Living Here 2015

Living Here
THURSDAY, JULY 23, 2015
Making
Columbia and
the Midlands
your home
A PRODUCT OF
GO
COLUMBIA
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CONTENTS
Electricity and natural gas ...............................9
History ................................................................10
Water and sewer ...............................................11
Television, Internet and landline phone
services ...........................................................11
Trash and recycling .......................................... 12
Libraries .............................................................. 12
Post offices ........................................................ 14
Fire stations....................................................... 14
Law enforcement .............................................20
Palmetto Poison Center ..................................20
Animal services .................................................20
Military ...............................................................20
Trains................................................................... 21
Transportation .................................................. 21
Parks....................................................................24
Main Street ........................................................28
EdVenture Childrens Museum ......................28
The Vista and Five Points ...............................29
Gamecock Park .................................................30
Cockabooses ......................................................30
Baseball parks ....................................................31
Horseshoe ..........................................................32
S.C. State House ................................................32
Barbecue ............................................................34
Lake Murray.......................................................36
Outdoor getaways ...........................................38
Riverbanks Zoo ................................................ 40
ON THE COVER
The South Carolina State House is
reflected in glass at the corner of
Main and Gervais streets.
Photo by Tim Dominick

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Living Here
Sara Johnson Borton
Publisher and President
publisher@thestate.com
Bernie Heller
Vice President of Advertising
bheller@thestate.com
Bryan Osborn
Vice President of Digital
bosborn@thestate.com
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Mark Lett
Executive Editor and Vice President
South Ca
mlett@thestate.com
Kathy Allen
Director of Marketing
kallen@thestate.com
Bertram Rantin
Reporter/Editor
brantin@thestate.com
Rebekah Lewis Hall
Special Projects Coordinator
rhall@thestate.com
DANS FAN CITY

QUIET QUALITY FANS FOR OVER 35 YEARS
Monday - Friday 10-7 & Saturday 10-6
275-AA Harbison Boulevard Columbia, SC 29212

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GETTING SETTLED
ELECTRICITY AND
NATURAL GAS
Mid-Carolina Electric Cooperative serves parts of Richland and Lexington counties
near Lake Murray. Customer
service: 803-749-6400 or 888813-8000. Office locations at
245 Longs Pond Road, Lexington and 7524 Broad River
Road, Irmo. www.mcecoop.
com.
The fountain
at Finlay Park
glows after
sundown,
with the
Columbia
skyline in the
background.
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Gas serves most of Richland

and Lexington counties. To
start service, fill out a form
online at www.sceg.com/formy-home/start-my-service,
or call 1-800-251-7234. Office
locations in Richland County: 135-B Blythewood Road,
Blythewood; 5110 Fairfield
Road, Columbia; 1213 Flora St.,
Columbia; 7748 Garners Ferry
THE STATE FILE PHOTO
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.
ative serves parts of Richland

and Lexington counties, including Gaston. Customer service: 803-874-1215 or 877-8741215. Office located at 11335
Tri-County Electric Cooper- Garners Ferry Road, Eastover.
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business, or seeking an opportunity to fulfill your career
goals, our talent management team offers proven solutions
to your employee and employment needs.
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Your staffing partner since 1982

Two locations serving the Midlands
114 Haygood St., Lexington, SC 29072 359-7644
6941 N. Trenholm Rd. #G-1, Columbia, SC 29206 790-7171
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THE STATE FILE PHOTOS
The Confederate Relic Room has a special exhibit on Gen. William Shermans march through South Carolina and the
burning of Columbia in 1865.
A city spiced with history
When the Civil War raged

through Columbia 150 years
ago this year, 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. It was taken down from
the capitol dome and placed
on a 30-foot flag pole behind
the Monument to the Confederate Dead in 2000, but it has
remained a subject of recent
debate.
But 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.
Jeff Wilkinson
A monument to Civil War

