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Monday, May 13 • Bell South Pioneers meets at Andy’s at noon. • The Commissioners of the Housing Authority of Union meets at 5:30 p.m. at 201 Porter St. • The Union County Arts Council’s Writers’ Group meets from 6-8 p.m. at the UCAC Gallery on Main Street in Union. Meeting is open to the public. Call UCAC at 864-429-2817 for more information. • The American Legion Post 22 of Union holds its regular monthly meeting. The meeting will...
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Alice Taylor-Colbert
Taylor-Colbert named dean of USC Union
UNION COUNTY — Effective June 1, Dr. Alice Taylor-Colbert will be the new dean of the University of South Carolina Union. South Carolina Palmetto College Chancellor Susan Elkins announced Thursday that Taylor-Colbert’s strong academic leadership experience in a small college setting — coupled with an enthusiasm for the USC Union campus and community — led to her appointment. “Dr. Taylor-Colbert has a vision of leading Union to greater hei...
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Derik Vanderford|Daily Times Jonesville kindergartener Dawson Hyatt introduces himself to one of the newly-hatched baby chicks in his classroom.
Classes hatching baby chicks
UNION COUNTY — There has been lots of chirping as of late in classes at two schools in Union County. Second grade classes at Buffalo Elementary School (BES) and kindergarten classes at Jonesville Elementary/Middle School (JEMS) have been participating in projects involving the hatching of baby chicks. Second graders at BES were very excited last week when they heard chirping coming from the incubator in their classroom. As part of a life ...
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School receives $2,770 grant from Lowe’s
LOCKHART — A grant awarded to Lockhart School will provide a “Garden of Wisdom.” Lockhart School was awarded a 2012-2013 Lowe’s Toolbox for Education grant in the amount of $2,770 from the Lowe’s Charitable and Educational Foundation. Toolbox for Education grants are reserved for approved school improvement projects that can be completed within one year of grant receipt. The grant was applied for by third grade teacher Leslie Owens, who...
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Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive this Saturday
UNION COUNTY — Some Union County residents have already contributed to the National Association of Letter Carriers Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive and more will have the opportunity to do so this Saturday and next week. Since 1992, the NALC has conducted its annual food drive to combat hunger on the second Saturday in May in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and Guam. The NALC has collected a total of 1.2...
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Photos courtesy of the Union Hospital District Toni Gregory receives her award from CEO Paul Newhouse at the 2013 Hospital Week Employee Recognition Ceremony on May 7.
2013 Employee of the Year named for Wallace Thomson Hospital and Ellen Sagar Nursing Home
UNION — Union Hospital District continued its National Hospital Week celebrations with a Service Awards ceremony at Wallace Thomson Hospital Tuesday afternoon. During Tuesday’s ceremony, Toni Gregory was announced as the 2013 Employee of the Year for Wallace Thomson Hospital and Cheryl McCollum was announced as the 2013 Employee of the Year for Ellen Sagar Nursing Home. Recipients were chosen from a group of Award of Excellence recipients t...
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Crime Report
The Union Public Safety Department reported the following arrests : — David Terrell Gallman, 28, of 106 Harris Road, Union, was charged with possession of marijuana around 1:25 p.m. on May 8. According to the incident report, officers seized $122 from Gallman after he was issued a ticket for the possession of marijuana because some of the currency had been used by narcotics officers with a controlled buy earlier in the day. — Rebecca Ann...
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Community Calendar
Friday, May 10 • Union County Relay For Life is held at 7 p.m. at Union County Fairgrounds. Monday, May 13 • Bell South Pioneers meets at Andy’s at noon. • The Commissioners of the Housing Authority of Union meets at 5:30 p.m. at 201 Porter St. • The Union County Arts Council’s Writers’ Group meets from 6-8 p.m. at the UCAC Gallery on Main Street in Union. Meeting is open to the public. Call UCAC at 864-429-2817 for more informa...
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Photos courtesy of Union County Carnegie Library The Union County Carnegie Library held a Ceramic Plate Painting Class on May 2. In these photos we get to look over the artists' shoulders as they paint their plates.
