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GOC O L U M B I A
Living Here, 23, 2015
MakingColumbia andthe Midlandsyour home
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Down “Home” Servicesremain the same, just agreat new location andstrong new name!
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TO THE IDEAL LIFESTYLEOutstanding recreation, shopping and cultural experiences await you when youmove to The Village at Southlake. Here you’ll find personal touches and activitiesunique to this vibrant community and a comfortable lifestyle that is right for you.Just two miles from downtown Lexington, The Village at Southlake combines thebeauty and recreation of Lexington with the amenities and services you’ve cometo expect from an exceptional retirement community.
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The extra effort taken to ensure each detail at The Village at Southlake is above par when it comes toenjoyment and convenience. Each residence is well-appointed with beautiful finishes and is designedwith you in mind. You will have the opportunity to continue your active lifestyle while still enjoying all of the extras that are offered, including: monthly rental with no buy-in or long-term lease; well-appointedfinishes in each residence; active and engaging Life Enrichment program; three meals served daily fromthe seasonal menu designed by the chef; maintenance and landscaping; all utilities except for telephone;weekly housekeeping service; emergency call system; swimming pool and fitness center; movie theater and wine bar; court yard and raised garden beds; outdoor walking paths and pond; private clubhouse; anda washer and dryer in each residence. Pets are welcome.
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PERSONAL
CANCER TREATMENT
The Cancer Center at South Carolina Oncology
Associates (SCOA) is the only comprehensive cancertreatment center in South Carolina that providesmedical, radiation and gynecological oncology plusimportant patient support services like diagnosticradiology, infusion therapy, hospice and research - allunder one roof.
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Bernie HellerVice President of Advertising
Bryan Osborn
Vice President of Digital
Mark Lett
Executive Editor and Vice President
Kathy Allen
Director of [email protected]
Bertram Rantin
Reporter/Editor
Rebekah Lewis Hall
Special Projects Coordinator
Electricity and natural gas ...............................9History ................................................................ 10Water and sewer ...............................................11Television, Internet and landline phone
services ...........................................................11Trash and recycling .......................................... 12Libraries .............................................................. 12Post offices ........................................................ 14Fire stations ....................................................... 14Law enforcement .............................................20Palmetto Poison Center ..................................20Animal services .................................................20Military ...............................................................20Trains ................................................................... 21
Transportation .................................................. 21Parks....................................................................24Main Street ........................................................28EdVenture Children’s Museum ......................28The Vista and Five Points ...............................29Gamecock Park .................................................30Cockabooses ......................................................30Baseball parks ....................................................31Horseshoe ..........................................................32S.C. State House ................................................32Barbecue ............................................................34Lake Murray.......................................................36Outdoor getaways ...........................................38Riverbanks Zoo ................................................40
CONTENTS Living Here
Sara Johnson BortonPublisher and [email protected]
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The South Carolina State House isreflected in glass at the corner of
Main and Gervais streets.
Photo by Tim [email protected]
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Mid-Carolina Electric Coop-
erative serves parts of Rich-
land and Lexington countiesnear Lake Murray. Customer
service: 803-749-6400 or 888-
813-8000. Office locations at
245 Longs Pond Road, Lex-
ington and 7524 Broad River
Road, Irmo. www.mcecoop.
com.
South Carolina Electric &
Gas serves most of Richland
and Lexington counties. To
start service, fill out a formonline at www.sceg.com/for-
my-home/start-my-service,
or call 1-800-251-7234. Office
locations in Richland Coun-
ty: 135-B Blythewood Road,
Blythewood; 5110 Fairfield
Road, Columbia; 1213 Flora St.,
Columbia; 7748 Garners Ferry
Road, Columbia; 3403 Forest
Drive, Columbia; 10136 Two
Notch Road, Columbia; 3000
Harden St., Columbia; 500
Beltline Blvd., Columbia. Office
locations in Lexington County:
302 Columbia Ave., Chapin;
7467 St. Andrews Road, Irmo;
425 Industrial Drive, Lexing-
ton; 1505 Charleston Highway,
West Columbia.
Tri-County Electric Cooper-
ative serves parts of Richland
and Lexington counties, in-
cluding Gaston. Customer ser-
vice: 803-874-1215 or 877-874-
1215. Office located at 11335
Garners Ferry Road, Eastover.
GETTING SETTLED
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When the Civil War raged
through Columbia 150 years
ago this year, it left the capital
of the Palmetto State a smol-
dering ruin, courtesy of Union
troops under Gen. William .
Sherman.
A few traces are left of those
violent days: Confederate
earthworks still line Congaree
Creek in Cayce; five bronze
stars dot the State House,
marking where Union cannonballs struck; and the first se-
cession convention was held
at the First Baptist Church on
Hampton Street.
Also several Civil War gen-
erals and other notables from
the time are buried at rinity
Episcopal Cathedral Cemetery
on Sumter Street across from
the State House. And the State
House grounds host a statue of
Confederate general and Co-lumbia native Wade Hampton.
Te most controversial rel-
ic of the Civil War, however,
is the Confederate battle flag,
which flew over the State
A city spiced with history
The Confederate Relic Room has a special exhibit on Gen. William Sherman’s march through South Carolina and theburning of Columbia in 1865.
House grounds from 1962 to
2000. It was taken down from
the capitol dome and placed
on a 30-foot flag pole behind
the Monument to the Confed-
erate Dead in 2000, but it has
remained a subject of recent
debate.
But perhaps the best way
to learn about Columbia’s and
South Carolina’s Civil War
past is at the S.C. State Muse-
um and the Confederate RelicRoom and Military Museum,
both located in the same for-
mer textile mill on Gervais
Street at the Congaree River.
Both have a stunning number
of artifacts, including numer-
ous actual battle flags, and
the Relic Room has a special
exhibit on the burning of Co-
lumbia.
Jeff Wilkinson
A monument to Civil WarGen. Wade Hampton III
stands at the South CarolinaState House.
