A spring growers meeting to discuss compliance with labor rules and regulations is set for May 14 at the State Farmers Market, 3483 Charleston Highway, West Columbia.  The meeting is at 9 a.m. at the Phillips Market Center.

Representatives from the United State Department of Labor will present information important to farmers and growers and the operations they run. The meeting is open to all growers, labor industry professionals and agribusiness industry representatives. The session will include a question and answer time.

In honor of Kenny Chesney’s return to Williams-Brice Stadium, Columbia Mayor Steve Benjamin today proclaimed Saturday, May 4, 2013 to be Kenny Chesney Day in the City of Columbia and is asking everyone to help show the No Shoes Nation Tour what “Famously Hot” Columbia hospitality is all about with a Welcome to Columbia Tix for Pix Challenge.

The Welcome to Columbia Tix for Pix Challenge rules are simple –

During the month of March, Lions from all across South Carolina have walked the main streets of their respective cities, towns and communities as part of the first annual “South Carolina Lions Walk for Sight” to increase public awareness of Lions’ humanitarian services in our state and around the world.  Highlighting their motto, “WE SERVE,” Lions focused public attention on their roles as servants of the less fortunate throughout the world and providers of a better quality of life to many residents of the Palmetto State.