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“It’s All About Santuc”

A four-hour presentation by Mrs. Bonnie Lawrence will be presented in one-hour sessions at the Union County Museum beginning February 10^th, February 24^th, March 3^rd, March 17^th. Each session will start at 3:00 PM in the museum meeting room at 127 W. Main. For more info call 864-429-5081.

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The Union County Historical Society and The Union County Museum

 Presents

 

“Hope, sacrifice, and restoration: throughout the American Civil War and its aftermath, the Foster family endured all of these in no small measure. Drawing from dozens of public and privately-owned letters, A. Gibert Kennedy recounts the story of his great-great-grandfather and his family in "A South Carolina Upcountry Saga: The Civil War Letters of Barham Bobo Foster and His Family, 1860–1863."

You are invited to attend a presentation and book signing with A. Gibert Kennedy sponsored by the Union County Historical Society on Saturday, February 16^th.  Mr. Kennedy will start with a reading and slide presentation in the downstairs meeting room of the museum at 2:00 PM with book signing to follow. The museum is located at 127 W. Main Street, Union, SC. For more info call 864-429-5081.

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Piedmont Physic Garden 301 E. South St., Union, SC 29379 (864)427-2556

 

PPG event brings Southern Appalachian flora to Union on Feb. 21

 

 

 

UNION, SOUTH CAROLINA —- Piedmont Physic Garden (PPG) is excited to bring the native plants of the Appalachia to Union with a Feb. 21 event featuring educator Maxine Appleby.

 

"Native Plants of the Southern Appalachia" will be held from 5:30 - 7:30 pm.  An educator for 51 years, Appleby is an instructor in the Wofford College Lifelong Learning Program and has taught local and Appalachian history at the Spartanburg County Historical Association.

 

An estimated 2,000 species of Appalachian flora flourish in the Southern Appalachians with perhaps 200 native to and wholly confined to the Southern Appalachians. The southern region of the Appalachians stretches from Virginia to Alabama and includes parts of the Allegheny Mountains, the Blue Ridge Mountains, the Unakas, the Great Smoky Mountains, and the Cumberland Mountains. Some of the most spectacular areas within the Southern Appalachian Region are contained within the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. At one time, the entire Appalachian system was almost entirely covered by forest.

Today the Southern Appalachian Region contains six national forests - George Washington, Jefferson, Cherokee, Chattahoochee, Nantahala, and Pisgah, centered around the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

 

A native of South Carolina and a graduate of Winthrop College, Appleby has completed graduate work at the University of South Carolina and the University of Hawaii (M.Ed, Ph.D).

 

Her interests include Appalachian studies, Southern history, regional music, native plants used for medicinal purposes, photography, travel and her Golden Retrievers. She lives in Roebuck and in Centennial, Colo. 

 

This February 21st event will start at 5:30 and will include an hour long presentation followed by a wine and cheese reception at the PPG headquarters located at 301 E. South Street in Union.

 

General admission is $20. Discounts apply for all PPG members.

 

To register for this experience, please call 843-427-2556 or visit PPG online at www.piedmontphysicgarden.org. You can also buy a ticket by visiting our Facebook page and click on the link under Events.

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It is SPRING MARKET time!!!!

Junior Charity League of Union County will be holding our 5th annual Spring Market Friday, April 12^th, from 5pm - 8pm and Saturday, April 13^th, from 10am - 4pm at the Union County Fairgrounds Exhibit Buildings!

Vendors: If you or someone you know is interested in being a vendor at our market, please contact Sarah Holcombe at (864)426-6539 or ssholcombe89@gmail.com or Nicole Harmon at (864)426-3619.

Vendor Booths: Booth sizes are APPROXIMATE.
Small vendor booths - 10' X 10' - will be $50
Large vendor booths - 10' X 20' - will be $100
Vendors will set up in the fairgrounds exhibit building Friday, April 13^th, from 12 noon until 4:30pm; however, if other arrangements need to be made, we will do our best to accommodate.

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We're Searching for Volunteers

Can you spare an hour or two a week to help enrich the life of a hospice patient? If so, please consider becoming a volunteer.

Medical Services of America of Union is seeking volunteers to visit with patients both at home and in the facilities in our county.

Training and mileage reimbursement are available. Must be 18 years of age or older. Contact Tiffany Edwards for more information at 427-8322.

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Clemson Extension FCL (Family and Community Leaders) announce the establishment of a crochet club that will meet

on the first and third Tuesday of each month from 10:00 a.m.--noon.  This club is open to anyone from beginner to very experienced. 

There will be an instructor on site at least once a month.  Other experienced crochet workers will be available to help/assist at other times.
For further information, call the Clemson Extension Office from 9-2, Monday-Thursday, at 427-6259.