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By Robin All This new player has made a great start with the order of movement in his backswing. Notice the good rotation of the big muscles of the body, which helps transfer weight to the back foot while turning the back toward the target. The extended front (left) armContinue Reading

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Photo: Army Chaplain (Capt.) Emil Kapaun (right) and Army Capt. Jerome A. Dolan, 1st Cavalry Division, carry an exhausted soldier off the battlefield in Korea, early in the war. Credit:Army VIRIN:500712-O-D0439-001   By Dennis H. Klein and Wade Thompson The Korean War lasted for 3 years (1950-1953) and was a warContinue Reading

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Shannon Bobertz helping guide one of America’s most complex conservation agencies By Thomas S. Mullikin Every agency needs a rock who is not always the loudest voice in the room or the person chasing the spotlight or searching for the next headline. It needs someone who remains standing when theContinue Reading

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Dominion Energy South Carolina has completed restoration work on the Saluda Shoals dam intake towers, marking the completion of a two-year project that began in 2024. The five-tower array was refitted with new headgates that control the flow of water into the hydroelectric plant on the Lower Saluda River. TheContinue Reading

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Chapin Presbyterian Church will host a free community seminar, Planning for Tomorrow . . . Today: Retiring and Dying Successfully, August 23 from 5 – 7 pm at the church, 600 Old Lexington Highway, Chapin. Life is full of transitions, difficult decisions and unexpected events. Planning ahead can reduce uncertaintyContinue Reading

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The South Carolina State Museum will host Lunar Eclipse Night at the Museum from 8:30 p.m. to 1 a.m. Thursday, August 27, giving guests an opportunity to experience a rare celestial event from the Museum’s Observatory terrace overlooking Columbia’s Vista. “Lunar eclipses are one of those rare opportunities where youContinue Reading

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A Pittsburgh entrepreneur has expanded his locally founded shipping and printing business into South Carolina, bringing the company’s first location outside Pennsylvania to the Columbia area through a partnership that began as a workplace mentorship. iShip&Pack Columbia opened in May, marking the first out-of-state expansion of the business founded byContinue Reading

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The Courage Center has been selected as the recipient of the 2025 FBI Director’s Community Leadership Award (DCLA). The organization was honored in a ceremony recently at the FBI Columbia Field Office in Lexington. Special Agent in Charge Anish Shukla presented the award on behalf of FBI Director Kash Patel.Continue Reading

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Bottled in Meridian, Mississippi — A long-distance winner. By Tom Poland, A Southern WriterTomPoland.net I didn’t call them pop. I didn’t call them sodas. I called them Cokes. Cokes could be Pepsis, Fantas (remember those?), Orange Crush, or RC Colas. Tossed out windows, Coke bottles waited along dirt roads, gravelContinue Reading