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Crime Report
The Union County Sheriff’s Office reported the following arrests : — Christopher Dennis Lawson, 31, of 1055 Mt. Lebanon Road, Buffalo, was charged with driving under the influence, possession of controlled substance (Schedule II, III, and IV), and simple possession of marijuana around 9:25 p.m. on May 14. — Christopher Gene Moss, 32, of 1055 Main Street, Buffalo, was charged with possession of controlled substance (Schedule II, III, and ...
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Sixth suspect now in custody
UNION — The last of six suspects named in the stabbing death of a Union man is now in custody. Sheriff David Taylor announced that Marcos Antonio Ramirez, 22, 5018 Cross Keys Highway, Union, had surrendered to officers of the Rock Hill Police Department Thursday afternoon. Ramirez turned himself in after seeing himself as a wanted person on a Facebook social network site. Later in the afternoon, Taylor said Ramirez had been returned to Unio...
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Photo courtesy of the Union County Carnegie Library
The Union County Family & Community Leaders recently gave a $200 check to the Friends of the Library for the Library’s Summer Reading program. Pictured are UCCL Director Ben Loftis and UCFC member Myrtis Rainwater.

Library receives $200 for Summer Reading Program
UNION — The Union County Carnegie Library will use a $200 donation to help children and adults “Dig Into Reading” this summer. The Union County Family & Community Leaders group recently presented the Friends of the Library with a check for $200 for the library’s Summer Reading Program. “We just really appreciate the funding that was provided to the library,” Library Director Ben Loftis said. “It will help us provide a quality summer readi...
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Photo courtesy of Union County High School

The American Legion Auxiliary and The General Harry M. Arthur American Legion Post 22 has appointed a total of 10 Union County High School students to serve as delegates and alternates to the Palmetto Girls State and Palmetto Boys State in June. They are (front row) Chasmyn Smith, Hannah Hartley, Kanani Lodge, Tatiana Ferguson, Madison Gardin and (back row) Michael Leigh, James Fore, Detric Means, and Mark Freeman. Not pictured is Alana Wright.

Palmetto Girls State, Boys State delegates selected
UNION COUNTY — Ten Union County High School students have been selected to attend the upcoming Palmetto Girls State and Palmetto Boys State in June. Palmetto Girls State The American Legion Auxiliary has selected six outstanding rising seniors to represent Union County as delegates and alternates to the 67th session of Palmetto Girls State. Palmetto Girls State brings together 500 of the most outstanding female rising high school seni...
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Church to host annual KICK Sports Camp
UNION — An upcoming summer sports camp will allow local children an opportunity to play a sport of their choice while also participating in sports-oriented devotions from the Bible. New Life Baptist Church will host its annual KICK (Kids in Christ Kingdom) Sports Camp from Monday, June 17-Friday, June 21 at Union County Stadium. The registration deadline is Saturday, June 1, and a registration event will take place that day at 2 p.m. in the...
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Derik Vanderford|Daily Times

City of Union Public Service Director Perry Harmon tosses one of the tagged catfish into the lake.

J.A.K.E.S. to be held this Saturday at Foster Park Lake
UNION — The Union County Parks and Recreation, the City of Union, the U.S. Forest Service, the Piedmont Chapter of the National Wild Turkey Federation, and South Carolina DNR will again join forces to host two of Union County’s biggest events of the year. Last Wednesday, approximately 2,400 pounds of fish were added to the lake at Foster Park in preparation for the J.A.K.E.S. (Juniors Acquiring Knowledge, Ethics and Sportsmanship) Public Sa...
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Derik Vanderford|Daily Times

Kevin Brackett, Solicitor for the 16th Judicial Circuit, speaks to council, echoing sentiments from Public Defender Harry Dest.

Additional attorney sought for public defender’s office
UNION — Both the Sixteenth Judicial Circuit Public Defender and Solicitor spoke to the Union County Council Tuesday evening regarding a need for an additional attorney in the public defender’s office. Sixteenth Circuit Public Defender Harry Dest — who has served in that position since 2008 and has been a public defender for 23 years — explained to council that there is one attorney — Erik Delaney — in the public defender’s office who works ...
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Derik Vanderford|Daily Times

Suzanne Byrd registers Hunter Jordan for Spartanburg Community College courses at the Union County Advanced Technology Center earlier this week.

