Ellen Terry Donates Hair for Locks of Love
Ellen Terry, 14, cut 11 inches of hair on April 29 to donate to Locks of Love. She aims to help financially disadvantaged children in the United States and Canada under 21 with long-term medical hair loss. An eighth-grader at Holbrook Middle School, she waited two years to grow it. Hairdresser Lindsey Burchfield at William Henry Signature Salon & Spa in Belmont supervised the donation.
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Ellen Terry
Locks of Love
United States
Canada
Ellen
Holbrook Middle School
Lindsey Burchfield
William Henry Signature Salon & Spa
Belmont
William Henry
Ann Terry Foous
Hunter Huss Students Visit Discovery Place Field Trip Notes
Hunter Huss High School students in the Communities In Schools after school program toured Discovery Place in May. Fifteen ninth and ten tenth graders participated in hands on exhibits at the museum with funding support from Communities In Schools of Gaston County through North Carolina Drop Out Prevention Funds.
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Hunter Huss
Discovery Place
Alliance For Children & Youth
Hunter Huss High School
Gaston County
North Carolina
Coco Seeks Home From Tri County Rescue at PetSmart
Coco a 3 year old male long haired chi hua hua mix weighs about 10 pounds. He loves to be held and kisses and gets along with other dogs. Coco and other pets from Tri County Animal Rescue will be at PetSmart in Gastonia from 6 to 9 p.m. Friday and noon to 6 p.m. Saturday.
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Coco
Tri-County Animal Rescue
PetSmart
Franklin Blvd
Gastonia
Community calendar invites events in Gaston County
Gaston Gazette prompts readers to browse the online community calendar at GastonGazette.com and submit new events. Users register a username and fill out a form to post details for weekend plans or to share local happenings in Gaston County.
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GastonGazette. Com
Gaston County
Community events calendar for Gaston County and nearby dates
Gaston County Parks and Recreation farmers market runs 5 to 7 30 p m at Gaston County Park Dallas Chevyville Highway vendors call 704 922 2160. Senior Center adult dance 7 to 10 p m features The Country Bucks admission 3 per person or 5 per couple. Fresh Start Widowed Group picnic 3 p m at Senior Citizens Center bring a dish call 704 865 5663. Tornado relief benefit concert 6 p m at Generation Church features Rolin Joe Philips Lee McBride free admission love offering call 704 867 8721. Megastonia Community Watch quarterly meeting 6 30 p m at Gastonia Police Department Community Room call 704 854 6665. Wesley Acres community watch 7 p m 2500 Sedgefield Dr Gastonia. American Legion Post 23 meeting 7 p m Memorial Hall 110 W Second Ave meal at 6 p m second Monday each month. Post 23 baseball 7 p m Sims field.
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Gaston County Parks & Recreation
Gaston County Park
Dallas-Chevyville Highway
Dallas
Begaston County Senior Center
Gaston County Senior Center
Dallas-Chenyville Highway
Country Bucks
Senior Citizens Center
Megastonia Community Watch Association
Gastonia
Piedmont senior wins Naomi Cunningham Service Award
Hannah Broome, rising senior at Piedmont Community Charter School in Gastonia, received the Naomi Cunningham Service Award from the Heart Society of Gaston County for outstanding service and leadership. Born with a congenital heart defect, she founded and presided over the school’s Junior Heart Board this year and plans to serve again as an officer.
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Hannah Broome
Naomi Cunningham
The
Heart Society of
Gaston County
Junior Heart Board
Piedmont Community Charter School
Hannah
Jim and
Cathy Broome
Gastonia
Pat Lanier
Dakota Johnson Earns EC Scholars Merit at East Carolina University
Dakota Johnson of Gastonia was named one of 15 incoming freshmen in ECU’s EC Scholars program a four year merit award with a study abroad stipend totaling about 45000. He plans to major in biology and join the Brody School of Medicine as an early assurance recipient.
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Dakota Johnson
Gastonia
East Carolina University
Greenville
ECU
University
Dakota
Brody School of Medicine
National Air Force
Jamaica
United States Air Force
N.C. Air National Guards
Sertoma
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Second Ave
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