The A.C. Flora Falcons completed a clean sweep through the Class 4A baseball playoffs to reach the State Championship Series with an 8-1 victory over the Lugoff-Elgin Demons at A.C. Flora Wednesday, May 26. Tillman Geddings led the Falcons going 2-for-4 from the plate with two RBI and a run scored. Zander Buchan went 1/3 with an RBI, and Blakely […]
Mullins awarded for service on AIC Board of Trustees
Judge Carl E. Stewart, United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and president of the American Inns of Court, recognized Edward W. Mullins Jr. for eight years of service as a trustee of the American Inns of Court. The mission of the American Inns of Court is to inspire the legal community to advance the rule of law […]
Friends embrace their 80th
Friends (l-r), (front row) Lynn Eddy Harrison, Sue Derham Hopke, Dr. Rose Ann Rigby Weaver, Nancy Martin Tomlinson, Caroline Harrell Hall, Joyce Morris Karnazes, (back row) Judy Carter Duke, Norma Crosswell Cunningham, and Gladys Gamble Cousar recently celebrated their 80th birthdays together.
Celebrating 30 years as duo pianists
Eddy Huss (l) and Annette Matthews performed Sunday, May 23 at Shandon United Methodist Church, celebrating 30 years of performing piano duets. The two have been making music together since 1991 throughout the Carolinas. Matthews has done extensive accompanying for instrumental and vocal soloists, Columbia Choral Society, and the Carolina Chorale. She teaches private piano in Sumter. Huss currently serves […]
Early Columbia Cemeteries
Part 18: Early Undertakers and Funeral HomesPrior to the Civil War, people made their own caskets or they were made by cabinet or furniture makers like Milo H. Berry, who by 1868, had both a successful Columbia furniture store as well as a popular undertaker.
Roach Anxiety—Part 1: Bully Bobby
I once spent four weeks in the hospital where a skilled lady doctor with tiny hands successfully removed a “roach” from my lung. Actually, it was not a roach but a “non-smoking cancer” that looked like a roach on the X-ray screen. The possibility I had been infested with roaches was quite traumatic because I have a history of roach […]
Sunnybrook
Excerpt No. 22 from Mike Maddock’s novel available now on AmazonEditor’s Note: We are pleased to publish Mike Maddock’s novel, Sunnybrook, in its entirety as a “50 Something” weekly series for 2021. All published excerpts will also be available on our website, www.TheColumbiaStar.com. Chapter 4: Cont’d Joey smiled to himself and entered his house. JJ was there to greet him, walking and wagging his tail for the first time since […]
The Heat Is ON!
I’m just saying...Something happened this weekend I thought I would never see. My husband Marty got HOT! The only major argument he and I ever have these days is always over the temperature of the house. He’s extremely cold natured, and I’m at the opposite end of the pendulum being tremendously hot all the time. He says I keep our bedroom temp […]
FOLKS ABOUT TOWN
Historic Columbia has announced recipients of its 2021 Preservation Awards: Preservation Leadership Award—Amy Elizabeth Moore; Preservation, Rehabilitation or Restoration (Commercial, Institutional, Rental or Municipal)— 915 Lady Street/ Nabisco Warehouse (owner: Avant Holdings, LLC, architect: 1×1 Design, Inc., general contractor: Weathers Contracting); Preservation, Rehabilitation or Restoration (Commercial, Institutional, Rental or Municipal)— 1337 Assembly Street (owner: Bob Cooper, Swampfox, Inc., architect: Lambert […]
Fit Columbia celebrates 10 years in business
Fit Columbia celebrated its 10-year anniversary and grand re-opening in its new space in Five Points with a drop in party Wednesday, May 26. Guests enjoyed light bites, drinks, a tour of the new facility, and a meet and greet with instructors and Fit Columbia owner Angela Yong Sellers. “It’s hard to believe it’s been 10 years, I am in […]
