Living Here 2016

J ULY 2 016
A NEWCOMERS
GUIDE
TO COLUMBIA
AND THE
MIDLANDS
A PRODUCT OF
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MILITARY
CHAPLAINCY
SERVING GOD AND COUNTRY
The Military Chaplaincy program at Lutheran

Theological Southern Seminary provides students
with an understanding of different faith perspectives
preparing them for service in the field. The Seminary
fosters a diverse and demanding community of
faith with core principles of religious respect and
engagement across denominations.
LTSS partners with students to meet their academic,
denominational and military requirements. Located
only twelve miles from the Armed Forces Chaplaincy
Center in Fort Jackson, the Seminary works closely
with military chaplain recruiters and endorsers and
allows students to spend time at the chaplain schools
for the Army, Navy, or US Air Force. There are also
opportunities for military chaplain candidates from all
denominations to complete their academic work at
Southern Seminary.
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Living Here
A product of
July 24, 2016
SARA JOHNSON
BORTON
President and Publisher
BERNIE HELLER
Vice President of
Advertising
KATHY ALLEN
Director of Marketing
REBEKAH LEWIS HALL
Special Projects
Coordinator
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About this
section
So youve moved to the
Midlands! We have
everything you need to
know about making
yourself at home here,
from the logistics of
moving and settling in, to
finding the fun.
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On the cover
Cyrus Evans-Anderson, 5,
plays in the water in April
at Waterfall Junction at
Riverbanks Zoo and
Garden. Photo by Tracy
Glantz,
tglantz@thestate.com.
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GETTING SETTLED UTILITIES

ELECTRICITY AND NATURAL
GAS
Mid-Carolina Electric Cooperative serves parts of Richland
and Lexington counties near
Lake Murray. Customer service:
803-749-6400 or 888-813-8000.
Office locations at 245 Longs
Pond Road, Lexington 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 form online at
www.sceg.com/for-my-home/
start-my-service, or call 1-800251-7234. Office locations in
Richland County: 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, Lexington; 1505
Charleston Highway, West Columbia.
Tri-County Electric Cooperative serves parts of Richland
and Lexington counties, including Gaston. Customer service:
803-874-1215 or 877-874-1215.
Office located at 11335 Garners
Ferry Road, Eastover.
WATER AND SEWER
Carolina Water Service Inc.
serves some subdivisions in Richland and Lexington counties.
800-272-1919; customerservice
@uiwater.com.
Chapin Sewer System and
Chapin Water System, 157 NW
Columbia Ave., Chapin; 803-5758042; utilities@chapinsc.com.
City of Cayce, 1800 12th St.
Extension, Cayce; 803-7969020; info@cityofcayce-sc.gov.
City of Columbia provides water
and sewer services for customers
in and around Columbia. In Lexington County, Columbias water
department serves Chapin and
Irmo. 1136 Washington St.; 803-
FILE PHOTO Gerry Melendez
545-3300; customercare@
columbiasc.net.
City of West Columbia, 200 N.
12th St., West Columbia; 803791-1880.
East Richland County Public
Service District offers residential sewer services in eastern
Richland County. 704 Ross
Road; 803-788-1570;
www.ercpsd.net/contact-us.
Gaston Water District Company, 1133 Mack St., Gaston; 803794-2819.
Joint Municipal Water & Sewer
Commission serves unincorporated areas in Lexington County
south of Lake Murray. 2546 Two
Notch Drive, Lexington; 803359-8373; customerservice@
lcjmwsc.com.
Palmetto of Richland County,
LLC provides wastewater services for part of Richland County.
1713 Woodcreek Farms Road,
Elgin; 803-699-2422.
Palmetto Utilities Inc. provides
wastewater services for part of
Richland County. 1710 Woodcreek Farms Road, Elgin; 803699-2403.
Town of Batesburg-Leesville,
244 W. Columbia Ave., Batesburg; 803-532-8301.
Town of Lexington, 111 Maiden
Lane, Lexington; 803-359-4164.
Septic tanks and wells: If your
property is served by a septic
tank and/or well, contact the
Environmental Quality Control
office at the Department of
Health and Environmental Control at 803-896-0620.
TELEVISION, INTERNET AND
LANDLINE TELEPHONE
SERVICES
AT&T: 888-757-6500, 800-2255288 or www.att.com.
Comporium: Serves BatesburgLeesville, Pelion, Gaston, Summit and Swansea. 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 In-
ternet and voice services. 866445-5880 or www.windstream.

com.
TRASH AND RECYCLING
City of Cayce, 803-796-9020,
ext. 3027.
City of Columbia, 803-5453800.
City of Forest Acres, 803-9296000.
City of West Columbia, 803796-8006.
Lexington County residents who
live in unincorporated areas have
access to weekly garbage pickup
through Advanced Disposal
(803-256-7276; www.advanced
disposal.com) or Waste Industries (803-935-0249; www.waste
industries.com). See www.lex
-co.sc.gov to determine which
company serves your area.
Richland County provides weekly pickup for household garbage
and yard waste and biweekly
pickup for recyclables. The annual solid waste fee for curbside
collection is included in each
property owners tax bill. 803929-6000.
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GETTING SETTLED LIBRARIES
FILE PHOTO Tim Dominick
LEXINGTON COUNTY
PUBLIC LIBRARY
www.lex.lib.sc.us
Main branch: 5440

Augusta Road, Lexington;
803-785-2600.
Batesburg-Leesville
branch: 203 Armory St.,
Batesburg; 803-532-9223.
Cayce-West Columbia
branch: 1500 Augusta
Road, West Columbia;

803-794-6791.
Chapin branch: 129
NW Columbia Ave., Chapin; 803-345-5479.
Gaston branch: 214 S.
Main St., Gaston; 803-7913208.
Gilbert-Summit
branch: 405 Broad St.,
Gilbert; 803-785-5387.
Irmo branch: 6251 St.
Andrews Road, Columbia;
803-798-7880.
Pelion branch: 206

Pine St., Pelion; 803-7853272.
South Congaree-Pine
Ridge branch: 200 Sunset Drive, West Columbia;
803-785-3050.
Swansea branch: 199
N. Lawrence Ave., Swansea; 803-785-3519.
Bookmobile: 803-7852649; www.lex.lib.sc.us/
files/bookmobileroutes.pdf.
RICHLAND COUNTY
PUBLIC LIBRARY
www.richlandlibrary.com
Main branch: 1431

Assembly St., Columbia;
803-799-9084.
Ballentine branch:
1321 Dutch Fork Road,
Irmo; 803-781-5026.
Blythewood branch:
218 McNulty Road, Blyth-
ewood; 803-691-9806.
Cooper branch: 5317
N. Trenholm Road, Columbia; 803-787-3462.
Eastover branch: 608
Main St., Eastover; 803353-8584.
North Main branch:
5306 N. Main St., Columbia; 803-754-7734.
Northeast branch:
7490 Parklane Road,
Columbia; 803-736-6575.
Sandhills branch: 1
Summit Parkway, Columbia; 803-699-9230.

