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.

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

AMERICA’S BATTLEFIELDS: Get lots of information and see great videos at American Battlefield Trusts website: www.battlefields.org/

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

GARDEN TOURS: Take a tour of the world’s most beautiful gardens right from your own computer. Visit www.bing.com/search?q=garden%20virtual%20 form

GRAND CANYON: Hike the trails virtually when you visit www.nps.gov/grca/learn/photosmultimedia/virtualtour.htm

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/.

LONDON TOURS: See some of the most famous places in the world when you tour London at www.standard.co.uk/go/ london/attractions/london-virtualtours-attractions-landmarkscoronavirus-lockdowna4401481.html

USC TOURS: Virtual tours at www.sc.edu/visit/virtual_tour/index.php

WASHINGTON DC: Explore the nation’s capital while you self-isolate. Online tours are found here: www. scholasticatravel.com/2014/02/24/washington-dc-virtual-tour/

EVENTS

COMMUNITY DAY OF PRAYER: Jan. 30, noon-1 pm, Swansea Sports Complex, 616 utoo Rd., Swansea. Please arrive by 11:45. Wear a mask and socially distance. For info call Sis. Roshonda Smith or Sis. Cindy Dibble, 803-568-7244.

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.

COVID VACCINES: SC residents 70 or older can schedule an appointment for the Covid-19 vaccine by calling the DHEC Care Line at 1-855-472-3432.

LESSONS/SEMINARS

GAL TRAINING: Free 30-hour Guardian Ad Litem volunteer training teaches about the Family Court system, how to recognize abuse and neglect and how to communicate with children and foster parents. For more info visit http://gal.sc.gov or call 803-957-6484

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.

GRIEFSHARE: Helping those dealing with the loss of a loved one. Meets every Sunday, 2-4 pm for 13 weeks in the Fellowship Hall, Saxe Gotha Presbyterian Church, Lexington. Cost: $15 for the workbook. Contact Renee Starnes at rstarnes@saxegotha. org to register.

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. Jan. 18 Feb. 28, the museum will be closed Monday and Tues., open Wed–Sat: 10 am to 5 pm, Sun: 12–5 pm. 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

MUSIC

GOSPEL SINGING: Feb. 6, 6 pm, Midland Gospel Singing Center, 705 Martin Smith Rd., Gilbert. Guest are Forever Changed and the Bledsoes. Admission is free. Social distancing guidelines will be followed. Love offering accepted and light refreshments will be served.

THIS DAY IN HISTORY

1525:: The Swiss Anabaptist Movement is born when Conrad Grebel, Felix Manz, George Blaurock, and a dozen others baptize each other in the home of Manz’s mother in Zürich, breaking a thousand-year tradition of church-state union

1542: English Parliament passes bill of attainder against Queen Katherine Howard

1677: 1st medical publication in America (pamphlet on smallpox), published in Boston

178:9 1st American novel, WH Brown’s “Power of Sympathy” is published

1793: Louis XVI of France is executed by the guillotine in Paris, following his conviction for high treason

1813: First reference to pineapple cultivation in Hawaii in diary entry by Francisco de Paula Marin

1813: Spaniard Don Francisco de Paula y Marin plants coffee in Hawaii - 1st record of coffee growing in Hawaii

1830: In Portsmouth, Ohio, African Americans forcibly deported

1846: 1st edition of Charles Dickens’ newspaper “The Daily News”

1861: Jefferson Davis of Mississippi and 4 other southern senators resign (U.S Civil War)

1880: 1st US sewage disposal system separate from storm drains in Memphis, Tennessee

1887: Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) forms

1899: Opel manufactures its first automobile

1900: The second contingent of Canadian troops sails from Halifax to fight in South Africa against the Boers

1903: Harry Houdini escapes from Halvemaansteeg police station in Amsterdam

1903: International Theater (Majestic, Park) opens at 5 Columbus Circle NYC

1908: “Sullivan Ordinance” is passed in NYC, making it illegal for a woman to smoke in public places. It was vetoed 2 weeks later by mayor George B. McClellan Jr.

1910: British-Russian military intervention in Persia

1915: Kiwanis International founded in Detroit

1919: Irish militant nationalist party Sinn Féin creates its own parliament in Dublin and declares Ireland independent of Great Britain, sparking the Irish War of Independence

1921: Italian Communist Party founded at Livorno by Amadeo Bordiga and Antonio Gramsci

1921: British crime writer Agatha Christie publishes her first novel “The Mysterious Affair at Styles” introducing the character Hercule Poirot

1924: Vladimir Lenin’s Testament is handed over to the Communist Party; it calls for changes to the Soviet governing structure and criticizes Joseph Stalin, Leon Trotsky and other members

1927: 1st national opera broadcast from a US opera house (Faust, Chicago)

1934: Parisian baker and “student of medieval life” Henri Littière appears in court charged with forcing his adulterous wife Juliette to wear a chastity belt. Having committed the same offence in 1932, he was sentenced to three months in prison and fined 50 francs for cruelty to his wife

1935: The Wilderness Society is founded by conservationists

1940: Foreign correspondents in Netherlands subjected to censorship

1941: 1st anti-Jewish measures in Bulgaria

1942: Bronx magistrate rules all pinball machines illegal

1942: Count Basie records “One O’Clock Jump”

1943: Soviet forces reconquer Gumrak airport near Stalingrad

1944: 447 German bombers attack London

1944: 649 British bombers attack Magdeburg

1950: New York jury finds former State Department official Alger Hiss guilty of perjury

1953: John Foster Dulles appointed as US Secretary of State

1968: US B-52 bomber with nuclear bomb on board crashes in Greenland

1968: The Battle of Khe Sanh - one of the most publicized and controversial battles of the Vietnam War - begins at the Khe Sanh Air Base

1969: A partial meltdown at the Lucens nuclear reactor in Switzerland seriously contaminating the cavern containing the reac-