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Katherine Crawford Stephens has dealt with expulsion, an eating disorder, and addiction to drugs and alcohol. But that, and the knowledge she had a child on the way, didn't stop her from achieving a nearly-perfect score on her GED
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>>> Environment
Communities join for ‘clean sweep’
Saturday, residents of the Bon-nie Forest and Pine Grove com-munities hold a “clean sweep,”starting at 8 a.m.
Volunteers may meet at thePine Grove Community Center,937 Piney Woods Road. Thecounty will be picking up yardwaste and trash. Call WilbertLewis at (803) 798-2506.
>>> Things to do
Free concert The Lake Murray Symphony
Orchestra fall concert will be at 5p.m. Sunday, Oct. 5 at the SaludaShoals Park, 5605 Bush RiverRoad.
The concert is free, but dona-tions are accepted. There is acharge for admission to the park.
In the event of rain, the con-cert will be rescheduled for Sun-day, Oct. 12. For more informa-tion, call (803) 781-8846.
>>> Irmo
Prayer breakfastAn Irmo Community Prayer
Breakfast is set for 7:30-9 a.m.Thursday, Sept. 25 at GatewayBaptist Church, 1651 Dutch ForkRoad.
Among those featured are JeffDavis, Clemson football and Col-lege Football Hall of Fame; DonBrock, Gateway Dr. Bill Barton,Bill Barton Ministries; the Rev.Andrew Volkommer, Our Lady ofthe Lake Catholic Church; Rev.James Cooper, Pine Grove AMEChurch; Franklin Fant, SevenOaks Presbyterian; the Rev.Blaney Pridgen, St. Mary’s Epis-copal.
Music will be by Spirit’s Call.Cost is $8 per person; break-
fast will be served beginning at7:30 a.m. Program starts at 8 a.m.
Tickets will not be sold at thedoor, so RSVP by Sept. 18 to Eliz-abeth Donehue, (803) 404-7992 [email protected].
>>> Classes & workshops
Richland 101Learn how county government
works at Richland 101, whichkicks off its fall session Monday.
The free six-week series ex-plores a variety of areas, includ-ing taxes, budgeting, courts, ani-mal care, zoning, public safety,education and more. The courseincludes class work and field tripsto sites including the county jail,sheriff’s office, EMS facility, judi-cial center and Midlands Tech’snew Technology Center.
Classes are 6-8 p.m. Mondaysand Thursdays in County Councilchambers, 2020 Hampton St. oranother site if a field trip isplanned. To register, call (803)576-2062 or (803) 576-2067 orwww.rcgov.us.
CLOSE TO HOME
TRACY GLANTZ/[email protected]
Katherine Crawford Stevensscored 3,880 out of a possible
4,000 on the GED test.
By NICK McCORMACSpecial to The State
Expulsion from two schools. An eatingdisorder. Dabbling in drugs and alcohol .
All were challenges Katherine Craw-ford Stephens had faced at one point inher life.
The 21-year-old Midlands TechnicalCollege student once had many obstaclesstanding between her and a high schooldiploma. But after missing her originalgraduation date in 2005, she’s now on herway to a nursing degree and a Spanishcertification. This is after completing the
General Educational Development testwith high marks.
Stephens scored 3,880 points out of apossible 4,000 on the test, making herSouth Carolina’s highest performer for2007 and placing her in the 99th percentilenationally.
“I was so proud of myself, and it reallymade me feel like I could do so much bet-ter in life,” Stephens said.
The Irmo resident’s accomplishmentfollow what had been a troubled child-hood. In seventh grade, she began battlinganorexia. She was expelled from DutchFork Middle School in eighth grade for
riding her horse across school grounds,and then expelled again the following yearfrom the Alternative Academy in Chapinfor insubordination, prompting her par-ents to home-school her.
“At that point, I had a lot more freetime, so I fell in with a bad crowd and gothooked on drugs and alcohol,” Stephenssaid.
Only after becoming pregnant did shedecide to turn her life around.
“At that point, I decided that I had togrow up,” she said.
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Remembering Sept. 11
Memorial unveiledSculpture honors those who died in the terrorist attacks
IF YOU GOUnveiling and dedication of 9/11 memorial
When: 10 a.m. today
Where: LexingtonCounty governmentcomplex
Highlights: In addi-tion to guest speak-ers, a bagpiper willplay “Amazing Grace”while three LexingtonCounty firefightersraise the flag on thememorial. A receptionwill follow at the Lex-ington County Admin-istration Building.
