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Vol. 3, No. 6
So long, farewell BY ANNE FULCHER My favorite song from the Sound of Music says it best: “so long, farewell, auf weidersehen, adieu, adieu, adieu to you andyouandyou!” Thisphraseringstrue astheGVWReportcomestoaclose. This October edition will be the last of this publication but is opening the door for a new publication that will encompass the entire Horse Creek Valley. Who would have ever thought that a little seed planted could have flourished into such a grand garden such as the GVW Report. With each published edition, I have received emails, phone calls and texts wanting to know how they could be a part of this special community newspaper. What became as a 12-page print product with 4,000 printed has
turned into a 20-page, 12,000 printed item loved by so many, ESPECIALLY me! I relate it to giving birth. With each month came another “baby” being born and I have felt that love every time, like only a mother could. The GVW Report could have never survived without the hard work of Lauren Haley, graphic artist with the Aiken Standard. For over two years, Lauren would take my sketchy layout and cryptic notes and turn the GVW Report into something of beauty. To Edie Corley-Stone, who planted the original seed in January 2015. By voicing her desire to have a community newspaper in the GVW area, I knew who I had to go to so that it would happen. It worked! For the past year, Edie has delivered 2,000 copies of the paper to local businesses in the area. To the local business sponsors, this community endeavor could not have been made possible without your faith
in us. I can never thank you enough to our very first long-term sponsor, Aiken Technical College, then came Aiken Regional Medical Centers, Savannah River Nuclear Solutions, FAMCO, Meggido Dream Station and many more. Your continued support has allowed us to grow sturdy, strong roots. These same roots will aid in the growth of the new publication coming out in early 2018. Most of all, thank you to you the readers and followers whether online or in print. Your continued words of kindness and encouragement are what gave me the impetus to push on with the GVW Report while working a full-time job. I ask for your prayers as we move forward with a bigger, better community newspaper for the community called the Horse Creek Valley.
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Community Calendar Aiken County Recreation Center Room Rentals Available
The Recreation Center is available for birthday parties, baby showers, family dinners and more! Call Tandra at 803-6636142 for rental rates and reservations.
Area Churches Together Serving (ACTS) • Oct 21 from 8 to 9:30 a.m. – Senior Food Program for ACTS of Aiken clients, at 340 Park Ave. S.W. • Oct 16-28 – High Country Olive Oil is partnering with ACTS’ Giving Tuesday Food Drive and will offer a 10 percent discount to customers who bring in and donate canned food for ACTS’ Food Drive and will also donate $1 to ACTS for each bottle of olive oil sold. (113 Laurens St., Aiken). • October – Super Special Sales throughout the month in both of ACTS Resale Stores, 401 Hayne St, downtown Aiken and 2ndACTS at 50 Canal St., Graniteville. Check sales out on www.Facebook.org/actsresalestore and www.Facebook. org/2ndACTS • Nov. 1 from 4 to 8 p.m. – Marco’s Pizza will donate 15 percent of all sales to ACTS on the first Wednesday every month. Please go and enjoy delicious Marco’s pizza and support ACTS. Marco’s is at 442 Silver Bluff Road, on the corner next to Ross and TJ Maxx. No tickets required. • Nov 12. from 4 to 6 p.m. – Harvest Home Concert at St. John’s United Methodist Church, 104 Newberry St., Aiken. Admission is canned food items. Come and enjoy the beautiful ecumenical choirs. An offering will be taken. • Want to volunteer at ACTS (either location)? Come to Volunteer Orientation held each Thursday at 10 a.m. at ACTS of Aiken, 340 Park Ave. S.W. (come to the side door on the Park Ave. entrance side).
Christ Central Graniteville (Hope Center)
Call Hope Center, 3 Hickman St., Graniteville, at 803-393-4575 to sign up for any of these classes. • WorkKeys®: Mondays and Wednesdays from 9 a.m. to noon. • GED Prep: Mondays and Wednesdays from 9 a.m. to noon., free • Caregiver WorkshopTuesday through Friday, Aug. 22-25 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., free and includes lunch. • Low-cost Eye Clinic:Wednesday, Sept. 20. Call the Hope Center for qualifications • Turning the Pages Ministry:Led by Rev. Dr. Gollie Walker on th second Tuesdays and Thursdays, Sept. 12 and 26 at 7 p.m.
• FUSE Newspring Youth Group: Wednesdays from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. • ServSafe® Food Protection Manager Course and Exam: Nov. 20 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. with Karen Tempel. Deadline to register is Nov. 6. Cost is $100 plus books and exam voucher. • Trinity Academy Preschool f or 3- and 4-year-olds begins Sept. 5. Register at Hope Center. Class size is limited and meets TuesdaysandWednesdaysfrom 8:30 to 11 a .m.
