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The Gilbert-Summit Senior Center crafters have been busy making special Father’s Day crafts for Meals on Wheels recipients in the community. The crafters tell us they have made “Dad’s Bags,” which are brown lunch bags with colorful, artistic bow ties painted on them. Inside each bag they placed small, painted black rocks with “Dads Rock” painted in white. The bags are also filled with special treats and candy.

The crafters have created larger rocks with fire trucks and police cars painted on them to give to our local law enforcement and fire station personnel as a thank you for what they do for us.

Pond Branch United Methodist Church held a potluck lunch June 10 to say goodbye to Pastor Linda Bodie Dunn. She will be the new pastor at Saint Paul’s UMC in Orangeburg. The Rev. Drew Martin will begin his ministry at Pond Branch UMC later this month.

Prior to school ending, Gilbert Middle School won multiple awards from the SC Association of Student Councils, including a first place in the Sidewalk Art Show. The school received first place in the Fundraising Project for the Sidewalk Art Show. GMS also won a second place in the Middle School Service for planning “Muffins for Mom” and “Donuts for Dads.” GMS also won a third place in the for Community Service for donating money to “Happy Wheels,” and they earned Honor Council status. GMS Student Council Officers are: Doc Cooper, Blaine Mc-Farland, Emely Aguilera Garcia, Ellie Harman, and Paola Vera Gonzalez.

In recognition of his teamwork and enthusiasm for GMS and student council activities Blaine McFarland received an invitation to join the SCASC Terry A. McCoy Leadership Hall of Fame.

Gilbert Primary School will have a new principal when school resumes in August. Congratulations to William H. Moody Jr., who will start July 1. Moody was named Teacher of the Year three times and has represented the schools he worked for in the District Teacher of the Year process. He has numerous degrees in psychology and education, has worked as a school counselor, and was named the SC Elementary School Counselor of the Year in 2009.

Congratulations to Gilbert High School’s football coach, Chad Leaphart, who was named the AAA Region 5 Coach of the Year, AAA SCAAA Region Athletic Director of the Year, AAA HSSR Region Coach of the Year, and Co-Coach of the Year All Chronicle County Football Team.

Happy birthday to Grayce Heath, Lauren Brock, Rebecca Nabors, Everett Taylor, Ted Kyzer, Kristin Miller, William Puckett, Leree Poole, Adam Kyzer, John Brock and Margaret Padgett.