Clover Back-to-School bash Friday at the stadium

Clover School District’s annual Back-to-School Bash will be 6-8 p.m. Friday at Memorial Stadium.

School supplies will be given to students in the district. In addition to school supplies, there will be a “Meet the Eagles” event where members of various teams throughout the distrct will be introduced.

More than 600 backpacks filled with supplies and nearly 300 pairs of shoes were handed out at last year’s event. The bash will feature games, entertainment, food, face painting, an opportunity for free eye exams and more.

An addition to this year’s event is a school spirit contest. The school best represented at the event will receive a prize, while one student from each school will also win an award.

To donate supplies, there are drop off points at Clover Community Bank branches in Clover and Lake Wylie. Supplies can also be dropped off at the district office.

Special events

▪ The Military Order of the Purple Heart, T J Dudley Memorial Chapter 2008 York will dedicate a monument honoring all Combat Wounded Veterans from past, present and future conflicts at 3 p.m. Aug. 7 at York Recreational Park, 74 4th St. Open to the public. For information, call Rich Roszelle 803 367-8328 or email popnaun@yahoo.com

▪ Fall vegetable crops will be the topic of First Friday in the Garden, 11 a.m. Friday at the Glencairn Garden Learning Center, 826 Edgemont Ave., Rock Hill. Clemson Extension Agent Paul Thompson will lead the program. Free and open to the public.

▪ Roosevelt Community Watch will host a Back-to-School Bash, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Aug. 13 at Roosevelt Park, 312 Mobley St., Clover. Children are given school supplies at the event which includes food, games, music and recreation. Those interested in making donations can contact Linda Brown at 803-222-4535 or Darlene Brown at 803-810-3185.

▪ The 13th annual Countdown to Kindergarten, a free educational festival for rising kindergartners, will be 5-7 p.m. Thursday in downtown Rock Hill. Main Street Children’s Museum will offer free limited admission during the event. Children’s musician Roger Day will perform. More than 30 community exhibitors will be on Main Street to provide activities that encourage young learners to get off to a good start.

▪ The Spencer Estates Neighborhood Association annual “National Night Out” Ice Cream Social will be 6 p.m. Tuesday at Spencer Park on Eastwood Drive. Bring homemade ice cream, cake or other dessert and lawn chairs. Beverages and paper and plastic products will be provided. Bring a guest.

Fundraisers

▪ Hospice & Community Care fourth annual Labor of Love (LOL) event Sept. 1 will feature Anita Renfroe, a break-out YouTube sensation, who rose to fame when she sang of everything a mother says to her children in a single day to the tune of “The William Tell Overture.” The show will be 7 p.m. at Baxter Hood Center in Rock Hill. An opening reception begins at 6 p.m. She is the wife of a pastor and featured regularly on “Good Morning America.” She also is a speaker on the Woman of Faith Farewell Tour. Tickets are $25 and available at HospiceCommunityCare.org

Meetings

▪ The Rock Hill Civitan Club will meet 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at Mary’s Cafe. Carrie Mann with the York County Christian Women's Job Corp will speak. For information, call 803-366-9896 or go to www.rockhillcivitan.org.

▪ The Bethel Rural Fire District Board will meet 7 p.m. Wednesday at Station 1.

▪ Indian Land American Legion Post 250 will meet 6:30-8:30 p.m. Monday at Hickory Tavern’s Oak Room, 8364 Charlotte Highway. Dinner at 6:30; meeting, 7:15. For information, call William Chick at 803-422-9486 or email littlechick@msn.com or Jerry Marcus at 540-693-5386 or email pjmarcus47@hotmail.com.

▪ The Chester District Genealogical Society annual meeting will 1 p.m. Aug. 13 at the Wagon Wheel Restaurant, 5724 Lancaster Highway, Fort Lawn. Cost is $20. James Gill Knox III, a past President of the Chester District Genealogical Society, will speak on the history of Richburg. A native of Chester County, he is as principal of Lewisville High School. Mail checks check for reservations to Chester District Genealogical Society, PO Box 336, Richburg, SC 29729. Deadline is Aug. 8.

Entertainment

▪ Summer Concert in the Park Series finale features The Hinson Girls 6:30 p.m. Aug. 9 at Fewell Park, 1204 Alexander Road, Rock Hill. Bring a picnic and blanket or lawn chair. Free and open to the public. For information, call 803-329-5645.

Clubs

▪ The Newcomers Club of York County, a women’s social and civic minded organization, will meet 11:30 a.m. Aug. 10 at Rock Hill Operations Center, South Anderson Road, Rock Hill. Battalion Chief, Trey Hovis of the Rock Hill Fire Department will speak. His crew and the ladder truck will be there. Cost is $12 all inclusive. For reservations, contact Claire Powers at ycnewcomers@yahoo.com or 508-397-2273 by 10 p.m. Thursday.

After school programs

▪ The Discovery Station and Emmett Scott Center after school programs, operated by the Rock Hill Parks, Recreation and Tourism Department, for children in K5 through 5th grade are taking applications for the 2016-2017 school year. The programs offer homework assistance, literacy development, character education, arts, outdoor recreation and other fun activities. Both operate on the Rock Hill school district calendar. Discovery Station is at Fewell Park Recreation Center, 1204 Alexander Road, with bus transportation available from Richmond Drive Elementary. The Emmett Scott Center after school program is located at the Emmett Scott Recreation Center, 801 Crawford Road with bus transportation available from several schools. Call Fewell Park Recreation Center at 329-5645 or Emmett Scott Center 329-5661 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday for fee information and to reserve a space. Space is limited.