Gregg Park Civic Center
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HALLOWEEN COSTUME CONTEST, HAUNTED HAYRIDES Come “Boo” and “Scarify” with us on Thursday, Oct. 26. Begin your Halloween fun time with our Children’s Costume Contest for ages 9 and Under (Registration will be from 6 to 6:30 p.m.) Awards will be given to 1st, 2nd and 3rd place winners in (4) age groups. After dark, two Haunted Hayrides will be entertaining those of you who are looking for those Ghosts and Goblins! One for the Brave and Daring and one for the “kiddies.” There will be door prizes, goody bags and refreshments. For more information, call 803-663-7552. LITE-SIDE A senior’s class for those who desire a vigorous and funfilled workout will be held with certified instructor Wendy Moore, who will demonstrate the latest techniques for health conscious adults, on Mondays and Wednesday from 9 to 10 a.m. For more information, call the park at 803-6637552. Free of charge. LINE DANCE Line dancing classes for rock ‘n’ roll, country and beach music with instructor Cassie Barnhill are taught on Mondays from 7 to 8:30 p.m. The cost is $5 per class. For more information, call the park at 803-663-7552. LUNCH BUNCH WALKERS Let Gregg Park help you with your exercise and fitness program. A healthier and well-conditioned you is just a few steps away. Sixteen walk times will earn you a free T-shirt and a healthier mind and body. Walk inside the gym or outside on our beautiful and serene ½-mile walking track. For more information, call the park at 803-663-7552. New session continues through April 6. KARATE Karate classes are taught by Brian Randall on Tuesday nights from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Classes are for ages 5 and older
with instruction in Tae Kwon Do and Kenpo. Cost is $15 per month. FREE BLOOD PRESSURE TESTING Blood pressure testing is offered at Gregg Park Civic Center free of charge, performed by certified nurse Jeanne Townes the first and third Tuesday of each month from 4 to 6 p.m. GYMNASTICS Gymnastic classes will begin on Monday, Sept. 11 at Gregg Park Civic Center. The cost of instruction is $30 per month (or $10 per class). USA Gymnastics-certified coach Rhonda Whitley will teach gymnastics for children ages 5-14, on Mondays from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. For more information, please call the park at 663-7552. www. greggparkonline.com
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GVW Report Editor Anne Fulcher
Layout/Design Karen Klock
This Month’s Sponsors Aiken Regional Medical Center Aiken Technical College
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Master Your Computer, Tablet and Phone
It’s not too late to register for the fall session. Classes are filling up quickly, but there are still some openings. To register by mail: go to our website – mcgrathclc.com; download and complete the registration form; make checks payable to USCA; mail completed registration form and payment to USCA Office of Continuing Education, Box 20, 471 University Parkway, Aiken, SC 29801. To register in person: see Abby Grizzle, room 113, USCA Business & Education Building, Monday – Friday, 9:00-4:00 pm; OR come to our Open Lab on Wednesdays 3:00-5:00 pm during the school term (September 20-November 8), in the McGrath classroom.
Hurry. Don’t be left out! Full course description and registration details are available on our website:
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Call Laura Anderson with course or schedule questions at 803-641-3741
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Carvie Campbell is a 2nd grader in Crystal Stringer’s class at Warrenville Elementary School.
Mark Reeves is a third-grader in Brenda Gallardo’s class at Warrenville Elementary School.
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Jade Garden moves, expands One of the areas favorite Chinese food restaurant has moved and expanded. Jade Garden owned by Jane Zhang and Jason Yang had been in the Masonic Center on Canal Street for nearly 10 years. The couple and their staff saw their business growing by leaps and bounds especially when they began home delivery. The only problem at the Masonic Center site was that it was so small, not many customers could be inside picking up their to-go orders because the waiting area was barely big enough to hold 4 people if someone chose to sit and eat at one of the two tables. The new location at 410 Main Street in Graniteville offers eat in at the bar or in the large dining area as well as comfortable space to sit while waiting on take-out orders. The decorum is traditional deep reds and golds with lights and comfortable seating. Stop in and enjoy the new expansion of the Jade Garden restaurant and the friendly personalities of the owners and their staff. For more information, call 803-663-3030 or visit www. JadeGardenSC.com.
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Halloween – A time to celebrate?
