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Photo courtesy of Monarch Elementary School Dental workshop Monarch Elementary School had its annual dental program on Tuesday March 5, 2013 for 5K and 1st grade students. Dental hygienist, Teresa Huff, along with 5K student Ethan Epps, demonstrate the correct way to floss your teeth.
Community Calendar
Tuesday, March 19 • USC Union hosts a Criminal Record Expungement Clinic in the USC Union Auditorium from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. The clinic is free and open to the public. Eddie McConnell, Managing Attorney with SC Legal Assistance in Spartanburg, will go through the proper process and possible costs of having your criminal record expunged. • The Union County Council Committee on County Administration and Finance meets at 5:30 p.m. in the Gra...
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Charles Warner|Daily Times Nancy Smith, a cook at Wallace Thomson Hospital, put trays of hot meals in the box brought by Meals on Wheels volunteer Gerry Benard. The meals, which were prepared in the hospital's kitchen, are delivered by the volunteers to needy residents in the Union community.
More than 26,000 meals delivered
UNION — They delivered more than 26,000 meals in 2012 and the Union County Meals on Wheels volunteers are delivering meals to the needy of the Union and Buffalo areas this year but need the help of the community to continue doing so. In a report released this week, the Meals on Wheels board announced that they’d recently met for a recap of their efforts in 2012. The 60-65 volunteer drivers delivered 26,155 meals or more than 2,000 per month...
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Crime Report
The Union Public Safety Department reported the following arrests : — Kenneth Tracy Sherbert, 49, of 149 Sherbert St., Spartanburg, was charged with three counts of shoplifting around 12:30 p.m. on March 14. According to arrest warrants, Sherbert stole two 32-inch Samsung televisions, an HP desktop computer, and attempted to steal a Dyson ball vacuum cleaner from Walmart, located at 513 North Duncan Bypass, Union. The vaccuum cleaner and c...
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PASS writing exam to be held Tuesday and Wednesday
UNION COUNTY — All students in grades 3 through 8 enrolled in Union County Schools will take the statewide PASS (Palmetto Assessment of State Standards) writing exam Tuesday and Wednesday, March 19 and 20. Local school officials encourage students to get a good night’s rest, eat a good breakfast, and get to school on time to begin testing. The two-day writing test is administered in March to allow time for scoring the compositions so that r...
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Paul Newhouse
Newhouse is new hospital district CEO
UNION — The Union Hospital District has a new CEO. Paul Newhouse, who has been serving as the district’s Chief Financial Officer since mid-September, was appointed CEO by the district’s board following the resignation of his predecessor, Tim Merritt. Merritt tendered his resignation during a special called meeting of the hospital district’s board Thursday evening. The board then offered the position to Newhouse who accepted. Newhouse said...
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Charles Warner|Daily Times Monarch Elementary School second-grade teacher Rhonda Hollingsworth joins three students who won awards at the recent Piedmont Region III Science Fair for a picture earlier this week. The students are first-grader Emma Garner and fifth-graders Sydney Childers and Kayley Jane Addis.
Opening up young minds
MONARCH — Their study of the scientific method of inquiry and how to apply it in their lives helped three Monarch Elementary School students win honors at this year’s Piedmont Region III Science Fair. The fair, which is held annually on the USC Upstate campus, brings together public, private, and home school students from Cherokee, Spartanburg, Union, and York counties in scientific competition. The competition is divided into the academic ...
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Charles Warner|Daily Times Field No. 1 at the Timken Sports Complex will soon be different after Union County Council voted unanimously this week to allow the Miracle League of Union County to begin work on converting the field to where it can accommodate special needs children and adults who want to play baseball.
Council authorizes Miracle League to begin work on baseball field
UNION — Following a lengthy executive session earlier this week, Union County Council gave The Miracle League of Union County the go-ahead to proceed with construction on the field at Timken Sports Complex the county gave the organization last year. During Tuesday’s council meeting, MLUC board chair Amy Austin said she was only there to give an update and joked that, for once, she wasn’t there to ask for anything. However, as she updated co...
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Photo submitted New sign This is the sign for the new Family Life Center at Padgett's Creek Baptist Church. Pictured with the sign are Vic Bramlett, chairman of building committee, and W.C. Irwin, who made the sign.
Church Calendar
Saturday, March 16 7 a.m.-11:30 a.m.: Hebron Baptist Church, located on the Whitmire Highway, Union, holds a bake sale at the Union County Stadium. Homemade pies, cakes, candies and other items will be available. The funds raised will go to support church pastor the Rev. Brian Childers’ participation in a mission trip to Nicaragua in June. 11 a.m.-1 p.m.: Oakbrook Community Church, 520 Alman St. in Jonesville, hosts a chili bean din...
