A Prayer in the Park for our community schools will be in the Gilbert Community Park Sunday, Sept. 6 at 6 pm. 1st Baptist Church of Gilbert is host. Pastor Mark Sanders invites you to join them and other community churches. Prayers will be offered for the safety and welfare of students, teachers and staff in our schools. For details call 803-892-3699.

GILBERT-SUMMIT Senior Center Director Donna Neel told us they will not reopen until October. She said her members are called each week to see how they are doing and if they need anything. For more information call 803-892-5745.

DALE SWYGERT tells us no time has been set yet to resume the Hollow Creek Community Club meetings. Swygert said this decision was made by the board due to the high numbers of corona-virus.

GILBERT ARTIST Candace Thibeault invites you to view her art work at the Rob Shaw Gallery and Framing. On Friday 5 to 9 pm an opening reception will be held at 324 State Street in West Columbia. For information call 803-369-3159.

Small children can be overwhelmed with starting school each year. Beginning a new year at school can be really hard on children and their parents. This week our Gilbert-Summit Branch Library has a video that might help. Miss Amanda reads a book titled “We Don’t Eat Our Classmates” by Ryan Higgins. This is a funny story about a T-Rex dinosaur in a classroom full of human children. The story shows how tough it can be to fit in, behave and make friends at school. Check out this video at the Gilbert-Summit Branch Library’s Facebook page.