Parking: Available atthe administrationbuilding and LexingtonBaptist Church
PHOTOGRAPHS BY TRACY GLANTZ/[email protected]
Randall Hammonds welds the aluminum structure together on a 9/11 memorial at the county government complex in Lexington.
Hammonds’ sculpture is a projectby the 2007 LeadershipLexington County class.
By CLIF [email protected]
People in Lexington County,moved by an effort to commemoratethe Sept. 11 attacks, have stepped upwith support and $10,000 for a memo-rial that will be unveiled this morningin the heart of the county seat.
“It just surprises me that in today’seconomy, so many people would beso willing to help,” said Peggy Dant-zler, one of the organizers in the Lead-ership Lexington class of 2007 thatoriginated the project.
She estimates about 200 peopleand businesses gave from a few dol-lars to thousands in materials to seethe 23-foot aluminum, copper, graniteand stone monument realized.
“I had a gentleman walk up to meand hand me a check for $500,” said
sculptor Randall Hammonds, who fig-ures he has donated 1,100 hours to theproject.
The man they both credit for beingthe driving force behind the memor-ial, Lt. J.J. Jones of the LexingtonCounty Sheriff’s Department, said hewas motivated by his wife’s sixth-grade students in English class at Lex-ington Middle School
After terrorists flew two airlinersinto the World Trade Center towers in2001, killing 2,752, the students’ curi-ous but wandering minds quicklymoved away from the tragedy, Jonesrecalled.
He wants to be sure everyone re-members.
“These kids have got to realize
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what happened that day .æ.æ. on ourhome soil,” Jones said.
More than 100 people are ex-pected at 10 a.m. today for thededication on the grounds of thecounty courthouse and office com-plex on Main Street in Lexington.
The tribute to those who per-ished or died trying to save themwill be unveiled during a 35-minute ceremony as bagpipes wail“Amazing Grace.”
The monument is substantiallydifferent than when Hammondsconceived it earlier this year.
“There has been hundreds ofdesign changes,” the welder-turned-artist said.
Many of the changes camefrom interested residents.
A stranger asked Hammondswhy his original plan to feature thethree New York City firefightershoisting an American flag atground zero ignored the Pentagonand a Pennsylvania field whereother hijacked planes crashed.
Hammonds reconfigured thetribute to have five sections rep-resenting the sides of the Penta-gon.
He also used Pennsylvania bluestone and broke it thousands ofrectangular pieces for a redesignedbase
“We went way over budget,”Hammonds said. “But people werejust walking up to us and justhanding us money.”
The original price tag for ma-terials was to be $5,000, he said.Hammonds estimates it hasreached $17,000.
The only remaining cost is $350for epoxy that will coat the “rub-ble,” Jones said. He doubts therewill be a problem raising theamount of money.
The backbone of the memorial— the skeletal structure of a crum-bling Tower One — is made ofaluminum tubing instead of steelrods as Hammonds envisioned.
“I studied hundreds and hun-dreds of photographs and came upwith my own design,” he said.
Hammonds polished about 900feet of aluminum by hand, making
the memorial nearly maintenance-free.
The life-size images of the threefirefighters are forged of carbonsteel and covered in five sheets ofcopper veneer. The figures areetched into a close likeness of thereal firefighters.
Efforts to get any of the threein the photograph to attend theceremony were unsuccessful.
Jones, who recently was namedS.C. Deputy of the Year by thestate Sheriffs Association, saidNew York firefighters have a tra-dition of repositioning themselveswherever they were when the jetsstruck.
Therefore, the NYFD firefight-ers could not attend.
An inadvertent change to thememorial has caught the eye ofpassers-by, Hammonds said.
At the top on the east side, thealuminum tubing formed a 3-by-1!-foot cross.
“People said the cross is meantto be, leave it,” the sculptor said.
A 4,000-pound chunk of gran-ite from Tennessee has beenadded at the foot of æthe monu-ment.
It is engraved with the words,“In memory of those who perishedin the attacks on September 11,2001. Fallen but not forgotten.”
The stone also shows a list ofpeople who donated at least $500to the project.
A change that will be notice-able at night is that the entire mon-ument is lighted, rather than justthe flag.
Reach LeBlanc at (803) 771-8664.
Compelled by her upcomingchild and the support of friendsand family, Stephens managed toovercome her substance abuse.She then turned her attention topreparing for the GED, which shehad put off since ending homeschooling in 2004.