Gen. Wade Hampton III
stands at the South Carolina
State House.
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GETTING SETTLED
WATER AND SEWER
Road; 803-788-1570; www.ercpsd.net/ mental Quality Control office at the Decontact-us.

partment of Health and Environmental
Carolina Water Service Inc. serves
Control at 803-896-0620.
some subdivisions in Richland and Lex- Gaston Water District Company 1133
ington counties. 800-272-1919; customer Mack St., Gaston; 803-794-2819.
TELEVISION, INTERNET AND
service@uiwater.com.
Joint Municipal Water & Sewer Com- LANDLINE PHONE SERVICES
Chapin Sewer System and Chapin mission serves unincorporated areas in
Water System 157 NW Columbia Ave., Lexington County south of Lake Murray. AT&T: 888-757-6500, 800-225-5288 or
Chapin; 803-575-8042; utilities@chapin 2546 Two Notch Drive, Lexington; 803- www.att.com.
359-8373;
customerservice@lcjmwsc.
sc.com.
Comporium: Serves Batesburg-Leescom.
ville, Pelion, Gaston, Summit and SwanCity of Cayce 1800 12th St. Extension,
Palmetto
of
Richland
County,
LLC
prosea. 800-258-7978 or www.comporium.
Cayce; 803-796-9020; info@cityof
vides wastewater services for part of com.
cayce-sc.gov.
Richland County. 1713 Woodcreek Farms
DirecTV: 888-777-2454 or www.directv.
City of Columbia provides water and Road, Elgin; 803-699-2422.
com.
sewer services for customers in and
Palmetto
Utilities
Inc.
provides
wastearound Columbia. In Lexington County,
DISH Network: 800-823-4929 or www.
Columbias water department serves water services for part of Richland Coun- dish.com.
Chapin and Irmo. 1136 Washington St.; ty. 1710 Woodcreek Farms Road, Elgin;
HughesNet: 877-286-2406 or www.
803-545-3300; customercare@columbia 803-699-2403.
hughesnetinternet.net.
sc.net.
Town of Batesburg-Leesville 244 W.
FILE PHOTOS
City of West Columbia 200 N. 12th St., Columbia Ave., Batesburg; 803-532-8301. Time Warner: 803-252-2253 or www.
a and the
timewarnercable.com.
West Columbia; 803-791-1880.
Town of Lexington 111 Maiden Lane,
Windstream: Broadband Internet and
East Richland County Public Service Lexington; 803-359-4164.
District offers residential sewer services If your property is served by a septic voice services. 866-445-5880 or www.
in eastern Richland County. 704 Ross tank and/or well, contact the Environ- windstream.com.
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Columbia Animal Services
Need to license your pet? Need to spay/neuter your pet? Just have a pet question?
If we cant 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
Or just give us a call.
803-776-PETS (7387)
127 Humane Lane, Columbia, SC 29209

www.ColumbiaSC.net
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GETTING SETTLED
TIM DOMINICK/TDOMINICK@THESTATE.COM
Julia Gentino reads with her daughter Amelie in the childrens area of the Richland County Library in March.
TRASH AND
RECYCLING
garbage and yard waste and

biweekly pickup for recyclables. The annual solid waste
City of Cayce 803-796-9020, fee for curbside collection
ext. 3027.
is included in each property
City of Columbia 803-545- owners tax bill. 803-9296000.
3800.
City of Forest Acres 803929-6000.
LIBRARIES
LEXINGTON COUNTY PUBLIC

City of West Columbia 803LIBRARY | www.lex.lib.sc.us
796-8006.
Main branch: 5440 Augusta
Lexington County residents Road, Lexington; 803-785who live in unincorporated 2600.
areas have access to weekBatesburg-Leesville branch:
ly garbage pickup through
203 Armory St., Batesburg;
Advanced Disposal (803803-532-9223.
256-7276;
www.advanced
disposal.com) or Waste Indus- Cayce-West Columbia branch:
tries (803-935-0249; www. 1500 Augusta Road, West Cowasteindustries.com).
See lumbia; 803-794-6791.
www.lex-co.sc.gov to deter- Chapin branch: 129 NW Comine which company serves lumbia Ave., Chapin; 803-345your area.
5479.
Richland County provides Gaston branch: 214 S. Main
weekly pickup for household St., Gaston; 803-791-3208.
Gilbert-Summit branch: 405

