Wagener's annual Hometown Holiday Weekend was a great success. Thank you to all who worked hard to make this a great time for so many people. Thank you to everyone who participated, worked and attended. Wagener is a great community and we enjoy the fellowship and celebration times when so many people come out to relax, have fun and visit together. Merry Christmas to all and we're looking forward to another New Year together.
Faith Ministries and Churches Together for Kids Ministries are joining together to help fight hunger and provide warmth to our community. We invite you to join us and these two local mission projects that will bless our community. We are asking for donations of canned or boxed food, dry beans, grits, cereal, peanut butter, any non-perishable food item. We are collecting new and nearly new winter coats for all ages. You may drop off your donations at the "Mission House" located on Yaspen Drive next to Furniture Plus and Piggly Wiggly or contact us and we will arrange a pick up. ~ Jack Atkinson and Cindy Blizzard. Click here for more info.
The 44th Annual Chiltlin Strut was held on Saturday, November 28. It was a great time of boiled and fried chitlins, arts & crafts, fair-food vendors, antique tractor show, hog calling contest, carnival, musical entertainment and, as always, the parade. Click here for more information. Earlier events included the Beauty Pageant on November 7 and the Idol Contest on November 20. Thanks to all who worked hard on this annual event and thanks to all who came out and visited.
The newest addition to the Wagener Fire Department arrived Friday, October 30th, a 2009 Pierce 1250 Pumper purchased from Spartan Fire Equipment out of Spartanburg. The Pumper, which holds 1,000 gallons of water, is a welcome addition to Wagener's current fleet of 2 Pumper/Engines, 1 Service Truck, 1 Brush Fire Unit with pumping capacity, a 2,000 gallon Tanker and the First Reponder's Command Vehicle.
In October, 2008 an event was being planned and finalized in preparation to celebrate the 20th year of Roy Warner Memorial Park. Rosa Lynn Freitag, then park supervisor, was planning this event. Sadly the celebration never took place. Rosa suddenly passed away just two days before the event was scheduled. Fast forward a year, October 3, 2009, and we finally had that 20th-plus year "Celebration of Roy Warner Memorial Park and Remembering Rosa." Saturday, October 3, 9 a.m. until noon. Activities included Adopt A Pet, Touch a Truck, park history, light refreshments and a dedication of swings at 11 a.m. The Shepeard Blood Mobile was on hand accepting blood donations.
The park has undergone some changes in the past year. The flower beds in front of the main building were revamped, thanks to Rosa's mother Ms. Georgia Seagle and the Wagener Garden Club. The park is getting a set of swings made possible in part by donations. The swings were something Rosa had been pushing for and wanted dearly for her park, now they are dedicated to her memory.