Library Notes
Library Hours Monday – Friday 9 a.m. until 6 p.m. Saturday – 9 a.m. until 3 p.m. Upcoming Events Summer Reading Events Summer Reading June 3, 201-July 27, 2013 Children and Juveniles — Dig into Reading Teens — Beneath the Surface June 3 First day of Summer Reading kickoff event: Dig For Buried Treasure! — 10 a.m.-12 p.m. June 5 — First Guessing Game begins (Guess how many worms and bugs are in the jar.) June 10 — Ron...
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Photo by Johnny-Lynn Crosby The SCWorks Upstate Job Fair drew 577 people who applied for jobs with the 50 participating companies.
Job fair draws nearly 600 participants
SPARTANBURG — Nearly 600 people turned out for the recent SCWorks Upstate Job Fair and slightly more than 100 of them were either offered a job or were scheduled for job interviews. The SCWorks Upstate Job Fair brings together companies looking to hire with Upstate residents looking for jobs. Only companies that are hiring are permitted to take part in the job fair. Fifty companies participated in the most recent job fair which was held ear...
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Increasing job opportunities for USC’s newly minted graduates
COLUMBIA — South Carolina’s continued improvement in unemployment rates is encouraging news for University of South Carolina students set to graduate this month. The state’s unemployment rate in March fell to 8.4 percent, from 8.9 percent in March 2012 and from 10.4 percent in March 2011. Tom Halasz, director of the USC Career Center, says hiring this spring has continued, particularly in the fields of technology, engineering, accounting,...
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Contec Inc. expanding operations in Spartanburg County
COLUMBIA — Contec Inc., a maker of cleaning contamination control products for critical environments, will expand its existing operations in Spartanburg County. The $6.25 million investment is expected to generate 60 new jobs over the next five years. “Contec has had wonderful success over the years because of our ability to innovate based on customer needs, and to offer great service to customers,” said Jack McBride, CEO of Contec Inc. “We...
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Mary Jo Justice
Benefit to be held for accident victim
UNION — Friends and family of a local auto accident victim plan to “rock out” to raise funds for her. When Denise Grady was invited to a Generation aXe concert — to be held at 9 p.m. Friday at Shady’s — she accepted and began to browse the names of others who had submitted an online RSVP. She ran across the name of one of her high school friends — Mary Jo Justice — and “liked” that Justice said she would attend. “I was excited because I w...
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Photo submitted Only the tops of plants are visible in a flooded garden in Lockhart.
Storm brought nearly three inches of rain to Lockhart
LOCKHART — Precipitation records were broken in Lockhart after rain on Sunday, Monday and Tuesday. According to a representative from the National Weather Service (NWS), Lockhart was the biggest reporting site in Union County after three days of rain. The daily precipitation record was broken after the town received 2.75 inches of rainfall on Monday. NWS representatives estimated 2.8 inches of total rainfall over the three days. Although ...
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Charles Warner|Daily Times Team Leroy treasurer Pam Alexander tallies up the funds the Relay For Life team has collected since it began its fund raising efforts earlier this year. The team, which met Tuesday evening at Tubozzz, had set $10,000 as its fund raising goal. As of Tuesday evening the team had raised $13,535.62.
Team Leroy exceeds goal by more than $3,500
UNION — They had hoped to raise $10,000 for the fight against cancer, but as of Tuesday evening the Team Leroy Relay For Life team had raised more than $13,500. Team Leroy is named for Leroy “Little Man” Belue, special projects manager for the Union Housing Authority, who died from cancer on Jan. 13, 2013. The team, which includes Belue’s widow, Beth, has been working to raise $10,000 for Relay For Life through a series of fund raising acti...
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Charles Warner|Daily Times The Union Rotary Club held its annual Rotary Scholars Day celebration Tuesday afternoon. The event honors the top academic students in grades 9-12 from Union County High School and Union Christian Day School. The ninth grade students honored were UCDS students Tyler Heatherly and Cayde Newton and UCHS students Lennah D. Farr, John-Henry Ford Jolly, Anna K. Kelly, Payton R. Martin, and Carra A. Phillips.