But there was a final hurdle tobe cleared when she discoveredher test was Aug. 15, about a weekbefore her baby was due.
“One of the (GED) administra-tors asked what would happen if Iwent into labor during the test,”Stephens said. “I told her that Ihoped she knew how to deliver ababy because I was going to takethat test.”
Stephens made it through thetest and gave birth to her daugh-ter, Libby, on Aug. 31 of last year.
While still in the hospital, she
learned she had scored a perfect800 on three of the five sections.
“I didn’t take any prep coursesother than free practice online, andmy dad helped me with preparingfor the math section, so I wasshocked to see how well I did,”Stephens said.
Stephens credits her father,Philip Stephens, as her greatestsource of strength in overcomingmost of her challenges.
Her father was happy to pro-vide the helping hand.
“When you can take someonewho’s struggling as much as shewas and help them turn their lifearound, it’s a great feeling know-ing that you’ve helped,” he said.
The S.C. Department of Edu-cation reports that 9,040 peopletook the GED in South Carolina in2007, but only about 300 to 400scored above 3,000. The averagescore nationally was 2,532.
For Stephens, the journey from“19-year-old girl” to “adult with re-sponsibilities” has been a quickone.
She hopes her nursing degreewill lead to a career as a nursepractitioner, and she feels that herlife’s transitions — and the lessonslearned in the process — havebeen well worthwhile.
“I didn’t do this just for myself,”she said. “I’m doing it for mydaughter because I want her tohave the best life possible.”
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PINE GROVE AME120 Steward Rd. (Off Piney Woods Rd.)
Columbia, SC 29210Worship Service 8:30 a.m. & 11 a.m.
Sunday School 9:45 a.m.Bible Study Wednesday 7:00 p.m.
Rev. James S. Cooper, Pastor803-798-6109
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CHURCH OF CHRIST425 St. Andrews Road
Sunday Bible Study: 10:00 a.m.Worship: 11:00 a.m. & 6:00 p.m.
Bible Study Wednesday: 7:00 p.m.Mickey Burleson, Minister - 772-0102
PALMETTO
CHURCH OF CHRIST7000 Nursery Rd., Irmo 781-0909Sunday Bible Classes: 9:45 a.m.
Sunday Morning Service: 10:45 a.m.Sunday Evening Worship: 6 p.m.Wednesday Bible Study: 7 p.m.
Minister Mike HollisSean Brown, Youth Minister
Randy Gore, Campus MinisterPatricia Grindstaff, Children’s Ministry
Church of God• • •
ELMWOOD AVENUE
CHURCH OF GOD1427 Elmwood Ave. Phone: 765-9711
SS 9.45 a.m., Worship 10:45 a.m.Sunday Evening 6:00 p.m.
Wednesday Evening 7:00 p.m.Rev. Charles E. Ledford, Pastor
CommunityChurch
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EAST LAKE COMMUNITY
CHURCHA Willow Creek Association Church
featuring great music & relevant messages, meets
Sundays 9:00, 10:20 & 11:40 a.m. at10057 Broad River Rd., Irmo
Kids' programs offered birth-5th grade.Student ministry's, grades 6-12
during the week.www.eastlakeonline.com or
749-9298 - Kevin Pike, Senior Pastor
CooperativeBaptist
Fellowship• • •
EMMANUEL BAPTIST
FELLOWSHIP4766 Sunset Blvd., Lexington
On US 378, 2 miles West of I-20Sunday Schedule, Fellowship 9:00 a.m.Study-9:15 a.m., Worship-10:30 a.m.
Wed 6:30 p.m., 957-1948emmanuelbaptistfellowship.org
Episcopal• • •
ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI735 Old Lexington Hwy., ChapinSun. Worship & Eucharist 8:30
& 10:30 a.m.Nursery provided at 9:30 a.m.
Sunday School all ages at 9:30 a.m.The. Rev. Canon Philip Purser, Rector
345-1550www.stfrancischapin.org
ST. MARY’SEPISCOPAL CHURCH
170 St. Andrews RoadSunday Worship 8 a.m. & 10:30 a.m.
Sunday School 9:15 a.m.12:30 p.m. Spanish Mass every Sunday
Healing Eucharist Service Wed. 6:00 p.m.www.stmaryepiscopalchurch.org
The Rev. J. Blaney Pridgen, III798-2776
ST. SIMON & ST. JUDE1110 Kinley Rd, Irmo, 732-0153
(Exit 102B I-26 & Hwy 60)Holy Eucharist 8:00 a.m. & 10:00 a.m.Church School for All Ages 11:00 a.m.
