Baby buggy takes turn to high tech
Though Victorian prams served their owners well, no parent ever had to lug one into the back of an SUV.
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Quilting circle knits old friends with new
Expert quilters like Marilyn Ward don't need others to help finish their intricately pieced creations.
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Watchmaker ensures times passes smoothly
With a special pair of double-lens loupes (magnifiers) afixed to his face and a delicate instrument in his hand, Jerry Foster looks every bit the specialist.
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Freedom just another word for automobile
It started with cavemen and rolling logs, shifted gears with Roman chariots, then shepherded Americans to the West.
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'Mayberry' car stirs nostalgia
The sight of the old black-and-white stirs memories of a simpler time: front porch-picking, homemade pie and black-and-white television.
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Long lines steer clear of DMV office
It's midday at the Department of Motor Vehicles office in Fountain Inn and something uncommon is occurring, or rather not occurring: Hardly anyone is standing in line.
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Mauldin greenways, bike paths adds to quality of life
Patrick Fiorilli woke up in a hospital bed several months ago and didn't know how he had gotten there.
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BMX bikers fly high in quest for best
Courtney Thompson chooses her spots along the rolling course of the BMX track at Southside Park. Experience has helped her learn when to make her moves.
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Water-powered grist mills turned local economies
Imagine, if you will, a building that houses at least two 2-ton stones – a rotating one poised atop a stationary one – large saws, and an intricate system of gears, belts, shafts and pulleys.
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Mass transit a possibility
Steve Lierman doesn't drive. While living in Chicago he never needed to. But after recently moving with his fiancee to Woodruff Road, Lierman had a slight culture shock to find there was no practical mass transit service system available.
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Wheelchair athletes glide across diamond
Mauldin built it and they've come. They come as often as they can. They spin around the paved diamond, roll over painted bases and glide across the asphalt outfield.
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Older drivers gaining in number
The beginning of a safety video from the state Highway Patrol opens this way: a couple gets into their car parked in the driveway of their home.
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Two-wheel cruising in town or country
Gone is the day when parents could walk into the neighborhood hardware store and buy an off-the-rack, single-geared, hard-seated bicycle for themselves or for their sons and daughters.
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It don't mean a thing, if it ain't got cool rims
For those who aren't clear on the subject, rims are those shiny, sometimes gawky, sometimes awe-inspiring pieces of chromed-out metal the older generation refers to as hubcaps.
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Circle of life stirs family in many ways
My dad's life ended on the very day it began – 93 years later.
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Inline skater tops in state
For a guy who is only 22 years old, Tim Taylor of Greenville sounds an awful lot like an old pro.
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Model railroading harkens to earlier era
The sound coming from Roy Sabean's upstairs room in his Mauldin home is familiar to anyone who has ever lived near or passed over railroad tracks – a howling whistle, the metallic clanking of steel wheels on steel track and the staccato clanging of bells alerting everyone that a hard-working train is near.
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Big buses key to school operations
The wheels on the Greenville County school district's buses go round and round all year round.
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Serious fun propels radio control racing cars
They go by nicknames: "Q-tip," "Baldy," "Shaggy," "Lemon Lime," "Hey Dude," and "In the Wall Bob." Except for Sadie, who's called Sadie.
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Skatepark attracts young, old high rollers
It was an early Friday evening at Ximeno's Skatepark of Greenville and the 20,000-square-foot indoor facility in Mauldin was beginning to fill.
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Toll booth operator familiar to commuters
Jim Masterson tends an unusual bar.
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Dead ringer counts in horseshoes
Ronnie Morgan stood on a concrete platform in his shaded, Simpsonville back yard and focused intently on his target, a 14-inch stake jutting from a clay pit 40 feet away. He took a single step forward and executed a graceful underhand sweep of his left arm.
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