Broad St., Gilbert; 803-7855387.
Irmo branch: 6251 St. Andrews Road, Columbia; 803798-7880.
Pelion branch: 206 Pine St.,
Pelion; 803-785-3272.
South Congaree-Pine Ridge
branch: 200 Sunset Drive,
Swansea branch: 199 N. Lawrence Ave., Swansea; 803-7853519.
Bookmobile: 803-785-2649;
w w w. l e x . l i b. s c . u s / f i l e s /
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; 803781-5026.
Blythewood branch: 218

McNulty Road, Blythewood;
803-691-9806.
Cooper branch: 5317 N. Trenholm Road, Columbia; 803787-3462.
Eastover branch: 608 Main
St., Eastover; 803-353-8584.
North Main branch: 5306 N.
Main St., Columbia; 803-7547734.
Northeast branch: 7490
Parklane Road, Columbia;
803-736-6575.
Sandhills branch: 1 Summit
Parkway, Columbia; 803-6999230.
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
1720 Dutch Fork Road, 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.
EASTOVER
301 Main St., Eastover.
GADSDEN
7731 Bluff Road, Gadsden.
GASTON
220 S. Main St., Gaston.
GILBERT
401 Broad St., Gilbert.
HOPKINS
6200 Lower Richland Blvd., Hopkins.
IRMO
7821 St. Andrews Road, Irmo.
TRACY GLANTZ/TGLANTZ@THESTATE.COM
The Columbia Post Office on Assembly Street.
WHITE ROCK
LEXINGTON
1947 Dutch Fork Road, White Rock.
Downtown Lexington: 710 W. Main St.,
Lexington.
FIRE STATIONS
Lexington: 1830 S. Lake Drive, LexingCOLUMBIA FIRE DEPARTMENT
ton.
Station No. 1 (Headquarters): 1800 LauPELION
rel St., Columbia; 803-545-3700.
739 Pine St., Pelion
Station No. 2 (Olympia): 1015 Ferguson
St., Columbia.
STATE PARK
Station No. 3 (Industrial Park): 2740 The
20 Hinton St., State Park.
Boulevard, Columbia; 803-776-8258.
SWANSEA
Station No. 4 (Northeast Columbia):
295 Church St., Swansea.
446 Spears Creek Church Road, Elgin;
803-788-6276.
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; 803-695-0786.
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.
HESTATE.COMStation 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; 803-6950948.
Station No. 23 (Hopkins):
1631 Clarkson St., Hopkins;
803-776-1044.
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GETTING SETTLED
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; 803754-0978.
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; 803-3533820.
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; 803532-4408.
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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We are Richland One, a nationally accredited school district building on a rich history and tradition of
excellence. South Carolinas ninth-largest school district, our 23,000 students represent 50 countries and
as many languages. With 52 schools and special centers, our district stretches over 480 square miles and
encompasses urban, suburban and rural communities. Our location in the Palmetto States capital city gives
our students and employees access to advantages you wont find anywhere else innovative academic
programs, unique partnerships with businesses, higher education institutions and the faith community, as well
as unlimited cultural opportunities.
Building robots, observing surgical procedures, repairing diesel engines and flying simulated space missions
are just a few of the unique educational experiences that our students can take advantage of in Richland
One. We recognize that students learn in different ways and have different interests. We also understand
