Army veteran Sidney Squirewell of Ridgeway had some help turning 99 last week when friends Tom Connor, left, Don Prioleau, Squirewell, Henry Dixon and Squirewell’s son, Herbert Squirewell, treated him to lunch and a birthday cake at Laura’s Tea Room in Ridgeway.
Pollinating the Park
May 25, 2017 By
A crowd of more than 1,600 converged on Doko Meadows for the Butterfly Festival on Saturday. Two young visitors receive pollen from one of the festival’s main attractions, Meadow the Monarch. For more photos of the event, see page 12.
Mayor (Chef) Ross cooks for kids
May 25, 2017 By
Mayor J. Michael Ross was among the ‘Who’s Who’ of Columbia Sunday evening when he was one of 100 Columbia area men selected to create and serve their own culinary specialties to the public at EdVenture. Ross was sauteing with the likes of cartoonist Robert Ariail, Sheriff Leon Lott, Fireflies President John Katz…the list was […]
RWA Pageants
May 4, 2017 By
During Saturday’s Richard Winn Pageants, Cali Swearingen was crowned Miss RWA. Peyton Gilbert, left, and Bryant Carvalho, right, tied for the Mr. RWA title and Joseph Stillwell was named Junior Mr. RWA.
Arts on the Ridge
May 4, 2017 By
Phyllis Gutierrez, Chairwoman of the 2017 Arts on the Ridge festival, displays student art work entries from Blythewood High School exhibited on the second floor of the Century House. The two-day event kicks off Friday evening, May 5 at 6 p.m. with music, art and food. For more information see page 3.
Big turn out for Blair Family Day
April 27, 2017 By
The Blair Coalition of Churches Family Day is always lots of fun and well attended, and especially so this year with a beautiful day, lots of parade floats and a party in the park. There were beauty queens, bands, classic cars, motorcycle clubs and more. Following the parade, the crowd gathered in the park for […]
A Good Man
April 20, 2017 By
After Blair resident Jeff Schaffer brought the neglected monument of revered former Jenkinsville School Principal W. L. Drummond to the attention of County Council two months ago, the County announced last week that it is looking into rescuing and moving the monument to a more centrally located, accessible location.
It was another VillageChurch Eggstravaganza
April 20, 2017 By
Striker Barton, his sister Olivia and their Golden Retriever Buddy were all ears for the occasion, which was attended by hundreds of families.
Something to Crow About –
March 2, 2017 By
Maddie Edwards, 6, showed up at Equifest at One Wood Farm in Blythewood Saturday morning wearing her Ariat shirt and cowgirl boots to watch the USC equestrian team ride against the Auburn girls. Maddie also spent some quality time at the kids craft booth crafting creations from colored feathers, horseshoes and glitter with a little […]
