Columbus HOPE (“Helping Other People Everyday”) Tootsie Roll Drive at Walmart in Laurens on Sat., Sept. 2 (8 a.m. to 4 p.m.) and Sun., Sept. 3 (noon to 4 p.m.). Proceeds benefit the intellectually disadvantaged including Special Olympics, the Laurens County Disabilities and Special Needs Board, and Whitten Center. Sponsored by the Newberry-Joanna-Laurens Council 15960 of the Knights of Columbus.