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.

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

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.

TOWN OF PELION: Jan 14, 6pm, Pelion Town Hall

TOWN OF SALLEY: TBA (originally scheduled for Jan. 18)

TOWN OF SWANSEA: Jan 19, 6 pm, Tele-conference only

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. Closed Monday. Tues.–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

1129: Formal approval of the Order of Templars at the Council of Troyes

1501: Martin Luther enters the University of Erfurt, aged 17

1601: Church authorities in Rome burn Hebrew books

1639: 1st Connecticut constitution (Fundamental Orders) adopted in Hartford, published by Rodger Ludlow

1690: The musical instrument, the clarinet is invented in Nürnberg, Germany

1699: Massachusetts holds day of fasting for wrongly persecuting “witches”

1746: Bonnie Prince Charlie’s army leaves Glasgow [OS=Jan 3]

1761: Third Battle of Panipat: In one of the largest battles of the century, the mostly Muslim Afghani Durrani Empire defeats the mostly Hindu Maratha Empire in Northern India. An estimated 60,000–70,000 were killed in the fighting and about 40,000 Maratha prisoners massacred afterwards.

1784: US Revolutionary War ends with the US Congress of the Confederation ratifying the Treaty of Paris

1794: Dr Jessee Bennet of Edom, Virginia, performs 1st successful Cesarean section operation in the US on his wife

1799: Eli Whitney receives government contract for 10,000 muskets

1858: French Emperor Napoleon III escapes attempt on his life by Felice Orsini, an Italian patriot who was later executed

1864: General Sherman begins his march to the South

1868: SC constitutional convention meets with a black majority

1878: US Supreme court rules race separation on trains unconstitutional

1932: Racing Hall of Fame jockey Eddie Arcaro wins his 1st race

1935: Iraq-Mediterranean oil pipeline goes into user

1943: World War II: Japan begins Operation Ke, withdrawal of its troops from Guadalcanal

1943: World War II: Franklin D. Roosevelt travels from Miami to Morocco to meet with Winston Churchill, becoming the first American president to travel overseas by airplane

1951: 1st NFL Pro Bowl, Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum: American Conference beats National Conference, 28-27; MVP: Otto Graham, Cleveland Browns, QB

1956: Little Richard releases single “Tutti Frutti”

1960: US Army promotes Elvis Presley to Sergeant

1964: Jacqueline Kennedy’s 1st public appearance (TV) since US President JFK’s assassination

1967: New York Times reports Army is conducting secret germ warfare experiments

1979: US President Jimmy Carter proposes Martin Luther King’s birthday be a holiday

1981: US Federal Communications Commission frees stations to air as many commercials an hour as they wish

1989: 1,000 muslims burn Salman Rushdies’ “Satanic Verses” in Bradford, England

1993: David Letterman announces his show is moving from NBC to CBS

1999: Mel Lastman, Mayor of Toronto, calls in the Army to help with snow removal and emer-Mency medical evacuations after major snowstorm hits the city

2000: A United Nations tribunal sentences five Bosnian Croats to up to 25 years for the 1993 killing of over 100 Muslims in a Bosnian village.

2002: UK declared free of foot-and-mouth cattle disease

2004: The national flag of Georgia, the so-called “five cross flag” restored to official use after a hiatus of some 500 years

2019: US President Donald Trump denies he is a Russian agent after NY Times article states the FBI started an investigation and the Washington Post raised issues over a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin

2019: US Republican leaders strip Congressman Steve King from House committees after series of racist comments

2019: Americans chance of dying from an accidental opioid overdose higher than a car accident for the first time, according to US National Safety Council

2019: Spinning disk of ice 300m wide, resembling the moon, forms in the Presumpscot river, Westbrook, Maine