YOUR WEEKLY GUIDE TO AREA EVENTS

To submit events, the absolute deadline is Friday before publication. However, it is best to send items at least 2 weeks before your event date by email to lexingtonchronicle@gmail.com. You may also fax your event to 803-359-2936. Please also send events that have been cancelled or rescheduled due to covid-19.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

BURNING DEBRIS: Burn permit required for burning debris in unincorporated areas of Lexington County. Call the SC Forestry Commission at 1-800- 705-8613.

COVID VACCINES: SC residents 16 or older can schedule an appointment for the Covid-19 vaccine by calling the DHEC Care Line at 1-855-472-3432. You may also get them now at Walgreens, CVS, Kroger, Riley’s Drugs and Medicine Mart, but you need an appointment.

LEXINGTON CO. COLLECTION/RECYCLING STATION HOURS: Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday 7 am until 7 pm; Sundays 3 pm until 7 pm; Tuesday and Thursday closed. Closed New Year’s Day, Independence Day, Thanksgiving and Christmas Day. Inclement weather or other emergency situations may result in temporary closings of some or all collection and recycling centers on a per incident basis. Every effort will be made to notify the public if such closings are required.

E-lEARNING & TOURS

CARLSBAD CAVERNS: You can visit places most tourists never get to see when you visit www.360parks.com/carlsbad_ caverns_virtual_tour.shtml .

E-LEARNING AT THE MUSEUM: The SC State Museum offers opportunities for learning online with virtual programs for the whole family. To learn more, visit www.scstatemuseum.org

HISTORIC COLUMBIA ONLINE TOURS: Tour Columbia and Richland County neighborhoods and districts from the comfort of home. Visit https://www.historiccolumbia. org/tours/online-tours .

LEXINGTON COUNTY STORY MAPS: Story maps tell a narrative story related to features, places and landmarks including historic tours, a tour of the Lexington County Museum, and Lexington County Heritage. See all available tours any time at https://maps-lexco-gis.hub.arcgis.com/ .

EVENTS

BENEFIT RIDE: May 15, Sandy Run Community Center, 1792 Old State Rd., Gaston. KRegistration begins 10:30 am, kickstands up at noon. Hot Dogs and BBQ plates available. Proceeds benefit Mark Wannamaker for medical bills incurred. Info: call Diane, 803-391-1465.

BIG NOSH JEWISH FOOD FESTIVAL: May 21 and May 23, 9 am-4 pm, Tree of Life Congregation, 6719 N. Trenholm Rd., Columbia. Order your food online and pickup contact free at Tree of Life. Items include NY bagels, matzah ball soup, corned beef, knish, desserts and more. Call 803-787-2182 or visit www.bignosh.org/

GARDEN TEA PARTY: Sponsored by Pine Ridge Women’s Club May 8, 2-4 pm, 101 Pine Ridge Dr, West Columbia. Tickets $20 admit two persons for sweet treats, tea, lemonade, fashion show, raffles. Suggested attire: Sunday best. Contact a club member for tickets. Proceeds benefit local events, charities.

HEN HOUSE YARD & BAKE SALE: May 8, 9 am-1 pm, 1556 Whetstone Rd., Swansea. Beautiful quilt raffle.

LEXINGTON CHAMBER GOLF TOURNAMENT: May 17, 8 am and 1:30 pm, Country Club of Lexington. Teams $380 at 8 am and $435 at 1:30 pm. Info: 803-359-6113.

MEETING STREET ARTISAN MARKET: Now open every Saturday 9 am-1 pm, 425 Meeting St., West Columbia. Artisans under the pavilion selling original art, crafts, foods and produce. Social distancing guidelines in effect. Handwashing station and hand sanitizer available.

MOTHERS DAY PLANT SALE: May 8, 10 am-2 pm, Sandy Run Community Center. 1792 Old State Rd., Gaston. Info: call Diane, 803-391-1465.

PJ’s & PEARLS: May 8, 10:30 am-noon, Ponderosa Country Club, 190 Durango Dr., Batesburg-Leesville. Brunch hosted by Woman’s Society of B-L benefits Dickerson Children’s Advocacy Center. Entertainment for all ages. Dress in your best pajamas and pearls. Adults $15, children 10 and under $10. Call 803-413-2437 or e-mail loisblack@sc.rr.com.

TASTE OF LAKE MURRAY: May 6, 6 pm, DoubleTree by Hilton, 2100 Bush River Rd., Columbia. Food, drinks and World Food Championship event. Tickets $100 available at TasteofLakeMurray.com.or 803-781- 5940; Proceeds benefit July 3 fireworks display on Lake Murray.

MEETINGS

ADHD SUPPORT GROUP OF LEXINGTON: Meets 2nd & 4th Mondays, 6:30 pm by Zoom. Open to anyone with ADHD or who want to support and assist ADHD individuals. For login information email attention deficithelp@gmail.com

COMMUNICATIONS & LEADERSHIP:The Lexington County Toastmasters communications and leadership club meets online at 7:15 am each Thursday. For details, email Mary Thompson at maryemyers95@ gmail.com

FAMILY/CAREGIVER SUPPORT GROUP: for those who have loved ones diagnosed with Alzheimers/Dementia. First Thursday of each month 6–7 pm. Sponsored by Oakleaf Village of Lexington. Currently using a “Virtual” format. Call 803-808-3477 for connection information.

