Community events highlight Gaston area this week
Brookside Elementary open house October 6 at 6 30 p m on Rhyne Carter Road Gastonia. Gaston Community Action Board meets 7 p m at 116 W Third St. Brookside festival October 7 5 9 p m features games bingo food music and rides. Schiele Museum hosts Gem and Mineral Show daily 9 a m 5 p m through Sunday with free outdoor demos. Stanley Country Fest rides Friday night Saturday 9 a m 4 p m. Daniel Stowe Botanical Garden sale October 7 8 30 a m 4 30 p m features bulbs plants and arts crafts proceeds fund garden. Blood drive at Grace Baptist Church 9 a m 1 30 p m details and sponsor info available. Autumnfest October 3 10 a m 6 p m at Reid Park Belmont includes food music crafts and games. Hawley Avenue Community Watch annual meeting 6 p m with new officers and Christmas party plans.
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Rhyne-Carter Road
PTA
Schiele Museum
Gastonia
Stanley
Judith Johnson
Daniel Stowe Botanical Garden
New Hope Road
Belmont
Grace Baptist Church
Auten Road
Reid Park
Hood Memorial Ame Zion Church
Hawley Avenue Community Watch
Hawley Avenue
How to Reach Us For News Submissions
Community page invites school news military notices club news and awards. Provides contact options including FAX MAIL email and in person submissions at Gastonia location. Notes telephone verification required and that information cannot be taken over the phone. Polaroid photos not accepted.
North Carolina educators tour Army training at Fort Jackson
Several North Carolina educators led by Jim Lemons of Belmont visited Fort Jackson South Carolina as guests of the Army Recruiting Battalion Raleigh. They toured basic training facilities learned Army education benefits and values and spoke with North Carolina trainees about their impressions.
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North Carolina
Jim Lemons
Belmont
Fort Jackson
S.C
Army
Raleigh
Lemons
N.C
Army Recruiting and Retention School
Stu
Peer Ee
Tee Ee
Jerry Hillard
George Linton Jr
Belmont and Cramerton Recreation Offers Fall Activities
Belmont Parks and Recreation lists youth soccer tennis and senior exercise through late fall with schedules and contact info. Cramerton Recreation outlines a costume dance and Christmas parade with age groups and parade line up, plus a parade contact for entries.
Gaston School of the Arts Offers Lessons and Classes
Unity Place hosts individual music lessons in piano woodwinds guitar and voice. Art classes for ages 8 to 14 run four days a week at 10:30 a.m. to noon Saturdays taught by Ralph Griffin of the Gaston Art Guild. Seniors October Dance and free blood pressure checks also announced with dates and contact numbers.
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Gaston School OF the Arts
Unity Place
W. Franklin Blvd
Gastonia
Call Tiffany Carper
Call
Ralph Griffin
Griffin
Gaston Art Guild
Niors
Gaston County
Dallas
Gaston County Parks and Recreation and
Total Care Inc
Citizens Resource Center
Agriculture Center
Cherryville Highway
Gaston Day Names First Fred T Morrow Scholar
Gaston Day School selects Ben Biles, ninth grade, as the inaugural Fred T Morrow III Scholar for academic record citizenship and activities. The 1977 graduate Fred T Morrow III is honored by classmates to support memory and family. The scholarship is for an incoming upper school student and may renew annually. Grier School seventh grade science class to assist Starshine 2 mission with polished mirrors for the STS 108 ISS flight. Mirrors to be returned to Project Starshine in Colorado in November.
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Gaston Day School
Ben Biles
Fred T. Morrow III
Berry
Cathy Biles
Cramerton
Ben
Gaston Day
Fred Morrow
Julia Wall
Morrow
Studat
Grier
Mark Oakis
International Space Station
Project Starshine
Colorado
Kings Mountain Man Named Syracuse Pathfinder for 2000 01
Eddy Jo Cherpak of Kings Mountain has been named a student pathfinder for the L C Smith College of Engineering and Computer Science at Syracuse University for the 2000 01 academic year. Pathfinders assist first year students with academic social cultural and emotional transition and help them learn policies and access university services. Cherpak is a sophomore chemical engineering major with a minimum 2 5 GPA requirement to be considered for the role.
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Eddy Jo Cherpak
Kings Mountain
L.C. Smith College of Engineering
Computer Science
Syracuse University
L. C. Smith College of Engineering
Pathfinders
Pathfinder
Cherpak
Gastonia Museums Schedule October Events and Exhibits
The Gastonia area hosts museum events at 131 W. Main St Dallas and 1500 E Garrison Blvd with exhibits including Storm at Sea quilts 18 pieces and Invasion of the Giant Insects plus ongoing displays Mississippi Choctaws and Early Carolina life. Veterans Day observance and anniversary gala planned.
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Pamela Kimbrell Warlick
Julie Kelsey
Deborah Boykin
Southern Arts Federation
John S. and
James L. Knight
National Endowment of the Arts
Volunteers sought for 2000 Small Business Blitz Day
United Way of Gaston County seeks volunteers for the 2000 Small Business Blitz Day scheduled from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesday. Volunteers will call on 20 or fewer employee businesses to secure pledges. Alfred Current of Alfred & Charlie's BBQ House chairs the campaign division aiming to surpass last year’s 17 000 dollar total. BellSouth volunteers assist with calls. training, lunch, and snacks provided. call Stephanie Gigliotti at 704 864 4554 to sign up.
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United Way
Gaston County
United Way Office
Alfred
BellSouth
Stephanie Gigliotti
Chamber
Eastridge Mall
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S UP
Brookside Elementary
Rhyne Carter Road
Gaston Community Action Board OF Directors
Gaston Community Action
Third St
Gastongazette
Freedom.com
Franklin Bird
Belmont Parks & Recreation
Cramerton Recreation Department
Cramerton Gymnasium
Eighth Avenue
Food Lion
Market Street
Town Hall
Cam Carpenter
Biles
Syracuse
College News
Gaston County Museum
Main St
Schiele
E. Garrison Blvd
Carolina
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