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Children serve community.(THE GOODNESS OF AMERICA)(Rowan County Rotary Club and United Way honor Taylor Merritt)(Brief Article)
Salisbury, North Carolina, schoolchildren have a tradition of practicing compassion and neighborliness, and outstanding students are recognized during an annual Service Above Self Youth Awards Ceremony, sponsored by the Rowan County Rotary Club and United Way. On November 29, Taylor Merritt, a seven-year-old second-grader at Morgan Elementary School, received special recognition.
All through first grade Taylor devoted a tremendous amount of time and attention to her friend, Taylor Kirk, who has spina bifida. Taylor Merritt carried her friend's book bag, helped her with her walker, and played with her at recess alongside the gravel playground, which her friend could not negotiate.
"Most students are occupied with just getting their materials together or being the first out the door," Kim Sheeks, the girls' reading teacher, told the Salisbury Post. "However, Taylor Merritt didn't seem to mind how long it took to get out the door, as long as she had taken care of the needs ...
- Jerusalem Township fire destroys 2 homes: Winds off lake spread blaze.
- Newspaper article from: Blade (Toledo, OH) August 13, 2006 700+ words
...Clagg inherited the house when their mother died a few years ago and lived there with her children, Cody Merritt, 15, and Taylor Merritt, 12. "It's an old house and the wind off the water is like a fan -- it just went up," Mr. Martin said. "Just...
- NEW CASES BEFORE THE DISTRICT COURT
- Newspaper article from: The Journal Record June 26, 1986 700+ words
...of con; ord for hrng on 6-25-86 at 1:30 pm; NAI; assg Judge Rakestraw. P-86-1099 - Est of Gary Taylor, decd; pet for letters of admn; ord; letters issue to Tina Taylor; Merritt Rooney & Hayden attys; assg Judge Smith.
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The Salisbury Post reported that sitcom star Jerry Mathers visited Kannapolis to promote...to draw people. It's exciting." Read the full article on the Salisbury Post website. For more information on the Partnership for Prescription...
- HOMETOWN NEWSPAPER REFUSES TO RUN AD CONTAINING QUESTIONS FOR FOOD LION AND ITS...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire May 4, 1994 700+ words
...Consumers United with Employees issued the following: The Salisbury Post has refused to run an advertisement today sponsored by Consumers...violations of laws and regulations have had on the company. The Salisbury Post is the only paper in Salisbury, N.C. Salisbury is home...
- Look homeward angle.(TATTLE TALES)
- Magazine article from: Business North Carolina September 1, 2005 700+ words
...and even tried to lift fingerprints at a barbecue fundraiser before concluding the letter writer was County Commissioner Arnold Chamberlain, who denied it. Another suspect told the Salisbury Post: "I'm glad the money was spent locally."
- Chaney Wins Md. Legion Title
- Newspaper article from: The Washington Post Chad Capellman August 8, 1996 700+ words
...championship that both teams admit unfolded in the most unlikely of ways, Chaney won back-to-back games -- over host Salisbury Post 145 and Severna Park Post 175 -- by the identical scores of 4-3 to claim its second consecutive American Legion Maryland...
- Kirk leads enterprise straight down the middle. (North Carolina Citizens for...
- Magazine article from: Business North Carolina Martin, Edward December 1, 1993 700+ words
...Young Republican groups in the 1960s, Salisbury-born Kirk worked part time as a radio announcer and reporter for The Salisbury Post from 1967 to 1972. After teaching English and journalism in the Salisbury schools, he was elected North Carolina's youngest...
- Corrugator causes fire.(AT N.C. PLANT)
- Magazine article from: Official Board Markets January 21, 2006 700+ words
...Packaging Corp., Salisbury, N.C., after a corrugating machine began smoking shortly before 4 p.m. on Jan. 10, the Salisbury Post reports. No injuries were reported. Employees vacated the building following training procedures while another employee...