October is one of my favorite months. The heat from the summer is fading from my memory and the coolness in the morning is delicious. The changing colors remind me of the death and resurrection of Jesus. The leaves die in the fall only to be resurrected in the spring in the glorious splendor of new life. At the end of October and into early November there are two events back to back which seem the antithesis of one another. October 31 is called Halloween on our calendars. November 1 is All Saints’ Day (not normally listed on calendars). Halloween’s origins come from a Celtic festival for the dead called “Samhain.” Celts believed the ghosts of the dead roamed Earth on this holiday, so people would dress in costumes and leave “treats” out on their front doors to appease the roaming spirits. During the month of October, and usually starting in September, the stores are awash with items related to Halloween, all kinds of candy and costumes of ghosts, witches, etc. galore. All Saints’ Day is a celebration of all Christian saints, particularly those who have no special feast days of their own, in many Roman Catholic, Anglican and Protestant churches. You won’t find much in the stores connected to All Saints’ Day. A few churches recognize All Saints’ Day. Many churches and other organizations do something on Halloween. Some try to leave the ghostly image out of Halloween, making it a party time for kids, with costumes and games. The rationale normally is to provide an alternative to the “traditional” way of recognizing Halloween, without “tricks” and other devilish activities. Many parents struggle yearly with whether
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With every decision, parents build a foundation of trust with their children. When kids grow up with reasonable and consistent application of faith principles, Dr. Cartmell explains, it gives more credibility to parents in those critical teen years when important issues come up. On the one hand, we have the ability to make or not they should allow their children to be in- events. The children come with the idea that choices, and we can develop our own rationale volved in Halloween activities. After all, can’t as to their justification. Consider this admonithey will get things for free. It promotes selfishness. Have you ever had “trick or treaters” tion from the Bible, however. “All things are we just make it one of those times when children can have a party together and have a good come to your door and then had to restrict them lawful but not all things are helpful. All things time wearing harmless costumes, dunking for from filling their candy bag at your house? are lawful, but not all things build up.” We are apples, and maybe even doing some “trunk So how do we parents know what is OK for told to “Take no part in the unfruitful works of or treating?” Churches often have “trunk or Halloween? Kim Wier, in an article published darkness, but instead expose them.” treating” to take the “tricks” out of it. However, by Focus on the Family entitled “Should My In the process of being consistent we communicate our values. Once you have made your most organizations, including many churches, Family Celebrate Halloween?” provides some decision about how to celebrate or not celebrate do “trunk or treating” because they consider good insight from Dr.Todd Cartmell, a child Halloween, Dr. Cartmell explains that commu“trick or treating” dangerous. psychologist and author of several parenting nicating “why” to your children is vital. “GivAs parents decide about how to recognize books, including “8 Simple Tools for Raising Halloween, here are some thoughts to consider. Great Kids”. Dr. Cartmell says how you make ing a simple explanation for your decision helps your kids see part of your thought process – one Studies have shown that Halloween actually your decision is as important as what decision makes kids act more evil. Putting costumeyou make. “Being consistent with your values is that seeks to honor God in your daily decisions. This is also a great real-life lesson for the type wearing kids into groups and introducing a important at all ages as it shows your kids that of thinking and thoughtful decision-making clear object of desire, such as candy, has been you are trying to obey God in all areas of your that you want them to learn to do.” shown to lead to “deindividuation”, a psycholife.” logical term recognizing that immersion in a In the end, October 31 is only one day in a He explains that these kinds of decisions have group causes one to lose a sense of self-aware- lasting consequences. “Significant contradicyear of days, of which each one counts. The ness and feel lessened responsibility for one’s tions between what we say and do sow seeds principles of God’s Word don’t change based actions. of confusion in our kids. While they may not on seasons or holidays. How we make deciOne study in particular found that unsuperverbalize it at young ages, they will notice them sions for our families every day, in all areas of vised costumed children in groups were far life, should reflect who we are – and Whose we and be able to reflect upon them when older.” more likely to steal candy and money than both are – in a way that our kids can understand and I remember a conversation with someone non-costumed kids and children not in a group. years ago who told me he had a very difficult embrace. Another similar study found that masked chiltime believing that Christmas was recognizing dren were significantly more likely to take more a real event – the birth of Jesus. His family had Roger Rollins is the executive director of Halloween candy than they were supposed to if always “celebrated” Halloween because he had The Family and Marriage Coalition of Aiken, they believed there was no adult supervision. been told by his parents that it was “just make- Inc. Contact him at 803-640-4689, rogerrollins@aikenfamco.com or www.aikenfamco. Here’s another thought. Halloween is all believe and all in fun.” “Christmas was probably just the same.” com. about taking, even with the “trunk or treat”