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Carolina Water Service Inc. servessome subdivisions in Richland and Lex-
ington counties. 800-272-1919; customer [email protected].
Chapin Sewer System and ChapinWater System 157 NW Columbia Ave.,Chapin; 803-575-8042; [email protected].
City of Cayce 1800 12th St. Extension,Cayce; 803-796-9020; [email protected].
City of Columbia provides water andsewer services for customers in and
around Columbia. In Lexington County,Columbia’s water department servesChapin and Irmo. 1136 Washington St.;803-545-3300; [email protected].
City of West Columbia 200 N. 12th St.,West Columbia; 803-791-1880.
East Richland County Public ServiceDistrict offers residential sewer servicesin eastern Richland County. 704 Ross
Road; 803-788-1570; www.ercpsd.net/contact-us.
Gaston Water District Company 1133Mack St., Gaston; 803-794-2819.
Joint Municipal Water & Sewer Com-mission serves unincorporated areas inLexington County south of Lake Murray.2546 Two Notch Drive, Lexington; 803-359-8373; [email protected].
Palmetto of Richland County, LLC pro-vides wastewater services for part ofRichland County. 1713 Woodcreek FarmsRoad, Elgin; 803-699-2422.
Palmetto Utilities Inc. provides waste-water services for part of Richland Coun-ty. 1710 Woodcreek Farms Road, Elgin;803-699-2403.
Town of Batesburg-Leesville 244 W.Columbia Ave., Batesburg; 803-532-8301.
Town of Lexington 111 Maiden Lane,Lexington; 803-359-4164.
If your property is served by a septictank and/or well, contact the Environ-
mental Quality Control office at the De-partment of Health and EnvironmentalControl at 803-896-0620.
AT&T: 888-757-6500, 800-225-5288 orwww.att.com.
Comporium: Serves Batesburg-Lees-ville, Pelion, Gaston, Summit and Swan-sea. 800-258-7978 or www.comporium.com.
DirecTV: 888-777-2454 or www.directv.com.
DISH Network: 800-823-4929 or www.dish.com.
HughesNet: 877-286-2406 or www.hughesnetinternet.net.
Time Warner: 803-252-2253 or www.timewarnercable.com.
Windstream: Broadband Internet andvoice services. 866-445-5880 or www.windstream.com.
Columbia Animal ServicesHave a pet? • Lost a pet? • Looking to adopt a new pet?
Need to license your pet? • Need to spay/neuter your pet? • Just have a pet question?
If we can’t help you, we can find the right agency who can
Adoption Services - we always have awesome pets available. All are spay/neutered, microchipped and vaccinated
Dog/puppy $73 Cat/kitten $68 View our animals at petfinder.com just type in our zip code
All other services www.columbiasc.net/animal-services
803-776-PETS (7387)127 Humane Lane, Columbia, SC 29209 www.ColumbiaSC.net
Or just give us a call.
GETTING SETTLED
WATER AND SEWER
TELEVISION, INTERNET ANDLANDLINE PHONE SERVICES
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TRASH ANDRECYCLING
City of Cayce 803-796-9020,ext. 3027.
City of Columbia 803-545-3800.
City of Forest Acres 803-929-6000.
City of West Columbia 803-796-8006.
Lexington County residentswho live in unincorporatedareas have access to week-ly garbage pickup throughAdvanced Disposal (803-256-7276; www.advanceddisposal.com) or Waste Indus-tries (803-935-0249; www.wasteindustries.com). See
www.lex-co.sc.gov to deter-mine which company servesyour area.
Richland County providesweekly pickup for household
garbage and yard waste andbiweekly pickup for recycla-bles. The annual solid wastefee for curbside collectionis included in each propertyowner’s tax bill. 803-929-6000.
LIBRARIES
| www.lex.lib.sc.us
Main branch: 5440 AugustaRoad, Lexington; 803-785-2600.
Batesburg-Leesville branch: 203 Armory St., Batesburg;803-532-9223.
Cayce-West Columbia branch:1500 Augusta Road, West Co-lumbia; 803-794-6791.
Chapin branch: 129 NW Co-lumbia Ave., Chapin; 803-345-5479.
Gaston branch: 214 S. MainSt., Gaston; 803-791-3208.
Gilbert-Summit branch: 405Broad St., Gilbert; 803-785-5387.
Irmo branch: 6251 St. An-drews Road, Columbia; 803-798-7880.
Pelion branch: 206 Pine St.,Pelion; 803-785-3272.
South Congaree-Pine Ridge
branch: 200 Sunset Drive,West Columbia; 803-785-3050.
Swansea branch: 199 N. Law-rence Ave., Swansea; 803-785-3519.
Bookmobile: 803-785-2649;www.lex . l ib .sc .us/f i les/bookmobileroutes.pdf.
|
www.richlandlibrary.com
Main branch: 1431 AssemblySt., Columbia; 803-799-9084.
Ballentine branch: 1321Dutch Fork Road, Irmo; 803-781-5026.
Blythewood branch: 218McNulty Road, Blythewood;803-691-9806.
Cooper branch: 5317 N. Tr-enholm Road, Columbia; 803-787-3462.
Eastover branch: 608 MainSt., Eastover; 803-353-8584.North Main branch: 5306 N.
Main St., Columbia; 803-754-7734.
Northeast branch: 7490Parklane Road, Columbia;803-736-6575.
Sandhills branch: 1 SummitParkway, Columbia; 803-699-9230.
Southeast branch: 7421 Gar-ners Ferry Road, Columbia;803-776-0855.
St. Andrews branch: 2916Broad River Road, Columbia;803-772-6675.
Wheatley branch: 931 Wood-row St., Columbia; 803-799-5873.
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Julia Gentino reads with her daughter Amelie in the children’s area of the Richland County Library in March.
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POST OFFICES
1720 Dutch Fork Road, Suite A, Ballen-
tine.
