As Dorian was looming dangerously off the coast of S.C. last week and the mandatory evacuation orders for the Low Country were given, the staff of the West Ashley Assisted Living Facility ( WAAL) in North Charleston weren’t sure where they could take their residents to wait out the storm. While they were helping the 56 patients hurriedly pack what […]
Columbia men take to the sky to help the Bahamas
After Hurricane Dorian completely decimated towns on Grand Bahama, a local pilot, Brandon Liles was worried about his friends living in Abaco, one of the heaviest hit areas. Liles called his friend Craig Summerall and told him he was going to fly down and see if he could find them and if he could help. He told The Star he […]
Labrasca icons retire after nearly five decades
Old habits die hard— especially after nearly five decades. As sisters Jonnie Rosborough and Josie Mims, former waitresses at LaBrasca’s Five Minute Pizza moved through the dining room to pose for photos, Jonnie reached down to brush some dust off a table. It was obviously something she had done thousands of times during her 45 years at the restaurant. The […]
Jubilee
Contemplating how past events, large and small, have coalesced to shape contemporary life is the bedrock of the historian’s trade. The challenge for public historians— that is persons involved in such disciplines as museum management, historic preservation and archives— lies in how best to represent, or interpret, history in ways that lie outside the realm of the traditional classroom and […]
Fire and Rain—Everything that matters is going to be alright
When I was 18 my house burned down. I knew it was going to happen. I dreamed it. It was January and unusually cold for S.C. Someone threw a blanket over me. The newspaper carrier drove me to our neighbor’s to get warm clothes. I remember my father standing in the water from the fireman’s hoses. It was starting to […]
Quirky Crimes in the Capital City
Forest Acres Forest Drive: A department store security officer called police at 1 p.m. Monday after he witnessed a woman stealing a $173 perfume gift set. The security officer told the police officers the woman just walked up to the display and grabbed a “bath and body” perfume set. She then simply walked out of the store. The security officer […]
Everybody should be counted in the upcoming census with some 20,000 helping to gather the data
ASK US AT THE STARPlease tell us more about the upcoming 2020 census, especially how people can apply for available positions and avoid related scams. Ever since the first census was conducted back in 1790, the numbers have been used to help the government make important decisions. Yet, those were simpler times and people who want to know more about the upcoming census should […]
Saving the earthworms
It’s not a criticism; It’s an observationLacie and I allowed the Landlord and Lillie to accompany us on a recent morning walk. Suzy is usually occupied with yoga on weekdays, having long ago resigned herself to the Eternal Fires of Hell by succumbing to the sinful pleasures of this Eastern form of exercise. Baptists and self righteous politicians criticize yoga as anti- Christian. The Alabama state […]
Love in action after Dorian
I’m just saying...Hope is a powerful thing during hard times and when it appears, is a gift that can change a person’s life. In the past week, the eastern coast of our country has been on a long and tedious hurricane watch. Dorian moved at a snail’s pace and has practically decimated towns in The Bahamas. Almost 50 deaths have been reported […]
Going off the grid
40–SomethingI would seriously go off the grid if I weren’t hopelessly dependent and addicted to my iPhone. But I am. Which, I’m afraid, leaves me vulnerable to the little computer nerds sitting alone in their parents’ basements with nothing better to do than screw with me. One day I was working away, minding my own business when I got an […]
