Looking Pretty in a Pandemic
By Tammy Davis Part Eight of The Corona Chronicles Part Seven here Part Six here Part Five here Part Four here Part Three here Part Two here Part One here Week eight, and…
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The Pull Of Beauty
By Tom Poland Over the last five years, I’ve developed two traditions I plan to never break. Come March and come May, I drop everything and head to three…
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Roosevelt Was Right; The Every-Single-Senior Project
By Tammy Davis Part Seven of The Corona Chronicles Part Six here Part Five here Part Four here Part Three here Part Two here Part One here Part Seven of The Corona…
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Buzzard Luck
By Tom Poland A searing, sweaty summer day … just as my friend leaned over to pick up his dropped keys, his glasses slid onto the asphalt and cracked.…
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Love in the Time of Corona, Fishing and First Dates
By Tammy Davis Part Six of a Very Long Series, The Corona Chronicles Part Five here Part Four here Part Three here Part Two here Part One here Courting in the midst…
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Had Harry Sat Here
By Tom Poland Rain, rain, and more rain. It hasn’t been a biblical forty days and forty nights but sure seems like it. A record sopping-wet winter has creeks…
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Buddy bear.
By Cathy Rigg Monetti There are a thousand reasons, I suppose, we are obsessed with the bear. He’s beautiful, for one. Big, and healthy, with a full shiny coat…
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The Toilet Paper Caper
By Tammy Davis Part Five of the Corona Chronicles Part Four here Part Three here Part Two here Part One here I just finished the Toilet Paper Caper, a virtual 5K. Thank goodness…
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High As A Georgia Pine
By Tom Poland The South and its vernacular, love it and never lose it. Seems to me, we have the finest, most colorful expressions. Yes, Southerners have a flair…
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The Things I Miss
By Tammy Davis Part Four of the Corona Chronicles Part One here Part Two here Part Three here I’m following the governor’s orders, but I still had church and…
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Be well.
By Cathy Rigg Monetti YESTERDAY WE AWOKE to a strange and beautiful scene. It was 5:55 a.m., and through our east window we saw that slight but gorgeous glow…
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State Museum e-learning resources update
While the State Museum is closed to the public, we are committed to continuing to fulfill our mission to providing educational environments that entertain and inspire.Museum curators and educators are…
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House Arrest Haircuts
By Tom Poland Nancy’s eyes betrayed frustration and fear. “I can’t cut your hair right now. I’ve got to close.” Early April 2020, the year of perfect vision, what…
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Virtual Education or Virtual Nightmare?
By Tammy Davis Part Three of the Corona Chronicles Part One here Part Two here Parents are stressed out. Virtual education is a virtual nightmare for some. Here are…
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When a House Became a Home Fifty Years Ago Today
By Reba Hull Campbell Fifty years ago today, a young family moved into a house they had just built. Nothing spectacular about this. It’s an event as American as apple…
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Can we use social media for the good?
By Reba Hull Campbell A couple of weeks ago, I wrote a rather long Facebook post spotlighting a couple dozen friends’ positive posts on social media. These friends shared, in…
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Duke Endowment announces $1.25 million gift to One SC Fund: COVID-19 Response
First round of grants distributed to five local nonprofits The Duke Endowment approved $2.5 million to support Carolinians impacted by the coronavirus crisis. In South Carolina, $1.25 million of the…
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Ways to Cope During Social Distancing
By Cathy Rigg Monetti THERE IS SO MUCH TO SAY, and also nothing to say, about the feels we’re all experiencing during this scary, awful pandemic. It reminds me of…
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Plan a Playcation for the Future
Plan a Playcation in Capital City/Lake Murray Country Situated in the central part of the Palmetto State and convenient to Interstates I-77, I-20 and I-26, Capital City/Lake Murray Country showcases regional…
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Stronger Than We Think
By Tammy Davis Part Two of the Corona Chronicles Part One here Sometimes hard things are good for us. Struggle and suffering can make us stronger. It’s true…
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This Silent Strange Spring
By Tom Poland Spring’s springing. I put my hummingbird feeders up for soon the feathered jets will arrive. My azaleas burst into living color as Disney phrased it, and…
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Tune in to History at Home, with the Relic Room’s Joe Long
The South Carolina Confederate Relic Room and Military Museum may be physically closed by the coronavirus, but that doesn’t mean our programming has to stop. Starting Wednesday, April 1, Curator…
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Relic Room closing at least through April 30 because of coronavirus
The South Carolina Confederate Relic Room and Military Museum will be closed through at least Thursday, April 30, because of the COVID-19 pandemic. All tours, programs, and special events scheduled…
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Hauling Up Water
By Tom Poland The cold water hurt my teeth, and it didn’t come from a cooler. Nor a faucet. There was no faucet. My grandparents cranked a windlass, lowering…
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Viruses and Virtual Classrooms
By Tammy Davis Part One of the Corona Chronicles Part Two here Part Three here Corona went viral so my school went virtual. We had about a week of Zoom training…
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Coronavirus: Facts You Should Know
By Mike DuBose A fast-spreading illness called COVID-19 is sweeping across the world, bringing with it waves of fear and misinformation. Despite dire warnings from doctors in areas first…
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The Wonder Of Woods And Waters