Southeast branch:
7421 Garners Ferry Road,
Columbia; 803-776-0855.
St. Andrews branch:
2916 Broad River Road,
Columbia; 803-772-6675.
Wheatley branch: 931
Woodrow St., Columbia;
803-799-5873.
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GETTING SETTLED POST OFFICES

BALLENTINE
Suite A, Ballentine.
BLYTHEWOOD
401 McNulty St., Blythewood.
CAYCE/WEST COLUMBIA
1535 Platt Springs Road,
West Columbia.
CHAPIN
1249 Chapin Road, Chapin.
COLUMBIA
Capitol: 1233 Marion St.,
Columbia.
Columbia: 1601 Assembly
St., Columbia.
Dutch Fork: 1120 Briargate Circle, Columbia.
Eau Claire: 4026 Lamar
St., Columbia.
Edgewood: 2638 Two
Notch Road, Suite 112,
Columbia.
Five Points: 2108 Greene
St., Columbia
Forest Acres: 4840 Forest
Drive, Columbia.
Fort Jackson: 4400 Early
St., Columbia.
Leesburg: 7406 Garners
Ferry Road, Columbia.
Northeast: 8505 Two
Notch Road, Columbia.
Sandhills: 1805 Clemson
Road, Columbia.
HOPKINS
6200 Lower Richland
Blvd., Hopkins.
EASTOVER
301 Main St., Eastover
PELION
739 Pine St., Pelion
GADSDEN
7731 Bluff Road, Gadsden.
STATE PARK
20 Hinton St., State Park.
GASTON
220 S. Main St., Gaston.
SWANSEA
295 Church St., Swansea.
GILBERT
401 Broad St., Gilbert.
WHITE ROCK
White Rock.
IRMO
7821 St. Andrews Road,
Irmo.
LEXINGTON
Downtown Lexington:
710 W. Main St., Lexington.
Lexington: 1830 S. Lake
Drive, Lexington.
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Communities of Faith
St. John Neumann Catholic Church
MOUNT OLIVE
100 Polo Road, Columbia, SC 29223
LUTHERAN CHURCH
SERVING THE MIDLANDS
1541 Lake Murray Blvd. Columbia, SC 29212 (803) 781-5845

Worship & Holy Communion
Saturday 5:30 PM Sunday 8:00 &
10:30 AM Sunday School 9:15 AM
Preschool Ages 2-4
Mass Times:
Spanish Mass
Sunday - 2:00 PM, Thursday - 7:00 PM
Korean Mass
7:00 PM 2nd & 3rd Saturdays
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

The world seems to be getting a little
more difficult. Were hoping that [Sabbath]
home activities will be more centered on learning
and knowing more about the life and ministry of
the Savior.
Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
Welcome! St. John Neumann Catholic Church is a ver y vibrant faith family.
Whether you are simply visiting or you are interested in becoming part of our
community, may you encounter Christ within our parish.
Saturday - 5:15 PM, Sunday - 8:00 AM, 10:00 AM, 12:00 PM, 5:00 PM, Monday - 12:00 PM,
Tuesday - 9:00 AM, Wednesday - 12:00 PM, Thursday - 12:00 PM, Friday - 12:00 PM
http://mtolivesc.org facebook.com/mtolivesc
Elder M. Russell Ballard
(803) 788-0811
Mormon.org
Dr. Stephen Chitty, lead pastor
2700 Bush River Rd.
Columbia, SC 29210
(803) 798-4488
ChristianLifeColumbia.com
Sundays: 9, 10, 11am | Wednesdays: 7pm
Childcare all services birth-2 yrs
KidzLife 3 yrs-5th grade Kidz Aud
Union Uth 6th-12th grade Wednesdays: 7pm Brown Chapel
Listen to Pastor Stephen's 1 minute story Life Matters M-F mornings 7:40ISH
8106.7FM 97.5FM WCQS 107.5FM THE GAME
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GETTING SETTLED FIRE STATIONS

COLUMBIA FIRE
DEPARTMENT
Station No. 1 (Headquarters): 1800 Laurel St., Columbia; 803-545-3700.
Station No. 2 (Olympia):
1015 Ferguson St., Columbia.
Station No. 3 (Industrial
Park): 2740 The Boulevard,
Columbia; 803-776-8258.
Station No. 4 (Northeast
Columbia): 446 Spears Creek
Church Road, Elgin; 803-7886276.
Station No. 6 (St. Andrews):
1225 Briargate Circle, Columbia;
803-772-0736.
Station No. 7 (North Columbia): 2622 Main St., Columbia; 803-733-8361.
Station No. 8 (Atlas Road):
153 Atlas Road, Columbia; 803695-0786.
Station No. 9 (Shandon):
2847 Devine St., Columbia;
803-733-8363.
Station No. 11 (Belvedere):
30 Blume Court, Columbia;
803-786-0484.
Station No. 12 (Greenview):
6810 N. Main St., Columbia;
803-714-1875.
Station No. 13 (Eau Claire):
4112 N. Main St., Columbia;
803-733-8357.
Station No. 14 (Dentsville):
7214 Fire Lane Drive, Columbia;
803-788-3077.
Station No. 15 (Cedar
Creek): 8300 Winnsboro Road,
Columbia.
Station No. 16 (Harbison):
131 Lake Murray Blvd., Columbia; 803-749-5820.
Station No. 17 (Upper Richland): 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, Columbia.
Station No. 22 (Lower Richland): 2612 Lower Richland
Blvd., Hopkins; 803-695-0948.

Station No. 23 (Hopkins):
1631 Clarkson St., Hopkins;
803-776-1044.
Station No. 24 (Sandhill):
130 Sparkleberry Lane, Columbia; 803-865-9543.
Station No. 25 (Bear Creek):
1613 Heins Road, Blythewood;
803-735-8240.
Station No. 26 (Blythewood): 435 Main St., Blythewood; 803-691-1226.
Station No. 27 (Killian):
9651 Farrow Road, Columbia;
803-754-0978.
Station No. 28 (Eastover):
504 Henry St., Eastover; 803353-2121.
Station No. 29 (Congaree
Run): 115 Old Congaree Run
Road, Hopkins; 803-783-4742.
Station No. 30 (Capital
View): 8100 Burdell Drive,
Columbia; 803-783-1763.
Station No. 31 (Leesburg
Road): 1911 McCords Ferry
Road, Eastover; 803-353-3820.
Station No. 32 (Jackson
Creek): 9213 Two Notch Road,
Columbia; 803-788-4210.
Station No. 33 (Gills Creek):
5645 Old Forest Drive, Columbia; 803-782-1505.
Station No. 34 (Elders
Pond): 321 Elders Pond Drive,
Columbia; 803-733-8284.
LEXINGTON COUNTY FIRE
SERVICE
Station No. 1 (Headquarters): 436 Ball Park Road, Lexington; 803-785-8287.
Station No. 2: 117 Beulah
Church Road, Gilbert.
Station No. 3: 2703 Two

