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• The American Legion Blythewood Post 191
meets the 3rd Thursday of each month at 6:30pm
at Blythewood Community Center located at 311
Blythewood Road, Blythewood, SC. All veterans are
welcomed to be a part of an organization that is making
a difference in your community. If you need further
information, please contact Post Commander,
Oscar Coward Jr. at 803-600-7079 or email us at
blythewood191@yahoo.com.
• The Fairfield County Museum will present an
exhibition titled “Birthing a Community- Fairfield
County Midwives.” All are welcome. The exhibition
will run July 10, 2008 – December 31, 2008. Included
in the exhibition are: Tools of the trade dating back
to the 1800s, Photos of midwives in training at
Benedict College and the Penn School, Medical
items belonging to Fairfield County’s own Drs Floyd,
Buchanan, and McCants, photos from the collection
of the Caroliniana Library at USC, items from The
Penn Center on St. Helena Island, and much more.
For more information, call The Fairfield County
Museum at 803-635-9811. Fairfield County
Museum is open Tuesday – Friday 10:00 a.m. –
6:00 p.m. and Saturday 10:00 a.m. -3:00p.m
• On Thursday, August 21, 2008 at 7:00 PM, Slow
Food Columbia will host its premier event to raise funds
to help send Ben and Kristen DuBard, two farmers
from Blythewood, to Terra Madre in Turin, Italy.
Ben and Kristen DuBard of Five Leaves Farms have
been chosen to be delegates from our state to attend
the third edition of the biennial international meeting
of the Terra Madre Network. Held in October of this
year, Terra Madre brings together food communities,
cooks, academics and youth delegates for four days to
work toward increasing small-scale, traditional, and
sustainable food production. The premier event of Slow
Food Columbia will be held at Terra Restaurant in West
Columbia and will feature local food donated from
producers across the Midlands. Tickets for the August
21st event will be $65 for Slow Food members and $75
for the general community. More information abut the
event can be found at Slow Food Columbia’s website
www.slowfoodcolumbia.blogspot.com. For more
information, or to schedule an interview, please contact
Cerelle Centeno, Slow Food Columbia convivium
leader, at SlowFoodColumbia@hotmail.com.
• Church-wide Yard Sale Fundraiser. North Point
Community Church will be holding a Church-wide Yard
Sale Fundraiser, Saturday, Sept. 6, from 7:00 a.m. – 2:00
p.m. The Women’s Ministry of North Point will use the
proceeds of this sale to offset the cost of transportation
they will incur when they attend the upcoming “Women
of Faith Conference” later that month in Atlanta, GA.
Anyone who has items to donate for the sale may drop
them off at the church Friday, Sept. 5, from 1:00 p.m.
– 7 p.m. North Point is located at 532 N. Brickyard
Rd. in northeast Columbia. For more information
on this fundraiser call the church office at 699-
1008. For information about North Point go to www.
northpointonline.org.
community happenings
• Spring Valley High School will hold its 20 year reunion
weekend for the class of 1988 October 3-4, 2008. During the
month of August, ticket price is $45 per person; in September
the ticket price is $55 per person and cost at the door is $75
per person. On Friday, October 3, enjoy a Spring Valley High
School Campus tour at 6pm, and at 7:30pm, watch the Spring
Valley versus Sumter football game. The class reunion will be
Saturday, October 4 at the Lake House at Clemson Extension
from 7-11pm. For more information, contact Julie Turner
at jturner@adamsgroup.com or by phone at 765-1223 or
Christi Sowell Sheppard at sowec@msn.com. Log onto the
class website at http://sv1988.myevent.com for more details.
• TOPS (Taking Off Pounds Sensibly) is now meeting
every Tuesday night from 6:30-7:30 at the home of Ellis
and Ann Johnson, 217 Camp Jackson Road, Blythewood.
For more information, call 786-6811 or email daj248@
hotmail.com. Visit the website at www.tops.org.
