Thoughts turning to wild, wonderful summer camps

On the heels of the Great Snow of 2010, the hint of spring in the air over the weekend turned our thoughts to summer. In turn, we wondered what kind of activities we’d offer to our children in the season of Lowcountry heat. As always, there are a lot of things kids can do besides watching TV or playing outside: swim teams, Vacation Bible Schools, school-based camps, baseball, hiking, camping and more.

A snow storm (of criticism) for school district Einsteins

FEB. 15, 2010 – Hats off to the Einsteins at the Charleston County School District who closed schools an hour early Friday to deal with inclement … rain. Yes, it’s obvious the school district’s leaders wanted to take precautions to avoid possible problems from an evening snow that eventually brought two to four inches to the Lowcountry. But come on, didn’t they go just a little overboard? Did having one hour less at school make any real difference?

Legislature should back off on search, I.D. bills

FEB. 5, 2010 – Something’s fishy in Columbia with two bills that directly impact our constitutional rights.

imagesIn one, state lawmakers want to start so-called “warrantless searches” to allow police to search people on parole or probation without the hassle of getting a search warrant. In another, legislators want to require photo identification for voting, a practice that could dampen turnout among more than 178,000 people who don’t have such identification cards. Click headline for more …

Piggly Wiggly center offers info-packed field trip

JAN. 4, 2010 – A sure sign that you’re back home from a long road trip is when you see the big Piggly Wiggly distribution warehouse near Jedburg. The white 650,000-square-foot facility with the red horizontal line around it makes you breathe a sigh of relief because you know your home is nearby. We visited [...]

Taking good photos is more than point and shoot

DEC. 23, 2009 — Watching a photographer like Jorg Meyer do his job is an odd kind of pleasure. On one hand, you think, “I can do that. All he’s doing is talking to those kids and snapping some shots.” But when you see the results of what he’s done, you know he’s doing something [...]