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Found: 1 Week 3 Days 17 Hours 7 Minutes ago Post & Courier - COLUMBIA #8212; The new Congaree riverkeeper admits he jumped into the deep end, but he's confident he can keep his head above the surface while making sure the water stays clean. 'I'm only getting started,' said Alan Mehrzad, a 25-year-old graduate student at the University of South Carolina.
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Help on way for Woodrow Wilson home Found: 2 Weeks 1 Hour 34 Minutes ago The State - The National Park Service has awarded a $335,000 grant to repair Woodrow Wilson#8217;s boyhood home on Hampton Street in Columbia #8212; South Carolina#8217;s only presidential site.p/The grant #8212; along with $1.3 million in hospitality taxes from Richland County Council #8212; will allow the Historic Columbia Foundation to fix the ailing roof, siding, foundation and electrical system.p/The work will stabilize the structure from further damage, but will not improve the interior of the house enough to allow it to be opened for visitors, said Historic Columbia director Robin Waites.p/Richland County owns the house, which has been closed to visitors since October of 2005. It is managed by Historic Columbia.p/Woodrow Wilson, the nation#8217;s 28th president, spent four years of his youth in Columbia. He and his family lived in the home, which was built by his parents in 1872....
Holiday spirit by the pint Found: 2 Weeks 1 Day 1 Hour 19 Minutes ago The State - David Coleman only recognized a few of the faces in the Platt Springs United Methodist Church fellowship hall Christmas Eve morning. But he was grateful for each one he saw.p/A little more than two months have passed since the West Columbia teenager severed his right hand in a zip line accident along the Saluda River and required 61 units of blood during a 26-hour surgery to have it reattached.p/On Wednesday, David and his family joined Boy Scout Troop 302 for a blood drive at the church in his honor to help replenish the Red Cross blood supplies during the critical holiday season.p/#8220;I#8217;ve only talked to three people who know me here,#8221; said David, 16, as he surveyed the room of donors. I just introduced myself (to another teenager). #8216;Hey, I#8217;m the kid who cut his hand off.#8217;#8221;p/Since the accident Oct. 12, David has been in therapy, and doctors are optimistic that he will regain 75 percent of the use of his hand (although he#8217;s aiming for more)....
Blood drive held for teen who lost hand in freak accident Found: 2 Weeks 1 Day 5 Hours 13 Minutes ago WIS News 10 - We have an update on a Midlands teenager who lost his hand in a horrific freak accident. Back in October, 16-year-old David Coleman was riding a zip line at the Saluda River in Lexington County when his hand got caught in the line and was ripped off. ...
Parent who killed child, wife loses appeal Found: 2 Weeks 2 Days 22 Hours 46 Minutes ago The State - The first parent since 1977 to be put on South Carolina#8217;s Death Row for killing his child likely has run out of appeals.p/The S.C. Supreme Court in a 4-0 vote Monday rejected the latest appeal by Luke Williams III, 56, who has been on Death Row for more than 15 years.p/An Edgefield County jury in November 1993 convicted Williams of murdering his 12-year-old adopted son and 39-year-old wife in 1991.p/Linda Williams was beaten to death, and son Shaun #8212; an El Salvador native who was orphaned in 1978 during the civil war there #8212; was strangled.p/Their bodies were found June 19, 1991, in Sumter National Forest in a partially burned van. Luke Williams took out more than $584,000 in insurance on his family a short time before the killings, authorities said....
Fundamental changes needed at DHEC Found: 2 Weeks 3 Days 3 Hours 28 Minutes ago Times Democrat - Recent news coverage of the S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control brings into sharp relief concerns we have had for years and underscores the need for bold and fundamental reforms....
Alan Mehrazd, the new Congaree riverkeeper is ready to take the plunge Found: 3 Weeks 55 Minutes ago The State - The new Congaree riverkeeper admits he jumped into the deep end, but he’s confident he can keep his head above the surface while making sure the water stays clean.“I almost wanted to celebrate Tuesday when I heard my application had been approved,” said Alan Mehrzad, a 25-year-old graduate student at USC. “But this is not the finish line. I’m only getting started.”It was an interesting start. Mehrzad surprised many local leaders when he applied to the national Waterkeeper Alliance for the Congaree riverkeeper position. A committee of politicians, conservationists and river users hoped to put together its own application by mid-2009.On Tuesday, the alliance board approved Mehrzad’s application. The Waterkeeper Alliance puts more stock in independence and motivation than in the blessing of a local committee, said board member Donna Lisenby, the Watauga (N.C.) riverkeeper.“The community needs to know the riverkeeper speaks for the river and isn’t beholden to any political leader,” said Lisenby, who met with Mehrzad on Monday. “Alan comes across as not only thoughtful but very motivated.”...
Columbia appoints its first 'riverkeeper' Found: 3 Weeks 5 Hours 29 Minutes ago WISTV 10 News - They've been priceless natural assets for hundreds of years, but the midlands hasn't always been kind to its three rivers. Soon, however, the Broad, Saluda and Congaree will have a voice....
West Columbia celebrates with annual Christmas tree lighting Found: 3 Weeks 9 Hours 11 Minutes ago Columbia Star - Citizens of the West Metro Area came together to celebrate the season at West Columbia's 4th Annual Christmas Tree Lighting held at West Columbia City Hall on Friday, December 5, 2008....
Saluda Shoals Foundation has big plans for the rivers Found: 3 Weeks 9 Hours 12 Minutes ago Columbia Star - The Saluda Shoals Foundation, the Irmo Chapin Recreation Commission, and SCE&G have worked together to build Saluda Shoals Park into one of the Midlands' best natural playgrounds....