with instructor Becky Geeting. This class is for any level of participation and provides a non-intimidating opportunity for new exercisers. Come join the fun and enjoy group fitness with less impact. CONTINUED from 2 • Resistance Band Training. Mondays, 6 to 6:30 p.m It’s only 30 minutes. Short on the time but long on the results. Bring your mat, towel and water. We provide the UNLIMITED EXERCISE CLASSES PER MONTH $10 per month for passholders and $15 per month for non- bands. Instructor Joan Beam will demonstrate exercise with concentration on tightening and toning the core muscles. passholders holders • Tennis Clinics, for ages 5 and up. Instruction will be • Cardio/Weight Class, Mondays and Wednesdays, 5 to 6 given on saturdays from 9 to 11 a.m. With Gabrielle p.m. Morgan as the instructor. Cost is $10 for members and A 30/30 Cardio and Weight Class consisting of a cardio an additional fee of $3 for non-members. Please bring workout and followed by light weights for toning and water bottle, racquet. Learn the basic rules of play, stroke abdominal work. Instructor: Becky Geeting instruction, drills and fun games. • Zumba, Tuesdays, 6 to 7 p.m. Come check out the Zumba Party on Wednesday afternoons • Youth wrestling program
Ages 6 and up are eligible to participate on Wednesday evenings from 6 to 7 p.m. with Coach Glen Hendry. These are ongoing clinics with concentration on conditioning, skill development and competition. Cost is $5 per session, payable at the door.
Midland Valley Public Library 9 Hillside Rd, Langley
Operating hours are as follows: Mondays 1 to 6 p.m., Tuesdays 2 to 6 p.m., Wednesdays 1 to 6 p.m. and Thursdays 1 to 6 p.m. Phone: 803-593-7379
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The Women’s LifeCare Center The Women’s LifeCare Center at Aiken Regional Medical Centers is dedicated to the care and comfort of women at any age. In addition to maternity and newborn care, women can receive gynecological care, have breast surgery, get treatment for menopause and osteoporosis, and learn about estrogen replacement therapy.
A great place for a great start
The childbirth center at The Women’s LifeCare center gives newborns and their parents a strong start in life in a comfortable, supportive and nurturing environment. The center offers advanced clinical expertise and warm, personal attention. A comprehensive range of maternity services includes labor and delivery, a full-time lactation consultant, a Level II nursery, postpartum rooms and a dedicated surgical suite. The labor, delivery and recovery suites feature an attractive homelike décor and plenty of room for you and your birthing partner to be comfortable.
and special care when they’re sick. Treatment provided at Palmetto Pediatric Center includes child and adolescent weight-loss management.
Education for you and your family For an added touch of pampering, mothers receive a new plush robe, and on the evening before discharge, birth parents get treated to a special dinner that includes a small celebratory birthday cake.
Lactation services
One of the specialty services provided by The Women’s LifeCare Center is a boardcertified lactation specialist who gives breastfeeding support to moms and babies. While most healthy, full-term babies are eager to begin breastfeeding within the first half hour to two hours after birth, the first weeks of breastfeeding are a learning period for both mother and baby. Lactation services provided by The Wom-
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Meets the 2nd Wednesday of each month. Meeting time is noon. For more information call 803-645-9720.
Megiddo Dream Station Megiddo Dream Station Work for Success Program. Call 803-392-7044 or drop by 103 Canal St Graniteville to set up registration. Over 300 people have successfully returned to the workforce after completing our 8 week program.
Our Lady of the Valley Catholic Center Food Pantry is open Monday, Wednesday, and Friday from 10 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. Emergency Assistance by Appointment only Monday, Wednesday & Friday. Please call 803-593-2623 to schedule.
en’s LifeCare Center include: • Breastfeeding education class • Daily hospital rounding to all breastfeeding mothers • Outpatient consultations for breastfeeding difficulties • Telephone advice • Monthly support group meetings
Care beyond the nursery
Also available are pediatric services that provide inpatient nursery care and a broad offering of specialists at the Palmetto Pediatric Center, a part of Aiken Regional Medical Centers. The center provides inpatient and outpatient services for infants, children and adolescents, and offers routine healthcare
The Benefit Bank – by appointment only contact Jackie Cobb at 803-617-9532 ACOA Senior Program – Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to noon GED – Tuesday and Thursday from 4:30 to 8 p.m. Alcoholic Anonymous: Monday and Wednesday and second Saturday at 8 p.m. In accordance with Federal civil rights law and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) civil rights regulations and policies, the USDA, its Agencies, offices, and employees, and institutions participating in or administering USDA programs are prohibited from discriminating based on race, color, national origin, sex, disability, age, or reprisal or retaliation for prior civil rights activity in any program or activity conducted or funded by USDA. Persons with disabilities who require alternative means of communication for program information (e.g. Braille, large print, audiotape, American Sign Language, etc.), should contact the Agency (State or local) where they applied for benefits. Individuals who are deaf, hard of hearing or have speech disabilities may contact USDA through the Federal Relay Service at (800) 877-8339. Additionally, program information may be made available in languages other than English.
