Activities for Seniors

The Senior Centers of Cherokee County will be sponsoring a Senior Expo/ Healthfair on Friday, May 16 from 9:30 a.m.- 11:30 a.m. at the Gaffney Senior Center.

Admission is free and is open to senior adults in Cherokee County.

The first 50 seniors that walk around the walking track that day will receive a free pedometer.

There will be giveaways and door prizes.

ReGenesis Community Health Center will be doing free cholesterol and glucose screeings that day.

If you plan to participate in one of these free screenings, please fast eight hours (no food or drink) before the event.

The results for each screening may not be accurate if you do not fast for this amount of time.

Vendors at the event include Diabetic shoe clinic, Peach Center Ministries, Experience Works, Spartanburg Community College, Downtown Merchant Association, American Red Cross, CAVA, Pages for the Past, Total Care, Southern Charms, Council of Governments, Visiting Angels, 911, Interim Health Care, Alzheimer's Association, Hospice Care of South Carolina, Magnolias of Gaffney, Buford Street Drugs, Radcliff Chiropractic, the Senior Center, ReGenesis and the YMCA.

Please join us for a morning of fun and great information. Light refreshments will be served.

Fund raisers

The Blacksburg Rotary Club will have its annual barbecue fund raiser Saturday, May 17. Proceeds will also benefit the Senior Centers of Cherokee County. Hickory cooked barbecue, potatoes, slaw, bread and tea is $7 a plate, eat-in or carry-out. Serving will begin at 11 a.m. at Blacksburg Elementary School, 402 Hardin St., Blacksburg, and at the Senior Centers of Cherokee County, 499 W. Rutledge Ave., Gaffney. The Cherokee Shrine Club will be hosting a hash sale, Wednesday, May 21 beginning at noon on Shine Club Road.

Plates will be on sale for $5 per pint, with the unit being the Hejaz Sportsmen. The Village School will be hosting its annual yard and bake sale on Sat., May 17, from 7-11 a.m. in the First Baptist Church of Gaffney parking lot on Limestone St. and Floyd Baker Boulevard. Purchases may be made using cash only and there are no early bird sales.

If there is inclement weather, the event will be held on May 24.

Church news

Annual revival services are being held this week through Wednesday at Bethel Baptist Church. Services are at 7 p.m. with Dr. Lance R. Jeter, pastor of Solid Rock Church of God, Newburgh, N.Y., bringing the messages. New Hope Baptist Church and Heavenbound Baptist Church will have revival services May 12-16 at 7 p.m. at 605 13th St., Gaffney. Brother Bo Wagner will be preaching. Eastside Baptist Church located at 1284 E. Cherokee St., Old Highway 29 in Blacksburg, will host its third Saturday Night Singing on Sat., May 17 at 7 p.m.

Guests will be the Faithful Men Quartet, Riverside Boys, The Mark Summitt Family and The Hamptons. Victory Baptist Church located at 462 Brickhouse Road in Gaffney will be having Spring revival services running through Friday, May 16. Services begin at 7 p.m. with Evangelist Derek Cowan preaching. Special singing nightly, nursery provided.

For more information, call Dr. Greg Little at 864-902- 0311. Rock Springs Baptist Church in Blacksburg will host a yard sale and breakfast biscuits on Saturday, May 17, from 7 -11 a.m. All proceeds will go to the church's building fund.

Support groups

AA meetings are held at 8 p.m. on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday in the building behind Limestone Methodist Church on Carlisle Street. If you have a problem with alcohol, you are welcome to attend.

Alcohol is the number one drug of choice among today's youth and the fourth leading cause of death. Young people who begin drinking before the age of 15 are five times more likely to develop alcohol dependence than those who wait until the age of 21. If you have a loved one suffering from drug or alcohol addiction, contact Narconon to receive free counseling, assessment and referrals to centers nationwide. Addiction is predictable. It will end in one of three ways: death, prison or sobriety. It's your choice. For help call 800-466- 6933 or www.stopaddiction.