By Edward M. “JIB” Colie III You have to admire Elon Musk. After he developed and patented the new brushless electric motor he declared his patents “open source”. This means that if you want to build an EV (electric vehicle)you can get a copy of his patents you can useContinue Reading
Thank you for checking out the Valet Tech corner. We will be writing tech articles without all the tech jargon so you can better understand technologies and how they can benefit you. This week we are covering ransomware. In an earlier article, we talked a little about ransomware, but notContinue Reading
As I had discussed in my previous article, “Communication: Friend or Foe?”, and the subsequent Maxwell DISC articles. DISC Is an acronym, which stands for D for Dominant, I for Influencing, S for Steady and C for Compliant communication styles. It further identifies Task-First behavior vs. People-First behavior. Each behavioralContinue Reading
The United States Angling Confederation and Capital City Lake Murray Country will host the 16th annual 2022 Black Bass World Fishing Championship in Columbia, South Carolina on Lake Murray. The event will take place October 16th-22nd 2022. The venue of Lake Murray is a world-class bass fishery proven many timesContinue Reading
The Big Red Barn Retreat has announced its Fifth Annual Fall Jam at the Ballpark 2022 concert. The concert will be held on October 8 at Segra Park: Home of the Columbia Fireflies, and gates open at 5 pm. The concert will feature Country Music Artist Chris Lane as theContinue Reading
Grace United Methodist Church will be hosting its farmer’s market Thursdays from 4 – 6 pm starting today, July 7, and will continue every Thursday through the growing season. Martin Farms in Orangeburg is the farmer for this year’s market. Come and shop for fresh produce at the picnic shelter.Continue Reading
The Irmo Police Department is pleased to announce that we will once again be hosting the annual National Night Out celebration. This year’s event will be held on Tuesday, August 2nd, 2022 from 5:30 P.M. – 8:00 P.M. at the Community Park of Irmo located at 7507 Eastview Drive inContinue Reading
By CT McDonald Irmo Little League’s Juniors Softball team won the Southeast Regional Tournament last week and will now represent the Southeast Region in the Juniors Softball World Series Tournament at Kirkland, Washington, starting on Sunday. The League held a send-off ceremony Tuesday at Friarsgate Park to celebrate the first-everContinue Reading
To ensure the continued safe and reliable operation of the Saluda Hydroelectric Project, Dominion Energy will launch a multi-year project to service its five intake towers near the Lake Murray dam. Crews will begin inspecting the intake towers in early August and continue through the end of September. The fiveContinue Reading
Jill McHugh, the founder of the Nectar Project in Newberry, spoke to the Optimist Club of St. Andrews-Irmo on July 8. After several years as Director of Palmetto Place in the Columbia area, she recently relocated to Newberry and is in the early stages of starting the Project. Its purposeContinue Reading
By Matt Belyus Valet Technologies Thank you for checking out the Valet Tech corner. We will be writing tech articles without all the tech jargon so you can better understand technologies and how they can benefit you. Scammers, aka thieves, are working overtime to take your money. We have receivedContinue Reading