The men of Gerald Floyds’s family have gotten together at Lake Arrowhead, California, for Uncle Chris’s Annual Fishing Derby each year for the past six years. Those attending are the husbands and male children of Floyd’s sisters, Margie Floyd Gohlich and Helen Floyd Nettles. Due to illness, Gerald was unable to attend last year, but he made up for it […]
Attention, local high school musicians
The Game of Tones, sponsored by The Friends of Justin Foundation, is for high school musicians who write and perform original music. The Friends of Justin Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization established in memory of Justin Gregory DiBiase, who tragically passed away at age 27 in 2010. Justin, known to his friends as “Debo,” was a great lover of […]
New mural completed in Columbia’s Downtown
One Columbia for Arts and History announces the establishment of a mural space on Taylor Street at the corner of Main and the completion of the first mural. The mural space is a joint project of Indie Grits, Tapp’s Arts Center, and One Columbia for Arts and History. Starting in April 2015, a mural artist will be selected in conjunction […]
The Haunted Citadel
It’s Halloween again, and that means more spooky tales and stories from South Carolina’s prolific supernatural past. In a twist this year, the author is breaking the fourth wall and relating events either personally experienced or related firsthand while a cadet at The Citadel. Located in Charleston and along the banks of the Ashley River, South Carolina’s historic military academy […]
Quirky Crimes in the Capital City
West Columbia tAugusta Road: A man was arrested Wednesday at 7 p.m. after a bag of marijuana fell out of his pocket in front of a police officer. The man and the officer were both in line at a gas station to pay for gas. The man was in front of the officer, and when he took his wallet out […]
Spirits from the Past
In my line of work the past is present; indeed, it is central to my day-to-day existence. I often see our cityscape through the eyes of people who knew it decades, if not centuries, ago. Where friends or acquaintances see a blank parcel of land, I envision the buildings that once stood there, the events that took place there, or […]
ASK ANN…
What is an “organic” product?I find myself reading the labels trying to figure out which product is grown without the help of chemicals, and when I am finished reading, I am not any more informed than when I started. We eat food. We feed it to our loved ones. It behooves us to understand the labeling on food products. We all need a vocabulary […]
Starve a fever? …Huh, I don’t think so
I’m just saying...You know those people who get a little head cold and stay home for a day or two, and when they come back to work, they tell you they’ve lost six pounds? I find those people extremely exasperating. I mean, ok…if it was a stomach virus…I can understand and even sympathize. And besides…if they lost the weight due to dehydration, […]