By Tom Poland Remembering & Thanking Harry Hampton Fall 1980, a St. Andrews Columbia office park known as Dutch Plaza teems with activity. We’re packing up files, desks, cameras,…
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Discover the wilder side of E-Learning through Z-Learning
The Adventure begins March 19 Riverbanks may be temporarily closed to guests, but you can still experience new adventures at the Zoo and Garden through Z-Learning–the wilder side of E-Learning.…
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For the young and young at heart…An Activity Sheet from The COMET
From The Comet: Many of you may also have young people (and young at heart) at home who are looking for creative things to do. I hope these activity sheets…
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Relic Room closing at least through March 31 because of coronavirus
The South Carolina Confederate Relic Room and Military Museum will be closed from Wednesday, March 18, through at least Tuesday, March 31, because of the COVID-19 pandemic. All tours, programs,…
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The South Carolina State Museum to close temporarily
Taking into consideration guidelines set forth by the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control, the State Museum has made the decision to temporarily close to the public in…
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Main Street District – Here’s How You Can Help
From the City Center Partnership: Dear Friends, The safety and health of Main Street District workers, residents, and patrons is very important to us at City Center Partnership. We encourage everyone…
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Capital City/Lake Murray Country Regional Tourism Board launches STAY/PLAYcation Campaign
The Capital City/Lake Murray Country Regional Tourism Board is launching a spring and summer STAY/PLAYcation campaign. Since South Carolina is drivable state, it is now more important than ever to…
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Veterans of one of the fiercest battles in the Vietnam War to gather and tell their untold story in free event at Relic Room
Specialist Frank Marshall and his comrades in the 2nd of the 506th, 101st Airborne Division, fought the very last major battle Americans experienced during the Vietnam War. It’s regarded as…
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Five Points Association to Postpone St. Pat’s in Five Points
Statement from Kelsey Hennighan, Executive Director, Five Points Association: It is with a profound sense of disappointment that the Five Points Association has agreed to postpone the 38th annual…
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A Genuine Barber Shop
By Tom Poland My great uncle cut my hair when I was growing up in Lincolnton, Georgia. That would be Waymon Walker, Granddad’s brother. Walker’s Barbershop of white concrete…
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Roll With the Changes – A Night with REO Speedwagon
By Tammy Davis Sometimes you’re a rock star. Sometimes you are a 68-year-old man with the flu. Recently at Columbia’s Township Auditorium, REO Speedwagon lead singer Kevin Cronin was…
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Flock and Rally celebrates two ADDY Awards for S.C. State Fair ad campaign
Flock and Rally, a women-owned integrated communications and marketing firm based in Columbia, South Carolina, has earned two 2020 ADDY Awards for its advertising and creative work for the 2019…
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Top Grossing Movies – March 9, 2020
Theatrical grosses from comScore Week of 03/06/2020 to 03/12/2020 Rank Title Weeks Weekend Gross Cumulative 1 Onward 1 $39,119,861 $39,119,861 2 The Invisible Man 2 $15,132,340 $52,675,910 3 The…
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Chemo Mondays
By Tammy Davis My friend’s cancer is back. Stage 4. He has a three-day treatment every other week. He gets the chemo on Monday, wears a pump and tubes…
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The Dignity Found In Abandonment
By Tom Poland As you drive from here to there in a rush, how many times have you turned around to stop at an abandoned store? I do that…
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Sylvan Learning Center offering math games and pizza for National Pi Day
Sylvan Learning Centers across the Upstate are bringing you the true meaning of National Pi Day this year. Centers in Anderson, Greenville and Spartanburg will be offering free math games…
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Top Grossing Movies – March 2, 2020
Theatrical grosses from comScore Week of 02/28/2020 to 03/05/2020 Rank Title Weeks Weekend Gross Cumulative 1 The Invisible Man 1 $28,205,665 $28,205,665 2 Sonic The Hedgehog 3 $16,261,393 $128,555,045…
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What are you doing, not doing, for Lent?
Believers discuss personal Lenten season customs and practices By W. Thomas Smith Jr. What are you giving up for Lent? That’s the oft-repeated question during the 40-day period of reflection,…
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Busted Fences and Broken Hearts
By Tammy Davis The storm came up fast. The bad ones usually do. A strong wind took out one of my trees and slammed it onto my fence. On…
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Doodling In the Dust
By Tom Poland Homes perch on rock piers in a forgotten land called Abandonment, but as that old Elton John song goes, they’re still standing. Now modern homes with…
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The Joys of Practice
By Reba Hull Campbell “Practice makes perfect.” Surely a mantra we all heard as children. Well-intentioned grown-ups who were just trying to help us learn echoed this standard line…
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Top Grossing Movies – February 24, 2020
Theatrical grosses from comScore Week of 02/21/2020 to 02/27/2020 Rank Title Weeks Weekend Gross Cumulative 1 Sonic The Hedgehog 2 $26,192,294 $106,493,965 2 The Call Of The Wild 1…
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BRIGHT+CO CEO Jennifer Sutton honored as 2020 Woman of Influence
BRIGHT+CO Marketing Founder and Chief Executive Officer Jennifer Sutton has been recognized as one of the Upstate South Carolina region’s Women of Influence by GSA Business Report. Nominated by readers…
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Columbia College – Edicts, Advice, and Change
By Tammy Davis Truth be told, I didn’t want to go to Columbia College. I had Charleston on my mind. My father told me I could go anywhere I…
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