(Nursery Provided for 10:00 a.m. Service)www.ecsssj.org
EvangelicalLutheran Church
in America• • •
BETHEL LUTHERAN CHURCHWHITE ROCK - 781-2134
Early Communion Service 8:30 a.m.Sunday Church School 9:30 a.m.
Worship 10:45 a.m.Pastor H. Brett Collins
CHRISTUS VICTORLUTHERAN CHURCH
400 Harbison Blvd., 732-2668Pastor Will Rose
Sunday School 9:15 a.m.Worship 8:00 a.m. & 10:30 a.m.
(Nursery Provided at both Services)
MT. HOREB LUTHERAN101 E. Boundary St., Chapin, SC
Rev. Ralph G. Hill & Rev. Ken GillikinSS 9:45 am Worship 8:30 & 11:00 am
Preschool for ages 2-4 -www.mthoreb.net 803-345-2000
ST. ANDREWS LUTHERANCHURCH
1416 Broad River RoadSunday School: 9:45 a.m.
Worship: 8:30 a.m. & 11:00 a.m.Pastor, John Trump
ST. MICHAEL’S LUTHERANDwight C. Wessinger, Pastor
400 River Road near Pine IslandSS 9:15 a.m. Worship 10:30 a.m.
781-0229
IndependentEvangelical
• • •LAKE MURRAY
EVANGELICAL CHURCH501 Murray Lindler Road
Chapin, 345-7788SS 9:00 a.m. / Worship 10:15 a.m.
Awana 4 p.m.Non-Denominational
ST. ANDREWSEVANGELICAL CHURCH
2609 Seminole 798-4307Sunday School 9:40 a.m.
Worship Service 10:45 a.m.Body Life Service 6:00 p.m.
Wednesday Home Small Groups
Lutheran ChurchMissouri Synod
• • •HOLY TRINITY
LUTHERAN CHURCH2215 Devine Street, Columbia 292059:00 a.m. Sunday School: Adult Class
10:30 a.m. Divine ServiceThe Rev’d Christopher Burger, Pastor
799-7224www.holytrinitylutheranchurchlcms.org
MT. OLIVE LUTHERAN CHURCHThe Rev'd Paul C. Sizemore
1541 Lake Murray Blvd.Sun Sch & Bible Study 9:15 a.m.
Worship Service 8 a.m. & 10:30 a.m.781-5845
www.mtolivelcms.org
Nazarene• • •
FIRST CHURCH OF THENAZARENE
Loving God...Loving People901 St. Andrews Road
(1/4 mile east of I-26, Exit 106)Praise & Worship
9:30 a.m., 11:00 a.m. & 6:00 p.m.Sunday School
8:30 a.m., 9:30 a.m., 11:00 a.m.772-2461
www.columbiafirstnaz.comWELCOME!
Non-Denominational
• • •RIGHT DIRECTIONCHRISTIAN CENTER
3506 Broad River RoadColumbia, SC 29210
803-772-7979www.rightdirection.info
Sunday Worship 7:30 & 11:30 a.m. inColumbia, SC and 10:00 a.m. in
Orangeburg, SC;Wednesdays at 7:00 p.m.
Bible Study Wed. 12 p.m. & 7 p.m.Women' s Bible Study Fri. 12 p.m.Children & Youth Ministry Provided
Drs. Herbert & Marcia Bailey, Pastors
SEACOAST CHURCH - IRMOCAMPUS
Sunday 9:30 & 11:15 ContemporaryWorship, casual dress, all welcome.
Excellent Children's Programs in bothServices.
PresbyterianChurch
In America• • •
CORNERSTONE CHURCHTwo Campuses
(1) 5637 Bush River Rd.9:30 a.m. Sunday School;
11:00 a.m. Worship (2) Northwest YMCA on Kennerly Road 9:30 am Worship;
11:00 a.m. Sunday SchoolOffice Phone: 772-1000
www.DiscoverCornerstone.comDr. Rick Perrin, Senior Pastor
ST. ANDREWS PRESBYTERIANCHURCH
6952 St. Andrews RoadSun. School 10:00 a.m.
Worship 8:45 & 11:00 a.m.Nursery & Children’s ChurchWednesday Meal 5:30 p.m.