Notch Road, Lexington.
Station No. 4: 2639 Calks
Ferry 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 Park
Road, Lexington.
Station No. 11: 440 E.
Boundary St., Chapin.
Station No. 12: 1701 Busbee
Road, Gaston.
Station No. 13: 5715 Edmund
Highway, Lexington.
Station No. 14: 2907 Fairview Road, Leesville.
Station No. 15: 902 U.S. 378,
Lexington.
Station No. 16: 350 W. Third
St., Swansea.
Irmo Station: 6017 St. Andrews Road, Columbia.
Irmo North Lake Station:
117 Lincreek Drive, Columbia.
Station No. 18: 752 Calvary
Church Road, Swansea.
Station No. 19: 665 Old
Barnwell Road, West Columbia.
Station No. 22: 960 Amicks
Ferry Road, Chapin.
Station No. 23: 2700 Wessinger Road, Chapin.
Station No. 24: 1385 S. Lake
Drive, Lexington.
Leesville Station: 431 E.
Church St., Leesville; 803-5326639.
Batesburg Station: 537 W.
Church St., Batesburg; 803-5324408.
Station No. 27: 5321 Fairview
Road, Batesburg.
Station No. 28: 3124 S.C. 6,
Lexington.
Station No. 29: 134 Cedar
Grove Road, Leesville.
Station No. 30: 121 Riverchase Way, Lexington.
Cayce Station: Two Lavern
Jumper Road, Cayce.
West Columbia Station: 610
N. 12th St., West Columbia.
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GETTING SETTLED LAW ENFORCEMENT
Columbia; 803-781-8088
For emergencies, dial

911.
BATESBURG-LEESVILLE
POLICE
660 W. Columbia Ave.;
803-532-4408
LEXINGTON COUNTY
SHERIFFS
DEPARTMENT
521 Gibson Road, Lexington;
803-785-8230;
www.lex-co.com/sheriff
North District Headquarters: 111 Lincreek

Drive, Columbia; 803-7814173.
West District Headquarters: 4079-D Augusta
Highway, Gilbert; 803785-7508.
South District Headquarters: 102 Airport Road,
Pelion; 803-785-7688.
RICHLAND COUNTY
SHERIFFS
DEPARTMENT
5623 Two Notch Road,

Columbia; 803-576-3000;
www.rcsd.net;
sheriff@rcsd.net
Region 1 (Bluff Road/

Garners Ferry) substation: 2615 Lower Richland
Blvd., Columbia; 803-5761470.
Region 2 (Two Notch
Road/Clemson Road)
substation: 7201 Two
Notch Road, Columbia;
803-567-3444.
Region 3 (Monticello
Road/Wilson Boulevard)
substation: 6429 Bishop
Ave., Columbia; 803-5762215.
Region 4 (Broad River
Road/St. Andrews) substation: 1019 Beatty Road,
Columbia; 803-576-3490.
Region 6 (Blythewood)
substation: 118 McNulty
CHAPIN POLICE
157 NW Columbia Ave.,
Chapin; 803-345-6443
GASTON POLICE
186 N. Carlisle St., Gaston; 803-796-8503
MATT WALSH mwalsh@thestate.com
St., Suite B, Blythewood;

803-576-3004.
Region 7 substation: 1405
Screaming Eagle Road,
Elgin; 803-576-1420.
CAYCE PUBLIC SAFETY
1800 12th St., Cayce;
803-794-0456
COLUMBIA POLICE
One Justice Square,

Columbia; 803-545-3500;
www.columbiapd.net
FOREST ACRES POLICE
5205 N. Trenholm
Road, Forest Acres; 803782-9444
IRMO POLICE
1230 Columbia Ave.,
LEXINGTON POLICE
111 Maiden Lane, Lexington; 803-359-6260;
policedept@lexsc.com
SWANSEA POLICE
320 W. Third St., Swansea; 803-568-3366;
www.swanseapd.net
WEST COLUMBIA
POLICE
West Columbia Police:
200 N. 12th St., West
Columbia; 803-794-0721
PALMETTO POISON
CENTER
800-222-1222;
palmettopc@cop.sc.edu
ANIMAL SERVICES
Lexington County Animal Services: An animal
control officer is on call
around the clock, but
officers can only respond
to emergency calls after
normal business hours and
on the weekends. Emergency calls include injured
animals, animal attacks
and other public safety
organizations requesting
assistance. 321 Ball Park
Road, Lexington. 803-7858149. animalservices@
lex-co.com.
Richland County Animal
Care: Richland County
Animal Care offers 24hour emergency service.
400 Powell Road, Columbia. 803-929-6000.
animalcare@rcgov.us.
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GETTING SETTLED TRANSPORTATION

AIRPORTS
The Columbia Metropolitan Airport (CAE) serves more
than 1.2 million passengers
annually. 3250 Airport Blvd.,
West Columbia; 803-822-5025;
info@columbiaairport.com.
Jim Hamilton-L.B. Owens
Airport: 1400 Jim Hamilton
Blvd., Columbia; 803-822-5555.
BUSES
The COMET serves Columbia and some surrounding communities. Standard one-way
fares are $1.75; all-day passes
are $3. Passes are available for
up to 31 days. catchthecomet.
org.
Megabus offers routes from
Columbia to Atlanta, Durham,
N.C., Fayetteville, N.C., New
York City, Richmond, Va., and
Washington , D.C. Buses leave
from the Sumter Street Transit
Station, 1780 Sumter St., Co-
lumbia. us.megabus.com.
Greyhound buses leave from
Columbia Bus Station, 710-A
Buckner Road, Columbia. 803256-6465; www.greyhound.
com.
Lexington County Auditors

Office: 212 South Lake Drive,
Suite 103, Lexington. 803-7858181.
Richland County Auditors
Office: 2020 Hampton St., Suite
2067, Columbia. 803-576-2605;
rcauditor@rcgov.us.
TRAINS
Amtrak trains leave from
850 Pulaski St., Columbia.
www.amtrak.com.
VEHICLE REGISTRATION
New residents of South Carolina have up to 90 days to
renew their drivers licenses and
up to 45 days to renew their
vehicle registrations.
Military personnel and their
dependents and students temporarily in South Carolina are
not required to obtain a South
Carolina drivers license.
Before you can register your
vehicle in South Carolina, you
must pay the vehicle property
A bus arrives at the COMET Transit Center on Laurel Street.
taxes required in your county.

To pay property taxes on your
vehicle, take your registration
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CHARLESTON
843.577.6369
HILTON HEAD ISLAND

843.321.4200
MOUNT PLEASANT
843.881.0211
SAVANNAH
912.303.5443
SOUTH WINDERMERE
843.763.4000
AIKEN
803.335.3760
PAWLEYS ISLAND
843.235.2824
SUMMERVILLE
843.419.5399
Summer clearance now in progress!
and your drivers license (with

your new address) to the county
auditors office.
DMV LOCATIONS
Batesburg: 509 Liberty St.,
Batesburg. 803-532-5285.
Blythewood: 10311 Wilson
Blvd., Blythewood. 803-8969983.
Columbia: 1630 Shop Road,
Columbia. 803-737-8350.
Columbia: 228-A ONeil
Court, Columbia. 803-4199403.
Irmo/Ballentine: 1016
Broad Stone Road, Irmo. 803749-9041.
Lexington: 122 Park Road,
Lexington. 803-356-8537.
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GOOD TO KNOW A HUB FOR TRAINS
FILE PHOTO S Matt Walsh
Downtown Columbia area

commuters do well to keep an
eye out for trains.
While various train crossings
are sprinkled across the region,
one of the greatest concentration of tracks can be found between the University of South
Carolina campus and WilliamsBrice Stadium.
That concentration, combined
with various seasonal events like
USC football games and the
South Carolina 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

