Cedar Bluff Civitan Club members have been busy brightening things up at the Children’s Advocacy Center of Cherokee County office, located at 203 North River St., Centre.

Herman Alford and Sam Mills donated their time painting the interview room at the center. The transformed the room from its dark, drab existence to a bright, yellow color.

“It was real dark,” said Alford. “You would walk in and it was like a dungeon. It was really depressing. Once we get everything out and they get the furniture back in here, it will look real good. It will be a lot more cheerful when children or parents come in here to be interviewed.”

Alford and Mills began working on the room about 9 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 14 and were completed by noon Friday, Oct. 15.

“This is the only one we have done here so far,” said Alford. “We are putting the finishing touches on the trimming now. We talked about doing the conference room because it has that pine paneling in there. It is dark, depressing when they sit down for a meeting, so we are talking about doing something about that later on.”

“We hope to wind it up here in a little bit,” said Mills. “We’re jacks of all trades! Whatever they find to do, we will go out and make an attempt to get it done.”

Cedar Bluff Civitan Club is an active one, they said, participating in projects to help the needy or for organizations like the Children’s Advocacy Center.

“We help with programs for the elderly, people who are not able to do for themselves,” said Alford.

Cedar Bluff Civitan Club meets the second Monday of each month at the Cedar Bluff Community Center.

“Some of the governor’s people have come to talk to us,” said Alford. “Mike O’Dell, the district attorney, came several months ago and clued us in on what is going on with the drug problem. This is such an outlying area, they get away with making that meth. They make it in their cars. I didn’t realize it was this bad.”

Cedar Bluff Civitans also contributed funds toward a van to be used by law enforcement agents in removing children from homes of meth and other drug users.

On behalf of the Children’s Advocacy Center of Cherokee County, Lori Lumsden, executive director, and board members extend their appreciation to Cedar Bluff Civitan Club for providing this assistance