Community News, April 12

The Shepherd’s Center of Rock Hill will host its spring session of Adventures in Learning Monday at Oakland Baptist Church, 1067 Oakland Ave. The program meets each Monday through May 18.

Adventures in Learning offers an opportunity for adults age 50 and older to try new skills, be creative, exercise, learn and socialize. First visit is free. Cost for six-week session is $20. Coffee is served 9:15-9:30 a.m. during registration.

After the opening assembly at 9:30 a.m., the first classes are 10-11 a.m. They include a lecture series on the Catawba River with speakers Hope Matthews, Riverkeeper Sam Perkins, Scott Anderson, Travis Blue, Tom Bell and Bill Meyer. Other morning sessions are art classes, creative writing and beyond beginner bridge. Homemade refreshments are served 11-11:15 a.m.

The second session includes meditation and relaxation techniques, exercise to music, a series on York County with leading experts, creative writing and beyond beginner bridge.

After classes, the Lunch Bunch has a Dutch treat meal at various Rock Hill restaurants.

For information go to shepherdscenterrh.org or call 803-328-1343.

Special events

▪ The Master Gardeners of York County will hold two annual events during Rock Hill’s annual Come-See-Me festival – the plant sale and home tour.

The annual plant sale will be 9 a.m.-3 p.m. April 25 and 1-4 p.m. April 26 at the Glencairn Garden Learning Center, 825 Edgemont Ave., Rock Hill. On sale will be hundreds of perennials, shrubs, seedling trees, vines, bulbs, herbs and vegetables, with most priced between $1-$5.

The plants are donated by members, who will be available to answer questions about planting, spacing and other gardening topics.

The 2015 MGYC Garden Tour, featuring five homes in the Shiland Hills neighborhood, will be from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. on April 25, with a rain date April 26, from 1-4 p.m. Tickets are $5 and may be purchased at any of the tour gardens or at the plant sale.

Featured gardens include: June and Dick Kay, 2643 Ashmore Court; Julia and Alan Nichols, 2518 Meredith Court; Kim and Mike Climer, 2646 Carrolwood Drive; Laura and Woody Livingston, 2658 Carrolwood Drive; and Russ and Doris McDonald, 1830 Overbrook Drive.

Proceeds from both events help fund organization projects.

For information about the tour, call Frances Rouse at 803-980-2636. For more information on either event, go to www.yorkmg.org.

▪ Celebrate National Bookmobile Day and get a look inside the York County Library Bookmobile 9 a.m.-1 p.m. and 2-6 p.m. Thursday at the York County Library in Rock Hill. Learn about the bookmobile and the outreach services provided throughout York County. Receive an official Bookmobile Day sticker, a treat, and a make-and-take papercraft bookmobile.

▪ National Volunteer Week is Sunday-Saturday and the American Red Cross is honoring its volunteers who give their time to help people in need. More than 300 people volunteer in York, Chester, Lancaster and Chesterfield counties.

Last year the Red Cross volunteers of the Northern S.C. Chapter provided food, shelter, and comfort to 150 local families who faced emergency situations. They trained 6,000 people in lifesaving skills and provided 375 services to military members, veterans, and their families. Volunteers across South Carolina hosted nearly 1,200 blood drives and gave over 118,000 blood and platelet donations.

▪ Family Trust Federal Credit Union and Shred It Document Management will provide free document shredding for the public from 9 a.m. to noon April 25 as part of Earth Day Birthday at the Museum of York County, Mount Gallant Road, Rock Hill.

Shredding will be provided for personal and business documents in trucks located at Mount Gallant Elementary School. Staples, rubber bands, folders, paper clips, etc., do not need to be removed before shredding. Destroyed documents will go directly to a paper recycling plant.

Earth Day Birthday will feature activities, games, a 4-H petting zoo, and more than 30 educational exhibits with hands-on environmental lessons.

▪ Celebrating its 20th anniversary, the Anne Springs Close Greenway will host its annual Earth Day Celebration on Saturday offering free entry and activities for all ages from hiking and kayaking to horseback rides, in addition to new events.

One of the nation’s foremost folk musicians and storytellers, four-time Grammy award winner David Holt, accompanied by acoustic music star and Grammy nominee, Josh Goforth, will perform. Asheville, N.C.-based folk musician, Billy Jonas, who mixes conventional instruments with homemade creations, also will perform.

There will be a 5K race and the inaugural “Recycled Runway” competition. The competition will feature local students, clubs and individuals who will create a costume from recycled materials and compete for prizes. Other events include horse and wagon rides, canoeing, kayaking and cane-pole fishing, border collie demonstrations, guided nature and history hikes, kids zone, farm animals, geocaching, historic cabin interpretation and vendor exhibits.

