Students' artwork to be on display
By SCOTT POWELL Ledger Staff Writer spowell@gaffneyledger.com
      Jeff Mages' art class was quiet as a mouse Thursday morning with students lost in the work of painting a ceramic sculpture and placing the final touches on a pencil-and-ink drawing. Forty Gaffney High students will see their artwork shown on a larger stage Oct. 17 when it goes on display in the Focus Art Gallery at USC-Upstate in Spartanburg.
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     SAMMY SUPPORTERS — On Monday, Oct. 6, a group of veterans held a rally at the Cherokee County Veterans Memorial in support of Cherokee County Veterans Affairs Officer Sammy Willard. Event organizer Danny Stacy, local businessman and veteran, stated, "We appreciate Mr. Williard's dedication to serving the veterans of Cherokee County during some very trying times and we wanted him to know we stand behind him." Pictured above are (left to right): Richard Teague, Merle Reams, Mike Grubbs, Leroy Clary, Kenneth Bright, Danny Griggs, Fred Whisonant, Wayne Powell, Joe Waters, Danny Stacy, Bob Moorhead, Bill Smith, Dever Smith, Roy Jefferies, Raymond Martin, Rocky Byars and Rayford Barnhill.
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Firefighters preparing to play games
By TIM GULLA Ledger Staff Writer tim@gaffneyledger.com
      Huddled in a meeting room at Correll Insurance Group on Thursday afternoon, members of the Cherokee County Firefighter Games Committee were making sure everything was in order for the 2008 games, and that secrecy was maintained.
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     CARVE ME UP ! — An array of pumpkins sit in the Allison's Produce stand on Granard Street in preparation for Halloween.
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New location, added services
By JOE L. HUGHES II Ledger Staff Writer joe@gaffneyledger.com
      Fear. Doubt. Outrage. A number of emotions poured from the hearts of Americans following the events of Sept. 11, 2001, as planes crashed into the World Trade Center in New York and the Pentagon in Washington, D.C. It was a day none would forget.
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TRIKE-A-THON
      West End Baptist Church daycare students speed away on their scooters and bicycles during a recent trike-a-thon. Several businesses helped out in the effort. Proceeds went to St. Jude Children's Hospital in Memphis, Tenn.
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Hamrick Mills leases facility to S.C. Vocational Rehabilitation Department
By LARRY HILLIARD Ledger Staff Writer larry@gaffneyledger.com
      Hamrick Mills has struck a deal to lease one of its industrial facilities. Bobby Lyons, president of the Spartanburg-based real estate brokerage firm The Lyons Group, said Hamrick Mills has agreed to lease the 33,241-square-foot facility at 226 Hyatt Street to the South Carolina Vocational Rehabilitation Department.
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     GIVING A THEME AT TIMKEN— Employees were in a festive mood Tuesday at The Timken Company's Gaffney Bearing Plant during the company's United Way celebration. To promote its 2008 United Way campaign across the country, Timken customized a Harley-Davidson motorcycle to be raffled at Timken facilities around the United States through Oct. 19. The motorcycle was on display at the local Timken facility. A number of employees took part in the raffle, with their ticket purchases going to the United Way. Their generosity was rewarded with ice cream and dessert items from Dairy Queen. The plant is an annual donor to the nonprofit organization.
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Burglar strikes Drug and Alcohol Abuse office
      The Gaffney Police Department said a burglar broke into the Cherokee County Alcohol and Drug Abuse Commission on West Montgomery Street but may have left the implements of the crime behind. According to a police report, officers responded to a burglar alarm at the West Montgomery Street office early Thursday morning and discovered the rear door had been forced open.
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Get your motors runnin'
By JOE L. HUGHES II Ledger Staff Writer joe@gaffneyledger.com
      Members of Rock Springs Baptist Church have come to expect the unexpected from their pastor, Rev. Brian Harris. Through the years, he has kept the congregation's attention during sermons through the use of jokes and dressing up as Bible characters like the three Wise Men, Joseph the earthly father of Jesus and Satan.
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More than $20,000 raised for scholarships
By SCOTT POWELL Ledger Staff Writer spowell@gaffneyledger.com
      Limestone College surpassed its goal last Thursday and raised more than $20,000 in a "Scholars, Dollars and Chocolates" event. A sold-out crowd of 300 people spent the evening at Broad River Electric Auditorium for dinner, homemade chocolate desserts and entertainment the Iron City Band of Blacksburg.
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