401 McNulty St., Blythewood.
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1535 Platt Springs Road, West Columbia.
1249 Chapin Road, Chapin.
Capitol: 1233 Marion St., Columbia.Columbia: 1601 Assembly St., Columbia.
Dutch Fork: 1120 Briargate Circle, Co-lumbia.Eau Claire: 4026 Lamar St., Columbia.Edgewood: 2638 Two Notch Road, Suite112, Columbia.Five Points: 2108 Greene St., ColumbiaForest Acres: 4840 Forest Drive, Co-lumbia.Fort Jackson: 4400 Early St., Columbia.Leesburg: 7406 Garners Ferry Road,Columbia.Northeast: 8505 Two Notch Road,
Columbia.Sandhills: 1805 Clemson Road, Columbia.
301 Main St., Eastover.
7731 Bluff Road, Gadsden.
220 S. Main St., Gaston.
401 Broad St., Gilbert.
6200 Lower Richland Blvd., Hopkins.
7821 St. Andrews Road, Irmo.
Downtown Lexington: 710 W. Main St.,Lexington.Lexington: 1830 S. Lake Drive, Lexing-ton.
739 Pine St., Pelion
20 Hinton St., State Park.
295 Church St., Swansea.
1947 Dutch Fork Road, White Rock.
FIRE STATIONS
Station No. 1 (Headquarters): 1800 Lau-rel St., Columbia; 803-545-3700.
Station No. 2 (Olympia): 1015 FergusonSt., Columbia.Station No. 3 (Industrial Park): 2740 TheBoulevard, Columbia; 803-776-8258.Station No. 4 (Northeast Columbia):446 Spears Creek Church Road, Elgin;
803-788-6276.Station No. 6 (St. Andrews): 1225 Briar-gate Circle, Columbia; 803-772-0736.Station No. 7 (North Columbia): 2622Main St., Columbia; 803-733-8361.Station No. 8 (Atlas Road): 153 AtlasRoad, Columbia; 803-695-0786.Station No. 9 (Shandon): 2847 DevineSt., Columbia; 803-733-8363.Station No. 11 (Belvedere): 30 BlumeCourt, Columbia; 803-786-0484.Station No. 12 (Greenview): 6810 N.Main St., Columbia; 803-714-1875.
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The Columbia Post Office on Assembly Street.
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Station No. 13 (Eau Claire):4112 N. Main St., Columbia;803-733-8357.Station No. 14 (Dentsville):7214 Fire Lane Drive, Colum-bia; 803-788-3077.Station No. 15 (Cedar Creek):8300 Winnsboro Road, Co-lumbia.Station No. 16 (Harbison): 131Lake Murray Blvd., Columbia;803-749-5820.Station No. 17 (Upper Rich-land): 300 Campground Road,Columbia; 803-786-7360.Station No. 18 (Crane Creek):7401 Fairfield Road, Columbia;803-735-9978.Station No. 19 (Gadsden):122 Community Center Drive,Gadsden; 803-353-9917.Station No. 20 (Ballentine):10717 Broad River Road, Irmo;803-732-7864.Station No. 21 (Spring Hill):11809 Broad River Road, Co-lumbia.Station No. 22 (Lower Rich-
land): 2612 Lower RichlandBlvd., Hopkins; 803-695-0948.Station No. 23 (Hopkins):1631 Clarkson St., Hopkins;803-776-1044.
Station No. 24 (Sandhill): 130Sparkleberry Lane, Columbia;803-865-9543.Station No. 25 (Bear Creek):1613 Heins Road, Blythewood;803-735-8240.Station No. 26 (Blythe-wood): 435 Main St., Blythe-wood; 803-691-1226.Station No. 27 (Killian): 9651Farrow Road, Columbia; 803-754-0978.Station No. 28 (Eastover):504 Henry St., Eastover; 803-353-2121.Station No. 29 (CongareeRun): 115 Old Congaree RunRoad, Hopkins; 803-783-4742.Station No. 30 (CapitalView): 8100 Burdell Drive,Columbia; 803-783-1763.Station No. 31 (LeesburgRoad): 1911 McCords FerryRoad, Eastover; 803-353-3820.Station No. 32 (JacksonCreek): 9213 Two Notch Road,Columbia; 803-788-4210.
Station No. 33 (Gills Creek):5645 Old Forest Drive, Colum-bia; 803-782-1505.Station No. 34 (Elders Pond):321 Elders Pond Drive, Colum-bia; 803-733-8284.
Station No. 1 (Headquarters):436 Ball Park Road, Lexing-ton; 803-785-8287.Station No. 2: 117 BeulahChurch Road, Gilbert.Station No. 3: 2703 TwoNotch Road, Lexington.Station No. 4: 2639 CalksFerry Road, Lexington.Station No. 5: 300 Oak St.,West Columbia.Station No. 6: 940 Pine St.,Pelion.Station No. 7: 2142 U.S. 178,Swansea.Station No. 8: 103 Main St.,Gilbert.Station No. 9: 417 Oak Drive,Lexington.Station No. 10: 112 ParkRoad, Lexington.Station No. 11: 440 E.Boundary St., Chapin.Station No. 12: 1701 BusbeeRoad, Gaston.Station No. 13: 5715 Edmund
Highway, Lexington.Station No. 14: 2907 Fair-view Road, Leesville.Station No. 15: 902 U.S. 378,Lexington.Station No. 16: 350 W. Third
St., Swansea.Irmo Station: 6017 St. An-drews Road, Columbia.Irmo North Lake Station: 117 Lincreek Drive, Columbia.Station No. 18: 752 CalvaryChurch Road, Swansea.Station No. 19: 665 OldBarnwell Road, West Colum-bia.Station No. 22: 960 AmicksFerry Road, Chapin.Station No. 23: 2700Wessinger Road, Chapin.Station No. 24: 1385 S. LakeDrive, Lexington.Leesville Station: 431 E.Church St., Leesville; 803-532-6639.Batesburg Station: 537 W.Church St., Batesburg; 803-532-4408.Station No. 27: 5321 FairviewRoad, Batesburg.Station No. 28: 3124 S.C. 6,Lexington.Station No. 29: 134 CedarGrove Road, Leesville.