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Church to honor assistant minister of music
BUFFALO — Wyatt’s Chapel Baptist Church, located at 153 Wyatt’s Chapel Road in Buffalo, will host “A Musical Appreciation for Andre L. Tate” at 6 p.m. tonight, Saturday, March 16. Assistant Minister of Music Andre Tate has played music weekly at Wyatt’s Chapel — as well as assisted with the direction of the church’s children’s choir, mass choir and all-male chorus — since June 2009. He directs music as well as voices. Tate said he grew up...
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Photo courtesy of Buffalo Elementary School Learning about mill village life Ms. Ashley Justice and Mrs. Stephanie Wicker’s class listen to Mrs. Cybil Ponder discuss working in the Buffalo Mill, long ago. The history of cotton mills in South Carolina is a topic covered in third grade South Carolina history. The children enjoyed hearing Mrs. Ponder talk about her old jobs in the mill, the mill structure, and the mill village. This was a great wrap up to the unit on cotton mills. The children got to hear first hand how different life was during the boom of textile mills.
Community Calendar
Saturday, March 16 • The BPO Does Union Drove #148 will have a hot dog sale at the Union County Stadium from 8 a.m.-until. All proceeds will go to Does charities. • Watercolorist Larry Mauldin conducts a “Watercolor Workshop” from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Union County Arts Council’s gallery on Main Street in Union. Call UCAC at 864-429-2817 for more information. • The Union Lions Club holds a “March For Sight” from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. S...
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Photo submitted Master banjo performer and Union native Kristin Scott Benson will perform on Friday, March 23 at the USC Union Auditorium during the Upcountry Literary Festival.
Benson, ‘Mill Billy Blues’ to perform at Literary Festival
UNION — Those who attend this year’s Upcountry Literary Festival will be treated to two musical performances that will reflect the local region. The Upcountry Literary Festival will take place on Friday, March 22, and Saturday, March 23, in the USC Union Auditorium. Admission is free for all events. In addition to numerous presentations from authors and poets of various genres, the festival will also include musical performances by Kriste...
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Council opposed to solid waste bill
UNION COUNTY — The Union County Council is unanimously opposed to a bill currently pending action in the South Carolina Senate. During Monday evening’s meeting, County Supervisor Tommy Sinclair brought South Carolina Bill H. 3290 — relating to solid waste flow control — to the attention of council members. Bill H. 3290 invalidates any county ordinance directing where solid waste is disposed as well as any ordinance that “impedes the devel...
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District makes progress toward Strategic Plan goals
UNION COUNTY —A graduate rate higher than that of the state and improvements in elementary math and ELA scores are among the signs of the progress the Union County School District has made toward meeting the goals of its Strategic Plan Director of Secondary Education Cindy Langley says. Langley presented the Union County Board of School Trustees this week with an update on the plan. The board voted to approve the plan with trustees Buck Pea...
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Charles Warner|Daily Times This is one of two generators that can supply the critical areas of Wallace Thomson Hospital with electricity in the event of a power failure.
Merritt: Backup generators can keep hospital supplied with power
UNION — Though his office would be left in the dark, Union Hospital District CEO Tim Merritt says Wallace Thomson Hospital’s two backup generators would keep the critical areas of hospital supplied with electricity in the event of a power failure. During a joint meeting of Union County Council and the Union Hospital District Board on March 7, some council members raised the question of whether or not the hospital would be able to continue f...
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Martin, Hutto disagree over state participation in Medicaid expansion
COLUMBIA — The issue of South Carolina’s participation in the expansion of Medicaid was the subject of a discussion between State Sens. Shane Martin and C. Bradley Hutto on an SCETV teleconference hosted by Lt. Gov. Glenn McConnell Thursday morning. Martin, a Republican from Spartanburg, and Hutto, a Democrat from Orangeburg, discussed whether or not South Carolina should participate in the expansion of Medicaid under the federal Affordable...
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Cross Keys House now open Saturdays
CROSS KEYS — The Cross Keys House is now open to visitors and for guided tours on Saturdays. Ola Jean Kelly, executive director of the Union County Museum, announced that the Cross Keys House and its grounds will be open to visitors noon to 5 p.m. every Saturday except for holidays. In December, Kelly announced that the Union County Historical Society which owns the Cross Keys House was working to have it open on Saturdays. She said the s...
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Carlisle needs volunteers for food distribution
CARLISLE — The Town of Carlisle needs volunteers to assist in distributing food to the need families of the community on Tuesday. Municipal Clerk Shannon McBride said Thursday that the town needs volunteers to help pack the food and carry it out for the citizens receiving the boxes of food. Tuesday’s distribution, which will be held at the Carlisle Town Hall from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., is for residents of the Carlisle community only. McBride ...
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Union Lions Club to ‘Walk for Sight” Saturday morning
UNION — The Union Lions Club will “Walk for Sight” through downtown Union Saturday morning. George Goings, Past District Governor for the Lions Club, said Thursday the goal of the walk is to increase the club’s visibility in the community and make the public more aware of what it does and what the South Carolina Lions do. “We just want people to see us as Lions and see what we do,” Goings said. “Our main focus is helping people who have v...
