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.

On May 11, from 8:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. Camp Coon will offer a safe and fun-filled one day camp for children ages 7-17 who have experienced the heartache of a loved one’s death.

The camp will provide a setting where children and adolescents can find healing through play and activity.

The event will be held at 105 Camp Barstow Dr. in Batesburg.

For more information and to register please call United Hospice of Columbia at (803) 771-0489. 

The South Carolina State Museum’s new art exhibit Between the Springmaid Sheets will be the occasion for an afternoon of fun activity on Saturday, May 18.  

The action begins at 3 p.m. with a gallery tour of the exhibit, which uses art to chronicle the rise of Springs Cotton Mills as a major player in textile industry after World War II.  The company’s good fortunes were chiefly due to the marketing savvy of Col.