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Game on for students with disabilities
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Rob Starkey
Posted: 01.25.2013 at 6:09 PM
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"Team sports is such a builder of your character and personality, confidence and self esteem that you know you can't really measure it," said Barry Coats .
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Barry Coats knows first hand the importance of sports for children with disabilities.
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SC treasurer hospitalized for chest pains
Tuesday, May 28, 2013
South Carolina Treasurer Curtis Loftis is undergoing tests in the hospital after suffering chest pains.
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DSS, SC hospitals sued over gender assignment surgery
Tuesday, May 14, 2013
It’s a lawsuit that is raising some eyebrows across South Carolina. The state is being sued after being accused of performing an unnecessary sex change surgery.
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Marathons help a father and disabled son forge bond
Thursday, April 11, 2013
Rick Hoyt has run, biked and swum with his father in 1,092 races — including 252 triathlons, 70 marathons and 95 half-marathons — over the past 34 years, including a wartime race in El Salvador in which they had to be escorted by armed men.
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Update proposed for sex education in SC schools
Tuesday, April 09, 2013
Two Republican legislators say South Carolina's 25-year-old law on sex education must be updated to decrease teen pregnancy and the generational poverty it brings.
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Gardening seminar helps revive green thumbs
Thursday, March 28, 2013
A free adaptive gardening seminar at the Robert Mills Carriage House offers tips for those who garden but may be limited by physical disabilities such as injury or arthritis.
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Richard's Journey: An inspiration for the community
Wednesday, March 13, 2013
Last October Stephanie McMillan got news no parent ever wants to hear, her seven year old son was diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor.
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Pregnant Zumba instructor in eighth month, still working
Tuesday, March 12, 2013
She's eight months into her first pregnancy, and Jennifer Warren is not backing down from a good workout, instructing Zumba three days per week.
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SC wants to discuss food stamp changes with feds
Thursday, February 21, 2013
South Carolina officials hope restricting what people can buy with food stamps will cut down on obesity.
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USC's first lady is cooking for life
Thursday, February 21, 2013
USC's Patricia Pastides educates faculty, students and community on heart health.
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Karate helps transform the life of a Midlands man
Wednesday, February 20, 2013
Nathan Bouknight has been training at the Karate Dojo in West Columbia for more than 5 years.
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Ronald McDonald House Charities of Columbia receives much needed donations
Wednesday, February 13, 2013
The Ronald McDonald House Charities of Columbia received much needed donations Wednesday morning.
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