that parents want choices when it comes to the education of their children. Among our diverse offerings
are Montessori programs, International Baccalaureate and other advanced academic programs, foreign
language and international programs, visual and performing arts, career and technology education
programs, as well as our Digital Learning Environment initiative. Richland One is also home to South Carolinas
only Challenger Learning Center for space science education.
Our students represent the next generation of educators, scientists, artists, entrepreneurs and leaders. Year
after year, our graduates go on to attend some of the nations most prestigious colleges and universities. The
Richland One Class of 2015 earned more than $66.9 million in scholarships and other financial aid, setting
a new district record. Our sports teams and individual student-athletes won 12 state championships in the
2014-2015 school year alone.
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GETTING SETTLED
LAW ENFORCEMENT
SWANSEA POLICE
Region 6 (Blythewood) substation:
118 McNulty St., Suite B, Blythewood; 320 W. Third St., Swansea; 803-568-3366;
For emergencies, dial 911.
803-576-3004.
www.swanseapd.net.
Region 7 substation: 1405 Screaming
LEXINGTON COUNTY SHERIFFS
WEST COLUMBIA POLICE
Eagle Road, Elgin; 803-576-1420.
DEPARTMENT
West Columbia Police: 200 N. 12th St.,
521 Gibson Road, Lexington; 803-785CAYCE PUBLIC SAFETY
8230; www.lex-co.com/sheriff.
1800 12th St., Cayce; 803-794-0456.
North District Headquarters: 111 LinPALMETTO POISON CENTER
COLUMBIA POLICE
creek Drive, Columbia; 803-781-4173.
800-222-1222; palmettopc@cop.sc.edu.
West District Headquarters: 4079-D One Justice Square, Columbia; 803-545Augusta Highway, Gilbert; 803-785-7508. 3500; www.columbiapd.net.
ANIMAL SERVICES
South District Headquarters: 102 AirFOREST ACRES POLICE
LEXINGTON COUNTY ANIMAL
port Road, Pelion; 803-785-7688.
5205 N. Trenholm Road, Forest Acres;
SERVICES
803-782-9444.
RICHLAND COUNTY SHERIFFS
An animal control officer is on call
DEPARTMENT
IRMO POLICE
around the clock, but officers can only
5623 Two Notch Road, Columbia; 803-576- 1230 Columbia Ave., Columbia; 803-781respond to emergency calls after normal
3000; www.rcsd.net; sheriff@rcsd.net.
8088.
business hours and on the weekends.
Region 1 (Bluff Road/Garners Ferry)
Emergency calls include injured animals,
BATESBURG-LEESVILLE POLICE
substation: 2615 Lower Richland Blvd.,
animal attacks and other public safety
660 W. Columbia Ave.; 803-532-4408.
Columbia; 803-576-1470.
organizations requesting assistance. 321
Region 2 (Two Notch Road/Clemson
CHAPIN POLICE
Ball Park Road, Lexington. 803-785-8149.
Road) substation: 7201 Two Notch 157 NW Columbia Ave., Chapin; 803-345-6443.
animalservices@lex-co.com.
Road, Columbia; 803-567-3444.
GASTON
POLICE
RICHLAND COUNTY
Region 3 (Monticello Road/Wilson
ANIMAL CARE
Boulevard) substation: 6429 Bishop 186 N. Carlisle St., Gaston; 803-796-8503.
Richland County Animal Care offers
Ave., Columbia; 803-576-2215.
LEXINGTON POLICE
Region 4 (Broad River Road/St. An- 111 Maiden Lane, Lexington; 803-359- 24-hour emergency service. 400 Powell
Road, Columbia. 803-929-6000. animal
drews) substation: 1019 Beatty Road, 6260; policedept@lexsc.com.
care@rcgov.us.
Columbia; 803-576-3490.
Military landmarks abound

