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

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.

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.

MAD HATTER’S ART PARTY: May 2, 11 am-5 pm, Robert Mills House, 1616 Blanding St., Columbia. Specialty treats, wine tasting, and opportunity to buy original painting, sculpture, jewelry, pottery, and more. Call to artists open April 1. Hosted by SouthCarolinaArtists. com

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.

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 log in 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.

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

1672: Franco-Dutch War: Louis XIV of France invades the Netherlands.

1707: English and Scottish parliaments accept Act of Union; creates the United Kingdom of Great Britain (comes into being 1st May)

1769: Scottish engineer James Watt’s patent for a steam engine with a separate condenser enrolled (Patent 913)

1813: Ist US Rubber patent granted to Jacob F. Hummel

1834: Charles Darwin’s expedition sees the top of the Andes Mountains from Patagonia

1845: Macon B. Allen & Robert Morris Jr are 1st African Americans to open a law practice in the US

1857: US Army, Pacific Div HQ permanently forms at Presidio (San Francisco)

1861: Maryland’s House of Delegates votes against seceding from Union (US Civil War)

1862: 100,000 federal troops prepare to march into Corinth, Mississippi

1862: New Orleans falls to Union forces during US Civil War

1882: The “Elektromote” - forerunner of the trolleybus - is tested by Werner von Siemens in Berlin

1888: Old Kavallison, Congo: Henry Morton Stanley meets Emin Pasha

1894: The 500-strong Commonwealth of Christ (Coxey’s Army) arrives in Washington, D.C., to protest against unemployment; Coxey arrested for trespassing at Capitol

1901: 27th Kentucky Derby: Jimmy Winkfield on His Eminence wins in 2:07.75

1901: Antisemitic riot in Budapest

1927: Construction of Spirit of St Louis (the monoplane which Charles Lindburgh was to fly across the Atlantic) is completed

1930: Telephone connection Britain-Australia goes into service

1940: Norwegian King Haakon & government flee to Britain

1942: Jews forced to wear a Jewish Star in Netherlands & Vichy-France

1943: German pastor and anti-Nazi dissident Dietrich Bonhoeffer arrested by the Gestapo

1943: US 34th Division occupies Hill 609, North Tunisia

1944: Raid by Dutch Resistance on the National Printing Office in The Hague to procure 10,000 Dutch identity cards.

1945: First food drop by RAF above Nazi-occupied Holland (Operation Manna)

1945: Japanese army evacuates Rangoon

1945: German armies in Italy sign an unconditional surrender to the Western Allies to be carried out on 2 May

1945: US Army liberates 31,601 people from the Dachau Nazi concentration camp in Germany

1946: 28 former Japanese leaders indicted in Tokyo as war criminals

1951: China seizes the assets of the Asiatic Petroleum Company, a joint venture between the Shell and Royal Dutch oil companies in retaliation for the Hong Kong Government’s requisitioning of the tanker Yung Hao

1957: 1st military nuclear power plant dedicated at Fort Belvoir, Virginia

1961: ABC’s “Wide World of Sports” debuts

1965: Australian government announces it would send troops to Vietnam

1965: Earthquake hits Seattle; 5 die

1970: US and South Vietnamese forces launch an incursion into Cambodia, expanding the Vietnam War

1975: Vietnam War: US begins to evacuate its citizens from Saigon in Operation Frequent Wind in response to advancing North Vietnamese forces, bringing an end to US involvement in the war

1975: Charles McMahon and Darwin Judge are the last two United States servicemen killed in

1981: NFL Draft: South Carolina running back George Rogers first pick by New Orleans Saints

1991: Cyclone strikes the Chittagong district in Bangladesh, Killing 139,000 people and leaving 10 million homeless

1991: Earthquake in Georgia, kills 100

1992: 27th Academy of Country Music Awards: Garth Brooks and Reba McEntire win

1992: Jury acquits Los Angeles Police Department officers on charges of excessive force in the beating of Rodney King; the decision sparks massive riots in the city