Technology center registers 65 for summer classes
UNION COUNTY — Nearly two-thirds of the students who signed up this week for summer classes at Spartanburg Community College will take them at the Union County Advanced Technology Center. Kathy Jo Lancaster, technology center site coordinator, said that a total of 65 Union County residents signed up for summer classes during on-site registration conducted by SCC at the center on Monday. Of those, Lancaster said approximately 40 will take th...
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No tax increase in school district budget
UNION — The first draft of the Union County School District’s 2013-2014 operating budget is balanced without raising taxes despite increased expenditures. District Finance Director Lynn Lawson presented the balanced budget of $26,128,725 — an increase of $79,830 over the Fiscal Year 2013 budget. “This plan is very tight and leaves very little room for error over the next year,” Lawson said at Monday’s board of trustees meeting. Lawson s...
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Derik Vanderford|Daily Times

August Garrett, accounts coordinator for The Blood Connection, poses with members of the Spartanburg Shrine Club during Monday's blood drive in the Walmart parking lot.

Blood drive collects 56 pints of blood
UNION — The Union County stop on this year’s Memorial Week Blood Drive by The Blood Connection resulted in the collection of enough blood to save as many as 168 lives. The blood drive, which runs through Friday and will be conducted throughout The Blood Connection’s service area, is designed to collect blood for the 22 hospitals supplied by the organization. The hospitals are located in northeastern Georgia, western North Carolina, and nort...
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Charles Warner|Daily Times
The Dollar General at 821 Main St., Buffalo, will be the site of a career fair the company will conduct Saturday from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. as part of its efforts to hire 10,000 new employees in May.

Dollar General to hold career fair this Saturday
BUFFALO — In its effort to hire 10,000 new employees in May, Dollar General will host a career fair at the Dollar General located at 821 Main St. in Buffalo, S.C. on Saturday, May 18 from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. to attract new store candidates to join its thriving and growing organization. This event will be one of approximately 170 nationwide career fairs held on Saturday throughout the 40 states the retailer serves. Dollar General representatives ...
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Crime Report
The Union Public Safety Department reported the following arrests : — Joseph David Bradley, 62, of 132 Sinclair Road, Union, was charged with disorderly conduct around 10:24 p.m. on May 13. — Jimmy Decarlos Henderson, 32, of 108 Columbus St., Union, was charged with disorderly conduct around 11 p.m. on May 13. The Union County Sheriff’s Office reported the following incidents : — A resident of King Kennedy Street in Carlisle reporte...
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Church Calendar
Wednesday, May 15 7 p.m.: Monarch Baptist Church, 212 Richards St., Union, holds revival. Saturday, May 18 10 a.m.: Corinth Baptist Church holds Health Watch. Gary NeSmith, physical therapist and owner of Austin Rehab, will be the guest speaker. All are welcome. Lois A. Lyles and Amelia Glenn, Facilitators. Rev. J. Archie Calhoun, Pastor. Sunday, May 19 10 a.m.: New Hope Baptist Church, Linersville Road, Buffalo, holds H...
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Community Calendar
Thursday, May 16 • Vietnam Veterans Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 644 meets at the Legion Hut at 120 Scenic Drive in Foster Park in Union. The business meeting starts at 7 p.m. Business includes filling the two vacancies of Vice-President, and Secretary. The VVA meets on the third Thursday of the month, and Vietnam Era veterans interested in becoming members are always welcome as guests. Saturday, May 18 • The Carlisle Finishi...
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Fain to be sentenced this afternoon
UNION — A Whitmire man who pleaded guilty in March to a 2011 collision that left two men dead will learn his punishment this afternoon. The Sixteenth Circuit Solicitor’s Office announced Tuesday that sentencing for Matthew Olin Fain will be held this afternoon at 2 p.m. in General Sessions Court. Fain pleaded in March to two counts of felony DUI in March but his attorney requested that his sentencing be delayed until May and Judge Lee S. Al...
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Derik Vanderford|Daily Times

Team Leroy was the top fund raising team with $15,000, which was more than any other first-time team had raised in the history of Union County Relay for Life.

Relay For Life raises nearly $100,000
UNION COUNTY — The people of Union County have now contributed nearly $1.8 million to the fight against cancer with more donations on the way. The first Union County Relay For Life was held in 1996 and since then the annual event has raised an average of $100,000 for a total of $1.7 million as of 2012. The organizers of the 2013 Relay For Life had hoped that this year’s effort would raise at least another $100,000 and bring the total contri...
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Brandon Trammell is pictured with his dog T-Bone, who won Best in Show at the 2013 Be Kind to Animals Week Dog Show.

