Posted on 07.AUG.08 Summer is here! The weather is hot, the days are long and we are gearing up for our second annual Sip.Shag.Support.  Fundraiser that benefits the Second Chances Fund of Health Related Home Care. This year's event is August 16th at the Federal Building in Uptown Greenwood. The doors and Silent Auction open at 6:00 pm and The Out-of-Towners Band begins at 6:30. We will have heavy hors d'oeuvres, lots of shagging and a cash bar available. Tickets are $25 each or two for $40 and are available by calling 229-3200 or 366-9151. This is an evening you won't want to miss! The Second Chances Fund has helped dozens of our patients afford expensive medicines, built wheelchair ramps onto their homes, supplied lift chairs, assisted with costly medical bills, purchased eye glasses, paid for home repairs and many, many other odds and ends.   [Click here to see more details]

At approximately 11:00am, Thursday, a motor vehicle accident occurred on Asbury Road in Hodges.  Joshua Manley, the driver of a red Ford Explorer was traveling south on Asbury Rd. when he ran off the right side of the road, at which point he over corrected his steering, lost control of the vehicle,  running the vehicle off the left side of the road. Manley hit a ditch off the left side of the road when the vehicle overturned. There were two passengers in the vehicle with Manley during the accident. Manley and the two passengers reported having their seat belts on during the crash. No one was injured. SCHP responded to the accident. Manley was charged with driving too fast for conditions.

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Hi, I’m Russell “Nate Daddy” Patterson and when it comes to sports – “Nate Daddy” is your man

Gwdtoday.com is announcing the launch of our new sports site:  Gwdtodaysports.com

“This is sports reporting like it has never been done in Greenwood County”, explains GwdToday.com President Patrick Moore, “and we have just the person to do it for us!  His name is Russell ‘NATE DADDY’ Patterson.  Nate Daddy will be covering our local high school sports as well as postings spotlights on local coaching staff members, players, and volunteers. 

We will also be naming a ‘GWDTODAYSPORTS.COM PLAYER-OF-THE-WEEK”!

“I’m excited and ready to get going!” smiled Nate Daddy.  “I can guarantee that I will do my best to inform as well as entertain the readers.  We are going to have a lot of exciting things happening on this site.  What makes this sports site so great is that it is being done, (as Patrick said) like it has never been done before!  I am going to get everyone involved: players, coaches, managers, fans, cheerleaders, parents, band members, mascots, volunteers….everybody. It’s gonna be great! ”

August 7, 2008               GREENWOOD--- Lander University has become a charter member of the College Board’s CollegeKeys Compact, which seeks to support students from low-income families as they work toward preparing for, getting into and succeeding in college. Lander is one of the first 500 institutions to join this bold call to action to U.S. schools and colleges issued by the College Board about seven months ago. [click here for full article]

Piedmont Health Group's Michelle Merka, RVT (sitting) and Lavonara Sussewell (standing) Lesley Lane - GwdToday News Reporter 07.AUG.08 Piedmont Health Group, LLC, Diagnostic and Imaging Center has achieved accreditation by the International Commission for the Accreditation of Vascular Laboratories (ICAVL). The Diagnostic and Imaging Center attained this recognition for it’s commitment to providing a high level of patient care and quality testing for the diagnosis of vascular disease.   According to Piedmont Health Group’s Michelle Merka, Registered Vascular Technologist, who received her training and education the Air Force, PHG went through the ICAVL application process eleven months after the launch of their diagnostic and imaging services at Tower Point Medical Center. PHG applied for each of the five categories commissioned by ICAVL. “These include extracranial (cerebrovascular), intracranial (cerebrovascular), peripheral venous, peripheral arterial, and visceral (vascular)”, said Merka. “For outpatient facilities to perform a lot of imagining modalities, government is requiring that not only the people that do the test be registered and qualified but the facility itself be accredited.” [Click here for the full story]

Lindsay Burns (left) and Kelly McWhorter proudly display their certificates 06.AUG.08 Lindsay Burns, Director of Sales and Kelly McWhorter, President, of the Greenwood Regional Tourism and Visitors Bureau, have completed first and second portions, respectively, of a three-year professional development program that will lead to certification as a Tourism Marketing Professional (TMP).   McWhorter and Burns were two of 300 tourism professionals enrolled at the Southeast Tourism Society Marketing College earlier this month.  The week-long program turns the facilities of North Georgia College and State University in Dahlonega, Ga., into a laboratory to teach tourism marketing each summer. [Click here to see full article]

Help Kids Get Ready For School - Please Donate School Supplies Wish List:  Loose Leaf Notebook Paper, #2 Pencils, Boxes Of Tissue, Composition Notebooks, Zippered Pencil Pouches, Single Subject Notebooks, Packages Of Colored Pencils, Pencil Top Erasers, etc… [Click here to see more details on Event & Donations!]

Hey there.  I'm "Cole" and I'm cool.  I'm a handsome long-haired gray guy who is quite the looker.  It doesn't really matter much to me, though, because I've been neutered.  But I do like the ego boost.  I'm only two-years-old and have a long and great life of love to offer to someone!

My name is "Copper" and I'm a two-year-old male Basset Hound mix.  I weigh 55 pounds and look like a giant Dachshund!  I came to the shelter with my companion, "Molly," and you can visit us both if you like.  Our owner moved away and couldn't take us along.  I'm very easy-going and like everyone I meet.