Aiken Regional Medical Centers understands there’s a lot to know when you’re expecting a baby, which is why they have a Family Life Education program. It’s a series of seminars and classes designed to help you and your family get ready for your new arrival. Classes include Breastfeeding for Expectant Parents and Childbirth Preparation.
Visit the Women’s LifeCare Center
The Women’s LifeCare Center is located on the second floor of the hospital. It features 17 inpatient rooms, seven labor, delivery and recovery suites, two rooms for non-stress tests and a Level II Neonatal Unit. To learn more about The Women’s LifeCare Center, you can visit aikenregional.com or call 803-641-5800.
To file a program complaint of discrimination, complete the USDA Program Discrimination Complaint Form, (AD-3027) found online at: http:// www.ascr.usda.gov/complaint_filing_cust.html, and at any USDA office, or write a letter addressed to USDA and provide in the letter all of the information requested in the form. To request a copy of the complaint form, call (866) 632-9992. Submit your completed form or letter to USDA by: (1) mail: U.S. Department of Agriculture Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights 1400 Independence Avenue, SW Washington, D.C. 20250-9410; (2) fax: (202) 690-7442; or (3) email: program.intake@usda.gov. This institution is an equal opportunity provide. The Family and Marriage Coalition of Aiken, Inc. 1651 Banks Mill Road, Aiken, SC 29803, www.aikenfamco.com 803-640-4689 The Valley Alliance Valley Alliance meets at Langley Bible Church (formerly Langley Pentecostal Holiness Church).on the third Wednesday of each month from 11:30 until 12:30. For more information, contact Rosealind Morse at rosegoes@aol.com.
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Your Future is Within Reach! Ready to start a new career or start working toward a bachelor’s degree? Aiken Technical College can help you on your journey to success!
We offer programs in areas such as:
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Apply Now for Spring 2018! Classes start Monday, January 8!
Learn more at www.ATC.edu or call (803) 508-7263. Aiken Technical College does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex disability, or age.
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Graniteville resident’s determination helps her accomplish educational goal Rooney turned to Aiken Tech to earn her degree The path to success is not always a direct one, but for Graniteville resident Sara Rooney, it’s a journey worth taking. She was attending another local institution when she became pregnant with her third child and decided to take some time off. That time off eventually turned into six years, but one thing never changed – her desire to earn a college degree. “At the time, it didn’t matter what it was, I just wanted to have a higher education,” she said. She turned to Aiken Technical College. Her sister had attended the College and was successful. She had also heard great things about the college and felt that it would be the right fit for her. “When I came here my first semester, I was eight months pregnant with my fifth child,” said Rooney. “I think that speaks to my sense of urgency. I knew that if I didn’t do it, I wouldn’t.” It didn’t take long after arriving on campus to realize that she had made the right choice. “I felt welcomed. There was a difference in the way people carried themselves here. It really stood out to me,” she said. “Even if you didn’t know people, you felt that you would get to know them and that you’re going to fit in.” Not only did she fit in, she got involved. Rooney served as a Campus Ambassador, participated on the Student Leadership Council, and was inducted into the Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society. She was also honored as the 2017 Student Service Award recipient. All while she continued to work part-time as the office manager of her husband’s State Farm agency and be there for her family. “If you have any life experience, it’s really hard to not become a part of what’s going on here at the college because it makes such a difference in you and who you are,” she said.
“It’s hard to give a mom of five quiet encouragement and to make them feel like they can do this, but every professor I’ve had has managed to do that.” Rooney graduated with honors in May with an Associate in Arts degree and she re-enrolled at the College this semester to pursue a
degree in radiologic technology. Her ultimate goal is to also one day become a nurse. For those questioning whether now is the time to go to college, Rooney says to “just do it.” “Six months will turn into six years and it will turn into ‘I’m too old for this’,” she said.
“Life is going to happen. There’s never going to be a perfect time. So just do it…and you can do it here at Aiken Tech.” If you’re ready to put your future goals within reach, visit www.ATC.edu to apply. There is no application fee. Classes for Spring 2018 begin Monday, January 8.
