Community events Calendar Gastonia and Cherryville
Local listings announce a packed schedule in Gastonia and nearby Cherryville with a watch that child sticker campaign and a hearing impaired scholarship trust, a Tuesday Red Cross blood drive, a Wednesday ex offender support group, and Thursday Gastonia Toastmasters. Upcoming include Star Dusters Big Band Dance, Miss Fourth of July pageant, Cherryville Fourth of July celebration, Kings Mountain Kids Carnival and patriotic service, a July 4 hot dog and nacho sale, plus contact numbers for organizers.
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Blood Drive
Chapel Grove Baptist Church
Camp Rotary Road
Gastonia
The
Red Cross
Star Dusters
Adult Recreation Center
W. Franklin Blvd
Cherryville
Miss Gastonia Scholarship Associaton
Miss Gastonia Queens Court
Miss Gastonia Scholarship Fund
Missgastoniapageant.com
Kings Mountain
West Gald Street
South Railroad Avenue
Emmanuel Baptist Church
Love Memorial Baptist Church
Walnut Ave
Broad Street
Northside Christian Academy student earns top GPA award
Mercedes Roxanne Farr, an eighth grade student at Northside Christian Academy in Charlotte, received the President's Education Award for Highest GPA 4.0 along with Presidential and National Physical Fitness, Servants Heart Award, and Perfect Conduct and Attendance at the Junior High Awards Ceremony. She is the daughter of Candy Guthery and Jeff Furr, and the granddaughter of Charles.
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Mercedes Roxanne Farr
Northside Christian Academy
Charlotte
Candy Guthery
Jeff Furr
Charles
Woodberry Forest grads include Soderstrom and Miller
Two local students, Lopen Soderstrom and Ian R. Miller, graduated from the 118th Woodberry Forest School commencement in Virginia. Soderstrom won the William J. Haines Jr. Memorial Award for top science student and will attend Vanderbilt University. Miller plans to attend Hobart and William Smith Colleges. both are sons of local residents.
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Woodberry Forest School
Woowerty Forest
M Erik LK. Lopen Soderstrom
William J. Haines Jr
Van
Ian R. Miller
Hobart
William Sith
Ian
Bruce W. Miller
Gastonia
Reading Buddies at North Belmont Elementary Share Yearlong Partnership
Fifth graders at North Belmont Elementary under Ms Price and Mrs Edel paired with Pre-K students this year. After lunch and a movie they reflected on the program noting gains in reading and listening skills, mutual appreciation, and daily moments of reading together.
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North Belmont
Ms. Price
North Belmont Elementary School
Girl Scouts raise funds to repair Camp Golden Valley water tank
The Pioneer Council thanked donors who funded repairs to a 35 year old water tank at Camp Golden Valley after appeals, donations at cookie shops, and labor help from donors and local businesses. A grant from The Stonecutter Foundation and a bequest from Mary Ann Patrick’s family aided the project.
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Camp Golden Valley
Girl Scouts of the Pioneer Council
Johanna Lovvorn
Stonecutter Foundation
Mary Ann Patrick
Louvorn
Carver Tank Company
Dallas
The
McAlister’s Deli
Charlotte
Shelby
Helen Bess
Gastonia
Robert Carpenter
Belmont
Marjorie Goins
Georgia Hollis
James Poag Jr
Loyvorn
Forestview High School artists win multiple national honors
Forestview High School announces Leyla Mozayen, a junior, earned a Marie Walsh Sharpe Foundation summer study seminar in Colorado Springs with all expenses paid and a $3,000 art school scholarship. She also secured a first place in the international Pooke Painting portfolio, earning another all expenses paid 20 day study in Boston College and Italy. The school notes Mozayen is the third Sharpe winner in nine years.
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Leyla Mozayen
Forestview High School
Marie Walsh Sharpe
Colorado Springs
Colo
Forestview
Boston College
Italy
AARP Driver Safety Classes In Kings Mountain This July
AARP offers driver safety classes July 9 10 at Patrick Senior Center in Kings Mountain for motorists 50 and older. A 10 dollar fee covers the book. Attendees need not be AARP members. Lunch is provided both days by the local chapter and center. Pre register at 704 734 0447 space is limited.
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AARP
Patrick Senior Center
Kings Mountain
Gastonia Native Amanda Ray Earns Law Degree
Gastonia native Amanda Ray earned a Juris Doctor from UNC Chapel Hill School of Law. An Ashbrook High School honor graduate and NC State valedictorian Phi Beta Kappa, she holds a psychology degree and a master’s from NC State. She will join the Chief Justice of the Court of Appeals. her husband Canon Pence also earned from UNC Law and will practice with Hunton and Williams in Raleigh.
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Gastonia
Amanda Ray
Unc-Chapel Hill School of Law
Ashbrook
N.C. State University
N.C. State
UNC School of Law
UNC Law Review
Holderness
Court of Appeals
Canon Pence
International Law Firm
Hunton and Williams
Raleigh
Amanda
Alice
Jim Ragan
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Traveler's Protective Association
Golden Corral
E. Franklin Blvd
Cali David Payseur
Donna Bryson
American Red Cross
S. Oakland St
Cox Road
Suke
Lutheran Chapel
New Hope Road
Bill Statmary
Furr
Ludi McGinnis
Katie Farr
Woodberry Forest
Derbilt University
Lawrence P. Soderstrom
Cramerton
Miller
Rebecca Kimray
Haley Brennan
Megan Welsh
Elaina Koutsoupias
Cassidy Dowell
L. Chitamath
Tyler Sims
Tj, Robeson
Jacob Allen
Austin Rushton
Trinity Mills
Cheyanne Orendorff
Matthew Silva
Justin Mulaney
Morgan Willis
Tracy Cagle
Aubrey Cagle
Justin Mulvaney
Javus Davis
Jake Kelly
Arthur
Girl Scouts
Sue Myrick
Mozayen
Caitlin Clement
Washington
Our Nation
Gaston County
Morayen
Jared Tenney
Matt Huston
Justin Barhorst
Megan Farley
Alexus Gordon
Kennedy Craig
Seth Painter
Michael Hungate
Matt Greene
Jack Smeak
Allie Cummings
Jon Poston
Pinnix Corporation
Kyle Bonnin
Brenda Bostlan
Beta Zeta
Delta Kappa Gamma International
Bob Timberlake
Bostlan
Gaston Memorial Hospital
Pine Room
Jane Glenn
Society
Cultural and Heritage Learning Center
Catawba St
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