Wednesday Program to FollowOffice Phone 732-2273
www.sapc.net
Presbyterian(U.S.A.)
• • •LAKE MURRAY PRESBYTERIAN
Hwy 76, Chapin, SC - 345-5140Sunday Schools: 9:00 a.m.
Worship Service: 10:00 a.m.Dr. J. Ben Sloan, Pastor
Rev. Christopher Grove, Associate PastorAustin Shelley, Intern Youth Director
www.lmpchurch.org
MCGREGOR PRESBYTERIAN6505 St. Andrews Road 781-2391
Near Irmo High SchoolSunday School 9:45 a.m.
Worship 11:00 a.m.Dr. James St. John, Interim Pastor
www.mcgregorpresbyterian.org
SEVEN OAKS PRESBYTERIAN530 St. Andrews Road, 772-1761S.S. 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m.
Dr. L. Franklin Fant, PastorRev. Larry Bates, Parish Associate
Preschool: Ages 1 - 4Kwww.sopc.net
WESTMINSTER PRESBYTERIANCHURCH
1715 Broad River Road - 772-1338Church School 9:00 a.m.
Worship 8:15 a.m. & 10:30 a.m.Nursery Provided
Child Development CenterWeekday Program 6weeks-K
7:30 a.m.-6 p.m.Pastor Rev. George T. Headwww.westminsterpres.org
Roman Catholic• • •
OUR LADY OF THE HILLSCATHOLIC CHURCH
120 Marydale LaneSaturday Mass 5:30 p.m.
Sunday Mass 8 a.m., 10 a.m., 12 NoonSpanish Mass Every Sunday at 2 p.m.
OUR LADY OF THE LAKECATHOLIC CHURCH
Serving the Chapin & Irmo Community195 Amicks Ferry Road
5 p.m. Saturday Vigil Mass8:00 a.m., 10:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.
Sunday MassesDaily Mass: 12 Noon Mon., 9 a.m.
Tues. & Wed.12 Noon First Friday of Month
Phone 345-3962
GOOD SHEPHERDCATHOLIC CHURCH
809 Calhoun StreetSaturday Mass at 5:00 p.m.
Sunday Masses: 8:00 & 9:15 a.m.Coffee Following 9:15 a.m. Mass
Rosary Saturday 11:45 a.m.
SouthernBaptist
• • •CHAPIN BAPTIST CHURCH
950 Old Lexington HighwayChapin-803.345.3477
www.chapinbaptist.com9:00 am – Traditional Worship in Worship Center
Contemporary Worship in The Pointe10:20 am-10:45am Fellowship Time
(refreshments) in Fellowship Hall10:45 –12:05- Contemporary Worship in
Worship Center 5:30 pm – IGNITE (StudentService) in The Pointe Small Group Classes
for All Ages at 9:00 am and 10:45 am Ken Kelly, Pastor
FIRST BAPTIST IRMO7068 Nursery RoadColumbia, SC 29212
781-1345Traditional Services 8:45 a.m.
Sunday School 10:00 a.m.Contemporary Service 11:15 a.m.
GATEWAY BAPTIST CHURCH“Experiencing L.I.F.E. Together”
1651 Dutch Fork Rd., IrmoClassic Worship @ 9:00 a.m.
Contemporary Worship @ 10:15 & 11:35 a.m.Children’s activities provided Dr. Don Brock, Senior Pastor
www.gatewaybc.com
RIVERLAND HILLSBAPTIST CHURCH
201 Lake Murray Boulevard
(803) 772-3227
Sunday Morning Worship:
Traditional - 9:00 a.m. & 10:15 a.m.
Contemporary Service, 11:30 a.m.
Sunday School 8:00, 9:00 & 10:15 a.m.
Ministry opportunities for all ages.
A Place for Everyone!
Dr. Edward M. Carney, Pastor
www.riverlandhills.org
ST. PETER BAPTIST CHURCH
7910 Broad River Road, Irmo, SC
Church School 10:00 a.m.
Morning Worship 11:00 a.m.
Thur. Nite Bible Study 7:30 p.m.
Bis. Odell Sims, Pastor (781-1067)
THREE RIVERS
BAPTIST CHURCH
7452 Broad River Road - 781-2293
Sunday School 8:45 a.m.
Worship Service 10:15 a.m.
Discipleship Groups Meet 6:00 p.m.
Wednesday Prayer Service 6:45 p.m.
