Nation Ford ‘Farm to Fork’ series begins Tuesday

▪ The Nation Ford High School FFA Chapter will host “Farm to Fork,” a monthly series of presentations by local farmers and other food purveyors, August-April. Those attending will sample products and learn about nutrition and how various products are raised and marketed. Representatives of Springs Farm and the Peach Stand will present the first program Tuesday. Subsequent programs will be held Sept. 22, Nov. 17, Dec. 15, Jan. 26, Feb. 23, March 22 and April 26. All programs start at 7 p.m. in the Nation Ford High School Agriculture classroom, 1400 A.O. Jones Blvd., Fort Mill. Free and open to the public. The series concludes with the annual Farm to Fork Dinner May 10. Advance tickets available. For information, contact Lee Petitgout, agriculture instructor and FFA adviser, at Petitgoutl@fortmillschools.org or 803-374-6177.

Special events

▪ Gaston Farm Equestrian Center will host an Open Horse Show and Vendor Fair, 11 a.m. Sept. 12 at the farm, 2717 Gaston Farm Road, Chester. Gates open at 9:30 a.m. Free admission. Concessions available. For information, go to www.GastonFarmEquestrianCenter.com or call 803-374-6255.

Fundraisers

▪ Pleasant Ridge Baptist Church history committee will host its second annual Letitia D. Simpson Memorial Walk, 7 a.m. Saturday at the church parking lot on Dunlap Roddey Road. Registration begins at 6 a.m. Proceeds go to support Simpson’s son Randyn’s walk in the Annual Susan G. Komen Walk for the Cure. For information, call Malinda Boyd at 803-327-4428.

▪ Rock Hill Elks Lodge No. 1318 membership committee is holding a smoked Boston butt sale, 8 a.m.-noon Sept. 5 at the Elks Lodge, 344 E. Main St. Cost is $25. Proceeds will go to the Elks Lodge charities and membership drive. Tickets are available in advance or purchase the day of the sale. For tickets call 803-417-8797 or 803-328-2458.

Clubs

▪ The Newcomers Club of York County, a women’s social and civic minded organization, will meet 11:30 a.m. Sept. 9 at Rock Hill Operations Center, 757 S. Anderson Road, Rock Hill. Laura Busby from Curves will speak. Cost is $12.00, all inclusive. For reservations contact Kris at ycnewcomers@yahoo.com or 954-821-9310 by 10 p.m. Sept. 3.

▪ The Vintage Club of Tega Cay monthly dinner will be 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Phil Glennon Community Center. Cocktails served at 6. Entertainment by Leslie and Friends. The club is open to all Tega Cay residents age 50 and older. For information, contact Judie Fiegel at 803-207-0793 or jfiegel@comporium.net.

Meetings

▪ The York County Board of Rural Fire Control will meet 7 p.m. Thursday at the Fire Training Center, Ogden Road, Rock Hill. Meal at 6:30 p.m.

▪ The York County Board of Disabilities and Special Needs will meet 7 p.m. Thursday at the administration building, 7900 Park Place Road in the East York Industrial Park, off S.C. 5 in York. Open to the public.

▪ The Western York County branch of the NAACP will meet 9 a.m. Saturday at The Greater York Chamber of Commerce, 23 E. Liberty St. For information, call Wanda Simril at 803-684-6200.

Classes

▪ St. John’s United Methodist Church will offer dance classes on Mondays this fall at the church, 321 S. Oakland Ave., Rock Hill. Line Dancing will be 7-8 p.m. on Sept 14, 21 and 28 with Julia Robbins. Cost is $15 a person for the three classes. Country/Texas Two-Step taught by Bill and April Bragg will be 7:30-8:30 p.m. on Oct. 5, 12, 19 and 26. Cost is $20 a person for four sessions. Beginner Waltz will be 7:30-8:30 p.m. Nov. 2, 9 and 16. Cost is $15 per person for all three sessions. Open to the public. Proceeds go to the church youth. Park in White Street parking lot to enter the St. John’s Center. No partners necessary. Registration is not required. For information, contact Pat at 803-372-1315 or pathollisgrant@cs.com.

Auditions

▪ Rock Hill Community Theatre will have auditions for “Waiting Rooms” 6 p.m. Aug. 30 and 7 p.m. Aug. 31 at the theatre, 546 S. Cherry Rd., behind The ROC thrift store. Attendance both nights is not required. Set in the South, this comedy follows the lives of three siblings as they deal with the sickness and the eventual passing of their mother. The play is written by Laura Sansing Pfizenmayer, formerly of York. Parts are available for six women and three men. Auditions will include group cold readings. Welcome, but not required, are a resume and headshot. Performances are scheduled for Nov. 13-22. All conflicts between auditions and the final performance must be brought in writing to auditions.