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,
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 museums 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 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.
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3-785-8149. While various train crossings are sprinkled across the
region, one of the greatest
concentration of tracks can be
found in the area between the
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University of South Carolina
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campus and Williams Brice
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Stadium and surrounding areas including Olympia Mills.
That concentration, combined with various season-
Here come the trains

al 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 in the
above-mentioned areas.
Some of the most trouble-
some 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 re-
quired 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.
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TRANSPORTATION
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.,
Columbia. us.megabus.com.
AIRPORTS
The Columbia Metropolitan
Airport (CAE) serves more
than 1.2 passengers annually.
3250 Airport Blvd., West Columbia; 803-822-5025; info@
columbiaairport.com.
Greyhound buses leave from
Jim Hamilton-L.B. Owens
Columbia Bus Station, 710-A
Airport: 1400 Jim Hamilton
Buckner Road, Columbia. 803Blvd., Columbia; 803-822-5555.
256-6465; www.greyhound.com.
BUSES
TRAINS
The COMET serves Columbia Amtrak trains leave from 850
and some surrounding com- Pulaski St., Columbia. www.
munities. Standard one-way amtrak.com.
fares are $1.75; all-day passes
VEHICLE REGISTRATION
are $3. Passes are available for
New residents of South
up to 31 days. catchthecomet.
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have up to 90 days
org.
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 taxes required in
your county.
To pay property taxes on
your vehicle, take your registration and your drivers license (with your new address)
to the county auditors office.
Lexington County Auditors
Office: 212 South Lake Drive,
Suite 103, Lexington. 803-7858181.

Richland County Auditors
Office: 2020 Hampton St.,
Suite 2067, Columbia. 803576-2605; rcauditor@rcgov.us.
DMV LOCATIONS
Batesburg: 509 Liberty St.,
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Blythewood: 10311 Wilson
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Columbia: 1630 Shop Road,
Columbia. 803-737-8350.
Columbia: 228-A ONeil Court,
Columbia. 803-419-9403.
Irmo/Ballentine: 1016 Broad
Stone Road, Irmo. 803-749-9041.
Lexington: 122 Park Road,
Lexington. 803-356-8537.
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POINTS OF INTEREST: PARKS

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, 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 PARKS
In Lexington County: www.lcrac.com
In Richland County: richlandcountyrecreation.com/find-a-park
In Columbia: www.columbiasc.net/parks-recreation
In Irmo and Chapin: www.icrc.net
In 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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First Church of Christ, Scientist

1114 Pickens Street
Columbia, SC 29201
(803) 799-8274
Christian Science is founded upon the

healing principles of Christ Jesus, the
Apostles and the Prophets. Learn how
you, too, can turn to God, divine Love,
to meet all your needs.
Sunday Service are held at 10:30 a.m. Everyone is welcome to visit our Reading
Sunday School for young people up to Room, to ask questions, to research
the age of 20 convenes at the same hour. prayer and healing, or to purchase
Bibles, Science and Health with Key to
Wednesday evening testimony
the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy,
meetings are held at 7:00 p.m.
the discoverer and founder of Christian
Our Reading Room is also located at
Science, literature, and music.
1114 Pickens Street and is
To hear Sentinel Radio, podcasts,
open Tuesdays and Thursdays from
testimonies of healing and more,
10:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m.
visit jsh-online.com or
Website: christiansciencecolumbia.org
jsh.christianscience.com/explore.
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POINTS OF INTEREST
Main Street is jumpin these days

From the popular New
Years Eve party to First
Thursday get-togethers, Columbians increasingly are
making the citys Main Street
more vibrant.
DINING: Good Life Cafe
has brought vegan dining
while the Oak Table offers
linen napkins and fine utensils. Bourbon, a whiskey bar
and cajun restaurant routinely is full.
ENTERTAINMENT: Cantina
76, a restaurant and bar is so
popular it has expanded its
outdoor area. The Nickelodeon
offers the theater experience.
The Whig, an underground
bar in the shadow of the State
House, holds to its tradition
that dates back decades.
First Thursday events
now stretch six blocks to include City Hall. Musicians,
belly dancers and sidewalk
meals and beer-and-wine
bars serve crowds of young
Soda City Market