Transportation, two of the four
major railroad companies in the
United States.
That makes for regular train
stops, particularly along Assembly Street and in surrounding
areas, including Olympia Mills.
Some of the most troublesome back-ups are generally
closer to the switching yards
where trains are more prone to
slow down, stop and back up
while they switch out freight
cars. Norfolk Southerns local
switching yard is off Shop Road
near Owens Field in Columbia.
CSXs yard is off State Street in
Cayce.
There are no restrictions on
how many trains run through an
area each day and companies
are not required to publish a
schedule.
The 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 expect an
excessive stop can call the number posted at the rail crossing to
alert officials of a delay.
THE STATE ARCHIVES
Cars wait at the railroad crossing at Whaley and Assembly streets.
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GOOD TO KNOW
CIVIL WAR RELICS
FILE PHOTO The State
A sketch by W. Waud of Harpers Weekly depicts Union Gen. William T. Sherman crossing the Broad River into Columbia during the Civil War.

TIM DOMINICK tdominick@thestate.com
The Highway Patrol Honor Guard removes the Confederate battle flag from the State House grounds.
A Confederate frock coat at the

Confederate Relic Room.
When the Civil War raged

through Columbia just more
than 150 years ago, it left the
capital of the Palmetto State a
smoldering ruin, courtesy of
Union troops under Gen.
William T. 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
cannon balls struck; and the
first secession convention was
held at the First Baptist
Church on Hampton Street.
Also, several Civil War
generals and other notables
from the time are buried at
Trinity Episcopal Cathedral
Cemetery on Sumter Street
across from the State House.
And the State House grounds
host a statue of Confederate
general and Columbia native
Wade Hampton.
The most controversial relic
of the Civil War, however, is
the Confederate battle flag,
which flew over the State
House grounds from 1962 to
2000, when it was moved to
a 30-foot flag pole behind the
Monument to the Confederate Dead. The flag was removed from the State House
grounds in July 2015.
Perhaps the best way to
learn about Columbias and
South Carolinas Civil War
past is at the S.C. State Museum and the Confederate
Relic Room and Military
Museum, both located in the
same former textile mill on
Gervais Street at the Congaree River. Both have a stunning number of artifacts,
including numerous actual
battle flags, and the Relic
Room has a special exhibit on
the burning of Columbia.
Confederate Relic Room and
Military Museum | 301 Gervais
St. | (803) 737-8095 |
www.crr.sc.gov
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GOOD TO KNOW
COLUMBIAS PRETTY
GREAT (OBJECTIVELY)
Theres a reason we live
here even though the roads
are crumbling and summers
are hotter than Hades.
As locals, we know theres
more to this city than initially meets the eye. Still, its
nice to be validated by outside sources.
A recent study by the U.S.
News & World Report
ranked Columbia in the Top
50 Best Places to Live.
We barely made the list at
No. 46, but hey, we were on
there.
Two of our educational
and cultural institutions
the Richland County Public
Library and Columbia Museum of Art were just
named 2016 finalists for a
national service medal from
The National Medal for
Museum and Library Service. California and South
Carolina are the only states
to have a 2016 finalist
named among both museums and libraries, and
Columbia is the only city
with two finalists.
In September, the finance
website WalletHub named
Columbia one of the top 10
best midsize cities for sports
fans. Columbia, home of the
University of South Carolina
Gamecocks, ranked seventh
in the best midsize cities for
sports fans.
And earlier this year, the
Colonial Life Arena announced it was ranked third
in the nations highest grossing university arenas for
2015, according to Venues
Today, a nationally distributed magazine focusing on
the sports and entertainment industry. Lets not
forget that the CLA has
brought us Paul McCartney,
Prince and Taylor Swift over
the years.
ERIN SHAW
POINTS OF INTEREST MUSEUMS
The Boeing Observatory is built around an historic Alvan Clark telescope at the S.C.
State Museum.
COLUMBIA MUSEUM
OF ART
The museum offers
regular talks and tours of
current exhibitions, as
well as classical and jazz
musical performances
and Arts & Draughts
outreach events to appeal
to new audiences.
Admission is $12,
adults; $10, seniors 65
and older and members
of the military; $5 for
students; and free, children 6 and younger and
members. Admission to
the collection is free on
Sundays, sponsored by
BlueCross BlueShield of
South Carolina.
1515 Main St. | (803)
799-2810 |
www.columbiamuseum.org
EDVENTURE
CHILDRENS MUSEUM
Eddie is the first
thing you see when you
enter the museum. The
model of a 10-year-old
boy is big enough for
adults and children to
explore, and visitors can
climb Eddies vertebrae
to his brain and explore
his heart, stomach and
intestines.
Eddie is the first thing visitors see at EdVenture Childrens Museum.
Columbia Museum of Art
Admission is $11.50,
children and adults;
$10.50, seniors 62 and
older, members of the
military with ID and
educators with ID; free,
members and children
younger than 2. Memberships start at $129 a year.
211 Gervais St. | (803)
779-3100 | edventure.org
SOUTH CAROLINA
STATE MUSEUM
The State Museum
offers daily planetarium
and 4-D theater showings, as well as exhibition-related programming and special events.
Second Shift Twosdays
offer general admission
of $10 for two people
when the museum is
open late, until 8 p.m.
General admission is
$8.95, adults; $7.95,
seniors 62 and older;
$6.95, children ages 3-12;
and free, children 2 and
younger. Add-ons include
blockbuster exhibits,
planetarium and 4-D
shows.
301 Gervais St. | (803)
898-4921 | scmuseum.org
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POINTS OF INTEREST STATE HOUSE

Columbia was created
as a capital city.
The state Legislature
created a new state
capital in 1786 and
named it Columbia.
The city was designed in
two-square miles, broken into 400 blocks.
Half-acre lots were sold
to potential residents
and speculators.
It was home to the
states second State
House.
South Carolinas first
State House was in Charleston. The Columbia
State House was made of
wood with a brick basement at the corner of
Senate and Richardson
(now Main) streets. The
General Assembly first
met in its Columbia State
House in 1790.
When General William T. 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
new State House was
postponed because it
also was set on fire.
The State House features reminders of Shermans damage.
Shermans army blasted cannons 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 State House
underwent renovations.
PHOTOS BY TRACY GLANTZ tglantz@thestate.com
JAMIE SELF
SOURCES: The S.C.