Dog show draws 30 contestants
UNION — Dogs brought their owners to the Union County Carnegie Library Saturday for a morning of awards, refreshments and lots of fun. In honor of national Be Kind to Animals Week, the Union County Humane Society sponsored its annual dog show on the library’s front lawn. After a brief promenade for judges, each contestant was awarded a blue ribbon and a certificate describing the pet’s best characteristic. This year’s contest included 30 ...
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Charles Warner|Daily Times
Roger Page and Cathy Peahuff, clerks at the Union Post Office, move one of the containers full of food collected by Union letter carriers during Saturday's Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive.

Saturday food drive collects twice as much food as previous year
UNION — The needy families and individuals served by four churches, the Union County Council on Aging, and the Salvation Army will be the beneficiaries of Saturday’s Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive which collected more than twice the food collected in the 2012 food drive. The National Association of Letter Carriers Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive is an annual event in which the nation’s 175,000 letter carriers collect food donations from postal cus...
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Keyboarding to be offered in the sixth grade
UNION — During Monday’s meeting of the Union County Board of School Trustees, Instructional Coordinator Tabitha Talley spoke to the board regarding updates to middle school academic programs, and Director of Secondary Education Cindy Langley spoke regarding updates to programs at the Career and Technology (CATE) Center. Talley explained that keyboarding classes had raised many parents’ concerns. She said there were a large number of failing...
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Photo courtesy of the Union County School District
Bob Hart, Plant Manager of the Timken Tyger River Plant, and John Robbins, Area Quality Manage for Timken, present a grant for $3,000 from Timken Charities to Union County School District Superintendent Dr. Kristi Woodall, Coordinator of Middle School Instruction Tabitha Talley, and Special Services Gifted and Talented Director Camille Robinson.

Timken donates $3,000 to Gifted and Talented program
UNION COUNTY — The Union County School District would like to take this opportunity to thank Timken Company Charitable Trust for their generous gift of $3,000 to the Union County Gifted and Talented Program. Their commitment to helping students in our community will have an everlasting impact on their educational endeavors. Thanks to generous donors like Timken, the Union County Gifted and Talented Program will be able to provide students w...
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Crime Report
The Union Public Safety Department reported the following arrests : — Trent Jeffry Atkinson, 20, of 117 Seigler Road, Union, was charged with assault and battery around 3 p.m. on May 10. According to the arrest warrant, Atkinson struck a woman in the left arm during an argument at his residence. The report states the woman was holding a small child at the time. — Javarion Casselle Spears, 17, of 304 Railroad St., Union, was charged with ...
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Photos courtesy of UCHS JROTC

Mrs. Gloria Northern presents American Legion Auxiliary Awards to Nicole Fowler and Hailey Sherbert.

JROTC Awards Day
UNION COUNTY — The Union County High School JROTC Yellow Jacket Battalion held its annual awards day ceremony on April 25 to recognize cadets for outstanding performance throughout the year. Parents who have volunteered to help with various battalion events were recognized first. Certificates were presented by the Battalion Commander, C/LTC Ollie Burns, to Mrs. Paula Wright, Mr. Keith Wright, Ms. Tommy McKelvey, Mr. Eddie Edwards, Mrs. Lynn...
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Billy Reed graduates from Coastal Carolina University
CONWAY — Billy Reed, of Carlisle, S.C., graduated from Coastal Carolina University with a Bachelor of Science Business Administration in Marketing on Saturday, May 11. Approximately 950 candidates were eligible for graduation. Seven students received the President’s Award for Academic Achievement, which recognizes students with the highest cumulative grade point averages. The following recipients of the award all had perfect 4.0 grade point...
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Williams graduates from Charleston School of Law
CHARLESTON — Jennifer Williams of Union, South Carolina received a law degree May 11 during the seventh commencement convocation of the Charleston School of Law. After three years of study, Williams was one of 181 students to receive the juris doctor degree, Dean Andy Abrams said. Williams is the daughter of Joe and Pat Nichols of Union, South Carolina and the wife of Dolton Williams II of Union, South Carolina. “Not only are the graduate...
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Community Calendar
Tuesday, May 14 • American Legion Post 87 meets at 7 p.m. in The Flats. Thursday, May 16 • Vietnam Veterans Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 644 meets at the Legion Hut at 120 Scenic Drive in Foster Park in Union. The business meeting starts at 7 p.m. Business includes filling the two vacancies of Vice-President, and Secretary. The VVA meets on the third Thursday of the month, and Vietnam Era veterans interested in becoming membe...
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