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Crime Report
The Union Public Safety Department reported the following arrests : — Kenneth Lamar Norman, 29, of 208 Monroe St., Union, was charged with criminal domestic violence around 7:40 a.m. on March 13. According to the arrest warrant, Norman engaged in a physical altercation with a woman, striking her about the head, while at Li’l Cricket, located at 100 North Duncan Bypass in Union. — Donathan Lanell Brannon, 40, of 302 Lawson Ave., Union, an...
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Fair Forest NSDAR holds March meeting
The Fair Forest Chapter, NSDAR, met March 5 in the Union County Museum meeting room. Vice Regent Amy Bruce called the meeting to order. Carolyn Alexander read the Devotional. Mrs. Bruce led the chapter in the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag of the U.S., the American’s Creed, the Salute to the Flag of S.C. and the singing of the Star-Spangled Banner accompanied Kathleen Read. The chapter welcomed new member Kathleen Read. Chairman Martha ...
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Photo courtesy of Monarch Elementary School Bonnie Plants Third Grade Cabbage Program Monarch Elementary School Third graders are participating in the National Bonnie Plants Third Grade Cabbage Program. Third grade students receive a free Bonnie oversized cabbage plant to cultivate, nurture and grow. These humongous cabbages often grow bigger than a basket ball and can weigh up to 50 pounds! At the end of the season, teachers from each class select a student who has grown the best cabbage, based on size and appearance. A picture of the cabbage and student entry is submitted to Bonnie Plants by mail or online. That student’s name is then included in a statewide drawing to receive a $1,000 scholarship towards education. The winner of each statewide drawing is chosen by the state’s commission of agriculture. Last year approximately 2 million children in 45 states participated in the program and 45 winners were issued a $1,000 educational savings bond. Pictured are Mrs. Garrett’s third grade class with their new cabbage plants.
Community Calendar
Saturday, March 16 • The BPO Does Union Drove #148 will have a hot dog sale at the Union County Stadium from 8 a.m.-until. All proceeds will go to Does charities. • Watercolorist Larry Mauldin conducts a “Watercolor Workshop” from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Union County Arts Council’s gallery on Main Street in Union. Call UCAC at 864-429-2817 for more information. • The Union Lions Club holds a “March For Sight” from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. S...
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Charles Warner|Daily Times Matthew Carroll of Union County High School receives the 2013-2014 Union County School District Teacher of the Year award during Monday evening's school board meeting.
Carroll is Union County School District Teacher of the Year
UNION COUNTY — For only the second time in the award’s 27-year history, a male educator has been named Union County School District Teacher of the Year. Union County High School’s Matthew Carroll is the 2013-3014 Teacher of the Year for Union County. Carroll graduated from Union High School in 2005 and attended the University of South Carolina Upstate, where he received a Bachelor of Science degree in Secondary English. He currently teach...
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Charles Warner|Daily Times The fourth grade members of the Steel Blues Band at Monarch Elementary School get in some early morning practice in the school's music classroom on Wednesday. The fourth grade members of the band are Emma Gregory, Brett Gregory, Chamir Dunn, Yariah Stewart, Dalton Gregory, Dustin Scruggs, Termaine Epps, and Ke'avis Savage.
The music and math connection at MES
MONARCH — The only steel drum band in the Union County School District not only helps its members develop their musical skills, it also helps them improve academically, particularly in math. “The Steel Blues Band” at Monarch Elementary School is the only steel drum band in the district and was established as a result of a suggestion by Principal Anita Maness who said she was inspired to do so by her experience at another school. “We had o...
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Charles Warner|Daily Times Tavia Rigdon, director of Care Management at Wallace Thomson Hospital, and Donna Hooper, an employee of the S.C. Department of Juvenile Justice, look at the scrubs on the racks in the hospital lobby during the Uniform Sale fundraiser Tuesday morning.
Uniform Sale raises funds for medical equipment
UNION — The staff of Wallace Thomson Hospital and other customers had a wide selection of scrubs and other apparel to choose from during the semiannual Uniform Sale fundraiser hosted this week by the hospital’s adult volunteers. On Tuesday and Wednesday, the hospital’s lobby was lined with racks of scrubs, shelves full of shoes and a table filled with support socks, watches, stethoscopes, and flip-flops for sale by a Spartanburg firm. Cathe...
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Author to sign new book at Carnegie this Saturday
UNION — This Saturday, local residents will have an opportunity to meet an accomplished author, who happens to be a Union County native. Dilsa Saunders Bailey will sign copies of her second book — The Sperling Chronicles: Split Images — from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, March 16, at the Union County Carnegie Library. Bailey is the daughter of Gladys and Robert Saunders, and she grew up in Lockhart in the home of her grandparents, Robin a...
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