Maxine Caughman, Director of the Gilbert-Summit Senior Center, informed us the center was recently vandalized. This crime was committed late at night or early in the morning.

At the front of the GSSC there are several memorial rocks inscribed with the names of the members who have passed. The vandal(s) used two of these rocks and broke out a window on the side door to gain entry. Walls were damaged and a fire extinguisher was used to spray the kitchen and other areas with the chemicals. The crime was not discovered until the opening of the GSSC that morning.

The center had to be closed nearly two weeks to repair and clean the building. Caughman said the seniors who come to the center could not get their daily lunches nor enjoy fellowship with each other.

Meals on Wheels recipients did get their meals delivered to them. Caughman said the Lexington County Sheriff’s Department has not made an arrest.  She asked anyone with information about the crime to call the LCSD at 785-8230.

The senior center has reopened and the members are having their daily lunches, fellowship, and planned activities.

Caughman said activities for May include the Irmo-Chapin Health Fair, shopping, day trip to the Little Mountain Antiques Mall, attending the Senior Citizen’s Day at the Spirit Communication Park, health checks, games,entertainment by the Gilbert Kids Chorus. GSSC members who have birthdays this month include Brenda Bogart, Dean Balder, Letha Long, and Corine Dennis.

Congratulations to GSSC member Connie Jordan, who was selected the Meals on wheels Volunteer of the Year, and to Robert Goering, who was selected as the MOW Volunteer of the Year for the District.

If you are a senior age 60 and above and would like to become a member, call 892-5745 for more information.

“Libraries ROCK” is the theme for the Summer Reading Program at the Gilbert-Summit Library. Online registration is now underway and logging in starts June 1. There will be a weekly prize drawing beginning June 11,  with the program ending on August 18. Children look forward to the Summer Reading Program that starts shortly after school ends. For information call the library at 785-5387.

You are invited by the youth at Saint Paul’s Lutheran Church to a Chicken Barbecue fundraiser May 12, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. It-will be held at the Hollow Creek Community Center, 2701 Priceville Road in Gilbert. Whole chickens will be sold for $10 and a plate will be $8.

Shiloh United Methodist Church is having a Lake Murray cruise aboard the Spirit of Lake Murray on Sunday, May 20. The cruise includes fellowship, a silent auction and dinner. The cost is $50 per person. Boarding will begin at 6 p.m.  with the cruise ending at 8:30 p.m.  Gary Baker of Shiloh UMC said paid reservations are required by May 15. Please call him at 803-206-6168 for more information.