Priesthood in 1998. And he looks very […]
Richland Library enhances look and services for community
The Richland Library — formerly Richland County Public Library— unveiled a new community driven rebranding campaign to the public at 10:30 a.m. Monday, December 3. Demonstrating the evolution of public libraries and their resurgence as a community hub, the new brand includes changes to the library’s name, logo, and customer service practices. Implementation of the brand will include a quality, […]
Five Points: a victim of its own success
Forget the Five Points you knew. Late-night weekends in Five Points now are something entirely different and have been for some time. The beloved shopping and entertainment district, for decades a haven for University of South Carolina merry-making, has been taken over in recent years on weekends by a crowd it never before has seen—legions of people who aren’t going […]
Reader also misses 40-Something’s trees of excess
Now I know why I have to put every ornament I ever had on my tree, because you just showed me the joy it brought me as a child!! I can so identify. In Girl Scouts, we sang “Make new friends but keep the old; one is silver and the other gold.” Well, I can’t turn my back on any […]
Quirky Crimes in the Capital City
Forest Acres tForest Drive: A woman called police at 10 a.m. Thursday after she said her boyfriend stole her car. The 61-year-old woman told officers her 52-year-old live-in boyfriend had asked for her car keys to retrieve some money he left in the vehicle. She said he took the keys without her permission and then drove away in the car. […]
From brain to mind: New U of SC institute
The University of South Carolina is poised to become a world leader in human cognitive neuroscience research with the consolidation of faculty and research in a newly established Institute for Mind and Brain. Neuroscience has the potential to unlock some of the most complex processes of the human brain and improve the health and well-being of people. “Understanding how the […]
Palmetto Health Heart Hospital the first in the Midlands to implant LVAD
Palmetto Health Heart Hospital is the first hospital in the Midlands and one of only two hospitals in South Carolina to implant a HeartMate II® left ventricular assist device (LVAD), in a patient with a failing heart while he awaits a cardiac transplant. Dr. Jeffery Martin, cardiovascular surgeon with Carolina Cardiac Surgery Associates— part of the Palmetto Health Physician Network—surgically […]
Reformulation does not work with rehabilitation
The latest attempt to prevent drug overdose deaths is the reformulation of prescription opiate Opana, manufactured by Endo Pharmaceuticals. When the opiate painkiller OxyContin, preferred by so many addicts, was reformulated to thwart abusers, many users shifted to other drugs to satisfy the intense cravings associated with opiate use. Some people shifted to heroin and others sought out Opana, a […]