▪ The Fort Mill Community Playhouse will hold auditions for its Dinner Theater, “Interruptions,” at 4 p.m. Aug. 30 and 7 p.m. Aug. 31 at Fort Mill Community Playhouse, 615 Banks St. “Interruptions” runs Nov. 5-7 and 13-15. Bring a list of all conflicts during Sept. 14-Nov. 15. Headshot and resume is appreciated but not required. Auditions will consist of cold readings. Roles are available for three male, five female and two flexible roles. Rehearsals begin Sept. 14. For information, go to fortmillplayhouse.org or call 803-548-8102.

▪ York County Choral Society auditions will be 6:30-8:30 p.m. Thursday and 6-7 p.m. Sept. 3 at Westminster Presbyterian Church choir room, 1320 India Hook Road, Rock Hill. YCCS is a community concert choir with approximately 60 singers who perform large choral works. The choir is directed by Katherine Kinsey, director of choral activities at Winthrop University: kinseyk@winthrop.edu or 803-323-2250.

Hunger relief

The Second Harvest Partners, sponsored by Providence Presbytery, will have hunger relief sites 9 a.m. Monday at Green Pond United Methodist Church, 983 Bethel St., Clover and on 9 a.m. Aug. 28 at Boyd Hill Baptist, 315 Glenn St., Rock Hill. Volunteers will help distribute food to participants who meet USDA eligibility income guidelines. For information, contact Catawba Area Agency on Aging at 803-329-9670.

Recreation

▪ Area 11 Special Olympics will host a Fall Sports Spectacular 9-10:30 a.m. Saturday at Boyd Hill Recreation Center, Constitution Boulevard, Rock Hill. The event is for Special Olympics athletes and their families to try bocce, disc golf, soccer and golf. Athletes may learn some new things and improve their skills. Scott Rohrer, Special Olympics world champion golfer, will participate. For information, call 803-326-2429 or email area11sosc@hotmail.com.

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 for ages 6-14, September-December at the Glencairn Garden Learning Center, 825 Edgemont Ave. Classes will be 9 a.m.-2 p.m. the second Friday of each month. Cost is $65. Students will learn natural environment, horticulture, vegetable gardening and leadership through creative activities and a service project. Registration and fee deadline Sept. 8 and includes a 2015-16 yearly membership. For information, contact Faith Isreal at 803-684-9919 ext. 113 or fisreal@clemson.edu.

York County Library

▪ The York County Library will host an American Red Cross Blood Drive, 11 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Friday at the library, East Black Street, Rock Hill. To schedule an appointment, call 803-981-5847 or go to redcross.org/blood.

Volunteers

▪ The nonprofit Friends of the York County Animal Shelter needs volunteers to help bathe, groom, exercise, socialize, train and provide adoption information for the animals, as well as assist in follow-ups, publicity, marketing and fulfilling other jobs at the shelter. Time and mileage may be tax-deductible. Volunteers must be 18 or older; orientation and training are required. For information, call 803-818-6485 or go to the shelter at 713 Justice Boulevard, York.

Reunions

▪ Rock Hill High School class of 1954 will meet 1 p.m. Thursday Aug. 27 at Golden Corral, Anderson Road. Members, friends and family are invited.

▪ The Sunset Park Pirates and Main Street Tigers baseball teams will have a reunion meeting 5 p.m. Saturday Aug. 29 at the home of Don Perry, 949 Ogden Road. For information, call Howard Chisholm at 803-328-5708, Don Perry at 803-370-4930 or Earl Chisholm at 803-554-7193.

▪ Residents of the Aragon Mill Village in the 1940s-60s will have a reunion 1-4 p.m. Sept. 12 in the fellowship hall at Northside Baptist Church, 1140 Curtis St., Rock Hill. Bring a covered dish, finger food or drinks to share and old photographs. Special music by Rhonda Ramsey Costner. For information or to add a name to the memorial list, contact Lucille Montgomery Boan at 803-327-6792 or 803-417-6163 or lucyandbobby@aol.com.

▪ The Chester High School class of 1975 40th class reunion will be Sept. 11-13 in North Charleston. A dinner cruise will be Sept. 12. Cost is $65 per person. Roundtrip bus fair to North Charleston is $30 per person. Space is still available. RSVP to Bertha Rhinehart Sims at 803-209-2523 or Diane Hooper Wilmore at 803-385-6985 or Theodore Wilder at 803-374-1310 or email tedwilder@truvista.net for hotel information and an itinerary. On Facebook, the contact is Patricia Wilmore Hampton.

Support groups

▪ A Brain Injury support group for survivors and caregivers will begin 6 p.m. Nov. 5 in room 200 at HealthSouth in Rock Hill, 1795 Frank Gaston Blvd. For information, contact the Brain Injury Association of South Carolina at 803-731-9823.

▪ 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 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 August 22, 2015 at 4:24 PM with the headline "Nation Ford ‘Farm to Fork’ series begins Tuesday."