4-H

▪ The Clemson Extension Service in York County in partnership with the City of Rock Hill will host the 4-H Come Grow With Me in the Garden series, September-December for ages 6-14 years. Classes will be 9 a.m.-2 p.m. the first Tuesday of each month at the Glencairn Garden Learning Center, 825 Edgemont Ave, Rock Hill. The classes will help youth cultivate awareness, knowledge, appreciation, and concern for the natural environment while learning about horticulture, vegetable gardening and leadership through creative activities and a service project. Cost is $65. The registration and fee deadline is Aug. 30 and includes a 2016-17 4-H membership. For information, contact Faith Isreal at 803-684-9919 ext. 113 or fisreal@clemson.edu.

Auditions

▪ The York County Choral Society will hold auditions for its 37th concert performance season from 6-8:30 p.m. Aug. 25 and from 5:30-6:45 p.m. Sept. 1 in the choir room at Westminster Presbyterian Church, 1320 India Hook Road, Rock Hill. There are openings in all vocal parts. Weekly rehearsals begin 7-9:30 p.m. Sept.1 at the church. Some prior choral experience is required and singers from high school age through adult are welcome. For information, contact Katherine Kinsey, artistic director at kinseyk@winthrop.edu; 803-323-2250 or 704-591-5147.

Health screenings

▪ Piedmont Medical Center will hold a heart-risk assessment screening 7:30-10:30 a.m. Saturday in the hospital Women’s Tower Resource Center. Participants must be fasting after midnight. Basic screening includes cholesterol, sugar and blood pressure at no cost. An EKG can be added to this screening for $39.95. Registration required by calling 888-457-5211.

Recreation

▪ Registration for Rock Hill Parks, Recreation and Tourism’s Fall Youth Sports will be Monday-Aug. 19. The following are offered:

Recreation Soccer for ages 5-13 Sept. 1. Fee is $42 and includes team shirt and socks.

Football for ages 7-10 as of Sept. 1. Fee is $77 and includes new uniform, socks, helmet sticker, and year-end award.

Those who participated in the spring youth sports leagues will receive a $7 reduction in the registration fee because they purchased insurance in the spring.

Registration will be taken during office hours Monday-Friday at Manchester Meadows, the Cherry Park tower, the PRT Office (Room 390) at City Hall, and at the four recreation centers.

First time players must bring a copy of their birth certificate to register. Returning players may register online at www.CityofRockHill.com/PRT if there is a current email address on file. A brochure with program details is available at www.CityofRockHill.com/PRT. Volunteer coaches are also needed for these programs. Those interested in coaching should call Jason Reynolds at 803-329-5640.

Classes

▪ U.S. Soccer referee instructors will present the classroom portion of referee training 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Aug. 7 at Manchester Meadows. Registration is required at screferees.gameofficials.net. Class 16266 is for age 14 and older. Class 16349 is designed for recreational soccer and attendees must be 11 years old. For information, call Bob Delaney, 803-230-0582 or email delaneys@comporium.net.

▪ Lake Wylie Shag Club offers shag-dance lessons and line-dance lessons for $1 Tuesdays at the Fort Mill Moose Lodge. Line-dance lessons begin 6 p.m. and shag-dance lessons 7:30 p.m.

Reunions

▪ The Emmett Scott High School class of 1967 August birthday fellowship dinner will be 5:30 p.m. Monday at OutBack Steakhouse, 1319 River Run Court, Rock Hill.

▪ The McDaniel reunion will be 1 p.m. Aug. 7 at Adnah United Methodist Church, Adnah Church Road, Rock Hill. Brind a well-filled basket. For information, call John L. Feaster, at 803-581-3106 or email jlfeaster@truvista.net.

▪ The George-Millings family reunion will be 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Aug. 14 on Wilson Street, Hickory Grove for descendants of Macroni George and Hattie Millings George. Bring a covered dish to share. For information, call 803-493-5603.

▪ York High School class of 1966 will have its 50th class reunion Sept. 24. For information, email Bunny Ashley Whitesides at bunnywhitesides@gmail.com

▪ The Fort Mill High School class of 1966 will have its 50th reunion Sept. 10. For information email Linda Blackwelder Houston at momhnsc@gmail.com and Patsy Wright Pope at patsy.pope@Schaeffler.com

Support groups

▪ The Adult Enrichment Centers of Rock Hill offers a caregiver support group open to the community at 10:30 a.m. Tuesdayat 359 Park Ave. For information, call Dee Curran at 803-327-7448.

▪ Alateen meets 8-9 p.m. Thursdays at Zoar Road Club, 14701 Thomas Road, Charlotte. Meetings are for two age groups: 6-12 and 13 and older. For information, call 803-547-2124 or 704-904-7834.

▪ Al-Anon meets 8 p.m. Mondays at Serenity Club, 209 Grayson Road, Rock Hill; noon Tuesdays upstairs at Oakland Avenue Presbyterian Church, 421 Oakland Ave., Rock Hill; 8 p.m. Mondays at Grace Presbyterian Church, 2955 S.C. 160, Fort Mill; and 8 p.m. Tuesdays in the house beside First Baptist Church, 121 Monroe White St., Fort Mill.

This story was originally published July 30, 2016 at 4:14 PM with the headline "Clover Back-to-School bash Friday at the stadium."