Station No. 30: 121 River-chase Way, Lexington.Cayce Station: Two LavernJumper Road, Cayce.West Columbia Station: 610N. 12th St., West Columbia.
GETTING SETTLED
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We are Richland One, a nationally accredited school district building on a rich history and tradition ofexcellence. South Carolina’s ninth-largest school district, our 23,000 students represent 50 countries andas many languages. With 52 schools and special centers, our district stretches over 480 square miles andencompasses urban, suburban and rural communities. Our location in the Palmetto State’s capital city givesour students and employees access to advantages you won’t find anywhere else – innovative academicprograms, unique partnerships with businesses, higher education institutions and the faith community, as wellas unlimited cultural opportunities.
Building robots, observing surgical procedures, repairing diesel engines and flying simulated space missionsare just a few of the unique educational experiences that our students can take advantage of in RichlandOne. We recognize that students learn in different ways and have different interests. We also understandthat parents want choices when it comes to the education of their children. Among our diverse offeringsare Montessori programs, International Baccalaureate and other advanced academic programs, foreignlanguage and international programs, visual and performing arts, career and technology educationprograms, as well as our Digital Learning Environment initiative. Richland One is also home to South Carolina’sonly Challenger Learning Center for space science education.
Our students represent the next generation of educators, scientists, artists, entrepreneurs and leaders. Yearafter year, our graduates go on to attend some of the nation’s most prestigious colleges and universities. TheRichland One Class of 2015 earned more than $66.9 million in scholarships and other financial aid, settinga new district record. Our sports teams and individual student-athletes won 12 state championships in the2014-2015 school year alone.
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180 Greystone Blvd
Columbia, SC 29210803-779-7300
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LAW ENFORCEMENT
For emergencies, dial 911.
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521 Gibson Road, Lexington; 803-785-8230; www.lex-co.com/sheriff.North District Headquarters: 111 Lin-creek Drive, Columbia; 803-781-4173.West District Headquarters: 4079-DAugusta Highway, Gilbert; 803-785-7508.South District Headquarters: 102 Air-port Road, Pelion; 803-785-7688.
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5623 Two Notch Road, Columbia; 803-576-
3000; www.rcsd.net; [email protected] 1 (Bluff Road/Garners Ferry)substation: 2615 Lower Richland Blvd.,Columbia; 803-576-1470.Region 2 (Two Notch Road/ClemsonRoad) substation: 7201 Two NotchRoad, Columbia; 803-567-3444.Region 3 (Monticello Road/WilsonBoulevard) substation: 6429 BishopAve., Columbia; 803-576-2215.Region 4 (Broad River Road/St. An-drews) substation: 1019 Beatty Road,Columbia; 803-576-3490.
Region 6 (Blythewood) substation: 118 McNulty St., Suite B, Blythewood;803-576-3004.Region 7 substation: 1405 ScreamingEagle Road, Elgin; 803-576-1420.
1800 12th St., Cayce; 803-794-0456.
One Justice Square, Columbia; 803-545-3500; www.columbiapd.net.
5205 N. Trenholm Road, Forest Acres;803-782-9444.
1230 Columbia Ave., Columbia; 803-781-8088.
660 W. Columbia Ave.; 803-532-4408.
157 NW Columbia Ave., Chapin; 803-345-6443.
186 N. Carlisle St., Gaston; 803-796-8503.
111 Maiden Lane, Lexington; 803-359-6260; [email protected].
320 W. Third St., Swansea; 803-568-3366;www.swanseapd.net.
West Columbia Police: 200 N. 12th St.,West Columbia; 803-794-0721.
PALMETTO POISON CENTER 800-222-1222; [email protected].
ANIMAL SERVICES
An animal control officer is on callaround the clock, but officers can only
respond to emergency calls after normalbusiness hours and on the weekends.Emergency calls include injured animals,animal attacks and other public safetyorganizations requesting assistance. 321Ball Park Road, Lexington. [email protected].
Richland County Animal Care offers24-hour emergency service. 400 PowellRoad, Columbia. 803-929-6000. animal
GETTING SETTLED
Military landmarks aboundColumbia and Midlands residents
often bill the area as the most mili-
tary-friendly community in the country.
And it may well be.
South Carolinians are historically
supportive of the military. The area has
a large veteran and retiree population.
The region is home to three major mil-
itary installations. And Columbia hosts
the headquarters of the S.C. Army and
Air National Guard.
Fort Jackson in Columbia is the na-
tion’s largest basic combat training base,
turning out about 42,000 new soldiers
last year, and another 26,000 who have
completed advanced training. It also is
home of many other commands, such
as the U.S. Army Chaplain Center and
School and the U.S. Army Drill sergeant
school. It is an open base with four mu-
seums and even a public water park.
McEntire Joint National Guard Base
in nearby Eastover is home to the F-16
jets of the S.C. Air Guard’s 169th Fight-
er Squadron, called the Swamp Foxes.
It is also home to eets of S.C. Army
National Guard Apache and Blackhawk
helicopters. The base is not open to the
public, but the S.C. Military Museum
is located behind S.C. National Guard
Headquarters on Bluff Road in Colum-
bia, near USC’s Williams-Brice Stadium.
Shaw Air Force Base in Sumter is
home of the 20th Fighter Wing - the
largest ghter wing in the country – com-
prised of three squadrons of F-16 Fight-
ing Falcons. It is also home to U.S. Air
Force Central and U.S. Army Central,
which plan, supply and execute com-
bat and training in the Middle East and
Southwest Asia. It is closed to the public.
