9/18, 11:00 a.m. Bethcar Baptist Church. This reunion is for all families who settled near the Edisto Rivers.  Names highlighted are connected to the Rev. Carson Howell & Nancy Dolly Cook: Cook, Garvin, Goss, Howell, Huckabee, Johnson, Keel, Redd, Scott, and Williamson.  A covered dish luncheon will be served.  Travelers of a long distance need not bring food.  Eating utensils, ice and tea will be furnished.  The Aiken/Barnwell Genealogy Society will be present with a display of books for sale, including Aiken County census books.  We encourage attendees to bring anything pertaining to your family -- Bibles, histories, pictures, etc.   Contacts:  Hazel Smith, John Howell, Betty Shull, Belinda Smith, Sarah Smith, and Beverly Chisolm.

Pictured: Owners JoAnna and Jerald Hoover, staff Meghan Mast and Amber Hoover

After nearly ten months of building renovations and years of business planning, JoAnna and Jerald Hoover fulfilled a life-long dream:  opening a bakery.  The Little Bake Shoppe opened at 7:00 a.m. Tuesday, August 17, 2010 at 135 Main Street N, Wagener.   Also working hard on opening day, but not pictured, are Callie and Gabrielle Hoover, continuing Wagener's historic tradition of family-operated businesses.