Rotary Scholars honored for academic achievement
UNION — The 2013 Rotary Scholars were urged Tuesday to remember that growing up in Union County is a privilege and to carry the lessons they learn here with them throughout their lives. Rotary Scholars Day recognizes the top academic students in grades 9-12 from Union County High School and Union Christian Day School. The students were honored during the Rotary Club meeting at Covenant Baptist Church Tuesday afternoon. The 2013 Rotary Schol...
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Photo courtesy of Glenn Ivey Union Rotary Club recently hosted a Group Study Exchange team from Rotary International District 3820 Philippines. They toured the area with stops at Union Carnegie Library, Nicholson Mansion, Rose Hill State Park and Cross Keys House. Union Club President Neil Howell is pictured with the team.
Visitors from The Philippines
CROSS KEYS — A Group Study Exchange Team from Rotary International District 3820 in The Philippines recently visited Union County.
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Community Calendar
Thursday, May 9 • The Torrington/Timken Retirees meets at 6 p.m. at Foster Park for a cookout in the picnic area. Friday, May 10 • Union County Relay For Life is held at 7 p.m. at Union County Fairgrounds. Monday, May 13 • Bell South Pioneers meets at Andy’s at noon. • The Commissioners of the Housing Authority of Union meets at 5:30 p.m. at 201 Porter St. • The Union County Arts Council’s Writers’ Group meets from 6-8 p.m...
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Earth Day fun at Foster Park Elementary School
UNION — Earth Day was a day of activities for Mrs. Roark’s second grade class at Foster Park Elementary School.
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Derik Vanderford|Daily Times Jen Roberts sits with four of her first graders — Parker Wright, Taylor Jeter, Jaylen Glenn and Taryn Cochran — while they discuss the book "Thunder Cake."
Public urged to appreciate, support teachers
UNION COUNTY — They have helped shape the lives of absolutely everyone, and this week — May 6 through May 10 — has been designated 2013 National Teacher Appreciation Week — a time for us to thank them for their dedication to education. “So many of America’s teachers are amazing. Each day, they take on the extraordinary responsibility and highly complex work of moving all students forward,” said U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan in a b...
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Derik Vanderford|Daily Times Staff and guests release balloons outside Walmart Tuesday morning to launch a fundraising campaign for the Children's Hospital of Greenville.
Balloon release launches fundraiser for children’s hospital
UNION — A campaign to help an Upstate children’s hospital began on Tuesday with the release of multiple balloons. Walmart staff launched a Children’s Miracle Network fund raising campaign Tuesday morning with a special balloon release. The campaign will run from May 7-June 21, and all funds will go to the Children’s Hospital of Greenville. Team Captain Stacy Farr said some of the balloons were released in memory of loved ones and others w...
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Friday proclaimed ‘Cancer Prevention Day’
UNION — In addition to being the day of this year’s Union County Relay For Life event, Friday will also be “Cancer Prevention Day” in the City of Union and the public is being urged to take steps to prevent cancer in themselves and help others avoid the disease. Since the first local event was held in 1996, Union County Relay For Life has raised $1.7 million for the fight against cancer. The goal of the 2013 Relay For Life fund raising effo...
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Derik Vanderford|Daily Times This section of River Road was closed to traffic Tuesday due to flooding caused by heavy rains this past weekend.
Heavy rains bring flood warning, flooding
UNION COUNTY — A low pressure system cut off from the jet stream brought heavy rains to the Upstate that resulted in a flood warning for the Whitmire area along the Enoree River and the closing of some roads in Union County due to flooding. The system that brought 2 3/4 inches of rain to Union County brought even heavier rains upstream above Spartanburg according to Doug Outlaw, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Greer. Ou...
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Crime Report
The Union County Sheriff’s Office reported the following arrests : — Jaran Harris, 26, of 202 Buffalo St., Union, was charged with taking a vehicle without consent, failure to stop for a blue light, resisting arrest, and driving without a license around 1:12 a.m. on May 7. According to the incident report, Harris took a woman’s vehicle after being told not to; and when officers attempted to initiate a stop, he went about half a mile, turne...
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Photo submitted Donnie Crisp of Aiken, formerly of Buffalo, celebrated his 80th birthday the first week in April with his wife Jean and other members of his family.
Crisp celebrates 80th birthday
AIKEN — Former Buffalo resident Donnie Crisp celebrated his 80th birthday recently.
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