State House and City of
Columbia websites
Members and officers of the S.C. Senate say the Pledge of Allegiance before a session starts.
The reader board in the S.C. House chambers registers

votes in process.
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POINTS OF INTEREST MILITARY LANDMARKS

Columbia and Midlands
residents often bill the area
as the most military-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 military installations. And
Columbia hosts the headquarters of the S.C. Army
and Air National Guard.
Fort Jackson in Columbia is the nations largest
basic combat training
base.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
museums and even a public water park.
Shaw Air Force Bases

annual air expo features
aerial demonstrations.
McEntire Joint National Guard Base in

nearby Eastover is home
to the F-16 jets of the S.C.
Air Guards 169th Fighter
Squadron, called the
Swamp Foxes. It is also

home to fleets 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
Columbia, near USCs
Williams-Brice Stadium.
Shaw Air Force Base
in Sumter is home of the
20th Fighter Wing the
largest fighter wing in the
country comprised of
three squadrons of F-16
Fighting Falcons. It is also
home to U.S. Air Force
Central and U.S. Army
Central, which plan, supply and execute combat
and training in the Middle
East and Southwest Asia.
It is closed to the public.
JEFF WILKINSON
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Members of the South Carolina National Guard show family members around McEntire
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GOOD TO KNOW FORT JACKSONS 100TH ANNIVERSARY

A hundred years ago, civic
and business leaders in Columbia convinced the U.S. Army to
establish a base in Richland
County to train soldiers for
World War I.
Fort Jackson, the Armys largest basic training facility, creates jobs, sends soldiers to volunteer in the community, brings
positive publicity, attracts thousands of visitors annually, and
beckons military retirees to
move to the Midlands after their
active-duty days are over.
Fort officials estimate that by
the time it reaches its centennial
on June 2, 2017, 5 million soldiers will have trained there.
No soldiers would have
trained here had civic and business leaders not decided in 1916
to push for the local site. On
May 19, 1917, Major Douglas
McArthur announced that Columbia was one of 16 sites
across the nation chosen for
new training sites, according to
a history of Fort Jackson produced for its 50th anniversary.
The base was later named for
Andrew Jackson, an Army major
general during the War of 1812
who became the nations seventh president. While some
dispute the location of Jacksons
birth, we say it was in South
Carolina.
Since 1917, the fort has
trained soldiers who fought in
every U.S. war and who worked
to keep the peace between conflicts. During World War II,
British Prime Minister Winston
Churchill visited Fort Jackson to
watch U.S. soldiers undergo
training. Theyre just like
money in the bank, he remarked, according to the 50year history.
Fort Jackson is one of the
citys major economic forces. A
study released last year by the
University of South Carolina
showed the fort has a total economic impact of $2.2 billion in
South Carolina. That includes
about $1 billion in labor income
from salaries paid by the Army
and from private jobs generated
TRACY GLANTZ tglantz@thestate.com
Staff Sgt. Jacob Miller runs an

obstacle course during the Drill
Sergeant Competition last year.
by the fort throughout the Midlands.

The impact is felt all across
the economy, from farms, utility
companies and health care facilities to restaurants, retail stores,
hotels, taxis and real estate
companies.
Each year, about 40,000 to
50,000 recruits are trained at
the fort. Although they are confined to the base during their
weeks here, thousands of their
relatives and friends visit Columbia each week for basic
training graduation. They buy
food, rent hotel rooms, and shop
in our local stores.
While the forts primary mission is basic training, it also
houses several other key Army
training facilities. They include
a drill sergeant academy, a
chaplains school and a soldier
support institute. Navy personnel assigned to potentially dangerous posts on land around the
world receive extra combat
training at the fort.
The USC study reported that
about 200,000 people visit Fort
Jackson every year, including
recruits, soldiers, family members and friends.
THE STATE ARCHIVES
GERRY MELENDEZ gmelendez@thestate.com
Drill Sgt. Javier Solivan demonstrates the proper parade rest position to new recruits as they go through
reception at Fort Jackson. Soldiers-in-training do all their in-processing at this stage.

FILE PHOTO AP
President Franklin Roosevelt reviews troops at Fort Jackson on April 17,

1941. In the back of the car, from left, are Gen. H.D. Russell (back to
camera), Roosevelt, Gov. Burnet Maybank and Gen. W.E. Shedd.
Victory Tower in some form has

been at Fort Jackson since World
War II. Recruits have to overcome
any fear of heights quickly.
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Centennial celebrations
To celebrate the milestone, the Army and community are planning a yearlong series of
events and commemorations, both on post and off, ranging from a Lexington County
Blowfish game to the nationally televised Sept. 3 Bojangles Southern 500 NASCAR race
in Darlington, to Columbias restaurant week in January.
You only turn 100 once, Fort Jackson spokesman Chris Fletcher said during a media
tour of the fort to kick off the events. We wanted to show the support the Midlands
has for Fort Jackson and the support Fort Jackson gives to the community.
In addition to events outside the gates, the fort will have a series of events during its
birthday week June 2, 2017, to June 10, 2017, to mark the occasion. A golf tournament,
post run, fireworks and other events are planned. The Old Guard Fife and Drum Corps
is to perform, and Gov. Nikki Haley and Army Chief of Staff Gen. Mark A. Milley have
been invited to speak.
Included in the celebration will be the dedication ceremony for the first phase of
Centennial Park, being built on the site of the old Post Headquarters, which was
recently razed. The park is adjacent to the Basic Combat Training Museum, and is
planned as a focal point for soldiers families to gather on Wednesdays and Thursdays
during the forts graduation ceremonies.
The approximately $1 million budget for the park is being raised privately in the
community by a foundation called Gateway to the Army.
The fort also plans a 100th anniversary book on the general history of Fort Jackson, and
a second book on the social history of the fort. Also, the fort is working with The State
newspaper on a 100-year anniversary book.
The Basic Combat Training Museum will open a world World War I trench display to
commemorate Camp Jackson, as it was called during World War I, and merchandise
featuring the centennial logo will be available. Billboards and signs will be displayed on
post and through the city and Midlands acknowledging the celebration.
JEFF WILKINSON
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POINTS OF INTEREST UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA

In fall of 2015, University of
South Carolina enrolled a record
5,200 freshmen. Total enrollment was expected to exceed
33,000 in the 2015-16 school
year. If USC were a city, it
would be South Carolinas 13thmost-populated, surpassing
Aiken.
175 YEARS OF STUDY
When it opened on the South
Carolina College campus in
1840, the South Caroliniana
Library at 910 Sumter St. on
what is today the Horseshoe
was the first freestanding academic library in the country,
built just a couple of years
ahead of the freestanding libraries at Yale and Harvard.
The library is finishing a yearlong celebration of its 175th anniversary without most of its treasures. Last year, library workers
packed up its treasured documents and works and relocated
them to three area facilities with
temperature and humidity controls and, most importantly, a
fire-suppressant system, which
the library now lacks.
Federal architect and South
Carolina native Robert Mills,
who also designed the Washington Monument, was enlisted to
design the library. In addition to
the structures iconic four white
columns out front, the finished
product included a second-floor
reading room that is a replica of
the room that housed Thomas
Jeffersons personal library in
the second Library of Congress.
Among the historic treasures
housed in the library are the
Civil War diaries of Mary Boykin Chesnut, whose husband,
James Chesnut Jr., was a U.S.
senator and Confederate general; a French manuscript item
from 1683 that encourages settlement in the New World; an
extensive map collection donated by the Henry P. Kendall
family, including one of the
earliest English maps of the
Carolinas; and a large collection
of African-American and womens history.
operating officer Ed Walton said