Pastor Rob Andrews
United Methodist
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ASHLAND UNITED METHODIST
2600 Ashland Road
Just off St. Andrews Rd., near I-26.
The Path 8:45 a.m.
Traditional Worship 11:00 a.m.
Sunday School 9:45 a.m.
Programs for children, youths, & adults
798-5350, 798-5195
Joel R. Jones, Pastor
www.ashlandumc.com
CHAPIN UNITED METHODIST
315 Lexington Ave., Chapin
Ph: 345.2801 www.chapinumc.com
8:30 a.m. Blended, 11 a.m.Traditional
8:37 & 9:47 a.m. Contemporary
Sunday School 9:45 & 11 a.m.
Pastor Jody Flowers
GRACE UNITED
METHODIST CHURCH
410 Harbison Boulevard, Left off of I-26
Sunday School 9:45 a.m.
Worship: 8:30 a.m. & 11:00 a.m.
Children’s Church & Nursery
11 a.m. Service Interpreted For The Deaf
Alex Stevenson, Pastor
732-1899
We Welcome All w/Handicapping
Conditions & Special Needs
SALEM UNITED METHODIST
Hwy. 6 & Salem Church Rd., Ballentine
4 miles from Lake Murray Dam
Sunday School 9:30-10:15 a.m.
Worship 10:30-11:30 a.m.
Pastors D. M. Houston and David Collins
803-781-1626
UNION UNITED
METHODIST CHURCH
7582 Woodrow Street, Irmo, S.C.
Dr. William H. Phillips, Senior Pastor
Rev. Joel McMakin, Associate Pastor
Worship (Sanctuary) 8:15 & 10:30 a.m.
Contemporary Worship (Chapel) 11:00 a.m.
Sunday School 9:15 a.m.
781-3013
VIRGINIA WINGARD MEMORIAL
UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
1500 Broad River Road
Rev. John W. Culp
Contemporary Service Sun. 8:30 a.m.
S.S. 9:45 Traditional Worship 11 a.m.
772-0794 - Nursery Provided
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MEMORIALFROM PAGE 1
The University of South Car-olina will launch a monthly farm-ers market, with the debut thisTuesday.
The Healthy Carolina FarmersMarket will operate 10 a.m.- 2 p.m.between the gates on GreeneStreet in front of the Russell HouseUniversity Union.
While intended for students,faculty members and staff as partof the university’s Healthy Car-olina initiative, the market also willbe open to the public.
It will feature fresh, local pro-duce and natural products bySouth Carolina farmers. Like gro-cers, farmers will sell their produceand products by the piece and inbulk.
Products will be competitivelypriced; only cash will be accepted.In addition, university staff will of-fer nutrition information, recipesfor seasonal produce and othermaterials to encourage healthy liv-ing.
Michelle Burcin, director ofHealthy Carolina, said a farmersmarket will add an important di-mension to the university’sHealthy Carolina initiative.
“The goal of Healthy Carolinais to make healthy choices simple,”she said. “This Healthy CarolinaFarmers Market will do exactlythat by providing our students, fac-ulty and staff with easy access tohealthy products and produce. Italso will give the university com-munity the opportunity to supportSouth Carolina growers, which ishealthy for the state.”
The university has teamed withthe S.C. Department of Agricultureto offer the monthly markets, withmore scheduled for Wednesday,Oct. 22, and Thursday, Nov. 13.
Tuesday’s vendors will comefrom Blythewood, Chapin, Lex-ington, Pelion, Rembert, Swansea,Columbia, Effingham, Vance andWest Columbia. They will sell pro-duce, gourmet and organic veg-etables, pork, chicken and 100 per-cent grass-fed beef products andbakery items. Natural products willinclude soy candles, honey, goats-milk soap and beeswax candles.In addition, there will be folk art,hand-painted glass trivets and Car-olina ornaments and assortedChristmas items for sale.
The Healthy Carolina FarmersMarket is part of a national colle-giate trend to promote nutritioneducation and sustainable agri-culture (buying fresh produce fromlocal farmers).
For more information, contactHolly Harring at (803) 777-0597 orvia e-mail at (803) 777-0597.
USC farmersmarket opens
Tuesday
FILE PHOTOGRAPH/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Hammond’s sculpture is based on this photograph at theWorld Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001.
“I didn’t do this just formyself. I’m doing it formy daughter because I want her to have the
best life possible.”
KATHERINE CRAWFORDSTEPHENS
