• 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 Aquatech Commercial & Residential . . Plumbing Repairs Water Heater Installation & Repair FREE ESTIMATES 803-348-2241 Page 4 • August 14, 2008 • the blythewood leader
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