Points of Pride

  • Congratulations to the Marvin Ridge High Girls 4X400 M relay team (Taylor Dove, Anna Lipocky, Brittany Fritz, Taylor Berry) for being the 2011 NC Winter Track and Field (1A-2A-3A) state champions.

  • Jessica Weber, a junior at Cuthbertson High School has been awarded the 2010-2011 National SAVE Student of the Year Award for outstanding performance and lasting contributions to her school, community and fellow students, and for exemplifying the ideals of SAVE.

  • Marvin Ridge High School senior K.J. Brent has been chosen as a Carolina Panthers Community Captain, a program that recognizes outstanding high school football student-athletes who have demonstrated strong leadership skills both on and off the field. 

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Salvation Army Boys and Girls Club is safe haven for students

The Salvation Army Boys and Girls Club area director Moses Fox III, at left, plays a game of Air Hockey with students in the club, an after-school program for Union County Public Schools students that is housed at Monroe Middle. The club’s doors opened officially on Jan. 17, 2011, with 24 students signed up to attend. On the third day, however, that number had already doubled. Club organizers held a grand opening Thursday, Jan. 26, 2012.

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Young poets from Western Union Elementary are to be published

These third graders in Jennifer Bittner’s class at Western Union Elementary will have their poems published in the next issue of “Anthology of Poetry by Young Americans." Pictured from left, (first row) Peyton McDonald, Western Union teacher Jennifer Bittner, Caralyn Elrod; (back row) Sukarno Brown, Brett Connell and Nikolas Kotesky.

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