Новости за 15.05.2016

BY DAVID SHELTON

Confederate battle flags stood at attention Saturday morning in rows next to each of the nearly 800 gravesites at Magnolia Cemetery. The flags surrendered only to the breeze.

COLUMBIA — The sight of John Jones at the plate was once something to marvel at. Lately, it’s become increasingly painful to watch.

COLUMBIA — Charleston tennis demonstrated its state superiority in the High School League state championships Saturday as unbeatens Academic Magnet and Hanahan easily marched to their first boys tennis state titles.

When Canyon Barry and Kory Holden were coming out of high school they didn’t have the likes of Duke’s Mike Krzyzewski and North Carolina’s Roy Williams knocking down doors with scholarship offers.

After four straight years as the Class AAAA runner-up, Wando High School’s girls finally climbed to the top of the medal stand on Saturday at the state track and field championships at Spring Valley High School.

In elementary school, her teachers constantly referenced her fondness for talking. Yet the grades on her report card were consistently outstanding. "No matter where we move her, she finds somebody to talk to," she remembers teachers telling her parents.

What happens when a young former ocean lifeguard and an older real estate agent meet in studio art class at the College of Charleston? What happens when they discover a certain shared aesthetic affinity, a similar work ethic, a like-minded willingness to make purposeful mistakes, an affection for big brushes and palette knives, a desire to delve...