after a state House panel hearing over the universitys budget
request.
Plans call for a four-building
campus that would include a
new medical school, a life-science facility, a private medicalresearch office and a parking
garage, said Russ Meekins,
director of the USC Foundation,
a funding arm of the university.
Two more buildings could be
added and shared by USC and
the hospital, Meekins said.
USC and the hospitals parent
company, Palmetto Health,
merged their medical practices
in April.
The USC School of Medicines
lease with the U.S. Department
of Veteran Affairs for the Garners Ferry Road site ends in
2030.
South Caroliniana Library is marking is 175th anniversary. It is the oldest freestanding academic library in
the country, and it houses some of the states and nations historic treasures.
NEW ON CAMPUS
USC opened a trio of new and
renovated buildings last year.
The School of Journalism and
Mass Communications moved
from the basement of the Carolina Coliseum to the former
Health Sciences building near
the Horseshoe in time for classes to start in August 2015.
Hamilton College reopened as
home for the College of Social
Work after a $15 million renovation of the 74-year-old building at Pendleton and Pickens
streets.
And USC opened a $26.4
million alumni center near the
Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center in the Vista.
COMING UP
The University of South Carolina plans to build a new $200
million health-care campus for
its School of Medicine, asking
for $50 million from state law-
USC's School of Journalism, now housed in the renovated School of

Public Health on the Horseshoe, features a broadcast control room.
makers to jump-start the project.

The 39-year-old school would
move from its site next to the
Dorn Veterans Affairs Medical

Center to 14 acres that USC
owns near Palmetto Health
Richland hospital, USC chief
PRIVATE STUDENT HOUSING

Six mega-complexes for students have opened near USC
since 2014, and another four
will be ready for residents this
fall. New planned housing includes:
A Station at Five Points: The
660-bed private student housing development at the corner
of Gervais and Harden streets is
scheduled to open in time for
the fall semester.
A Land Bank Apartments:
Residents have begun moving
into the 114 units on Hampton
Street.
A Apartments at Palmetto
Compress: The old cotton facility at Devine and Pulaski streets
will have 197 units, a groundlevel pool and 12,000 square
feet of retail space. It is scheduled to open before the fall
semester.
A Park Place: The 640-bed
private housing development at
Blossom and Huger streets is set
to open in the fall.
A Wildwood of Columbia: An
off-campus student apartment
complex near Williams-Brice
Stadium is due to open before
fall of 2017.
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POINTS OF INTEREST THE HORSESHOE AT USC

The tree-covered, brick
sidewalk-lined Horseshoe
is the birthplace and the
center of the 215-yearold University of South
Carolina.
Students gather in the
Horseshoe for studying,
meetings and sunbathing.
They string hammocks
between the oak trees
near the university museum and visitor center.
The schools president
lives there.
Ten of the 11 buildings
that bound the Horseshoe
are listed in the National
Register of Historic Places, including the nations
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
after USCs first president,
in the center of the Horseshoe.
Vistors to the Horseshoe
have included Presidents
William Taft and Ronald
Reagan, then-Sen. John
Kennedy (three years
before he was elected
president) and Pope John
Paul II.
The 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
College GameDay show,
creating a festival-like
atmosphere that draws
hundreds of rabid, signwielding Gamecock fans.
On an urban campus
with buildings sprawled
across city blocks, the
Horseshoe is the universitys heart and lures
students, staff and visitors
with its hold on history.
THE STATE ARCHIVES
FILE PHOTO Tracy Glantz
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POINTS OF INTEREST COCKABOOSES
A fence separating the private-property Cockabooses from Springs-Brooks Plaza was removed in 2015, resulting in an opener feel from the iconic railroad cars.
Theyve been featured on ESPN, described as one thing any college football
fan must enjoy before they die, and displayed in magazines ranging from Southern Accents to Playboy. All of it came
from an idea late Columbia businessman
Ed Robinson had in 1990 why not put a
row of retired train cabooses on a stretch
of track beside Williams-Brice Stadium?
Railroads were removing cabooses
because they were an unnecessary ex-
pense, Cockaboose owner Ray Fontaine

said. Railroads wanted to dispose of
them and sold them dirt-cheap. Ed
picked them up. Then he picked up that
short section of track because it was a
dead rail. He erected them and painted
the exteriors.
The Cockaboose railroad stretches 22
cars from Key Road to Bluff Road, offering private spaces to tailgate for a
college football game or to host any oth-
er kind of event. Started at a cost of

around $40,000 each and now costing
more than $200,000, each caboose is
owned and decorated by whoever wants
to pony up the cost.
And they arent 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).
Targeted at the whos who of Columbia when Robinson installed them, there
might be one or two on sale per year
just look for a sign in the windows.
Rumor has it they sold out 40 minutes after they went on the market,
Fontaine said. Some look like a night
club or sports bar, some of the insides
are kind of modest, some are really extravagant.
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POINTS OF INTEREST WILLIAMS-BRICE STADIUM, SPRINGS-BROOKS PLAZA AND GAMECOCK PARK

The landscape surrounding
Williams-Brice Stadium has
come a long way in the last five
years.
The home of South Carolinas
football team sits between the
South Carolina National Guard
headquarters and the citys
industrial-themed Shop Road.
The once-all-business appearance has given way to a more
recreational Saturday afternoon
experience.
The first major improvement
was the $30 million Gamecock
Park, a landscaped tailgating
area that opened in 2012, replacing the old Farmers Market
site adjacent to Williams-Brice.
Springs-Brooks Plaza, a $14.5
million project that opened in
2015, showcases a statue of
Heisman Trophy winner George
Rogers, as well as trees, green
space, bricked walkways and
gates resembling the iconic
entries to USCs Horseshoe.
When you see a picture of
the Horseshoe on satellite, its
notable right away because of
how green it is, USC architect
David Gruner said at the time.
Thats what we want this to be
eventually. It will bring comparisons to the Horseshoe as two of
the greenest spots in Columbia,
even with the stadium in the
center.
JOSH KENDALL
A statue of South Carolina Gamecocks great George Rogers was unveiled at Springs Brooks Plaza in September 2015.
RIGHT: A young Gamecock fan

checks out some of the
personalized bricks at Springs
Brooks Plaza.
FAR RIGHT: The parking lots that
used to dominate the area
surrounding Williams-Brice
Stadium are mostly gone. The
north, west and south sides of
the stadium are now covered
with brick-lined walkways,
concrete panels, green space and
trees.
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Gamecocks
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past game
at WilliamsBrice
Stadium.
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Sept. 10 at Mississippi State
Sept. 17........... East Carolina
Sept. 24 ........... at Kentucky
Oct. 1 ................ Texas A&M
Oct. 8 .................... Georgia
Oct. 22 ...................... UMass
Oct. 29 .............. Tennessee
Nov. 5 .................... Missouri
Nov. 12 ................. at Florida
Nov. 19 .... Western Carolina
Nov. 26 ............. at Clemson
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POINTS OF INTEREST RIVERBANKS ZOO
Sea lions and harbor seals have returned to Riverbanks Zoo and Garden at the new Sea
Lion Landing exhibit. The new habitat is home to four male sea lions and a male harbor
seal.
NEW AT THE ZOO

Riverbanks Zoos newest tenants made their
public debut in May. Sea
Lion Landing, home to
four sea lions and one
harbor seal, is a 250,000gallon saltwater habitat
meant to look like San
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is home to hundreds of
sea lions.
About 534 sea lions call
the pier home, according
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Lion Center. At peak population in November
2009, a record 1,701 sea
lions were counted.
The attraction marks
the final phase of Destination Riverbanks the zoos
$36-million expansion and
development project.
The sea lions are Baja,
Maverick and P.J., and the
harbor seal is Gambit.
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POINTS OF INTEREST PARKS
CITY OF COLUMBIA PARKS

(not shown on map)
Clockwise from top right: Emily Douglas Park, Maxcy Gregg

Park, Gibson Pond Park, Riverwalk Park, Saluda Shoals Park, and
Heathwood Park. The State file photos.
Arsenal Hill, 1800 Lincoln St.