LEXINGTON COUNTY COUNCIL: May 11, and May 25, 4:30 pm, Council Chambers, County Administration Building, 212 S. Lake Dr., Lexington.

LEXINGTON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT 4 BOARD: May 10, 8:30 pm, District Office.

PELION TOWN COUNCIL: May 13, 6:00 pm, Pelion Town Hall, 830 Forts Pond Trl., Pelion.

SALLEY TOWN COUNCIL: May 17, Salley Town Hall, time to be announced.

SWANSEA TOWN COUNCIL: May 17, - teleconference to be announced.

MUSEUMS & ZOO

12,000 Year History pARK: 1120 Fort Congaree Trail, Cayce. Accessible 24/7. Police monitored from Sunrise-8 pm. Virtual history tours available. Get schedule at www.cayce12000years.com or call John Jameson at 850-322-5636.

LEXINGTON COUNTY MUSEUM: Now open with precautions. Tours by appointment only with face masks and social distancing. Call 803-359- 8369 for tours 10 am to 4 pm Tuesday through Saturday and 1 pm to 4 pm on Sundays at 231 Fox Street, Lexington.

RIVERBANKS ZOO & GARDENS: Timed tickets required. Face masks also required. Visit www.Riverbanks.org for information, times and tickets.

SC STATE MUSEUM: 301 Gervais St, Columbia. Ages 3 and up must wear masks and adhere to social distancing. Adult $8.95, Senior (Ages 62 +) $7.95, Children (ages 3-12) $6.95. Buy advance tickets online at www.scmuseum.org

MUISC & DANCE

DANCE: Come dance with us May 7, 7:30-9:30pm, Hugh Dimmery Memorial Center. “The Barn”, 680 Cherokee Lane, West Columbia. No experience necessary. $7.00 donation. Info: 803- 772-0546.

THIS DAY IN HISTORY

1527: Spanish and German Imperial troops sack Rome, ending the Renaissance

1541: King Henry VIII orders a bible in English be placed in every church in England

1626: Dutch colonist Peter Minuit organizes the purchase of Manhattan Island from Native Americans for 60 guilders worth of goods, believed to have been Canarsee Indians of the Lenape

1682: Louis XIV of France moves his court to Versailles

1835: James Gordon Bennett, Sr. publishes the first issue of the New York Herald (price 1 cent).

1837: US blacksmith John Deere creates the first steel plough in Grand Detour, Illinois

1851: Dr John Gorrie patents a “refrigeration machine”

1851: Linus Yale patents Yale lock

1861: Arkansas & Tennessee becomes 9th & 10th states to secede from US

1864: Battle of Wilderness, fought in Virginia, Confederate General James Longstreet seriously injured

1864: Union Army General Sherman begins advance to Atlanta Georgia during the Atlanta Campaign (US Civil War)

1889: Exposition Universelle (World’s Fair) in Paris opens with the recently completed Eiffel Tower serving as the entrance arch

1906: Tsar Nicolas II of Russia claims right to legislate by decree and restricts the power of the Duma (Russian Parliament)

1915: German U-20 sinks Centurion SE of Ireland

1937: German airship Hindenburg explodes in flames at Lakehurst, New Jersey, killing 35 of the 97 on board and 1 on the ground

1940: Pulitzer prize awarded to John Steinbeck for “The Grapes of Wrath”

1941: Joseph Stalin becomes Premier of the Soviet Union, replacing his foreign minister Vyacheslav Molotov

1942: Corregidor & Philippines surrender to Japanese Armies

1945: World War II: Axis Sally delivers her last propaganda broadcast to Allied troops (first was on December 11, 1941).

1960: US President Eisenhower signs Civil Rights Act of 1960

1960: Trotsky’s murderer Jacques Mornard (Ramon Mercader) freed in Mexico

1974: Ted Bundy victim Roberta Parks disappears from OSU, Corvallis, Ore

1975: Ted Bundy victim Lynette Culver disappears from Pocatello, Idaho

1987: Gary Hart denies affair with model Donna Rice

11987: American televangelist Jim Bakker and Rich Dortch dismissed from Assemblies of God after revelations of an alleged rape of a church secretary

1994: Channel tunnel linking England & France officially opens

2013: Wal-Mart becomes the largest company by revenue on the Fortune 500 list

2013: The US Senate passes a bill enabling taxing of online sales

2014: Boko Haram’s leader, Abubakar Shekau, releases a 57 minute video boasting about abducting schoolgirls in Nigeria

2017: 84 abducted schoolgirls released in exchange for Boko Haram suspects in Nigeria

2019: Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah of Brunei announces a moratorium on the death penalty for gay sex and adultery after worldwide condemnation over new Sharia laws