Points of Pride

  • Congratulations to the Cuthbertson High womens soccer team for winning the 2011 NC State 2A Championship. The team is coached by Nelson Garner.

  • Congratulations to Weddington High swimmer, Katherine Plevka, for capturing two 2011 NC State 3A Swimming Championships - 200 Yard Individual Medley and the 100 yard Breatstroke.

  • Union County now has an Educational Foundation that has the potential of raising millions of dollars to support Union County Public Schools. The foundation’s mission is to raise money and provide funding for technological advancements, classroom enhancements and educational programing for UCPS schools, students and teachers system wide. The foundation’s executive director is Dick Baker, who has 25 years experience working in non-profit organization management.

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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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