What happens when you combine a love of fitness, a desire to be a positive motivator, and a heart for finding a cure for childhood cancer? Lori Lapin and the Ultimate Hike. Lapin, who owns Strong Foundations Gym on Forest Drive, is training and leading a group of people who will participate in a 28-mile Foothills Trail Ultimate Hike on […]
Coroner’s Foundation honors Star publisher
At the Richland County Coroner’s Office Foundation Oyster Roast Thursday, January 17, Richland County Coroner Gary Watts presented a plaque to Mike Maddock honoring his mother, the late Mimi Maddock, for her service to the Richland County Coroner’s Office Foundation. Pictured (l-r) Betsy Groff, foundation board member; Mike Maddock; Gary Watts; Tammie Maddock, Mike’s wife; and Dianne Light, foundation board […]
Crooked Bags makes art out of imperfection
Elizabeth Leverton has spent a decade perfecting her art of imperfection with beautiful results. “I call it, ‘renegade sewing,’” Leverton said. “I like making messes that turn out looking kind of cool.” Those “messes” include bo-ho inspired handcrafted purses, hats, guitar straps, cloth boxes, stuffed animals, tunics, tank tops, decorative wall cloths—imagined by Leverton or her customers. She rarely follows […]
Join Historic Columbia and the History Center at USC for King Solomon’s Table with Joan Nathan February 3
Join Historic Columbia and the History Center at the University of South Carolina for “King Solomon’s Table with Joan Nathan” from 2–3:30 p.m., Sunday, February 3. This special event, presented in conjunction with Kugels & Collards, will feature a talk by Joan Nathan, a James Beard award-winner, much-loved cookbook author, and authority on Jewish cooking across the globe. “When Kugels […]
Quirky Crimes in the Capital City
Richland County Covenant Road: A woman was arrested at 11 p.m. Monday after she was seen speeding by an officer on patrol. The 35- year- old woman was driving 50 mph in a 30 mph zone when the patrol officer spotted her vehicle. Once she was pulled over and had admitted she was aware she was speeding, the officer checked […]
Columbia must rethink exemption-friendly mindset
We all hope the Bull Street development lives up to its billing as a shopping and dining hub generating thousands of jobs and $20 million annually in taxes. But five years in, it’s clear the grand promises remain largely unfulfilled. Most notably, the November 2014 announcement that more than 40 tenants were lined up simply never materialized. What’s also clear— […]
Don’t assume medical device implants have received rigorous testing
ASK US AT THE STARDoes the FDA have to approve medical device implants? The FDA was supposed to tighten testing requirements for medical devices last year, but since loopholes still exist, patients can’t assume they meet rigorous standards for approval. Health care advocates Jeanne Lenzer and Shannon Brownlee provided an update in a January 6, 2019 article for the Washington Post. Basically, they wrote, […]
Drug Dealers
It’s not a criticism; It’s an observationI joke about Amazon Prime being my crack dealer. They know where I live, what I can’t live without, and have my credit information. And they make transactions so easy they’re difficult to resist. I’ve also noticed my drug store is getting more like a drug dealer, and they deal in actual drugs. Thanks to their new program automatically refilling […]
Beastly Ballet
I’m just saying...Lately, I’ve been noticing I’ve been suffering from lack of sleep. Not because I stay up late…I don’t. But my husband Marty and I have become unwilling participants in what I call the “Beasty Ballet.” We have two cats and a small dog that all sleep with us, but they like to sleep with us in stages. The older cat, […]
Losing the feminine advantage
40–SomethingMy wife is still adjusting to being outnumbered 2-1 by males in our house. She once enjoyed a 3-2 advantage, but our daughters are off at college, and she’s left with my 16-year-old son and me. My better half can certainly hold her own, and this family is no democracy. Let’s just say she’s the Queen Elizabeth II of our […]
