A local non-profit organization, Fun4All, was founded to provide recreational opportunities for adults with disabilities. This weekend, the non- profit brought the Wounded Warrior Amputee Softball Team to Columbia for the Capital City Showdown. The game was at Beckham Stadium on the USC Campus. The contest was between the Wounded Warrior Amputee Softball Team and the USC Softball Alumni, and […]
Scruggs right at home as new executive director of Town Theatre
When Shannon Scruggs was offered the role of executive director at Columbia’s Town Theatre, she was given a ringing endorsement by then Executive Director Sandra Willis. But then, why not? Willis had been watching Scruggs audition for this role her entire life. Scruggs, who was perfectly happy in her position as executive director of the South Carolina Bar Foundation, loved […]
Ganong knew at age nine he wanted to be a pianist
Matthew C. Ganong, pianist, knew at the age of nine he wanted to be a musician. He began taking piano from John Ervin at the University of South Carolina at the age of seven and then began his study with John Williams at USC School of Music from his seventh grade year through high school. Ganong grew up in a […]
Of floods and families
Editor’s Note: This is the third in a series of articles by staff writer Cathy Cobbs chronicling her unique journey of the illness and death of her father and the loss of the family’s home in the Great Flood of 2015. “Something bad has happened. Let’s turn on the TV.” We hadn’t been watching anything but monitors since my dad […]
Quirky Crimes in the Capital City
Forest Acres: Forest Drive: A 52- year-old woman was arrested for her own safety at 6 p.m. Tuesday after police were called to check on her welfare. The woman was sitting on a bench on a walkway near some businesses, but she was passed out and leaning over with head only inches from the ground. Passers-by were concerned she was […]
Visit the Gift Shop at the Robert Mills House
As you start your search for unique gifts this Holiday season, be sure to keep the Gift Shop at the Robert Mills House at the top of your list. The shop continually carries a great variety of items that can’t be found anywhere else. The nationwide event, Small Business Saturday is coming up on November 28 and is a great […]
ASK ANN…
How does the comet system work? Part TwoA reader wanted to know how our new bus system works. I love the new colorful buses and wanted to ride one, but was unable to get enough information from the website to try a ride, so I decided to call their information number for more details. I waited an inordinate amount of time on hold before the phone was […]
The real world does not coddle
It’s not a criticism; It’s an observationWhen I was in junior high, my mother would call the kids together when the new Sears catalogue arrived and let us pick out several outfits for the school year. We’d each make our fashion choices and then wait for the package to arrive. During the eighth grade, I was in school one September morning, feeling really good about myself […]
The holidays are upon us
I’m just saying...The holidays of 2015 are upon us! Doesn’t it seem like every year they come a little faster? I mean, of course they do in the retail world. When I was a kid, Christmas came after Thanksgiving and these days it’s after the 4th of July! Even the movie channels start showing Christmas movies in mid-summer, and the stores have […]
Fruit of the Looney
40–SomethingThey say too much of a good thing is still too much. Apparently, that applies to everything other than bacon. Society used to be perfectly content with a side of bacon sitting happily next to some eggs, grits, and toast. Then someone invented the BLT, but that wasn’t enough. Another person added bacon to a cheeseburger. And then someone else […]