Church celebrates birthday by 'Calling Down Fire'
By JOE L. HUGHES II Ledger Staff Writer joe@gaffneyledger.com
      Most birthdays or anniversaries involve blowing out of candles. However, Restoration Church of Gaffney for its third anniversary is expecting fire to rain down from the heavens as the church holds its annual Calling Down Fire Conference this
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Applications being taken for entries
Christmas Parade
      The City of Gaffney will hold its Christmas parade at 10 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 8. Applications are now being accepted for all types of entries. There are a limited number of floats, which can hold up to 15 people, available for rent at $420 each. Float reservations must be complete prior to Nov. 16.
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Tenants named in plans submitted by developer
By LARRY HILLIARD Ledger Staff Writer larry@gaffneyledger.com
      The Peach Plaza is starting to fill up. Aaron Rentals will occupy a 7,000-square-foot retail space at the 40,000 square-foot shopping center located on a fiveacre parcel adjacent to Rite Aid (formerly Eckerd's), according to plans submitted this week to the City of Gaffney.
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Freightliner moves 341 jobs
      PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Freightliner LLC is moving 341 jobs to South Carolina to be closer to the truck manufacturer's customers and production sites. The heavy truck subsidiary of German automaker Daimler AG said the move to Fort Mill, S.C., affects about 10 percent of its Portland work force, primarily in sales, marketing and dealer support positions.
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Teen says he was carjacked
      A Gaffney man said he was held hostage at gunpoint in his car for several hours Tuesday. Jonathan Scruggs, 18, of 630 Park Gate Road, said he was approached by a man just before 1 p.m. at the Burger King on Floyd Baker Boulevard whom he described as between 20 and 25 years old wearing a navy blue do-rag, a yellow Nautica fleece jacket, orange shirt and blue jeans.
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Two arrested after drugs found
      Two Gaffney residents were arrested Wednesday after authorities said they found drugs at a home at 125 Monticello St. Isley Berbard Wallace, 36, and Shereka Lavetta Dawkins, 28, of that address, are charged with possession with intent to distribute crack cocaine, possession with intent to distribute crack cocaine within a halfmile of a school and possession of marijuana.
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Photo
     Ledger photo by JOE HUGHES II WHAT DO YOU SAY? - Annie Carter of Magnolia Assisted Living hands out candy Wednesday to children at Little Angels Daycare.
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BHS band holding fish fry
      The Blacksburg High School Wildcat Marching Band will have its annual fall Fish Fry this Saturday, November 3, 2007, at the BHS cafeteria from 11:00 a.m. until 7:30 p.m. Diners have many choices at the BHS Fish Fry: you may dine in or take out plates. Delivery is available for orders of 10 or more plates.
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U.S. gouges travelers with passport fees
      WASHINGTON (AP) - First, Americans endured exasperating delays and ruined vacations from passport processing backlogs. Now, a congressional investigation indicates they may have been overcharged, too - perhaps by more than $100 million a year.
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NAACP banquet Saturday
      The Cherokee County NAACP will hold its 30th annual Freedom Fund banquet Saturday at 7 p.m. in Stephenson Dining Hall at Limestone College. Tickets are $25. Asheville Mayor Terry Bellamy is the keynote speaker. Upon her election in November of 2005, she became the youngest mayor in North Carolina.
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Limestone grad to share his travels to Greece, Turkey
      The Limestone College Art Department will present "The Art and Archaeology of Ancient Greece and Istanbul" by Nathan Brines '06 and Chelsie Weidele on Tuesday, November 6 in Stephenson Dining Hall at 6:30 p.m. The program will explore their travels to Greece and Turkey this past summer, from Greek antiquity to dodging bullets in restaurants.
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FCA 'Bench Backers' meeting planned for Tuesday, Nov. 6
      Debbie Strickland will host the second meeting of the year for the Cherokee County "Bench Backers" on Nov. 6 at 7 p.m. The organization is an adult ministry of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA). For anyone whose husband has a career in athletics, there will be a time of fellowship, prayer and devotion.
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Registration for basketball league
      A free basketball clinic by the Limestone College men's basketball team and registration for Community for Christ basketball will be held Saturday from 9 until 11 a.m. at Hopewell Baptist Church. The league is for kindergarten through eighth grade students. For more information, call 488-2809.
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Peachtree Centre joins national quality campaign
"We can find ways to work together to meet our goals of improved care."
      Peachtree Centre has joined thousands of nursing homes across the country in a voluntary national initiative, the Advancing Excellence in America's Nursing Homes campaign.
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World Day of Prayer
      The Thickety Mountain Baptist Association Senior Missionary and Y.W.A. will observe World Day of Prayer Monday, November 5, at 7 p.m. at the Thickety Mountain Baptist Association Building. Mrs. Marjorie L. Knuckles will be the guest speaker. Mrs. Knuckles is a native of Gaffney and a retired teacher from Anderson.
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Graduates basic
      Airman Bethany White graduated from Air Force basic training on Sept. 21, 2007, at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas. Airman White was a member of the 323 Training Squadron; Flight 590 HONOR FLIGHT during basic training. She is currently stationed at Keesler Air Force Base in Biloxi, Miss.
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Graduates from funeral college
      Cherisse Ontez Thompson graduated from Gupton- Jones College of Funeral Services in Stone Mountain, Ga., on Aug. 24, 2007. She is a 1992 graduate of Myers Park High School in Charlotte, N.C. Thompson is the daughter of Harold Maurice and Sallie Thompson of Charlotte.
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TRICK-OR-TREAT
     Ledger photo by CODY SOSSAMON This little 'pumpkin' was out trick-or-treating for the first time Wednesday evening.
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Complete Timken program
Two associates complete studies
      Two Gaffney Bearing Plant associates recently graduated from The Timken Company's four-year apprenticeship program. These associates completed classroom study at Spartanburg Community College and extensive onthe job training in their respective fields at the Gaffney Bearing Plant.
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