Everyday Hero: Celebrating 101 Years with Song

Everyday Hero: Celebrating 101 years with song

It was a very busy day for Betty Lancer, who recently celebrated her 101st birthday with friends and family on Sullivan's Island. Betty was first presented with the American flag that flew over the U.S. Capitol on her 100th birthday, a gift from US Senator Tim Scott. Then Sullivan's Island Mayor Patrick O'Neil passed a resolution, and after all that came another surprise. That's right, Betty Lancer, born in 1924 on Calhoun Street in downtown Cha…

WW II veteran celebrates 100 years

“I only did what they asked me to,” said Henry J. Kolinek Jr., a humble sentiment from a man whose life has been anything but ordinary. On Tuesday, August 19, Kolinek, a World War II veteran and member of the…