The City of Greer’s S.O.A.R. (Seniors Out & Around) group celebrated Valentine’s Day with a party
last week. Staff writer Kaelyn Pfenning got the group’s take on the subject of the holiday: love.
Woodland Elementary School hosted its annual Leadership Night on Monday, highlighting the Seven Habits of Highly Effective People.
Students brought their parents to school to show off what they’ve learned through the program, which aims to develop new methods for problem solving.
Daily Bread Ministries now has the resources to deal with sudden cardiac arrest, thanks to donations from the Greer Rotary Club.
The club recently installed two defibrillator machines at the Greer Soup Kitchen and Greer STEP as part of a service project.
North Greenville basketball player Bryce Allen has been named to the 2017 Allstate NABC Good Works Team for his community service.
Several partners are working together to build a brewery with their own hands at the Taylors Mill, with a goal of opening in early April.
“We’ve built everything in here, except for the electrical and plumbing,” said Aaron Robinson. “There’s a lot of stuff we’ve just never done, like the glycol system or the bar top.”
It’s never too late to learn to dance.
This message is what Mary Thompson is sharing with fellow seniors at her free Senior Line Dancing Class every other Wednesday and is hoping to share at an upcoming Valentine’s Day Party.
In 1946, Robert Trias opened America’s first dojo in Phoenix, AZ. Nearly two decades later, the martial arts pioneer hosted the first national karate tournament in the continental US at the University of Chicago. It was at that tournament in the early 1980s that up-and-coming martial artist Mike Sanders met the man that would become his secon
Family and friends gathered at the Boy Scouts Distinguished Citizens Breakfast Tuesday morning to honor longtime Greer resident Keith Smith.
The Greer Commission of Public Works sponsored the breakfast at the Cannon Centre, surprising Smith with an award for his contributions to life in the community.
Doris Franchina is celebrating a century of life, with parties held in her honor at Greer Community Ministries (GCM) and the Needmore Community Center.
“This doesn’t happen very often—100 years old, wow,” said Nimfa Clauter, Senior Action Coordinator at Needmore Community Center. “It’s a great community here.”
He’s been a Green Beret in Vietnam, met Bruce Lee and Chuck Norris, and studied under the world’s most accomplished martial artists.
After a half-century in the dojo, however, the thing Mike Sanders is most proud of is helping so many students become the best people they can be.
