Columbia Garden Club decorates the South Carolina Governor’s Mansion each year for the Christmas season.
S.C. Bluegrass and Traditional Music Association awards scholarships to six young musicians
Christmas came early for six young bluegrass musicians who received scholarships from the S.C. Bluegrass and Traditional Music Association (SCBTMA) earlier this month. The students won for their skills in playing acoustic fiddle, guitar, and banjo, all in bluegrass style. Their scholarships totaled $1,250 under the Bill Wells Memorial Scholarship program, which is in its fourth year. The awards may […]
How a Columbia girl helped launch America’s response to Pearl Harbor attack
The Empire of Japan attacked the U.S. Pacific fleet at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, plunging the United States into World War II. Ten days later, a 16-year-old girl from Columbia literally helped launch America’s response to that sneak attack. Her name was Jean Adams Paschal. She was in Camden, N.J., on that cold December day to christen the […]
Poinsettias and pine trees— the colors of Christmas
The colors red and green together symbolize Christmas more than any others. The same can be said about the two most popular Christmas plants, the poinsettia and the pine tree. Cultures across the globe and across time used plants as decorations during ceremonies. What plants are chosen often depends on what is growing during that season. Christmas, being a winter […]
Health and wellness remain top priorities for the new decade
ASK US AT THE STARWhat are some trends for the New Year? With a holiday season almost behind us, many of us are already looking to the new decade, wondering what’s ahead. Health and wellness will continue to be a focus next year. The food industry is always influenced by larger movements, so its leaders are ahead of the curve. The WILLIAM REED Group […]
Quirky Crimes in the Capital City
State Street: Police were called to a business section of State Street after a man was spotted lying on the ground. When officers arrived, they found the man still in the same spot, but a closer inspection showed he was asleep. After several attempts, the officers were able to rouse the man who appeared to be extremely inebriated and disoriented. […]
We think it’s trashy to litter
Enforcement of the litter laws as a game warden with the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources is a massive undertaking and one that seems endless. We began working with Palmetto Pride this year to help clean up Richland County. Palmetto Prides’ slogan, “Litter Trashes Everyone,” could not ring more true. The litter in our community is astonishing, and we […]
Sometimes a man has to
It’s not a criticism; It’s an observationOn Friday, December 13, during a veritable monsoon, I gulped down a double latte and headed to Boland’s, Chapin’s Ace Hardware store. Looking for O-rings, trying to repair a bathroom sink that’s been troublesome since summer—a sink I rarely fill, so I was also considering my own sanity. In the greatest western ever filmed, Joe Starrett is trying to remove […]
Christmas Past vs. Christmas Present
I’m just saying...I owe my husband Marty an apology. For years I’ve always said in my next life I want to come back as a man during the holidays. I have repeatedly snarled that men get all the breaks, and if I could do Christmas as a man… which basically consisted of buying gifts for the wife and little else in my […]
