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OASIS winter '08 term begins The winter term of Older Adults Sharing in Service opened on Thursday, January 10th, to a packed house of eager students. OASIS is a senior outreach program sponsored by First United Methodist Church of Union County. More ... Union County Arrest Report The following is the arrest report for the Union County Jail. This report is from the open records for the the period of January 13, 2007 through January 21, 2008. More ... Free Tax Prep and e-filing Once again this year you will be able to get your Federal and State Income Tax returns prepared and e-filed for free. Even though the program is sponsored by AARP, and there is an emphasis on those over 60, tax payers of all ages are eligible. More ... Dr. Rosenthal to speak at Unity Church On January 27, Dr. Sheri Rosenthal, a former podiatric surgeon who ran the surgical residency program at Northside Hospital in Florida, will be the guest speaker at Unity Church of the Mountains. Following the 10:30 a.m. service, she will conduct a workshop on don Miguel Ruiz's book, "The Four Agr... More ... Special thank-you to Christmas sponsors The Towns and Union Foster Children's Christmas Fund was a tremendous success this year thanks to the great outpouring of support and contributions donated by hundreds of people in this area. Listed below are hopefully "most" of those people who helped the volunteers provide Christmas presents for... More ...
United Community Bank's 'Our School Bank Committee' met on January 8th for its monthly meeting which included a Spelling Bee. With four groups of six students, it was an hour of fun & excitement! The spelling words started off simple and became more difficult as the rounds went on, ranging from "... More ... St. Vincent de Paul Chapter recounts accomplishments Christmas is a time when folks who have less need more. One Union County religious fraternity believes, however, that poverty needs help throughout every year, from folks who care. That's what St. Vincent de Paul Society's St. Francis of Assisi Chapter President Donald Breslin announced recently, ... More ... Creative writers honor books' inspiration Two students from a creative writing class at Murphy Adventist Christian School have presented their original books to people who played a significant part in their stories. Victoria Schutte wrote a mystery story centered around the Old Depot in downtown Murphy. More ... Baribault named to Dean's List Marc Baribault of Blairsville, Ga., has earned a place on the Lyndon State College Dean's List for the fall semester. Baribault, the son of Marc and Ann Baribault also of Blairsville, is majoring in Meteorology. He graduated from Union County High School in 2004. More ... UCB and Art Mart raise funds in support of Leon Henderson Pat Holbrook, recently won a lovely framed print from United Community Bank. The print, titled "Field Study 1", by Joro Petkov, was generously donated by Gayle Cunningham of the Art Mart in Blairsville to raffle in support of Leon Henderson who was diagnosed More ...
Larry Turner, Jamie Gibson, and Chris Jones recognized at basketball game last Tuesday By TODD FORREST Sentinel Writer Between the girls and boys basketball games on Tuesday, January 15th, Union County High School honored it's past state champions in individual competition and presented each them with a plaque. The first recipient was Larry Turner who was the 1971 Triple-Jump Champion and the school's first ever ... More ...
Every month during the school year, the United Community Bank "Our School Bank" committee meets for an hour of learning and fun activities. In December, the students conducted a poster contest, and out of 30 posters submitted, United Community Bank selected three winners. More ...
Local students performed in the annual Pianothon sponsored by Greater Marietta Music Teachers, Saturday December 1, 2007 at Belk's in Town Center Mall. More ... Union Co. to host Banks Co. By TODD FORREST Sentinel Writer Both Union County basketball teams will have a chance to improve on their own different winning streaks this Friday when the Panthers host the Banks County Leopards. The Union County Boys (13-5) will be looking to extend it's seven game winning streak against Banks County, dating back to the 2004-... More ... |
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