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
Eddie: the worlds

largest child
If youre visiting EdVenture Childrens Museum, 211
Gervais St., Columbia, you cant miss the chance to see
Eddie. Standing 40-feet-tall and weighing in at 17.5
tons, Eddie is boasted to be the worlds largest child.
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 you see when you enter the
museum. Its 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 Childrens Museum | (803) 779-3100.
Anne-Kathryn Flanagan
visitors to the 1400 or 1500

blocks. Crowds grow to 2,300
for special events that often
include beer and wine sipping along those blocks.
LIVING: Tenants keep the
vacancy rate in apartments

in the high 90s. The Hub
brought more than 800 students to the long vacant former Palmetto Center.
Clif LeBlanc
Eddie, the
40-foot-tall
model of
a 10-yearold, is the
centerpiece
at
EdVenture
Childrens
Museum.
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POINTS OF INTEREST
The Vista or Five Points?

No, the Vista AND Five Points
Some say its a different crowd that

frequents Columbias Vista district
from those who prefer to hang out in
the citys 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 the
University of South Carolina.
The 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. The area fosters shopping,
dining and recreational venues by day
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nightlife venue, highlighting a large
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college population, by night.

The Vista is steeped in the citys
historical moorings of once-vibrant
residential areas such as Ward One
and its light industrial, mercantile and
transportive past. The 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 (including
rail), storage (including warehouses)
and light manufacturing gravitated.
With much of the areas architecture
preserved, the Vista began transforming
in the 1990s to an eclectic enclave of
shops, restaurants, businesses and
nightlife that attracts patrons from
around the state and region.
Roddie Burris
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POINTS OF INTEREST
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 Gamecock Park, Market site adjacent to Wil- a dramatic makeover that is
a landscaped tailgating area liams-Brice. Gamecock Park continuing with the upcomthat replaced the old Farmers opened in 2012 and started ing completion of the Springs-
Brooks Plaza around the stadium and an area to showcase a

statue of Heisman Trophy winner George Rogers.
All of this has come at a price:
$30 million for Gamecock Park
and $14.5 million for the SpringsBrooks Plaza, which is expected
to be completed in time for this
seasons home opener Sept. 12
against Kentucky. In return,
South Carolina gets an on-campus feel that makes a trip to a
Gamecocks game a much more
pleasant experience.
Josh Kendall
Cockabooses
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?
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 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 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.
David Cloninger
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rophy win-
me at a price:
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the Springsis expected
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an on-cama trip to a
much more
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JEFF BLAKE/JBLAKE@THESTATE.COM
Carolina Stadium
Lets go to the ballpark

Columbia is a baseball
city with multiple teams and
venues hosting quality players and teams.
Columbia is an area rich
with baseball viewing opportunities.
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
citys oldest baseball stadium,
at 301 S. Assembly St., opened
in 1945 and has hosted several
teams including the Columbia Reds, Mets, Bombers and
most recently the Blowfish,
all of which had considerable
success in the city.
Currently, The Cap sits
empty after the Blowfish (an
amateur team of collegiate
players) moved to Lexington
TIM DOMINICK/TDOMINICK@THESTATE.COM
Lexington County Baseball Stadium

to continue their play in the into a commercial and retail
Coastal Plain League under center in the near future.
the same moniker. While the
On the banks of the ConLexington Blowfish recently garee River lies one of the
moved into the brand new most popular collegiate
Lexington County Baseball baseball stadiums in the
Stadium near Lexington country, Carolina Stadium.
High School at 474 Ball Park Home to the University of
Road, Capital City Stadium is South Carolina Gamecocks
expected to be transformed at 431 Williams St. since
2009, the 8,242-seat stadium 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. The
$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, Comers, Senators, Reds, Gems,
Sandlappers, Mets, Bombers
and Blowfish.
Aaron Randsell
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The Horseshoe at USC