Jeff Wilkinson
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Downtown Columbia area
commuters would do well to
keep an eye out for trains.
While various train cross-
ings are sprinkled across the
region, one of the greatest
concentration of tracks can be
found in the area between the
University of South Carolina
campus and Williams Brice
Stadium and surrounding ar-eas including Olympia Mills.
Tat concentration, com-
bined with various season-
al events like USC football
games and the South Caroli-
na State Fair, can require a bit
of patience due the inevitable
backup due to a train stop.
Columbia is a hub for
both Norfolk Southern and
CSX ransportation, two of
the four major railroad com-
panies in the United States.
Tat makes for regular trainstops, particularly in the
above-mentioned areas.
Some of the most trouble-
some back-ups are gener-
ally closer to the switching
yards – where trains are more
prone to slow down, stop and
back up while they switch out
freight cars. Norfolk South-
ern’s local switching yard is
off Shop Road near Owens
Field in Columbia. CSX’s yard
is off State Street in Cayce.
Tere are no restrictionson how many trains run
through an area each day,
and companies are not re-
quired to publish a schedule.
Te state and many cities,
including Columbia and Cayce,
limit the time – locally, to five
minutes – that trains legally can
block an intersection once they
come to a complete stop. But
the penalties are quite low.
But commuters who ex-
pect an excessive stop can
call the number posted atthe rail crossing to alert offi-
cials of a delay.
Bertram Rantin
TRANSPORTATION
The Columbia MetropolitanAirport (CAE) serves morethan 1.2 passengers annually.3250 Airport Blvd., West Co-lumbia; 803-822-5025; [email protected] Hamilton-L.B. OwensAirport: 1400 Jim HamiltonBlvd., Columbia; 803-822-5555.
The COMET serves Columbia
and some surrounding com-munities. Standard one-wayfares are $1.75; all-day passesare $3. Passes are available forup to 31 days. catchthecomet.org.
Megabus offers routes fromColumbia to Atlanta, Durham,N.C., Fayetteville, N.C., New
York City, Richmond, Va., andWashington , D.C. Buses leavefrom the Sumter Street Tran-sit Station, 1780 Sumter St.,Columbia. us.megabus.com.
Greyhound buses leave fromColumbia Bus Station, 710-ABuckner Road, Columbia. 803-256-6465; www.greyhound.com.
Amtrak trains leave from 850
Pulaski St., Columbia. www.amtrak.com.
New residents of SouthCarolina have up to 90 days
to renew their driver’s licens-es and up to 45 days to renewtheir vehicle registrations.
Military personnel and theirdependents and studentstemporarily in South Carolinaare not required to obtain aSouth Carolina driver’s license.
Before you can registeryour vehicle in South Caroli-na, you must pay the vehicleproperty taxes required inyour county.
To pay property taxes onyour vehicle, take your reg-istration and your driver’s li-cense (with your new address)to the county auditor’s office.Lexington County Auditor’sOffice: 212 South Lake Drive,
Suite 103, Lexington. 803-785-8181.Richland County Auditor’s
Office: 2020 Hampton St.,Suite 2067, Columbia. 803-576-2605; [email protected].
Batesburg: 509 Liberty St.,Batesburg. 803-532-5285.Blythewood: 10311 WilsonBlvd., Blythewood. 803-896-9983.Columbia: 1630 Shop Road,Columbia. 803-737-8350.
Columbia: 228-A O’Neil Court,Columbia. 803-419-9403.Irmo/Ballentine: 1016 BroadStone Road, Irmo. 803-749-9041.Lexington: 122 Park Road,Lexington. 803-356-8537.
GETTING SETTLED
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POINTS OF INTEREST: PARKS1 Congaree National Park: 100 National Park Road, Hopkins.2 Dreher Island State Park: 3677 State Park Road, Prosperity.3 Sesquicentennial State Park: 9564 Two Notch Road, Columbia.4 Harbison State Forest: 5600 Broad River Road, Columbia.5 Cayce Riverwalk: Axtell Drive and Naples Avenue, Cayce.
6 SCE&G South Recreation Area: N. Lake Drive, Lexington.7 Saluda Shoals Park: 5605 Bush River Road, Columbia.8 Crooked Creek Park: 1098 Old Lexington Highway,
Chapin.9 Finlay Park: 930 Laurel St., Columbia.
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10 Granby Park: 100 Catawba Circle, Columbia.11 Memorial Park: 700 Hampton St., Columbia.
12 Riverfront Park: 312 Laurel St., Columbia.13 South East Park: 951 Hazelwood Road, Columbia.
FIND MORE PARKSIn Lexington County: www.lcrac.com
In Richland County: richlandcountyrecreation.com/find-a-parkIn Columbia: www.columbiasc.net/parks-recreation
In Irmo and Chapin: www.icrc.netIn Lexington: www.lex-sc.com/parks_index.htm
For more on Congaree National Park,Sesquicentennial State Park and
Harbison State Forest, see page 38.
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God is Love- I John 4:16
First Church of Christ, Scientist 1114 Pickens Street
Columbia, SC 29201
(803) 799-8274
Sunday Service are held at 10:30 a.m.
Sunday School for young people up to
the age of 20 convenes at the same hour.
Wednesday evening testimony
meetings are held at 7:00 p.m.
Our Reading Room is also located at
1114 Pickens Street and is
open Tuesdays and Thursdays from
10:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m.
Website: christiansciencecolumbia.org
Christian Science is founded upon thehealing principles of Christ Jesus, the
Apostles and the Prophets. Learn how you, too, can turn to God, divine Love,
to meet all your needs.
Everyone is welcome to visit our Reading
Room, to ask questions, to researchprayer and healing, or to purchase
Bibles, Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy,
the discoverer and founder of ChristianScience, literature, and music.
To hear Sentinel Radio, podcasts,
testimonies of healing and more,
visit jsh-online.com or
jsh.christianscience.com/explore.