• The MOMS Club of Columbia-North, a support
group for stay-at-home mothers and children, meets
regularly for a variety of activities. Please contact
Mary Ann Adams at maryannhadams@gmail.com or
754-2603 for more information
• The BHAAS (Bethel-Hanberry Athlectic Alumni
Association) will hold a membership drive and tailgate at
the Blythewood High vs. Fairfield Central football game on
August 29 on the home side of the football game beginning
at 4pm. All former athletes, coaches, cheerleaders,
statisticians, AD’s, etc., of this former high school and
also the latter high schools of the district are welcome to
come and inquire. The BHAAS is driven to help the youth
in our community with leadership, menorship and eventually
scholarships. For more info, call Larry Griffin at 361-5292.
• Free Diabetes Support Group. Join us on the first
Tuesday of each month at the YMCA in Lake Carolina
from 7:00-8:30pm. Each month there will be a different
speaker or resource-a time to learn new strategies, try
new products and find resources. Open to the public,
and registration is not required. For more information,
email Maggie at diabetes29229@yahoo.com.
• BIKER SUNDAY! August 17, 2008, 10:00 a.m.
Beulah United Methodist Church, 8564 Winnsboro
Road, Hwy 321 N, Blythewood, SC, (11 miles north
of I-20 - church is on right). Following the service,
we will have the blessing of the bikes, and a meal. For
more information call Johnny at 309-2399.
• Minnie Dix, (who’s chidren’s book “Belcher” was
recently reviewed in The Blythewood Leader), will
kick off a book signing beginning August 16, 2-6pm
at Waldenbooks at Sumter Mall in Sumter. Ms. Dix is
now writing as Leigh McKnight, and her most recent
book “From My Front Porch” has been released by
Urban Books of New York. Other book signing dates
and times are: August 22, 2PM - 6PM at The Happy
Bookseller, Forest Drive, Columbia; August 23, 2PM -
6PM Waldenbooks, Columbia Mall; August 24, 2PM
- 6PM Waldenbooks, Harbison Mall and August 31,
2PM - 6PM Waldenbooks, Harbison Mall.
• Support all the athletic teams at Blythewood High
School. Memberships and volunteer positions in the
Blythewood High School Athletic Booster Club are
available now! The first Bengal football game is August
29th and you can skip the ticket booth line! There
are five different plans. Business plans are $450 and
include a 4 X 6 sign on display at all outdoor sporting
events along with 20 home varsity passes. Your ad
will also be included in the BHS Athletic Booster Club
quarterly news letter. The popular Bengal Parking Plan
is available for $250. There are only half the number of
these memberships compared to last season and include
reserved parking for football games and 20 passes to
any home varsity sport. These are going quickly. Other
memberships are: Student-$40/5 passes; Individual-
$50/5 passes; Family-$150/20 passes. Memberships
include Bengal Dollars for the concession stands and a
BHS logo gift. To have an application emailed or mailed
to you, please contact Janice Allen at jmallen@sc.rr.
com or 691-0649. Concessions stands are manned by
different teams and coaches each week, but volunteers
are needed to help set up and manage concessions for
home football games. It’s a great way to get involved!
Email jmallen@sc.rr.com if you want to volunteer.
• Come join the fun at the McNulty Plaza Back to
School Jam on August 16 from 10am-6pm. There
will be a hair and fashion show, food, ice cream, back
to school kits, a bouncer for the kids, and much more!
VENDORS NEEDED!Anyone interested in donating
school supplies to give away to the children may
drop them by Fresh Attire Fashions or Cafe Vienna in
McNulty Plaza. Call 691-5545 or 735-1050 for more
information.
• ATTENTION!! All crafters, artist, and vendors
are invited to participate in the Fall Festival
sponsored by Beulah UMC on Saturday, September 6,
10am to 3pm. The festival will be held at the Church
located at 8564 Winnsboro Road (US 321). To reserve
a site for your display or tent, please contract Mary
Moseley 803-635-1830 (evenings) or Melody Hair at
email rionhare@hughes.net. Deadline for reservations
is August 29th, act now.
• Tuesday Tea Talk comes to Blythewood! Fresh
Attire Fashions will be hosting Tuesday Tea Talk on
August 26, 2008 at 428-3 McNulty Road from 6pm-
8pm. Space is limited. Registration Fee: $5. RSVP at
803-754-5620 or email: vii@viiservices.com
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