For information, call 803-547-4575 or go to ASCGreenway.org

▪ Rudy Mancke, a Palmetto State naturalist, will talk about his environmental career 6 p.m. Tuesday at Dinkins Auditorium at Winthrop University. The free event, sponsored by Friends of Dacus Library, is open to the public. The Spartanburg native is best known for his long-running and award-winning ETV series, “NatureScene.”

▪ York County veterans are invited to an open house, 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday at the new American Legion, 524 Heckle Blvd., Rock Hill. Bring proof of service, honorable discharge, DD214 or active Military ID. Those younger than age 21 are not permitted in the Clubroom.

▪ York County churches are planning a multicultural, interdenominational Christian gathering, “Seeking God Together,” to pray for revival and spiritual awakening at 7 p.m. Tuesday at Westminster Presbyterian Church fellowship hall, 1300 India Hook Road, Rock Hill.

Churches organizing the gathering, in addition to Westminster, are First Baptist, Mount Hebron Baptist, Neely’s Creek ARP, Rock Hill Bible Fellowship, York Baptist Association, St. Barnabas Anglican and Lake Wylie Lutheran.

Fundraisers

▪ Benefit dinner and singing for cancer patient Elaine Cheek will be April 25 at Sharon Baptist Church. The Riverside Boys sing at 5 p.m. Dinner served between 6-7:30 p.m. Plates: $10, adult; $4, ages 3-12; free, age 3 and younger. Menu: fried chicken, mashed potatoes and gravy, green beans, slaw, dessert, bread and tea. Eat in or take out. Sausage biscuits and baked goods will be sold beginning at 8 a.m. at the Sharon Fire Department.

▪ Grits and Grace breakfast buffet will be 8-11 a.m. Saturday at Eastside Baptist Church, 318 N. Jones Ave., Rock Hill. Cost is $6, adult; $3 age 12 and younger.

▪ The Abolition Flagship of the Gamma Beta Phi Society, a Winthrop University honor society, will hold a car wash 2-7 p.m. Friday at Advance Auto Parts, 2166 Cherry Road, Rock Hill. Cost, $5.

Abolition Flagship’s focus is fighting human trafficking and slavery. Proceeds will go to LOVE146, a nonprofit that works to end child trafficking and exploitation. For information, contact Sara Tennant at tennants2@winthrop.edu, or call 803-389-4266.

▪ Bingo, sponsored by the South Pointe High School chorus, will be 6:30-9 p.m. Tuesday at South Pointe High School, 801 Neely Road., Rock Hill There will be bingo, pizza, drinks, snacks, carnival games and prizes. Admission is $3 and includes one card. Additional cards are $2 each or three for $5.

▪ Family night supper and a singing by the Gene Black family will be 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at Philadelphia United Methodist Church, 2260 Chester Highway, York. Singing begins at 7:30. Menu: spaghetti, salad, garlic bread, dessert and drink. Donations accepted. Proceeds go to Relay for Life.

▪ The 2015 Festival Golf Classic will be April 21 at Pinetuck Golf Club with a 12:30 p.m. shotgun start. Team entry is $240 and includes mulligans, on-course beverages and box lunch. Cash prize for hole-in-one, and awards for closest to the pin. Proceeds go to the Children’s Attention Home and the Palmetto School at the home. For information, call Jerry Couch at 803-329-1734 or Lewis Murray at 803-327-1141.

Meetings

▪ The National Association of Active and Retired Federal Employees will meet 11:30 a.m. Tuesday at Jackson’s Cafeteria. Business meeting begins at noon.

▪ Hope For You will host an informational meeting, “Touching a Child’s Life,” on foster care, adoption, guardian ad litem, private and international adoption and orphan care ministries in churches. The group will meet 10 a.m.-noon Saturday at the Fort Mill Library. For information, call 803-448-1075.

▪ The western York County branch of the NAACP will meet 6 p.m. Thursday at Wesley United Methodist Church. For information, contact Wanda Simril at 803-684-6200.

▪ The York County Marine Corp League’s local detachment, The Olde English Leathernecks, will meet 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Veterans of Foreign Wars, 732 W. Main St., Rock Hill. For information, contact Don Hicks at 803-517-7253.

▪ The Catawba Council of the South Carolina Silver Haired Legislature will meet 11 a.m. Wednesday at Highland Park Senior Center, 917 Standard St., Rock Hill. For information, call Wayne Kersey at 803-287-9453.

Clubs

▪ Rock Hill Area Shag Club will have its spring party, 8 p.m. Saturday at Celebrations at Ramada Inn. Dinner provided. Members, $3; guests, $5.

