David Quick
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David Quick primarily writes about health, fitness and active lifestyle events and currently covers general assignments on Saturdays, often tapping into his skills as a photographer. A native of North Carolina, he lived in Detroit, Mich., from 1974 until 1982. He graduated from Duke University with a degree in English in 1986. After a year stint at the Bluefield Daily Telegraph, he joined the staff of The News and Courier in June 1988. In 2000, Quick's career dovetailed with his personal interests in fitness and the outdoors and helped launch a features edition focused on the array of activities available in the Lowcountry. He is an avid runner - having participated more than 30 marathons in the last 16 years - and is a seasonal triathlete.
Recent Stories
Mom makes time for fitness while helping care for family
If there were a local mom who could say, "I don't have time to exercise," it likely would be Mary Caroline Rhea. But Rhea is not only fit, she's a fitness guru.
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Missing woman case gets murkier
Fiance found dead, her car found burned
By the time 30-year-old Dara Watson of Mount Pleasant was reported missing Friday, the situation had already gone bad. Watson's whereabouts and her fate remain unknown, but her car was found dumped and burned, and her fiance has been found dead.
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Drew Ryun: Keep politics local
Conservative activists need to focus more on local organizing, issues and candidates and the rest will fall in place, a representative with a national political organization told a local group Saturday.
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Advocating for cyclists
Family tragedy drives lawyer to help victims, push safety
Peter Wilborn never envisioned his law career veering toward personal injury, though it's a far cry from the advertisements seen on television. The Richmond, Va., native came to Charleston in 1996 to work for Armand Derfner, a longtime attorney focused on civil rights and labor issues, which intrigued Wilborn and still does. But the roots of his career shifted on Sept. 28, 1998.
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Missing woman's fiance found dead in his home
The search for missing woman Dara Lee Watson took a grim turn Saturday, when police revealed that her burned-out vehicle had been found in the woods days ago, and that the man she lived with was found dead Friday in the home they shared.
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Woman shares lessons of the heart
Go Red!, other efforts spread word on cardiac disease, risks
The volunteers most committed to a cause often are people who have walked through the same tough times as those they try to help.
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GET OUT: Surfers to test the waters at Icebox Open
While this winter in Charleston, so far, has not been ice cold, a potentially new surfing tradition may be born this month with the appropriately titled contest the Icebox Open. This will be a far cry from contests held in the summer and fall.
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Experts debate prostate cancer test
Local doctors say PSA still saves lives, despite U.S. task force report
Just a month after Johns Island resident Calvin Cohen set his retirement from working as a lineman for Berkeley Electric Cooperative for more than 38 years, he found out he had prostate cancer.
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Group seeks to grow state's black tourism
More than 60 people converged in a reconstructed, one-room schoolhouse in Berkeley County on Saturday to strategize and network on developing the African-American tourism niche in the Lowcountry.
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