Earlewood Park, 1111 Parkside Drive
Emily Douglas Park, 2500 Wheat St.
Finlay Park, 930 Laurel St.
Greenview Park, 6700 David St.
Hampton Park, 117 Brandon Ave.
Heathwood Park, 800 Abelia Road.
Hyatt Park, 950 Jackson Ave.
Lorick Park, 1600 Lorick Ave.
Martin Luther King Jr. Park, 2300
Greene St.
Maxcy Gregg Park, 1655 Park Circle.
Mays Park, 4100 Trenholm Road.
Melrose Park, 1500 Fairview Road.
Pacific Park, 200 Wayne St.
Pinehurst Park, 2300 Pinehurst
Road.
Riverfront Park, 312 Laurel St.
St. Annas Park, 1315 Liberty Hill
Ave.
Sims Park, 3500 Duncan St.
Woodland Park, 6500 Old Knight
Parkway.
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1 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.
4 Harbison State Forest,
5600 Broad River Road.
5 Polo Road Park, 730
Polo Road.
6 Blythewood Park, 126
Boney Road, Blythewood.

7 Killian Park, 1424 Marthan Road, Blythewood.
8 Meadowlake Park, 600
Beckman Road.
9 Bluff Road Park, 148
Carswell Drive.
10 North Springs Park,
1320 Clemson Road.
11 Hopkins Park,
150 Hopkins Park
Road, Hopkins.
12 Trenhom Park, 3900
Covenant Road.
13 Friarsgate Park, 1712
Chadford Road, Irmo.
14 Caughman Road Park,
2800 Trotter Road, Hopkins.
15 Forest Lake Park,
6820 Wedgefield Road.
16 Eastover Park, 1031
Main St., Eastover.
17 Ridgewood Park, 805

Crest St.
18 St. Andrews Park, 920
Beatty Road.
19 Cayce Riverwalk, Taylor and Old State roads,
Cayce.
20 Guignard Park, 301
Knox Abbott Drive, Cayce.
21 Carraway Community
Park, 212 Hudson St.,
West Columbia.
22 SCE&G sites on Lake
Murray, North Lake Drive
on either side of the Dreher Shoals Dam.

23 Gibson Pond Park, 241
Gibson Road, Lexington.
24 Virginia Hylton Park,
111 Maiden Lane, Lexington.
25 Saluda Shoals Park,
5605 Bush River Road.
26 Crooked Creek Park,
1098 Old Lexington Highway, Chapin.
27 Seven Oaks Park, 200
Leisure Lane.
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POINTS OF INTEREST CONGAREE NATIONAL PARK, HARBISON STATE FOREST, SESQUICENTENNIAL STATE PARK
FILE PHOTOS The State
Congaree National Park offers free guided canoe trips.
A Sesquicentennial State Park lifeguard flips into the lake to cool off.
Cyclists take a trail through

Harbison State Forest.
Just because a couple

hours drive can get you to
the mountains or beaches
doesnt mean you have to
leave the Columbia area for a
good ol outdoor adventure.
At Congaree National
Park, the nations largest
intact tract of old-growth
bottomland hardwood forest,
youll find some of the tallest
trees in eastern North America. Take in the 26,000-acre
national 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 forest. Walkers, joggers,
hikers, cyclists, kayakers and
canoers frequent the park,
which makes for an easy
day-trip for urbanites and
suburban dwellers alike in the
Columbia area.
Sesquicentennial State
Park near Sandhills lets you
hike, bike, fish, canoe, kayak,
paddleboard, camp and even
hold overnight group gatherings at its retreat center.
Youll find 12 miles of trails, a
30-acre lake, five picnic shelters 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
locations 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.
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POINTS OF INTEREST LAKE MURRAY

From pontoon parades to bass
boats and Bomb Island, Lake Murray has something for everyone
who loves nature and the water.
The reservoir located about 15
miles northwest of Columbia is
known for its excellent fishing and
boating. It has been a stop on the
Bass Masters and the Forrest
Wood Cup professional bass fishing tour. Large striped bass are
also plentiful for those who want
more bang for their bite.
There is plenty of room for recreational water sports, too. The
adventurous can try water skiing,
tubing, wake boarding, or wake
surfing while the more laid back
may boat to one of the many islands to swim and relax on the
shore. Bobbing is a good pastime,
too. Thats when you take the
flotation device of your choice and
let the motion of the water massage the stress away.
Bomb Island, near the center of
the lake, was used by Doolittles
Raiders as a target for dropping
bombs in preparation for their
famous air raid on Tokyo in 1942.
The island, also known as Doolittle Island, is designated as North
Americas first official sanctuary
for purple martins.
SCE&G, which manages Lake
Murray, reports its area at roughly
48,000 acres. The company maintains two recreational areas on
each end of the dam; the southern
one has a large beach area for
swimming.
Dreher Island State Park offers
campsites with facilities and lakeside villas. The park, which has
picnic tables and shelters for daytime outings, is considered the
dividing line for the lakes two
personalities.
East of the park is known as the
big water, surrounded by lakefront homes in neighborhoods
among the priciest in the Midlands.
West of the park, the lake narrows and twists, 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 DOMINICK AND TIM FLACH
ROB THOMPSON rthompson@thestate.com
Weekend with the Pros, sponsored by the South Carolina Rough Riders, brings professional wakeboarders for a show at Lake Murray.
THOMAS HAMMOND online@thestate.com
Lake Murray Beach Park offers a beach and picnic areas for
families and groups.
Crews sail their Club 420s during practice for the 2015 U.S. Junior Women's
Doublehanded Championship, held at the Columbia Sailing Club.
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Purple Martins
roost at Bomb
Island on
summer
evenings.
Experts had no
explanation for
why the birds
moved to Lake
Monticello in
2014.
5 ways to enjoy Lake Murray