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To grow, we must adapt to change! In order for us to grow, we must be able to adapt to change. In an ever-evolving world there will always be change, if not, we will fall by the wayside and see our communities continue to wither. Many an active town around the country has become ghost town because of the Interstate system bypassing them and their inability to reinvent a reason for people to return. We are seeing many changes around us as Augusta, Ga., now steps into a new dimension: the world of Cyber.... Augusta has long been known for Fort Gordon and its textile industry. Fort Gordon has grown and adapted, while the textile plants that were in Augusta for generations are now gone. The old textile mills have become apartments, meeting rooms and serves as home to other small businesses. We are facing the same issues in the Midland Valley Area. Now many of the buildings that once housed United Merchants and Manufacturing and Avondale/Graniteville Company stand in ruins. The hope is that some of these textile dinosaurs will be reinvented to
bring new life to our small communities. “Each life is made up of mistakes and learning, waiting and growing, practicing patience and being persistent.” – Billy Graham We learn from our mistakes, and our forefathers made many. With new technology, we now have tools or growth to assist us when used properly. We can and MUST work to build a better future!! We must always be persistent, for if we do not, who will? Change may not always be to our liking as we have become accustomed to certain ways or patterns. In order for us to grow and make a better future for our children, we must be the ones willing to make the changes. As new business comes into our area, we, as citizens, must make a conscious effort to support them because as consumers we are the life force of small business.
– Mel Minitor
Women's Holiday Safety Sense Seminar Nov 16th. Ages 14+ Given by Modern Defensive Arts. Held at Heights Church in Clearwater (behind MiRanco).
The holiday shopping season is right around the corner. Learn self-defense and awareness tips to protect yourself from criminals this busy time of year. FREE TO THE PUBLIC. Call to reserve your spot. (803)221-0330 http://www.moderndefensivearts.com/
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Graniteville, Vaucluse, Warrenville
The Megiddo Dream Station and Midland Valley Area Chamber invites you to attend our first annual:
Bowties & Pearls Gala
Date:
Time:
December 31, 2017 8:00pm-‐12:30am
Location:
Hickman Hall, 110 Marshall Road Graniteville, SC
Please visit livetheplan.org/gala for more details
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Aiken County Habitat for Humanity
Women Build Kitchen Tour
Sunday October 15, 2017 12:00 pm – 4:30 pm Visit beautiful kitchens in historic Aiken Sample delectable dishes by local caterers and restaurateurs See lovely floral designs and inspiring table arrangements
Presented by
Atlantic Broadband Event Sponsors
H.G. Reynolds Co., Inc. • Security Federal Bank Kitchen Sponsors Lowe’s of Aiken Fox Custom Cabinets Two Ladies and a Paint Brush Merit Flooring-Kitchen-Bath First Citizens Bank Christy Davis Interiors Easy Street Remodeling & Home Repair Advance Tickets are $25 and are available now online at
www.aikenkitchentour.com
or at Herbal Solutions, Plum Pudding, Aiken Office Supply, Unique Expressions Tour maps and event day tickets ($30) will be available on October 15 from 11:45 am – 2:30 pm at Newberry Hall, 117 Newberry Street
803-644-8814
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Graniteville, Vaucluse, Warrenville
GVW Report Resource Center ACTS of Graniteville Area Churches Together Serving
Providing services including a Resale Store (2nd ACTS) located in Graniteville @ 50 Canal Street in the Masonic Shopping Center, Suite 6. Services for Graniteville and Vaucluse residents. By appointment, Tuesdays and Thursdays 10am-2pm - call 803 392-7146; 2ndACTS Resale Store (open to the public), Mon-Fri 10am-5pm & Sat 9am-1pm
Midland Valley Public Library
also provided for churches, businesses and other organizations that would like to help their members with their relationship skills. Contact FAMCO at 803-640-4689.
Mt. Salem Ministries
The Valley Alliance
The Midland Valley Public Library hours are Monday, Wednesday, Thursday from 1 to 6 p.m. and Tuesday from 2 to 6 p.mw.
