In August 2023, the Lourie Center unified with Senior Resources. The facility, located off South Pickens Street, was founded in 1995 as the Capital Senior Advocacy Center. In 2013, it was renamed the Lourie Center in memory of South Carolina Senator Isadore Lourie. For almost 30 years, the Lourie Center has served as a gathering place, offering Midlands seniors educational […]
Columbia native conducts forklift training aboard USS Harry S. Truman
Aviation Ordnanceman Airman Raheed Bear ( l), a native of Columbia and Aviation Ordnanceman Airman Llamier Guzman, a native of Macon, Georgia, conduct forklift training in the hangar bay of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75). Truman is homeported in Naval Station Norfolk and is the flagship of Carrier Strike Group 8.
Happy Groundhog Day
Groundhog Day offers a touch of whimsy during the often bleak midwinter chill. To further enhance the Groundhog Day experience, burrow into these interesting facts about the holiday and the animal itself. • The world can thank the Germans for the Groundhog Day tradition. The see-his-shadow concept was adapted from a German Candlemas Day tradition in which clergymen would bless […]
Blood is thicker than lipstick
I’m just saying...When I was a young girl, I always worried about getting sick after marriage. In my childlike mind, I knew I wasn’t looking my best with a cold. I get a big red nose, blotchy skin, and weak and watery eyes. I wondered how married ladies hid their maladies from their husbands because I didn’t think it was a good […]
Pineville, a historic refuge—Gourdins and Marions save the village
Originally published February 29, 2008Editor’s Note: At the request of his readers and in memory of Warner M. Montgomery, Ph. D, we will continue to publish his Adventure Travel stories for the time being. In 1860, Dr. Peter G. Gourdin II owned Richmond Plantation, a home in Pineville with 32 slaves, $6,700 in real estate, and $29,000 in personal property. By the time of […]
Honoring Mr. S.C. Aviation
EditorialOn Tuesday (January 30), South Carolina Aeronautics Commissioner Emeritus, Jim Hamilton, aka, “Mr. South Carolina Aviation,” celebrated his 92nd birthday. To commemorate, at last week’s South Carolina Aeronautics Commission meeting, each commissioner wore a tie (or held a coffee mug) that was imprinted with an aeronautical chart featuring their respective home airport. Commissioner Emeritus Ira “Bud” Coward also donned socks […]
FOLKS ABOUT TOWN
Turning Pages SC has announced its newly appointed board leadership team, including Kara Cieri as chair of the Board of Directors, Ashley Harris as vice chair, Sharon Ewing as secretary, Chris Keefer as CFO/treasurer, Brittany Harris as leader of the external subcommittee, and Dr. LeConte Middleton as internal subcommittee chair. Grayson Endrenyi has joined Cason Development Group as a property […]
BUSINESS BRIEFS
Made with Cola Love will host a launch party Tuesday, February 13, 6–9 p.m., at Proof, 2001 Greene Street, Suite B. Made with Cola Love is an organization to support small businesses and bring new life to vacant properties in Columbia. www.madewithcolalove.org The Columbia Metropolitan Airport (CAE) has begun work on a multiyear airport master plan project that will ultimately […]
ATTORNEYS HONORED
Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, P.A.’s Kathleen Muthig has been selected to participate in the Spring 2024 Midlands Diversity Leaders Initiative (DLI), an award-winning program of Furman University’s Riley Institute. Lawrence Flynn, an attorney and member of the management team with Pope Flynn, has received “Lawyer of the Year” in Public Finance Law for Columbia as well as “Lawyer of the Year” […]
REAL ESTATE
NAI Columbia’s Milliken Land Team consisting of Tom Milliken, Tombo Milliken, and Nelson Weston, recently sold 262 acres of land in Blythewood, South Carolina off Swygert Road for $2,000,000. The land is very close to the new Scout Motors facility. Colliers South Carolina’s Mar y Winter Teaster represented Cason Development Group in the lease of a ±3,000-square-foot office space at […]