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Rantin: Building on a foundation of faith and service

Teen and adult volunteers are finishing a small room next to the RV Pete and Marilinn Desmond have been living in near Ridgeway, SC. The room would allow a full size bed for Marilinn Desmond, who has health problems. This is part of the Methodist Church's annual Salkehatchie camp this week.

When John and Tami Covert begin their annual search for homes in need of repair, they rarely begin with a pre-determined waiting list or reference file.

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Rantin: Getting a move on – for fun, health and safety

A morning of movement was part of the second annual In Action Play Day, put on at the camp by Safe Kids Midlands and Kohl’s stores. The multi-hour field day Wednesday was intended to encourage children to be more active.
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A ride to give wings to honor

The Lexington County Sheriff’s Department will take to the highways again this Saturday for the fifth annual motorcycle ride to benefit Honor Flight South Carolina.
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A big boost for literacy

Efforts to improve literacy throughout the community, including programs for homeless children, recently received a big boost from Central Carolina Community Foundation.
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Rantin: Taking time to take care of families of sick children

Christy Sears will never forget that pivotal encounter at the Medical University of South Carolina last January.
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Lex. 1 school closes chapter on popular book with fair

Third-graders at the Lexington 1 school took a little inspiration from the E.B. White classic, “Charlotte’s Web,” as they held an old-fashioned carnival to conclude their study of the popular children’s novel.
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Bertram Rantin: Comfort in times of crisis

La-Z-Boy Furniture Galleries in Lexington made a comforting stop at the Columbia Ronald McDonald House late last week.
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Ex-zookeeper found true calling in school

Julie Krusen might just as easily have ended up a zookeeper or animal trainer.
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RANTIN: Cops and Calabash: Serving up a good cause

Lexington County Sheriff’s Department deputies and Lexington Police Department officers served up a dose of hospitality recently for Special Olympics.
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RANTIN: Riding the rails with vets

Robert Kuhn still has vivid memories, if not all fond ones, of his first train ride.
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RANTIN: Making a case for home ownership

George Cauthen gazed up at his would-be opponents Friday morning and savored the not-so-ironic encounter. The attorney with Nelson Mullins Riley and Scarborough was adding an exterior wall to the Habitat Home that’s taking frame in downtown Columbia, while some others worked on the roofing...