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Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2008

Come hear a frightening tale by firelight at Fewell Park

The Firelight Fright Tale telling festival will begin at 6 p.m. Saturday at Fewell Park, 1204 Alexander Road, Rock Hill. Featured storytellers will be Marc Batten and Rixon Lane. Concessions will be available. The event is sponsored by Rock Hill Parks, Recreation and Tourism, the York County Library, Rock Hill school district and the Palmetto Reading Council. For details, call Jim Austin at 329-5645 or visit www.rockhillrocks.com.

Expand your cultural horizons at McCelvey Center

Culture and Heritage Museums will have these events:

• A McCelvey Series Performance, musical tour of World War II,”War Bonds: The Songs and Letters of WWII,” 3 p.m. Oct. 26, McCelvey Center, 212 E. Jefferson St., York. The event features personal letters from the battlefield, songs and headlines from the conflict. Admission is $15 CHM members; $20 non-members; $18 seniors; and $10 youth ages 4 to 17.

• A lecture on George Washington, 7 p.m. Monday, McCelvey Center, 212 E. Jefferson St., York. For reservations, call 684-3948, Ext. 27. Admission is free.

For details, call 684-3948 or visit www.chmuseums.org.

Want to learn something new? Head to Fort Lawn center

Fort Lawn Community Center will have the following events/classes:

• Fall Family Fun Night, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., Oct. 30.

n Word level 2 in Microsoft Office 2007, 8:30 to 11:30 a.m., Wednesday and Thursday.

• PowerPoint Level 1 in Microsoft Office 2007, 8:30 to 11:30 a.m., Oct. 22 and 23.

• Word level 1 in Microsoft Office 2003, 2 to 5 p.m., Nov. 5 and 6.

For details, call the center at (803) 872-4491 or visit fortlawncenter.com.

Various local groups need your help with fundraising

The following are having fundraisers:

• Chandler Place Retirement Community will have a Family Fun Day from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Nov. 1. Event includes rummage and bake sale, crafts and gifts. Proceeds are donated to charities. For details, call 325-1008.

• The Society of St. Vincent de Paul will have its 7th annual Fall Festival and Halloween Carnival from 4 to 8 p.m. Oct. 25 at St. Anne’s Church, 1694 Bird St., Rock Hill. The event includes games, a haunted house, costume contest, raffles, spaghetti dinner and more. Proceeds benefit community members who are in need.

• Rock Hill High School band night will be from 5 to 9 p.m. Monday at McAlister’s Deli, Manchester Village. A portion of sales will be donated to the band. For details, call Joe Gulledge at (803) 981-1323.

• The Friends of the Library will have a book sale Thursday through Saturday at the First ARP Church gymnasium, 201 E. White St., Rock Hill. Preview night for Friends members is 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday. Sale for public is 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Friday and 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday. Proceeds benefit library programs. For details, visit www.yclibrary.org or call 981-5837.

n The Olde English Leathernecks, a local Marine Corps League Detachment, will have a ball from 6:30 to 11 p.m. Nov. 8 at the Palmetto Room, 135 E. Main St., Rock Hill. Speaker will be veteran Marine Lieutenant Dan Hoffman, a Bronz Star recipient and Vietnam veteran. Reservation deadline is Oct. 26. A portion of proceeds benefit the Fallen Warriors Scholarship Fund, Wounded Warriors Project and the Marine Corp’s Toys for Tots. For details, call Mary Jane Hill at (803) 448-5416 or Janice Hicks at 328-1054.

• Stop Impaired Driving, a nonprofit organization, will have its first annual Black Tie Gala from 7 to 10 p.m. Oct. 24 at the Baxter Hood Center, 452 S. Anderson Road, Rock Hill. The event features speaker, Leah B. Moody, dinner and dancing. Tickets are $50 per person. For details, call Hester Addison-Benitez at (803) 328-1090 or (803) 370-6137. Proceeds benefit families of victims of drunk drivers.

• VFW Post No. 3746 will have a fish fry beginning at 11 a.m. at the post, 1404 Crawford Road, Rock Hill. Plates are $6. For details, call 324-5777.

• Christian Folk singer/songwriter David LaMotte will perform at 7 p.m. Nov. 1 at Unity Presbyterian Church, Fort Mill. Tickets can be purchased at the door or in advance on-line at www.unityfortmill.org. Proceeds benefit Catawba Care Coalition, Interfaith Hospitality Network and church youth trip missions.