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I entered the library with joyful anticipation clutching a long lost treasure.

"I found my library card recently," I brightly exclaimed, "although I haven't used it in quite a while."

"Give me your card, and I'll see if you are in the computer," the librarian responded.

"In the computer, when did library cards begin to need secondary verification?"

"You are definitely not in the computer," She snorted as she returned my card.

"I thought so," I murmured. "Would it be possible to apply for a new card?"...

A few weeks ago, about a dozen seniors and one young staff member from Still Hopes gathered on the center's Wellness Trail for a good old-fashioned watermelon slicing. It all came about in a neat fashion and proved once more that many of the "old" ways of doing things is still fun!...

In thinking back to World War II and the people who suffered through those years many civilians deserve remembrance as well as those who wore uniforms. The Home Front presented the kinds of challenges that America hasn't seen again...

Part Three of a Three-Part Series: Click here to read PART 1 and PART 2.

After sifting through my Mother's house, I came across the old trunk. It probably belonged to my grandparents. I don't know how it was acquired, but almost every family in the 1930s or before had one...

In 2008 Still Hopes Episcopal Retirement Community was designated as a Wildlife Habitat. The Community consists of 39 acres situated just off of Knox Abbott Avenue in West Columbia. Fifteen of these acres are designated as a perpetual memorial forest and it is a wonderful space treasured by residents and staff alike. A walking trail, complete with exercise stations make it most inviting as a place to be outdoors, get fresh air, soak up a little vitamin D, observe nature, and invigorate mind, body and soul all at the same time...