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Life’s journeys are rarely traced with straight lines.
No matter where you are on your spiritual journey, at Shandon you’ll find a placewhere you’re nourished & inspired... a place where you’re encouraged & supported...
a place to make a difference & celebrate life –
a place to find your way.
& Find Meaning
3407 Devine Street 803-256-8383
www.shandon-umc.org
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Serving The Midlands
(803) 781-5845
Communities of FaithCommunities of Faith
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From the popular New
Year’s Eve party to First
Tursday get-togethers, Co-
lumbians increasingly are
making the city’s Main Street
more vibrant.
DINING: Good Life Cafe
has brought vegan dining
while the Oak able offers
linen napkins and fine uten-
sils. Bourbon, a whiskey bar
and cajun restaurant rou-
tinely is full.ENTERTAINMENT: Cantina
76, a restaurant and bar is so
popular it has expanded its
outdoor area. Te Nickelodeon
offers the theater experience.
Te Whig, an underground
bar in the shadow of the State
House, holds to its tradition
that dates back decades.
First Tursday events
now stretch six blocks to in-clude City Hall. Musicians,
belly dancers and sidewalk
meals and beer-and-wine
bars serve crowds of young
professionals and college
students that reach to 2,000
to 3,000.
Soda City, a Saturday food
and crafts event that began
in 2012, draws about 1,000
visitors to the 1400 or 1500
blocks. Crowds grow to 2,300
for special events that often
include beer and wine sip-
ping along those blocks.
LIVING: enants keep the
vacancy rate in apartments
in the high 90s. Te Hub
brought more than 800 stu-
dents to the long vacant for-
mer Palmetto Center.
Clif LeBlanc
POINTS OF INTEREST
Main Street is jumpin’ these days
Soda City Market
If you’re visiting EdVenture Children’s Museum, 211
Gervais St., Columbia, you can’t miss the chance to see
Eddie. Standing 40-feet-tall and weighing in at 17.5
tons, Eddie is boasted to be “the world’s largest child.”
Te model of a 10-year-old boy is big enough for
adults and children to explore, and visitors can climb
Eddie’s vertebrae to his brain and explore his heart,
stomach and intestines.
Eddie is the first thing you see when you enter the
museum. It’s an ideal way for children to explore and
burn off a little energy along the way. His giant shoe
and the big chair positioned just to his right make for
perfect spots for family pictures.
EdVenture Children’s Museum | (803) 779-3100.
Anne-Kathryn Flanagan
Eddie: the world’s
largest child
Eddie, the40-foot-tall
model ofa 10-year-
old, is thecenterpiece
atEdVentureChildren’sMuseum.
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Some say it’s a different crowd that
frequents Columbia’s Vista district
from those who prefer to hang out in
the city’s long-established Five Points
entertainment area.
For 100 years, Five Points has
been a diverse Columbia shopping
and commercial district, catering to
historic surrounding neighborhoods
such as Shandon, Old Shandon and theUniversity of South Carolina.
Te area was named Five Points for
five-pronged intersection of Harden
Street, Devine Street and Santee
Avenue that comes to a point in the
district. Te area fosters shopping,
dining and recreational venues by day
and becomes an entertainment and
nightlife venue, highlighting a large
college population, by night.
Te Vista is steeped in the city’s
historical moorings of once-vibrant
residential areas such as Ward One
and its light industrial, mercantile and
transportive past. Te 800-acre district
afforded a view of the Congaree River
from the downtown and university
areas and was an area where businesses
that dealt in transportation (includingrail), storage (including warehouses)
and light manufacturing gravitated.
With much of the area’s architecture
preserved, the Vista began transforming
in the 1990s to an eclectic enclave o
shops, restaurants, businesses and
nightlife that attracts patrons from
around the state and region.
Roddie Burris
The Vista or Five Points?
No, the Vista AND Five Points
POINTS OF INTEREST
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POINTS OF INTEREST
Te landscape surrounding
Williams-Brice Stadium has
come a long way in the last five years.
he home of South Carolina’s
football team sits between the
South Carolina National Guard
headquarters and the city’s in-
dustrial-themed Shop Road. he
once all-business appearance has
given way to a more recreational
Saturday afternoon experience.
Te first major improve-
ment was Gamecock Park,
a landscaped tailgating areathat replaced the old Farmer’s
Market site adjacent to Wil-
liams-Brice. Gamecock Parkopened in 2012 and started
a dramatic makeover that is
continuing with the upcom-ing completion of the Springs-
Brooks Plaza around the stadi-
um and an area to showcase a
statue of Heisman rophy win-ner George Rogers.
All of this has come at a price:
$30 million for Gamecock Park
and $14.5 million for the Springs-
Brooks Plaza, which is expected
to be completed in time for this
season’s home opener Sept. 12
against Kentucky. In return,
South Carolina gets an on-cam-
pus feel that makes a trip to a
Gamecocks game a much more
pleasant experience. Josh Kendall
Gamecock Park
Tey’ve been featured on
ESPN, described as one thing
any college football fan must
enjoy before they die, and dis- played in magazines ranging
from Southern Accents to Play-
boy. All of it came from an idea
late Columbia businessman Ed
Robinson had in 1990 – why
not put a row of retired train ca-
booses on a stretch of track be-
side Williams-Brice Stadium?
Te Cockaboose railroadstretches 22 cars from Key
Road to Bluff Road, offering
private spaces to tailgate for a
college football game or to host
any other kind of event. Start-
ed at a cost of around $40,000
each and now costing more
than $200,000, each caboose is
owned and decorated by who-ever wants to pony up the cost.
And they aren’t just used on
game days. An owner can use
his caboose for any event they
please, since the USC athletics
department does not own the
land or the structures (outside
of the one it bought). argeted
at the who’s who of Colum-bia when Robinson installed
them, there might be one or
two on sale per year – just look
for a sign in the windows.