803-646-3847 Outreach Mission Men’s Homeless Shelter Registration from 4 to 6 p.m. Monday through Sunday Aiken Barnwell Mental Health Center 2121 Augusta Road, Gloverville, SC (Hwy 1135 Gregg Hwy., Aiken, SC 29801 421) 803-641-7700 “His Table” Soup Kitchen, Monday through Friday Aiken County Veterans Affairs Office “Free lunch” from noon to 2 p.m. Dwight Bradham, Director 3850 Augusta Road, Bath, SC (Hwy 421) 1930 University Parkway, Suite 2305 All are welcome! Aiken, SC 29801 Phone Number: Rural Health Services, Inc. (803) 642-1545 803-380-7000 Email Address: With offices in Aiken, Clearwater and New Dbradham@aikencountysc.gov Ellenton Seeing patients with and without insurance. Aiken Regional Medical Center Adult Medicine, Pediatric Medicine, 803-641-5000 Behavioral Health, 302 University Parkway, Aiken, SC 29801 Dentistry, OB/Gyn Medicine, Teen Clinic
Aiken Senior Life Services
(formerly the Aiken Area Council on Aging) 803.648.5447 159 Morgan St. Aiken, SC 29801 • Providing meals in a dining hall setting • Hot meal delivery to homebound seniors • Frozen meal replacement for non-delivery days or for those outside our coverage area • Non-perishable food items that require minimal cooking • Non-emergency medical transportation • Rural public transit services via the Pony Express • Transportation for shopping, social, employment, and medical services
The Aiken Center
Addiction Services for Aiken County. 1105 Gregg Hwy., Aiken, SC info@aikencenter.org, 803-649-1900 www.aikencenter.org.
The Family and Marriage Coalition of Aiken, Inc.
FAMCO is a local nonprofit corporation whose mission is to promote the acquisition of relationship skills necessary for successful families and marriages. Resources are provided for couples getting married and those who are married and would like to improve their marriages. Resources are
The Valley Alliance is a nonprofit organization of cooperative agencies, churches, institutions, ministries, and community servants working together within the Midland Valley area for the purpose of better serving our community and its needs by building networks of support and communication, and sharing resources and services that complement each other. The Valley Alliance meets the third Wednesday of every month, for lunch and to discuss our respective ministry activities and to share how we might best help each other with our goals and activities. If your organization would like to join us, just show up. If you have areas that are of interest to the betterment of the community we serve, please let a member of the Board know or you may email this address: rosegoes@aol.com. We would be glad to hear from you. If you have any suggestions for luncheon speakers, we would also like to hear about that.
Women’s Breast Health & Imaging Center 803-641-5808 Aiken Regional Medical Center University Parkway, Aiken, SC 29801
Do you or your organization offer services to those in need? Please send us your information so we can share your services to those who need them. This is a free service. For more information, contact Anne Fulcher at 803-9794476 or ernieace2@yahoo.com.
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Graniteville, Vaucluse, Warrenville
Clyburn Community Health Express Is Coming to YOU Location Dates Hours of Operation
Mon - Thur 7:45 - 3:15 FEB 2-3 Fri 7:45 -12:30
Jackson – Town Hall
Jackson – Town Hall (Walk-Ins are MAR30-31 Accepting all adults Welcome)
Jackson Town Hall (Adults & Children) Call for an appointment Jackson – Town Hall APR 11-13
803-380-7000
Dental Services
Medical Services
Exams
Urgent Care
X-rays
Exams
Extractions
Treatment
Fillings
Flu Shots
Hours of Operation
Rural Health Services, Inc.
Do You Need Dental or Medical Care? Are Transportation and Time a Problem?
Graniteville, Vaucluse, Warrenville
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OUR LADY OF THE VALLEY CATHOLIC CENTER CHILDREN'S CHRISTMAS GIFT PROGRAM Our Lady of the Valley Catholic Center will take applications for the Children's Chritstmas Gift Program during the last three weeks of October. Call for an appointment. Gifts will be distributed on Monday, December 18, 2017. To be eligible you must:
Live in (or kids go to school in) Aiken County School Area #3 (Horse Creek Valley) Have a Household Income below the Emergency Food Assistance guidelines Not signed up with anyother Christmas Gift Program in the Valley (Including Salvation Army, Empty Stocking, Secret Santa, and others)
This program is for children who are 17 years old and younger on Christmas Day. If you qualify, call Our Lady of the Valley Catholic Center for an appointment. Sign up appointments will be scheduled for Tuesdays and Thursdays on the last 3 weeks of October, 2017, between 9:00 am - Noon Sign up on November 2, 2017 is between 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm Call for an appointment at (803) 593-2623 When you come for your appointment, you must have the following documents (no exceptions):
Proof of Income or No Income for everyone in the household 18 yrs and older Current photo ID of yourself and a recent document with your current living address ID for every child that you are signing up (SSC, birth certificate, school ID) Written list of clothes sizes and possible gifts for each eligible child
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Graniteville, Vaucluse, Warrenville
God’s Word BY DR. LYNN KIRKLAND
Isa 55:10 “For just as the rain and snow come down from heaven, and do not return there without watering the earth, making it bring forth and sprout, yielding seed for the sower and bread for eating, Isa 55:11 so will my message be that goes out of my mouth—it won’t return to me empty. Instead, it will accomplish what I desire, and achieve the purpose for which I sent it.
