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Bluffton United Methodist Men's Club (BUMMs) is selling Golden Kernel pecans. Orderswill be available in mid-November, in time for holiday baking and gifts. Pecans can be frozen for about a year. Final date to order is Nov. 8.Prices start at $7.25 for a 1 lb. bag of fancy jumbo halves. Family-owned Golden Kernel Pecan Company is located in Cameron, S.C., and the nuts are grown in South Carolina, Georgia and Alabama. Profits from the sale are distributed equally among seven local and state charities. For more information, call 843-757-3351 or 843- 705-9876.

Sun City On the Go Travel Club upcoming short trips via motor coach:

(Sun City Residents taking these trips must be On-The-Go Travel Club members.)

Fall in the Georgia Mountains, October 19-20, $299 per person double occupancy, single supplement add $50. Visit Helen, Georgia during Octoberfest: overnight at Brasstown Valley Resort and explore Brasstown Bald, Crane Vineyards, John C. Campbell School with a local guide. Included: transportation, accommodations, 3 meals, tours,driver's tip.

Augusta, Aiken & Fall Steeplechase, October 23 & 24, $299 per person double occupancy, single supplement add $65. In Augusta, visit boyhood home of Woodrow Wilson, see southern art at its best and overnight on Riverwalk; tour Aiken with a local guide and spend afternoon at Steeplechase. Included: transportation, 4 meals, 2 tours, entrance fee and rail-side space at Steeplechase.

Details: Twila Gray 705-5215 or Juli Yale 705-5244.

The Sun City Community Theatre will present the drama "The Lion In Winter" at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 29-31 and 2 p.m. Oct. 31 at Magnolia Hall in Sun City Hilton Head. "The Lion In Winter" was made into a movie in 1968 that starred Peter O'Toole and Katherine Hepburn and was nominated for seven Academy Awards. Tickets are $18-$20 and can be purchased at the box office in Magnolia Hall from 9 to 11 a.m. Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. During the week of the show, tickets can be purchased from 9 to 11 a.m. Mondays through Saturdays, and 30 minutes prior to each performance. Details: 843-705-5600.

The Lowcountry Civil War Round Table (LCWRT) will meet at 6:45 p.m. Oct. 14 at Bluffton High School. John C.(Jack) Waugh will speak on the most important generals of the North and South in their formative years prior to the outbreak of the Civil War in 1861.He is a nationally known historian and author of "The Class of 1846: From West Point to Appomattox - Stonewall Jackson, George McClellan and Their Brothers. "Details:843-671-2236 or www.lowcountrycwrt.com.