Church news

Broad River Baptist Church in Smyrna will have homecoming services Sunday, Sept. 5. Sunday School will be at 10 a.m. and morning worship at 11. Speaker will be the Rev. Andy Parker of Unity Baptist Church, Woodruff. A meal will be served in the fellowship hall following worship and a singing begins at 1:30 p.m.

The senior choir of New Mt. Zion Baptist Church will celebrate its anniversary Sunday, Sept. 5, at 3 p.m. Speaker will be Pastor L.T. Tate of Walker's Chapel Presbyterian Church.

In observance of the official mourning period for the late Dr. J.W. Sanders Sr., pastor of Bethel and Island Creek Baptist churches, the Sanders family invites the community to an "Open Mic Night" at Bethel Baptist Church, 218 Dr. L.M. Rosemond Lane, on Thursday, Sept. 2, at 6 p.m. Dinner will be served and dress is casual. Lucas Financial Services Inc. is the sponsor.

Holiday hours

The Cherokee County Public Library and the Blacksburg Public Library will be closed Monday, Sept. 6, in observance of Labor Day. Both libraries will reopen Tuesday, Sept. 7.

Sanitation schedule

The City of Gaffney Sanitation Department will observe Monday, Sept. 6, as a holiday. Monday's route will be picked up on Wednesday, Sept. 8. Carts should be on the curbside by 7 a.m.

The Cherokee County Solid Waste Collection, Recycling, Landfill and Convenience departments will be closed Labor Day, Sep. 6. You may use extra containers for recycle materials and household garbage on Monday, Sept. 13, for overflow.

Barbecues

Daniel Morgan/ White Plains Volunteer Fire Department will have a barbecue and hash sale Saturday, Sept. 4, from 7 a.m. until sold out. The sale will be at the fire station at 538 McKowns Mountain Road and at Auto Stop 105. For phone orders, call 864- 489-2194.

Gaffney Masonic Lodge No. 186 will have a barbecue fundraiser for Cherokee County Meals on Wheels. Home-cooked pork barbecue, beef hash and slaw will be available. Pints of barbecue and beef hash are $7 and slaw is $3 a pint. The sale start at 7 a.m on Labor Day, Sept. 6, and ends at noon at the Masonic Lodge, 219 E. Floyd Baker Blvd.

Buffalo Volunteer Fire Department will be selling barbecue and hash on Labor Day, Sept. 6, at the main and sub-station starting at 8 a.m. and continuing until sold out. Pints are $7 each with a special of 3 pints for $20. The main station is at 137 Blackwell Road (864-839- 4500) and the substation is at 1136 N. Mountain St. (864-839-4551).

Special events

The Henderson County Gem and Mineral Society will have its 29th annual gem show and sale Sept. 3-6 from 10 a.m.-6 p.m. The show will be at the Whitmire Activity Building, located between Kanuga Road and Allen Street. Show hours are Friday, Saturday and Sunday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m., and Monday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.