If we look down to this earth, we find God’s word there powerful and effectual, and answering all its great intentions, Isaiah 55:10, Isaiah 55:11. Observe here, (1.) The efficacy of God’s word in the kingdom of nature. He saith to the snow, Be thou on the earth; he appoints when it shall come, to what degree, and how long it shall lie there; he saith so to the small rain and the great rain of his strength, Job 37:6. And according to his order they come down from heaven, and do whatsoever he commands them upon the face of the world, whether it be for correction, or for his land, or for mercy, Isaiah 55:12, Isaiah 55:13. It returns not re infectâ - without having accomplished its end, but waters the earth, which he is therefore said to do from his chambers, Psalms 104:13. And the watering of the earth is in order to its fruitfulness. Thus he makes it to bring forth and bud, for the products of the earth depend upon the dews of heaven; and thus it gives not only bread to the eater, present maintenance to the owner and his family, but seed likewise to the sower, that he may have food for another year. The husbandman must be a sower as well as an eater, else he will soon see the end of what he has. (2.) The efficacy of his word in the kingdom of providence and grace, which is as certain as the former: “So shall my word be, as powerful in the mouth of prophets as it is in the hand of providence; it shall not return unto me void, as unable to effect what it was sent for, or meeting with an insuperable opposition; no, it shall accomplish that which I please” (for it is the declaration of his will, according to the counsel of which he works all things) “and it shall prosper in the thing for which I sent it.” This assures us, [1.] That the promises of God shall all have their full accomplishment in due time, and not one iota or tittle of them shall fail, 1 Kings 8:56. These promises of mercy and grace shall have as real an effect upon the souls of believers, for their sanctification and comfort, as ever the rain had upon the earth, to make it fruitful. [2.] That according to the different errands on which the word is sent it will have its different effects. If it be not a savour of life unto life, it will be a savour of death unto death; if it do not convince the conscience and soften the heart, it will sear the conscience and harden the heart; if it do not ripen for heaven, it will ripen for hell. See Isaiah 6:9. One way or other, it will take effect. [3.] That Christ’s coming into the world, as the dew from heaven (Hosea 14:5), will not be in vain. For, if Israel be not gathered, he will be glorious in the conversion of the Gentiles; to them therefore the tenders of grace must be made when the Jews refuse them, that the wedding may be furnished with guests and the gospel not return void. (Matthew Henry’s Commentary) I was recently preaching about measuring sticks and what standard of measure we need to use in church. For a long, long time
our standard has been “nickels and noses.” If a good crowd showed up and the offerings are decent we count most any sort of gathering as a success. God looks at things differently than we do. His standard many times changes according to the project that is going on. Take witnessing for example. I am the most guilty person in the world. You see, I was a salesman most of my life. My livelihood depended on me selling and you buying a product – or I went home broke. We carry this thinking over into witnessing and it makes it hard. We think if we are presenting Jesus everyone is suppose to buy. But God’s Word says that his Word will not return to HIM
void. We may not know until we get to heaven what the results of speaking the name of Jesus may be. But He will know the results right now. I want to encourage you to speak the name of Jesus often. If your group or church would like witness training for street evangelism give me a call. We have a program to fit every group no matter how big or small. Watch us LIVE on Facebook Sunday mornings about 11:20. To contact us for training, prayer, or to support this ministry you can reach us at: Dr. Lynn Kirkland, IM Cowboy Community Church, 2401 Pine Log Rd., Warrenville, SC 29851, PastorLynn.ImpactMinistries@gmail.com.
Graniteville, Vaucluse, Warrenville
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2nd ACTS celebrates its first anniversary in Graniteville On Saturday, Sept. 30, 2017, 2nd ACTS celebrated their first-year anniversary by having a day of family fun. Good food was provided as well as games for children and great deals for those wanting to shop.
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October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month Celebrate breast cancer survivors and their amazing caregivers
For more information, visit aikenregional.com/hope 111 Miracle Drive | Aiken, SC 29801 Physicians are on the medical staff of Aiken Regional Medical Centers, but, with limited exceptions, are independent practitioners who are not employees or agents of Aiken Regional Medical Centers. The hospital shall not be liable for actions or treatments provided by physicians. For language assistance, disability accommodations and the non-discrimination notice, visit our website. 170132