BRIEFS

The Spartanburg-Cherokee County Gamecock Club Spring Banquet is scheduled for Thursday, May 11, at the Spartanburg Memorial Auditorium.

The dinner will begin at 5:30, with the program to begin at 7.

Guest speakers will be coach Steve Spurrier, coach Ken Potosnak and administrative staff.

Ticket cost is $20 per dinner. Tickets for all ages and must be purchased by April 27.

Tickets for the event can be picked up at the Sub Station, Harold Restaurant, Dr. Hank Jolly's office, Chamber of Commerce or by calling Mike Phillips at 488-3730, Ed Poole 489-8746 or Randy Hammett 4893839. Gamecock Club

banquet May 11

Prevatte reunion slated for May 6

Lady Saints

top Gannon

Church plans

golf tourney

Hoops league

signup

Literacy Association

to hold golf tourney

Signup for the Cherokee County Recreation Center basketball league at Sagesports. The deadline to register is May 20. The league will consist of four boys leagues, ranging in age from 5 to 17. There will be a girls league this year for ages 12 through 18. You can also register by calling 425-5860 or 488-9596.

The league will holding a camp Saturday at 2:30 p.m. at B.D. Lee.

The Cherokee County Literacy Association will hold a charitable golf tournament at Cherokee National Golf Course on Friday, June 9, 2006, starting at noon. The proceeds from this tournament will be used to teach local adults how to read. The tournament's format will be captain's choice with prizes going to the first gross and net low scores. Four-person team sponsors are $240, single players $60 each, and hole sponsorships are $100 each.

The mission of the Literacy Association, which is a nonprofit, United Way agency, is to teach adult illiterate citizens of Cherokee County how to read. About one out of four adults in Cherokee County cannot read or have problems reading simple documents. The Association recruits and trains volunteer tutors to teach illiterate and under-educated adults to read and write.

If you or your company is interested in playing in the tournament, sponsoring a golf hole, or making a donation, please contact the Literacy

Association at (864) 487-2707.

A reunion of Coach Bob Prevatte's football and baseball players will be held Saturday, May 6 at 6:30 at the Shrine Club.

Contact Thomas Blackwell at 4893634 if you would like to attend or need more information. He can be reached by e-mail at: theblackwells@ bellsouth.net.

Hamburgers and hot dogs will be served.

The Limestone women's lacrosse team improved to 16-3 with an 11-5 win over Gannon on Senior Day Saturday.

Kristen Black had three goals to

lead the Lady Saints.

The Buffalo Baptist Church will hold a golf tournament on May 26 at River Bend Golf Course. Proceeds will go to the church's building fund. The cost is $45 a player and $180 a team. Hole sponsors are needed. For more information, call 864-8392189 or email btprice@liberty.edu