▪ The Ballroom Dance Club will meet 7:30-10:20 p.m. Friday at Fort Mill Golf Course Club House, 101 Country Club Drive. Adults of all ages and skill levels are welcome. Guest admission is $15 per couple, $7.50 for singles and includes a free dance lesson. Dressy casual. No alcohol; light refreshments provided. For information, call Bob at 803-329-5764, 9 a.m.-9 p.m.

▪ The Tega Cay Beautification Committee workday will be 9-11 a.m. Tuesday, at the Living Memorial Gardens to trim, clean, and weed. New members and workers are welcome. For information, contact pcmartin@comporium.net or 803-802-8727, klinew@comporium.net or 704-287-7432.

Enrollment

▪ ISWA Head Start is currently taking applications for the 2015-16 school year for children who will be 3 years old by Sept. 1. Applications are taken 9 a.m.-3 p.m. weekdays at 1540 Tom Steven Road, Rock Hill. For information, call 803-328-2267.

Classes

▪ AARP Drivers Safety Program will be offered for ages 26 and older 9 a.m.-3 p.m. April 22 at Springs Complex, Tom Hall St., Fort Mill. Open to the community.

Participants will get certificates that may reduce the insurance rate on collision and liability coverage and is good for three years.

Cost is $15, members; $20, nonmembers. Registration is required. Contact Chris Gross at 803-329-8253.

Workshops

▪ The Rock Hill Chapter of the South Carolina Writers Workshop is presenting the ninth annual Writers Intensive Workshop on April 25 at Grace Lutheran Church, 426 Oakland Ave.

This year’s theme is “Writers’ Secrets Uncovered.” Each participant can choose four of 24 sessions, a panel discussion and optional critiques. Sessions are presented for beginning writers through published authors and include many genres, poetry and illustration. Registration is 8:30-9 a.m. The cost is $30 for nonmembers; $25 for members and students age 16 and older. Lunch is included. Space is limited. For information and registration, got to at www.rockhillscww.org.

Health

▪ Piedmont Medical Center will offer a heart health risk assessment Thursday at the hospital Resource Center in the Women’s Center, ground floor. Fasting is required. To register, call 1-888-457-5211.

▪ National Healthcare Decision Day is Thursday and Hospice & Community Care staff will be available to answer questions and offer resources on advance care planning from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. on the hospice campus at 2275 India Hook Road.

The community can attend a drop-in brown bag lunch from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. to play My Gift of Grace, a conversation game centered on living and dying. The game facilitates end-of-life conversations for people of all ages and life stages. For information, call Hospice & Community Care at 803-329-1500.

▪ Agapé Hospice is offering a free National Healthcare Decision Day packet on advance care planning which can be picked up from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Thursday at 1326 Ebenezer Road.

Reunions

▪ The Robinson/Gladden family reunion is hosting a Chinese auction 2-4 p.m. April 25 at VFW Post 3746, 1404 Crawford Road, Rock Hill. For information, contact Charlie M. Robinson at 803-327-4547.

▪ The Rock Hill High School class of 1959 will meet 1 p.m. Tuesday for lunch and fellowship at the Golden Corral, Anderson Road. Classmates, spouses and friends invited.

▪ The Emmett Scott High School class of 1967 April birthday fellowship dinner will be 5:30 p.m. Monday at The Outback Restaurant, Rock Hill.

▪ The 50th reunion of the Rock Hill High School class of 1965 will be Friday with a get-together at the Come-See-Me Beach Bash downtown and Saturday at the Rock Hill Country Club with dinner and dancing. For information email lindasjordan@comporium.net.

▪ The annual Blackstock High School reunion will be April 25 at the school’s former gym, Schoolhouse Road. Registration at 11 a.m. and picnic lunch at noon. All former students and friends are invited. For information, call Susan Cassels at 803-328-1121 or Edward Hunter Mills at 803-581-2744.

Support groups

▪ NAMI monthly support groups and education sessions will meet Tuesday in new locations at Oakland Avenue Presbyterian Church, 421 Oakland Ave., Rock Hill. Support group meetings are at 6:15 p.m.: connection support group in room 202 and family support group in room 203. The educational meeting is at 7:30 p.m. in the basement dining room. Sara Da Costa, owner of Synergy Yoga Wellness will speak. For information, call 803-610-8174 or go to nami.org/sites/NAMIPiedmontTri-County.

▪ Affirmation of York County is a support group for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people, their families and friends. The group will meet 7 p.m. Tuesday at Grace Presbyterian Church, 2955 S.C. 160, Fort Mill. For information, call Ellen at 803-417-0954, Melissa at 803-547-6042 or email affirmationofyc@gmail.com.

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

This story was originally published April 11, 2015 at 4:38 PM with the headline "Community News, April 12."