David Cloninger
Cockabooses
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Columbia is a baseball
city with multiple teams and
venues hosting quality play-
ers and teams.
Columbia is an area rich
with baseball viewing oppor-
tunities.
Area residents can watch
baseball for nearly eight
months of the year if they
choose. But what about all of
those stadiums?
Capital City Stadium, the
city’s oldest baseball stadium,
at 301 S. Assembly St., opened
in 1945 and has hosted several
teams including the Colum-
bia Reds, Mets, Bombers and
most recently the Blowfish,
all of which had considerablesuccess in the city.
Currently, “Te Cap” sits
empty after the Blowfish (an
amateur team of collegiate
players) moved to Lexington
to continue their play in the
Coastal Plain League under
the same moniker. While the
Lexington Blowfish recently
moved into the brand newLexington County Baseball
Stadium near Lexington
High School at 474 Ball Park
Road, Capital City Stadium is
expected to be transformed
into a commercial and retail
center in the near future.
On the banks of the Con-
garee River lies one of the
most popular collegiatebaseball stadiums in the
country, Carolina Stadium.
Home to the University of
South Carolina Gamecocks
at 431 Williams St. since
2009, the 8,242-seat stadi-
um is the place to watch the
Southeastern Conference
member that has won 90
percent of its games there.
A third stadium, Spirit
Communications Park, is in
progress and will bring the
New York Mets’ organization
back to the Capital City. Te
$37 million stadium will be
finished in time for the start
of the 2016 season and will
be located along Bull Street.Did you know? Columbia
fielded its first professional
baseball team in 1892 and
teams in Columbia have had
several nicknames – among
them the Skyscrapers,Gamecocks, Comics, Com-
ers, Senators, Reds, Gems,
Sandlappers, Mets, Bombers
and Blowfish. Aaron Randsell
Let’s go to the ballpark
POINTS OF INTEREST
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Lexington County Baseball Stadium
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Te tree-covered, brick
sidewalk-lined Horseshoe
is the birthplace – and thecenter – of the 214-year-old
University of South Carolina.
Students gather in the Horse-
shoe for studying, meetings and
sunbathing. Tey string ham-
mocks between the oak trees
near the university museum
and visitor center. Te school’s
president lives there.
en of the 11 buildings that
bound the Horseshoe are listed
in the National Register of His-
toric Places, including the na-
tion’s first free-standing college
library. Robert Mills, designer
of the Washington Monument,
influenced the design of some
of its buildings as well as the
Maxcy Monument, named af-
ter USC’s first president, in the
center of the Horseshoe.
Vistors to the Horseshoe
have included Presidents
William aft and Ronald
Reagan, then-Sen. John Ken-
nedy (three years before he
was elected president) and
Pope John Paul II.
Te band Hootie and the
Blowfish, whose members
met while they were students
at USC, performed a televised
concert in the Horseshoe in
1996. More recently, ESPN
has used the Horseshoe to
stage broadcasts of its Col-
lege GameDay show, creating
a festival-like atmosphere
that draws hundreds of rabid,
sign-wielding Gamecock fans.
On an urban campus with
buildings sprawled across
city blocks, the Horseshoe
is the university’s heart and
lures students, staff and vis-
itors with its hold on history. Andrew Shain
The Horseshoe at USC
Columbia was created as a
capital city.Te state Legislature created
a new state capital in 1786 and
named it “Columbia.” Te city
was designed in two-square
miles, broken into 400 blocks.
Half-acre lots were sold to po-
tential residents and specula-
tors.
It was home to the state’s sec-
ond State House.
South Carolina’s first State
House was in Charleston. TeColumbia State House was
made of wood with a brick
basement at the corner of Sen-
ate and Richardson (now Main)
streets. Te General Assembly
first met in its Columbia State
House in 1790.
When General William .
Sherman and the Union army
captured Columbia on Feb. 17,
1865, the old State House was
destroyed by fire. A monument
stands on the State House
grounds where the old building
stood. Construction on the newState House was postponed be-
cause it also was set on fire.
Te State House features re-
minders of Sherman’s damage.
Sherman’s army blasted can-
nons at the State House, but the
shells did only slight damage.
Brass markers identify where
those shells struck the State
House facade. Construction on
the existing State House ended
in 1903. From 1995-98, the StateHouse underwent renovations.
SOURCES: Te S.C. State
House and City of Columbia
websites Jamie Self
What you need to know
about the S.C. State House
POINTS OF INTEREST
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USC President Harris Pastides and his wife, Patricia, walk across the Horseshoe soonafter their arrival on campus in 2008. The Maxcy Monument is in the background.
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Te Midlands barbecue
scene offers a wide range offlavors and choices. South
Carolina is home to four dis-
tinct types of sauces – tomato,
ketchup, vinegar-pepper and
mustard – and you can find
restaurants in Columbia and
Lexington that will offer them
all. Here are some of the area’s
most frequented pit-stops.
Hite’s Bar-B-Que has been
around since 1957. his fami-
ly-run business does whole-hog
and hams, chicken and hash and
features a mustard-based sauce.
ake-out only, open Friday and
Saturday. 240 Dreher Rd., West
Columbia, (803) 794-4120.
Little Pigs has been around
since 1963. In addition to bar-
becue and ribs, you’ll find
pork chops, chicken and fish
and three sauces to choose
from (mustard, tomatoand vinegar-pepper). Open
Wednesday through Sunday,
4927 Alpine Rd., (803) 788-
8238, www.littlepigs.biz.
Southern Belly BBQ special-
izes in pulled pork sandwich-
es. Choose a selection from
the menu or make a custom
sandwich from a list of seven
sauces and add-ons such as
roasted red peppers, pickles,
cheese and bacon. Open 11
a.m.-10 p.m. Monday through
Saturday and 11 a.m.-4 p.m.on Sunday, Southern Belly’s
porch is the perfect place for a
late lunch or early dinner. 1332
Rosewood Dr., (803) 667-9533,
www.southernbellybbq.com.
