Charleston Currents – 2015

Archive for December, 2015

12/14, full issue: Kindred Kids, gun sense, shopping tips

In the Dec. 14, 2015, issue of Charleston Currents:

https://charlestoncurrents.com/2015/12/dec14-issue/
PHOTO: Grand tree off the chopping block for now
FOCUS: Promoting friendship and understanding
BRACK: Let’s have some real gun sense in S.C.
IN THE SPOTLIGHT: Morris Financial Concepts, Inc.
GOOD NEWS: Holiday shopping tips, more
FEEDBACK: Immigration is a federal issue
CALENDAR, Dec. 14+: From a holiday train to a holiday show
REVIEW: Mr. Mercedes, by Stephen King
MYSTERY: The clue is that it’s in Charleston
S.C. ENCYCLOPEDIA: The New Deal, part 2

by Charleston Currents · 12/14/2015 · Comments are Disabled · Full issue

Students from North Charleston Elementary and Mason Prep are participating in the new Kindred Kids program by Wings for Kids. Photo provided by Mason Prep.

FOCUS: Promoting friendship, understanding with Kindred Kids

By Bridget Laird | In the wake of yet two more high-profile mass shootings—in Colorado Springs and San Bernardino—and as two more communities embark on the long, painful healing process, America is again confronted with the terrible toll of intolerance and hatred.

Our own community, here in Charleston, continues to struggle against those forces. And we are all working daily to soothe the still-raw wounds of the nine murders at Mother Emanuel AME Church, the latest tragedy in our city’s long legacy of racist violence.

However, in response to an attack intended to inspire increased hatred and divisiveness, Charleston has instead witnessed the tremendous power of community and compassion.

by Charleston Currents · 12/14/2015 · Comments are Disabled · Focus, Good news

BRACK: Let’s have some real gun sense in S.C.

By Andy Brack | Somewhere recently on Facebook, I came across a cartoon that showed a guy sitting on a beach enjoying a drink. The caption read something like, “Another sunny day on the beach in Australia without an outbreak of gun violence.”

The same can’t be said for America. An average of 90 people a day die somehow in the United States because of a guns. In the 35 years since musician John Lennon was shot five times in the back by a man with a revolver, more than 1.1 million Americans have died because of guns.

by Andy Brack · 12/14/2015 · Comments are Disabled · Andy Brack, Views

GOOD NEWS: BBB offers tips for holiday season

The Christmas season is a time when busy people can become careless and vulnerable to theft and other holiday crime. The following tips from the Better Business Bureau can help you be more careful, prepared and aware during the holiday season.

by Charleston Currents · 12/14/2015 · Comments are Disabled · Good news, News briefs

MYSTERY: Mural found somewhere in Charleston

CLUE: This mural is somewhere in Charleston, but where? It might be more familiar than you think. Please send your guesses to: editor@charlestoncurrents.com — and make sure to include your name and the town where you reside. Photo by Michael Kaynard of Kaynard Photography.

by Michael Kaynard · 12/14/2015 · Comments are Disabled · Mystery Photo, Photos

12/7: Families helping families, Palmetto Priorities, “A Christmas Apron”

In the Dec. 7, 2015, issue of Charleston Currents:
https://charlestoncurrents.com/2015/12/dec7-issue/

PHOTO: Holiday cinch
FOCUS, Steve Skardon: Help for flood victims over holidays
BRACK: Legislature needs more strategic, long-term thinking
IN THE SPOTLIGHT: Charleston Green Commercial
PALMETTO POEM, Marjory Wentworth: The Christmas Apron
GOOD NEWS: Pinckney, Haley, Riley to be honored
FEEDBACK: Likes Haley on immigration
CALENDAR, Dec. 7+: A Christmas Story, holiday lights, more
MYSTERY: Maritime pastoral scene
S.C. ENCYCLOPEDIA: The New Deal

by Charleston Currents · 12/07/2015 · Comments are Disabled · Full issue

CALENDAR: Leg lamp to holiday parade of boats

A Christmas Story at Dock Street, Holiday Parade of Boats, much more

by Charleston Currents · 12/07/2015 · Comments are Disabled · calendar

HISTORY: The New Deal

S.C. Encyclopedia, part one of two| The New Deal was a collection of federal programs enacted between 1933 and 1939 to solve the problems created by the Great Depression. In South Carolina the New Deal brought three R’s: recovery for farmers, bankers, textile mill owners, and small businessmen; relief for the unemployed and destitute; and reform in labor-management relations, banking, sale of securities, and retirement. In the process the New Deal radically increased the role of the federal government in the state’s economy by creating permanent acreage allotment programs, agricultural credit, compulsory minimum wage / maximum hours requirements, protection for laborers who sought to unionize, Social Security benefits, a public welfare system, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation to protect depositors, the Federal Housing Administration to expand housing opportunities, and the Rural Electrification Administration to electrify the countryside.

by Andy Brack · 12/07/2015 · Comments are Disabled · Features, S.C. Encyclopedia

LETTER: Georgian admires Haley on immigration

Carolyn Kershner: “As we are seeing now in our country, current immigrants are a bit different from those entering our country in the past. Yes, we should extend our welcome to those seeking refuge for their safety, but what we have never had before are members of ISIS who has a goal of destroying Americans and make no bones about it! “

by Charleston Currents · 12/07/2015 · Comments are Disabled · Feedback

FOCUS: Helping S.C.’s flood victims over the holidays

By Steve Skardon | The circumstances of many destitute South Carolinians this holiday season are among the most distressing since Hurricane Hugo. The aftermath of massive flooding, broken dams, and swollen rivers has left thousands in the Midlands and Lowcountry displaced and in chaos as they face the holiday season.

Assistance from both government and non-profit agencies is slow, and many of these families cannot expect to be in back in their own stable living situations for another six to eight months.

The effects of this netherworld weigh heavily on children, especially with Christmas only weeks away. Many of them have been forced to leave their friends and neighborhoods and sleep on the floors of generous family members, while their parents struggle to make ends meet.

by Charleston Currents · 12/07/2015 · Comments are Disabled · Focus, Good news