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FOCUS: MUSC approves a turkey of an idea

By Lynn Bailey, special to Statehouse Report | This week, I guess in honor of the turkey, the Medical University of South Carolina Board of Trustees approved a turkey of an idea: the acquisition of four poorly-performing hospitals from Community Health Systems (CHS), a for-profit health company that is rapidly selling off its underperforming assets.

The hospitals to be acquired are: Chester Hospital in Chester County, Springs Memorial Hospital in Lancaster County, Marion Hospital in Marion County and Carolinas Hospital in Florence. Except for Carolinas Hospital in Florence, all of the hospitals are located in rural counties and are in serious danger of bankruptcy and closing.

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Additionally, CHS is unloading some more loser hospitals in the Upstate to Spartanburg Regional Health Center: Mary Black Health System in Spartanburg and Mary Black Health System in Gaffney. Spartanburg Regional Health Center is also a public health system controlled by Spartanburg County.

by Special to Charleston Currents · 11/26/2018 · Comments are Disabled · Focus, Good news, My Turn

FOCUS, Wentworth: From Nuremberg to Pittsburgh

By Marjory Wentworth, contributing editor | In 2016, the lawyers from the International Criminal Court asked me to write a poem for the 70th Anniversary of the closing of the military tribunals at Nuremberg. At the time, I was finishing writing the book We Are Charleston, Tragedy and Triumph at Mother Emanuel, immersed in the unfathomable grief of the families and survivors. Charleston was still recovering from one of the worst hate crimes in American history

The links between racism and anti-Semitism are innumerable. In fact, the NAACP has Jewish roots. The organization was founded by both black and white civil rights activists, including a Jewish man named Henry Moskowitz. …

by Special to Charleston Currents · 11/12/2018 · 1 comment · Focus, Good news, My Turn

MY TURN, Saul: Reject president’s course of not loving thy neighbor

By Dr. Robert A. Saul, special to Charleston Currents | “Love thy neighbor.”

This quote from Matthew 22:39 is explicit in its instruction. After the primary commandment to “love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind,” the second commandment states “Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.”

by Special to Charleston Currents · 10/08/2018 · Comments are Disabled · My Turn, Views

MY TURN, Read: Our education system is failing our children

By John C. Read, special to Charleston Currents | Our responsibility at Tri-County Cradle to Career Collaborative (TCCC) is to report on the state of education across Berkeley, Charleston and Dorchester, as we have done for the past five years.

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The data we analyze and the collaborative work we do all say the same thing: public education in our region is failing to educate substantial numbers of our children. The differences among counties, districts and schools are only differences in degree; the cost in human potential is excessive.

by Special to Charleston Currents · 08/27/2018 · Comments are Disabled · My Turn, Views

FOCUS: Rooftop bars offer great views of Holy City

By Gary Crossley, special to Charleston Currents | There has been an explosion of new rooftop bars and restaurants in Charleston in the past few years.

Here is an alphabetical list with the name, hotel/restaurant, and location of 17 current options, with more planned in the next couple of years.

Enjoy this list and the beautiful views of the Charleston area, compliments of LovetoDineOut.com mobile app, Facebook page, and web-blog.

by Special to Charleston Currents · 08/06/2018 · Comments are Disabled · Focus, Good news

PALMETTO POEM: IF, THEN

If two red-tailed hawks nest in your tree,
then call your sister and tell her to sell the Studebaker.

If one cloud breaks off and fights the current,
then name your daughter Linoleum.

by Special to Charleston Currents · 08/06/2018 · Comments are Disabled · Features, Palmetto Poem

FOCUS: Frugal ways to have some summertime fun at county parks

By Charleston County Parks | The Charleston County Park and Recreation Commission is making it easy to find affordable fun for the whole family. The Frugal Fun campaign highlights more a dozen affordable recreational activities at various Charleston County Park locations this summer.

Visitors to the county parks can choose from a wide range of activities that are available for five dollars per person or less (park admission fees sometimes apply). Many activities are also offered free with park admission.

Low-cost Frugal Fun activities at Charleston County Parks include skating, cycling, pedaling, paddling, fishing, swimming and more …

by Special to Charleston Currents · 06/25/2018 · Comments are Disabled · Focus, Good news

FOCUS: Group calls for Tuesday passage of slavery apology resolution

By SJRE Collaborative leaders, special to Charleston Currents | For the past 15 months, the Social Justice Racial Equity Collaborative convened by the Sophia Institute has hosted duet conversations with local black and white leaders sharing their personal perspectives and truths.

On Tuesday, June 19, passage of the Resolution to Recognize, Denounce, and Apologize for the City’s role in the Institution of Slavery offers a chance for the Charleston region to begin to share its truth.

We hope you will lend your voice in support and stand with us.

by Special to Charleston Currents · 06/18/2018 · 1 comment · Focus, Good news

PHOTO ESSAY: Picturesque Alaskan cruise

Charleston photographers Cynthia Bledsoe and Michael Kaynard took a relaxing Alaskan tour and cruise last month and came up with some great photos. The week-long tour started in Seattle and made stops at Juneau, Glacier Bay, Sitka, Ketchikan and Victoria (British Columbia) before returning to Seattle.

Enjoy these photos by Bledsoe:

by Special to Charleston Currents · 06/11/2018 · Comments are Disabled · Photo Essay, Photos

FOCUS, Wentworth: Always remember to proofread and spellcheck

By Marjory Wentworth, special to Charleston Currents | I am a poet, so you might think I’m going to talk about the knowledge that poetry can bring to the world and the inherent joys of being a writer, but I am speaking to you today from a different platform – as a mother whose three sons finished college not that long ago and as a professor who has taught college for many years. I have learned and continue to learn a great deal from my students, and I want to share some of this hard-earned knowledge with you.

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Since I am a writer, I teach writing classes, as well as literature and public speaking. My students have to write a lot of essays; you too will have to write many essays at college. So, the title of my speech today is, Always Remember to Proofread and Spellcheck. These words may be familiar to you, but what does this have to do with you as you head off to college? More than you might think.

by Special to Charleston Currents · 06/04/2018 · 1 comment · Focus, Good news