Palmetto Pig is an in-town
all-you-can-eat barbecue buf-
fet (which can be dangerous).
Open uesday through Satur-
day, 530 Devine St., (803) 733-
2556 www.palmettopig.com.Big T’s, the original location
is a trailer with a pit alongside in
Gadsden. here are dine-in loca-tions, with fried chicken, fish and
sides and such, at 7535 Garners
Ferry Road, (803) 776-7132 and
1061 Sparkleberry Lane Ext.,
(803) 788-4295, bigtbbq.com.
Belly’s Southern Pride in
Lexington is my go-to place for
smoked chicken. Mustard is the
dominant sauce here. Open Fri-
day and Saturday, 2508 Augusta
Road, (803) 356-8284.
LowCo BBQ is a catering
company operated by Lou
Hutto specializing in whole
hog, pulled pork and beef bris-
ket. You can get his barbecue
at BarNone in Five Points (620
Harden St.) or hire him for
your special occasion. www.
lowcobarbecue.com.
Yellow Dog Barbecue operates
out of Pinch and he Attic, two
bars in Five Points. Will Lacey
dares to be different serving up
smoke chicken nachos, brisket
burnt-end sandwiches and BBQ
chicken pizza. Pinch/he Attic
are located at 640 Harden St.
For more information about
barbecue locations in the Mid-lands or throughout South
Carolina, a good resource is
the SC BBQ rail Map at bbq.
discoversouthcarolina.com.Susan Ardis
Barbecue in the Midlands
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Lake Murray has two personalities when
it comes to recreation and living along its
650-mile shoreline.
Te unofficial dividing line is Dreher Is-
land State Park.
East of the park is known as the “big
water” where there’s more room for boat-
ing, fishing, waterskiing and other fun sur-
rounded by many homes on the lakefront
in neighborhoods that are among the prici-
est in the Midlands.
Te 47,500-acre lake narrows and twists
west of the park, reflecting the Saluda River
valley it was before being dammed.
Homes in that area tend to be modest
weekend getaways and country retreats
scattered along the lakefront.
Tim Flach
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The Crossings at Columbia offers a lively, interactive environment situated on a
beautifully landscaped campus. Conveniently located, residents receive the highest
quality care from a seasoned and compassionate staff.
To learn more, call us at (803) 223-9560.
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Just because a couplehours’ drive can get you to the
mountains or beaches doesn’t
mean you have to leave the
Columbia area for a good ol’
outdoor adventure.
At Congaree National
Swamp, the nation’s largest
intact tract of old-growth
bottomland hardwood forest,
you’ll find some of the tallest
trees in eastern North Ameri-
ca. Take in the 26,000-acre na-tional park by trekking parts
of over 25 miles of hiking trails
and 2.4 miles of boardwalk.
Bring your own canoes and
explore Cedar Creek on a
marked canoe trail. Camp,
fish or take part in a number
of guided programs offered
throughout the year.
Just a 15-minute drive
from downtown, Harbison
State Forest offers more than
2,000 acres of forestland with
more than 31 miles of roads
and trails weaving through
the pine and hardwood for-
est. Walkers, joggers, hikers,cyclists, kayakers and cano-
ers frequent the park, which
makes for an easy day-trip
for urbanites and suburban
dwellers alike in the Colum-
bia area.
Sesquicentennial State
Park near Sandhills lets you
hike, bike, fish, canoe, kayak,
paddleboard, camp and even
hold overnight group gath-
erings at its retreat center. You’ll find 12 miles of trails, a
30-acre lake, five picnic shel-
ters and a two-acre fenced
dog park encompassed by the
1,400-acre park.
Fun fact: Congaree is one of
only a handful of known loca-
tions in the country to witness
the annual light show put on
by synchronous fireflies. For
a couple weeks around early
June each year, hundreds of
fireflies mysteriously sync
their flashing in a display that
draws numerous spectators.
Sarah Ellis
Columbia’soutdoorgetaways
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From top, Sesquicentennial State Park, Congaree National Park and Harbison State Forest.
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Be on the lookout for griz-
zly bears and river otters
when visiting Riverbanks
Zoo and Garden, 500 Wild-
life Parkway in Columbia.
Te opening of the Zoo’s
Grizzly Ridge and Otter Run
exhibits mark the first in a
series of projects slated for
completion over the next sev-
eral months as part of Desti-
nation Riverbanks – the Zoo’s
$36-million expansion.
Embark on an epicurean
expedition, encounter animals
up-close and support wildlife
conservation at Riverbanks
Zoo and Garden’s premier
fundraiser, Riverbanks ZOO-
fari. Te all-inclusive evening
will take place at 7 p.m. Sept. 25.
Te evening will feature
a variety of African-inspired
cuisine seasoned with a taste
of the South for sampling, plus
creative concoctions to com-
plement the featured fare.
Guests also will have an
opportunity to step inside
Riverbanks’ African elephant
yard and experience a pachy-
derm’s perspective while the
all-female herd spends some
time off exhibit. Drums echo-
ing in the night will entertain
the crowd and give guests a
chance to try their hand at
African steel drumming.
In addition, scheduled ani-
mal feedings, presentations and
up-close animal encounters will take place at various exhib-
its throughout the evening.
Advance tickets are $55 for
Riverbanks’ members and
$65 for the general public.
For additional information,
visit www.riverbanks.org. All
proceeds will benefit wildlife
conservation and education
efforts at Riverbanks.
Each year, Riverbanks wel-
comes more than 1 million
guests. Tat’s an average o
2,754 people each day – the
size of the city of Folly Beach.
Every year, Zoo visitors eat
more than 3 tons of hot dogs,
consume 191,000 gallons o
soft drinks, use 941 miles
of toilet paper and fill more
than 60,000 trash bags.
Bertram Rantin
Riverbanks Zoo: Ottersand drums and bears, oh my
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