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Teenage pilots Keena Stepney (top left), Sawyer Aultman (top right) and Ayden Buckley (bottom) made their first solo flights in late August. Stepney and Buckley are pictured with Flight Instructor Brandon Thompson.

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3 local teens take to the skies of Columbia
By JOSHUA CAMPBELL - Publisher
Wed,09/11/24-11:55AM , 2,054 Reads
A trio of Marion County teenagers took a huge step in their future careers in aviation two weeks ago, each taking off on their first solo flights from the Columbia-Marion County Airport.
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Sherby Hale, Rev. Herron Wilson and Nearline Anderson share memories as they go through decades of photos taken at Delta Missions projects. Photo by Bryan Davis/Emmerich Newspapers/Copyright 2024

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‘Rising hope’: Delta Missions to mark 30 years with reception, screening
By BRYAN DAVIS - THE ENTERPRISE-TOCSIN
Mon,09/02/24-7:42PM , 836 Reads 51,612 Statewide
Theo Avgerinos was a senior in college when he decided to join his old youth group from New Canaan, Connecticut for a mission trip to the Mississippi Delta.
The film student brought his camera to document the journey to Indianola-based Delta Missions.
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Zion Ridge United Methodist Church members, led by Pastor Daniel Preston (far left), celebrate the rededication of its 106-year-old bell. The bell, which had previously been stolen, was in back yard of Felix Abram (first on the right of the bell) for 50 years. | Photo by Joshua Campbell © Emmerich Newspapers Inc. 2024

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Stolen church bell re-erected after more than 50 years
By JOSHUA CAMPBELL - Publisher
Fri,07/19/24-5:00PM , 857 Reads
For more than 50 years, history and tradition were lost from Zion Ridge United Methodist Church. The church’s 106-year-old bell was lying in a yard untouched. While it had never been forgotten, it was wasting away.
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New Wildcats head coach Lance Pogue brings a wealth of experience to Columbia, and he looks to build on the culture Chip Bilderback started. | Photo by Jackson Howell © Emmerich Newspapers, Inc. 2024

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Pogue hitting the ground running at CHS
By JACKSON HOWELL - Sports Editor
Fri,06/28/24-7:17AM , 2,011 Reads
The timing surrounding the exit of former head football coach Chip Bilderback may have been less than ideal for the administration at Columbia High, but the Wildcats acted quickly to find their championship-level replacement.
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