The tree-covered, brick
sidewalk-lined Horseshoe
is the birthplace and the
center of the 214-year-old
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
USC President Harris Pastides and his wife, Patricia, walk across the Horseshoe soon
after their arrival on campus in 2008. The Maxcy Monument is in the background.
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,
sign-wielding 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.
Andrew Shain
What you need to know

about the S.C. 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 first met in its Columbia State captured Columbia on Feb. 17,
basement at the corner of Sen- House in 1790.
1865, the old State House was
When General William T. destroyed by fire. A monument
ate and Richardson (now Main)
streets. The General Assembly Sherman and the Union army 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.
SOURCES: The S.C. State
House and City of Columbia
websites
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Hites Bar-B-Que
Barbecue in the Midlands

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
and hams, chicken and hash and
features a mustard-based sauce.
Take-out only, open Friday and
Saturday. 240 Dreher Rd., West
Columbia, (803) 794-4120.
Little Pigs has been around
since 1963. In addition to barbecue and ribs, youll find
pork chops, chicken and fish
and three sauces to choose
from (mustard, tomato
and vinegar-pepper). Open
Wednesday through Sunday,
4927 Alpine Rd., (803) 7888238, www.littlepigs.biz.
Southern Belly BBQ special-
Buffalo chicken nachos from Yellow Dog Barbecue.

izes 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 Dr., (803) 667-9533,
www.southernbellybbq.com.
Palmetto Pig is an in-town

all-you-can-eat barbecue buffet (which can be dangerous).
Open Tuesday through Saturday, 530 Devine St., (803) 7332556 www.palmettopig.com.
Big Ts, the original location
is a trailer with a pit alongside in
Gadsden. There are dine-in locations, 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.
Bellys Southern Pride in

Lexington is my go-to place for
smoked chicken. Mustard is the
dominant sauce here. Open Friday 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 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
smoke chicken nachos, brisket
burnt-end sandwiches and BBQ
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 SC BBQ Trail Map at bbq.
discoversouthcarolina.com.
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Lake Murray: Suburban, rural resort
Lake Murray has two personalities when

it comes to recreation and living along its
650-mile shoreline.
The unofficial dividing line is Dreher Island State Park.
East of the park is known as the big
water where theres more room for boating, fishing, waterskiing and other fun surrounded by many homes on the lakefront
in neighborhoods that are among the priciest in the Midlands.
The 47,500-acre lake narrows and twists
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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
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THE STATE FILE PHOTOS
From top, Sesquicentennial State Park, Congaree National Park and Harbison State Forest.
Columbias
outdoor
getaways
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
Swamp, 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 for-
est. 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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Riverbanks Zoo: Otters

and drums and bears, oh my
WHATS NEW AT THE ZOO
Be on the lookout for grizzly bears and river otters
when visiting Riverbanks
Zoo and Garden, 500 Wildlife Parkway in Columbia.
The opening of the Zoos
Grizzly Ridge and Otter Run
exhibits mark the first in a
series of projects slated for
completion over the next several months as part of Destination Riverbanks the Zoos
$36-million expansion.
UPCOMING
Embark on an epicurean
expedition, encounter animals
up-close and support wildlife
conservation at Riverbanks
Zoo and Gardens premier
fundraiser, Riverbanks ZOOfari. The all-inclusive evening
will take place at 7 p.m. Sept. 25.
The evening will feature
up-close animal encounters

will take place at various exhibits 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.
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creative concoctions to complement the featured fare.
Guests also will have an
opportunity to step inside
Riverbanks African elephant
yard and experience a pachy-
derms perspective while the

all-female herd spends some
time off exhibit. Drums echoing in the night will entertain
the crowd and give guests a
chance to try their hand at
African steel drumming.
In addition, scheduled animal feedings, presentations and
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guests. Thats an average of
2,754 people each day the
size of the city of Folly Beach.
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than 60,000 trash bags.
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