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This August, Spartanburg Community College will celebrate its 50th anniversary and seeks to capture the college’s history in a pictorial book. The school invites the community to share information, photographs, graduation programs, T-shirts, uniforms, trophies and student and alumni success stories that showcase the past 50 years. Individuals wishing to share can email Dr. Jenny Williams at williamsj@sccsc.edu. Email all student success stories to Dr. Bruce Dillenbeck at dillenbeckb@sccsc.edu. Led by trained and experienced facilitators, three support groups, Divorce Care, Divorce Care for Kids and Grief Share, will meet at First Presbyterian Church on Sunday evenings, 5-7 p.m., Feb. 10-May 19. There is no charge and workbooks are $10. Childcare is available by request. Advance registration is required. To register and for more information, contact Tammy Burkhalter at 864-672-0327 or tburkhalter@firstpresgreenville.org.
Two team members of the South Carolina Search & Rescue Dog Association, Nancy Jocoy and Sarah Hey, have attained national certifications in cadaver detection and area search (air scent) respectively from the North American Police Work Dog Association. The South Carolina Rescue Dog Association is a volunteer professional search and rescue team with highly trained search dogs dedicated to helping find lost people, including children, hikers, drowned victims or those with Alzheimer’s. Sarah Hey and Brand The SC Native Plant Society is holding a Jack-in-the-Pulpits Workday on Feb. 9, 9 a.m.-noon. Participants will help clear English ivy that is taking over the native Jack-in-the-Pulpits in a cove near the Reedy River and Swamp Rabbit Trail in Greenville. Long pants and sleeves are advised to protect against poison ivy. To attend, email Dan Whitten at sdwhit10@ aol.com and provide a name and phone number. Participants will meet in the
lower parking lot of YMCA on Cleveland Street in Greenville at 9 a.m. Roper Mountain Science Center presents Engineer-It family day on Feb. 9, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., focused on how engineers “make a world of difference.” The event will feature demonstrations on cryogenics, robotics, engineering design and more. Visit www. ropermountain.org for details and cost. The event Preventing Heart Attacks, Strokes and Vascular Disease will allow attendees to learn how to prevent heart attacks, stroke and vascular disease on Feb. 9, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. at Embassy Suites. Blood pressure checks and hands-only CPR demonstrations will be at 10:30 a.m. Lunch is provided. To register, call 1-877447-4636 or visit ghs.org/360healthed.
The SC Native Plant Society invites Upstate residents to hear Janisse Ray on Feb. 19 at 7 p.m. in the J. Verne Smith Technical Resource Center Auditorium on Greenville Tech’s Main Campus. Award-winning writer and activist Janisse Ray’s discussion is titled “How Clear Does It Have To Be?” For more information, visit www.scnps.org.
St. Mary’s Catholic Church will host a lecture entitled “Evangelical Catholicism: Deep Reform in the 21st Century Church” by George Weigel on Feb. 9 at 10 a.m. in the parish athletic center at 125 Hampton Avenue in Greenville. Tickets are available at the parish office at 111 Hampton Avenue. For more information, call 864-271-8422 or visit www.stmarysgvl.org. The Mauldin Garden Club will meet on Feb. 12 at 7 p.m., to hear guest speaker Evelyn Onofrio present the topic of “How to Attract Birds to Your Yard.” The Garden Club meets in the Mauldin Cultural Center on East Butler Road. To learn more, visit www.mauldingardenclub.org or contact Ann Smith at jerryannesm115@charter.net. The Greater Greer Chamber of Commerce recently announced that the Marshall Tucker Band will be the headline performer for the 29th Annual Village Hospital Greer Family Festival on May 4 at 7:30 p.m. The festival will be held throughout downtown Greer and Greer City Park on May 3-4. Sponsorships and craft, business and restaurant vendor applications are available at www.greerchamber.com or by calling the Greater Greer Chamber at 877-3131. For more information, visit www.greerfamilyfest.com in mid-April.
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Chapman Cultural Center is holding “Read for the Science of It,” a free continuing education seminar for kindergarten through second-grade teachers. It will focus on integrating science and language arts in the elementary classroom. The event will be held Feb. 15 from 9 a.m. to noon in the Spartanburg Science Center. A second session for third- through fifthgrade teachers will be held 1-4 p.m. Teachers may enroll by calling 864-583-2777. St. Joseph’s Catholic School Middle School Chess Team captured first place in the South Carolina Independent School Association Chess Championship for the second consecutive year. Individual trophies went to Elias Longenecker (first place) and Joey Schmidt (second place).
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erator Joseph Dylong and Middle School chess club coach Doug Ragan. Briana Hunt, Jalyn Haynes and Madeline Corvin of Riverside Middle School recently qualified for the All State Orchestra. They will travel to Columbia on Feb. 22-24 to participate in the All State Festival with other top players in the state. Traveling to Sumter, S.C., to compete were Andrew Armstrong, Brendan Cummings, Charlotte Gayle, Charlie Henderson, Elias Longenecker, Alex Malvern, Robby Matlock, Gabi Sammon, Joey Schmidt, Megan Seidel, Jackson Soapes, Jacob Soapes, Emilio Trocha and Adrianna Vandross. The team was accompanied by SJCS Middle School math teacher/chess club mod-
Tamara Berry of Greenville, a Mauldin High School student, has been nominated to represent South Carolina as a National Youth Correspondent to the 2013 Washington Journalism and Media Conference at George Mason University. Berry will participate in an intensive weeklong study of journalism and media.
The St. Joseph’s Catholic School High School Chess Team recently placed second in the South Carolina Independent School Association State Chess Tournament. Competing were Jake Armstrong, Martin Cordi, Luke Lepak, Andrew Schatteman, Matthew Schmidt and Caleb Smith. Lepak, Schatteman, Schmidt and Armstrong placed in the competition. Accompanying the students was math department chair and high school chess club moderator George Carr. Virginia Military Institute cadet Jacob M. Pullias of Greer was among the approximately 1,500 who marched in this year’s presidential Inaugural Parade on Jan. 21. Cadet Pullias’s parents are Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Pullias.