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.

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 January 3, 2-4 pm and every Sunday 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.

Lexington County Council: Jan 12, 4:30 pm, Council Chambers, County Admin. Bldg, Lexington

Lexington School DISTRICT 4: Board meets Jan 11, 6:30 pm,District Office

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

1558: Calais, last English possession in France, retaken by French

1601: Robert, Earl of Essex, leads revolt in London against Queen Elizabeth

1608: Fire destroys Jamestown, Virginia

1610: Galileo Galilei discovers the first three moons of Jupiter: Io, Europa & Ganymede

1618: Francis Bacon becomes Lord Chancellor of England

1698: Russian Tsar Peter the Great departs Netherlands for England

1714: Typewriter patented by Englishman Henry Mill (built years later)

1782: 1st US commercial bank, Bank of North America, opens in Philadelphia

1784: 1st US seed business established by David Landreth, Philadelphia

1785: 1st balloon flight across English Channel by Jean Pierre Blanchard and John Jeffries

1790: French Revolution: A major riot breaks out in Versailles as people demand lower bread prices

1817: 2nd Bank of US opens in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

1822: Liberia colonized by Americans

1830: 1st US Railroad Station opens (Baltimore)

1861: Florida troops takeover Fort Marion at St Augustine (US Civil War)

1868: Arkansas constitutional convention meets in Little Rock

1868: Mississippi constitutional convention meets in Jackson

1890: African American inventor William Purvis receives a patent for the fountain pen

1892: Mine explosion kills 100 in Krebs, Oklahoma; blacks trying to help rescue white survivors, driven away with guns

1894: Early 5 second film of Fred Ott sneezing shot by Edison Manufacturing - 1st ever copyrighted

1896: Fannie Farmer publishes her first cookbook “The Boston Cooking-School Cook Book”

1899: Walter Camp publishes his 1st All-American football team in Collier’s

1904: Marconi Co establishes “CQD” as 1st international radio distress signal

1915: World War I: Germany’s Kaiser Wilhelm approves strategic bombing of Britain, but forbids bombing London, fearing his relatives in the royal family might be killed

1916: In response to pressure from President Woodrow Wilson, Germany notifies the US State Department that it will abide by strict international rules of maritime warfare

1920: Five duly elected Socialist assemblymen are denied by the New York State Assembly

1923: Baltimore Sun warns of Ku Klux Klan

1927: Commercial transatlantic telephone service inaugurated between New York & London

1927: Harlem Globetrotters play their 1st game in Hinckley, Illinois

1929: “Buck Rogers” sci-fi comic strip’s 1st appearance in a newspaper

1929: “Tarzan”, one of the 1st adventure comic strips, 1st appears

1930: Marguerite Perey discovers francium (Fr), the last natu rally occurring element to be found

1935: French Foreign minister Pierre Laval and Benito Mussolini sign the Franco-Italian Agreement

1941: Chinese Kuomintang forces under orders from Chiang Kaishek open fire on the surrounded Communist New Fourth Army at Maolin, Anhui Province, killing or capturing 7,000 troops

1942: WW II siege of Bataan starts

1944: US Air Force announces production of 1st US jet fighter, the Bell P-59

1945: Lord Haw-Haw (William Joyce) reports total German victory in the Ardennes

1945: The last surface engagement between Allies and Japanese in the Pacific campaign, World War II

1946: Cambodia becomes autonomous state inside French Union

1948: US President Harry Truman raises taxes for the Marshall Plan

1948: Thomas Mantell, a pilot for the Kentucky Air National Guard, crashes while pursuing a supposed UFO