HIT THE BEACH: The beach on the south side of the dam offers swimming,
1www.sceg.com/about-us/lakes-and-recreation
picnicking and a sandy beach. Its open through Sept. 9. Admission is $3 per car.
EXERCISE WITH A VIEW: The Lake Murray dam its official name is the Dreher
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Shoals Dam is an engineering marvel. And one of the best ways to see it up close is
by walking, biking or running along the Lake Murray Dam Walkway. The distance is 1.7
miles each way, for a total walk of 3.4 miles. The walkway offers spectacular views of
Lake Murray especially at sunset and even the downtown Columbia skyline, 11 miles
away. 2101 N. Lake Drive; www.lakemurraycountry.com
Pete Lane of
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for a run on the
Lake Murray
dam and
afterward read
a book
overlooking
the water.
GET BACK TO NATURE: Nature is all around at Lake Murray, particularly of the
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feathered variety. One of the most anticipated events of the year is viewing the
thousands of purple martins, which, in most years, roost at Lake Murrays Bomb Island.
They were gone for a year, in 2014 off to Lake Monticello, about 50 miles to the
northeast but returned last year. The migratory birds that winter in South America
typically come in July and early August.
TAKE GUIDED TOURS: Get Your Gear On offers guided paddleboard, kayak or
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canoe tours of Lake Murray. Tours last two to three hours and cost $50 a person,
which includes the guide and equipment. Get Your Gear On, www.getyourgearon.com.
HAVE A FESTIVE FOURTH: Few throw a Fourth of July party like Lake Murray.
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The celebration includes a daytime boat parade, with boats of every shape and size
streaming along the waters in a festive show. Fireworks are on tap in the evening; watch
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POINTS OF INTEREST BASEBALL STADIUMS
JEFF BLAKE jblake@thestate.com
Fireflies players pose for a team photo outside Spirit Communications Park before their first
practice. They played their first game April 7.
Columbia is rich with

baseball viewing opportunities residents can watch
baseball for nearly eight
months of the year.
Baseball is thriving in the
Midlands, said Bill Shanahan, owner of the Lexington
County Blowfish. Im proud
this area can support this
amount of baseball.
COLUMBIA FIREFLIES
SPIRIT COMMUNICATIONS
PARK
Professional baseball returned to the Capital City
last spring, with the Fireflies

playing their opening season
at the new Spirit Communications Park.
With a sleek new stadium
that seats 7,500 and can hold
10,000, the Fireflies know
there are a lot of baseball fans
in Columbia. They also know
a lot of those fans may drag
along spouses, kids or friends
who arent into baseball.
You dont have to be a
baseball fan to come and
experience a Fireflies game,
said Abby Naas, Fireflies
vice president of marketing
and public relations.

There are promotions like
Budweiser Thirsty Thursdays, when draft beer and
fountain sodas are half-price.
Or $2 Tuesdays, when fans
can buy hot dogs, popcorn
and fountain sodas for $2.
There are different seating
options, including a mixand-mingle area near a centerfield bar, a picnic area, a
section with high-top tables
and a berm thats good for
fidgety kids. There is also a
Kids Zone where those fidgety kids can play.
DWAYNE MCLEMORE dmclemore@thestate.com
The Columbia Fireflies Chase Ingram pitches during a game.
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At South Carolina baseball games, much of the
appeal is in the familiar
the Gamecocks taking the
field after the theme from
2001 blares, or fans
jumping to Sandstorm
after every USC home run.
Gamecock fans play
Bingo during the game,
trying to win a gift certificate to a Homegrown
Hospitality restaurant.
They cheer for a 12th
strikeout for a Chick-fil-A
sandwich. They pose for
photos with Cocky, the
NCAA national championship trophies or the seats
from the famed Rosenblatt Stadium, where USC
won the last national
championship played
before the stadium was
demolished.
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And when fans go to see
the Blowfish play this
summer, theyll find a
Blowfish brand of fun.
Music by Hootie and the
Blowfish, the teams name-
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Gamecock
flag before
the start of
a baseball
game
between
Clemson
and South
Carolina.
sake, plays during one

inning each game. There
are Dog Day Tuesdays,
when dogs come free with
their owners and participate in a parade from dugout to dugout. Kids get
free sugar-free lollipops
during a Lollipop Inning.
All three stadiums fea-
ture the sounds of bats

meeting balls, the smells of
hot dogs and popcorn, and
the sights of fans of all ages
cheering for hits, runs,
strikeouts and double plays.
Its the place to be in the
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GOOD TO KNOW BARBECUE JOINTS

The Midlands barbecue
scene offers a wide range
of flavors and choices.
South Carolina is home to
four distinct 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 areas most
frequented pit stops.
Hites Bar-B-Que has
been around since 1957.
This family-run business
does whole hog, hams,
chicken and hash and and
features a mustard-based
sauce. Take-out only, open
Friday and Saturday. 240
Dreher Road, West Columbia, (803) 794-4120.
Little Pigs has been
around since 1963. In
addition to barbecue and
ribs, youll find pork
chops, chicken, fish and
three sauces to choose
from (mustard, tomato
and vinegar-pepper).
Open Wednesday through
Sunday, 4927 Alpine
Road, (803) 788-8238,
www.littlepigs.biz
Southern Belly BBQ
specializes in pulled-pork
sandwiches. 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 Bellys
porch is the perfect place
for a late lunch or early
dinner. 1332 Rosewood
Drive, (803) 667-9533,
www.southernbellybbq.
com
Palmetto Pig is an intown all-you-can-eat barbecue buffet (which can
be dangerous). Open
Tuesday through Saturday, 530 Devine St.,
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More barbecue
Size Matters BBQ Bus:
Usually found at Soda City
on Saturdays and at HEMI
Food Truck Court in West
Columbia during the week.
Find their schedule on
facebook.com/sizematters
bbq or call (803) 605-1194.
War Mouth: 1209 Franklin
St., www.thewarmouth.
com/menu
True BBQ: 1237 D Ave.,
West Columbia, www.true
-bbq.com
Chewys: 3424 Two Notch
Road, chewysbbqandgrill.
com
Jakes in Five Points: 2112
Devine St., jakesof
columbia.com
Midwood Smokehouse
BBQ & Bar: 702 Crosshill
Road, Suite D, midwood
smokehouse.com
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Jimmy Phillips prepares a pork butt at Southern Belly.
Barbecue plate from the

buffet at Palmetto Pig.
Barbecue plate at The War

Mouth.
Ribs and hush puppies from

Midwood Smokehouse.
Buffalo chicken nachos by

Yellow Dog Barbecue.
(803) 733-2556,
www.palmettopig.com
Big Ts original location is
a trailer with a pit alongside in Gadsden. There
are dine-in locations, with
fried chicken, fish and

such. 7535 Garners Ferry
Road, (803) 776-7132, and
1061 Sparkleberry Lane
Ext., (803) 788-4295,
bigtbbq.com
Bellys Southern Pride in

Lexington is the go-to
place for smoked chicken.
Mustard is the dominant
sauce here. Open Friday
and Saturday, 2508 Au-
gusta Road, (803) 3568284

LowCo BBQ is a catering
company operated by Lou
Hutto specializing in
whole hog, pulled pork
and beef brisket. 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
The Attic, two bars in Five
Points. Will Lacey dares to
be different serving up
smoked chicken nachos,
brisket burnt-end sandwiches and barbecue
chicken pizza. Pinch/The
Attic are located at 640
Harden St.
For more information
about barbecue locations
in the Midlands or
throughout South Carolina, a good resource is
the BBQ Trail Map at
bbq.discoversouth
carolina.com.
SUSAN ARDIS, TWITTER:
@FOODSUSAN
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